Jobs that specify a stem degree

Probably not.
In the UK economics is not usually included within stem.
Often psychology is not accepted as a stem subject.

In exactly the same position but I do physical geography, and have become more interested in data science through online courses etc. I'm in 2nd year, and trying to look for placements which incorporate some data / coding, whilst accepting non-computer science students too. Hoping that, plus online courses and home projects, may give me some leeway in the future!

I recommend datacamp for data science courses in Python/SQL/R, and codeacademy for learning the basics of python. Your university may have a subscription to data amp for full access to all its courses (I'm at Leeds!).

Thank you so much. I have done some computing as part of my degree but obviously very little. I'm trying to do the same thing by building my coding portifolio. I just wonder if we are at a disadvantage without a computing degree. I've looked at software development roles aswell and have only found lloyds and sky who allow non-computing degrees. I'm largely interested in data science though, which sector would you want a data science job in? Have you thought about a Msc in data or computer science? Thanks again

Most computing placements seem to (and understandably) require candidates to be doing IT or computer science degrees. I imagine we are at some disadvantage, but if we can prove that we're able to learn quickly and are interested, that might be better than someone who does computer science but seems unenthusiastic and hasn't used coding outside of their degree. However as you mentioned, there are some places which have some IT roles. The Met Office for example has a bunch, though they do require coding knowledge in Python. Some IT consultancy companies like CGI also don't require IT focused degrees to join their IT department and learn on the job. I've looked into masters only briefly. University of Leeds has a masters in Data Science which I believe does not require computer science, though their software engineering masters did.

I'm studing a degree joint in econ and psych, would this be accepted for computing jobs for example that require any stem degree?

Unlikely. However, all is not lost. If you have a portfolio of projects you can use as part of the interview process and can show you can do the job, you can still get hired.

I hired a bloke whose CV was basically a series of excellent responses on Stackoverflow.

If I had an Msc computer science conversion how much more competitive would it make if at all?