Degree Jobs in the South East

Academic Degree
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 29 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 3 2 3
Rank change year-on-year -1 +1 +8
Permanent jobs citing Degree 3,006 3,482 4,443
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 17.14% 24.78% 21.69%
As % of the Qualifications category 50.89% 62.31% 63.44%
Number of salaries quoted 1,866 1,300 1,799
10th Percentile £29,250 £28,000 £27,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,750 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,350 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.19% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

Degree is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 5,907 5,588 7,004
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 33.68% 39.77% 34.20%
Number of salaries quoted 3,633 2,495 3,152
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £29,149
25th Percentile £38,125 £36,713 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £51,350 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.27% -1.25% +4.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £54,399 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.34% +9.09% -

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Degree in the South East

Degree
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Degree in the South East.

Salary trend for Degree in the South East

Degree
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Degree in the South East over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Degree in the South East

Degree
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the South East region over the 6 months to 29 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Thames Valley +1 1,504 £52,550 +4.06% 502
Berkshire 0 638 £59,000 +2.61% 215
Buckinghamshire -1 518 £43,500 -7.45% 132
Surrey -1 502 £49,000 -14.78% 144
Hampshire -8 472 £48,500 +7.78% 201
Oxfordshire -1 348 £47,500 +5.56% 157
West Sussex -1 166 £60,000 - 53
Kent -13 159 £53,750 +26.47% 101
East Sussex -2 125 £50,000 -1.96% 51
Sussex -7 23 £60,000 - 5
Middlesex -9 20 £51,750 -50.71% 2
Isle of Wight 0 5 £42,500 +25.93% 3
Degree
England

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 75 (2.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 62 (2.06%) SharePoint
3 28 (0.93%) Confluence
4 21 (0.70%) CMS
5 20 (0.67%) SAS
6 14 (0.47%) Oracle Service Bus
6 14 (0.47%) WebLogic
7 12 (0.40%) WordPress
8 10 (0.33%) OpenStack
9 8 (0.27%) Apache
9 8 (0.27%) IIS
10 6 (0.20%) Exchange Server 2000
10 6 (0.20%) Kinematics
10 6 (0.20%) nginx
10 6 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
11 4 (0.13%) Apache Spark
12 3 (0.100%) Joomla!
12 3 (0.100%) Skype for Business
13 2 (0.067%) Drupal
13 2 (0.067%) Tomcat
Applications
1 331 (11.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 279 (9.28%) Microsoft Office
3 153 (5.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 89 (2.96%) Simulink
5 61 (2.03%) MS Visio
6 52 (1.73%) Microsoft Project
7 25 (0.83%) Stateflow
8 24 (0.80%) Spreadsheet
9 13 (0.43%) AutoCAD
9 13 (0.43%) OrCAD
10 7 (0.23%) CANalyzer
10 7 (0.23%) InVision
10 7 (0.23%) Sketch
11 6 (0.20%) Chatbot
12 5 (0.17%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 5 (0.17%) Photoshop
12 5 (0.17%) SOLIDWORKS
13 4 (0.13%) Maya
13 4 (0.13%) MotionBuilder
13 4 (0.13%) Solid Edge
Business Applications
1 40 (1.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 23 (0.77%) NetSuite
3 20 (0.67%) SAP S/4HANA
4 16 (0.53%) Remedy ITSM
5 12 (0.40%) SAP CO
5 12 (0.40%) SAP FI
5 12 (0.40%) SAP FI/CO
6 10 (0.33%) NEC Housing
7 6 (0.20%) Oracle Applications
8 5 (0.17%) Dynamics GP
8 5 (0.17%) Odoo
8 5 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
9 4 (0.13%) SDL Web 8
9 4 (0.13%) Unit4 Business World
10 3 (0.100%) Shopify
11 2 (0.067%) Primavera
11 2 (0.067%) Sage 200
12 1 (0.033%) SAP Business One
12 1 (0.033%) SAP ERP
12 1 (0.033%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 374 (12.44%) Azure
2 268 (8.92%) Microsoft 365
3 165 (5.49%) AWS
4 143 (4.76%) Power Platform
5 96 (3.19%) SaaS
6 57 (1.90%) Dynamics 365
7 48 (1.60%) Azure DevOps
8 43 (1.43%) PowerApps
9 37 (1.23%) Power Automate
10 36 (1.20%) Entra ID
11 34 (1.13%) Serverless
12 31 (1.03%) AWS Lambda
13 29 (0.96%) GCP
14 27 (0.90%) IaaS
15 25 (0.83%) Cloud Computing
16 24 (0.80%) GitHub
17 22 (0.73%) OneDrive
18 21 (0.70%) PaaS
19 20 (0.67%) Amazon S3
20 19 (0.63%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 169 (5.62%) Firewall
2 90 (2.99%) Wireless
3 55 (1.83%) Internet
4 52 (1.73%) DNS
5 49 (1.63%) Wi-Fi
6 45 (1.50%) Network Security
7 42 (1.40%) DHCP
8 40 (1.33%) 5G
8 40 (1.33%) VPN
9 36 (1.20%) WAN
10 33 (1.10%) SAN
11 30 (1.00%) Intrusion Detection
12 28 (0.93%) TCP/IP
13 26 (0.86%) LAN
14 25 (0.83%) Bluetooth
14 25 (0.83%) LTE
15 22 (0.73%) GSM
15 22 (0.73%) ISDN
15 22 (0.73%) PSTN
15 22 (0.73%) UMTS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 165 (5.49%) SQL Server
2 124 (4.13%) NoSQL
3 122 (4.06%) Power BI
4 58 (1.93%) Relational Database
5 41 (1.36%) PostgreSQL
6 35 (1.16%) Data Warehouse
7 32 (1.06%) Tableau
8 31 (1.03%) MySQL
9 29 (0.96%) Big Data
10 24 (0.80%) GIS
10 24 (0.80%) MongoDB
11 16 (0.53%) Amazon RDS
12 15 (0.50%) Oracle Database
13 14 (0.47%) Oracle Database 10g
13 14 (0.47%) Oracle Database 11g
13 14 (0.47%) VLDB
14 13 (0.43%) Data Lake
15 12 (0.40%) Redis
15 12 (0.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 11 (0.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 225 (7.49%) Git
2 94 (3.13%) JIRA
3 65 (2.16%) Selenium
4 55 (1.83%) Cypress.io
5 50 (1.66%) Subversion
6 42 (1.40%) Visual Studio
7 33 (1.10%) GitLab
8 23 (0.77%) CMake
8 23 (0.77%) Jenkins
8 23 (0.77%) LabVIEW
8 23 (0.77%) SoapUI
9 18 (0.60%) Vagrant
10 14 (0.47%) ClearCase
10 14 (0.47%) Plastic SCM
10 14 (0.47%) Rational DOORS
11 12 (0.40%) Team Foundation Server
12 9 (0.30%) Eclipse
13 8 (0.27%) TestRail
14 7 (0.23%) JMeter
14 7 (0.23%) NUnit
General
1 1,118 (37.19%) Social Skills
2 479 (15.93%) Analytical Skills
3 445 (14.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 437 (14.54%) Finance
5 261 (8.68%) Electronics
6 260 (8.65%) Manufacturing
7 204 (6.79%) Marketing
8 189 (6.29%) Retail
9 160 (5.32%) Legal
10 148 (4.92%) Telecoms
11 118 (3.93%) Presentation Skills
12 89 (2.96%) Pharmaceutical
13 81 (2.69%) German Language
14 80 (2.66%) Public Sector
15 79 (2.63%) Military
16 73 (2.43%) Organisational Skills
17 61 (2.03%) Automotive
18 56 (1.86%) Law
19 53 (1.76%) Aviation
20 48 (1.60%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 443 (14.74%) Senior
2 332 (11.04%) Developer
3 321 (10.68%) Graduate
4 306 (10.18%) Software Engineer
5 238 (7.92%) Analyst
6 165 (5.49%) Junior
7 161 (5.36%) Architect
7 161 (5.36%) Lead
8 142 (4.72%) Software Developer
9 125 (4.16%) Data Scientist
10 121 (4.03%) Project Manager
11 114 (3.79%) Support Engineer
12 103 (3.43%) Electronics Engineer
13 98 (3.26%) Consultant
14 95 (3.16%) Systems Engineer
15 83 (2.76%) IT Support
16 80 (2.66%) Senior Developer
17 73 (2.43%) Development Engineer
18 72 (2.40%) Graduate Electronics Engineer
19 70 (2.33%) Junior Electronics Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 256 (8.52%) .NET
2 208 (6.92%) React
3 147 (4.89%) HTML
4 123 (4.09%) CSS
5 87 (2.89%) AngularJS
6 83 (2.76%) HTML5
7 62 (2.06%) CSS3
8 54 (1.80%) Jest
9 52 (1.73%) .NET Core
10 44 (1.46%) Qt
11 43 (1.43%) .NET Framework
12 37 (1.23%) ASP.NET
13 36 (1.20%) Web Services
14 35 (1.16%) Node.js
15 34 (1.13%) RESTful
15 34 (1.13%) XML
16 27 (0.90%) EDI
17 26 (0.86%) Middleware
18 24 (0.80%) jQuery
18 24 (0.80%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 322 (10.71%) Algorithms
2 237 (7.88%) Self-Motivation
3 214 (7.12%) Management Information System
4 141 (4.69%) Driving Licence
5 112 (3.73%) Data Centre
6 82 (2.73%) Product Ownership
7 66 (2.20%) Analytical Mindset
8 62 (2.06%) Data Structures
8 62 (2.06%) Life Science
9 57 (1.90%) IoT
10 51 (1.70%) FPGA
11 49 (1.63%) Biopharmaceutical
12 43 (1.43%) Embedded Systems
13 35 (1.16%) Analogue Electronics
14 33 (1.10%) PKI
14 33 (1.10%) Social Media
15 30 (1.00%) CUDA
15 30 (1.00%) Onboarding
16 29 (0.96%) Virtual Team
17 28 (0.93%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 359 (11.94%) Windows
2 293 (9.75%) Linux
3 111 (3.69%) Windows Server
4 86 (2.86%) Windows 10
5 62 (2.06%) Unix
6 56 (1.86%) Windows Server 2019
7 49 (1.63%) Windows Server 2016
8 45 (1.50%) Windows Server 2012
9 41 (1.36%) Android
10 32 (1.06%) Embedded Linux
10 32 (1.06%) Ubuntu
11 27 (0.90%) Windows 7
12 25 (0.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 19 (0.63%) CentOS
14 17 (0.57%) Apple iOS
15 15 (0.50%) Solaris
16 14 (0.47%) Mac OS
17 12 (0.40%) Windows XP
18 7 (0.23%) VMS
19 5 (0.17%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,004 (33.40%) Computer Science
2 876 (29.14%) Problem-Solving
3 679 (22.59%) Agile
4 473 (15.74%) Software Engineering
5 408 (13.57%) Mathematics
6 377 (12.54%) Project Management
7 341 (11.34%) Mentoring
8 333 (11.08%) Artificial Intelligence
9 328 (10.91%) Cybersecurity
10 318 (10.58%) Coaching
11 305 (10.15%) Decision-Making
12 284 (9.45%) DevOps
13 251 (8.35%) Data Analysis
14 224 (7.45%) Data Science
15 217 (7.22%) Continuous Improvement
16 216 (7.19%) Analytics
16 216 (7.19%) Physics
17 211 (7.02%) Machine Learning
18 197 (6.55%) Project Delivery
19 194 (6.45%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 489 (16.27%) Python
2 405 (13.47%) C#
3 334 (11.11%) JavaScript
4 319 (10.61%) SQL
5 282 (9.38%) C++
6 265 (8.82%) C
7 159 (5.29%) Java
8 150 (4.99%) TypeScript
9 107 (3.56%) PowerShell
10 103 (3.43%) Fortran
11 66 (2.20%) MATLAB
12 63 (2.10%) Bash
12 63 (2.10%) PHP
13 40 (1.33%) VB
14 38 (1.26%) Embedded C
15 34 (1.13%) Go
16 32 (1.06%) R
17 26 (0.86%) Perl
18 20 (0.67%) Kotlin
19 17 (0.57%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 538 (17.90%) Computer Science Degree
2 355 (11.81%) Security Cleared
3 301 (10.01%) Master's Degree
4 192 (6.39%) SC Cleared
5 175 (5.82%) PhD
6 122 (4.06%) DBS Check
7 87 (2.89%) DV Cleared
8 78 (2.59%) HNC
9 72 (2.40%) Cisco Certification
10 66 (2.20%) HND
11 59 (1.96%) CISSP
12 53 (1.76%) CCNA
13 45 (1.50%) MBA
14 44 (1.46%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 38 (1.26%) Microsoft Certification
16 34 (1.13%) AWS Certification
17 33 (1.10%) PMI Certification
18 31 (1.03%) CCNP
19 29 (0.96%) Numerate Degree
20 26 (0.86%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 154 (5.12%) QA
2 87 (2.89%) SLA
3 77 (2.56%) Data Quality
3 77 (2.56%) GDPR
4 47 (1.56%) Accessibility
5 45 (1.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 32 (1.06%) WCAG
7 31 (1.03%) ISO 9001
8 29 (0.96%) NIST
9 27 (0.90%) PMO
10 26 (0.86%) ISO 26262
11 25 (0.83%) Automotive SPICE
11 25 (0.83%) Good Clinical Practice
12 22 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials
13 20 (0.67%) ISO 13485
14 19 (0.63%) NEBOSH
15 16 (0.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 15 (0.50%) HIPAA
16 15 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
17 14 (0.47%) MISRA
System Software
1 208 (6.92%) Docker
2 169 (5.62%) Active Directory
3 144 (4.79%) Firmware
4 103 (3.43%) Embedded Firmware
5 91 (3.03%) VMware Infrastructure
6 31 (1.03%) Hyper-V
7 28 (0.93%) Virtual Machines
7 28 (0.93%) VMware ESXi
8 22 (0.73%) Virtual Desktop
9 19 (0.63%) vSphere
10 14 (0.47%) Oracle RAC
11 13 (0.43%) OpenSSH
11 13 (0.43%) XenApp
12 6 (0.20%) Microsoft App-V
12 6 (0.20%) Virtual Servers
13 5 (0.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 4 (0.13%) Terminal Services
15 2 (0.067%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 198 (6.59%) Kubernetes
2 59 (1.96%) SCCM
3 55 (1.83%) Terraform
4 44 (1.46%) Ansible
5 40 (1.33%) WSUS
6 39 (1.30%) Microsoft Intune
7 33 (1.10%) SCOM
8 25 (0.83%) vCenter Server
9 21 (0.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 15 (0.50%) Functional Safety
11 14 (0.47%) Data Guard
11 14 (0.47%) Oracle RMAN
12 13 (0.43%) Cisco CUCM
12 13 (0.43%) IBM BigFix
12 13 (0.43%) NetBackup
12 13 (0.43%) PowerCLI
12 13 (0.43%) Puppet
12 13 (0.43%) ServiceCenter
12 13 (0.43%) ZABBIX
13 12 (0.40%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 610 (20.29%) Microsoft
2 118 (3.93%) EMC
3 114 (3.79%) SAP
4 109 (3.63%) VMware
5 80 (2.66%) Cisco
6 67 (2.23%) Oracle
7 51 (1.70%) Adobe
7 51 (1.70%) Apple
8 50 (1.66%) Google
9 47 (1.56%) HP
10 42 (1.40%) Salesforce
11 41 (1.36%) Xilinx
12 35 (1.16%) Meraki
13 34 (1.13%) Dell
14 33 (1.10%) Palo Alto
15 31 (1.03%) IBM
15 31 (1.03%) Veeam
16 30 (1.00%) Citrix
17 26 (0.86%) NEC
18 23 (0.77%) Juniper