Degree Jobs in Kent

Academic Degree
South East > Kent

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Kent with a requirement for Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 15 1 3
Rank change year-on-year -14 +2 +26
Permanent jobs citing Degree 155 304 276
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 10.49% 26.46% 21.56%
As % of the Qualifications category 46.13% 74.33% 76.45%
Number of salaries quoted 100 93 84
10th Percentile £28,500 - £22,800
25th Percentile £36,125 £27,750 £28,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £42,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +30.95% -6.67% +38.46%
75th Percentile £67,500 £57,062 £55,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £61,250 £67,500
South East median annual salary £51,350 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.70% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Kent

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 Kent with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 336 409 361
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 22.73% 35.60% 28.20%
Number of salaries quoted 237 161 128
10th Percentile £23,000 £27,750 £25,200
25th Percentile £28,500 £29,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,250 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.94% -5.56% +26.76%
75th Percentile £58,750 £57,062 £53,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £67,285 £67,500
South East median annual salary £51,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% +5.00%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

Job postings citing Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Kent.

Job vacancy trend for Degree in Kent

Degree
Salary Trend in Kent

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Degree in Kent.

Salary trend for Degree in Kent

Degree
Salary Histogram in Kent

Salary distribution for jobs citing Degree in Kent over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Degree in Kent

Degree
Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the Kent region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Maidstone -11 17 £49,000 +71.93% 8
Rochester +2 14 £37,000 +23.33% 10
West Malling 0 11 £65,000 +54.76% 2
Chatham +10 5 £35,000 -25.69% 2
Tunbridge Wells -16 5 £45,000 +47.54% 1
Canterbury -12 4 £39,747 -43.70%
Dartford -17 4 £34,250 -45.20% 6
Dover +1 3 £45,000 +5.88%
Sandwich - 3 £27,500 - 4
Whitstable +2 2 £29,500 - 3
Tonbridge -15 1 £39,000 - 7
Margate - 1 - -
Degree
South East

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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 3 (1.94%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (1.94%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.65%) CMS
2 1 (0.65%) IIS
2 1 (0.65%) Umbraco
Applications
1 26 (16.77%) Simulink
2 21 (13.55%) Stateflow
3 19 (12.26%) Microsoft Office
4 17 (10.97%) Microsoft Excel
5 9 (5.81%) Microsoft Project
6 7 (4.52%) CANalyzer
7 6 (3.87%) AutoCAD
8 5 (3.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 1 (0.65%) OrCAD
9 1 (0.65%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (3.87%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 39 (25.16%) Azure
2 26 (16.77%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (11.61%) Power Platform
4 17 (10.97%) AWS
5 10 (6.45%) AWS Lambda
5 10 (6.45%) IaaS
5 10 (6.45%) PaaS
5 10 (6.45%) Serverless
6 7 (4.52%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 7 (4.52%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (4.52%) Azure Functions
7 5 (3.23%) OCI
8 4 (2.58%) Entra ID
8 4 (2.58%) GitHub
9 3 (1.94%) AWS CodePipeline
9 3 (1.94%) Azure App Service
9 3 (1.94%) OneDrive
10 2 (1.29%) Power Automate
10 2 (1.29%) PowerApps
11 1 (0.65%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 21 (13.55%) J1939
2 8 (5.16%) Firewall
3 7 (4.52%) HTTP
4 2 (1.29%) 5G
4 2 (1.29%) Broadband
4 2 (1.29%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.65%) Internet
5 1 (0.65%) Network Security
5 1 (0.65%) SSL
5 1 (0.65%) VLAN
5 1 (0.65%) VoIP
5 1 (0.65%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.65%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (11.61%) Power BI
1 18 (11.61%) SQL Server
2 10 (6.45%) Relational Database
3 9 (5.81%) MySQL
3 9 (5.81%) Tableau
4 8 (5.16%) GIS
5 7 (4.52%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (4.52%) DynamoDB
5 7 (4.52%) NoSQL
6 5 (3.23%) Oracle Reports
7 4 (2.58%) DB2
8 3 (1.94%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (1.94%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (1.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (1.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 17 (10.97%) JIRA
2 14 (9.03%) ClearCase
2 14 (9.03%) Plastic SCM
3 7 (4.52%) ClearQuest
4 6 (3.87%) Git
5 5 (3.23%) Visual Studio
6 3 (1.94%) Babel
6 3 (1.94%) GDB
6 3 (1.94%) GitLab
6 3 (1.94%) webpack
7 2 (1.29%) NUnit
8 1 (0.65%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.65%) Octopus Deploy
8 1 (0.65%) Vite
General
1 75 (48.39%) Social Skills
2 37 (23.87%) Finance
3 25 (16.13%) Automotive
4 24 (15.48%) Electronics
5 20 (12.90%) Analytical Skills
6 19 (12.26%) Retail
7 14 (9.03%) Marketing
8 13 (8.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 11 (7.10%) Presentation Skills
10 9 (5.81%) Local Government
11 7 (4.52%) Legal
12 5 (3.23%) Manufacturing
12 5 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (2.58%) Aerospace
13 4 (2.58%) Military
14 3 (1.94%) Public Sector
14 3 (1.94%) Telecoms
15 2 (1.29%) Agriculture
15 2 (1.29%) Influencing Skills
16 1 (0.65%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 34 (21.94%) Senior
2 22 (14.19%) Developer
2 22 (14.19%) Software Engineer
3 15 (9.68%) Consultant
4 14 (9.03%) Senior Software Engineer
5 13 (8.39%) Analyst
6 12 (7.74%) Graduate
7 11 (7.10%) Senior Systems Engineer
7 11 (7.10%) Systems Engineer
8 10 (6.45%) Network Engineer
9 9 (5.81%) Project Manager
10 7 (4.52%) AWS Developer
10 7 (4.52%) Azure Developer
10 7 (4.52%) Backend Developer
10 7 (4.52%) Business Analyst
10 7 (4.52%) IT Manager
10 7 (4.52%) Technical Manager
11 5 (3.23%) Cloud Consultant
11 5 (3.23%) Full Stack Developer
11 5 (3.23%) Head of Engineering
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (10.97%) .NET
2 13 (8.39%) RESTful
3 12 (7.74%) AngularJS
4 8 (5.16%) CSS
4 8 (5.16%) HTML
4 8 (5.16%) Web Services
5 7 (4.52%) gRPC
6 6 (3.87%) ASP.NET
6 6 (3.87%) CSS3
6 6 (3.87%) HTML5
6 6 (3.87%) React
7 5 (3.23%) ASP.NET Core
8 4 (2.58%) .NET Framework
9 3 (1.94%) Entity Framework
9 3 (1.94%) JSON
9 3 (1.94%) NgRx
9 3 (1.94%) RxJS
9 3 (1.94%) Vue
9 3 (1.94%) XML
10 2 (1.29%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 25 (16.13%) Algorithms
2 19 (12.26%) Management Information System
2 19 (12.26%) Self-Motivation
3 10 (6.45%) Cloud Native
3 10 (6.45%) Embedded Systems
4 9 (5.81%) Taxonomies
5 7 (4.52%) Distributed Systems
6 5 (3.23%) Data Centre
6 5 (3.23%) Driving Licence
6 5 (3.23%) Product Ownership
7 4 (2.58%) Cyber Security Posture
7 4 (2.58%) PMI
7 4 (2.58%) Security Posture
8 3 (1.94%) Mobile App
8 3 (1.94%) Onboarding
9 2 (1.29%) Clustering
9 2 (1.29%) e-Learning
9 2 (1.29%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (1.29%) Replication
9 2 (1.29%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 13 (8.39%) Windows
2 4 (2.58%) Android
2 4 (2.58%) Apple iOS
2 4 (2.58%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.65%) Linux
3 1 (0.65%) Mac OS X
3 1 (0.65%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (34.19%) Problem-Solving
2 44 (28.39%) Computer Science
3 32 (20.65%) Agile
4 27 (17.42%) Project Management
5 26 (16.77%) Software Engineering
5 26 (16.77%) Validation
6 25 (16.13%) Mathematics
7 24 (15.48%) Data Acquisition
8 19 (12.26%) Business Intelligence
9 18 (11.61%) Continuous Improvement
10 17 (10.97%) Software Architecture
11 16 (10.32%) Data Management
12 15 (9.68%) Machine Learning
13 14 (9.03%) Configuration Management
13 14 (9.03%) Customer Requirements
13 14 (9.03%) Data Visualisation
13 14 (9.03%) DevOps
13 14 (9.03%) ETL
13 14 (9.03%) Visualisation
14 13 (8.39%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 30 (19.35%) C
1 30 (19.35%) MATLAB
2 26 (16.77%) SQL
3 24 (15.48%) C#
4 19 (12.26%) Python
5 14 (9.03%) Embedded C
5 14 (9.03%) Perl
6 10 (6.45%) JavaScript
7 6 (3.87%) C++
8 4 (2.58%) Ada
8 4 (2.58%) Java
8 4 (2.58%) RPG
8 4 (2.58%) TypeScript
9 3 (1.94%) VB
10 2 (1.29%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 35 (22.58%) Computer Science Degree
1 35 (22.58%) Master's Degree
2 18 (11.61%) HND
3 11 (7.10%) MBA
4 10 (6.45%) Azure Certification
5 9 (5.81%) PhD
6 8 (5.16%) CISSP
6 8 (5.16%) HNC
7 7 (4.52%) PMI Certification
7 7 (4.52%) SC Cleared
7 7 (4.52%) Security Cleared
8 5 (3.23%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 5 (3.23%) AWS Certification
8 5 (3.23%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (3.23%) CCSP
8 5 (3.23%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (3.23%) DBS Check
9 4 (2.58%) CESG Certified Professional
9 4 (2.58%) MAPM
10 3 (1.94%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (16.13%) Automotive SPICE
1 25 (16.13%) ISO 26262
2 19 (12.26%) GDPR
3 16 (10.32%) Accessibility
4 14 (9.03%) AUTOSAR
4 14 (9.03%) MISRA
5 11 (7.10%) Data Quality
5 11 (7.10%) QA
6 10 (6.45%) HIPAA
7 9 (5.81%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 4 (2.58%) COBIT
9 3 (1.94%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (1.94%) GRC
9 3 (1.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (1.94%) PMO
System Software
1 9 (5.81%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.23%) Hyper-V
3 3 (1.94%) Docker
3 3 (1.94%) Embedded Firmware
3 3 (1.94%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 11 (7.10%) Functional Safety
2 3 (1.94%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.94%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (1.29%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 20 (12.90%) Microsoft
2 14 (9.03%) IBM
2 14 (9.03%) Lauterbach
3 12 (7.74%) NEC
4 9 (5.81%) Facebook
4 9 (5.81%) VMware
5 7 (4.52%) Instagram
5 7 (4.52%) Oracle
6 6 (3.87%) Cisco
7 5 (3.23%) SAP
8 4 (2.58%) CrowdStrike
8 4 (2.58%) Darktrace
9 2 (1.29%) UiPath
9 2 (1.29%) Virgin Media
10 1 (0.65%) Apple
10 1 (0.65%) Mentor Graphics
10 1 (0.65%) Progress