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 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 4 2 5
Rank change year-on-year -2 +3 +7
Permanent jobs citing Degree 2,849 3,827 3,963
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 17.16% 25.38% 20.11%
As % of the Qualifications category 49.79% 63.95% 61.66%
Number of salaries quoted 1,826 1,367 1,791
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,825 £27,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £34,324 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,350 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.70% - -
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -

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 5,722 5,984 6,427
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 34.46% 39.68% 32.61%
Number of salaries quoted 3,651 2,633 3,133
10th Percentile £29,175 £28,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £67,000 £67,050 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £84,750 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.17% +5.45% -

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 27 April 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 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
Thames Valley 0 1,414 £52,775 +5.58% 503
Berkshire -1 608 £60,000 +9.09% 217
Buckinghamshire -1 483 £45,000 - 123
Surrey -2 473 £48,375 -12.05% 159
Hampshire -7 470 £48,500 +14.12% 206
Oxfordshire 0 323 £46,000 +4.89% 165
Kent -14 155 £55,000 +30.95% 82
West Sussex -1 148 £60,000 +4.35% 58
East Sussex -5 116 £47,500 -6.86% 36
Sussex -7 23 £60,000 - 5
Middlesex -8 18 £51,000 -51.43% 2
Isle of Wight 0 5 £42,500 -2.30% 5
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 88 (3.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 62 (2.18%) SharePoint
3 29 (1.02%) Confluence
4 22 (0.77%) CMS
5 20 (0.70%) SAS
6 15 (0.53%) Oracle Service Bus
6 15 (0.53%) WebLogic
7 13 (0.46%) WordPress
8 10 (0.35%) OpenStack
9 9 (0.32%) IIS
10 8 (0.28%) Apache
11 7 (0.25%) nginx
12 6 (0.21%) Exchange Server 2000
12 6 (0.21%) Oracle Workflow
13 4 (0.14%) Apache Spark
14 3 (0.11%) Documentum
14 3 (0.11%) FileNet
14 3 (0.11%) Joomla!
14 3 (0.11%) Kinematics
14 3 (0.11%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 300 (10.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 265 (9.30%) Microsoft Office
3 151 (5.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 71 (2.49%) Simulink
5 60 (2.11%) MS Visio
6 54 (1.90%) Microsoft Project
7 25 (0.88%) Stateflow
8 23 (0.81%) Spreadsheet
9 13 (0.46%) AutoCAD
10 12 (0.42%) OrCAD
11 7 (0.25%) CANalyzer
11 7 (0.25%) InVision
11 7 (0.25%) Sketch
12 5 (0.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 5 (0.18%) Photoshop
12 5 (0.18%) SOLIDWORKS
13 4 (0.14%) Chatbot
13 4 (0.14%) Maya
13 4 (0.14%) MotionBuilder
13 4 (0.14%) Solid Edge
Business Applications
1 44 (1.54%) Dynamics CRM
2 22 (0.77%) NetSuite
3 20 (0.70%) SAP S/4HANA
4 17 (0.60%) Remedy ITSM
5 12 (0.42%) SAP CO
5 12 (0.42%) SAP FI
5 12 (0.42%) SAP FI/CO
6 10 (0.35%) NEC Housing
7 6 (0.21%) Oracle Applications
8 5 (0.18%) Dynamics GP
8 5 (0.18%) Odoo
9 4 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
9 4 (0.14%) SDL Web 8
10 3 (0.11%) Shopify
10 3 (0.11%) Unit4 Business World
11 2 (0.070%) Primavera
11 2 (0.070%) Sage 200
11 2 (0.070%) SAP ERP
12 1 (0.035%) SAP Business One
12 1 (0.035%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 352 (12.36%) Azure
2 273 (9.58%) Microsoft 365
3 146 (5.12%) AWS
4 125 (4.39%) Power Platform
5 98 (3.44%) SaaS
6 50 (1.76%) Dynamics 365
7 44 (1.54%) Azure DevOps
8 39 (1.37%) PowerApps
9 37 (1.30%) Entra ID
10 34 (1.19%) Power Automate
11 33 (1.16%) Serverless
12 31 (1.09%) AWS Lambda
13 28 (0.98%) IaaS
14 25 (0.88%) GCP
15 24 (0.84%) GitHub
16 22 (0.77%) OneDrive
17 21 (0.74%) Amazon S3
17 21 (0.74%) Cloud Computing
18 19 (0.67%) PaaS
19 18 (0.63%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 160 (5.62%) Firewall
2 87 (3.05%) Wireless
3 50 (1.76%) Wi-Fi
4 48 (1.68%) DNS
5 45 (1.58%) Network Security
6 42 (1.47%) Internet
7 40 (1.40%) 5G
8 38 (1.33%) DHCP
8 38 (1.33%) VPN
9 34 (1.19%) WAN
10 32 (1.12%) SAN
11 29 (1.02%) Intrusion Detection
12 27 (0.95%) LAN
13 26 (0.91%) TCP/IP
14 25 (0.88%) Bluetooth
15 24 (0.84%) LTE
16 22 (0.77%) GSM
16 22 (0.77%) ISDN
16 22 (0.77%) PSTN
16 22 (0.77%) UMTS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 159 (5.58%) SQL Server
2 117 (4.11%) NoSQL
3 99 (3.47%) Power BI
4 54 (1.90%) Relational Database
5 40 (1.40%) PostgreSQL
6 35 (1.23%) MongoDB
7 32 (1.12%) MySQL
7 32 (1.12%) Tableau
8 25 (0.88%) Data Warehouse
9 24 (0.84%) GIS
10 21 (0.74%) Big Data
11 18 (0.63%) Amazon RDS
12 16 (0.56%) Oracle Database
13 15 (0.53%) Oracle Database 10g
13 15 (0.53%) Oracle Database 11g
13 15 (0.53%) VLDB
14 12 (0.42%) Redis
15 11 (0.39%) Oracle Reports
16 10 (0.35%) MS Access
16 10 (0.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 219 (7.69%) Git
2 96 (3.37%) JIRA
3 66 (2.32%) Selenium
4 59 (2.07%) Cypress.io
5 54 (1.90%) Subversion
6 35 (1.23%) Visual Studio
7 25 (0.88%) GitLab
8 24 (0.84%) CMake
8 24 (0.84%) Jenkins
8 24 (0.84%) SoapUI
9 22 (0.77%) LabVIEW
10 14 (0.49%) ClearCase
10 14 (0.49%) Plastic SCM
11 12 (0.42%) Rational DOORS
12 10 (0.35%) Team Foundation Server
12 10 (0.35%) Vagrant
13 8 (0.28%) Eclipse
14 7 (0.25%) ClearQuest
14 7 (0.25%) NUnit
14 7 (0.25%) TestRail
General
1 1,013 (35.56%) Social Skills
2 482 (16.92%) Analytical Skills
3 400 (14.04%) Finance
4 398 (13.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 279 (9.79%) Manufacturing
6 257 (9.02%) Electronics
7 207 (7.27%) Marketing
8 187 (6.56%) Retail
9 155 (5.44%) Legal
10 151 (5.30%) Telecoms
11 93 (3.26%) Presentation Skills
12 84 (2.95%) Public Sector
13 81 (2.84%) German Language
14 76 (2.67%) Military
14 76 (2.67%) Pharmaceutical
15 71 (2.49%) Organisational Skills
16 57 (2.00%) Automotive
17 53 (1.86%) Aviation
18 50 (1.76%) Law
19 40 (1.40%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 401 (14.08%) Senior
2 329 (11.55%) Developer
3 314 (11.02%) Graduate
4 281 (9.86%) Software Engineer
5 238 (8.35%) Analyst
6 168 (5.90%) Junior
7 140 (4.91%) Software Developer
8 130 (4.56%) Lead
9 124 (4.35%) Data Scientist
10 120 (4.21%) Project Manager
11 111 (3.90%) Support Engineer
12 102 (3.58%) Electronics Engineer
13 99 (3.47%) Consultant
14 96 (3.37%) Architect
15 87 (3.05%) Senior Developer
16 85 (2.98%) IT Support
17 83 (2.91%) Systems Engineer
18 73 (2.56%) Development Engineer
19 71 (2.49%) Graduate Electronics Engineer
19 71 (2.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 264 (9.27%) .NET
2 225 (7.90%) React
3 147 (5.16%) HTML
4 123 (4.32%) CSS
5 88 (3.09%) AngularJS
6 85 (2.98%) HTML5
7 64 (2.25%) CSS3
8 57 (2.00%) Jest
9 50 (1.76%) .NET Core
10 44 (1.54%) Qt
11 42 (1.47%) .NET Framework
12 38 (1.33%) ASP.NET
13 36 (1.26%) XML
14 33 (1.16%) RESTful
14 33 (1.16%) Web Services
15 32 (1.12%) Node.js
16 28 (0.98%) EDI
17 25 (0.88%) ASP.NET MVC
17 25 (0.88%) jQuery
18 20 (0.70%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 314 (11.02%) Algorithms
2 234 (8.21%) Self-Motivation
3 215 (7.55%) Management Information System
4 143 (5.02%) Driving Licence
5 99 (3.47%) Data Centre
6 78 (2.74%) Product Ownership
7 62 (2.18%) Analytical Mindset
8 60 (2.11%) Data Structures
9 53 (1.86%) IoT
10 51 (1.79%) FPGA
11 43 (1.51%) Biopharmaceutical
11 43 (1.51%) Embedded Systems
12 35 (1.23%) Analogue Electronics
13 34 (1.19%) Social Media
14 32 (1.12%) Life Science
15 29 (1.02%) CUDA
16 28 (0.98%) Enterprise Software
17 27 (0.95%) PKI
17 27 (0.95%) VHDL
17 27 (0.95%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 350 (12.29%) Windows
2 260 (9.13%) Linux
3 98 (3.44%) Windows Server
4 84 (2.95%) Windows 10
5 55 (1.93%) Unix
6 51 (1.79%) Windows Server 2019
7 42 (1.47%) Windows Server 2016
8 41 (1.44%) Windows Server 2012
9 34 (1.19%) Android
10 24 (0.84%) Embedded Linux
10 24 (0.84%) Windows 7
11 23 (0.81%) Ubuntu
12 18 (0.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 17 (0.60%) Apple iOS
14 16 (0.56%) Solaris
15 13 (0.46%) Mac OS
16 12 (0.42%) Windows XP
17 10 (0.35%) CentOS
18 7 (0.25%) VMS
19 3 (0.11%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 964 (33.84%) Computer Science
2 782 (27.45%) Problem-Solving
3 664 (23.31%) Agile
4 434 (15.23%) Software Engineering
5 382 (13.41%) Mathematics
6 356 (12.50%) Project Management
7 313 (10.99%) Artificial Intelligence
7 313 (10.99%) Cybersecurity
8 294 (10.32%) Mentoring
9 293 (10.28%) Decision-Making
10 276 (9.69%) DevOps
11 269 (9.44%) Coaching
12 219 (7.69%) Data Analysis
13 207 (7.27%) Data Science
14 195 (6.84%) Machine Learning
15 194 (6.81%) Continuous Improvement
16 191 (6.70%) ITIL
17 188 (6.60%) Physics
18 180 (6.32%) Project Delivery
19 176 (6.18%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 455 (15.97%) Python
2 403 (14.15%) C#
3 338 (11.86%) JavaScript
4 305 (10.71%) SQL
5 250 (8.78%) C
6 247 (8.67%) C++
7 164 (5.76%) TypeScript
8 139 (4.88%) Java
9 108 (3.79%) PowerShell
10 85 (2.98%) Fortran
11 67 (2.35%) PHP
12 66 (2.32%) Bash
13 60 (2.11%) MATLAB
14 37 (1.30%) Embedded C
15 34 (1.19%) Go
16 32 (1.12%) VB
17 30 (1.05%) R
18 27 (0.95%) Perl
19 15 (0.53%) PL/SQL
20 14 (0.49%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 516 (18.11%) Computer Science Degree
2 304 (10.67%) Security Cleared
3 283 (9.93%) Master's Degree
4 174 (6.11%) SC Cleared
5 168 (5.90%) PhD
6 122 (4.28%) DBS Check
7 83 (2.91%) Cisco Certification
8 76 (2.67%) HNC
9 66 (2.32%) DV Cleared
10 65 (2.28%) HND
11 63 (2.21%) CCNA
12 54 (1.90%) CISSP
13 45 (1.58%) MBA
14 41 (1.44%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 38 (1.33%) PMI Certification
16 34 (1.19%) AWS Certification
16 34 (1.19%) Microsoft Certification
17 28 (0.98%) CCNP
18 26 (0.91%) Numerate Degree
19 23 (0.81%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 135 (4.74%) QA
2 79 (2.77%) GDPR
3 76 (2.67%) Data Quality
3 76 (2.67%) SLA
4 59 (2.07%) Accessibility
5 46 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 35 (1.23%) WCAG
7 33 (1.16%) ISO 9001
8 26 (0.91%) ISO 26262
9 25 (0.88%) Automotive SPICE
9 25 (0.88%) PMO
10 24 (0.84%) NIST
11 23 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials
12 19 (0.67%) ISO 13485
12 19 (0.67%) NEBOSH
13 15 (0.53%) MISRA
13 15 (0.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 14 (0.49%) AUTOSAR
14 14 (0.49%) HIPAA
14 14 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 224 (7.86%) Docker
2 176 (6.18%) Active Directory
3 131 (4.60%) Firmware
4 98 (3.44%) Embedded Firmware
5 82 (2.88%) VMware Infrastructure
6 33 (1.16%) Hyper-V
7 25 (0.88%) Virtual Machines
7 25 (0.88%) VMware ESXi
8 19 (0.67%) Virtual Desktop
9 16 (0.56%) vSphere
10 15 (0.53%) Oracle RAC
11 10 (0.35%) OpenSSH
11 10 (0.35%) XenApp
12 5 (0.18%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 5 (0.18%) Terminal Services
12 5 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
13 4 (0.14%) Microsoft App-V
14 2 (0.070%) HDFS
15 1 (0.035%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 207 (7.27%) Kubernetes
2 54 (1.90%) SCCM
3 48 (1.68%) Terraform
4 39 (1.37%) Microsoft Intune
5 35 (1.23%) WSUS
6 34 (1.19%) Ansible
7 30 (1.05%) SCOM
8 22 (0.77%) vCenter Server
9 19 (0.67%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 15 (0.53%) Data Guard
10 15 (0.53%) Functional Safety
10 15 (0.53%) Oracle RMAN
11 13 (0.46%) Cisco CUCM
11 13 (0.46%) NetBackup
11 13 (0.46%) Puppet
11 13 (0.46%) ServiceCenter
12 12 (0.42%) EMC NetWorker
12 12 (0.42%) ZABBIX
13 10 (0.35%) IBM BigFix
13 10 (0.35%) PowerCLI
Vendors
1 552 (19.38%) Microsoft
2 118 (4.14%) SAP
3 116 (4.07%) EMC
4 103 (3.62%) VMware
5 85 (2.98%) Cisco
6 68 (2.39%) Oracle
7 51 (1.79%) Google
8 50 (1.76%) Adobe
8 50 (1.76%) Apple
9 47 (1.65%) HP
10 45 (1.58%) Salesforce
11 35 (1.23%) Dell
12 32 (1.12%) Veeam
13 31 (1.09%) Meraki
13 31 (1.09%) Palo Alto
14 30 (1.05%) IBM
15 27 (0.95%) Citrix
16 23 (0.81%) NEC
16 23 (0.81%) Sage
16 23 (0.81%) Xilinx