Degree Jobs in Berkshire

Academic Degree
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 10 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 4 3
Rank change year-on-year +1 -1 +6
Permanent jobs citing Degree 333 607 789
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 20.61% 19.75% 25.26%
As % of the Qualifications category 39.18% 43.95% 55.02%
Number of salaries quoted 105 459 263
10th Percentile £34,150 £34,750 £30,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £43,020 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,810 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.68% +9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £121,500 £105,250 £97,500
South East median annual salary £58,000 £51,500 £51,000
% change year-on-year +12.62% +0.98% +2.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Berkshire

Degree falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Berkshire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 850 1,381 1,434
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 52.60% 44.93% 45.90%
Number of salaries quoted 233 958 585
10th Percentile £31,750 £30,000 £28,800
25th Percentile £45,000 £38,603 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +10.00% -8.84%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £91,625 £95,000
South East median annual salary £57,500 £51,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.65% +3.00% -4.76%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Degree in Berkshire

Degree
Salary Trend in Berkshire

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

Salary trend for Degree in Berkshire

Degree
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Degree in Berkshire over the 6 months to 10 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Degree in Berkshire

Degree
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 10 May 2025. 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
Slough -2 83 £68,750 +71.88% 71
Reading -1 74 £65,405 +18.92% 110
Windsor +11 66 £83,337 +96.09% 12
Maidenhead -1 54 £54,500 -12.80% 31
Bracknell -3 29 £77,500 +3.33% 34
Wokingham +4 2 £65,000 +44.44% 9
Thatcham -4 1 £32,500 -35.00% 1
Degree
South East

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 30 (9.01%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.80%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.20%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.60%) Apache
4 2 (0.60%) Confluence
Applications
1 15 (4.50%) Chatbot
2 12 (3.60%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (2.40%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.30%) Pipeline Pilot
Business Applications
1 5 (1.50%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.30%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 62 (18.62%) Azure
2 34 (10.21%) Power Platform
3 32 (9.61%) AWS
4 28 (8.41%) GCP
5 27 (8.11%) PowerApps
6 26 (7.81%) Power Automate
7 21 (6.31%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
7 21 (6.31%) Snowflake
8 6 (1.80%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (1.80%) Microsoft 365
9 5 (1.50%) Collibra
9 5 (1.50%) Microsoft Purview
10 4 (1.20%) GitHub
11 3 (0.90%) Dynamics 365
12 2 (0.60%) Entra ID
12 2 (0.60%) SaaS
13 1 (0.30%) AWS Lambda
13 1 (0.30%) Azure Machine Learning
13 1 (0.30%) IaaS
13 1 (0.30%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.70%) Broadband
2 8 (2.40%) Firewall
3 7 (2.10%) DNS
4 6 (1.80%) DHCP
5 5 (1.50%) Network Security
5 5 (1.50%) VPN
6 4 (1.20%) VLAN
6 4 (1.20%) VoIP
7 3 (0.90%) SMTP
8 2 (0.60%) Internet
8 2 (0.60%) LAN
8 2 (0.60%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.60%) WAN
9 1 (0.30%) DMZ
9 1 (0.30%) DWDM
9 1 (0.30%) Modbus
9 1 (0.30%) MPLS
9 1 (0.30%) Profibus
9 1 (0.30%) SD-WAN
9 1 (0.30%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (14.71%) Data Lake
2 34 (10.21%) Power BI
3 28 (8.41%) Big Data
4 26 (7.81%) Tableau
5 23 (6.91%) Data Warehouse
5 23 (6.91%) Metadata
6 19 (5.71%) NoSQL
6 19 (5.71%) SQL Server
7 9 (2.70%) OLTP
8 4 (1.20%) Hadoop
9 3 (0.90%) Pinecone
9 3 (0.90%) Weaviate
10 2 (0.60%) MongoDB
10 2 (0.60%) RDBMS
10 2 (0.60%) Relational Database
11 1 (0.30%) GIS
11 1 (0.30%) KNIME
Development Applications
1 24 (7.21%) Git
2 12 (3.60%) Cypress.io
2 12 (3.60%) Selenium
3 7 (2.10%) SoapUI
4 4 (1.20%) JIRA
5 3 (0.90%) MLflow
5 3 (0.90%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.30%) GitLab
6 1 (0.30%) Gradle
6 1 (0.30%) JUnit
6 1 (0.30%) LabVIEW
General
1 156 (46.85%) Law
2 115 (34.53%) Social Skills
3 60 (18.02%) Marketing
4 58 (17.42%) Finance
5 39 (11.71%) Analytical Skills
6 32 (9.61%) Legal
7 18 (5.41%) Influencing Skills
8 13 (3.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 13 (3.90%) Manufacturing
9 10 (3.00%) Telecoms
10 8 (2.40%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (1.50%) Retail
12 3 (0.90%) Banking
12 3 (0.90%) Electronics
12 3 (0.90%) German Language
13 2 (0.60%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.60%) Automotive
13 2 (0.60%) Multimedia
13 2 (0.60%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.60%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 119 (35.74%) Lead
2 98 (29.43%) Senior
3 32 (9.61%) Developer
4 25 (7.51%) Senior Developer
5 22 (6.61%) Architect
6 21 (6.31%) Enterprise Architect
6 21 (6.31%) Salesforce Architect
7 18 (5.41%) Data Analytics Director
8 15 (4.50%) Software Engineer
8 15 (4.50%) Trainer
9 12 (3.60%) Software Developer
10 9 (2.70%) Oracle Developer
10 9 (2.70%) PL/SQL Developer
10 9 (2.70%) Project Manager
10 9 (2.70%) Senior Oracle Developer
10 9 (2.70%) Senior PL/SQL Developer
10 9 (2.70%) Senior SQL Developer
10 9 (2.70%) SQL Developer
11 8 (2.40%) Senior Software Developer
11 8 (2.40%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (9.01%) SOAP
2 24 (7.21%) Middleware
2 24 (7.21%) React
3 21 (6.31%) .NET
3 21 (6.31%) Lightning Web Components
3 21 (6.31%) REST
4 14 (4.20%) HTML
5 12 (3.60%) Jest
6 9 (2.70%) XML
7 7 (2.10%) Kafka
8 6 (1.80%) Node.js
9 5 (1.50%) CSS
9 5 (1.50%) CSS3
9 5 (1.50%) HTML5
10 3 (0.90%) PyTorch
10 3 (0.90%) scikit-learn
10 3 (0.90%) TensorFlow
11 2 (0.60%) AngularJS
11 2 (0.60%) NumPy
11 2 (0.60%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 42 (12.61%) Enterprise Software
2 17 (5.11%) FMCG
3 13 (3.90%) Algorithms
3 13 (3.90%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (3.30%) Driving Licence
5 8 (2.40%) Data Centre
6 5 (1.50%) Cloud Native
6 5 (1.50%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.20%) Onboarding
8 3 (0.90%) Acoustics
8 3 (0.90%) CMDB
8 3 (0.90%) Product Ownership
9 2 (0.60%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (0.60%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.60%) Fibre Optics
9 2 (0.60%) NHS
9 2 (0.60%) PMI
9 2 (0.60%) Public Cloud
9 2 (0.60%) Social Media
10 1 (0.30%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 18 (5.41%) Linux
2 13 (3.90%) Unix
3 6 (1.80%) Windows
4 5 (1.50%) Mac OS
5 4 (1.20%) Windows 10
5 4 (1.20%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.90%) Android
6 3 (0.90%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 168 (50.45%) Computer Science
2 123 (36.94%) Analytics
3 100 (30.03%) Stakeholder Management
4 97 (29.13%) Data Management
5 81 (24.32%) Data Governance
6 80 (24.02%) Artificial Intelligence
7 75 (22.52%) Business Strategy
8 66 (19.82%) Data Modelling
9 64 (19.22%) Project Management
10 56 (16.82%) Agile
11 52 (15.62%) Problem-Solving
12 51 (15.32%) Data Engineering
13 49 (14.71%) Decision-Making
14 47 (14.11%) Business Intelligence
14 47 (14.11%) Continuous Improvement
14 47 (14.11%) Mentoring
15 46 (13.81%) Technical Leadership
16 43 (12.91%) Data Science
16 43 (12.91%) Machine Learning
16 43 (12.91%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 49 (14.71%) SQL
2 48 (14.41%) Python
3 32 (9.61%) C#
4 26 (7.81%) C++
5 24 (7.21%) JavaScript
6 23 (6.91%) TypeScript
7 21 (6.31%) Apex Code
8 11 (3.30%) C
8 11 (3.30%) Fortran
8 11 (3.30%) Java
9 10 (3.00%) Bash
10 9 (2.70%) PL/SQL
11 7 (2.10%) PowerShell
12 5 (1.50%) PHP
12 5 (1.50%) R
13 4 (1.20%) MATLAB
14 1 (0.30%) Kusto Query Language
14 1 (0.30%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.30%) VBScript
14 1 (0.30%) X++
Qualifications
1 74 (22.22%) Master's Degree
2 65 (19.52%) Computer Science Degree
3 30 (9.01%) PhD
4 13 (3.90%) Security Cleared
5 12 (3.60%) SC Cleared
6 9 (2.70%) DV Cleared
7 8 (2.40%) HND
8 7 (2.10%) CISSP
9 6 (1.80%) DBS Check
9 6 (1.80%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (1.50%) MBA
10 5 (1.50%) Numerate Degree
11 4 (1.20%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (0.90%) AWS Certification
12 3 (0.90%) CCNP
12 3 (0.90%) CISM
12 3 (0.90%) PMI Certification
12 3 (0.90%) Six Sigma Black Belt
12 3 (0.90%) Six Sigma Green Belt
12 3 (0.90%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (22.22%) Data Quality
2 40 (12.01%) Accessibility
3 25 (7.51%) QA
4 5 (1.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.50%) WCAG
5 4 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (1.20%) GMP
5 4 (1.20%) PCI DSS
6 3 (0.90%) GDPR
7 2 (0.60%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.60%) Def Stans
7 2 (0.60%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.30%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.30%) ISO 14001
8 1 (0.30%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.30%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 30 (9.01%) Docker
2 9 (2.70%) Active Directory
3 7 (2.10%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.20%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.60%) HDFS
6 1 (0.30%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 30 (9.01%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.20%) Terraform
3 3 (0.90%) Ansible
3 3 (0.90%) Kubeflow
3 3 (0.90%) Puppet
3 3 (0.90%) WSUS
4 2 (0.60%) FortiGate
4 2 (0.60%) Grafana
4 2 (0.60%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.30%) Argo
Vendors
1 50 (15.02%) Microsoft
2 26 (7.81%) ServiceNow
3 22 (6.61%) Salesforce
4 21 (6.31%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
5 15 (4.50%) PayPal
6 9 (2.70%) Oracle
6 9 (2.70%) VMware
7 5 (1.50%) Informatica
8 4 (1.20%) Apple
9 3 (0.90%) Citrix
9 3 (0.90%) SonicWALL
10 2 (0.60%) Arista
10 2 (0.60%) Extreme Networks
10 2 (0.60%) Google
10 2 (0.60%) Palo Alto
10 2 (0.60%) SAP
11 1 (0.30%) Cisco
11 1 (0.30%) NEC
11 1 (0.30%) Sage
11 1 (0.30%) Sophos