Degree Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

Academic Degree
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Buckinghamshire with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 1 1
Rank change year-on-year -1 0 +3
Permanent jobs citing Degree 311 286 334
As % of all permanent jobs in Buckinghamshire 23.19% 29.58% 29.61%
As % of the Qualifications category 72.16% 68.75% 74.06%
Number of salaries quoted 156 46 74
10th Percentile £20,000 £35,000 £36,625
25th Percentile £32,000 £43,688 £42,798
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £65,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -38.46% +23.81% +14.75%
75th Percentile £60,063 £73,833 £68,750
90th Percentile £71,250 £90,000 £83,500
South East median annual salary £48,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% +9.09% +10.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 431 416 451
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 32.14% 43.02% 39.98%
Number of salaries quoted 217 99 143
10th Percentile £20,000 £35,000 £32,800
25th Percentile £31,250 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £70,000 £90,000 £75,000
South East median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -12.50% +14.29% +0.96%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Degree relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire.

Degree job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

Degree
Salary Trend in Buckinghamshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Degree.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Degree

Degree
Salary Histogram in Buckinghamshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Degree in Buckinghamshire over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Degree in Buckinghamshire

Degree
Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. 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
Milton Keynes +19 93 £60,000 -7.69% 41
Marlow +5 60 £20,000 -72.91% 2
Bletchley +7 19 £40,000 -31.03%
Gerrards Cross +3 15 - -
Iver - 14 - -
Newport Pagnell -9 6 - -
Princes Risborough - 5 £35,000 -
Buckingham -1 4 £80,000 -
Olney +1 1 - -
High Wycombe -4 1 £70,000 +16.67% 21
Degree
South East

Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 14 (4.50%) IIS
2 7 (2.25%) SugarCRM
3 1 (0.32%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.32%) Confluence
3 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.32%) SAS
Applications
1 22 (7.07%) Chatbot
2 19 (6.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (4.82%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (1.61%) Adobe XD
5 4 (1.29%) Windchill
6 2 (0.64%) Simulink
7 1 (0.32%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.32%) Civil 3D
7 1 (0.32%) MicroStation
7 1 (0.32%) Navisworks
7 1 (0.32%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 7 (2.25%) SAP CO
2 1 (0.32%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 38 (12.22%) Cloud Computing
2 31 (9.97%) Azure
3 25 (8.04%) Power Platform
4 13 (4.18%) Azure DevOps
5 12 (3.86%) GCP
6 8 (2.57%) AWS
7 7 (2.25%) Power Automate
8 6 (1.93%) Figma
8 6 (1.93%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
8 6 (1.93%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 5 (1.61%) Google Analytics
10 4 (1.29%) Miro
11 3 (0.96%) Google Ads
11 3 (0.96%) iPaaS
12 2 (0.64%) Azure Data Factory
13 1 (0.32%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 37 (11.90%) Internet
2 2 (0.64%) Firewall
2 2 (0.64%) SDH
2 2 (0.64%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.32%) Intranet
3 1 (0.32%) iSCSI
3 1 (0.32%) Modbus
3 1 (0.32%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (0.32%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (7.72%) Power BI
2 13 (4.18%) GIS
3 12 (3.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 7 (2.25%) Power Query
4 7 (2.25%) PowerPivot
4 7 (2.25%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.64%) BusinessObjects
5 2 (0.64%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.64%) MySQL
6 1 (0.32%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
6 1 (0.32%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.32%) Hadoop
6 1 (0.32%) Metadata
6 1 (0.32%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 52 (16.72%) JIRA
2 32 (10.29%) Git
3 31 (9.97%) Jenkins
4 5 (1.61%) Axure RP
4 5 (1.61%) Balsamiq
5 4 (1.29%) Cypress.io
5 4 (1.29%) Selenium
5 4 (1.29%) WebDriver
6 1 (0.32%) Browser DevTools
6 1 (0.32%) GitLab
General
1 179 (57.56%) Social Skills
2 127 (40.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 75 (24.12%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (13.83%) Organisational Skills
5 40 (12.86%) Banking
6 32 (10.29%) Finance
6 32 (10.29%) Law
7 31 (9.97%) Public Sector
8 20 (6.43%) Manufacturing
9 18 (5.79%) Presentation Skills
10 9 (2.89%) Marketing
11 7 (2.25%) Telecoms
12 5 (1.61%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (1.61%) Local Government
13 3 (0.96%) Games
14 2 (0.64%) Automotive
14 2 (0.64%) Electronics
15 1 (0.32%) Advertising
15 1 (0.32%) Aerospace
15 1 (0.32%) Retail
Job Titles
1 43 (13.83%) Analyst
2 42 (13.50%) Lead
3 30 (9.65%) Lecturer
4 25 (8.04%) Senior
5 23 (7.40%) Microsoft Specialist
5 23 (7.40%) Support Engineer
6 22 (7.07%) Trainer
7 19 (6.11%) Support Analyst
8 18 (5.79%) Developer
9 17 (5.47%) IT Support
10 16 (5.14%) Technical Support
11 15 (4.82%) Applications Support
12 14 (4.50%) Applications Support Analyst
13 12 (3.86%) IT Engineer
13 12 (3.86%) IT Support Engineer
13 12 (3.86%) Software Engineer
13 12 (3.86%) Software Support Engineer
14 9 (2.89%) Technical Engineer
14 9 (2.89%) Technical Support Engineer
15 8 (2.57%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (6.75%) .NET
2 13 (4.18%) Entity Framework
3 12 (3.86%) .NET Framework
3 12 (3.86%) WinForms
4 10 (3.22%) REST
5 9 (2.89%) ASP.NET
5 9 (2.89%) Middleware
5 9 (2.89%) SOAP
6 7 (2.25%) SAP CO-PA
7 6 (1.93%) Lightning Web Components
7 6 (1.93%) Visualforce
8 4 (1.29%) Playwright
9 3 (0.96%) CSS
9 3 (0.96%) JSON
9 3 (0.96%) XML
10 2 (0.64%) HTML
11 1 (0.32%) Hibernate
11 1 (0.32%) jQuery
11 1 (0.32%) RESTful
11 1 (0.32%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 37 (11.90%) IoT
2 30 (9.65%) Blog
3 18 (5.79%) Self-Motivation
4 16 (5.14%) Management Information System
5 10 (3.22%) Enterprise Software
5 10 (3.22%) Product Ownership
6 6 (1.93%) Cloud Native
6 6 (1.93%) Driving Licence
7 5 (1.61%) NHS
7 5 (1.61%) SCADA
7 5 (1.61%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 4 (1.29%) Operational Technology
9 2 (0.64%) Algorithms
9 2 (0.64%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.64%) Life Science
9 2 (0.64%) Linux Command Line
9 2 (0.64%) Renewable Energy
10 1 (0.32%) IBM Mainframe
10 1 (0.32%) Low-Code
10 1 (0.32%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 35 (11.25%) Windows
2 4 (1.29%) Linux
3 1 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (0.32%) Unix
3 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (37.94%) AI
2 56 (18.01%) Continuous Improvement
3 50 (16.08%) Problem-Solving
4 48 (15.43%) User Experience
5 46 (14.79%) Cybersecurity
6 44 (14.15%) Computer Science
7 43 (13.83%) Agile
8 41 (13.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 37 (11.90%) CRM
9 37 (11.90%) Machine Learning
9 37 (11.90%) Web Development
10 34 (10.93%) Customer Service
11 32 (10.29%) Data-Driven Decision Making
12 31 (9.97%) Analytics
12 31 (9.97%) Configuration Management
13 30 (9.65%) Change Control
13 30 (9.65%) Technical Leadership
14 29 (9.32%) Data Analysis
15 28 (9.00%) Strategic Thinking
16 27 (8.68%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 51 (16.40%) SQL
2 19 (6.11%) C#
3 16 (5.14%) Java
4 15 (4.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 12 (3.86%) T-SQL
6 10 (3.22%) Python
7 8 (2.57%) JavaScript
8 7 (2.25%) VBA
9 6 (1.93%) Apex Code
10 2 (0.64%) Bash
10 2 (0.64%) MATLAB
11 1 (0.32%) C++
11 1 (0.32%) Korn
11 1 (0.32%) PHP
11 1 (0.32%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 59 (18.97%) Master's Degree
2 56 (18.01%) Security Cleared
3 52 (16.72%) PhD
4 37 (11.90%) Postgraduate
5 34 (10.93%) Computer Science Degree
6 33 (10.61%) SC Cleared
7 23 (7.40%) HNC
8 7 (2.25%) ACCA
8 7 (2.25%) CIMA
8 7 (2.25%) PMP
9 5 (1.61%) HND
9 5 (1.61%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.64%) A+ Certification
11 1 (0.32%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.32%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.32%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.32%) Chartered Engineer
11 1 (0.32%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (10.29%) QA
2 30 (9.65%) Def Stans
3 11 (3.54%) Accessibility
4 6 (1.93%) WCAG
5 4 (1.29%) ISO 14001
5 4 (1.29%) NEBOSH
6 3 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.64%) AUTOSAR
7 2 (0.64%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.64%) GxP
7 2 (0.64%) ISO 26262
7 2 (0.64%) SLA
8 1 (0.32%) ARP4754
8 1 (0.32%) ARP4761
8 1 (0.32%) DO-178B
8 1 (0.32%) DO-254
8 1 (0.32%) GDPR
8 1 (0.32%) IEC 61508
8 1 (0.32%) NIST
8 1 (0.32%) NIST 800
System Software
1 7 (2.25%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (1.93%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.96%) Docker
4 1 (0.32%) Citrix Hypervisor
Systems Management
1 3 (0.96%) Functional Safety
1 3 (0.96%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.32%) Ansible
2 1 (0.32%) Control-M
2 1 (0.32%) Grafana
2 1 (0.32%) Kibana
2 1 (0.32%) Prometheus
2 1 (0.32%) Terraform
Vendors
1 55 (17.68%) Microsoft
2 22 (7.07%) PayPal
3 20 (6.43%) SAP
4 12 (3.86%) Sage
4 12 (3.86%) Xamarin
5 11 (3.54%) Google
6 7 (2.25%) Salesforce
6 7 (2.25%) VMware
7 6 (1.93%) MuleSoft
8 5 (1.61%) Adobe
8 5 (1.61%) Zoho
9 2 (0.64%) Red Hat
9 2 (0.64%) Siemens
10 1 (0.32%) Autodesk
10 1 (0.32%) Dell
10 1 (0.32%) Dynatrace
10 1 (0.32%) IBM
10 1 (0.32%) Rockwell
10 1 (0.32%) Splunk