Degree Jobs in East Sussex

Academic Degree
South East > East Sussex

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in East Sussex with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 6 4
Rank change year-on-year +5 -2 +15
Permanent jobs citing Degree 150 125 200
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in East Sussex 36.23% 17.15% 21.10%
As % of the Qualifications category 78.95% 58.14% 87.34%
Number of salaries quoted 14 95 93
10th Percentile £42,900 £21,800 £26,850
25th Percentile - £30,000 £44,560
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -1.96% +7.37%
75th Percentile £52,500 £65,000 £60,000
90th Percentile - £95,000 £68,500
South East median annual salary £60,000 £51,350 £52,500
% change year-on-year +16.85% -2.19% +5.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
East Sussex

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 East Sussex.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 190 215 229
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in East Sussex 45.89% 29.49% 24.16%
Number of salaries quoted 41 122 114
10th Percentile - £23,000 £32,375
25th Percentile £31,750 £32,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £50,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year -33.00% -1.96% +2.00%
75th Percentile £47,580 £71,563 £57,500
90th Percentile £53,750 £95,000 £68,375
South East median annual salary £60,000 £52,000 £51,350
% change year-on-year +15.38% +1.27% -1.25%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in East Sussex

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

Job vacancy trend for Degree in East Sussex

Degree
Salary Trend in East Sussex

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

Salary trend for Degree in East Sussex

Degree
Salary Histogram in East Sussex

Salary distribution for jobs citing Degree in East Sussex over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Degree in East Sussex

Degree
Job Locations in East Sussex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the East Sussex region over the 6 months to 30 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
Brighton +2 33 £50,000 -4.76% 240
Eastbourne +4 23 £45,000 +12.50% 3
Bexhill-On-Sea +13 16 - - 1
Crowborough +8 16 - -
Battle - 16 - -
Forest Row - 16 - -
Hastings +5 7 - -
Lewes +7 1 £35,000 -41.67% 4
Degree
South East

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in East Sussex 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 5 (3.33%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.67%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 2 (1.33%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (3.33%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (1.33%) Azure
3 1 (0.67%) AWS
3 1 (0.67%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.33%) 5G
1 5 (3.33%) Bluetooth
1 5 (3.33%) GSM
1 5 (3.33%) LTE
1 5 (3.33%) UMTS
1 5 (3.33%) Wi-Fi
1 5 (3.33%) Wireless
2 1 (0.67%) Asterisk PBX
2 1 (0.67%) Internet
2 1 (0.67%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.67%) Data Warehouse
1 7 (4.67%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.67%) Airbyte
2 1 (0.67%) Metadata
2 1 (0.67%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.67%) Qlik Sense
General
1 109 (72.67%) Manufacturing
2 105 (70.00%) Retail
3 28 (18.67%) Dutch Language
3 28 (18.67%) Finnish Language
3 28 (18.67%) Norwegian Language
4 10 (6.67%) Social Skills
5 7 (4.67%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (4.67%) Catalan Language
5 7 (4.67%) Finance
5 7 (4.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (4.00%) Legal
7 5 (3.33%) Electronics
7 5 (3.33%) Public Sector
8 1 (0.67%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 107 (71.33%) Trainer
2 7 (4.67%) Developer
3 6 (4.00%) Head of IT
3 6 (4.00%) Test Engineer
3 6 (4.00%) Web Developer
4 5 (3.33%) Electronics Engineer
4 5 (3.33%) Electronics Test Engineer
4 5 (3.33%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
4 5 (3.33%) Microsoft Engineer
4 5 (3.33%) Project Manager
4 5 (3.33%) Support Engineer
5 3 (2.00%) Senior
6 2 (1.33%) Content Editor
6 2 (1.33%) Senior Manager
6 2 (1.33%) Senior Project Manager
7 1 (0.67%) Junior
7 1 (0.67%) Junior Developer
7 1 (0.67%) Project Administrator
7 1 (0.67%) Project Engineer
7 1 (0.67%) Technical Account Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (9.33%) HTML
2 7 (4.67%) CSS
2 7 (4.67%) jQuery
3 6 (4.00%) .NET
4 1 (0.67%) NumPy
4 1 (0.67%) Pandas
4 1 (0.67%) SQLAlchemy
4 1 (0.67%) XML
4 1 (0.67%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 105 (70.00%) Robotics
2 5 (3.33%) Driving Licence
3 2 (1.33%) NHS
4 1 (0.67%) Management Information System
4 1 (0.67%) Onboarding
4 1 (0.67%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.33%) Linux
1 2 (1.33%) Ubuntu
2 1 (0.67%) Debian
2 1 (0.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (76.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 112 (74.67%) Machine Learning
3 111 (74.00%) Problem-Solving
4 105 (70.00%) Generative AI
4 105 (70.00%) LLM
4 105 (70.00%) Red Team
5 84 (56.00%) Data Privacy
6 15 (10.00%) Computer Science
7 11 (7.33%) Roadmaps
7 11 (7.33%) Technology Roadmap
8 9 (6.00%) Customer Service
9 7 (4.67%) Biochemistry
9 7 (4.67%) Biology
9 7 (4.67%) Chemistry
9 7 (4.67%) Web Development
10 6 (4.00%) IT Strategy
10 6 (4.00%) Mentoring
10 6 (4.00%) Migration
10 6 (4.00%) People Management
10 6 (4.00%) SEO
Programming Languages
1 15 (10.00%) SQL
2 14 (9.33%) JavaScript
3 13 (8.67%) PHP
4 9 (6.00%) Python
5 7 (4.67%) C
5 7 (4.67%) C#
5 7 (4.67%) C++
5 7 (4.67%) Dart
5 7 (4.67%) Java
5 7 (4.67%) MATLAB
5 7 (4.67%) R
5 7 (4.67%) Ruby
5 7 (4.67%) Rust
5 7 (4.67%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.67%) Bash
6 1 (0.67%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.67%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (5.33%) Computer Science Degree
2 5 (3.33%) HND
3 1 (0.67%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (0.67%) PMO
2 1 (0.67%) QA
System Software
1 1 (0.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 105 (70.00%) Adobe
1 105 (70.00%) Databricks
1 105 (70.00%) Google
2 8 (5.33%) Microsoft
3 2 (1.33%) PayPal
4 1 (0.67%) Progress
4 1 (0.67%) Red Hat