Degree Jobs in Hampshire

Academic Degree
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Hampshire 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 2 10 2
Rank change year-on-year +8 -8 +6
Permanent jobs citing Degree 457 476 605
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 22.53% 11.89% 21.28%
As % of the Qualifications category 36.85% 36.56% 53.45%
Number of salaries quoted 190 356 328
10th Percentile £35,250 £27,500 £28,325
25th Percentile £46,608 £33,438 £32,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £48,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.09% +7.78% -6.74%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £72,050 £82,500 £81,250
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
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,240 1,302 1,132
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 61.14% 32.53% 39.82%
Number of salaries quoted 695 987 727
10th Percentile £37,574 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £41,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £51,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.84% +7.37% -5.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £77,500 £80,000
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 Hampshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Degree in Hampshire

Degree
Salary Trend in Hampshire

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

Salary trend for Degree in Hampshire

Degree
Salary Histogram in Hampshire

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

Salary histogram for Degree in Hampshire

Degree
Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the Hampshire 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
Portsmouth 0 138 £47,683 -22.15% 59
Farnborough +20 106 £47,683 -12.91% 49
Southampton +5 53 £55,000 +15.79% 78
Basingstoke -17 23 £65,000 +52.94% 25
Gosport 0 16 £70,000 - 7
Waterlooville +5 15 £70,000 +3.70% 2
Southsea - 15 £70,000 -
Petersfield +2 14 £70,000 +21.74%
Fareham +4 13 £77,500 +106.67% 20
Andover +7 12 £65,000 +73.33% 17
Winchester +6 4 £55,000 +92.98% 15
Hook +2 4 £45,000 +8.43% 1
Romsey +2 4 - -
Eastleigh +14 2 £54,250 +10.71%
Ringwood +9 2 £35,000 +20.69% 2
Alton +6 2 - - 1
New Milton +4 2 £40,750 -
Havant +12 1 £54,000 +27.06% 1
Yateley +5 1 £70,000 +12.00% 3
Degree
South East

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire 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 6 (1.31%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (0.88%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.44%) Apache
Applications
1 20 (4.38%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (3.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (3.06%) Simulink
4 11 (2.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (1.75%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.22%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.22%) MicroStation
7 1 (0.22%) Revit
Business Applications
1 14 (3.06%) Teamcenter
2 2 (0.44%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.22%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.22%) SAP Business One
3 1 (0.22%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 44 (9.63%) AWS
2 32 (7.00%) Azure
3 22 (4.81%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (2.19%) Power Platform
5 8 (1.75%) Smartsheet
6 7 (1.53%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (1.53%) Entra ID
6 7 (1.53%) SaaS
7 5 (1.09%) Azure Sentinel
7 5 (1.09%) PowerApps
8 4 (0.88%) Asana
8 4 (0.88%) GCP
9 3 (0.66%) IaaS
10 2 (0.44%) Azure Key Vault
10 2 (0.44%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (0.44%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (0.44%) PaaS
11 1 (0.22%) AWS Lambda
11 1 (0.22%) Power Automate
11 1 (0.22%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 21 (4.60%) Wireshark
2 15 (3.28%) Firewall
3 13 (2.84%) TCP/IP
4 11 (2.41%) VoIP
5 8 (1.75%) Network Security
6 4 (0.88%) DHCP
6 4 (0.88%) DNS
6 4 (0.88%) HTTP
6 4 (0.88%) HTTPS
6 4 (0.88%) VPN
7 3 (0.66%) iSCSI
7 3 (0.66%) NAS
7 3 (0.66%) SAN
8 2 (0.44%) Cisco IOS
8 2 (0.44%) Remote Desktop
8 2 (0.44%) SSL
9 1 (0.22%) BGP
9 1 (0.22%) MPLS
9 1 (0.22%) OSPF
9 1 (0.22%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (1.97%) Power BI
2 4 (0.88%) MongoDB
2 4 (0.88%) Relational Database
2 4 (0.88%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.44%) SAP HANA
4 1 (0.22%) DynamoDB
4 1 (0.22%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 45 (9.85%) Rational DOORS
2 8 (1.75%) Git
3 5 (1.09%) JIRA
4 2 (0.44%) Cucumber
4 2 (0.44%) Eclipse
4 2 (0.44%) Eclipse RCP
4 2 (0.44%) JUnit
4 2 (0.44%) Selenium
4 2 (0.44%) TestNG
4 2 (0.44%) TestRail
5 1 (0.22%) GitLab
5 1 (0.22%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.22%) Visual Studio
General
1 86 (18.82%) Social Skills
2 52 (11.38%) Presentation Skills
3 39 (8.53%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (7.22%) Finance
5 31 (6.78%) Military
6 30 (6.56%) Electronics
7 29 (6.35%) Aerospace
8 16 (3.50%) Manufacturing
9 14 (3.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 14 (3.06%) Legal
10 13 (2.84%) Aviation
11 10 (2.19%) Organisational Skills
12 8 (1.75%) Marketing
12 8 (1.75%) Public Sector
13 7 (1.53%) Retail
14 6 (1.31%) Telecoms
15 4 (0.88%) Law
16 2 (0.44%) Automotive
16 2 (0.44%) Banking
16 2 (0.44%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 163 (35.67%) Senior
2 143 (31.29%) Systems Engineer
3 70 (15.32%) Principal Engineer
4 63 (13.79%) Principal Systems Engineer
5 58 (12.69%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 31 (6.78%) Software Engineer
7 26 (5.69%) Analyst
8 22 (4.81%) Senior Electrical Engineer
9 21 (4.60%) Engineering Manager
9 21 (4.60%) Senior Software Engineer
10 19 (4.16%) Junior
11 14 (3.06%) Junior Systems Engineer
11 14 (3.06%) Lead
12 12 (2.63%) Developer
12 12 (2.63%) Integration Engineer
12 12 (2.63%) System Verification Engineer
12 12 (2.63%) Systems Integration Engineer
12 12 (2.63%) Validation Engineer
13 10 (2.19%) Project Manager
14 9 (1.97%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.31%) HTML
2 5 (1.09%) Kafka
3 4 (0.88%) CSS
3 4 (0.88%) Node.js
4 3 (0.66%) .NET
5 2 (0.44%) JSP
5 2 (0.44%) Middleware
5 2 (0.44%) React
5 2 (0.44%) Web Services
6 1 (0.22%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.22%) EDI
6 1 (0.22%) FreeSWITCH
6 1 (0.22%) GraphQL
6 1 (0.22%) Next.js
6 1 (0.22%) Pandas
6 1 (0.22%) PySpark
6 1 (0.22%) RESTful
6 1 (0.22%) SailPoint
6 1 (0.22%) Tailwind CSS
6 1 (0.22%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 18 (3.94%) SCADA
2 17 (3.72%) Management Information System
3 13 (2.84%) Acoustics
4 12 (2.63%) Algorithms
5 9 (1.97%) Mobile App
5 9 (1.97%) Robotics
5 9 (1.97%) Security Posture
6 7 (1.53%) Driving Licence
7 5 (1.09%) Data Centre
7 5 (1.09%) Security Operations Centre
7 5 (1.09%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (1.09%) Virtual Team
8 4 (0.88%) Life Science
8 4 (0.88%) Operational Technology
8 4 (0.88%) Renewable Energy
9 3 (0.66%) Analogue Electronics
9 3 (0.66%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (0.66%) NHS
9 3 (0.66%) Product Ownership
9 3 (0.66%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 51 (11.16%) Windows
2 32 (7.00%) Linux
3 15 (3.28%) Android
3 15 (3.28%) Apple iOS
4 5 (1.09%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.88%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.66%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.66%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 190 (41.58%) Systems Engineering
2 109 (23.85%) Mathematics
3 84 (18.38%) Cybersecurity
4 83 (18.16%) Physics
5 79 (17.29%) Agile
5 79 (17.29%) Computer Science
6 65 (14.22%) Problem-Solving
7 64 (14.00%) UML
8 62 (13.57%) SysML
9 61 (13.35%) Requirements Management
10 48 (10.50%) MODAF
11 47 (10.28%) Project Management
12 45 (9.85%) Continuous Improvement
13 44 (9.63%) Acceptance Criteria
13 44 (9.63%) Validation
13 44 (9.63%) Verification and Validation
14 41 (8.97%) Software Engineering
15 39 (8.53%) Coaching
16 38 (8.32%) Customer Requirements
17 36 (7.88%) FMEA
Programming Languages
1 65 (14.22%) MATLAB
2 32 (7.00%) Python
3 23 (5.03%) C++
4 22 (4.81%) C#
5 19 (4.16%) SQL
6 15 (3.28%) Java
7 14 (3.06%) Ada
8 11 (2.41%) C
8 11 (2.41%) PowerShell
9 8 (1.75%) JavaScript
10 7 (1.53%) Kotlin
11 6 (1.31%) Bash
11 6 (1.31%) Rust
12 5 (1.09%) Kusto Query Language
13 4 (0.88%) Objective-C
13 4 (0.88%) TypeScript
13 4 (0.88%) VBA
14 3 (0.66%) Delphi
14 3 (0.66%) Embedded C
14 3 (0.66%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 225 (49.23%) BPSS Clearance
2 51 (11.16%) Chartered Engineer
3 45 (9.85%) Master's Degree
4 32 (7.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 32 (7.00%) Security Cleared
5 24 (5.25%) SC Cleared
6 20 (4.38%) Numerate Degree
7 17 (3.72%) CISSP
8 10 (2.19%) PhD
9 9 (1.97%) CEH
10 8 (1.75%) CompTIA Security+
11 7 (1.53%) DV Cleared
11 7 (1.53%) PMI Certification
11 7 (1.53%) PMP
12 5 (1.09%) CISM
12 5 (1.09%) ITIL Certification
13 4 (0.88%) TOGAF Certification
14 3 (0.66%) Azure Certification
14 3 (0.66%) CompTIA CySA+
14 3 (0.66%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (10.72%) IEC 61508
2 41 (8.97%) Def Stans
3 16 (3.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 14 (3.06%) ARP4754
4 14 (3.06%) DO-254
4 14 (3.06%) QA
5 8 (1.75%) NIST
6 6 (1.31%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (1.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 6 (1.31%) GDPR
7 5 (1.09%) HIPAA
7 5 (1.09%) PMO
8 4 (0.88%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.44%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.44%) COBIT
9 2 (0.44%) GRC
10 1 (0.22%) GAMP
10 1 (0.22%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (3.06%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (0.88%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.66%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.66%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.44%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.22%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (1.97%) QRadar
2 6 (1.31%) ArcSight ESM
3 2 (0.44%) Ansible
3 2 (0.44%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.22%) Progress Chef
4 1 (0.22%) Puppet
4 1 (0.22%) Terraform
4 1 (0.22%) vRealize
4 1 (0.22%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 43 (9.41%) Microsoft
2 14 (3.06%) IBM
3 11 (2.41%) Cisco
3 11 (2.41%) VMware
4 9 (1.97%) Splunk
5 8 (1.75%) PayPal
6 6 (1.31%) ArcSight
6 6 (1.31%) LogLogic
6 6 (1.31%) McAfee
7 5 (1.09%) Meraki
7 5 (1.09%) Rockwell
7 5 (1.09%) Salesforce
7 5 (1.09%) Siemens
8 4 (0.88%) Palo Alto
8 4 (0.88%) SAP
9 3 (0.66%) Micro Focus
9 3 (0.66%) Veeam
10 2 (0.44%) ANSYS
10 2 (0.44%) BT
10 2 (0.44%) EMC