Degree Jobs in Hertfordshire

Academic Degree
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 4 2
Rank change year-on-year +2 -2 0
Permanent jobs citing Degree 212 282 440
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 25.39% 13.61% 25.72%
As % of the Qualifications category 53.67% 42.53% 57.44%
Number of salaries quoted 59 155 76
10th Percentile £31,250 £25,000 £38,125
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £46,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,085 £50,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.83% -16.67% +14.29%
75th Percentile £56,250 £62,500 £70,625
90th Percentile £64,000 £72,500 £77,500
East of England median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £54,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -12.84% +17.20%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 395 663 766
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 47.31% 32.00% 44.77%
Number of salaries quoted 171 430 203
10th Percentile £28,750 £26,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £41,265 £41,125 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,967 £52,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.99% -5.45% -4.35%
75th Percentile £62,000 £65,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £72,500 £76,000
East of England median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.53% -13.64% +10.00%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Degree in Hertfordshire

Degree
Salary Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Salary trend for Degree in Hertfordshire

Degree
Salary Histogram in Hertfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Degree in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Degree in Hertfordshire

Degree
Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 31 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
Watford +1 39 £35,000 -22.22% 11
Hemel Hempstead +9 24 £35,000 -28.21% 13
Stevenage +3 23 £42,000 -23.64% 31
Borehamwood +7 8 £50,000 +25.00% 3
Rickmansworth +5 8 - - 7
St Albans +12 6 £44,000 +35.38% 5
Tring - 6 - - 1
Hatfield -9 5 £29,500 -24.36% 5
Letchworth +6 3 £52,000 - 3
Potters Bar +5 3 - -
Waltham Cross +3 2 - - 2
Cheshunt - 2 - -
Radlett - 2 - -
Royston -1 1 - - 2
Berkhamsted - 1 - - 1
Kings Langley - 1 - - 1
Degree
East of England

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 13 (6.13%) SharePoint
2 8 (3.77%) IIS
3 6 (2.83%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.47%) Confluence
4 1 (0.47%) Tomcat
Applications
1 30 (14.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 6 (2.83%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.89%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (1.42%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.94%) Simulink
6 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (1.89%) Dynamics GP
2 2 (0.94%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.47%) iTrent
3 1 (0.47%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 30 (14.15%) Azure
2 21 (9.91%) AWS
2 21 (9.91%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (6.60%) AWS Lambda
3 14 (6.60%) Serverless
4 12 (5.66%) GCP
5 8 (3.77%) Power Platform
6 3 (1.42%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (1.42%) SaaS
7 2 (0.94%) Amazon S3
7 2 (0.94%) Boomi
7 2 (0.94%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.47%) Amazon EC2
8 1 (0.47%) Amazon SQS
8 1 (0.47%) AWS CodePipeline
8 1 (0.47%) IaaS
8 1 (0.47%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.47%) PaaS
8 1 (0.47%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 49 (23.11%) Broadband
2 40 (18.87%) Wi-Fi
3 37 (17.45%) 5G
3 37 (17.45%) Bluetooth
3 37 (17.45%) GSM
3 37 (17.45%) LTE
3 37 (17.45%) UMTS
3 37 (17.45%) Wireless
4 7 (3.30%) FTP
5 5 (2.36%) TCP/IP
6 4 (1.89%) Firewall
7 3 (1.42%) BGP
7 3 (1.42%) DHCP
7 3 (1.42%) DNS
7 3 (1.42%) EIGRP
7 3 (1.42%) OSPF
7 3 (1.42%) VLAN
7 3 (1.42%) VoIP
7 3 (1.42%) WAN
7 3 (1.42%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.25%) SQL Server
2 8 (3.77%) Amazon RDS
2 8 (3.77%) Power BI
3 2 (0.94%) Big Data
3 2 (0.94%) BusinessObjects
3 2 (0.94%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.47%) GIS
4 1 (0.47%) MySQL
4 1 (0.47%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.47%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 7 (3.30%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 2 (0.94%) Cucumber
2 2 (0.94%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.94%) Robot Framework
3 1 (0.47%) Artifactory
3 1 (0.47%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.47%) ClearCase
3 1 (0.47%) ClearQuest
3 1 (0.47%) Git
3 1 (0.47%) GitLab
3 1 (0.47%) JIRA
General
1 111 (52.36%) Social Skills
2 61 (28.77%) Analytical Skills
3 39 (18.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 38 (17.92%) Electronics
4 38 (17.92%) Finance
5 34 (16.04%) German Language
6 28 (13.21%) Banking
6 28 (13.21%) Financial Institution
6 28 (13.21%) French Language
7 15 (7.08%) Local Government
8 13 (6.13%) Aerospace
9 10 (4.72%) Aviation
10 4 (1.89%) Multimedia
10 4 (1.89%) Retail
11 3 (1.42%) Automotive
11 3 (1.42%) Games
11 3 (1.42%) Manufacturing
11 3 (1.42%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (1.42%) Public Sector
12 2 (0.94%) Legal
Job Titles
1 39 (18.40%) Test Engineer
2 38 (17.92%) Electronics Engineer
3 37 (17.45%) Electronics Test Engineer
4 36 (16.98%) Senior
5 32 (15.09%) Analyst
6 28 (13.21%) Credit Analyst
6 28 (13.21%) Research Analyst
7 23 (10.85%) Support Engineer
8 12 (5.66%) Applications Support
8 12 (5.66%) Machine Learning Engineer
9 11 (5.19%) Lead
10 9 (4.25%) Coordinator
10 9 (4.25%) Project Manager
10 9 (4.25%) Systems Manager
11 8 (3.77%) Engineering Manager
11 8 (3.77%) Senior Manager
11 8 (3.77%) Systems Engineer
12 7 (3.30%) Applications Engineer
12 7 (3.30%) Applications Support Engineer
12 7 (3.30%) Senior Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.83%) SailPoint
2 2 (0.94%) AngularJS
2 2 (0.94%) React
2 2 (0.94%) Restlet
3 1 (0.47%) Akka
3 1 (0.47%) COM
3 1 (0.47%) RESTful
3 1 (0.47%) Spring
3 1 (0.47%) Spring Boot
3 1 (0.47%) Web Services
3 1 (0.47%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 41 (19.34%) Driving Licence
2 28 (13.21%) Credit Risk
2 28 (13.21%) Fixed Income
3 21 (9.91%) Management Information System
4 18 (8.49%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (3.77%) Onboarding
6 7 (3.30%) Hybrid Cloud
7 6 (2.83%) Virtual Team
8 3 (1.42%) Algorithms
8 3 (1.42%) FPGA
8 3 (1.42%) Life Science
8 3 (1.42%) Product Ownership
8 3 (1.42%) Verilog
8 3 (1.42%) VHDL
8 3 (1.42%) Video\Live Streaming
9 2 (0.94%) iSeries
9 2 (0.94%) Linux Command Line
10 1 (0.47%) Data Structures
10 1 (0.47%) Greenfield Project
10 1 (0.47%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 35 (16.51%) Windows
2 12 (5.66%) Linux
2 12 (5.66%) Windows Server 2012
3 9 (4.25%) Mac OS
4 8 (3.77%) Windows 10
5 3 (1.42%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.47%) Android
6 1 (0.47%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (38.68%) Mentoring
2 65 (30.66%) Problem-Solving
3 52 (24.53%) Coaching
4 49 (23.11%) Computer Science
5 44 (20.75%) Validation
6 39 (18.40%) Risk Management
7 37 (17.45%) Customer Requirements
7 37 (17.45%) Test Strategy
7 37 (17.45%) Verification and Validation
8 34 (16.04%) Broadcast Engineering
8 34 (16.04%) Risk Assessment
9 31 (14.62%) Asset Management
10 30 (14.15%) Business Strategy
10 30 (14.15%) Decision-Making
10 30 (14.15%) High Availability
10 30 (14.15%) Roadmaps
11 28 (13.21%) Credit Risk Analysis
11 28 (13.21%) Financial Modelling
11 28 (13.21%) Portfolio Management
12 23 (10.85%) Product Management
Programming Languages
1 26 (12.26%) Python
2 23 (10.85%) PowerShell
2 23 (10.85%) SQL
3 12 (5.66%) TypeScript
4 10 (4.72%) Bash
5 7 (3.30%) T-SQL
6 5 (2.36%) C
6 5 (2.36%) Java
6 5 (2.36%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.94%) C++
7 2 (0.94%) PL/SQL
7 2 (0.94%) SystemVerilog
8 1 (0.47%) C#
8 1 (0.47%) Groovy
8 1 (0.47%) Tcl
8 1 (0.47%) VBA
Qualifications
1 42 (19.81%) Computer Science Degree
2 38 (17.92%) HND
3 34 (16.04%) Master's Degree
4 28 (13.21%) CFA
5 15 (7.08%) PhD
6 8 (3.77%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 7 (3.30%) DBS Check
7 7 (3.30%) HNC
8 6 (2.83%) Security Cleared
9 4 (1.89%) CEH
9 4 (1.89%) CISM
9 4 (1.89%) CISSP
9 4 (1.89%) CREST Certified
9 4 (1.89%) GIAC
9 4 (1.89%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 3 (1.42%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (1.42%) SC Cleared
11 1 (0.47%) Chartered Engineer
11 1 (0.47%) MCP
11 1 (0.47%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.19%) QA
2 4 (1.89%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (1.89%) GDPR
2 4 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (1.89%) NCSC
2 4 (1.89%) NIST
2 4 (1.89%) SLA
3 3 (1.42%) 21 CFR Part 11
3 3 (1.42%) Good Clinical Practice
3 3 (1.42%) PMO
4 1 (0.47%) COBIT
4 1 (0.47%) Data Quality
System Software
1 20 (9.43%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.47%) Firmware
2 1 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 6 (2.83%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.89%) FortiGate
2 4 (1.89%) Nessus
3 1 (0.47%) SCCM
Vendors
1 50 (23.58%) Microsoft
2 28 (13.21%) Bloomberg
3 12 (5.66%) Sun
4 6 (2.83%) Okta
4 6 (2.83%) Salesforce
5 5 (2.36%) NEC
5 5 (2.36%) ServiceNow
6 4 (1.89%) Qualys
6 4 (1.89%) Tenable
7 3 (1.42%) Apple
7 3 (1.42%) Cisco
7 3 (1.42%) EMC
7 3 (1.42%) Fortinet
7 3 (1.42%) HP
7 3 (1.42%) PayPal
7 3 (1.42%) SolarWinds
8 2 (0.94%) Dell
8 2 (0.94%) Intel
8 2 (0.94%) Oracle
8 2 (0.94%) Veritas