Degree Job Trends in Kent

Academic Degree
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Kent with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 10 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 12 14
Rank change year-on-year +10 +2 -13
Permanent jobs citing Degree 302 49 155
As % of all permanent jobs in Kent 21.63% 9.44% 11.00%
As % of the Qualifications category 60.04% 23.56% 46.69%
Number of salaries quoted 80 36 100
10th Percentile £26,500 £30,000 £32,325
25th Percentile £27,750 £35,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% - +19.57%
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £87,500
South East median annual salary £52,500 £55,678 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.71% +6.05% +5.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Kent

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 Kent.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 503 208 332
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 36.03% 40.08% 23.56%
Number of salaries quoted 144 57 243
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,250 £21,350
25th Percentile £28,000 £34,000 £27,965
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,750 £48,000 £41,250
Median % change year-on-year -4.69% +16.36% -8.33%
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £71,000 £69,496 £69,750
South East median annual salary £56,500 £55,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year +2.73% +7.84% +2.00%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Degree job vacancy trend in Kent

Degree
Salary Trend in Kent

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Degree.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Degree

Degree
Salary Histogram in Kent

Salary distribution for jobs citing Degree in Kent over the 6 months to 10 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Degree in Kent

Degree
Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the Kent region over the 6 months to 10 April 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
Sandwich - 25 £28,500 - 3
Rochester -3 14 £60,000 +9.09% 4
Dartford +2 11 £27,000 -22.86% 1
Chatham - 10 £65,000 - 1
Sittingbourne -1 9 £35,000 +16.67%
Swanley - 9 - - 4
Swanscombe - 7 - -
Tonbridge - 7 £29,500 - 2
Greenhithe - 7 - -
Gravesend - 6 £60,000 - 1
Westerham - 6 - - 1
Maidstone - 4 £25,000 - 5
Aylesford - 3 £52,500 - 1
Sevenoaks - 3 £58,750 -
Sheerness - 3 £52,500 -
West Malling - 2 £65,000 -
Canterbury - 2 £65,000 - 1
Snodland - 1 £52,500 -
Degree
South East

Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent 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 3 (0.99%) Confluence
2 2 (0.66%) IIS
3 1 (0.33%) CMS
3 1 (0.33%) WordPress
Applications
1 47 (15.56%) Microsoft Office
2 39 (12.91%) Simulink
3 7 (2.32%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.33%) Adobe Premiere
4 1 (0.33%) InDesign
4 1 (0.33%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 141 (46.69%) Cloud Computing
2 26 (8.61%) AWS
3 24 (7.95%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (4.30%) Veeva
5 11 (3.64%) Azure
6 4 (1.32%) ChatGPT
7 2 (0.66%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (0.66%) Azure Logic Apps
7 2 (0.66%) Azure Service Bus
7 2 (0.66%) Azure Service Fabric
7 2 (0.66%) Entra ID
7 2 (0.66%) PaaS
7 2 (0.66%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.33%) Google Analytics
8 1 (0.33%) MailChimp
8 1 (0.33%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 141 (46.69%) Internet
2 2 (0.66%) Firewall
2 2 (0.66%) VLAN
3 1 (0.33%) DHCP
3 1 (0.33%) DNS
3 1 (0.33%) Network Security
3 1 (0.33%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.33%) VoIP
3 1 (0.33%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (5.63%) Metadata
2 9 (2.98%) SQL Server
3 4 (1.32%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 26 (8.61%) Rational DOORS
2 16 (5.30%) JIRA
3 4 (1.32%) Postman
3 4 (1.32%) Selenium
3 4 (1.32%) SoapUI
3 4 (1.32%) Team Foundation Server
3 4 (1.32%) WebDriver
4 3 (0.99%) Git
5 1 (0.33%) LabVIEW
5 1 (0.33%) Visual Studio
General
1 201 (66.56%) Social Skills
2 151 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 143 (47.35%) Banking
4 43 (14.24%) Electronics
5 24 (7.95%) Military
6 23 (7.62%) Finance
7 17 (5.63%) Manufacturing
8 16 (5.30%) Aerospace
8 16 (5.30%) French Language
9 12 (3.97%) Analytical Skills
10 9 (2.98%) Swedish Language
11 5 (1.66%) Marketing
12 4 (1.32%) Digital Health
13 3 (0.99%) Legal
14 2 (0.66%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.66%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.66%) Public Sector
15 1 (0.33%) Advertising
15 1 (0.33%) Influencing Skills
15 1 (0.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 116 (38.41%) Lecturer
2 38 (12.58%) Senior
3 29 (9.60%) Systems Engineer
4 27 (8.94%) Analyst
5 25 (8.28%) Lead
6 22 (7.28%) Team Leader
7 17 (5.63%) Senior Systems Engineer
7 17 (5.63%) Service Analyst
7 17 (5.63%) Service Desk Analyst
8 13 (4.30%) Hardware Engineer
8 13 (4.30%) Principal Engineer
8 13 (4.30%) Principal Hardware Engineer
8 13 (4.30%) Senior Hardware Engineer
8 13 (4.30%) Support Engineer
9 12 (3.97%) Data Manager
10 11 (3.64%) Software Engineer
11 9 (2.98%) Data Steward
11 9 (2.98%) Lead Systems Engineer
12 8 (2.65%) Coordinator
12 8 (2.65%) Graduate
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.97%) .NET
2 7 (2.32%) SOAP
3 5 (1.66%) CSS
3 5 (1.66%) HTML
3 5 (1.66%) Lightning Web Components
4 4 (1.32%) jQuery
4 4 (1.32%) Visualforce
5 3 (0.99%) OAuth
5 3 (0.99%) REST
6 2 (0.66%) ASP.NET
6 2 (0.66%) LDAP
6 2 (0.66%) OAuth2
6 2 (0.66%) OpenID
6 2 (0.66%) WCF
6 2 (0.66%) Web Services
7 1 (0.33%) AngularJS
7 1 (0.33%) Middleware
7 1 (0.33%) React
Miscellaneous
1 141 (46.69%) IoT
2 45 (14.90%) Management Information System
3 17 (5.63%) Life Science
4 13 (4.30%) Analogue Electronics
5 9 (2.98%) Biopharmaceutical
6 6 (1.99%) Driving Licence
6 6 (1.99%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (0.99%) Social Media
8 2 (0.66%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.66%) Client/Server
8 2 (0.66%) Data Centre
8 2 (0.66%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (0.66%) Low-Code
8 2 (0.66%) Onboarding
8 2 (0.66%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.33%) Augmented Reality
9 1 (0.33%) CCTV
9 1 (0.33%) Linked Data
9 1 (0.33%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 8 (2.65%) Windows
2 2 (0.66%) Linux
2 2 (0.66%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.33%) Android
3 1 (0.33%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 173 (57.28%) Cybersecurity
2 148 (49.01%) AI
3 146 (48.34%) User Experience
4 143 (47.35%) Machine Learning
5 141 (46.69%) Web Development
6 43 (14.24%) Agile
7 39 (12.91%) Coaching
8 29 (9.60%) Physics
8 29 (9.60%) Systems Engineering
9 28 (9.27%) Mathematics
10 27 (8.94%) ITSM
11 25 (8.28%) Information Assurance
12 24 (7.95%) Customer Service
12 24 (7.95%) Problem-Solving
13 23 (7.62%) Data Governance
14 22 (7.28%) Digital Transformation Strategy
14 22 (7.28%) ITIL
15 18 (5.96%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
15 18 (5.96%) Performance Metrics
15 18 (5.96%) Requirements Management
Programming Languages
1 39 (12.91%) MATLAB
2 19 (6.29%) SQL
3 13 (4.30%) C#
4 12 (3.97%) Java
5 9 (2.98%) C++
6 6 (1.99%) Python
7 5 (1.66%) Apex Code
7 5 (1.66%) C
7 5 (1.66%) PHP
8 4 (1.32%) JavaScript
8 4 (1.32%) Ruby
9 3 (0.99%) Uniface
10 2 (0.66%) Delphi
10 2 (0.66%) PowerShell
10 2 (0.66%) VB
10 2 (0.66%) VB6
10 2 (0.66%) VBA
11 1 (0.33%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 161 (53.31%) Master's Degree
2 141 (46.69%) PhD
2 141 (46.69%) Postgraduate
3 43 (14.24%) BPSS Clearance
4 24 (7.95%) MCSE
4 24 (7.95%) Microsoft Certification
5 19 (6.29%) HND
6 17 (5.63%) AWS Certification
7 13 (4.30%) HNC
8 12 (3.97%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (1.32%) ISTQB
9 4 (1.32%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 4 (1.32%) Security Cleared
10 2 (0.66%) SC Cleared
11 1 (0.33%) Chartered Engineer
11 1 (0.33%) CISA
11 1 (0.33%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (7.28%) QA
2 19 (6.29%) Data Quality
3 5 (1.66%) GDPR
3 5 (1.66%) ISO 9001
4 3 (0.99%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 12207
5 1 (0.33%) PMO
System Software
1 13 (4.30%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.66%) Firmware
3 1 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (0.66%) Nagios
1 2 (0.66%) SCCM
1 2 (0.66%) vCenter Server
1 2 (0.66%) ZABBIX
2 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.33%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 34 (11.26%) Microsoft
2 26 (8.61%) Siemens
3 19 (6.29%) ServiceNow
4 11 (3.64%) Mentor Graphics
5 7 (2.32%) Salesforce
6 2 (0.66%) Cisco
6 2 (0.66%) Fortinet
6 2 (0.66%) HubSpot
6 2 (0.66%) Meraki
7 1 (0.33%) Adobe
7 1 (0.33%) Facebook
7 1 (0.33%) Google
7 1 (0.33%) IFS
7 1 (0.33%) Instagram
7 1 (0.33%) Sage
7 1 (0.33%) Zoho