Degree Jobs 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 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 15 1
Rank change year-on-year +13 -14 +2
Permanent jobs citing Degree 156 158 296
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 19.43% 10.29% 27.43%
As % of the Qualifications category 34.59% 49.07% 75.90%
Number of salaries quoted 96 102 89
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,475 -
25th Percentile £37,555 £35,500 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £53,750 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +26.47% -5.56%
75th Percentile £57,500 £67,500 £57,250
90th Percentile £63,125 £87,250 £61,250
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
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 451 322 390
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 56.16% 20.98% 36.14%
Number of salaries quoted 226 218 158
10th Percentile £31,250 £26,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £34,988 £32,563 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,325 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.83% - -
75th Percentile £47,683 £60,000 £58,438
90th Percentile £60,000 £70,000 £67,285
South East median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £51,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% +2.94% -2.12%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Job vacancy trend for Degree in Kent

Degree
Salary Trend in Kent

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

Salary trend for Degree in Kent

Degree
Salary Histogram in Kent

Salary distribution for jobs citing Degree in Kent over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

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 28 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
Rochester -1 112 £47,683 +28.87% 15
Sittingbourne - 9 £30,000 - 1
Dartford +12 5 £31,250 -8.76% 17
Tunbridge Wells +9 2 £37,500 +9.49% 1
Canterbury +8 1 - - 2
Chatham +5 1 £66,500 +90.00% 3
Maidstone +1 1 - - 7
Gravesend - 1 £70,500 - 4
Degree
South East

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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 (3.85%) WordPress
2 4 (2.56%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.28%) CMS
3 2 (1.28%) IIS
3 2 (1.28%) Umbraco
4 1 (0.64%) Apache
4 1 (0.64%) SharePoint
Applications
1 37 (23.72%) Simulink
2 13 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.28%) GNU Octave
3 2 (1.28%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (4.49%) Teamcenter
2 4 (2.56%) ResourceLink
Cloud Services
1 13 (8.33%) Azure
2 9 (5.77%) AWS
2 9 (5.77%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (3.21%) Power Platform
4 4 (2.56%) Entra ID
4 4 (2.56%) GCP
4 4 (2.56%) Serverless
5 3 (1.92%) AWS Lambda
6 2 (1.28%) GitHub
6 2 (1.28%) Google Workspace
6 2 (1.28%) npm
7 1 (0.64%) AWS IoT
7 1 (0.64%) OneDrive
7 1 (0.64%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.85%) Broadband
2 5 (3.21%) DNS
3 4 (2.56%) DHCP
3 4 (2.56%) TCP/IP
4 3 (1.92%) Cisco IOS
4 3 (1.92%) Firewall
4 3 (1.92%) VLAN
5 2 (1.28%) Fibre Channel
5 2 (1.28%) iSCSI
5 2 (1.28%) NAS
5 2 (1.28%) SAN
5 2 (1.28%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.64%) MQTT
6 1 (0.64%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.56%) Power BI
1 4 (2.56%) Tableau
2 2 (1.28%) Geospatial Data
2 2 (1.28%) GIS
3 1 (0.64%) MySQL
3 1 (0.64%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 28 (17.95%) Rational DOORS
2 5 (3.21%) Git
3 3 (1.92%) Subversion
4 2 (1.28%) Bitbucket
4 2 (1.28%) JIRA
4 2 (1.28%) Octopus Deploy
4 2 (1.28%) Visual Studio
4 2 (1.28%) Visual Studio Code
4 2 (1.28%) Vite
5 1 (0.64%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.64%) Eclipse RCP
General
1 48 (30.77%) Electronics
2 30 (19.23%) Social Skills
3 25 (16.03%) Presentation Skills
4 22 (14.10%) Military
5 14 (8.97%) Aerospace
6 11 (7.05%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (4.49%) Retail
8 6 (3.85%) Legal
9 5 (3.21%) Finance
10 3 (1.92%) Manufacturing
11 2 (1.28%) Advertising
11 2 (1.28%) Back Office
11 2 (1.28%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.28%) Marketing
12 1 (0.64%) Avionics
12 1 (0.64%) German Language
12 1 (0.64%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 67 (42.95%) Senior
2 64 (41.03%) Systems Engineer
3 30 (19.23%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 10 (6.41%) Software Engineer
5 9 (5.77%) Engineering Manager
5 9 (5.77%) IT Support
6 8 (5.13%) 1st Line Support
6 8 (5.13%) Hardware Engineer
6 8 (5.13%) Junior
7 7 (4.49%) Junior Systems Engineer
7 7 (4.49%) Senior Hardware Engineer
8 6 (3.85%) Analyst
8 6 (3.85%) Principal Engineer
8 6 (3.85%) Senior Electrical Engineer
8 6 (3.85%) Support Engineer
9 5 (3.21%) Lead
9 5 (3.21%) Senior Software Engineer
10 4 (2.56%) 1st Line Engineer
10 4 (2.56%) MI Manager
10 4 (2.56%) Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (6.41%) CSS
2 9 (5.77%) HTML
3 3 (1.92%) .NET
4 2 (1.28%) .NET Core
4 2 (1.28%) .NET Framework
4 2 (1.28%) Sass
5 1 (0.64%) ASP.NET
5 1 (0.64%) jQuery
5 1 (0.64%) JSP
5 1 (0.64%) Middleware
5 1 (0.64%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 24 (15.38%) Management Information System
2 14 (8.97%) Driving Licence
3 8 (5.13%) Analogue Electronics
4 5 (3.21%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (2.56%) CCTV
5 4 (2.56%) SCADA
6 2 (1.28%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.28%) NHS
6 2 (1.28%) Robotics
7 1 (0.64%) FPGA
7 1 (0.64%) IoT
7 1 (0.64%) Life Science
7 1 (0.64%) VHDL
7 1 (0.64%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 18 (11.54%) Windows
2 3 (1.92%) Mac OS X
2 3 (1.92%) Windows Server
2 3 (1.92%) Windows Server 2012
2 3 (1.92%) Windows Server 2016
2 3 (1.92%) Windows Server 2019
3 2 (1.28%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (52.56%) Systems Engineering
2 48 (30.77%) Agile
2 48 (30.77%) SysML
3 47 (30.13%) Cybersecurity
3 47 (30.13%) Mathematics
4 46 (29.49%) Physics
5 36 (23.08%) UML
6 35 (22.44%) Coaching
7 28 (17.95%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
8 25 (16.03%) MODAF
9 23 (14.74%) Problem-Solving
10 21 (13.46%) Requirements Management
11 20 (12.82%) Information Assurance
12 17 (10.90%) Computer Science
13 14 (8.97%) FMEA
13 14 (8.97%) Software Engineering
14 13 (8.33%) Mentoring
15 11 (7.05%) People Management
16 10 (6.41%) Continuous Improvement
16 10 (6.41%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 66 (42.31%) MATLAB
2 17 (10.90%) Python
3 14 (8.97%) C
4 11 (7.05%) C++
5 10 (6.41%) C#
5 10 (6.41%) SQL
6 8 (5.13%) JavaScript
7 7 (4.49%) PHP
8 4 (2.56%) Java
9 3 (1.92%) Ada
9 3 (1.92%) Rust
9 3 (1.92%) TypeScript
10 2 (1.28%) Embedded C
11 1 (0.64%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 92 (58.97%) BPSS Clearance
2 13 (8.33%) Chartered Engineer
3 11 (7.05%) Master's Degree
4 7 (4.49%) HND
5 6 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (3.85%) Security Cleared
6 5 (3.21%) SC Cleared
7 4 (2.56%) DBS Check
8 3 (1.92%) CISSP
8 3 (1.92%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 3 (1.92%) PhD
9 2 (1.28%) Numerate Degree
10 1 (0.64%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.64%) AWS Certified Developer
10 1 (0.64%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (12.18%) IEC 61508
2 14 (8.97%) Def Stans
3 10 (6.41%) GDPR
4 7 (4.49%) ARP4754
4 7 (4.49%) DO-254
5 5 (3.21%) SLA
6 2 (1.28%) Accessibility
6 2 (1.28%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.64%) COSHH
7 1 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.64%) NIST
System Software
1 14 (8.97%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.28%) Hyper-V
2 2 (1.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.64%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (1.92%) SCCM
2 2 (1.28%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 20 (12.82%) Siemens
2 12 (7.69%) Microsoft
3 11 (7.05%) Cisco
4 8 (5.13%) Meraki
5 7 (4.49%) IBM
5 7 (4.49%) Mentor Graphics
6 4 (2.56%) Cognos
7 3 (1.92%) MobileIron
7 3 (1.92%) Riverbed
7 3 (1.92%) SAP
7 3 (1.92%) Sun
7 3 (1.92%) Trend Micro
8 2 (1.28%) EMC
8 2 (1.28%) VMware
9 1 (0.64%) Citrix
9 1 (0.64%) Google
9 1 (0.64%) Okta
9 1 (0.64%) Salesforce