Degree Jobs in Oxfordshire

Academic Degree
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Oxfordshire 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 3 3 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Degree 148 348 418
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 21.39% 19.41% 28.40%
As % of the Qualifications category 61.41% 77.68% 77.26%
Number of salaries quoted 58 254 158
10th Percentile £39,979 £31,000 £24,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £31,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% +5.56% -14.29%
75th Percentile £62,125 £60,000 £59,500
90th Percentile £75,750 £73,750 £65,750
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
Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 241 448 541
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 34.83% 24.99% 36.75%
Number of salaries quoted 82 339 262
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,200 £24,125
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,375 £47,500 £49,488
Median % change year-on-year +3.95% -4.02% -3.91%
75th Percentile £60,188 £61,250 £61,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £72,500
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 Oxfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Degree in Oxfordshire

Degree
Salary Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Salary trend for Degree in Oxfordshire

Degree
Salary Histogram in Oxfordshire

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

Salary histogram for Degree in Oxfordshire

Degree
Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the Oxfordshire 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
Oxford -2 41 £65,000 +23.81% 258
Thame +4 7 £60,000 +4.35% 1
Abingdon +2 3 £39,929 -23.94% 8
Banbury +13 2 - - 16
Witney +1 2 £70,000 +66.67% 7
Kidlington -1 2 - - 2
Chinnor - 2 - -
Wallingford +9 1 - -
Bicester +4 1 - - 2
Carterton - 1 £47,500 - 1
Wantage - 1 - -
Degree
South East

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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 (3.38%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.35%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 11 (7.43%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (4.73%) Chatbot
3 2 (1.35%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.68%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.68%) PORTIA
Cloud Services
1 10 (6.76%) Azure
2 7 (4.73%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (3.38%) Cloud Computing
4 4 (2.70%) AWS
5 2 (1.35%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.68%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.68%) GCP
6 1 (0.68%) Google Workspace
6 1 (0.68%) Power Automate
6 1 (0.68%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 55 (37.16%) Wireless
2 37 (25.00%) 5G
2 37 (25.00%) Bluetooth
2 37 (25.00%) GSM
2 37 (25.00%) LTE
2 37 (25.00%) UMTS
2 37 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
3 17 (11.49%) Internet
3 17 (11.49%) LAN
3 17 (11.49%) WAN
4 10 (6.76%) VPN
5 9 (6.08%) SNMP
5 9 (6.08%) TCP/IP
6 3 (2.03%) DHCP
6 3 (2.03%) DNS
6 3 (2.03%) InfiniBand
7 2 (1.35%) Ethernet
7 2 (1.35%) RS-485
8 1 (0.68%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.38%) Relational Database
2 2 (1.35%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (1.35%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (1.35%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.68%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.68%) MySQL
3 1 (0.68%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.68%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 9 (6.08%) Cucumber
1 9 (6.08%) Robot Framework
2 7 (4.73%) Git
3 4 (2.70%) JIRA
4 2 (1.35%) Moq
4 2 (1.35%) SpecFlow
5 1 (0.68%) Babel
5 1 (0.68%) CMake
5 1 (0.68%) Vite
5 1 (0.68%) webpack
General
1 53 (35.81%) Electronics
2 36 (24.32%) Social Skills
3 33 (22.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 11 (7.43%) Aerospace
4 11 (7.43%) Manufacturing
4 11 (7.43%) Telecoms
5 8 (5.41%) Finance
6 6 (4.05%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (4.05%) Law
6 6 (4.05%) Marketing
7 3 (2.03%) Aeronautics
7 3 (2.03%) Automotive
7 3 (2.03%) Health Technology
8 2 (1.35%) Legal
8 2 (1.35%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (1.35%) Police
8 2 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (1.35%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.68%) Advertising
9 1 (0.68%) Retail
Job Titles
1 47 (31.76%) Test Engineer
2 39 (26.35%) Electronics Engineer
3 37 (25.00%) Electronics Test Engineer
4 17 (11.49%) Infrastructure Support
4 17 (11.49%) Network Support
5 12 (8.11%) Senior
6 9 (6.08%) Field Engineer
6 9 (6.08%) Field Service Engineer
6 9 (6.08%) IT Manager
6 9 (6.08%) Test Automation Engineer
7 7 (4.73%) Developer
7 7 (4.73%) Software Engineer
7 7 (4.73%) Trainer
8 4 (2.70%) IT Services Manager
8 4 (2.70%) Service Manager
9 3 (2.03%) Design Engineer
9 3 (2.03%) Performance Engineer
9 3 (2.03%) Product Manager
9 3 (2.03%) Software Developer
10 2 (1.35%) .NET Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.38%) FHIR
2 4 (2.70%) .NET
3 3 (2.03%) .NET Core
3 3 (2.03%) .NET Framework
3 3 (2.03%) CSS
3 3 (2.03%) HTML
3 3 (2.03%) OAuth
3 3 (2.03%) OAuth2
3 3 (2.03%) REST
3 3 (2.03%) RESTful
4 2 (1.35%) CSS3
4 2 (1.35%) Entity Framework
4 2 (1.35%) HTML5
4 2 (1.35%) Jest
4 2 (1.35%) React
4 2 (1.35%) WebSockets
5 1 (0.68%) ASP.NET
5 1 (0.68%) Enzyme
5 1 (0.68%) PySpark
5 1 (0.68%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 52 (35.14%) Driving Licence
2 21 (14.19%) Virtual Team
3 13 (8.78%) Linux Command Line
4 11 (7.43%) Data Centre
5 5 (3.38%) Management Information System
6 3 (2.03%) Algorithms
6 3 (2.03%) LIMS
6 3 (2.03%) Molecular Biology
6 3 (2.03%) NHS
6 3 (2.03%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.35%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.35%) IoT
8 1 (0.68%) ASIC Verification
8 1 (0.68%) e-Learning
8 1 (0.68%) FPGA
8 1 (0.68%) Photovoltaics
8 1 (0.68%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.68%) Raspberry Pi
8 1 (0.68%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 30 (20.27%) Windows
2 17 (11.49%) Linux
3 3 (2.03%) Debian
4 2 (1.35%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.68%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.68%) Windows 7
5 1 (0.68%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (43.24%) Mentoring
2 47 (31.76%) Coaching
3 46 (31.08%) Validation
4 38 (25.68%) Customer Requirements
5 37 (25.00%) Test Strategy
5 37 (25.00%) Verification and Validation
6 28 (18.92%) Problem-Solving
7 24 (16.22%) Computer Science
8 14 (9.46%) DevOps
9 12 (8.11%) Cybersecurity
9 12 (8.11%) Physics
9 12 (8.11%) Test Automation
10 11 (7.43%) Agile
10 11 (7.43%) Software Engineering
11 10 (6.76%) Artificial Intelligence
11 10 (6.76%) Data Analysis
11 10 (6.76%) Preventative Maintenance
12 9 (6.08%) Customer Service
12 9 (6.08%) Mathematics
12 9 (6.08%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 29 (19.59%) Python
2 11 (7.43%) Bash
2 11 (7.43%) C++
2 11 (7.43%) JavaScript
3 10 (6.76%) C
4 9 (6.08%) PowerShell
5 5 (3.38%) C#
6 4 (2.70%) MATLAB
6 4 (2.70%) SQL
6 4 (2.70%) TypeScript
7 3 (2.03%) Perl
8 1 (0.68%) SystemVerilog
8 1 (0.68%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 45 (30.41%) Master's Degree
2 39 (26.35%) HND
3 17 (11.49%) MBA
4 15 (10.14%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (8.78%) PhD
6 3 (2.03%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.35%) LPIC
7 2 (1.35%) MCSE
7 2 (1.35%) RHCE
7 2 (1.35%) SC Cleared
7 2 (1.35%) Security Cleared
8 1 (0.68%) A+ Certification
8 1 (0.68%) AAT
8 1 (0.68%) CCNA
8 1 (0.68%) CCNP
8 1 (0.68%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.68%) CISSP
8 1 (0.68%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.68%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.68%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (8.11%) QA
2 3 (2.03%) 21 CFR Part 11
2 3 (2.03%) Good Clinical Practice
3 1 (0.68%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.68%) CDISC
3 1 (0.68%) GDPR
3 1 (0.68%) GLP
3 1 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.68%) NIST
3 1 (0.68%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (2.03%) Docker
1 3 (2.03%) NFS
2 2 (1.35%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.35%) GPFS
2 2 (1.35%) Lustre
3 1 (0.68%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.68%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (0.68%) Grafana
1 1 (0.68%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.68%) Prometheus
1 1 (0.68%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 17 (11.49%) Unisys
2 9 (6.08%) Microsoft
3 7 (4.73%) PayPal
4 4 (2.70%) EMC
5 2 (1.35%) Freescale
5 2 (1.35%) SAP
6 1 (0.68%) Altera
6 1 (0.68%) Cadence
6 1 (0.68%) Databricks
6 1 (0.68%) Facebook
6 1 (0.68%) Google
6 1 (0.68%) Meraki
6 1 (0.68%) NETGEAR
6 1 (0.68%) OpenAI
6 1 (0.68%) Oracle
6 1 (0.68%) Siemens
6 1 (0.68%) Synopsys
6 1 (0.68%) Ubiquiti