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 19 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 6 5
Rank change year-on-year +3 -1 -4
Permanent jobs citing Degree 151 201 172
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 21.27% 14.60% 18.26%
As % of the Qualifications category 75.88% 73.36% 66.93%
Number of salaries quoted 59 116 108
10th Percentile £40,000 £31,250 £32,125
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,000 £43,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £51,871 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.67% -1.20% +5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £59,000 £62,971
90th Percentile £78,500 £73,750 £70,988
South East median annual salary £67,500 £53,818 £55,000
% change year-on-year +25.42% -2.15% +10.00%

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 199 274 257
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 28.03% 19.90% 27.28%
Number of salaries quoted 83 168 187
10th Percentile £35,854 £31,250 £26,034
25th Percentile £39,965 £41,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,652 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +19.30% -4.76% +3.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £59,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £83,500 £74,125 £72,500
South East median annual salary £62,000 £52,550 £52,500
% change year-on-year +17.98% +0.10% +3.26%

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 19 August 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 19 August 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 -1 41 £70,000 +28.44% 85
Thame - 12 £60,000 - 1
Banbury +18 3 - - 6
Wallingford 0 3 - - 2
Bicester +12 2 - - 6
Kidlington +2 2 - - 2
Witney -2 2 £70,000 +66.67% 3
Chinnor - 2 - -
Abingdon +10 1 £29,500 -43.81% 30
Carterton - 1 £47,500 -
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 (3.31%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.32%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 17 (11.26%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (5.30%) Chatbot
3 7 (4.64%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.66%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.66%) PORTIA
Cloud Services
1 12 (7.95%) Azure
2 11 (7.28%) Cloud Computing
3 10 (6.62%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (4.64%) Power Platform
5 6 (3.97%) AWS
6 2 (1.32%) Entra ID
6 2 (1.32%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.66%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (0.66%) GCP
7 1 (0.66%) iPaaS
7 1 (0.66%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 43 (28.48%) Wireless
2 37 (24.50%) 5G
2 37 (24.50%) Bluetooth
2 37 (24.50%) GSM
2 37 (24.50%) LTE
2 37 (24.50%) UMTS
2 37 (24.50%) Wi-Fi
3 14 (9.27%) SNMP
4 10 (6.62%) VPN
5 9 (5.96%) TCP/IP
6 5 (3.31%) Internet
6 5 (3.31%) LAN
6 5 (3.31%) WAN
7 4 (2.65%) Broadband
7 4 (2.65%) DHCP
7 4 (2.65%) DNS
7 4 (2.65%) InfiniBand
8 2 (1.32%) Ethernet
8 2 (1.32%) RS-485
9 1 (0.66%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.97%) Power BI
2 3 (1.99%) NoSQL
3 2 (1.32%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.32%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (1.32%) Relational Database
3 2 (1.32%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.66%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.66%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.66%) MySQL
4 1 (0.66%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 9 (5.96%) Cucumber
1 9 (5.96%) Robot Framework
2 4 (2.65%) Git
2 4 (2.65%) JIRA
3 2 (1.32%) Moq
3 2 (1.32%) SpecFlow
4 1 (0.66%) Babel
4 1 (0.66%) CMake
4 1 (0.66%) Vite
4 1 (0.66%) webpack
General
1 48 (31.79%) Electronics
2 44 (29.14%) Social Skills
3 17 (11.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 15 (9.93%) Finance
4 15 (9.93%) Telecoms
5 14 (9.27%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (8.61%) Marketing
7 10 (6.62%) Aerospace
7 10 (6.62%) Manufacturing
8 8 (5.30%) Law
9 7 (4.64%) Retail
10 6 (3.97%) Legal
11 4 (2.65%) Retail Finance
12 3 (1.99%) Aeronautics
12 3 (1.99%) Automotive
12 3 (1.99%) Health Technology
13 2 (1.32%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (1.32%) Public Sector
14 1 (0.66%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 46 (30.46%) Test Engineer
2 39 (25.83%) Electronics Engineer
3 37 (24.50%) Electronics Test Engineer
4 14 (9.27%) Field Engineer
4 14 (9.27%) Field Service Engineer
5 12 (7.95%) Senior
6 9 (5.96%) Software Engineer
6 9 (5.96%) Test Automation Engineer
7 8 (5.30%) Trainer
8 7 (4.64%) Head of Engineering
8 7 (4.64%) IT Manager
9 5 (3.31%) Developer
9 5 (3.31%) Infrastructure Support
9 5 (3.31%) Network Support
10 4 (2.65%) IT Services Manager
10 4 (2.65%) Pricing Manager
10 4 (2.65%) Service Manager
10 4 (2.65%) Technical Engineer
11 3 (1.99%) IoT Software Engineer
11 3 (1.99%) Technical Sales Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.31%) FHIR
2 4 (2.65%) .NET
3 3 (1.99%) .NET Core
3 3 (1.99%) .NET Framework
3 3 (1.99%) CSS
3 3 (1.99%) HTML
3 3 (1.99%) OAuth
3 3 (1.99%) OAuth2
3 3 (1.99%) REST
3 3 (1.99%) RESTful
4 2 (1.32%) CSS3
4 2 (1.32%) Entity Framework
4 2 (1.32%) HTML5
4 2 (1.32%) Jest
4 2 (1.32%) React
4 2 (1.32%) WebSockets
5 1 (0.66%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.66%) Flask
5 1 (0.66%) Kafka
5 1 (0.66%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 55 (36.42%) Driving Licence
2 16 (10.60%) Data Centre
3 12 (7.95%) LIMS
4 11 (7.28%) Management Information System
5 10 (6.62%) Linux Command Line
6 5 (3.31%) Virtual Team
7 4 (2.65%) IoT
7 4 (2.65%) Learning Management System
8 2 (1.32%) Cyber Defence
8 2 (1.32%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.66%) Algorithms
9 1 (0.66%) FPGA
9 1 (0.66%) NVMe
9 1 (0.66%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.66%) PCIe
9 1 (0.66%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.66%) Raspberry Pi
9 1 (0.66%) Robotics
9 1 (0.66%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 17 (11.26%) Windows
2 15 (9.93%) Linux
3 2 (1.32%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.66%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.66%) Windows 7
4 1 (0.66%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (39.74%) Mentoring
2 46 (30.46%) Coaching
2 46 (30.46%) Validation
3 38 (25.17%) Customer Requirements
4 37 (24.50%) Problem-Solving
4 37 (24.50%) Test Strategy
4 37 (24.50%) Verification and Validation
5 27 (17.88%) Cybersecurity
6 21 (13.91%) Computer Science
7 17 (11.26%) Customer Service
8 16 (10.60%) DevOps
9 15 (9.93%) Continuous Improvement
9 15 (9.93%) Physics
10 14 (9.27%) Preventative Maintenance
11 13 (8.61%) Artificial Intelligence
11 13 (8.61%) Data Security
11 13 (8.61%) Mathematics
11 13 (8.61%) Regulatory Compliance
12 10 (6.62%) Agile
12 10 (6.62%) Information Management
Programming Languages
1 31 (20.53%) Python
2 12 (7.95%) Bash
3 11 (7.28%) JavaScript
3 11 (7.28%) SQL
4 10 (6.62%) C++
5 9 (5.96%) C
5 9 (5.96%) PowerShell
6 5 (3.31%) C#
7 4 (2.65%) MATLAB
7 4 (2.65%) Perl
7 4 (2.65%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.66%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.66%) SystemVerilog
8 1 (0.66%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 39 (25.83%) HND
2 29 (19.21%) Master's Degree
3 14 (9.27%) Computer Science Degree
4 13 (8.61%) PhD
5 5 (3.31%) MBA
5 5 (3.31%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (1.99%) LPIC
6 3 (1.99%) MCSE
6 3 (1.99%) RHCE
6 3 (1.99%) SC Cleared
6 3 (1.99%) Security Cleared
7 2 (1.32%) A+ Certification
7 2 (1.32%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.66%) AAT
8 1 (0.66%) CCNA
8 1 (0.66%) CCNP
8 1 (0.66%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.66%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.66%) MCITP
8 1 (0.66%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (7.95%) QA
2 10 (6.62%) GLP
3 3 (1.99%) 21 CFR Part 11
3 3 (1.99%) Good Clinical Practice
4 1 (0.66%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.66%) CDISC
System Software
1 4 (2.65%) NFS
2 3 (1.99%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.99%) Docker
2 3 (1.99%) GPFS
2 3 (1.99%) Lustre
3 1 (0.66%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.66%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (0.66%) Grafana
1 1 (0.66%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.66%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 13 (8.61%) Microsoft
2 8 (5.30%) PayPal
3 5 (3.31%) Unisys
4 4 (2.65%) EMC
5 2 (1.32%) Freescale
5 2 (1.32%) SAP
6 1 (0.66%) Altera
6 1 (0.66%) Cadence
6 1 (0.66%) Databricks
6 1 (0.66%) Facebook
6 1 (0.66%) Meraki
6 1 (0.66%) NETGEAR
6 1 (0.66%) OpenAI
6 1 (0.66%) Oracle
6 1 (0.66%) Siemens
6 1 (0.66%) Synopsys
6 1 (0.66%) Ubiquiti