Degree Jobs in Reading

Academic Degree
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Reading 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 4 7 6
Rank change year-on-year +3 -1 +1
Permanent jobs citing Degree 79 302 312
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 15.93% 16.87% 20.21%
As % of the Qualifications category 31.23% 37.28% 44.32%
Number of salaries quoted 35 182 107
10th Percentile £31,750 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £49,174 £39,625 £34,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +36.36% +10.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £122,500 £62,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £155,000 £75,000 £105,000
Berkshire median annual salary £65,810 £59,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +11.54% +2.61% +9.52%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Reading

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 Reading.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 253 810 704
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 51.01% 45.25% 45.60%
Number of salaries quoted 109 481 274
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,550 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.66% +5.10% -9.21%
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £109,000 £80,000 £86,750
Berkshire median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £51,350
% change year-on-year - +7.11% -3.11%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Degree in Reading

Degree
Salary Trend in Reading

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

Salary trend for Degree in Reading

Degree
Salary Histogram in Reading

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

Salary histogram for Degree in Reading

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 2 (2.53%) Apache
1 2 (2.53%) Apache Spark
1 2 (2.53%) Confluence
Applications
1 19 (24.05%) Chatbot
2 6 (7.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (7.59%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (8.86%) SaaS
2 6 (7.59%) Azure
3 4 (5.06%) AWS
4 3 (3.80%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (2.53%) GCP
5 2 (2.53%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.27%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (1.27%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.27%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.27%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.27%) GitHub
6 1 (1.27%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (1.27%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.27%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.80%) Pinecone
1 3 (3.80%) Weaviate
2 2 (2.53%) Hadoop
2 2 (2.53%) Metadata
2 2 (2.53%) MongoDB
2 2 (2.53%) RDBMS
2 2 (2.53%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.27%) GIS
3 1 (1.27%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (3.80%) MLflow
2 2 (2.53%) Git
2 2 (2.53%) JIRA
3 1 (1.27%) GitLab
3 1 (1.27%) Gradle
3 1 (1.27%) JUnit
General
1 35 (44.30%) Analytical Skills
2 28 (35.44%) Social Skills
3 18 (22.78%) Marketing
4 11 (13.92%) Finance
5 9 (11.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (8.86%) Automotive
6 7 (8.86%) Telecoms
7 6 (7.59%) German Language
7 6 (7.59%) Legal
7 6 (7.59%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (5.06%) Banking
9 2 (2.53%) Aerospace
10 1 (1.27%) Electronics
10 1 (1.27%) Law
10 1 (1.27%) Manufacturing
10 1 (1.27%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 19 (24.05%) Trainer
2 8 (10.13%) Project Manager
3 7 (8.86%) Marketing Manager
3 7 (8.86%) Product Manager
3 7 (8.86%) Product Marketing Manager
4 6 (7.59%) 1st Line Support
4 6 (7.59%) 1st Line Technical Support
4 6 (7.59%) Junior
4 6 (7.59%) Senior
4 6 (7.59%) Support Specialist
4 6 (7.59%) Technical Specialist
4 6 (7.59%) Technical Support
4 6 (7.59%) Technical Support Specialist
5 5 (6.33%) Developer
5 5 (6.33%) Graduate
5 5 (6.33%) Graduate Software Engineer
5 5 (6.33%) Lead
5 5 (6.33%) Sales Executive
5 5 (6.33%) Software Engineer
5 5 (6.33%) Solutions Sales Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (7.59%) Node.js
2 5 (6.33%) Kafka
3 3 (3.80%) PyTorch
3 3 (3.80%) scikit-learn
3 3 (3.80%) TensorFlow
4 2 (2.53%) .NET
4 2 (2.53%) NumPy
4 2 (2.53%) Pandas
4 2 (2.53%) Spring
5 1 (1.27%) .NET Framework
5 1 (1.27%) Loki
5 1 (1.27%) React
Miscellaneous
1 8 (10.13%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (8.86%) Social Media
3 5 (6.33%) Driving Licence
4 2 (2.53%) Acoustics
4 2 (2.53%) Algorithms
4 2 (2.53%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (2.53%) Data Centre
4 2 (2.53%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.27%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.27%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (1.27%) NHS
5 1 (1.27%) PMI
5 1 (1.27%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (1.27%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.80%) Linux
2 2 (2.53%) Mac OS
2 2 (2.53%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (34.18%) Artificial Intelligence
2 19 (24.05%) Computer Science
2 19 (24.05%) Conversational UI
2 19 (24.05%) CRM
3 17 (21.52%) B2B
4 16 (20.25%) Chemistry
5 15 (18.99%) Project Management
6 13 (16.46%) Problem-Solving
7 12 (15.19%) Software Engineering
7 12 (15.19%) Strategic Thinking
8 11 (13.92%) Analytics
8 11 (13.92%) Decision-Making
8 11 (13.92%) Mathematics
8 11 (13.92%) Product Marketing
9 10 (12.66%) B2B Sales
10 9 (11.39%) Analytical Thinking
10 9 (11.39%) Mentoring
11 8 (10.13%) Digital Marketing
11 8 (10.13%) Fintech
11 8 (10.13%) Physics
Programming Languages
1 11 (13.92%) C++
1 11 (13.92%) Java
1 11 (13.92%) Python
2 7 (8.86%) C#
2 7 (8.86%) SQL
3 3 (3.80%) R
4 2 (2.53%) Bash
4 2 (2.53%) C
4 2 (2.53%) Fortran
5 1 (1.27%) TypeScript
5 1 (1.27%) X++
Qualifications
1 28 (35.44%) Master's Degree
2 22 (27.85%) PhD
3 12 (15.19%) Computer Science Degree
4 7 (8.86%) HND
5 5 (6.33%) Security Cleared
6 4 (5.06%) CISSP
7 3 (3.80%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (3.80%) SC Cleared
8 2 (2.53%) CISA
8 2 (2.53%) CISM
8 2 (2.53%) CRISC
8 2 (2.53%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (1.27%) AWS Certification
9 1 (1.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (1.27%) DBS Check
9 1 (1.27%) HNC
9 1 (1.27%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.80%) Accessibility
1 3 (3.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (2.53%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (2.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (2.53%) Def Stans
2 2 (2.53%) GDPR
2 2 (2.53%) HIPAA
2 2 (2.53%) PCI DSS
2 2 (2.53%) SOC 2
System Software
1 7 (8.86%) Docker
2 2 (2.53%) HDFS
3 1 (1.27%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (6.33%) Kubernetes
2 3 (3.80%) Kubeflow
3 2 (2.53%) Grafana
3 2 (2.53%) Prometheus
4 1 (1.27%) Argo
4 1 (1.27%) Terraform
Vendors
1 19 (24.05%) PayPal
2 11 (13.92%) Microsoft
3 2 (2.53%) VMware
4 1 (1.27%) NEC
4 1 (1.27%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.27%) SAP