Degree Jobs in the South East

Academic Degree
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 1 3 2
Rank change year-on-year +2 -1 +1
Permanent jobs citing Degree 2,763 3,006 3,482
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 28.68% 17.14% 24.79%
As % of the Qualifications category 49.70% 50.89% 62.31%
Number of salaries quoted 1,031 1,866 1,300
10th Percentile £37,500 £29,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £47,683 £37,500 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £51,350 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.85% -2.19% +5.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £52,600 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.19% -12.50% +9.09%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 5,559 5,907 5,588
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 57.70% 33.68% 39.79%
Number of salaries quoted 2,498 3,633 2,495
10th Percentile £34,988 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £38,125 £36,713
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,000 £51,350
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% +1.27% -1.25%
75th Percentile £70,600 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,875 £82,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £54,897 £54,399 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.92% -9.34% +9.09%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Degree in the South East

Degree
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Degree in the South East.

Salary trend for Degree in the South East

Degree
Salary Histogram in the South East

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

Salary histogram for Degree in the South East

Degree
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the South East 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
Thames Valley 0 1,033 £57,087 +8.63% 2,320
Isle of Wight -1 547 £65,000 +52.94% 33
Buckinghamshire +2 529 £50,000 +14.94% 546
Hampshire +7 421 £47,683 -1.68% 822
Berkshire 0 356 £65,810 +11.54% 1,448
Surrey +2 250 £57,500 +17.35% 616
Kent +12 158 £47,683 -11.29% 501
East Sussex +5 150 £45,000 -10.00% 257
Oxfordshire 0 148 £55,000 +15.79% 335
Middlesex +21 122 £60,000 +15.94% 3
West Sussex +1 83 £65,000 +8.33% 272
Degree
England

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 53 (1.92%) SharePoint
2 38 (1.38%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (0.51%) Apache Spark
4 13 (0.47%) CMS
5 10 (0.36%) Apache
5 10 (0.36%) WordPress
6 7 (0.25%) Confluence
7 3 (0.11%) IIS
7 3 (0.11%) Umbraco
8 2 (0.072%) ThingWorx
9 1 (0.036%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.036%) GemFire
Applications
1 133 (4.81%) Microsoft Office
2 66 (2.39%) Simulink
3 61 (2.21%) Chatbot
4 44 (1.59%) Microsoft Excel
5 14 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 11 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
7 5 (0.18%) MS Visio
8 4 (0.14%) Adobe Premiere
8 4 (0.14%) OrCAD
8 4 (0.14%) Photoshop
9 3 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 2 (0.072%) GNU Octave
11 1 (0.036%) AutoCAD
11 1 (0.036%) MicroStation
11 1 (0.036%) Pipeline Pilot
11 1 (0.036%) Revit
11 1 (0.036%) Sketch
11 1 (0.036%) S-PLUS
11 1 (0.036%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 35 (1.27%) Teamcenter
2 10 (0.36%) TrackWise
3 5 (0.18%) Dynamics GP
3 5 (0.18%) SAP Business One
4 4 (0.14%) ResourceLink
5 3 (0.11%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.072%) Sage 200
7 1 (0.036%) Changepoint
7 1 (0.036%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.036%) Endur
7 1 (0.036%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.036%) PORTIA
7 1 (0.036%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.036%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.036%) SAP EWM
7 1 (0.036%) SAP GRC
7 1 (0.036%) SAP HCM
7 1 (0.036%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.036%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 226 (8.18%) Azure
2 142 (5.14%) AWS
3 92 (3.33%) GCP
4 67 (2.42%) Power Platform
5 65 (2.35%) Microsoft 365
6 43 (1.56%) Azure DevOps
7 38 (1.38%) PowerApps
8 30 (1.09%) Serverless
9 29 (1.05%) Power Automate
10 28 (1.01%) AWS Lambda
10 28 (1.01%) SaaS
10 28 (1.01%) Snowflake
11 27 (0.98%) PaaS
12 21 (0.76%) Entra ID
12 21 (0.76%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
13 16 (0.58%) GitHub
14 11 (0.40%) Azure Monitor
15 10 (0.36%) Veeva
16 8 (0.29%) Cloud Computing
16 8 (0.29%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 240 (8.69%) Wireless
2 229 (8.29%) Wi-Fi
3 227 (8.22%) LTE
4 226 (8.18%) 5G
4 226 (8.18%) Bluetooth
5 217 (7.85%) GSM
5 217 (7.85%) UMTS
6 144 (5.21%) Broadband
7 58 (2.10%) TCP/IP
8 47 (1.70%) VPN
9 33 (1.19%) Firewall
10 26 (0.94%) SAN
11 25 (0.90%) DNS
11 25 (0.90%) Wireshark
12 24 (0.87%) NAS
13 23 (0.83%) Internet
14 21 (0.76%) LAN
14 21 (0.76%) Network Security
14 21 (0.76%) WAN
15 20 (0.72%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (2.32%) Power BI
2 62 (2.24%) Data Lake
3 57 (2.06%) SQL Server
4 49 (1.77%) Data Warehouse
5 39 (1.41%) Big Data
6 36 (1.30%) Tableau
7 30 (1.09%) Metadata
8 22 (0.80%) NoSQL
9 17 (0.62%) Relational Database
10 15 (0.54%) Hadoop
11 11 (0.40%) Azure SQL Database
12 10 (0.36%) MongoDB
12 10 (0.36%) OLTP
12 10 (0.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 7 (0.25%) PostgreSQL
14 6 (0.22%) Microsoft Analysis Services
15 5 (0.18%) GIS
15 5 (0.18%) MySQL
15 5 (0.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 3 (0.11%) Apache Hive
Development Applications
1 143 (5.18%) Rational DOORS
2 58 (2.10%) Git
3 54 (1.95%) JIRA
4 34 (1.23%) Cucumber
4 34 (1.23%) Robot Framework
5 13 (0.47%) Visual Studio
6 10 (0.36%) Jenkins
7 8 (0.29%) Cypress.io
8 7 (0.25%) Eclipse
9 6 (0.22%) Selenium
9 6 (0.22%) Subversion
10 5 (0.18%) Eclipse RCP
11 4 (0.14%) rollup.js
11 4 (0.14%) SoapUI
11 4 (0.14%) Vite
12 3 (0.11%) Bitbucket
12 3 (0.11%) MLflow
12 3 (0.11%) Octopus Deploy
12 3 (0.11%) SpecFlow
12 3 (0.11%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 674 (24.39%) Social Skills
2 435 (15.74%) Manufacturing
3 421 (15.24%) Electronics
4 269 (9.74%) Retail
5 258 (9.34%) Law
6 242 (8.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 224 (8.11%) Analytical Skills
8 197 (7.13%) Finance
9 157 (5.68%) Presentation Skills
10 120 (4.34%) Marketing
11 79 (2.86%) Aerospace
12 77 (2.79%) Legal
13 72 (2.61%) Telecoms
14 64 (2.32%) Dutch Language
14 64 (2.32%) Finnish Language
14 64 (2.32%) Norwegian Language
15 43 (1.56%) Military
16 33 (1.19%) Advertising
17 32 (1.16%) Automotive
18 28 (1.01%) Games
Job Titles
1 619 (22.40%) Senior
2 361 (13.07%) Test Engineer
3 359 (12.99%) Systems Engineer
4 301 (10.89%) Trainer
5 284 (10.28%) Lead
6 242 (8.76%) Electronics Engineer
7 217 (7.85%) Electronics Test Engineer
8 202 (7.31%) Software Engineer
9 150 (5.43%) Architect
10 146 (5.28%) Principal Engineer
11 127 (4.60%) Senior Systems Engineer
12 119 (4.31%) Engineering Manager
13 90 (3.26%) Developer
14 85 (3.08%) Principal Software Engineer
15 72 (2.61%) Support Engineer
16 70 (2.53%) Analyst
16 70 (2.53%) Senior Software Engineer
17 64 (2.32%) Electrical Engineer
17 64 (2.32%) Safety Engineer
18 61 (2.21%) Junior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 87 (3.15%) Middleware
2 74 (2.68%) HTML
3 49 (1.77%) .NET
4 42 (1.52%) React
5 41 (1.48%) CSS
6 32 (1.16%) SOAP
7 28 (1.01%) Node.js
8 27 (0.98%) REST
9 25 (0.90%) Kafka
10 24 (0.87%) Lightning Web Components
11 16 (0.58%) XML
12 15 (0.54%) YAML
13 14 (0.51%) PyTorch
13 14 (0.51%) TensorFlow
14 13 (0.47%) Jest
15 12 (0.43%) AngularJS
16 11 (0.40%) .NET Framework
16 11 (0.40%) Hugging Face
16 11 (0.40%) LangChain
17 10 (0.36%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 275 (9.95%) Driving Licence
2 254 (9.19%) Robotics
3 155 (5.61%) Management Information System
4 54 (1.95%) Self-Motivation
5 48 (1.74%) Enterprise Software
6 41 (1.48%) Linux Command Line
7 39 (1.41%) Algorithms
8 37 (1.34%) Virtual Team
9 35 (1.27%) Product Ownership
10 32 (1.16%) Data Centre
11 30 (1.09%) Security Posture
12 24 (0.87%) NHS
12 24 (0.87%) Social Media
13 23 (0.83%) Cloud Native
14 21 (0.76%) SCADA
15 19 (0.69%) FMCG
15 19 (0.69%) Onboarding
16 18 (0.65%) Acoustics
16 18 (0.65%) IoT
17 15 (0.54%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 214 (7.75%) Windows
2 137 (4.96%) Linux
3 30 (1.09%) Windows Server
4 26 (0.94%) Windows Server 2012
5 19 (0.69%) Android
6 14 (0.51%) Unix
7 13 (0.47%) Apple iOS
8 10 (0.36%) Mac OS
8 10 (0.36%) Windows 10
9 9 (0.33%) Windows Server 2016
9 9 (0.33%) Windows Server 2019
10 4 (0.14%) Debian
10 4 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (0.11%) Embedded Linux
11 3 (0.11%) Mac OS X
12 2 (0.072%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.036%) Windows 7
13 1 (0.036%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 794 (28.74%) Computer Science
2 719 (26.02%) Mentoring
3 636 (23.02%) Problem-Solving
4 568 (20.56%) Agile
5 470 (17.01%) Systems Engineering
6 425 (15.38%) Artificial Intelligence
7 418 (15.13%) Coaching
8 380 (13.75%) UML
9 355 (12.85%) Machine Learning
10 351 (12.70%) Validation
11 333 (12.05%) Customer Requirements
12 302 (10.93%) Verification and Validation
13 292 (10.57%) Software Engineering
14 270 (9.77%) Cybersecurity
15 260 (9.41%) Generative AI
16 255 (9.23%) LLM
17 250 (9.05%) Continuous Improvement
18 247 (8.94%) Physics
19 246 (8.90%) Configuration Management
20 241 (8.72%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 273 (9.88%) MATLAB
2 260 (9.41%) Python
3 158 (5.72%) SQL
4 113 (4.09%) JavaScript
5 110 (3.98%) C#
6 106 (3.84%) C++
7 105 (3.80%) PowerShell
8 99 (3.58%) Ada
9 80 (2.90%) TypeScript
10 79 (2.86%) Java
11 73 (2.64%) C
12 65 (2.35%) Bash
13 36 (1.30%) Ada 95
14 34 (1.23%) PHP
15 32 (1.16%) Rust
16 25 (0.90%) R
17 22 (0.80%) Apex Code
18 18 (0.65%) Ruby
19 16 (0.58%) Dart
20 14 (0.51%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 776 (28.09%) BPSS Clearance
2 383 (13.86%) Computer Science Degree
3 341 (12.34%) Chartered Engineer
4 289 (10.46%) Master's Degree
5 277 (10.03%) HND
6 125 (4.52%) PhD
7 81 (2.93%) Security Cleared
8 57 (2.06%) SC Cleared
9 37 (1.34%) CISSP
10 31 (1.12%) Microsoft Certification
11 28 (1.01%) DV Cleared
12 27 (0.98%) DBS Check
13 25 (0.90%) Azure Certification
14 22 (0.80%) MBA
14 22 (0.80%) Numerate Degree
15 19 (0.69%) CompTIA Security+
16 17 (0.62%) PMI Certification
17 13 (0.47%) CISM
17 13 (0.47%) PMP
18 12 (0.43%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 164 (5.94%) ISO/IEC 12207
2 127 (4.60%) QA
3 97 (3.51%) IEC 61508
4 93 (3.37%) Data Quality
5 71 (2.57%) Def Stans
6 69 (2.50%) Accessibility
7 61 (2.21%) ISO/IEC 15288
8 42 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 39 (1.41%) GDPR
10 35 (1.27%) ARP4754
10 35 (1.27%) DO-254
11 28 (1.01%) NIST
12 15 (0.54%) NCSC
13 14 (0.51%) GMP
14 11 (0.40%) SLA
15 10 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
16 9 (0.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
16 9 (0.33%) HIPAA
17 8 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
18 5 (0.18%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 95 (3.44%) Active Directory
2 43 (1.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 29 (1.05%) Docker
4 14 (0.51%) Hyper-V
5 9 (0.33%) vSphere
6 8 (0.29%) Firmware
6 8 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (0.18%) HDFS
7 5 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.11%) NFS
9 2 (0.072%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 2 (0.072%) GPFS
9 2 (0.072%) Lustre
9 2 (0.072%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.036%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 40 (1.45%) Kubernetes
2 22 (0.80%) Ansible
3 20 (0.72%) Terraform
4 14 (0.51%) Grafana
4 14 (0.51%) Prometheus
5 12 (0.43%) Puppet
6 11 (0.40%) QRadar
7 6 (0.22%) ArcSight ESM
8 5 (0.18%) WSUS
9 3 (0.11%) Kubeflow
9 3 (0.11%) SCCM
10 2 (0.072%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.072%) EnCase
10 2 (0.072%) FortiGate
10 2 (0.072%) FTK
10 2 (0.072%) Functional Safety
10 2 (0.072%) Hadoop YARN
10 2 (0.072%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.072%) Microsoft Intune
10 2 (0.072%) RSA Security Analytics
Vendors
1 320 (11.58%) Microsoft
2 269 (9.74%) Google
3 249 (9.01%) Databricks
4 248 (8.98%) Adobe
5 101 (3.66%) IBM
6 61 (2.21%) PayPal
7 54 (1.95%) VMware
8 36 (1.30%) SAP
8 36 (1.30%) ServiceNow
9 35 (1.27%) Salesforce
10 30 (1.09%) Siemens
11 29 (1.05%) EMC
12 25 (0.90%) Sun
13 24 (0.87%) Dell
14 23 (0.83%) Cisco
15 21 (0.76%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
16 17 (0.62%) Unisys
17 16 (0.58%) Splunk
18 14 (0.51%) Oracle
19 13 (0.47%) Meraki