Q-Pulse Job Trends in the South East

Ideagen Q-Pulse
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Q-Pulse skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 277 339 -
Rank change year-on-year +62 - -
Permanent jobs citing Q-Pulse 9 4 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.10% 0.031% -
As % of the Business Applications category 1.55% 0.70% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 4 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £50,000 £57,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £59,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -11.86% - -
75th Percentile £54,000 £61,000 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £52,000 £59,000 -
% change year-on-year -11.86% - -

All Business Application Skills
South East

Q-Pulse falls under the Business Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring business application skills in the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 582 570 401
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 6.53% 4.42% 4.57%
Number of salaries quoted 196 232 290
10th Percentile £29,875 £30,125 £33,725
25th Percentile £33,750 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,250 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.91% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £61,063 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £75,375 £82,250 £76,275
England median annual salary £59,527 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -0.79% - -

Q-Pulse
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Q-Pulse in the South East

Q-Pulse
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Q-Pulse.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Q-Pulse

Q-Pulse
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 Q-Pulse within the South East region over the 6 months to 21 September 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 - 9 £52,000 - 1
Oxfordshire - 7 - - 1
Buckinghamshire - 2 £52,000 -
Q-Pulse
England

Q-Pulse
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:

General
1 7 (77.78%) Aerospace
1 7 (77.78%) Aviation
1 7 (77.78%) Finance
1 7 (77.78%) Military
Job Titles
1 7 (77.78%) Software Engineer
1 7 (77.78%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (77.78%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (77.78%) e-Learning
1 7 (77.78%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Customer Requirements
1 7 (77.78%) Data Analysis
1 7 (77.78%) Innovative Thinking
1 7 (77.78%) Migration
1 7 (77.78%) Regression Testing
1 7 (77.78%) Software Engineering
2 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (22.22%) Risk Assessment
2 2 (22.22%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (77.78%) PL/SQL
1 7 (77.78%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (77.78%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (77.78%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Adobe