Degree Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Academic Degree
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 0
Permanent jobs citing Degree 767 747 914
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 19.02% 22.07% 23.09%
As % of the Qualifications category 68.30% 50.44% 52.86%
Number of salaries quoted 253 301 480
10th Percentile £24,400 £40,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £33,250 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £65,000 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year -30.77% +10.17% +18.00%
75th Percentile £63,158 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £95,000 £95,000
South East median annual salary £48,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% +9.09% +10.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,123 1,481 1,729
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 27.85% 43.76% 43.68%
Number of salaries quoted 437 495 1,104
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £45,000 £39,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.33% +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £95,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -12.50% +14.29% +0.96%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Degree relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Degree job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Degree
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Degree.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Degree

Degree
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Degree in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Degree in the Thames Valley

Degree
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. 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
Berkshire -1 402 £47,510 -32.13% 259
Buckinghamshire -1 311 £40,000 -38.46% 75
Oxfordshire -11 54 £56,623 +1.11% 95
Degree
South East

Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 16 (2.09%) IIS
2 8 (1.04%) Confluence
3 7 (0.91%) SugarCRM
4 6 (0.78%) SharePoint
5 5 (0.65%) WordPress
6 4 (0.52%) CMS
6 4 (0.52%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.13%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.13%) Kinematics
7 1 (0.13%) SAS
Applications
1 130 (16.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 52 (6.78%) Chatbot
3 30 (3.91%) Microsoft Office
4 15 (1.96%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.65%) Adobe XD
5 5 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.52%) Windchill
7 3 (0.39%) InDesign
8 2 (0.26%) Adobe After Effects
8 2 (0.26%) Adobe Captivate
8 2 (0.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.26%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.26%) Adobe Premiere
8 2 (0.26%) Elementor
8 2 (0.26%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.26%) Simulink
9 1 (0.13%) Civil 3D
9 1 (0.13%) Navisworks
9 1 (0.13%) OrCAD
9 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 60 (7.82%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (1.69%) SAP CO
3 6 (0.78%) SAP FI
3 6 (0.78%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 119 (15.51%) Azure
2 105 (13.69%) Power Platform
3 59 (7.69%) Cloud Computing
4 43 (5.61%) SaaS
5 23 (3.00%) AWS
6 18 (2.35%) Collibra
7 16 (2.09%) Azure DevOps
7 16 (2.09%) GCP
8 9 (1.17%) Microsoft 365
8 9 (1.17%) Miro
8 9 (1.17%) Power Automate
9 6 (0.78%) Figma
9 6 (0.78%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 6 (0.78%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 5 (0.65%) Google Analytics
11 4 (0.52%) iPaaS
12 3 (0.39%) AWS Lambda
12 3 (0.39%) Azure Machine Learning
12 3 (0.39%) Entra ID
12 3 (0.39%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 58 (7.56%) Internet
2 16 (2.09%) Firewall
3 12 (1.56%) VLAN
4 11 (1.43%) Unified Communications
5 10 (1.30%) VPN
5 10 (1.30%) WAN
5 10 (1.30%) Wi-Fi
6 9 (1.17%) TCP/IP
6 9 (1.17%) VoIP
7 8 (1.04%) DECT
7 8 (1.04%) DSL
7 8 (1.04%) PBX
7 8 (1.04%) Wireshark
8 7 (0.91%) DHCP
8 7 (0.91%) DNS
9 4 (0.52%) LAN
10 3 (0.39%) Ethernet
10 3 (0.39%) MQTT
10 3 (0.39%) Wireless
11 2 (0.26%) SDH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 104 (13.56%) Power BI
2 75 (9.78%) Data Lake
3 66 (8.60%) SAP BW
4 22 (2.87%) Metadata
5 14 (1.83%) SQL Server
6 13 (1.69%) GIS
7 12 (1.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 10 (1.30%) OLTP
9 7 (0.91%) Power Query
9 7 (0.91%) PowerPivot
10 5 (0.65%) Data Warehouse
11 4 (0.52%) Relational Database
12 3 (0.39%) Data Mining
12 3 (0.39%) Metadata Repository
12 3 (0.39%) MySQL
12 3 (0.39%) SAP HANA
12 3 (0.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 2 (0.26%) BusinessObjects
13 2 (0.26%) Oracle Database
13 2 (0.26%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 73 (9.52%) JIRA
2 40 (5.22%) Git
3 34 (4.43%) Jenkins
4 16 (2.09%) Selenium
4 16 (2.09%) WebDriver
5 12 (1.56%) Postman
5 12 (1.56%) SoapUI
5 12 (1.56%) Team Foundation Server
6 7 (0.91%) MLflow
7 5 (0.65%) Axure RP
7 5 (0.65%) Balsamiq
8 4 (0.52%) Cypress.io
9 3 (0.39%) ERwin
9 3 (0.39%) GitLab
9 3 (0.39%) PowerDesigner
10 1 (0.13%) Browser DevTools
10 1 (0.13%) LabVIEW
General
1 438 (57.11%) Social Skills
2 198 (25.81%) Finance
3 161 (20.99%) Analytical Skills
4 150 (19.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 63 (8.21%) Banking
6 54 (7.04%) Pharmaceutical
7 52 (6.78%) Manufacturing
8 49 (6.39%) Organisational Skills
9 46 (6.00%) Marketing
10 42 (5.48%) Law
11 36 (4.69%) Public Sector
12 30 (3.91%) Influencing Skills
13 19 (2.48%) Presentation Skills
14 18 (2.35%) Telecoms
15 11 (1.43%) Documentation Skills
16 9 (1.17%) Electronics
17 7 (0.91%) Retail
18 6 (0.78%) Automotive
19 5 (0.65%) Aerospace
19 5 (0.65%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 161 (20.99%) Lead
2 108 (14.08%) Analyst
3 106 (13.82%) Senior
4 52 (6.78%) Senior Manager
4 52 (6.78%) Trainer
5 48 (6.26%) Lecturer
6 39 (5.08%) Developer
7 34 (4.43%) Report Analyst
8 29 (3.78%) Business Intelligence Lead
9 28 (3.65%) Sustainability Analyst
10 27 (3.52%) Support Engineer
11 25 (3.26%) Software Engineer
12 23 (3.00%) Microsoft Specialist
12 23 (3.00%) Technical Support
13 21 (2.74%) Data Analyst
13 21 (2.74%) Support Analyst
14 20 (2.61%) Development Manager
14 20 (2.61%) IT Support
15 18 (2.35%) Data Model Manager
15 18 (2.35%) Senior Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (5.08%) .NET
2 34 (4.43%) SOAP
3 28 (3.65%) HTML
4 15 (1.96%) REST
5 13 (1.69%) Entity Framework
5 13 (1.69%) Middleware
5 13 (1.69%) XML
6 12 (1.56%) .NET Framework
6 12 (1.56%) WinForms
7 11 (1.43%) ASP.NET
8 10 (1.30%) FHIR
9 7 (0.91%) SAP CO-PA
10 6 (0.78%) Lightning Web Components
10 6 (0.78%) Visualforce
11 5 (0.65%) JSON
12 4 (0.52%) Playwright
12 4 (0.52%) Web Services
13 3 (0.39%) Keras
13 3 (0.39%) PyTorch
13 3 (0.39%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 96 (12.52%) Life Science
2 60 (7.82%) IoT
3 40 (5.22%) Management Information System
4 39 (5.08%) Self-Motivation
5 30 (3.91%) Blog
6 20 (2.61%) Onboarding
7 16 (2.09%) Algorithms
7 16 (2.09%) Product Ownership
8 15 (1.96%) Operational Technology
9 13 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
10 12 (1.56%) FMCG
11 11 (1.43%) Web Conferencing
12 10 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
12 10 (1.30%) LIMS
12 10 (1.30%) Omics
13 6 (0.78%) Cloud Native
13 6 (0.78%) Driving Licence
13 6 (0.78%) Fibre Optics
13 6 (0.78%) Low-Code
14 5 (0.65%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 48 (6.26%) Windows
2 23 (3.00%) Linux
3 8 (1.04%) Unix
4 6 (0.78%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.39%) Android
5 3 (0.39%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.39%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.26%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.26%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.13%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 240 (31.29%) AI
2 205 (26.73%) Problem-Solving
3 188 (24.51%) Analytics
4 146 (19.04%) Computer Science
5 145 (18.90%) Agile
6 131 (17.08%) Machine Learning
7 120 (15.65%) Data Modelling
7 120 (15.65%) Decision-Making
7 120 (15.65%) ERP
8 110 (14.34%) Business Intelligence
9 106 (13.82%) Data-Driven Decision Making
10 89 (11.60%) Hematology
10 89 (11.60%) Immunology
11 80 (10.43%) Continuous Improvement
12 79 (10.30%) User Experience
13 78 (10.17%) Cybersecurity
13 78 (10.17%) Data Science
14 68 (8.87%) Data Analysis
15 64 (8.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 62 (8.08%) Data Cleansing
Programming Languages
1 93 (12.13%) SQL
2 46 (6.00%) Python
3 39 (5.08%) C#
4 33 (4.30%) Java
5 18 (2.35%) C++
6 15 (1.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 15 (1.96%) T-SQL
7 12 (1.56%) JavaScript
7 12 (1.56%) PL/SQL
8 7 (0.91%) C
8 7 (0.91%) VBA
9 6 (0.78%) Apex Code
9 6 (0.78%) Bash
10 5 (0.65%) MATLAB
11 4 (0.52%) Fortran
11 4 (0.52%) PowerShell
12 3 (0.39%) R
12 3 (0.39%) TypeScript
13 2 (0.26%) Rust
13 2 (0.26%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 210 (27.38%) Master's Degree
2 152 (19.82%) PhD
3 71 (9.26%) Security Cleared
4 58 (7.56%) Postgraduate
5 52 (6.78%) Computer Science Degree
6 40 (5.22%) MBA
6 40 (5.22%) SC Cleared
7 26 (3.39%) HNC
8 25 (3.26%) PMP
9 20 (2.61%) PMI Certification
10 13 (1.69%) Microsoft Certification
11 12 (1.56%) ISTQB
11 12 (1.56%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
12 11 (1.43%) HND
13 10 (1.30%) ACCA
14 7 (0.91%) CIMA
15 5 (0.65%) MCSE
16 4 (0.52%) A+ Certification
16 4 (0.52%) CISSP
16 4 (0.52%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 103 (13.43%) Data Quality
2 53 (6.91%) GxP
3 41 (5.35%) QA
4 37 (4.82%) Accessibility
5 30 (3.91%) Def Stans
6 13 (1.69%) GDPR
7 10 (1.30%) CDISC
7 10 (1.30%) HL7
7 10 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (0.91%) WCAG
9 4 (0.52%) GLP
9 4 (0.52%) ISO 14001
9 4 (0.52%) NEBOSH
9 4 (0.52%) SLA
10 3 (0.39%) 21 CFR Part 11
10 3 (0.39%) GRC
10 3 (0.39%) ISO 9001
10 3 (0.39%) NIST
11 2 (0.26%) AUTOSAR
11 2 (0.26%) PMO
System Software
1 20 (2.61%) VMware Infrastructure
2 14 (1.83%) Active Directory
3 10 (1.30%) Docker
4 5 (0.65%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.26%) KVM
6 1 (0.13%) Citrix Hypervisor
6 1 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 9 (1.17%) Kubernetes
2 4 (0.52%) Ansible
3 3 (0.39%) FortiGate
3 3 (0.39%) Functional Safety
3 3 (0.39%) Kubeflow
3 3 (0.39%) Terraform
4 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.13%) Control-M
5 1 (0.13%) Grafana
5 1 (0.13%) Kibana
5 1 (0.13%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 176 (22.95%) SAP
2 86 (11.21%) Microsoft
3 52 (6.78%) PayPal
4 22 (2.87%) VMware
5 14 (1.83%) Oracle
6 13 (1.69%) Google
7 12 (1.56%) Sage
7 12 (1.56%) Xamarin
8 10 (1.30%) Adobe
9 8 (1.04%) Zoho
10 7 (0.91%) Salesforce
11 6 (0.78%) MuleSoft
12 4 (0.52%) Palo Alto
13 3 (0.39%) Agilent
13 3 (0.39%) Arista
13 3 (0.39%) Cisco
13 3 (0.39%) Extreme Networks
13 3 (0.39%) LabVantage
14 2 (0.26%) Red Hat
14 2 (0.26%) Siemens