Degree Jobs in West Sussex

Academic Degree
South East > West Sussex

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in West Sussex with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 3 2
Rank change year-on-year +1 -1 0
Permanent jobs citing Degree 80 164 364
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Sussex 26.67% 22.53% 34.97%
As % of the Qualifications category 71.43% 69.79% 81.43%
Number of salaries quoted 38 88 43
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £32,800
25th Percentile £45,000 £37,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% +15.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,000 £80,625
90th Percentile £79,875 £72,875 £87,500
South East median annual salary £60,000 £51,425 £52,500
% change year-on-year +16.67% -2.05% +3.96%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
West Sussex

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 West Sussex.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 112 235 447
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Sussex 37.33% 32.28% 42.94%
Number of salaries quoted 63 140 98
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £31,425
25th Percentile £36,250 £33,500 £49,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,250 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.45% -3.91% +9.52%
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,000 £73,563
90th Percentile £77,750 £71,250 £87,500
South East median annual salary £58,000 £52,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year +11.54% +1.96% -2.86%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

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

Job vacancy trend for Degree in West Sussex

Degree
Salary Trend in West Sussex

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

Salary trend for Degree in West Sussex

Degree
Salary Histogram in West Sussex

Salary distribution for jobs citing Degree in West Sussex over the 6 months to 21 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Degree in West Sussex

Degree
Job Locations in West Sussex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the West Sussex region over the 6 months to 21 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
Crawley -2 20 £38,750 -39.45% 24
Worthing +13 15 £55,000 -8.33% 4
East Grinstead -1 13 £65,000 +58.54% 2
Chichester +5 12 £70,000 -3.45% 4
Horsham +6 10 £45,000 -5.26% 7
Burgess Hill +2 4 £68,750 -1.79% 12
Gatwick -2 3 £66,250 -1.85% 1
Haywards Heath +6 1 - - 4
Degree
South East

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Sussex 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 (2.50%) ThingWorx
2 1 (1.25%) Confluence
2 1 (1.25%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (13.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (11.25%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (8.75%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (1.25%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (1.25%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 3 (3.75%) AWS
1 3 (3.75%) GitHub
2 2 (2.50%) Azure
2 2 (2.50%) Entra ID
2 2 (2.50%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.25%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 10 (12.50%) Wireless
2 9 (11.25%) 5G
2 9 (11.25%) Bluetooth
2 9 (11.25%) GSM
2 9 (11.25%) LTE
2 9 (11.25%) UMTS
2 9 (11.25%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (5.00%) Wireshark
4 1 (1.25%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (1.25%) DHCP
4 1 (1.25%) DNS
4 1 (1.25%) IP Telephony
4 1 (1.25%) IPsec
4 1 (1.25%) LAN
4 1 (1.25%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.25%) VLAN
4 1 (1.25%) VPN
4 1 (1.25%) WAN
4 1 (1.25%) Wireless Security
4 1 (1.25%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 3 (3.75%) Eclipse
1 3 (3.75%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (2.50%) JIRA
General
1 30 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 16 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (11.25%) Electronics
4 8 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (5.00%) Manufacturing
7 3 (3.75%) Advertising
7 3 (3.75%) Finance
8 2 (2.50%) Military
9 1 (1.25%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.25%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (1.25%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (15.00%) Senior
2 11 (13.75%) Systems Engineer
2 11 (13.75%) Test Engineer
3 10 (12.50%) Software Engineer
4 9 (11.25%) Electronics Engineer
4 9 (11.25%) Electronics Test Engineer
5 7 (8.75%) Support Engineer
6 6 (7.50%) Mobile Software Engineer
6 6 (7.50%) Technical Engineer
6 6 (7.50%) Technical Support
6 6 (7.50%) Technical Support Engineer
7 5 (6.25%) Principal Engineer
7 5 (6.25%) Principal Systems Engineer
8 4 (5.00%) Programme Manager
8 4 (5.00%) Senior Systems Engineer
8 4 (5.00%) Vendor Manager
9 3 (3.75%) Business Manager
9 3 (3.75%) Business Relationship Manager
9 3 (3.75%) Hardware Engineer
9 3 (3.75%) Relationships Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (7.50%) Flutter
2 2 (2.50%) Kafka
2 2 (2.50%) RabbitMQ
2 2 (2.50%) REST
3 1 (1.25%) 802.1X
3 1 (1.25%) CSS
3 1 (1.25%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (20.00%) Driving Licence
2 6 (7.50%) Mobile App
3 4 (5.00%) SCADA
4 3 (3.75%) Embedded Systems
4 3 (3.75%) Management Information System
4 3 (3.75%) Product Ownership
5 2 (2.50%) Acoustics
5 2 (2.50%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (2.50%) Data Centre
5 2 (2.50%) Industrial Internet of Things
5 2 (2.50%) IoT
5 2 (2.50%) NHS
5 2 (2.50%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.25%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (1.25%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.25%) Windows
2 3 (3.75%) Linux
3 1 (1.25%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (36.25%) Computer Science
2 16 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
3 15 (18.75%) Mentoring
4 13 (16.25%) Coaching
4 13 (16.25%) Customer Requirements
4 13 (16.25%) Stakeholder Management
5 12 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
6 11 (13.75%) Continuous Improvement
6 11 (13.75%) Mathematics
6 11 (13.75%) Project Delivery
6 11 (13.75%) Project Management
6 11 (13.75%) Validation
6 11 (13.75%) Verification and Validation
7 10 (12.50%) Agile
7 10 (12.50%) Data Analysis
7 10 (12.50%) Software Engineering
8 9 (11.25%) Requirements Management
8 9 (11.25%) Test Strategy
9 8 (10.00%) Roadmaps
9 8 (10.00%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 6 (7.50%) Kotlin
2 3 (3.75%) C
2 3 (3.75%) C++
2 3 (3.75%) Embedded C++
3 2 (2.50%) Ada
3 2 (2.50%) C#
3 2 (2.50%) Java
4 1 (1.25%) Python
4 1 (1.25%) R
Qualifications
1 26 (32.50%) Computer Science Degree
2 9 (11.25%) HND
3 8 (10.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 7 (8.75%) DBS Check
5 5 (6.25%) Chartered Engineer
6 4 (5.00%) PMI Certification
6 4 (5.00%) PMP
7 3 (3.75%) Master's Degree
8 2 (2.50%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 1 (1.25%) CCNP
9 1 (1.25%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (1.25%) PhD
9 1 (1.25%) SC Cleared
9 1 (1.25%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (10.00%) QA
2 4 (5.00%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.25%) Def Stans
3 1 (1.25%) PMO
System Software
1 4 (5.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.75%) Firmware
Vendors
1 6 (7.50%) Microsoft
1 6 (7.50%) SAP
2 3 (3.75%) Cadence
3 1 (1.25%) Adobe
3 1 (1.25%) ANSYS
3 1 (1.25%) Cisco
3 1 (1.25%) Progress
3 1 (1.25%) Riverbed