Degree Jobs in Berkshire

Academic Degree
South East > Berkshire

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 4 3 8
Rank change year-on-year -1 +5 -2
Permanent jobs citing Degree 611 769 563
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 19.84% 24.89% 16.37%
As % of the Qualifications category 44.44% 53.93% 59.64%
Number of salaries quoted 455 249 201
10th Percentile £34,750 £31,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £43,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,000 £77,500
South East median annual salary £51,350 £52,500 £50,500
% change year-on-year -2.19% +3.96% +1.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Berkshire

Degree is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,375 1,426 944
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 44.66% 46.15% 27.44%
Number of salaries quoted 945 572 399
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £38,603 £36,713 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £51,350 £54,850
Median % change year-on-year +7.11% -6.38% -4.61%
75th Percentile £72,500 £73,963 £71,875
90th Percentile £90,750 £95,000 £80,000
South East median annual salary £51,500 £50,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +1.98% -3.81% +5.00%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Degree in Berkshire

Degree
Salary Trend in Berkshire

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

Salary trend for Degree in Berkshire

Degree
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Degree in Berkshire over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Degree in Berkshire

Degree
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 18 May 2024. 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
Reading -2 286 £55,000 +10.00% 116
Bracknell +5 210 £75,000 -16.67% 25
Slough +11 33 £40,000 -33.33% 34
Maidenhead -2 24 £62,500 +123.21% 10
Newbury -13 11 £51,250 +6.77% 5
Windsor -3 8 £42,500 - 10
Wokingham -5 6 £43,750 -27.08% 12
Thatcham -3 1 £50,000 - 2
Degree
South East

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 18 (2.95%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (2.78%) SharePoint
3 14 (2.29%) Oracle Service Bus
3 14 (2.29%) WebLogic
4 5 (0.82%) Confluence
5 2 (0.33%) Apache
6 1 (0.16%) Alfresco
6 1 (0.16%) CMS
6 1 (0.16%) Documentum
6 1 (0.16%) FileNet
6 1 (0.16%) IIS
6 1 (0.16%) Moodle
6 1 (0.16%) nginx
6 1 (0.16%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.16%) Totara
6 1 (0.16%) WordPress
Applications
1 65 (10.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 63 (10.31%) Microsoft Office
3 27 (4.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 27 (4.42%) MS Visio
4 11 (1.80%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (1.31%) OrCAD
6 4 (0.65%) Solid Edge
6 4 (0.65%) SOLIDWORKS
7 1 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.16%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.16%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.16%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.16%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 14 (2.29%) Remedy ITSM
2 9 (1.47%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.16%) Primavera
3 1 (0.16%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.16%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 63 (10.31%) Azure
2 47 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
3 41 (6.71%) Power Platform
4 23 (3.76%) SaaS
5 17 (2.78%) AWS
6 16 (2.62%) Azure Monitor
7 15 (2.45%) PowerApps
8 14 (2.29%) Azure Storage
8 14 (2.29%) Entra ID
9 13 (2.13%) Power Automate
10 12 (1.96%) OCI
10 12 (1.96%) OneDrive
11 11 (1.80%) ShareGate
12 8 (1.31%) Dynamics 365
13 7 (1.15%) Cloud Computing
14 5 (0.82%) IaaS
14 5 (0.82%) Slack
15 4 (0.65%) GitHub
16 3 (0.49%) GCP
17 2 (0.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 52 (8.51%) Firewall
2 33 (5.40%) DNS
3 31 (5.07%) DHCP
4 22 (3.60%) Network Security
5 17 (2.78%) Internet
6 16 (2.62%) SAN
6 16 (2.62%) VPN
7 10 (1.64%) Intranet
7 10 (1.64%) SNMP
8 8 (1.31%) Ethernet
9 7 (1.15%) Intrusion Detection
10 5 (0.82%) 5G
10 5 (0.82%) Broadband
10 5 (0.82%) LAN
10 5 (0.82%) WAN
11 4 (0.65%) NAS
11 4 (0.65%) VoIP
11 4 (0.65%) Wireshark
12 3 (0.49%) RS-485
13 2 (0.33%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (12.44%) NoSQL
2 45 (7.36%) SQL Server
3 36 (5.89%) Power BI
4 14 (2.29%) Oracle Database
4 14 (2.29%) Oracle Database 10g
4 14 (2.29%) Oracle Database 11g
4 14 (2.29%) VLDB
5 10 (1.64%) Relational Database
6 4 (0.65%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (0.65%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 4 (0.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 4 (0.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (0.49%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (0.49%) GIS
8 2 (0.33%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.33%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (0.33%) Oracle BI EE
8 2 (0.33%) SSDT
8 2 (0.33%) Star Schema
8 2 (0.33%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 101 (16.53%) Git
2 53 (8.67%) Cypress.io
2 53 (8.67%) Selenium
3 22 (3.60%) SoapUI
4 15 (2.45%) Visual Studio
5 14 (2.29%) GitLab
6 11 (1.80%) Rational DOORS
7 9 (1.47%) JIRA
8 4 (0.65%) AdminStudio
8 4 (0.65%) InstallShield
8 4 (0.65%) MSI
8 4 (0.65%) Subversion
9 2 (0.33%) Burp Suite
9 2 (0.33%) IntelliJ
9 2 (0.33%) WebDriver
10 1 (0.16%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.16%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.16%) Eclipse
10 1 (0.16%) Gradle
10 1 (0.16%) Sourcetree
General
1 191 (31.26%) Social Skills
2 96 (15.71%) Analytical Skills
3 65 (10.64%) Finance
4 40 (6.55%) Marketing
5 39 (6.38%) Telecoms
6 33 (5.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 31 (5.07%) Manufacturing
8 28 (4.58%) Legal
9 21 (3.44%) Retail
10 17 (2.78%) Pharmaceutical
11 15 (2.45%) Organisational Skills
11 15 (2.45%) Presentation Skills
12 14 (2.29%) Brand Awareness
12 14 (2.29%) Electronics
13 11 (1.80%) Public Sector
14 7 (1.15%) Influencing Skills
14 7 (1.15%) Publishing
15 6 (0.98%) Automotive
16 5 (0.82%) Documentation Skills
17 4 (0.65%) Law
Job Titles
1 124 (20.29%) Senior
2 107 (17.51%) Developer
3 56 (9.17%) Lead
4 55 (9.00%) Software Developer
5 50 (8.18%) Analyst
6 41 (6.71%) Senior Developer
7 39 (6.38%) Software Engineer
8 36 (5.89%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 36 (5.89%) Systems Engineer
9 27 (4.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 26 (4.26%) Architect
11 22 (3.60%) Support Analyst
12 21 (3.44%) Senior Software Developer
13 20 (3.27%) Development Team Leader
13 20 (3.27%) Lead Developer
13 20 (3.27%) Lead Software Developer
13 20 (3.27%) Senior Front-End Developer
13 20 (3.27%) Software Development Team Leader
13 20 (3.27%) Software Team Leader
13 20 (3.27%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 131 (21.44%) React
2 100 (16.37%) .NET
3 53 (8.67%) Jest
4 36 (5.89%) HTML
5 34 (5.56%) CSS
6 31 (5.07%) CSS3
6 31 (5.07%) HTML5
7 14 (2.29%) ARM Templates
8 12 (1.96%) React Native
9 8 (1.31%) Web Services
10 6 (0.98%) OpenMP
11 5 (0.82%) Node.js
12 4 (0.65%) AngularJS
12 4 (0.65%) Express.js
12 4 (0.65%) Middleware
12 4 (0.65%) Qt
13 3 (0.49%) Django
13 3 (0.49%) Flask
13 3 (0.49%) Lightning Web Components
13 3 (0.49%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 64 (10.47%) Self-Motivation
2 48 (7.86%) Management Information System
3 36 (5.89%) Algorithms
4 25 (4.09%) Data Centre
5 20 (3.27%) Product Ownership
6 16 (2.62%) PKI
7 11 (1.80%) FPGA
8 10 (1.64%) Data Protection Act
8 10 (1.64%) Onboarding
9 8 (1.31%) Driving Licence
9 8 (1.31%) Life Science
9 8 (1.31%) PCIe
10 6 (0.98%) CUDA
10 6 (0.98%) FMCG
11 5 (0.82%) Hybrid Cloud
12 4 (0.65%) Educational Technology
12 4 (0.65%) Embedded Systems
12 4 (0.65%) Enterprise Software
12 4 (0.65%) Shadow IT
12 4 (0.65%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 91 (14.89%) Windows
2 81 (13.26%) Linux
3 43 (7.04%) Windows Server 2016
3 43 (7.04%) Windows Server 2019
4 34 (5.56%) Windows 10
5 33 (5.40%) Unix
6 31 (5.07%) Windows Server 2012
7 30 (4.91%) Windows Server
8 21 (3.44%) Windows 7
9 14 (2.29%) Solaris
10 12 (1.96%) Windows XP
11 6 (0.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 5 (0.82%) Kali Linux
12 5 (0.82%) Mac OS
13 2 (0.33%) VMS
14 1 (0.16%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 242 (39.61%) Agile
2 236 (38.63%) Computer Science
3 161 (26.35%) Artificial Intelligence
4 127 (20.79%) Propensity Modelling
5 117 (19.15%) Problem-Solving
6 95 (15.55%) Project Management
7 87 (14.24%) Software Engineering
8 85 (13.91%) ITIL
9 63 (10.31%) Mathematics
10 62 (10.15%) Continuous Improvement
11 60 (9.82%) Physics
12 57 (9.33%) Machine Learning
13 48 (7.86%) Cybersecurity
14 46 (7.53%) Decision-Making
14 46 (7.53%) Service Management
15 44 (7.20%) Validation
16 42 (6.87%) Roadmaps
17 39 (6.38%) Analytics
18 38 (6.22%) Actionable Insight
19 37 (6.06%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 191 (31.26%) C#
2 129 (21.11%) JavaScript
3 123 (20.13%) TypeScript
4 79 (12.93%) SQL
5 77 (12.60%) Python
6 60 (9.82%) PowerShell
7 55 (9.00%) C++
8 46 (7.53%) C
9 39 (6.38%) Fortran
10 32 (5.24%) PHP
11 19 (3.11%) Bash
12 18 (2.95%) VB
13 14 (2.29%) Bicep
13 14 (2.29%) Java
13 14 (2.29%) PL/SQL
13 14 (2.29%) VBScript
14 12 (1.96%) R
15 9 (1.47%) MATLAB
16 8 (1.31%) Perl
16 8 (1.31%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 155 (25.37%) Security Cleared
2 120 (19.64%) Computer Science Degree
3 65 (10.64%) SC Cleared
4 61 (9.98%) Master's Degree
5 37 (6.06%) DV Cleared
6 30 (4.91%) PhD
7 27 (4.42%) HNC
8 20 (3.27%) CCNA
8 20 (3.27%) Cisco Certification
9 18 (2.95%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 16 (2.62%) CISSP
11 14 (2.29%) CCNP
11 14 (2.29%) Microsoft Certification
12 12 (1.96%) HND
13 11 (1.80%) ITIL Certification
14 10 (1.64%) A+ Certification
15 9 (1.47%) Azure Certification
16 8 (1.31%) CISM
16 8 (1.31%) GPEN
16 8 (1.31%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (5.24%) WCAG
2 31 (5.07%) QA
3 26 (4.26%) SLA
4 20 (3.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (2.13%) PCI DSS
6 12 (1.96%) ISO 9001
6 12 (1.96%) NIST
7 11 (1.80%) ISO 22301
8 8 (1.31%) Good Clinical Practice
8 8 (1.31%) GRC
9 7 (1.15%) GDPR
9 7 (1.15%) ISO 14001
9 7 (1.15%) NEBOSH
10 6 (0.98%) Data Quality
10 6 (0.98%) NIST 800
11 5 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 3 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials
12 3 (0.49%) PMO
13 2 (0.33%) Accessibility
13 2 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 15288
System Software
1 137 (22.42%) Docker
2 73 (11.95%) Active Directory
3 50 (8.18%) VMware Infrastructure
4 23 (3.76%) Hyper-V
5 14 (2.29%) Oracle RAC
5 14 (2.29%) Virtual Desktop
5 14 (2.29%) Virtual Machines
5 14 (2.29%) VMware ESXi
6 9 (1.47%) Firmware
7 4 (0.65%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 147 (24.06%) Kubernetes
2 47 (7.69%) SCCM
3 35 (5.73%) WSUS
4 26 (4.26%) SCOM
5 16 (2.62%) Microsoft Intune
6 14 (2.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 14 (2.29%) Data Guard
6 14 (2.29%) Oracle RMAN
7 12 (1.96%) EMC NetWorker
7 12 (1.96%) NetBackup
7 12 (1.96%) vCenter Server
8 8 (1.31%) Nessus
9 6 (0.98%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 5 (0.82%) Suricata
11 2 (0.33%) Grafana
11 2 (0.33%) SolarWinds Orion
11 2 (0.33%) Terraform
12 1 (0.16%) Ansible
12 1 (0.16%) Puppet
Vendors
1 170 (27.82%) Microsoft
2 52 (8.51%) VMware
3 31 (5.07%) Oracle
4 25 (4.09%) Cisco
5 22 (3.60%) EMC
6 21 (3.44%) HP
7 19 (3.11%) Juniper
8 17 (2.78%) Palo Alto
9 14 (2.29%) Dell
9 14 (2.29%) Remedy
9 14 (2.29%) Sun
10 12 (1.96%) 3PAR
10 12 (1.96%) Extreme Networks
10 12 (1.96%) Symantec
10 12 (1.96%) Veeam
10 12 (1.96%) Xamarin
11 11 (1.80%) Nintex
11 11 (1.80%) ServiceNow
12 8 (1.31%) NEC
13 6 (0.98%) Sage