Degree Jobs in Kent

Academic Degree
South East > Kent

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Kent 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 13 1 3
Rank change year-on-year -12 +2 +27
Permanent jobs citing Degree 156 304 286
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 10.30% 27.61% 21.47%
As % of the Qualifications category 47.85% 75.06% 76.27%
Number of salaries quoted 101 87 83
10th Percentile £28,500 - £23,250
25th Percentile £35,500 £27,750 £33,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% -11.11% +38.46%
75th Percentile £67,500 £57,250 £55,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £61,250 £67,500
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
Kent

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 Kent with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 326 405 375
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 21.53% 36.78% 28.15%
Number of salaries quoted 224 155 132
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £27,750
25th Percentile £31,500 £31,250 £35,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,250 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.59% -5.56% +26.76%
75th Percentile £59,063 £58,750 £53,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £67,285 £67,375
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 Kent

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

Job vacancy trend for Degree in Kent

Degree
Salary Trend in Kent

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

Salary trend for Degree in Kent

Degree
Salary Histogram in Kent

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

Salary histogram for Degree in Kent

Degree
Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the Kent 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
Maidstone -8 17 £49,000 +71.93% 11
Rochester +2 15 £37,000 +23.33% 7
West Malling 0 11 £65,000 +54.76%
Chatham +15 5 £35,000 -47.53% 2
Canterbury -12 4 £39,747 -34.73%
Dartford -17 4 £34,250 - 8
Tunbridge Wells -20 4 £34,250 +12.30% 4
Dover +1 3 £45,000 +5.88%
Sandwich - 3 £27,500 - 5
Whitstable 0 2 £29,500 - 3
Sevenoaks -12 1 £77,500 - 7
Tonbridge -15 1 £39,000 - 3
Margate - 1 - - 2
Degree
South East

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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 4 (2.56%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (2.56%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.64%) CMS
2 1 (0.64%) IIS
2 1 (0.64%) Umbraco
Applications
1 26 (16.67%) Simulink
2 21 (13.46%) Stateflow
3 18 (11.54%) Microsoft Excel
3 18 (11.54%) Microsoft Office
4 8 (5.13%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (4.49%) CANalyzer
6 6 (3.85%) AutoCAD
7 5 (3.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 1 (0.64%) OrCAD
8 1 (0.64%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (3.85%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 39 (25.00%) Azure
2 26 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
3 19 (12.18%) Power Platform
4 17 (10.90%) AWS
5 10 (6.41%) AWS Lambda
5 10 (6.41%) IaaS
5 10 (6.41%) PaaS
5 10 (6.41%) Serverless
6 7 (4.49%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 7 (4.49%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (4.49%) Azure Functions
7 5 (3.21%) OCI
8 4 (2.56%) Entra ID
8 4 (2.56%) GitHub
9 3 (1.92%) AWS CodePipeline
9 3 (1.92%) Azure App Service
9 3 (1.92%) OneDrive
10 2 (1.28%) Power Automate
10 2 (1.28%) PowerApps
11 1 (0.64%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 21 (13.46%) J1939
2 8 (5.13%) Firewall
3 7 (4.49%) HTTP
4 3 (1.92%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.28%) 5G
5 2 (1.28%) Broadband
5 2 (1.28%) Internet
5 2 (1.28%) VLAN
5 2 (1.28%) VoIP
5 2 (1.28%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.64%) Network Security
6 1 (0.64%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (12.18%) Power BI
2 18 (11.54%) SQL Server
3 10 (6.41%) Relational Database
4 9 (5.77%) MySQL
4 9 (5.77%) Tableau
5 8 (5.13%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (5.13%) GIS
6 7 (4.49%) DynamoDB
6 7 (4.49%) NoSQL
7 5 (3.21%) Oracle Reports
8 4 (2.56%) DB2
9 3 (1.92%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (1.92%) Azure SQL Database
9 3 (1.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (1.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 17 (10.90%) JIRA
2 14 (8.97%) ClearCase
2 14 (8.97%) Plastic SCM
3 7 (4.49%) ClearQuest
4 6 (3.85%) Git
5 5 (3.21%) Visual Studio
6 3 (1.92%) Babel
6 3 (1.92%) GDB
6 3 (1.92%) GitLab
6 3 (1.92%) webpack
7 2 (1.28%) NUnit
8 1 (0.64%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.64%) Octopus Deploy
8 1 (0.64%) Vite
General
1 76 (48.72%) Social Skills
2 37 (23.72%) Finance
3 25 (16.03%) Automotive
3 25 (16.03%) Electronics
4 21 (13.46%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (12.18%) Retail
6 14 (8.97%) Marketing
7 13 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (7.05%) Presentation Skills
9 9 (5.77%) Local Government
10 6 (3.85%) Legal
11 5 (3.21%) Aerospace
11 5 (3.21%) Manufacturing
11 5 (3.21%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (2.56%) Military
13 3 (1.92%) Public Sector
13 3 (1.92%) Telecoms
14 2 (1.28%) Agriculture
14 2 (1.28%) Influencing Skills
15 1 (0.64%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 34 (21.79%) Senior
2 23 (14.74%) Software Engineer
3 22 (14.10%) Developer
4 15 (9.62%) Consultant
5 14 (8.97%) Senior Software Engineer
6 13 (8.33%) Analyst
6 13 (8.33%) Graduate
7 11 (7.05%) Senior Systems Engineer
7 11 (7.05%) Systems Engineer
8 10 (6.41%) Network Engineer
9 8 (5.13%) Project Manager
10 7 (4.49%) AWS Developer
10 7 (4.49%) Azure Developer
10 7 (4.49%) Backend Developer
10 7 (4.49%) Business Analyst
10 7 (4.49%) Technical Manager
11 6 (3.85%) IT Manager
12 5 (3.21%) Oracle Consultant
12 5 (3.21%) Security Analyst
12 5 (3.21%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (10.90%) .NET
2 13 (8.33%) RESTful
3 12 (7.69%) AngularJS
4 8 (5.13%) CSS
4 8 (5.13%) HTML
4 8 (5.13%) Web Services
5 7 (4.49%) gRPC
6 6 (3.85%) ASP.NET
6 6 (3.85%) CSS3
6 6 (3.85%) HTML5
6 6 (3.85%) React
7 5 (3.21%) ASP.NET Core
8 4 (2.56%) .NET Framework
9 3 (1.92%) Entity Framework
9 3 (1.92%) JSON
9 3 (1.92%) NgRx
9 3 (1.92%) RxJS
9 3 (1.92%) Vue
9 3 (1.92%) XML
10 2 (1.28%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 25 (16.03%) Algorithms
2 19 (12.18%) Management Information System
2 19 (12.18%) Self-Motivation
3 10 (6.41%) Cloud Native
3 10 (6.41%) Embedded Systems
4 9 (5.77%) Taxonomies
5 7 (4.49%) Distributed Systems
6 6 (3.85%) Driving Licence
7 5 (3.21%) Data Centre
7 5 (3.21%) Product Ownership
8 4 (2.56%) Cyber Security Posture
8 4 (2.56%) PMI
8 4 (2.56%) Security Posture
9 3 (1.92%) Mobile App
9 3 (1.92%) Onboarding
10 2 (1.28%) Clustering
10 2 (1.28%) e-Learning
10 2 (1.28%) Linux Command Line
10 2 (1.28%) Replication
10 2 (1.28%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 15 (9.62%) Windows
2 5 (3.21%) Windows Server
3 4 (2.56%) Android
3 4 (2.56%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.28%) Linux
5 1 (0.64%) Mac OS X
5 1 (0.64%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.64%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.64%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (34.62%) Problem-Solving
2 43 (27.56%) Computer Science
3 32 (20.51%) Agile
4 27 (17.31%) Mathematics
4 27 (17.31%) Software Engineering
4 27 (17.31%) Validation
5 26 (16.67%) Project Management
6 24 (15.38%) Data Acquisition
7 20 (12.82%) Business Intelligence
8 18 (11.54%) Continuous Improvement
8 18 (11.54%) Software Architecture
9 16 (10.26%) Data Management
10 14 (8.97%) Configuration Management
10 14 (8.97%) Customer Requirements
10 14 (8.97%) Data Visualisation
10 14 (8.97%) DevOps
10 14 (8.97%) ETL
10 14 (8.97%) Mentoring
10 14 (8.97%) Visualisation
11 13 (8.33%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 31 (19.87%) C
2 30 (19.23%) MATLAB
3 27 (17.31%) SQL
4 25 (16.03%) C#
5 20 (12.82%) Python
6 14 (8.97%) Embedded C
6 14 (8.97%) Perl
7 10 (6.41%) JavaScript
8 7 (4.49%) C++
9 5 (3.21%) Ada
10 4 (2.56%) Java
10 4 (2.56%) RPG
10 4 (2.56%) TypeScript
11 3 (1.92%) VB
12 2 (1.28%) PowerShell
13 1 (0.64%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.64%) R
Qualifications
1 35 (22.44%) Computer Science Degree
2 33 (21.15%) Master's Degree
3 18 (11.54%) HND
4 11 (7.05%) MBA
5 10 (6.41%) Azure Certification
6 9 (5.77%) PhD
7 8 (5.13%) CISSP
7 8 (5.13%) HNC
8 7 (4.49%) SC Cleared
8 7 (4.49%) Security Cleared
9 6 (3.85%) PMI Certification
10 5 (3.21%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 5 (3.21%) AWS Certification
10 5 (3.21%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (3.21%) CCSP
10 5 (3.21%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (3.21%) DBS Check
11 4 (2.56%) CESG Certified Professional
11 4 (2.56%) MAPM
12 3 (1.92%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (16.03%) Automotive SPICE
1 25 (16.03%) ISO 26262
2 19 (12.18%) GDPR
3 16 (10.26%) Accessibility
4 14 (8.97%) AUTOSAR
4 14 (8.97%) MISRA
5 12 (7.69%) Data Quality
6 11 (7.05%) QA
7 10 (6.41%) HIPAA
8 9 (5.77%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 4 (2.56%) COBIT
10 3 (1.92%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (1.92%) GRC
10 3 (1.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 3 (1.92%) PMO
System Software
1 10 (6.41%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.21%) Hyper-V
3 3 (1.92%) Docker
3 3 (1.92%) Embedded Firmware
3 3 (1.92%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 11 (7.05%) Functional Safety
2 3 (1.92%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.92%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (1.28%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 20 (12.82%) Microsoft
2 14 (8.97%) IBM
2 14 (8.97%) Lauterbach
3 12 (7.69%) NEC
4 9 (5.77%) Facebook
4 9 (5.77%) VMware
5 7 (4.49%) Cisco
5 7 (4.49%) Instagram
5 7 (4.49%) Oracle
6 4 (2.56%) CrowdStrike
6 4 (2.56%) Darktrace
7 3 (1.92%) SAP
8 2 (1.28%) Progress
8 2 (1.28%) Virgin Media
9 1 (0.64%) Apple
9 1 (0.64%) Mentor Graphics