Degree Jobs in the Thames Valley

Academic Degree
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 2 3 3
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 +3
Permanent jobs citing Degree 1,498 1,409 1,643
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 21.07% 24.72% 22.50%
As % of the Qualifications category 57.26% 58.71% 67.72%
Number of salaries quoted 861 467 580
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £39,490 £34,932 £36,953
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,550 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.10% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £95,000
South East median annual salary £51,350 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.19% +5.00% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,616 2,400 2,426
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 36.79% 42.11% 33.22%
Number of salaries quoted 1,537 990 955
10th Percentile £31,000 £27,400 £28,419
25th Percentile £38,000 £36,250 £36,851
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -3.85% -2.35%
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £85,000
South East median annual salary £52,500 £51,350 £51,500
% change year-on-year +2.24% -0.29% +3.00%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Degree in the Thames Valley

Degree
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Degree in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Degree in the Thames Valley

Degree
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Degree in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

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 1 June 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
Berkshire -1 632 £59,000 +7.27% 206
Buckinghamshire -1 519 £43,500 -13.00% 119
Oxfordshire -1 347 £47,500 +0.80% 147
Degree
South East

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 48 (3.20%) Microsoft Exchange
2 41 (2.74%) SharePoint
3 14 (0.93%) Confluence
3 14 (0.93%) Oracle Service Bus
3 14 (0.93%) WebLogic
4 7 (0.47%) SAS
5 6 (0.40%) CMS
5 6 (0.40%) Kinematics
5 6 (0.40%) Oracle Workflow
6 4 (0.27%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.13%) Apache
8 1 (0.067%) Documentum
8 1 (0.067%) FileNet
8 1 (0.067%) IIS
8 1 (0.067%) JBoss
8 1 (0.067%) Moodle
8 1 (0.067%) nginx
8 1 (0.067%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.067%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.067%) WebSphere
Applications
1 166 (11.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 121 (8.08%) Microsoft Office
3 42 (2.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 40 (2.67%) MS Visio
5 23 (1.54%) Microsoft Project
6 8 (0.53%) OrCAD
7 6 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (0.27%) Maya
8 4 (0.27%) MotionBuilder
8 4 (0.27%) Solid Edge
8 4 (0.27%) SOLIDWORKS
9 3 (0.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.20%) AutoCAD
10 2 (0.13%) Revit
10 2 (0.13%) Simulink
10 2 (0.13%) Stateflow
11 1 (0.067%) Adobe Illustrator
11 1 (0.067%) Photoshop
11 1 (0.067%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 30 (2.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (0.93%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (0.40%) Oracle Applications
4 5 (0.33%) Dynamics GP
5 4 (0.27%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.13%) Primavera
6 2 (0.13%) Sage 200
6 2 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.067%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.067%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.067%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 132 (8.81%) Azure
2 127 (8.48%) Microsoft 365
3 73 (4.87%) Power Platform
4 38 (2.54%) AWS
5 34 (2.27%) Dynamics 365
5 34 (2.27%) SaaS
6 31 (2.07%) Power Automate
7 28 (1.87%) Entra ID
8 25 (1.67%) PowerApps
9 18 (1.20%) Azure Monitor
9 18 (1.20%) Azure Storage
10 15 (1.00%) Cloud Computing
11 13 (0.87%) Azure Sentinel
11 13 (0.87%) OneDrive
12 12 (0.80%) Azure DevOps
12 12 (0.80%) OCI
13 11 (0.73%) ShareGate
14 10 (0.67%) GCP
15 9 (0.60%) GitHub
16 7 (0.47%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 103 (6.88%) Firewall
2 41 (2.74%) DNS
3 37 (2.47%) DHCP
4 30 (2.00%) 5G
4 30 (2.00%) Wi-Fi
5 27 (1.80%) Internet
5 27 (1.80%) Wireless
6 25 (1.67%) Network Security
7 24 (1.60%) Intrusion Detection
8 23 (1.54%) Bluetooth
8 23 (1.54%) VPN
8 23 (1.54%) WAN
9 22 (1.47%) GSM
9 22 (1.47%) ISDN
9 22 (1.47%) LTE
9 22 (1.47%) PSTN
9 22 (1.47%) SAN
9 22 (1.47%) UMTS
10 16 (1.07%) SD-WAN
11 14 (0.93%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (5.14%) NoSQL
1 77 (5.14%) SQL Server
2 61 (4.07%) Power BI
3 28 (1.87%) Relational Database
4 15 (1.00%) Oracle Database
5 14 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
5 14 (0.93%) Oracle Database 10g
5 14 (0.93%) Oracle Database 11g
5 14 (0.93%) VLDB
6 10 (0.67%) Big Data
6 10 (0.67%) Tableau
7 9 (0.60%) GIS
8 7 (0.47%) MS Access
8 7 (0.47%) MySQL
8 7 (0.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 7 (0.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 6 (0.40%) Data Lake
9 6 (0.40%) Oracle Reports
9 6 (0.40%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 4 (0.27%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 109 (7.28%) Git
2 55 (3.67%) Selenium
3 52 (3.47%) Cypress.io
4 23 (1.54%) SoapUI
5 22 (1.47%) GitLab
5 22 (1.47%) LabVIEW
6 21 (1.40%) Visual Studio
7 19 (1.27%) JIRA
8 12 (0.80%) Rational DOORS
9 6 (0.40%) AdminStudio
9 6 (0.40%) InstallShield
9 6 (0.40%) MSI
9 6 (0.40%) Oracle Forms
10 5 (0.33%) Eclipse
11 4 (0.27%) Subversion
12 3 (0.20%) WebDriver
13 2 (0.13%) Bitbucket
13 2 (0.13%) Burp Suite
13 2 (0.13%) IntelliJ
13 2 (0.13%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 458 (30.57%) Social Skills
2 336 (22.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 234 (15.62%) Analytical Skills
4 154 (10.28%) Finance
5 144 (9.61%) Manufacturing
6 132 (8.81%) Electronics
7 76 (5.07%) Legal
8 75 (5.01%) Marketing
9 72 (4.81%) Pharmaceutical
9 72 (4.81%) Telecoms
10 47 (3.14%) Presentation Skills
11 35 (2.34%) Retail
12 33 (2.20%) Law
13 28 (1.87%) Organisational Skills
14 23 (1.54%) Automotive
15 22 (1.47%) Public Sector
16 20 (1.34%) Military
17 14 (0.93%) Brand Awareness
18 13 (0.87%) Aerospace
18 13 (0.87%) French Language
Job Titles
1 264 (17.62%) Senior
2 146 (9.75%) Developer
3 142 (9.48%) Analyst
4 120 (8.01%) Data Scientist
5 115 (7.68%) Software Engineer
6 104 (6.94%) Junior
7 101 (6.74%) Architect
7 101 (6.74%) Graduate
8 81 (5.41%) Lead
9 78 (5.21%) Electronics Engineer
10 66 (4.41%) Systems Engineer
11 63 (4.21%) Software Developer
12 62 (4.14%) Development Engineer
13 61 (4.07%) Graduate Development Engineer
13 61 (4.07%) Graduate Electronics Engineer
13 61 (4.07%) Junior Electronics Engineer
14 52 (3.47%) Hardware Engineer
15 48 (3.20%) IT Support
16 46 (3.07%) Senior Developer
17 43 (2.87%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 141 (9.41%) React
2 127 (8.48%) .NET
3 52 (3.47%) Jest
4 45 (3.00%) HTML
5 43 (2.87%) CSS
6 34 (2.27%) HTML5
7 31 (2.07%) CSS3
8 20 (1.34%) OpenMP
9 17 (1.13%) ARM Templates
10 14 (0.93%) OpenACC
11 12 (0.80%) AngularJS
11 12 (0.80%) EDI
11 12 (0.80%) React Native
11 12 (0.80%) WPF
11 12 (0.80%) XML
12 11 (0.73%) Web Services
13 10 (0.67%) Node.js
14 8 (0.53%) Spring
15 7 (0.47%) .NET Core
16 6 (0.40%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 220 (14.69%) Algorithms
2 120 (8.01%) Management Information System
3 84 (5.61%) Self-Motivation
4 60 (4.01%) Data Centre
5 52 (3.47%) Life Science
6 47 (3.14%) Biopharmaceutical
7 25 (1.67%) Analytical Mindset
7 25 (1.67%) Data Structures
7 25 (1.67%) Product Ownership
8 22 (1.47%) Acoustics
8 22 (1.47%) CUDA
8 22 (1.47%) Satnav
9 19 (1.27%) Driving Licence
9 19 (1.27%) Onboarding
10 18 (1.20%) Cyber Threat
10 18 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
10 18 (1.20%) IoT
10 18 (1.20%) PKI
11 17 (1.13%) Replication
11 17 (1.13%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 171 (11.42%) Windows
2 133 (8.88%) Linux
3 61 (4.07%) Unix
4 54 (3.60%) Windows 10
5 52 (3.47%) Windows Server
6 48 (3.20%) Windows Server 2016
6 48 (3.20%) Windows Server 2019
7 30 (2.00%) Windows Server 2012
8 24 (1.60%) Windows 7
9 14 (0.93%) Solaris
10 12 (0.80%) Windows XP
11 10 (0.67%) Mac OS
12 7 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 6 (0.40%) VMS
14 5 (0.33%) Kali Linux
15 3 (0.20%) Ubuntu
16 2 (0.13%) Embedded Linux
16 2 (0.13%) FreeRTOS
17 1 (0.067%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 515 (34.38%) Computer Science
2 472 (31.51%) Problem-Solving
3 339 (22.63%) Agile
4 255 (17.02%) Cybersecurity
5 249 (16.62%) Mathematics
6 220 (14.69%) Mentoring
7 219 (14.62%) Coaching
8 204 (13.62%) Decision-Making
9 195 (13.02%) Data Analysis
10 191 (12.75%) Software Engineering
11 187 (12.48%) Artificial Intelligence
12 183 (12.22%) Data Science
13 165 (11.01%) Project Management
14 151 (10.08%) Physics
15 142 (9.48%) Red Team
16 129 (8.61%) ITIL
17 127 (8.48%) Analytics
18 121 (8.08%) Propensity Modelling
19 111 (7.41%) Machine Learning
20 109 (7.28%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 234 (15.62%) Python
2 231 (15.42%) C#
3 153 (10.21%) JavaScript
4 133 (8.88%) SQL
5 126 (8.41%) TypeScript
6 122 (8.14%) C++
7 115 (7.68%) C
8 96 (6.41%) Fortran
9 67 (4.47%) PowerShell
10 45 (3.00%) Java
11 34 (2.27%) PHP
12 30 (2.00%) Bash
13 24 (1.60%) MATLAB
14 23 (1.54%) VB
15 17 (1.13%) Bicep
15 17 (1.13%) R
15 17 (1.13%) VBScript
16 14 (0.93%) PL/SQL
17 11 (0.73%) Embedded C
18 10 (0.67%) Perl
Qualifications
1 212 (14.15%) Security Cleared
2 189 (12.62%) Computer Science Degree
3 178 (11.88%) Master's Degree
4 134 (8.95%) PhD
5 89 (5.94%) SC Cleared
6 45 (3.00%) DV Cleared
7 42 (2.80%) Cisco Certification
8 40 (2.67%) CISSP
9 35 (2.34%) CCNA
10 34 (2.27%) HNC
11 28 (1.87%) CCNP
11 28 (1.87%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 28 (1.87%) Microsoft Certification
12 20 (1.34%) MBA
13 19 (1.27%) CompTIA Security+
14 17 (1.13%) HND
15 16 (1.07%) MCP
16 15 (1.00%) DBS Check
17 12 (0.80%) CIMA
18 11 (0.73%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (5.27%) QA
2 56 (3.74%) Data Quality
3 39 (2.60%) SLA
4 32 (2.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 30 (2.00%) WCAG
6 24 (1.60%) ISO 9001
7 22 (1.47%) GDPR
8 19 (1.27%) NIST
9 16 (1.07%) Accessibility
9 16 (1.07%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 15 (1.00%) Good Clinical Practice
11 13 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials
12 12 (0.80%) ISO 13485
12 12 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 11 (0.73%) PCI DSS
14 10 (0.67%) IEC 62304
15 9 (0.60%) ISO 14001
15 9 (0.60%) ISO 22301
16 8 (0.53%) GRC
16 8 (0.53%) PMO
System Software
1 140 (9.35%) Docker
2 99 (6.61%) Firmware
3 96 (6.41%) Active Directory
4 78 (5.21%) Embedded Firmware
5 73 (4.87%) VMware Infrastructure
6 24 (1.60%) Hyper-V
7 20 (1.34%) Virtual Machines
8 17 (1.13%) Virtual Desktop
9 14 (0.93%) Oracle RAC
10 13 (0.87%) VMware ESXi
11 6 (0.40%) Microsoft App-V
12 4 (0.27%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 4 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
13 2 (0.13%) HDFS
14 1 (0.067%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 145 (9.68%) Kubernetes
2 54 (3.60%) SCCM
3 39 (2.60%) WSUS
4 29 (1.94%) SCOM
5 27 (1.80%) Microsoft Intune
6 17 (1.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 14 (0.93%) Data Guard
7 14 (0.93%) Oracle RMAN
8 12 (0.80%) EMC NetWorker
8 12 (0.80%) NetBackup
8 12 (0.80%) vCenter Server
9 9 (0.60%) Stealthwatch
10 8 (0.53%) Terraform
11 7 (0.47%) Ansible
11 7 (0.47%) Nessus
12 6 (0.40%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
13 5 (0.33%) CASB
13 5 (0.33%) Suricata
14 2 (0.13%) Functional Safety
14 2 (0.13%) Netcool
Vendors
1 344 (22.96%) Microsoft
2 106 (7.08%) EMC
3 78 (5.21%) VMware
4 45 (3.00%) Oracle
5 39 (2.60%) Adobe
6 38 (2.54%) Cisco
7 37 (2.47%) Apple
8 32 (2.14%) HP
9 31 (2.07%) Veeam
10 26 (1.74%) Dell
11 18 (1.20%) Juniper
11 18 (1.20%) SAP
11 18 (1.20%) ServiceNow
12 17 (1.13%) Citrix
12 17 (1.13%) Palo Alto
12 17 (1.13%) Sun
13 16 (1.07%) Salesforce
14 15 (1.00%) Meraki
15 14 (0.93%) Remedy
16 12 (0.80%) Symantec