Degree Jobs in the South East

Academic Degree
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 3 2 3
Rank change year-on-year -1 +1 +7
Permanent jobs citing Degree 3,085 3,287 4,782
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 16.76% 24.53% 22.56%
As % of the Qualifications category 51.46% 61.31% 64.47%
Number of salaries quoted 1,873 1,259 1,804
10th Percentile £29,500 £28,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,600 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £86,050 £80,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

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 South East with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 5,995 5,361 7,417
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 32.56% 40.00% 35.00%
Number of salaries quoted 3,631 2,439 3,179
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,790 £29,138
25th Percentile £38,500 £36,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £51,350 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.29% +0.69% +2.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £54,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.17% +9.09% -

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Degree in the South East

Degree
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Degree in the South East.

Salary trend for Degree in the South East

Degree
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Degree in the South East over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Degree in the South East

Degree
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the South East region over the 6 months to 9 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
Thames Valley 0 1,532 £52,525 +0.05% 500
Berkshire 0 641 £59,000 +7.27% 212
Buckinghamshire -1 532 £43,500 -17.14% 124
Surrey -1 528 £49,000 -14.78% 140
Hampshire -9 487 £48,500 +2.11% 190
Oxfordshire -1 359 £46,250 -7.45% 166
Kent -15 164 £50,750 +19.41% 86
West Sussex -1 162 £60,000 - 64
East Sussex -3 133 £50,000 -1.96% 37
Sussex -8 23 £60,000 - 3
Middlesex -10 20 £51,750 -50.71% 5
Isle of Wight +2 5 £42,500 -21.15% 2
Degree
England

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 77 (2.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 61 (1.98%) SharePoint
3 29 (0.94%) Confluence
4 21 (0.68%) CMS
5 20 (0.65%) SAS
6 13 (0.42%) Oracle Service Bus
6 13 (0.42%) WebLogic
7 12 (0.39%) WordPress
8 10 (0.32%) OpenStack
9 8 (0.26%) Apache
9 8 (0.26%) IIS
10 6 (0.19%) Exchange Server 2000
10 6 (0.19%) Kinematics
10 6 (0.19%) nginx
10 6 (0.19%) Oracle Workflow
11 4 (0.13%) Apache Spark
12 3 (0.097%) Joomla!
12 3 (0.097%) Skype for Business
13 2 (0.065%) Drupal
13 2 (0.065%) JBoss
Applications
1 334 (10.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 281 (9.11%) Microsoft Office
3 154 (4.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 94 (3.05%) Simulink
5 57 (1.85%) MS Visio
6 53 (1.72%) Microsoft Project
7 24 (0.78%) Spreadsheet
7 24 (0.78%) Stateflow
8 13 (0.42%) AutoCAD
8 13 (0.42%) OrCAD
9 7 (0.23%) CANalyzer
9 7 (0.23%) Chatbot
9 7 (0.23%) InVision
9 7 (0.23%) Sketch
10 5 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 5 (0.16%) Photoshop
10 5 (0.16%) SOLIDWORKS
11 4 (0.13%) Maya
11 4 (0.13%) MotionBuilder
11 4 (0.13%) Solid Edge
Business Applications
1 40 (1.30%) Dynamics CRM
2 23 (0.75%) NetSuite
3 20 (0.65%) SAP S/4HANA
4 15 (0.49%) Remedy ITSM
5 12 (0.39%) SAP CO
5 12 (0.39%) SAP FI
5 12 (0.39%) SAP FI/CO
6 10 (0.32%) NEC Housing
7 6 (0.19%) Oracle Applications
8 5 (0.16%) Dynamics GP
8 5 (0.16%) Odoo
8 5 (0.16%) Salesforce CRM
9 4 (0.13%) SDL Web 8
10 3 (0.097%) Primavera
10 3 (0.097%) Shopify
11 2 (0.065%) Sage 200
11 2 (0.065%) SAP ERP
12 1 (0.032%) SAP Business One
12 1 (0.032%) SAP HR
12 1 (0.032%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 383 (12.41%) Azure
2 266 (8.62%) Microsoft 365
3 171 (5.54%) AWS
4 153 (4.96%) Power Platform
5 98 (3.18%) SaaS
6 60 (1.94%) Dynamics 365
7 48 (1.56%) Azure DevOps
8 45 (1.46%) PowerApps
9 38 (1.23%) Entra ID
10 37 (1.20%) Power Automate
11 34 (1.10%) Serverless
12 32 (1.04%) GCP
13 31 (1.00%) AWS Lambda
14 27 (0.88%) IaaS
15 26 (0.84%) Cloud Computing
16 24 (0.78%) GitHub
17 22 (0.71%) OneDrive
17 22 (0.71%) PaaS
18 20 (0.65%) Amazon S3
18 20 (0.65%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 172 (5.58%) Firewall
2 90 (2.92%) Wireless
3 58 (1.88%) Internet
4 52 (1.69%) DNS
5 50 (1.62%) Wi-Fi
6 47 (1.52%) Network Security
7 43 (1.39%) DHCP
8 40 (1.30%) 5G
8 40 (1.30%) VPN
8 40 (1.30%) WAN
9 32 (1.04%) SAN
10 30 (0.97%) LAN
10 30 (0.97%) TCP/IP
11 29 (0.94%) Intrusion Detection
12 26 (0.84%) LTE
13 25 (0.81%) Bluetooth
14 24 (0.78%) ISDN
15 22 (0.71%) GSM
15 22 (0.71%) PSTN
15 22 (0.71%) UMTS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 167 (5.41%) SQL Server
2 129 (4.18%) Power BI
3 124 (4.02%) NoSQL
4 59 (1.91%) Relational Database
5 43 (1.39%) PostgreSQL
6 37 (1.20%) Data Warehouse
7 32 (1.04%) MySQL
7 32 (1.04%) Tableau
8 31 (1.00%) Big Data
9 26 (0.84%) MongoDB
10 24 (0.78%) GIS
11 16 (0.52%) Amazon RDS
12 14 (0.45%) Oracle Database
13 13 (0.42%) Data Lake
13 13 (0.42%) Oracle Database 10g
13 13 (0.42%) Oracle Database 11g
13 13 (0.42%) VLDB
14 12 (0.39%) Redis
14 12 (0.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 12 (0.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 232 (7.52%) Git
2 104 (3.37%) JIRA
3 65 (2.11%) Selenium
4 55 (1.78%) Cypress.io
5 52 (1.69%) Subversion
6 45 (1.46%) Visual Studio
7 34 (1.10%) GitLab
8 26 (0.84%) LabVIEW
9 25 (0.81%) SoapUI
10 23 (0.75%) CMake
10 23 (0.75%) Jenkins
11 20 (0.65%) Vagrant
12 16 (0.52%) Rational DOORS
13 14 (0.45%) ClearCase
13 14 (0.45%) Plastic SCM
14 12 (0.39%) Team Foundation Server
15 10 (0.32%) TestRail
16 9 (0.29%) Eclipse
17 7 (0.23%) ClearQuest
17 7 (0.23%) MSI
General
1 1,154 (37.41%) Social Skills
2 493 (15.98%) Analytical Skills
3 452 (14.65%) Finance
4 448 (14.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 271 (8.78%) Electronics
6 263 (8.53%) Manufacturing
7 214 (6.94%) Marketing
8 194 (6.29%) Retail
9 160 (5.19%) Legal
10 151 (4.89%) Telecoms
11 127 (4.12%) Presentation Skills
12 100 (3.24%) Pharmaceutical
13 84 (2.72%) Military
13 84 (2.72%) Public Sector
14 81 (2.63%) German Language
15 76 (2.46%) Organisational Skills
16 63 (2.04%) Automotive
17 61 (1.98%) Law
18 54 (1.75%) Aerospace
19 53 (1.72%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 451 (14.62%) Senior
2 333 (10.79%) Graduate
3 332 (10.76%) Developer
4 325 (10.53%) Software Engineer
5 242 (7.84%) Analyst
6 170 (5.51%) Junior
7 165 (5.35%) Architect
8 163 (5.28%) Lead
9 140 (4.54%) Software Developer
10 130 (4.21%) Data Scientist
11 126 (4.08%) Project Manager
12 119 (3.86%) Support Engineer
13 103 (3.34%) Electronics Engineer
14 101 (3.27%) Systems Engineer
15 99 (3.21%) Consultant
16 82 (2.66%) IT Support
17 79 (2.56%) Embedded Engineer
18 78 (2.53%) Senior Developer
19 73 (2.37%) Development Engineer
19 73 (2.37%) Graduate Electronics Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 261 (8.46%) .NET
2 205 (6.65%) React
3 153 (4.96%) HTML
4 129 (4.18%) CSS
5 91 (2.95%) AngularJS
6 82 (2.66%) HTML5
7 61 (1.98%) CSS3
8 56 (1.82%) .NET Core
9 53 (1.72%) Jest
10 45 (1.46%) .NET Framework
11 44 (1.43%) Qt
12 40 (1.30%) ASP.NET
13 38 (1.23%) Node.js
14 37 (1.20%) RESTful
14 37 (1.20%) Web Services
15 35 (1.13%) XML
16 30 (0.97%) EDI
17 28 (0.91%) Middleware
18 27 (0.88%) WPF
19 25 (0.81%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 331 (10.73%) Algorithms
2 247 (8.01%) Self-Motivation
3 219 (7.10%) Management Information System
4 143 (4.64%) Driving Licence
5 114 (3.70%) Data Centre
6 82 (2.66%) Product Ownership
7 69 (2.24%) Life Science
8 68 (2.20%) Analytical Mindset
9 59 (1.91%) Data Structures
9 59 (1.91%) IoT
10 54 (1.75%) Biopharmaceutical
11 53 (1.72%) FPGA
12 47 (1.52%) Embedded Systems
13 39 (1.26%) Onboarding
14 36 (1.17%) Analogue Electronics
15 35 (1.13%) Social Media
16 34 (1.10%) PKI
17 32 (1.04%) Robotics
18 30 (0.97%) CUDA
19 29 (0.94%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 362 (11.73%) Windows
2 303 (9.82%) Linux
3 112 (3.63%) Windows Server
4 91 (2.95%) Windows 10
5 64 (2.07%) Unix
6 57 (1.85%) Windows Server 2019
7 50 (1.62%) Windows Server 2016
8 45 (1.46%) Windows Server 2012
9 43 (1.39%) Android
10 36 (1.17%) Ubuntu
11 34 (1.10%) Embedded Linux
12 28 (0.91%) Windows 7
13 27 (0.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 21 (0.68%) CentOS
15 17 (0.55%) Apple iOS
16 14 (0.45%) Mac OS
16 14 (0.45%) Solaris
17 12 (0.39%) Windows XP
18 6 (0.19%) VMS
19 5 (0.16%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,023 (33.16%) Computer Science
2 901 (29.21%) Problem-Solving
3 688 (22.30%) Agile
4 506 (16.40%) Software Engineering
5 428 (13.87%) Mathematics
6 394 (12.77%) Project Management
7 351 (11.38%) Mentoring
8 336 (10.89%) Artificial Intelligence
9 331 (10.73%) Cybersecurity
10 319 (10.34%) Coaching
11 309 (10.02%) Decision-Making
12 291 (9.43%) DevOps
13 266 (8.62%) Data Analysis
14 231 (7.49%) Physics
15 230 (7.46%) Continuous Improvement
16 228 (7.39%) Data Science
17 227 (7.36%) Analytics
18 218 (7.07%) Machine Learning
19 201 (6.52%) ITIL
20 198 (6.42%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 513 (16.63%) Python
2 413 (13.39%) C#
3 343 (11.12%) JavaScript
4 327 (10.60%) SQL
5 297 (9.63%) C++
6 280 (9.08%) C
7 168 (5.45%) Java
8 144 (4.67%) TypeScript
9 109 (3.53%) PowerShell
10 105 (3.40%) Fortran
11 71 (2.30%) MATLAB
12 65 (2.11%) Bash
13 62 (2.01%) PHP
14 45 (1.46%) VB
15 40 (1.30%) Embedded C
16 35 (1.13%) R
17 34 (1.10%) Go
18 27 (0.88%) Perl
19 20 (0.65%) Kotlin
20 18 (0.58%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 546 (17.70%) Computer Science Degree
2 381 (12.35%) Security Cleared
3 313 (10.15%) Master's Degree
4 206 (6.68%) SC Cleared
5 177 (5.74%) PhD
6 124 (4.02%) DBS Check
7 95 (3.08%) DV Cleared
8 85 (2.76%) HNC
9 75 (2.43%) Cisco Certification
10 67 (2.17%) HND
11 59 (1.91%) CISSP
12 57 (1.85%) CCNA
13 50 (1.62%) MBA
14 45 (1.46%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 41 (1.33%) Microsoft Certification
16 34 (1.10%) AWS Certification
16 34 (1.10%) CCNP
17 32 (1.04%) PMI Certification
18 31 (1.00%) Numerate Degree
19 28 (0.91%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 160 (5.19%) QA
2 93 (3.01%) SLA
3 80 (2.59%) GDPR
4 77 (2.50%) Data Quality
5 48 (1.56%) Accessibility
6 44 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 30 (0.97%) Good Clinical Practice
7 30 (0.97%) ISO 9001
7 30 (0.97%) WCAG
8 29 (0.94%) NIST
9 28 (0.91%) PMO
10 27 (0.88%) ISO 26262
11 25 (0.81%) Automotive SPICE
12 21 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
13 20 (0.65%) ISO 13485
14 19 (0.62%) NEBOSH
15 18 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 15 (0.49%) HIPAA
17 14 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
17 14 (0.45%) MISRA
System Software
1 200 (6.48%) Docker
2 172 (5.58%) Active Directory
3 153 (4.96%) Firmware
4 104 (3.37%) Embedded Firmware
5 92 (2.98%) VMware Infrastructure
6 31 (1.00%) Hyper-V
7 30 (0.97%) Virtual Machines
8 28 (0.91%) VMware ESXi
9 24 (0.78%) Virtual Desktop
10 20 (0.65%) vSphere
11 14 (0.45%) OpenSSH
11 14 (0.45%) XenApp
12 13 (0.42%) Oracle RAC
13 7 (0.23%) Microsoft App-V
14 6 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
15 5 (0.16%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 4 (0.13%) Terminal Services
17 2 (0.065%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 191 (6.19%) Kubernetes
2 61 (1.98%) SCCM
3 57 (1.85%) Terraform
4 46 (1.49%) Ansible
5 41 (1.33%) WSUS
6 40 (1.30%) Microsoft Intune
7 34 (1.10%) SCOM
8 26 (0.84%) vCenter Server
9 22 (0.71%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 15 (0.49%) Functional Safety
11 14 (0.45%) IBM BigFix
11 14 (0.45%) PowerCLI
12 13 (0.42%) Cisco CUCM
12 13 (0.42%) Data Guard
12 13 (0.42%) NetBackup
12 13 (0.42%) Oracle RMAN
12 13 (0.42%) Puppet
12 13 (0.42%) ServiceCenter
12 13 (0.42%) ZABBIX
13 12 (0.39%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 632 (20.49%) Microsoft
2 121 (3.92%) EMC
3 116 (3.76%) SAP
4 108 (3.50%) VMware
5 84 (2.72%) Cisco
6 66 (2.14%) Oracle
7 53 (1.72%) Adobe
8 52 (1.69%) Apple
9 50 (1.62%) HP
10 48 (1.56%) Google
11 45 (1.46%) Xilinx
12 39 (1.26%) Salesforce
13 37 (1.20%) Meraki
14 35 (1.13%) Dell
15 33 (1.07%) Palo Alto
16 32 (1.04%) IBM
17 31 (1.00%) Citrix
17 31 (1.00%) Veeam
18 26 (0.84%) NEC
19 23 (0.75%) ServiceNow