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 6 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 16 1 3
Rank change year-on-year -15 +2 +25
Permanent jobs citing Degree 164 286 368
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 10.10% 27.93% 25.26%
As % of the Qualifications category 50.31% 75.46% 78.13%
Number of salaries quoted 106 87 86
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £24,375
25th Percentile £35,500 £28,125 £33,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,750 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.41% -5.56% +16.13%
75th Percentile £67,500 £57,375 £55,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £61,250 £67,500
South East median annual salary £51,020 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.82% +5.00% -

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 326 379 471
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 20.09% 37.01% 32.33%
Number of salaries quoted 218 157 148
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £27,750
25th Percentile £34,625 £31,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +14.65%
75th Percentile £60,000 £58,750 £53,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £67,285 £66,625
South East median annual salary £52,000 £51,350 £51,500
% change year-on-year +1.27% -0.29% +3.00%

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 6 June 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 6 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
Rochester 0 19 £37,000 -20.43% 10
Maidstone -10 17 £49,000 +71.93% 6
West Malling +1 11 £65,000 -
Chatham +13 4 £35,750 -46.40% 2
Canterbury -13 4 £39,747 -34.73% 1
Dartford -16 4 £34,250 - 8
Tunbridge Wells -19 4 £34,250 +12.30% 5
Dover 0 3 £45,000 +5.88% 1
Margate - 3 - - 2
Sandwich - 3 £27,500 - 4
Whitstable -1 2 £29,500 - 1
Sevenoaks -13 2 £68,750 - 6
Tonbridge -14 1 £39,000 - 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 (2.44%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (2.44%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.61%) CMS
2 1 (0.61%) IIS
2 1 (0.61%) Umbraco
Applications
1 27 (16.46%) Simulink
2 21 (12.80%) Stateflow
3 18 (10.98%) Microsoft Excel
3 18 (10.98%) Microsoft Office
4 8 (4.88%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (4.27%) CANalyzer
6 6 (3.66%) AutoCAD
7 5 (3.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 1 (0.61%) OrCAD
8 1 (0.61%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (3.66%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 40 (24.39%) Azure
2 25 (15.24%) Microsoft 365
3 19 (11.59%) AWS
3 19 (11.59%) Power Platform
4 10 (6.10%) AWS Lambda
4 10 (6.10%) IaaS
4 10 (6.10%) PaaS
4 10 (6.10%) Serverless
5 7 (4.27%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 7 (4.27%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (4.27%) Azure Functions
6 5 (3.05%) OCI
7 4 (2.44%) Entra ID
7 4 (2.44%) GitHub
8 3 (1.83%) AWS CodePipeline
8 3 (1.83%) Azure App Service
8 3 (1.83%) OneDrive
9 2 (1.22%) GCP
9 2 (1.22%) Power Automate
9 2 (1.22%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 21 (12.80%) J1939
2 10 (6.10%) Firewall
3 7 (4.27%) HTTP
4 5 (3.05%) TCP/IP
5 4 (2.44%) Internet
5 4 (2.44%) VLAN
5 4 (2.44%) VoIP
5 4 (2.44%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (1.22%) 5G
6 2 (1.22%) Broadband
7 1 (0.61%) Network Security
7 1 (0.61%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (12.20%) SQL Server
2 19 (11.59%) Power BI
3 11 (6.71%) MySQL
4 10 (6.10%) Relational Database
5 9 (5.49%) Tableau
6 8 (4.88%) Data Warehouse
6 8 (4.88%) GIS
7 7 (4.27%) DynamoDB
7 7 (4.27%) NoSQL
8 5 (3.05%) Oracle Reports
9 4 (2.44%) DB2
10 3 (1.83%) Amazon RDS
10 3 (1.83%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (1.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 2 (1.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 17 (10.37%) JIRA
2 14 (8.54%) ClearCase
2 14 (8.54%) Plastic SCM
3 9 (5.49%) Git
4 7 (4.27%) ClearQuest
5 5 (3.05%) Visual Studio
6 3 (1.83%) Babel
6 3 (1.83%) GDB
6 3 (1.83%) GitLab
6 3 (1.83%) webpack
7 2 (1.22%) NUnit
8 1 (0.61%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.61%) Octopus Deploy
8 1 (0.61%) Vite
General
1 78 (47.56%) Social Skills
2 38 (23.17%) Finance
3 27 (16.46%) Electronics
4 25 (15.24%) Automotive
5 23 (14.02%) Analytical Skills
6 19 (11.59%) Retail
7 14 (8.54%) Marketing
8 13 (7.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 11 (6.71%) Presentation Skills
10 9 (5.49%) Local Government
11 7 (4.27%) Military
12 6 (3.66%) Legal
13 5 (3.05%) Aerospace
13 5 (3.05%) Manufacturing
13 5 (3.05%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (1.83%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (1.83%) Public Sector
14 3 (1.83%) Telecoms
15 2 (1.22%) Agriculture
16 1 (0.61%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 34 (20.73%) Senior
2 26 (15.85%) Software Engineer
3 24 (14.63%) Developer
4 15 (9.15%) Consultant
5 14 (8.54%) Graduate
5 14 (8.54%) Senior Software Engineer
6 13 (7.93%) Analyst
7 12 (7.32%) Systems Engineer
8 11 (6.71%) Senior Systems Engineer
9 10 (6.10%) Network Engineer
10 8 (4.88%) Embedded Engineer
10 8 (4.88%) Project Manager
11 7 (4.27%) AWS Developer
11 7 (4.27%) Azure Developer
11 7 (4.27%) Backend Developer
11 7 (4.27%) Business Analyst
11 7 (4.27%) Technical Manager
12 6 (3.66%) Embedded Software Engineer
12 6 (3.66%) IT Manager
13 5 (3.05%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (11.59%) .NET
2 15 (9.15%) RESTful
3 14 (8.54%) AngularJS
4 10 (6.10%) CSS
4 10 (6.10%) HTML
5 9 (5.49%) React
6 8 (4.88%) ASP.NET
6 8 (4.88%) Web Services
7 7 (4.27%) ASP.NET Core
7 7 (4.27%) gRPC
8 6 (3.66%) CSS3
8 6 (3.66%) HTML5
9 5 (3.05%) Vue
10 4 (2.44%) .NET Framework
10 4 (2.44%) ASP.NET Web API
11 3 (1.83%) Entity Framework
11 3 (1.83%) JSON
11 3 (1.83%) NgRx
11 3 (1.83%) RxJS
11 3 (1.83%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 25 (15.24%) Algorithms
2 19 (11.59%) Management Information System
3 18 (10.98%) Self-Motivation
4 10 (6.10%) Cloud Native
4 10 (6.10%) Embedded Systems
5 9 (5.49%) Taxonomies
6 7 (4.27%) Distributed Systems
7 6 (3.66%) Driving Licence
8 5 (3.05%) Data Centre
8 5 (3.05%) Product Ownership
9 4 (2.44%) Linux Command Line
9 4 (2.44%) PMI
10 3 (1.83%) Cyber Security Posture
10 3 (1.83%) Mobile App
10 3 (1.83%) Onboarding
10 3 (1.83%) Security Posture
11 2 (1.22%) Analytical Mindset
11 2 (1.22%) Clustering
11 2 (1.22%) e-Learning
11 2 (1.22%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 17 (10.37%) Windows
2 7 (4.27%) Windows Server
3 4 (2.44%) Linux
4 3 (1.83%) Android
4 3 (1.83%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.61%) Mac OS X
5 1 (0.61%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.61%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.61%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (33.54%) Problem-Solving
2 45 (27.44%) Computer Science
3 34 (20.73%) Agile
4 33 (20.12%) Software Engineering
5 31 (18.90%) Mathematics
6 29 (17.68%) Validation
7 26 (15.85%) Project Management
8 24 (14.63%) Data Acquisition
9 20 (12.20%) Business Intelligence
9 20 (12.20%) Software Architecture
10 18 (10.98%) Continuous Improvement
11 16 (9.76%) Data Management
12 15 (9.15%) Performance Optimisation
13 14 (8.54%) Configuration Management
13 14 (8.54%) Customer Requirements
13 14 (8.54%) Data Visualisation
13 14 (8.54%) DevOps
13 14 (8.54%) ETL
13 14 (8.54%) Mentoring
13 14 (8.54%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 33 (20.12%) C
1 33 (20.12%) MATLAB
2 28 (17.07%) SQL
3 27 (16.46%) C#
4 26 (15.85%) Python
5 14 (8.54%) Embedded C
5 14 (8.54%) Perl
6 13 (7.93%) JavaScript
7 10 (6.10%) C++
8 5 (3.05%) Ada
8 5 (3.05%) TypeScript
9 4 (2.44%) Java
9 4 (2.44%) RPG
10 3 (1.83%) VB
11 2 (1.22%) PHP
11 2 (1.22%) PowerShell
11 2 (1.22%) R
12 1 (0.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 36 (21.95%) Computer Science Degree
2 33 (20.12%) Master's Degree
3 18 (10.98%) HND
4 11 (6.71%) MBA
5 10 (6.10%) Azure Certification
6 9 (5.49%) PhD
7 8 (4.88%) CISSP
7 8 (4.88%) HNC
7 8 (4.88%) SC Cleared
7 8 (4.88%) Security Cleared
8 6 (3.66%) PMI Certification
9 5 (3.05%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 5 (3.05%) AWS Certification
9 5 (3.05%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (3.05%) CCSP
9 5 (3.05%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (3.05%) DBS Check
10 4 (2.44%) CESG Certified Professional
10 4 (2.44%) MAPM
11 3 (1.83%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (15.24%) Automotive SPICE
1 25 (15.24%) ISO 26262
2 19 (11.59%) GDPR
3 16 (9.76%) Accessibility
4 14 (8.54%) AUTOSAR
4 14 (8.54%) MISRA
5 12 (7.32%) Data Quality
6 11 (6.71%) QA
7 10 (6.10%) HIPAA
8 9 (5.49%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 4 (2.44%) COBIT
10 3 (1.83%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (1.83%) GRC
10 3 (1.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 3 (1.83%) PMO
System Software
1 10 (6.10%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.05%) Hyper-V
3 3 (1.83%) Docker
3 3 (1.83%) Embedded Firmware
3 3 (1.83%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 11 (6.71%) Functional Safety
2 3 (1.83%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.83%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (1.22%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 20 (12.20%) Microsoft
2 14 (8.54%) IBM
2 14 (8.54%) Lauterbach
3 12 (7.32%) NEC
4 9 (5.49%) Cisco
4 9 (5.49%) Facebook
5 8 (4.88%) VMware
6 7 (4.27%) Instagram
6 7 (4.27%) Oracle
7 4 (2.44%) Progress
8 3 (1.83%) CrowdStrike
8 3 (1.83%) Darktrace
8 3 (1.83%) SAP
9 2 (1.22%) Google
9 2 (1.22%) Virgin Media
10 1 (0.61%) Apple
10 1 (0.61%) Mentor Graphics