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 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 2 3 3
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 +4
Permanent jobs citing Degree 1,481 1,471 1,591
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 21.76% 25.05% 22.31%
As % of the Qualifications category 56.98% 59.72% 67.39%
Number of salaries quoted 873 484 572
10th Percentile £31,250 £26,800 £30,000
25th Percentile £39,500 £34,324 £36,953
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,550 £50,000 £52,250
Median % change year-on-year +5.10% -4.31% +4.50%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £91,500 £95,000 £95,000
South East median annual salary £51,676 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.57% +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 2,599 2,463 2,361
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 38.18% 41.94% 33.11%
Number of salaries quoted 1,571 1,012 943
10th Percentile £31,000 £26,250 £28,392
25th Percentile £38,000 £35,400 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £49,976 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.05% -2.96% -1.90%
75th Percentile £68,500 £68,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £52,500 £51,000 £52,106
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.12% +4.21%

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 23 May 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 23 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
Berkshire -1 622 £60,000 +4.35% 238
Buckinghamshire +1 511 £43,000 -4.44% 131
Oxfordshire 0 348 £47,500 +5.56% 169
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 46 (3.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 44 (2.97%) SharePoint
3 14 (0.95%) Confluence
3 14 (0.95%) Oracle Service Bus
3 14 (0.95%) WebLogic
4 7 (0.47%) SAS
5 6 (0.41%) Kinematics
5 6 (0.41%) Oracle Workflow
6 5 (0.34%) CMS
7 4 (0.27%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.14%) Apache
9 1 (0.068%) Alfresco
9 1 (0.068%) IIS
9 1 (0.068%) JBoss
9 1 (0.068%) Moodle
9 1 (0.068%) nginx
9 1 (0.068%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.068%) Totara
9 1 (0.068%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.068%) WordPress
Applications
1 160 (10.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 119 (8.04%) Microsoft Office
3 43 (2.90%) MS Visio
4 42 (2.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 24 (1.62%) Microsoft Project
6 8 (0.54%) OrCAD
7 6 (0.41%) 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 (0.14%) Revit
10 2 (0.14%) Simulink
10 2 (0.14%) Stateflow
11 1 (0.068%) Adobe Illustrator
11 1 (0.068%) Photoshop
11 1 (0.068%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 30 (2.03%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (0.95%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (0.41%) Oracle Applications
4 5 (0.34%) Dynamics GP
5 4 (0.27%) NetSuite
5 4 (0.27%) Unit4 Business World
6 2 (0.14%) Primavera
6 2 (0.14%) Sage 200
6 2 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.068%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.068%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 133 (8.98%) Azure
2 129 (8.71%) Microsoft 365
3 72 (4.86%) Power Platform
4 40 (2.70%) AWS
5 34 (2.30%) SaaS
6 33 (2.23%) Dynamics 365
7 32 (2.16%) Power Automate
8 26 (1.76%) Entra ID
9 25 (1.69%) PowerApps
10 17 (1.15%) Azure Monitor
11 16 (1.08%) Azure Storage
12 15 (1.01%) Cloud Computing
13 13 (0.88%) Azure Sentinel
13 13 (0.88%) OneDrive
14 12 (0.81%) Azure DevOps
14 12 (0.81%) OCI
15 11 (0.74%) ShareGate
16 9 (0.61%) GCP
16 9 (0.61%) GitHub
17 7 (0.47%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 100 (6.75%) Firewall
2 40 (2.70%) DNS
3 35 (2.36%) DHCP
4 30 (2.03%) 5G
4 30 (2.03%) Wi-Fi
5 27 (1.82%) Internet
5 27 (1.82%) Wireless
6 24 (1.62%) Intrusion Detection
6 24 (1.62%) Network Security
7 23 (1.55%) Bluetooth
7 23 (1.55%) VPN
8 22 (1.49%) GSM
8 22 (1.49%) ISDN
8 22 (1.49%) LTE
8 22 (1.49%) PSTN
8 22 (1.49%) SAN
8 22 (1.49%) UMTS
9 21 (1.42%) WAN
10 15 (1.01%) SD-WAN
11 14 (0.95%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 82 (5.54%) NoSQL
2 78 (5.27%) SQL Server
3 60 (4.05%) Power BI
4 27 (1.82%) Relational Database
5 15 (1.01%) Oracle Database
6 14 (0.95%) Data Warehouse
6 14 (0.95%) Oracle Database 10g
6 14 (0.95%) Oracle Database 11g
6 14 (0.95%) VLDB
7 10 (0.68%) Big Data
7 10 (0.68%) Tableau
8 9 (0.61%) GIS
9 7 (0.47%) MS Access
9 7 (0.47%) MySQL
9 7 (0.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 7 (0.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 6 (0.41%) Data Lake
10 6 (0.41%) Oracle Reports
10 6 (0.41%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 4 (0.27%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 113 (7.63%) Git
2 57 (3.85%) Selenium
3 55 (3.71%) Cypress.io
4 22 (1.49%) LabVIEW
4 22 (1.49%) SoapUI
5 20 (1.35%) GitLab
6 18 (1.22%) JIRA
6 18 (1.22%) Visual Studio
7 11 (0.74%) Rational DOORS
8 6 (0.41%) Oracle Forms
9 5 (0.34%) AdminStudio
9 5 (0.34%) Eclipse
9 5 (0.34%) InstallShield
9 5 (0.34%) MSI
10 4 (0.27%) Subversion
11 3 (0.20%) WebDriver
12 2 (0.14%) Bitbucket
12 2 (0.14%) Burp Suite
12 2 (0.14%) ERwin
12 2 (0.14%) IntelliJ
General
1 453 (30.59%) Social Skills
2 336 (22.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 232 (15.67%) Analytical Skills
4 145 (9.79%) Finance
5 144 (9.72%) Manufacturing
6 129 (8.71%) Electronics
7 76 (5.13%) Marketing
8 75 (5.06%) Legal
9 72 (4.86%) Telecoms
10 71 (4.79%) Pharmaceutical
11 44 (2.97%) Presentation Skills
12 35 (2.36%) Retail
13 33 (2.23%) Law
14 27 (1.82%) Organisational Skills
15 23 (1.55%) Public Sector
16 22 (1.49%) Automotive
17 20 (1.35%) Military
18 14 (0.95%) Brand Awareness
19 13 (0.88%) French Language
20 12 (0.81%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 253 (17.08%) Senior
2 155 (10.47%) Developer
3 141 (9.52%) Analyst
4 119 (8.04%) Data Scientist
5 104 (7.02%) Junior
6 102 (6.89%) Software Engineer
7 100 (6.75%) Graduate
8 98 (6.62%) Architect
9 78 (5.27%) Electronics Engineer
9 78 (5.27%) Lead
10 69 (4.66%) Software Developer
11 64 (4.32%) Systems Engineer
12 62 (4.19%) Development Engineer
13 61 (4.12%) Graduate Development Engineer
13 61 (4.12%) Graduate Electronics Engineer
13 61 (4.12%) Junior Electronics Engineer
14 52 (3.51%) Hardware Engineer
15 49 (3.31%) IT Support
15 49 (3.31%) Senior Developer
16 42 (2.84%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 150 (10.13%) React
2 132 (8.91%) .NET
3 55 (3.71%) Jest
4 49 (3.31%) HTML
5 47 (3.17%) CSS
6 38 (2.57%) HTML5
7 35 (2.36%) CSS3
8 20 (1.35%) OpenMP
9 15 (1.01%) ARM Templates
10 14 (0.95%) OpenACC
11 12 (0.81%) React Native
11 12 (0.81%) WPF
11 12 (0.81%) XML
12 11 (0.74%) AngularJS
12 11 (0.74%) EDI
13 10 (0.68%) Node.js
13 10 (0.68%) Web Services
14 8 (0.54%) Spring
15 6 (0.41%) JSON
15 6 (0.41%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 210 (14.18%) Algorithms
2 116 (7.83%) Management Information System
3 78 (5.27%) Self-Motivation
4 59 (3.98%) Data Centre
5 46 (3.11%) Biopharmaceutical
5 46 (3.11%) Life Science
6 25 (1.69%) Data Structures
6 25 (1.69%) Product Ownership
7 24 (1.62%) Analytical Mindset
8 22 (1.49%) Acoustics
8 22 (1.49%) CUDA
8 22 (1.49%) Satnav
9 19 (1.28%) Cyber Threat
9 19 (1.28%) Driving Licence
9 19 (1.28%) Enterprise Software
9 19 (1.28%) Onboarding
10 18 (1.22%) IoT
10 18 (1.22%) Virtual Team
11 17 (1.15%) Replication
11 17 (1.15%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 171 (11.55%) Windows
2 124 (8.37%) Linux
3 53 (3.58%) Unix
3 53 (3.58%) Windows 10
4 51 (3.44%) Windows Server
5 46 (3.11%) Windows Server 2016
5 46 (3.11%) Windows Server 2019
6 31 (2.09%) Windows Server 2012
7 23 (1.55%) Windows 7
8 14 (0.95%) Solaris
9 12 (0.81%) Windows XP
10 10 (0.68%) Mac OS
11 7 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 7 (0.47%) VMS
12 5 (0.34%) Kali Linux
13 3 (0.20%) Ubuntu
14 2 (0.14%) Embedded Linux
14 2 (0.14%) FreeRTOS
15 1 (0.068%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 511 (34.50%) Computer Science
2 459 (30.99%) Problem-Solving
3 343 (23.16%) Agile
4 254 (17.15%) Cybersecurity
5 239 (16.14%) Mathematics
6 219 (14.79%) Mentoring
7 218 (14.72%) Coaching
8 202 (13.64%) Decision-Making
9 195 (13.17%) Artificial Intelligence
10 186 (12.56%) Data Analysis
11 177 (11.95%) Data Science
12 175 (11.82%) Software Engineering
13 155 (10.47%) Project Management
14 142 (9.59%) Red Team
15 137 (9.25%) Physics
16 130 (8.78%) Propensity Modelling
17 126 (8.51%) ITIL
18 119 (8.04%) Analytics
19 111 (7.49%) Machine Learning
20 105 (7.09%) Statistical Modelling
Programming Languages
1 236 (15.94%) C#
2 220 (14.85%) Python
3 162 (10.94%) JavaScript
4 136 (9.18%) TypeScript
5 131 (8.85%) SQL
6 115 (7.77%) C++
7 108 (7.29%) C
8 85 (5.74%) Fortran
9 64 (4.32%) PowerShell
10 45 (3.04%) Java
11 38 (2.57%) PHP
12 23 (1.55%) MATLAB
13 20 (1.35%) Bash
13 20 (1.35%) VB
14 17 (1.15%) R
15 15 (1.01%) Bicep
15 15 (1.01%) VBScript
16 14 (0.95%) PL/SQL
17 10 (0.68%) Embedded C
17 10 (0.68%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 197 (13.30%) Computer Science Degree
2 192 (12.96%) Security Cleared
3 167 (11.28%) Master's Degree
4 124 (8.37%) PhD
5 83 (5.60%) SC Cleared
6 41 (2.77%) Cisco Certification
6 41 (2.77%) CISSP
7 40 (2.70%) DV Cleared
8 34 (2.30%) HNC
9 33 (2.23%) CCNA
10 27 (1.82%) CCNP
10 27 (1.82%) Microsoft Certification
11 26 (1.76%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 20 (1.35%) MBA
13 19 (1.28%) CompTIA Security+
14 17 (1.15%) HND
15 16 (1.08%) MCP
16 15 (1.01%) DBS Check
17 12 (0.81%) CIMA
18 11 (0.74%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (5.20%) QA
2 56 (3.78%) Data Quality
3 39 (2.63%) SLA
4 34 (2.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 34 (2.30%) WCAG
5 25 (1.69%) ISO 9001
6 23 (1.55%) GDPR
7 20 (1.35%) NIST
8 16 (1.08%) Accessibility
9 15 (1.01%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 14 (0.95%) Cyber Essentials
11 13 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 12 (0.81%) ISO 13485
12 12 (0.81%) PCI DSS
13 10 (0.68%) Good Clinical Practice
13 10 (0.68%) IEC 62304
13 10 (0.68%) ISO 22301
14 9 (0.61%) ISO 14001
15 8 (0.54%) GRC
15 8 (0.54%) PMO
System Software
1 150 (10.13%) Docker
2 98 (6.62%) Firmware
3 94 (6.35%) Active Directory
4 78 (5.27%) Embedded Firmware
5 73 (4.93%) VMware Infrastructure
6 25 (1.69%) Hyper-V
7 18 (1.22%) Virtual Machines
8 15 (1.01%) Virtual Desktop
9 14 (0.95%) Oracle RAC
9 14 (0.95%) VMware ESXi
10 5 (0.34%) Microsoft App-V
11 4 (0.27%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 4 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
12 2 (0.14%) HDFS
13 1 (0.068%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 153 (10.33%) Kubernetes
2 51 (3.44%) SCCM
3 37 (2.50%) WSUS
4 27 (1.82%) SCOM
5 25 (1.69%) Microsoft Intune
6 15 (1.01%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 14 (0.95%) Data Guard
7 14 (0.95%) Oracle RMAN
8 12 (0.81%) EMC NetWorker
8 12 (0.81%) NetBackup
8 12 (0.81%) vCenter Server
9 8 (0.54%) Nessus
9 8 (0.54%) Stealthwatch
9 8 (0.54%) Terraform
10 7 (0.47%) Ansible
11 6 (0.41%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
12 5 (0.34%) CASB
12 5 (0.34%) Suricata
13 2 (0.14%) Functional Safety
13 2 (0.14%) Grafana
Vendors
1 322 (21.74%) Microsoft
2 106 (7.16%) EMC
3 78 (5.27%) VMware
4 44 (2.97%) Oracle
5 38 (2.57%) Adobe
5 38 (2.57%) Cisco
6 36 (2.43%) Apple
7 32 (2.16%) HP
8 31 (2.09%) Veeam
9 27 (1.82%) Dell
10 19 (1.28%) Juniper
10 19 (1.28%) Salesforce
10 19 (1.28%) SAP
11 17 (1.15%) Citrix
11 17 (1.15%) Palo Alto
11 17 (1.15%) ServiceNow
11 17 (1.15%) Sun
12 14 (0.95%) Meraki
12 14 (0.95%) Remedy
13 12 (0.81%) Symantec