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

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 3 2 5
Rank change year-on-year -1 +3 +6
Permanent jobs citing Degree 2,919 3,615 4,038
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 17.36% 24.94% 20.44%
As % of the Qualifications category 50.37% 63.42% 62.12%
Number of salaries quoted 1,846 1,330 1,796
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,750 £27,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £34,875 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £51,000 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.96% +0.99% +1.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £65,854
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £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 5,795 5,700 6,500
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 34.46% 39.33% 32.90%
Number of salaries quoted 3,639 2,553 3,126
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £38,000 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £59,600 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.72% +8.36% -

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 10 May 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 10 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
Thames Valley 0 1,453 £52,550 +5.10% 519
Berkshire -1 609 £60,000 +9.09% 226
Buckinghamshire 0 508 £43,500 -3.33% 115
Surrey -2 480 £49,000 -14.78% 166
Hampshire -8 476 £48,500 +7.78% 206
Oxfordshire 0 336 £47,500 +5.56% 179
West Sussex -3 160 £60,000 +4.35% 65
Kent -13 154 £55,000 +30.95% 88
East Sussex -2 118 £50,000 -1.96% 45
Sussex -6 23 £60,000 - 5
Middlesex -5 20 £51,750 -50.71% 2
Isle of Wight 0 5 £42,500 -2.30% 4
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 73 (2.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 66 (2.26%) SharePoint
3 28 (0.96%) Confluence
4 20 (0.69%) CMS
4 20 (0.69%) SAS
5 14 (0.48%) Oracle Service Bus
5 14 (0.48%) WebLogic
6 13 (0.45%) WordPress
7 10 (0.34%) OpenStack
8 8 (0.27%) Apache
8 8 (0.27%) IIS
9 7 (0.24%) nginx
10 6 (0.21%) Exchange Server 2000
10 6 (0.21%) Kinematics
10 6 (0.21%) Oracle Workflow
11 4 (0.14%) Apache Spark
12 3 (0.10%) Joomla!
12 3 (0.10%) Skype for Business
13 2 (0.069%) Alfresco
13 2 (0.069%) Drupal
Applications
1 307 (10.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 267 (9.15%) Microsoft Office
3 153 (5.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 80 (2.74%) Simulink
5 61 (2.09%) MS Visio
6 52 (1.78%) Microsoft Project
7 25 (0.86%) Stateflow
8 24 (0.82%) Spreadsheet
9 13 (0.45%) AutoCAD
9 13 (0.45%) OrCAD
10 7 (0.24%) CANalyzer
10 7 (0.24%) InVision
10 7 (0.24%) Sketch
11 5 (0.17%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 5 (0.17%) Photoshop
11 5 (0.17%) SOLIDWORKS
12 4 (0.14%) Chatbot
12 4 (0.14%) Maya
12 4 (0.14%) MotionBuilder
12 4 (0.14%) Solid Edge
Business Applications
1 41 (1.40%) Dynamics CRM
2 23 (0.79%) NetSuite
3 22 (0.75%) SAP S/4HANA
4 16 (0.55%) Remedy ITSM
5 12 (0.41%) SAP CO
5 12 (0.41%) SAP FI
5 12 (0.41%) SAP FI/CO
6 10 (0.34%) NEC Housing
7 6 (0.21%) Oracle Applications
8 5 (0.17%) Dynamics GP
8 5 (0.17%) Odoo
9 4 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
9 4 (0.14%) SDL Web 8
10 3 (0.10%) Shopify
10 3 (0.10%) Unit4 Business World
11 2 (0.069%) Primavera
11 2 (0.069%) Sage 200
11 2 (0.069%) SAP ERP
12 1 (0.034%) SAP Business One
12 1 (0.034%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 361 (12.37%) Azure
2 275 (9.42%) Microsoft 365
3 154 (5.28%) AWS
4 132 (4.52%) Power Platform
5 98 (3.36%) SaaS
6 53 (1.82%) Dynamics 365
7 43 (1.47%) Azure DevOps
8 42 (1.44%) PowerApps
9 38 (1.30%) Power Automate
10 36 (1.23%) Entra ID
11 34 (1.16%) Serverless
12 31 (1.06%) AWS Lambda
13 28 (0.96%) IaaS
14 25 (0.86%) GCP
15 23 (0.79%) Cloud Computing
15 23 (0.79%) GitHub
15 23 (0.79%) OneDrive
16 21 (0.72%) PaaS
17 20 (0.69%) Amazon S3
18 18 (0.62%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 161 (5.52%) Firewall
2 90 (3.08%) Wireless
3 51 (1.75%) DNS
4 48 (1.64%) Wi-Fi
5 47 (1.61%) Internet
5 47 (1.61%) Network Security
6 42 (1.44%) VPN
7 41 (1.40%) DHCP
8 40 (1.37%) 5G
9 36 (1.23%) WAN
10 33 (1.13%) SAN
11 30 (1.03%) Intrusion Detection
12 27 (0.92%) LAN
12 27 (0.92%) TCP/IP
13 25 (0.86%) Bluetooth
14 24 (0.82%) LTE
15 22 (0.75%) GSM
15 22 (0.75%) ISDN
15 22 (0.75%) PSTN
15 22 (0.75%) UMTS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 157 (5.38%) SQL Server
2 122 (4.18%) NoSQL
3 109 (3.73%) Power BI
4 56 (1.92%) Relational Database
5 41 (1.40%) PostgreSQL
6 32 (1.10%) MySQL
6 32 (1.10%) Tableau
7 29 (0.99%) Data Warehouse
8 28 (0.96%) Big Data
9 23 (0.79%) GIS
9 23 (0.79%) MongoDB
10 16 (0.55%) Amazon RDS
11 15 (0.51%) Oracle Database
12 14 (0.48%) Oracle Database 10g
12 14 (0.48%) Oracle Database 11g
12 14 (0.48%) VLDB
13 12 (0.41%) Redis
14 11 (0.38%) Data Lake
14 11 (0.38%) Oracle Reports
15 10 (0.34%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 221 (7.57%) Git
2 95 (3.25%) JIRA
3 64 (2.19%) Selenium
4 57 (1.95%) Cypress.io
5 52 (1.78%) Subversion
6 38 (1.30%) Visual Studio
7 28 (0.96%) GitLab
8 23 (0.79%) CMake
8 23 (0.79%) SoapUI
9 22 (0.75%) Jenkins
9 22 (0.75%) LabVIEW
10 14 (0.48%) ClearCase
10 14 (0.48%) Plastic SCM
10 14 (0.48%) Vagrant
11 13 (0.45%) Rational DOORS
12 10 (0.34%) Team Foundation Server
13 8 (0.27%) Eclipse
14 7 (0.24%) ClearQuest
14 7 (0.24%) Hudson
14 7 (0.24%) NUnit
General
1 1,083 (37.10%) Social Skills
2 482 (16.51%) Analytical Skills
3 438 (15.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 406 (13.91%) Finance
5 274 (9.39%) Manufacturing
6 256 (8.77%) Electronics
7 200 (6.85%) Marketing
8 189 (6.47%) Retail
9 155 (5.31%) Legal
10 148 (5.07%) Telecoms
11 102 (3.49%) Presentation Skills
12 81 (2.77%) German Language
13 80 (2.74%) Pharmaceutical
13 80 (2.74%) Public Sector
14 76 (2.60%) Military
15 70 (2.40%) Organisational Skills
16 57 (1.95%) Automotive
17 54 (1.85%) Aviation
18 51 (1.75%) Law
19 41 (1.40%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 418 (14.32%) Senior
2 329 (11.27%) Developer
3 314 (10.76%) Graduate
4 284 (9.73%) Software Engineer
5 236 (8.08%) Analyst
6 168 (5.76%) Junior
7 151 (5.17%) Lead
8 148 (5.07%) Architect
9 140 (4.80%) Software Developer
10 124 (4.25%) Data Scientist
11 119 (4.08%) Project Manager
12 104 (3.56%) Support Engineer
13 102 (3.49%) Electronics Engineer
14 99 (3.39%) Consultant
15 91 (3.12%) Systems Engineer
16 86 (2.95%) IT Support
17 83 (2.84%) Senior Developer
18 73 (2.50%) Development Engineer
19 72 (2.47%) Graduate Electronics Engineer
20 70 (2.40%) Junior Electronics Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 258 (8.84%) .NET
2 220 (7.54%) React
3 146 (5.00%) HTML
4 121 (4.15%) CSS
5 87 (2.98%) AngularJS
6 84 (2.88%) HTML5
7 63 (2.16%) CSS3
8 56 (1.92%) Jest
9 49 (1.68%) .NET Core
10 44 (1.51%) Qt
11 43 (1.47%) .NET Framework
12 36 (1.23%) ASP.NET
12 36 (1.23%) Node.js
13 35 (1.20%) Web Services
13 35 (1.20%) XML
14 33 (1.13%) RESTful
15 28 (0.96%) EDI
16 24 (0.82%) jQuery
17 23 (0.79%) ASP.NET MVC
17 23 (0.79%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 312 (10.69%) Algorithms
2 234 (8.02%) Self-Motivation
3 206 (7.06%) Management Information System
4 140 (4.80%) Driving Licence
5 107 (3.67%) Data Centre
6 79 (2.71%) Product Ownership
7 61 (2.09%) Analytical Mindset
7 61 (2.09%) Data Structures
8 56 (1.92%) IoT
9 52 (1.78%) FPGA
10 45 (1.54%) Biopharmaceutical
11 43 (1.47%) Embedded Systems
12 38 (1.30%) Life Science
13 33 (1.13%) Social Media
14 32 (1.10%) Analogue Electronics
15 29 (0.99%) CUDA
16 27 (0.92%) Enterprise Software
16 27 (0.92%) Onboarding
16 27 (0.92%) PKI
17 26 (0.89%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 349 (11.96%) Windows
2 273 (9.35%) Linux
3 98 (3.36%) Windows Server
4 85 (2.91%) Windows 10
5 54 (1.85%) Unix
5 54 (1.85%) Windows Server 2019
6 45 (1.54%) Windows Server 2016
7 42 (1.44%) Windows Server 2012
8 38 (1.30%) Android
9 29 (0.99%) Ubuntu
10 28 (0.96%) Embedded Linux
11 25 (0.86%) Windows 7
12 22 (0.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 17 (0.58%) Apple iOS
14 15 (0.51%) CentOS
14 15 (0.51%) Mac OS
14 15 (0.51%) Solaris
15 12 (0.41%) Windows XP
16 7 (0.24%) VMS
17 5 (0.17%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 978 (33.50%) Computer Science
2 848 (29.05%) Problem-Solving
3 664 (22.75%) Agile
4 442 (15.14%) Software Engineering
5 387 (13.26%) Mathematics
6 359 (12.30%) Project Management
7 339 (11.61%) Mentoring
8 322 (11.03%) Cybersecurity
9 321 (11.00%) Artificial Intelligence
10 315 (10.79%) Coaching
11 298 (10.21%) Decision-Making
12 271 (9.28%) DevOps
13 229 (7.85%) Data Analysis
14 212 (7.26%) Data Science
15 203 (6.95%) Machine Learning
16 201 (6.89%) Continuous Improvement
17 194 (6.65%) ITIL
18 193 (6.61%) Physics
19 191 (6.54%) Analytics
20 188 (6.44%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 458 (15.69%) Python
2 403 (13.81%) C#
3 337 (11.55%) JavaScript
4 302 (10.35%) SQL
5 258 (8.84%) C++
6 251 (8.60%) C
7 160 (5.48%) TypeScript
8 149 (5.10%) Java
9 98 (3.36%) PowerShell
10 88 (3.01%) Fortran
11 64 (2.19%) PHP
12 62 (2.12%) MATLAB
13 53 (1.82%) Bash
14 37 (1.27%) Embedded C
15 33 (1.13%) Go
16 32 (1.10%) VB
17 31 (1.06%) R
18 27 (0.92%) Perl
19 17 (0.58%) Kotlin
20 14 (0.48%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 525 (17.99%) Computer Science Degree
2 318 (10.89%) Security Cleared
3 289 (9.90%) Master's Degree
4 178 (6.10%) SC Cleared
5 165 (5.65%) PhD
6 122 (4.18%) DBS Check
7 78 (2.67%) HNC
8 71 (2.43%) Cisco Certification
9 70 (2.40%) DV Cleared
10 66 (2.26%) HND
11 56 (1.92%) CISSP
12 52 (1.78%) CCNA
13 45 (1.54%) MBA
14 41 (1.40%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 35 (1.20%) AWS Certification
15 35 (1.20%) Microsoft Certification
15 35 (1.20%) PMI Certification
16 30 (1.03%) CCNP
17 27 (0.92%) Numerate Degree
18 25 (0.86%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 140 (4.80%) QA
2 79 (2.71%) SLA
3 77 (2.64%) Data Quality
3 77 (2.64%) GDPR
4 59 (2.02%) Accessibility
5 46 (1.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 34 (1.16%) WCAG
7 32 (1.10%) ISO 9001
8 27 (0.92%) PMO
9 26 (0.89%) ISO 26262
9 26 (0.89%) NIST
10 25 (0.86%) Automotive SPICE
11 22 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials
12 19 (0.65%) ISO 13485
12 19 (0.65%) NEBOSH
13 16 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 15 (0.51%) HIPAA
14 15 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 15 (0.51%) MISRA
15 14 (0.48%) AUTOSAR
System Software
1 219 (7.50%) Docker
2 163 (5.58%) Active Directory
3 137 (4.69%) Firmware
4 99 (3.39%) Embedded Firmware
5 86 (2.95%) VMware Infrastructure
6 32 (1.10%) Hyper-V
7 25 (0.86%) Virtual Machines
7 25 (0.86%) VMware ESXi
8 19 (0.65%) Virtual Desktop
9 16 (0.55%) vSphere
10 14 (0.48%) Oracle RAC
11 10 (0.34%) OpenSSH
11 10 (0.34%) XenApp
12 6 (0.21%) Virtual Servers
13 5 (0.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 5 (0.17%) Terminal Services
14 4 (0.14%) Microsoft App-V
15 2 (0.069%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 203 (6.95%) Kubernetes
2 55 (1.88%) SCCM
3 51 (1.75%) Terraform
4 40 (1.37%) Ansible
5 38 (1.30%) Microsoft Intune
6 35 (1.20%) WSUS
7 30 (1.03%) SCOM
8 22 (0.75%) vCenter Server
9 19 (0.65%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 15 (0.51%) Functional Safety
11 14 (0.48%) Data Guard
11 14 (0.48%) Oracle RMAN
12 13 (0.45%) Cisco CUCM
12 13 (0.45%) NetBackup
12 13 (0.45%) Puppet
12 13 (0.45%) ServiceCenter
12 13 (0.45%) ZABBIX
13 12 (0.41%) EMC NetWorker
14 10 (0.34%) IBM BigFix
14 10 (0.34%) PowerCLI
Vendors
1 565 (19.36%) Microsoft
2 118 (4.04%) SAP
3 117 (4.01%) EMC
4 106 (3.63%) VMware
5 76 (2.60%) Cisco
6 66 (2.26%) Oracle
7 53 (1.82%) Apple
8 49 (1.68%) Adobe
8 49 (1.68%) Google
9 48 (1.64%) HP
10 42 (1.44%) Salesforce
11 34 (1.16%) Dell
12 33 (1.13%) Meraki
12 33 (1.13%) Palo Alto
13 32 (1.10%) Veeam
13 32 (1.10%) Xilinx
14 29 (0.99%) IBM
15 27 (0.92%) Citrix
16 24 (0.82%) NEC
17 23 (0.79%) Juniper