Degree Jobs in the Thames Valley

Academic Degree
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 1 4 2
Rank change year-on-year +3 -2 +2
Permanent jobs citing Degree 910 831 1,819
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 20.75% 22.70% 27.43%
As % of the Qualifications category 62.16% 49.32% 70.18%
Number of salaries quoted 341 426 674
10th Percentile £40,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £43,750 £36,953
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,050 £50,845
Median % change year-on-year +18.07% +8.27% +1.69%
75th Percentile £81,250 £73,438 £65,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £81,635
South East median annual salary £58,250 £55,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year +5.91% +7.84% +2.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Thames Valley

Degree falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,464 1,685 2,592
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 33.39% 46.03% 39.08%
Number of salaries quoted 571 941 1,114
10th Percentile £35,750 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £39,085 £37,888
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £53,825 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.47% +3.51% +4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £88,000 £83,750 £82,500
South East median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £52,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% +0.96% +4.00%

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 31 October 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 31 October 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 +3 467 £70,000 +27.27% 139
Buckinghamshire 0 276 £60,000 -7.69% 148
Oxfordshire 0 167 £55,000 - 70
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 14 (1.54%) Apache
1 14 (1.54%) Microsoft Exchange
1 14 (1.54%) Tomcat
2 11 (1.21%) SharePoint
3 8 (0.88%) Confluence
4 7 (0.77%) SAS
5 4 (0.44%) Kinematics
6 3 (0.33%) Mendix
6 3 (0.33%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.22%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.11%) CMS
8 1 (0.11%) JBoss
8 1 (0.11%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.11%) WildFly
Applications
1 83 (9.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 71 (7.80%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (1.65%) Microsoft Project
4 13 (1.43%) MS Visio
5 10 (1.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 9 (0.99%) Acrobat
6 9 (0.99%) Fireworks
6 9 (0.99%) Photoshop
6 9 (0.99%) RoboHelp
7 2 (0.22%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.22%) SPSS
8 1 (0.11%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 10 (1.10%) NEC Housing
2 5 (0.55%) Primavera
3 4 (0.44%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (0.33%) Unit4 Business World
5 1 (0.11%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.11%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.11%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.11%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.11%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.11%) Sage X3
5 1 (0.11%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.11%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 71 (7.80%) Azure
2 44 (4.84%) AWS
3 32 (3.52%) Power Platform
4 25 (2.75%) Microsoft 365
5 21 (2.31%) SaaS
6 18 (1.98%) GCP
7 13 (1.43%) Entra ID
8 12 (1.32%) Cloud Computing
9 11 (1.21%) Azure Monitor
10 10 (1.10%) Azure Storage
11 8 (0.88%) Azure DevOps
11 8 (0.88%) Dynamics 365
11 8 (0.88%) PowerApps
12 4 (0.44%) Power Automate
12 4 (0.44%) Snowflake
13 3 (0.33%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 3 (0.33%) OneDrive
14 2 (0.22%) Amazon Kinesis
14 2 (0.22%) GitHub
14 2 (0.22%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 90 (9.89%) Wireless
2 88 (9.67%) 5G
2 88 (9.67%) Bluetooth
2 88 (9.67%) GSM
2 88 (9.67%) LTE
2 88 (9.67%) UMTS
2 88 (9.67%) Wi-Fi
3 30 (3.30%) Firewall
4 19 (2.09%) DHCP
4 19 (2.09%) DNS
5 18 (1.98%) WAN
6 12 (1.32%) LAN
7 10 (1.10%) Internet
7 10 (1.10%) VPN
8 9 (0.99%) VLAN
9 8 (0.88%) Network Security
10 6 (0.66%) Cisco Firepower
10 6 (0.66%) SD-WAN
11 5 (0.55%) Modbus
11 5 (0.55%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (6.81%) NoSQL
2 44 (4.84%) SQL Server
3 28 (3.08%) Power BI
4 20 (2.20%) Big Data
5 12 (1.32%) Oracle Database
6 11 (1.21%) MySQL
6 11 (1.21%) Relational Database
7 10 (1.10%) Data Mining
8 9 (0.99%) QGIS
9 5 (0.55%) Elasticsearch
9 5 (0.55%) Tableau
10 4 (0.44%) PostgreSQL
11 3 (0.33%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.33%) GIS
11 3 (0.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 2 (0.22%) Amazon QuickSight
12 2 (0.22%) Amazon Redshift
12 2 (0.22%) Data Lake
12 2 (0.22%) Hadoop
12 2 (0.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 82 (9.01%) Git
2 51 (5.60%) Selenium
3 49 (5.38%) Cypress.io
4 31 (3.41%) GitLab
5 23 (2.53%) JIRA
5 23 (2.53%) SoapUI
5 23 (2.53%) Visual Studio
6 10 (1.10%) Oracle APEX
7 9 (0.99%) AdminStudio
7 9 (0.99%) InstallShield
7 9 (0.99%) MSI
8 8 (0.88%) Rational DOORS
9 6 (0.66%) TestRail
10 2 (0.22%) CMake
10 2 (0.22%) Jenkins
11 1 (0.11%) Apache Ivy
11 1 (0.11%) Bitbucket
11 1 (0.11%) Robot Framework
11 1 (0.11%) SpecFlow
11 1 (0.11%) webpack
General
1 265 (29.12%) Social Skills
2 208 (22.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 118 (12.97%) Finance
4 104 (11.43%) Analytical Skills
5 103 (11.32%) Automotive
6 58 (6.37%) Presentation Skills
7 46 (5.05%) Electronics
8 35 (3.85%) Marketing
9 34 (3.74%) Manufacturing
10 25 (2.75%) Pharmaceutical
11 22 (2.42%) Organisational Skills
12 18 (1.98%) Aerospace
12 18 (1.98%) Public Sector
12 18 (1.98%) Telecoms
13 15 (1.65%) Legal
14 12 (1.32%) German Language
14 12 (1.32%) Local Government
15 11 (1.21%) Billing
16 10 (1.10%) Military
16 10 (1.10%) Retail
Job Titles
1 166 (18.24%) Senior
2 133 (14.62%) Developer
3 114 (12.53%) Lead
4 94 (10.33%) Test Engineer
5 90 (9.89%) Architect
6 88 (9.67%) EMC Engineer
7 87 (9.56%) EMC Test Engineer
8 86 (9.45%) Software Engineer
9 70 (7.69%) Software Developer
10 52 (5.71%) Senior Developer
11 51 (5.60%) Analyst
12 43 (4.73%) Systems Engineer
13 35 (3.85%) Software Architect
14 33 (3.63%) Data Science Leader
15 29 (3.19%) Graduate
15 29 (3.19%) Solutions Architect
16 28 (3.08%) Embedded Engineer
17 25 (2.75%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
18 24 (2.64%) Lead Architect
18 24 (2.64%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 84 (9.23%) React
2 82 (9.01%) .NET
3 56 (6.15%) HTML
4 50 (5.49%) CSS
5 45 (4.95%) Jest
6 34 (3.74%) XML
7 29 (3.19%) Web Services
8 27 (2.97%) CSS3
8 27 (2.97%) HTML5
9 24 (2.64%) JSON
10 18 (1.98%) RESTful
11 15 (1.65%) REST
12 14 (1.54%) JSP
12 14 (1.54%) SOAP
13 12 (1.32%) EDI
14 11 (1.21%) ARM Templates
15 10 (1.10%) Ruby on Rails
16 9 (0.99%) Flash
16 9 (0.99%) Qt
17 8 (0.88%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 88 (9.67%) Satnav
2 66 (7.25%) Algorithms
3 59 (6.48%) Self-Motivation
4 49 (5.38%) Management Information System
5 42 (4.62%) Driving Licence
6 26 (2.86%) NHS
7 25 (2.75%) Data Centre
8 22 (2.42%) Life Science
9 20 (2.20%) Virtual Team
10 17 (1.87%) Onboarding
11 15 (1.65%) CUDA
11 15 (1.65%) Embedded Systems
12 12 (1.32%) Biopharmaceutical
13 11 (1.21%) PKI
14 10 (1.10%) IoT
14 10 (1.10%) Product Ownership
15 9 (0.99%) Molecular Biology
15 9 (0.99%) Robotics
15 9 (0.99%) Shadow IT
16 8 (0.88%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 98 (10.77%) Linux
2 81 (8.90%) Windows
3 35 (3.85%) Unix
4 19 (2.09%) Windows Server
4 19 (2.09%) Windows Server 2019
5 15 (1.65%) Windows 10
6 13 (1.43%) Windows Server 2016
7 10 (1.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 10 (1.10%) Windows 7
8 7 (0.77%) Debian
9 6 (0.66%) Windows Server 2012
10 5 (0.55%) CentOS
10 5 (0.55%) Embedded Linux
10 5 (0.55%) FreeRTOS
11 4 (0.44%) Ubuntu
12 3 (0.33%) Android
12 3 (0.33%) Mac OS
12 3 (0.33%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
12 3 (0.33%) VMS
13 1 (0.11%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 314 (34.51%) Computer Science
2 284 (31.21%) Problem-Solving
3 228 (25.05%) Agile
4 204 (22.42%) Continuous Improvement
5 186 (20.44%) Software Engineering
6 136 (14.95%) Artificial Intelligence
7 133 (14.62%) Mentoring
8 128 (14.07%) Data Analysis
9 120 (13.19%) Project Management
10 114 (12.53%) Test Automation
11 110 (12.09%) Data Management
11 110 (12.09%) Physics
12 106 (11.65%) Machine Learning
13 100 (10.99%) Test Scripting
14 95 (10.44%) Decision-Making
15 92 (10.11%) Mathematics
16 87 (9.56%) Cybersecurity
17 86 (9.45%) Propensity Modelling
18 72 (7.91%) Data Science
19 71 (7.80%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 185 (20.33%) C#
2 166 (18.24%) Python
3 136 (14.95%) JavaScript
4 121 (13.30%) SQL
5 107 (11.76%) C++
6 100 (10.99%) TypeScript
7 79 (8.68%) C
8 70 (7.69%) Java
9 63 (6.92%) Fortran
10 56 (6.15%) Bash
11 33 (3.63%) PowerShell
12 30 (3.30%) PHP
13 20 (2.20%) MATLAB
14 19 (2.09%) VB
15 13 (1.43%) PL/SQL
16 12 (1.32%) Embedded C
16 12 (1.32%) Ruby
17 11 (1.21%) Bicep
17 11 (1.21%) VBScript
18 9 (0.99%) Rust
Qualifications
1 163 (17.91%) Security Cleared
2 109 (11.98%) Computer Science Degree
3 107 (11.76%) Master's Degree
4 62 (6.81%) PhD
5 52 (5.71%) SC Cleared
6 38 (4.18%) DV Cleared
7 26 (2.86%) HNC
8 18 (1.98%) Microsoft Certification
8 18 (1.98%) Numerate Degree
9 16 (1.76%) CCNA
9 16 (1.76%) Cisco Certification
10 14 (1.54%) ACCA
10 14 (1.54%) DBS Check
11 12 (1.32%) AWS Certification
11 12 (1.32%) CIMA
11 12 (1.32%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 11 (1.21%) BPSS Clearance
12 11 (1.21%) PMI Certification
13 10 (1.10%) CCNP
13 10 (1.10%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (4.51%) QA
2 25 (2.75%) WCAG
3 18 (1.98%) SLA
4 15 (1.65%) Cyber Essentials
4 15 (1.65%) Good Clinical Practice
5 12 (1.32%) Accessibility
5 12 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 10 (1.10%) PMO
7 8 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 6 (0.66%) Data Quality
9 5 (0.55%) GxP
10 4 (0.44%) GDPR
10 4 (0.44%) NIST
11 3 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 2 (0.22%) GRC
12 2 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 15288
12 2 (0.22%) JTAG
12 2 (0.22%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.22%) PMBOK
13 1 (0.11%) P3O
System Software
1 113 (12.42%) Docker
2 38 (4.18%) Firmware
3 36 (3.96%) Active Directory
4 12 (1.32%) VMware Infrastructure
5 10 (1.10%) Virtual Desktop
5 10 (1.10%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (0.99%) Microsoft App-V
7 6 (0.66%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 5 (0.55%) Hyper-V
9 4 (0.44%) Embedded Firmware
10 3 (0.33%) Ceph
10 3 (0.33%) GPFS
10 3 (0.33%) Lustre
11 2 (0.22%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 2 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 128 (14.07%) Kubernetes
2 25 (2.75%) SCCM
3 19 (2.09%) WSUS
4 12 (1.32%) Microsoft Intune
5 10 (1.10%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 10 (1.10%) SCOM
6 6 (0.66%) Stealthwatch
7 5 (0.55%) Cacti
7 5 (0.55%) Grafana
7 5 (0.55%) Nagios
8 3 (0.33%) Podman
8 3 (0.33%) Terraform
9 1 (0.11%) Ansible
9 1 (0.11%) Suricata
9 1 (0.11%) WMI
Vendors
1 175 (19.23%) Microsoft
2 91 (10.00%) EMC
3 20 (2.20%) Oracle
4 19 (2.09%) VMware
5 15 (1.65%) Adobe
5 15 (1.65%) NEC
6 12 (1.32%) Cisco
7 9 (0.99%) Autodesk
7 9 (0.99%) Google
7 9 (0.99%) MuleSoft
7 9 (0.99%) ServiceNow
8 7 (0.77%) SAP
9 6 (0.66%) Apple
9 6 (0.66%) Meraki
10 5 (0.55%) Alteryx
10 5 (0.55%) arcserve
10 5 (0.55%) Salesforce
10 5 (0.55%) Sophos
11 4 (0.44%) Sage
11 4 (0.44%) Veeam