Degree Jobs in the South West

Academic Degree
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 9 6 13
Rank change year-on-year -3 +7 +8
Permanent jobs citing Degree 1,345 1,361 1,321
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 13.85% 20.26% 15.67%
As % of the Qualifications category 40.46% 47.36% 40.26%
Number of salaries quoted 856 480 637
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,500 £28,900
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £34,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £70,338 £60,000
90th Percentile £73,750 £82,500 £65,950
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South West

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 West with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,324 2,874 3,281
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 34.22% 42.78% 38.91%
Number of salaries quoted 2,174 1,261 1,659
10th Percentile £29,685 £30,932 £30,450
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,600 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.73% +9.20% +3.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,600 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,786 £81,250 £76,250
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for Degree in the South West

Degree
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Degree in the South West

Degree
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Degree in the South West over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Degree in the South West

Degree
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the South West region over the 6 months to 28 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
Bristol +3 413 £55,000 +4.76% 257
Dorset -6 238 £45,000 -10.00% 62
Gloucestershire -4 222 £47,500 -13.64% 76
Devon -1 175 £40,000 -0.62% 87
Wiltshire -10 143 £55,000 +10.00% 90
Somerset -1 104 £49,500 +15.12% 109
Cornwall 0 35 £39,005 +18.20% 9
Degree
England

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 97 (7.21%) Confluence
2 39 (2.90%) SharePoint
3 28 (2.08%) Microsoft Exchange
4 10 (0.74%) ArcGIS
5 9 (0.67%) Apache Spark
6 8 (0.59%) Apache
7 6 (0.45%) Apache Airflow
7 6 (0.45%) Luigi
7 6 (0.45%) SAS
8 4 (0.30%) Site Server
9 3 (0.22%) IIS
9 3 (0.22%) Jupyter
9 3 (0.22%) Tomcat
9 3 (0.22%) WildFly
10 2 (0.15%) Skype for Business
10 2 (0.15%) WordPress
Applications
1 143 (10.63%) Microsoft Office
2 97 (7.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 72 (5.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 36 (2.68%) Simulink
5 21 (1.56%) Microsoft Project
5 21 (1.56%) MS Visio
6 11 (0.82%) Trello
7 9 (0.67%) Spreadsheet
8 8 (0.59%) AutoCAD
9 6 (0.45%) SOLIDWORKS
10 5 (0.37%) OrCAD
11 4 (0.30%) Stateflow
12 2 (0.15%) Adobe After Effects
12 2 (0.15%) Adobe Illustrator
12 2 (0.15%) Gliffy
12 2 (0.15%) GNU Octave
12 2 (0.15%) InDesign
12 2 (0.15%) LaTeX
12 2 (0.15%) Photoshop
13 1 (0.074%) Revit
Business Applications
1 30 (2.23%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 10 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.52%) SAP QM
4 4 (0.30%) Primavera
4 4 (0.30%) Unit4 Business World
5 3 (0.22%) Maximo
6 2 (0.15%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
7 1 (0.074%) HiPortfolio
7 1 (0.074%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 155 (11.52%) Azure
2 118 (8.77%) Microsoft 365
3 90 (6.69%) AWS
4 57 (4.24%) Power Platform
5 51 (3.79%) Azure DevOps
6 35 (2.60%) SaaS
7 30 (2.23%) GCP
8 24 (1.78%) GitHub
9 22 (1.64%) Entra ID
10 15 (1.12%) npm
11 12 (0.89%) Dynamics 365
11 12 (0.89%) IaaS
11 12 (0.89%) PaaS
12 11 (0.82%) Firebase
12 11 (0.82%) WhatsApp
13 8 (0.59%) Azure Functions
13 8 (0.59%) Serverless
14 7 (0.52%) OneDrive
14 7 (0.52%) Snowflake
15 6 (0.45%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 44 (3.27%) WAN
2 32 (2.38%) Firewall
2 32 (2.38%) SD-WAN
3 30 (2.23%) 5G
4 29 (2.16%) DNS
5 24 (1.78%) Network Security
6 23 (1.71%) Internet
7 21 (1.56%) TCP/IP
8 19 (1.41%) LAN
9 18 (1.34%) Wi-Fi
10 15 (1.12%) Ethernet
10 15 (1.12%) Remote Desktop
11 12 (0.89%) RS-232
11 12 (0.89%) Wireless
12 11 (0.82%) DHCP
13 10 (0.74%) HTTP
13 10 (0.74%) VoIP
14 8 (0.59%) Bluetooth
14 8 (0.59%) SAN
14 8 (0.59%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (3.72%) Power BI
1 50 (3.72%) SQL Server
2 38 (2.83%) Relational Database
3 35 (2.60%) Tableau
4 20 (1.49%) Big Data
5 18 (1.34%) MySQL
6 16 (1.19%) Data Warehouse
6 16 (1.19%) Electronic Patient Records
7 13 (0.97%) PostgreSQL
8 12 (0.89%) Redis
8 12 (0.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 10 (0.74%) NoSQL
10 9 (0.67%) Amazon RDS
11 8 (0.59%) Elasticsearch
11 8 (0.59%) RDBMS
12 7 (0.52%) Hadoop
13 6 (0.45%) Bigtable
13 6 (0.45%) CouchDB
13 6 (0.45%) Qlik Sense
13 6 (0.45%) RethinkDB
Development Applications
1 152 (11.30%) Git
2 133 (9.89%) JIRA
3 104 (7.73%) Visual Studio
4 77 (5.72%) Bitbucket
5 59 (4.39%) Sourcetree
6 34 (2.53%) LabVIEW
7 25 (1.86%) Rational DOORS
8 23 (1.71%) Jenkins
9 15 (1.12%) Selenium
10 14 (1.04%) Cucumber
11 13 (0.97%) Storybook
12 9 (0.67%) Subversion
13 8 (0.59%) NetBeans
13 8 (0.59%) TeamCity
14 6 (0.45%) Rational Rhapsody
15 3 (0.22%) Eclipse
15 3 (0.22%) Oracle Forms
15 3 (0.22%) SonarQube
16 2 (0.15%) JUnit
16 2 (0.15%) Maven
General
1 464 (34.50%) Social Skills
2 267 (19.85%) Finance
3 251 (18.66%) Analytical Skills
4 187 (13.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 150 (11.15%) Presentation Skills
6 142 (10.56%) Law
7 125 (9.29%) Games
8 97 (7.21%) Banking
9 96 (7.14%) Manufacturing
10 89 (6.62%) Investment Banking
11 73 (5.43%) Marketing
12 64 (4.76%) Retail
13 61 (4.54%) Legal
14 59 (4.39%) Aerospace
15 54 (4.01%) Electronics
16 44 (3.27%) Organisational Skills
17 42 (3.12%) Public Sector
18 41 (3.05%) Pharmaceutical
19 38 (2.83%) Military
20 33 (2.45%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 254 (18.88%) Senior
2 211 (15.69%) Developer
3 129 (9.59%) Project Manager
4 119 (8.85%) Analyst
5 110 (8.18%) Lead
6 102 (7.58%) Software Engineer
7 74 (5.50%) 3D Developer
7 74 (5.50%) Architect
7 74 (5.50%) Games Developer
7 74 (5.50%) Unity 3D Developer
8 73 (5.43%) Systems Engineer
9 57 (4.24%) Senior Developer
10 54 (4.01%) Senior Manager
11 46 (3.42%) Graduate
12 43 (3.20%) Solutions Architect
13 42 (3.12%) Senior Software Engineer
13 42 (3.12%) Support Engineer
14 39 (2.90%) Consultant
15 35 (2.60%) Business Analyst
16 34 (2.53%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 84 (6.25%) Unity (Game Engine)
2 76 (5.65%) .NET
3 63 (4.68%) AngularJS
4 47 (3.49%) HTML
5 46 (3.42%) CSS
6 44 (3.27%) React
7 35 (2.60%) Node.js
8 23 (1.71%) .NET Framework
9 19 (1.41%) ASP.NET
10 15 (1.12%) REST
10 15 (1.12%) Sass
11 13 (0.97%) Spring
12 12 (0.89%) ASP.NET Web API
12 12 (0.89%) Entity Framework
12 12 (0.89%) Gherkin
12 12 (0.89%) HTML5
12 12 (0.89%) PyTorch
12 12 (0.89%) XML
13 11 (0.82%) .NET Core
14 10 (0.74%) ASP.NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 86 (6.39%) Self-Motivation
2 83 (6.17%) Virtual Reality
3 73 (5.43%) Algorithms
4 71 (5.28%) Management Information System
5 50 (3.72%) Driving Licence
6 37 (2.75%) GNSS
7 36 (2.68%) Onboarding
8 33 (2.45%) Product Ownership
9 28 (2.08%) Cloud Native
10 25 (1.86%) FPGA
11 24 (1.78%) Robotics
12 23 (1.71%) Data Protection Act
13 17 (1.26%) Public Cloud
13 17 (1.26%) VHDL
14 16 (1.19%) Analytical Mindset
14 16 (1.19%) Data Centre
15 15 (1.12%) Embedded Systems
16 14 (1.04%) Derivative
17 13 (0.97%) Credit Risk
17 13 (0.97%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 137 (10.19%) Windows
2 132 (9.81%) Linux
3 36 (2.68%) Unix
4 28 (2.08%) Windows Server
5 27 (2.01%) Apple iOS
6 23 (1.71%) Android
7 17 (1.26%) Mac OS
8 14 (1.04%) Windows 10
9 10 (0.74%) Debian
9 10 (0.74%) Ubuntu
10 9 (0.67%) Windows Server 2016
11 7 (0.52%) Windows Server 2019
12 6 (0.45%) Windows Server 2012
13 5 (0.37%) Windows 7
13 5 (0.37%) Windows Server 2008
14 4 (0.30%) Windows XP
15 3 (0.22%) Embedded Linux
16 2 (0.15%) CentOS
16 2 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 2 (0.15%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 402 (29.89%) Problem-Solving
2 323 (24.01%) Computer Science
3 245 (18.22%) Agile
4 241 (17.92%) Software Engineering
5 232 (17.25%) Project Management
6 159 (11.82%) DevOps
7 137 (10.19%) Scrum
8 135 (10.04%) UML
9 122 (9.07%) Mentoring
10 121 (9.00%) Continuous Improvement
11 111 (8.25%) Decision-Making
12 110 (8.18%) ITIL
13 109 (8.10%) Analytics
14 108 (8.03%) Mathematics
15 106 (7.88%) Project Delivery
15 106 (7.88%) Validation
16 105 (7.81%) Test Automation
17 94 (6.99%) Coaching
18 93 (6.91%) B2B
19 88 (6.54%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 169 (12.57%) Python
2 151 (11.23%) C#
3 144 (10.71%) SQL
4 94 (6.99%) JavaScript
5 85 (6.32%) C
6 82 (6.10%) Java
7 67 (4.98%) C++
8 66 (4.91%) MATLAB
9 44 (3.27%) TypeScript
10 23 (1.71%) Bash
10 23 (1.71%) PowerShell
10 23 (1.71%) R
11 21 (1.56%) Perl
11 21 (1.56%) PHP
12 17 (1.26%) VB
13 16 (1.19%) Scala
14 12 (0.89%) Swift
15 10 (0.74%) Objective-C
15 10 (0.74%) T-SQL
16 8 (0.59%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 367 (27.29%) Security Cleared
2 233 (17.32%) SC Cleared
3 163 (12.12%) BPSS Clearance
4 152 (11.30%) Computer Science Degree
5 88 (6.54%) Master's Degree
6 57 (4.24%) DV Cleared
7 40 (2.97%) HND
8 38 (2.83%) Microsoft Certification
9 32 (2.38%) TOGAF Certification
10 27 (2.01%) DBS Check
11 25 (1.86%) PMI Certification
12 23 (1.71%) CISSP
13 21 (1.56%) PMP
14 20 (1.49%) HNC
14 20 (1.49%) MCP
15 18 (1.34%) Cisco Certification
16 16 (1.19%) ISTQB
17 15 (1.12%) PhD
18 12 (0.89%) CISM
19 11 (0.82%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (6.25%) QA
2 38 (2.83%) PMO
3 28 (2.08%) GMP
4 27 (2.01%) GDPR
5 23 (1.71%) Data Quality
5 23 (1.71%) SLA
6 21 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 16 (1.19%) NIST
8 15 (1.12%) IEC 61508
9 14 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 13 (0.97%) Cyber Essentials
11 12 (0.89%) Accessibility
11 12 (0.89%) ISO 13485
11 12 (0.89%) ISO 9001
12 9 (0.67%) PCI DSS
13 8 (0.59%) Def Stans
14 7 (0.52%) TickIT
15 6 (0.45%) JSP 440
15 6 (0.45%) NCSC
15 6 (0.45%) RMADS
System Software
1 57 (4.24%) Active Directory
2 37 (2.75%) Firmware
3 33 (2.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 27 (2.01%) Docker
5 19 (1.41%) Embedded Firmware
6 18 (1.34%) Hyper-V
7 14 (1.04%) Virtual Machines
8 6 (0.45%) vSphere
9 3 (0.22%) KVM
9 3 (0.22%) XenApp
10 2 (0.15%) Kamailio
11 1 (0.074%) DFS Replication
11 1 (0.074%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 15 (1.12%) Kubernetes
2 11 (0.82%) CASB
2 11 (0.82%) Terraform
3 9 (0.67%) SCCM
4 7 (0.52%) Jamf Pro
5 6 (0.45%) Nagios
6 5 (0.37%) Ansible
6 5 (0.37%) Rancher
6 5 (0.37%) WSUS
7 4 (0.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (0.30%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (0.30%) Progress Chef
8 3 (0.22%) EMC VPLEX
8 3 (0.22%) OfficeScan
8 3 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.15%) Grafana
9 2 (0.15%) Nmap
9 2 (0.15%) SCOM
10 1 (0.074%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.074%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 328 (24.39%) Microsoft
2 38 (2.83%) VMware
3 30 (2.23%) Sparx
4 28 (2.08%) Cisco
4 28 (2.08%) Google
5 21 (1.56%) Oracle
6 19 (1.41%) Salesforce
7 16 (1.19%) IBM
8 13 (0.97%) Atlassian
9 12 (0.89%) Apple
9 12 (0.89%) SAP
10 11 (0.82%) Citrix
10 11 (0.82%) Databricks
10 11 (0.82%) HP
10 11 (0.82%) Veeam
10 11 (0.82%) Xilinx
11 9 (0.67%) Alteryx
11 9 (0.67%) ServiceNow
12 8 (0.59%) Altera
12 8 (0.59%) Green Hills