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

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 9 6 14
Rank change year-on-year -3 +8 +9
Permanent jobs citing Degree 1,335 1,331 1,145
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 14.47% 19.24% 14.28%
As % of the Qualifications category 40.30% 46.88% 37.25%
Number of salaries quoted 847 457 576
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,250 £28,750
25th Percentile £33,750 £35,000 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.05% +5.56% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £68,750
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 3,313 2,839 3,074
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 35.92% 41.04% 38.34%
Number of salaries quoted 2,149 1,268 1,618
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,425 £30,505
25th Percentile £39,759 £37,926 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% +3.09%
75th Percentile £66,250 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £79,825 £76,520
England median annual salary £55,000 £59,526 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.60% +8.23% -

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 3 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 3 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 +5 404 £55,000 +10.00% 227
Dorset -7 237 £43,750 -5.41% 49
Gloucestershire +2 235 £44,500 -19.09% 73
Devon -1 172 £39,500 -10.22% 73
Wiltshire -7 135 £55,000 +10.00% 64
Somerset -2 101 £47,500 +26.32% 117
Cornwall +2 35 £39,005 +18.20% 5
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
1 112 (8.39%) Confluence
2 39 (2.92%) SharePoint
3 25 (1.87%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (0.67%) Apache Spark
5 8 (0.60%) ArcGIS
6 6 (0.45%) SAS
7 4 (0.30%) Apache
7 4 (0.30%) Site Server
8 3 (0.22%) Jupyter
8 3 (0.22%) Tomcat
8 3 (0.22%) WildFly
9 2 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.15%) IIS
9 2 (0.15%) Luigi
9 2 (0.15%) Skype for Business
9 2 (0.15%) WordPress
Applications
1 134 (10.04%) Microsoft Office
2 99 (7.42%) Microsoft Excel
3 71 (5.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 36 (2.70%) Simulink
5 22 (1.65%) MS Visio
6 20 (1.50%) Microsoft Project
7 12 (0.90%) Trello
8 9 (0.67%) Spreadsheet
9 8 (0.60%) AutoCAD
10 6 (0.45%) SOLIDWORKS
11 5 (0.37%) OrCAD
12 4 (0.30%) Stateflow
13 3 (0.22%) Chatbot
14 2 (0.15%) Adobe After Effects
14 2 (0.15%) Adobe Illustrator
14 2 (0.15%) Gliffy
14 2 (0.15%) GNU Octave
14 2 (0.15%) InDesign
14 2 (0.15%) LaTeX
14 2 (0.15%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 33 (2.47%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 11 (0.82%) SAP QM
3 9 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.30%) Primavera
4 4 (0.30%) Unit4 Business World
5 2 (0.15%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
6 1 (0.075%) HiPortfolio
6 1 (0.075%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.075%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.075%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 156 (11.69%) Azure
2 118 (8.84%) Microsoft 365
3 87 (6.52%) AWS
4 54 (4.04%) Azure DevOps
5 53 (3.97%) Power Platform
6 31 (2.32%) SaaS
7 23 (1.72%) GCP
8 22 (1.65%) GitHub
9 21 (1.57%) Entra ID
10 15 (1.12%) npm
11 13 (0.97%) WhatsApp
12 12 (0.90%) Dynamics 365
13 11 (0.82%) Firebase
14 9 (0.67%) IaaS
14 9 (0.67%) PaaS
14 9 (0.67%) Serverless
15 8 (0.60%) Azure Functions
16 7 (0.52%) Cloud Computing
16 7 (0.52%) OneDrive
16 7 (0.52%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 43 (3.22%) WAN
2 33 (2.47%) Firewall
3 32 (2.40%) SD-WAN
4 30 (2.25%) 5G
5 27 (2.02%) DNS
6 24 (1.80%) Network Security
7 23 (1.72%) Internet
8 21 (1.57%) TCP/IP
9 18 (1.35%) LAN
9 18 (1.35%) Wi-Fi
10 15 (1.12%) Remote Desktop
11 14 (1.05%) Ethernet
12 12 (0.90%) RS-232
12 12 (0.90%) Wireless
13 11 (0.82%) VoIP
14 10 (0.75%) HTTP
15 8 (0.60%) Bluetooth
15 8 (0.60%) SMTP
16 7 (0.52%) VLAN
16 7 (0.52%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (3.82%) SQL Server
2 45 (3.37%) Power BI
3 38 (2.85%) Relational Database
4 34 (2.55%) Tableau
5 20 (1.50%) MySQL
6 18 (1.35%) Data Warehouse
7 16 (1.20%) Electronic Patient Records
8 15 (1.12%) Big Data
9 10 (0.75%) NoSQL
9 10 (0.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 8 (0.60%) Amazon RDS
10 8 (0.60%) RDBMS
11 7 (0.52%) Hadoop
11 7 (0.52%) OLTP
11 7 (0.52%) PostgreSQL
12 6 (0.45%) Data Mining
12 6 (0.45%) GIS
12 6 (0.45%) Redis
12 6 (0.45%) Snowflake Schema
12 6 (0.45%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 162 (12.13%) Git
2 147 (11.01%) JIRA
3 115 (8.61%) Visual Studio
4 91 (6.82%) Bitbucket
5 59 (4.42%) Sourcetree
6 37 (2.77%) LabVIEW
7 24 (1.80%) Rational DOORS
8 23 (1.72%) Jenkins
9 15 (1.12%) Selenium
10 14 (1.05%) Cucumber
11 13 (0.97%) Storybook
12 9 (0.67%) Subversion
13 8 (0.60%) NetBeans
13 8 (0.60%) TeamCity
14 6 (0.45%) Rational Rhapsody
15 3 (0.22%) Burp Suite
15 3 (0.22%) Eclipse
15 3 (0.22%) Metasploit
15 3 (0.22%) Oracle Forms
15 3 (0.22%) SonarQube
General
1 450 (33.71%) Social Skills
2 269 (20.15%) Finance
3 243 (18.20%) Analytical Skills
4 191 (14.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 166 (12.43%) Presentation Skills
6 140 (10.49%) Law
7 138 (10.34%) Games
8 97 (7.27%) Banking
9 90 (6.74%) Manufacturing
10 89 (6.67%) Investment Banking
11 71 (5.32%) Marketing
12 64 (4.79%) Legal
13 60 (4.49%) Aerospace
13 60 (4.49%) Retail
14 55 (4.12%) Electronics
15 49 (3.67%) Organisational Skills
16 40 (3.00%) Military
17 37 (2.77%) Public Sector
18 35 (2.62%) Pharmaceutical
19 34 (2.55%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 243 (18.20%) Senior
2 223 (16.70%) Developer
3 127 (9.51%) Project Manager
4 113 (8.46%) Analyst
5 110 (8.24%) Lead
6 96 (7.19%) Software Engineer
7 88 (6.59%) 3D Developer
7 88 (6.59%) Games Developer
7 88 (6.59%) Unity 3D Developer
8 73 (5.47%) Architect
8 73 (5.47%) Systems Engineer
9 59 (4.42%) Graduate
10 57 (4.27%) Senior Developer
11 54 (4.04%) Senior Manager
12 48 (3.60%) Support Engineer
13 42 (3.15%) Solutions Architect
14 38 (2.85%) Senior Software Engineer
15 36 (2.70%) Administrator
16 35 (2.62%) Consultant
17 34 (2.55%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 97 (7.27%) Unity (Game Engine)
2 78 (5.84%) .NET
3 63 (4.72%) AngularJS
4 47 (3.52%) CSS
4 47 (3.52%) HTML
5 44 (3.30%) React
6 35 (2.62%) Node.js
7 22 (1.65%) .NET Framework
8 19 (1.42%) ASP.NET
9 15 (1.12%) REST
9 15 (1.12%) Sass
10 13 (0.97%) Spring
11 12 (0.90%) ASP.NET Web API
11 12 (0.90%) Entity Framework
11 12 (0.90%) Gherkin
11 12 (0.90%) HTML5
11 12 (0.90%) PyTorch
11 12 (0.90%) XML
12 11 (0.82%) .NET Core
13 10 (0.75%) ASP.NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 96 (7.19%) Virtual Reality
2 91 (6.82%) Self-Motivation
3 73 (5.47%) Algorithms
4 71 (5.32%) Management Information System
5 59 (4.42%) Driving Licence
6 36 (2.70%) Onboarding
7 35 (2.62%) GNSS
8 32 (2.40%) Product Ownership
9 29 (2.17%) Cloud Native
10 25 (1.87%) FPGA
11 24 (1.80%) Robotics
12 22 (1.65%) Data Protection Act
13 17 (1.27%) VHDL
14 16 (1.20%) Analytical Mindset
14 16 (1.20%) Data Centre
14 16 (1.20%) Embedded Systems
14 16 (1.20%) Public Cloud
15 14 (1.05%) Derivative
15 14 (1.05%) Mobile App
16 13 (0.97%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 138 (10.34%) Windows
2 123 (9.21%) Linux
3 40 (3.00%) Unix
4 28 (2.10%) Apple iOS
5 25 (1.87%) Windows Server
6 24 (1.80%) Android
7 17 (1.27%) Mac OS
8 12 (0.90%) Windows 10
9 10 (0.75%) Ubuntu
10 8 (0.60%) Debian
11 7 (0.52%) Windows Server 2016
11 7 (0.52%) Windows Server 2019
12 5 (0.37%) Windows 7
12 5 (0.37%) Windows Server 2008
13 4 (0.30%) Windows XP
14 3 (0.22%) Embedded Linux
14 3 (0.22%) Kali Linux
14 3 (0.22%) Windows Server 2012
15 2 (0.15%) FreeRTOS
15 2 (0.15%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 399 (29.89%) Problem-Solving
2 310 (23.22%) Computer Science
3 249 (18.65%) Software Engineering
4 234 (17.53%) Agile
5 223 (16.70%) Project Management
6 161 (12.06%) DevOps
7 149 (11.16%) UML
8 147 (11.01%) Scrum
9 114 (8.54%) Mentoring
10 110 (8.24%) Continuous Improvement
10 110 (8.24%) Decision-Making
11 109 (8.16%) Validation
12 107 (8.01%) Analytics
13 106 (7.94%) ITIL
13 106 (7.94%) Mathematics
14 105 (7.87%) Test Automation
15 102 (7.64%) Design Patterns
16 97 (7.27%) Project Delivery
16 97 (7.27%) Use Case
17 91 (6.82%) B2B
Programming Languages
1 164 (12.28%) C#
2 160 (11.99%) Python
3 133 (9.96%) SQL
4 94 (7.04%) JavaScript
5 84 (6.29%) C
6 82 (6.14%) Java
7 69 (5.17%) MATLAB
8 64 (4.79%) C++
9 44 (3.30%) TypeScript
10 23 (1.72%) Bash
10 23 (1.72%) R
11 22 (1.65%) PHP
12 21 (1.57%) PowerShell
13 19 (1.42%) Perl
14 17 (1.27%) VB
15 16 (1.20%) Scala
16 12 (0.90%) Swift
17 11 (0.82%) T-SQL
18 10 (0.75%) Objective-C
19 8 (0.60%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 375 (28.09%) Security Cleared
2 240 (17.98%) SC Cleared
3 176 (13.18%) BPSS Clearance
4 144 (10.79%) Computer Science Degree
5 98 (7.34%) Master's Degree
6 58 (4.34%) DV Cleared
7 40 (3.00%) HND
8 36 (2.70%) Microsoft Certification
9 35 (2.62%) TOGAF Certification
10 26 (1.95%) CISSP
11 25 (1.87%) PMI Certification
12 24 (1.80%) DBS Check
13 21 (1.57%) MCP
13 21 (1.57%) PMP
14 19 (1.42%) Cisco Certification
14 19 (1.42%) HNC
15 14 (1.05%) CISM
16 13 (0.97%) CompTIA CySA+
16 13 (0.97%) ISTQB
16 13 (0.97%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (6.07%) QA
2 37 (2.77%) PMO
3 35 (2.62%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 27 (2.02%) GDPR
5 25 (1.87%) SLA
6 22 (1.65%) GMP
7 18 (1.35%) Data Quality
8 16 (1.20%) NIST
9 15 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials
9 15 (1.12%) IEC 61508
10 14 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 12 (0.90%) ISO 13485
11 12 (0.90%) ISO 9001
12 11 (0.82%) Accessibility
13 9 (0.67%) PCI DSS
14 8 (0.60%) Def Stans
15 7 (0.52%) TickIT
16 6 (0.45%) JSP 440
16 6 (0.45%) NCSC
16 6 (0.45%) RMADS
System Software
1 54 (4.04%) Active Directory
2 37 (2.77%) Firmware
3 35 (2.62%) VMware Infrastructure
4 25 (1.87%) Docker
5 19 (1.42%) Embedded Firmware
6 15 (1.12%) Hyper-V
7 13 (0.97%) Virtual Machines
8 6 (0.45%) vSphere
9 3 (0.22%) KVM
9 3 (0.22%) XenApp
10 2 (0.15%) Kamailio
Systems Management
1 13 (0.97%) Kubernetes
2 11 (0.82%) CASB
3 10 (0.75%) Terraform
4 9 (0.67%) SCCM
5 7 (0.52%) Jamf Pro
6 6 (0.45%) Nagios
7 5 (0.37%) Ansible
7 5 (0.37%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (0.37%) Rancher
8 4 (0.30%) Progress Chef
8 4 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.22%) EMC VPLEX
9 3 (0.22%) Nmap
9 3 (0.22%) OfficeScan
9 3 (0.22%) WSUS
10 2 (0.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.15%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.075%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 334 (25.02%) Microsoft
2 37 (2.77%) VMware
3 33 (2.47%) Sparx
4 29 (2.17%) Cisco
5 24 (1.80%) Google
6 23 (1.72%) Oracle
7 19 (1.42%) Salesforce
8 18 (1.35%) SAP
9 14 (1.05%) IBM
10 13 (0.97%) Atlassian
11 12 (0.90%) Apple
12 11 (0.82%) Citrix
12 11 (0.82%) ServiceNow
12 11 (0.82%) Xilinx
13 10 (0.75%) HP
14 9 (0.67%) Alteryx
14 9 (0.67%) Veeam
15 8 (0.60%) Altera
15 8 (0.60%) Green Hills
15 8 (0.60%) Motorola