Degree Job Trends in Cornwall

Academic Degree
South West > Cornwall

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cornwall with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 12 13
Rank change year-on-year -10 +1 +6
Permanent jobs citing Degree 9 5 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Cornwall 6.16% 6.76% 4.41%
As % of the Qualifications category 23.68% 31.25% 17.65%
Number of salaries quoted 0 2 2
10th Percentile - £41,475 £31,000
25th Percentile - £41,813 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £43,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year - +22.86% +16.67%
75th Percentile - £43,688 £37,500
90th Percentile - £43,725 £39,000
South West median annual salary £50,000 £52,600 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.94% +5.20% +11.11%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Cornwall

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 Cornwall.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 38 16 17
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cornwall 26.03% 21.62% 25.00%
Number of salaries quoted 24 11 13
10th Percentile £31,000 £41,250 £27,300
25th Percentile £31,250 £44,750 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £50,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -34.00% +33.33% +17.19%
75th Percentile £36,000 £62,500 £42,500
90th Percentile - £81,250 £47,500
South West median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -0.79%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Cornwall

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Degree relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cornwall.

Degree job vacancy trend in Cornwall

Degree
Salary Trend in Cornwall

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cornwall citing Degree.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cornwall citing Degree

Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cornwall by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Navisworks
1 1 (11.11%) Revit
Cloud Services
1 7 (77.78%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (11.11%) AWS
2 1 (11.11%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 7 (77.78%) Internet
2 1 (11.11%) Network Security
General
1 8 (88.89%) Social Skills
2 7 (77.78%) Banking
2 7 (77.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) Lecturer
2 1 (11.11%) Coordinator
2 1 (11.11%) SOC Manager
Miscellaneous
1 7 (77.78%) IoT
2 1 (11.11%) CCTV
2 1 (11.11%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (11.11%) Data Centre
2 1 (11.11%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (77.78%) AI
2 7 (77.78%) Machine Learning
2 7 (77.78%) User Experience
2 7 (77.78%) Web Development
3 1 (11.11%) Analytics
3 1 (11.11%) Building Information Modelling
3 1 (11.11%) Incident Management
3 1 (11.11%) Incident Response
3 1 (11.11%) Mentoring
3 1 (11.11%) Security Operations
3 1 (11.11%) SIEM
3 1 (11.11%) Threat Detection
3 1 (11.11%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) Kusto Query Language
1 1 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (77.78%) Master's Degree
1 7 (77.78%) PhD
1 7 (77.78%) Postgraduate
2 1 (11.11%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (11.11%) CREST Certified
2 1 (11.11%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (11.11%) NIST
1 1 (11.11%) QA