Degree Job Trends in Devon

Academic Degree
South West > Devon

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Devon with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 5 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 5 8
Rank change year-on-year +1 +3 -4
Permanent jobs citing Degree 81 81 64
As % of all permanent jobs in Devon 14.24% 17.42% 18.50%
As % of the Qualifications category 51.59% 49.09% 37.65%
Number of salaries quoted 8 22 39
10th Percentile £40,373 £38,875 £30,850
25th Percentile £41,925 £42,253 £35,552
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,725 £75,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -25.70% +76.47% +16.42%
75th Percentile £67,944 £82,500 £43,750
90th Percentile £70,400 £90,000 £46,750
South West median annual salary £50,000 £52,600 £51,374
% change year-on-year -4.94% +2.39% +14.16%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Devon

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 Devon.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 157 165 170
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Devon 27.59% 35.48% 49.13%
Number of salaries quoted 37 73 128
10th Percentile £27,250 £27,598 £23,000
25th Percentile £29,750 £34,404 £29,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £43,491 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.03% +2.33% +10.71%
75th Percentile £55,000 £65,272 £51,500
90th Percentile £73,000 £82,500 £54,000
South West median annual salary £52,500 £52,600 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.19% +5.20% -

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

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

Degree job vacancy trend in Devon

Degree
Salary Trend in Devon

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing Degree.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing Degree

Degree
Salary Histogram in Devon

Salary distribution for jobs citing Degree in Devon over the 6 months to 5 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Degree in Devon

Degree
Job Locations in Devon

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the Devon region over the 6 months to 5 January 2026. 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
Plymouth 0 24 £53,350 -31.16% 29
Paignton 0 18 £70,000 -22.22% 1
Exeter -7 17 £47,500 -13.64% 30
Degree
South West

Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Devon 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (2.47%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.23%) IIS
2 1 (1.23%) SharePoint
Applications
1 17 (20.99%) Chatbot
2 10 (12.35%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (7.41%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (6.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (2.47%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 14 (17.28%) Cloud Computing
2 10 (12.35%) Azure
3 9 (11.11%) GitHub
4 7 (8.64%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (6.17%) Power Platform
6 2 (2.47%) Microsoft Copilot
6 2 (2.47%) Power Automate
6 2 (2.47%) PowerApps
7 1 (1.23%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 1 (1.23%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (1.23%) Azure Key Vault
7 1 (1.23%) Azure Stack
7 1 (1.23%) Copilot Studio
7 1 (1.23%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (1.23%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.23%) Figma
7 1 (1.23%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (1.23%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 15 (18.52%) Internet
2 9 (11.11%) 5G
2 9 (11.11%) SD-WAN
2 9 (11.11%) WAN
3 4 (4.94%) DNS
3 4 (4.94%) HTTP
3 4 (4.94%) SMTP
3 4 (4.94%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.23%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.94%) Power BI
2 1 (1.23%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (1.23%) Data Lake
2 1 (1.23%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 15 (18.52%) Git
2 11 (13.58%) JIRA
3 9 (11.11%) LabVIEW
4 5 (6.17%) Cypress.io
General
1 29 (35.80%) Social Skills
2 19 (23.46%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (17.28%) Banking
3 14 (17.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 13 (16.05%) Presentation Skills
5 6 (7.41%) Electronics
5 6 (7.41%) Finance
6 1 (1.23%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (20.99%) Trainer
2 12 (14.81%) Senior
3 11 (13.58%) Lecturer
4 9 (11.11%) Product Engineer
4 9 (11.11%) Product Test Engineer
4 9 (11.11%) Test Engineer
4 9 (11.11%) Verification Engineer
5 8 (9.88%) Senior Support Engineer
5 8 (9.88%) Senior Technical Engineer
5 8 (9.88%) Senior Technical Support
5 8 (9.88%) Senior Technical Support Engineer
5 8 (9.88%) Support Engineer
5 8 (9.88%) Technical Engineer
5 8 (9.88%) Technical Support
5 8 (9.88%) Technical Support Engineer
6 7 (8.64%) Analyst
6 7 (8.64%) Content Editor
7 6 (7.41%) Business Analyst
8 5 (6.17%) Automation Tester
8 5 (6.17%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (11.11%) pytest
2 5 (6.17%) Playwright
3 2 (2.47%) CSS
3 2 (2.47%) HTML
4 1 (1.23%) AngularJS
4 1 (1.23%) LESS
4 1 (1.23%) React
4 1 (1.23%) REST
4 1 (1.23%) Sass
4 1 (1.23%) SOAP
4 1 (1.23%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 16 (19.75%) Satnav
2 14 (17.28%) IoT
3 12 (14.81%) GNSS
4 9 (11.11%) Self-Driving Car
4 9 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.23%) ASIC
5 1 (1.23%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.23%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.23%) Distributed Applications
5 1 (1.23%) FPGA
5 1 (1.23%) Low-Code
5 1 (1.23%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.23%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.23%) PMI
5 1 (1.23%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.23%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 15 (18.52%) Windows
2 12 (14.81%) Linux
3 9 (11.11%) Unix
4 2 (2.47%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (40.74%) Problem-Solving
2 32 (39.51%) AI
3 30 (37.04%) Test Automation
4 25 (30.86%) B2B
5 17 (20.99%) Conversational UI
6 15 (18.52%) User Experience
7 14 (17.28%) Cybersecurity
7 14 (17.28%) Machine Learning
7 14 (17.28%) Web Development
8 10 (12.35%) Test Scripting
9 9 (11.11%) Agile
9 9 (11.11%) Computer Science
9 9 (11.11%) Kalman Filter
9 9 (11.11%) Software Engineering
9 9 (11.11%) Test Assurance
9 9 (11.11%) Validation
10 8 (9.88%) Business Intelligence
10 8 (9.88%) DevOps
10 8 (9.88%) Project Management
10 8 (9.88%) Scenario Testing
Programming Languages
1 14 (17.28%) Python
2 9 (11.11%) MATLAB
3 7 (8.64%) JavaScript
4 5 (6.17%) C#
4 5 (6.17%) TypeScript
5 4 (4.94%) C++
6 3 (3.70%) SQL
7 1 (1.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (1.23%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 21 (25.93%) Master's Degree
2 17 (20.99%) HND
3 15 (18.52%) PhD
4 14 (17.28%) Postgraduate
5 7 (8.64%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (6.17%) ISTQB
7 4 (4.94%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (3.70%) PMI Certification
8 3 (3.70%) Security Cleared
9 2 (2.47%) PMP
9 2 (2.47%) SC Cleared
10 1 (1.23%) IIBA
10 1 (1.23%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.17%) QA
2 2 (2.47%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.23%) GDPR
3 1 (1.23%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (1.23%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.23%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (1.23%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (1.23%) SCCM
1 1 (1.23%) Terraform
Vendors
1 17 (20.99%) PayPal
2 9 (11.11%) Microsoft
3 8 (9.88%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.23%) Blue Prism
4 1 (1.23%) HP
4 1 (1.23%) Xilinx