Degree Jobs in South Wales

Academic Degree
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in South Wales with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 12 10
Rank change year-on-year +2 -2 +4
Permanent jobs citing Degree 115 157 190
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 13.67% 10.57% 16.45%
As % of the Qualifications category 49.15% 44.73% 43.28%
Number of salaries quoted 84 67 60
10th Percentile £49,089 £27,912 £30,417
25th Percentile £56,875 £35,723 £37,039
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +44.44% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £70,813 £52,301 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £63,500 £79,375
Wales median annual salary £60,000 £44,886 £44,833
% change year-on-year +33.67% +0.12% +12.08%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 234 351 439
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 27.82% 23.62% 38.01%
Number of salaries quoted 186 127 147
10th Percentile £46,250 £29,400 £26,391
25th Percentile £55,000 £37,101 £31,778
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £46,604 £44,666
Median % change year-on-year +39.47% +4.34% -0.74%
75th Percentile £70,600 £60,000 £61,638
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,990 £69,250
Wales median annual salary £62,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +37.78% +5.88% -5.56%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Degree in South Wales

Degree
Salary Trend in South Wales

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

Salary trend for Degree in South Wales

Degree
Salary Histogram in South Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Degree in South Wales over the 6 months to 21 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Degree in South Wales

Degree
Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 21 May 2025. 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
Newport +1 65 £65,000 +24.76% 41
Cardiff +29 31 £65,000 +41.26% 68
Bridgend +4 7 - - 5
Glamorgan -2 6 £55,000 - 60
Gwent +4 4 £57,197 - 30
Degree
Wales

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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 1 (0.87%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (6.96%) Chatbot
2 4 (3.48%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.74%) GNU Octave
3 2 (1.74%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.87%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.87%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.87%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 3 (2.61%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 7 (6.09%) Azure
2 5 (4.35%) Power Platform
3 4 (3.48%) PowerApps
4 3 (2.61%) Power Automate
5 2 (1.74%) AWS
5 2 (1.74%) Azure Functions
5 2 (1.74%) Azure Logic Apps
5 2 (1.74%) Azure Service Bus
5 2 (1.74%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (1.74%) Serverless
6 1 (0.87%) Azure API Management
6 1 (0.87%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.87%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (0.87%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.87%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.87%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.35%) Firewall
2 2 (1.74%) GPRS
2 2 (1.74%) GSM
2 2 (1.74%) Network Security
3 1 (0.87%) Bluetooth
3 1 (0.87%) SMS
3 1 (0.87%) VLAN
3 1 (0.87%) VPN
3 1 (0.87%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.48%) MariaDB
1 4 (3.48%) MySQL
1 4 (3.48%) RDBMS
1 4 (3.48%) Relational Database
2 3 (2.61%) Data Lake
3 2 (1.74%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.74%) Big Data
3 2 (1.74%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.74%) Power BI
4 1 (0.87%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (7.83%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (1.74%) Git
2 2 (1.74%) JIRA
3 1 (0.87%) JUnit
3 1 (0.87%) Visual Studio
General
1 25 (21.74%) Social Skills
2 16 (13.91%) Manufacturing
3 10 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (8.70%) Finance
4 9 (7.83%) Electronics
5 6 (5.22%) Public Sector
6 3 (2.61%) Aviation
6 3 (2.61%) Local Government
6 3 (2.61%) Marketing
6 3 (2.61%) Retail
7 2 (1.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (1.74%) Legal
8 1 (0.87%) Avionics
8 1 (0.87%) Back Office
8 1 (0.87%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (0.87%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 26 (22.61%) Senior
2 21 (18.26%) Software Engineer
3 17 (14.78%) Architect
4 15 (13.04%) Principal Engineer
5 12 (10.43%) Principal Software Engineer
6 10 (8.70%) IT Manager
6 10 (8.70%) Lead
7 8 (6.96%) Senior Software Engineer
7 8 (6.96%) Senior Software Test Engineer
7 8 (6.96%) Senior Test Engineer
7 8 (6.96%) Software Test Engineer
7 8 (6.96%) Systems Architect
7 8 (6.96%) Test Engineer
7 8 (6.96%) Trainer
8 7 (6.09%) Engineering Manager
8 7 (6.09%) Software Architect
9 5 (4.35%) Project Manager
10 4 (3.48%) Administrator
10 4 (3.48%) Linux Systems Administrator
10 4 (3.48%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (6.09%) Middleware
2 2 (1.74%) HTML5 Canvas
3 1 (0.87%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 13 (11.30%) Management Information System
2 10 (8.70%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (3.48%) Algorithms
3 4 (3.48%) NHS
4 3 (2.61%) Data Centre
4 3 (2.61%) Data Structures
5 2 (1.74%) Analogue Electronics
5 2 (1.74%) CPLD
5 2 (1.74%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (1.74%) FPGA
5 2 (1.74%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (0.87%) Blog
6 1 (0.87%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (0.87%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.87%) Device Driver
6 1 (0.87%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.87%) Molecular Biology
6 1 (0.87%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.87%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.35%) Linux
2 4 (3.48%) CentOS
2 4 (3.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 4 (3.48%) Ubuntu
3 2 (1.74%) Windows
4 1 (0.87%) VxWorks
4 1 (0.87%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.87%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (45.22%) Computer Science
2 37 (32.17%) Agile
3 35 (30.43%) Configuration Management
4 33 (28.70%) UML
4 33 (28.70%) Waterfall
5 29 (25.22%) Mentoring
6 25 (21.74%) Project Management
7 24 (20.87%) Software Engineering
8 19 (16.52%) Continuous Improvement
9 15 (13.04%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
9 15 (13.04%) Customer Requirements
10 13 (11.30%) Cybersecurity
10 13 (11.30%) Systems Engineering
11 12 (10.43%) Artificial Intelligence
11 12 (10.43%) Project Delivery
11 12 (10.43%) Software Testing
12 11 (9.57%) Systems Thinking
12 11 (9.57%) Test Automation
13 10 (8.70%) Business Case
13 10 (8.70%) Requirements Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (10.43%) Ada
2 8 (6.96%) MATLAB
3 6 (5.22%) C
4 5 (4.35%) C#
4 5 (4.35%) Python
4 5 (4.35%) SQL
5 4 (3.48%) Ada 95
5 4 (3.48%) C++
5 4 (3.48%) JavaScript
6 3 (2.61%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.87%) Java
7 1 (0.87%) R
Qualifications
1 48 (41.74%) BPSS Clearance
2 36 (31.30%) Chartered Engineer
3 11 (9.57%) Computer Science Degree
3 11 (9.57%) Master's Degree
4 9 (7.83%) PhD
5 5 (4.35%) SC Cleared
5 5 (4.35%) Security Cleared
6 2 (1.74%) GCIH
6 2 (1.74%) GIAC
6 2 (1.74%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (0.87%) CCIE
7 1 (0.87%) CCNA
7 1 (0.87%) CCNP
7 1 (0.87%) CISA
7 1 (0.87%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.87%) CISM
7 1 (0.87%) CISSP
7 1 (0.87%) CSQA
7 1 (0.87%) CTC Cleared
7 1 (0.87%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (20.87%) ISO/IEC 12207
2 11 (9.57%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 5 (4.35%) Accessibility
4 3 (2.61%) NEBOSH
5 2 (1.74%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.74%) QA
6 1 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.87%) GDPR
6 1 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 1 (0.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.87%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (4.35%) VMware ESXi
2 4 (3.48%) Virtual Servers
2 4 (3.48%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (3.48%) vSphere
3 3 (2.61%) Embedded Firmware
3 3 (2.61%) Firmware
4 1 (0.87%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.87%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.87%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (7.83%) IBM
2 8 (6.96%) PayPal
3 7 (6.09%) Epicor
4 6 (5.22%) Microsoft
4 6 (5.22%) VMware
5 2 (1.74%) Cisco
5 2 (1.74%) EMC
6 1 (0.87%) Fortinet
6 1 (0.87%) Instagram
6 1 (0.87%) Twitter