Degree Job Trends 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 10 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 8 15
Rank change year-on-year -31 +7 0
Permanent jobs citing Degree 73 91 76
As % of all permanent jobs in South Wales 3.35% 13.00% 7.87%
As % of the Qualifications category 22.12% 56.17% 44.44%
Number of salaries quoted 47 30 28
10th Percentile £26,100 £36,839 £40,125
25th Percentile £33,500 £47,500 £42,274
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,871 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.53% +15.00% +15.77%
75th Percentile £70,327 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £73,750 £73,250 £66,225
Wales median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +9.47% +9.98%

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 330 162 171
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 15.16% 23.14% 17.70%
Number of salaries quoted 207 76 89
10th Percentile £30,000 £37,500 £41,525
25th Percentile £41,250 £49,125 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,395 £63,295 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.48% +15.08% +22.22%
75th Percentile £73,750 £72,625 £65,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £80,000 £79,225
Wales median annual salary £55,000 £56,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.22% +2.27% +22.22%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Degree job vacancy trend in South Wales

Degree
Salary Trend in South Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Degree.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Degree

Degree
Salary Histogram in South Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Degree in South Wales over the 6 months to 10 October 2026.

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 10 October 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
Cardiff -48 24 £47,500 -17.55% 67
Newport -20 19 £72,500 +12.40% 42
Glamorgan +6 11 £26,750 -57.20% 20
Bridgend - 10 £49,686 - 9
Gwent -1 4 £37,500 -22.68% 5
Monmouthshire - 3 £30,000 - 2
Caerphilly - 2 £30,000 -
Degree
Wales

Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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 4 (5.48%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (4.11%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.74%) Apache
Applications
1 10 (13.70%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (12.33%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (5.48%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (4.11%) Trello
5 1 (1.37%) AutoCAD
5 1 (1.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (1.37%) Revit
Business Applications
1 1 (1.37%) SAP GTS
Cloud Services
1 12 (16.44%) Azure
2 11 (15.07%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (10.96%) SaaS
4 6 (8.22%) GitHub
5 4 (5.48%) IaaS
6 3 (4.11%) AWS
6 3 (4.11%) Azure Sentinel
6 3 (4.11%) ChatGPT
6 3 (4.11%) Microsoft Copilot
6 3 (4.11%) Microsoft Purview
6 3 (4.11%) Power Automate
7 2 (2.74%) Entra ID
7 2 (2.74%) npm
7 2 (2.74%) PaaS
8 1 (1.37%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (1.37%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (1.37%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.85%) LAN
1 5 (6.85%) Network Security
1 5 (6.85%) WAN
2 3 (4.11%) DHCP
2 3 (4.11%) DNS
2 3 (4.11%) Remote Desktop
2 3 (4.11%) VPN
3 2 (2.74%) Converged Networks
3 2 (2.74%) FTP
3 2 (2.74%) HTTP
3 2 (2.74%) Internet
3 2 (2.74%) Intranet
3 2 (2.74%) SMTP
3 2 (2.74%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.37%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (1.37%) MPLS
4 1 (1.37%) NAS
4 1 (1.37%) SAN
4 1 (1.37%) Unified Communications
4 1 (1.37%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.74%) Amazon RDS
1 2 (2.74%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 7 (9.59%) JIRA
2 2 (2.74%) Bower
2 2 (2.74%) Git
2 2 (2.74%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.37%) Moq
General
1 36 (49.32%) Social Skills
2 19 (26.03%) Finance
3 16 (21.92%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (20.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 13 (17.81%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (8.22%) Retail
7 5 (6.85%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (6.85%) Public Sector
8 4 (5.48%) Aerospace
8 4 (5.48%) Law
8 4 (5.48%) Local Government
8 4 (5.48%) Manufacturing
8 4 (5.48%) Police
9 3 (4.11%) Humanities
9 3 (4.11%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (2.74%) Electronics
10 2 (2.74%) Legal
11 1 (1.37%) Advertising
11 1 (1.37%) Automotive
11 1 (1.37%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 13 (17.81%) IT Manager
2 11 (15.07%) Analyst
2 11 (15.07%) Senior
3 9 (12.33%) Project Manager
3 9 (12.33%) Senior Manager
4 8 (10.96%) Junior
5 6 (8.22%) Applications Support
5 6 (8.22%) Applications Support Analyst
5 6 (8.22%) Cybersecurity Manager
5 6 (8.22%) Junior Analyst
5 6 (8.22%) Junior Applications Support
5 6 (8.22%) Junior Support Analyst
5 6 (8.22%) Support Analyst
6 5 (6.85%) IT Project Manager
7 4 (5.48%) Developer
7 4 (5.48%) IT Programme Manager
7 4 (5.48%) Programme Manager
7 4 (5.48%) Senior Project Manager
8 3 (4.11%) IT Risk Manager
8 3 (4.11%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.11%) XML
2 2 (2.74%) .NET
2 2 (2.74%) Ajax
2 2 (2.74%) CSS
2 2 (2.74%) HTML
2 2 (2.74%) jQuery
2 2 (2.74%) JSON
2 2 (2.74%) LDAP
2 2 (2.74%) LESS
2 2 (2.74%) React
2 2 (2.74%) RESTful
2 2 (2.74%) Sass
2 2 (2.74%) SOAP
2 2 (2.74%) Web Services
3 1 (1.37%) .NET Framework
3 1 (1.37%) Entity Framework
3 1 (1.37%) Spring
3 1 (1.37%) Spring Boot
3 1 (1.37%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 16 (21.92%) Management Information System
2 6 (8.22%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (6.85%) Data Centre
4 4 (5.48%) Onboarding
5 3 (4.11%) Driving Licence
5 3 (4.11%) SCADA
5 3 (4.11%) Social Media
6 2 (2.74%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (2.74%) Cyber Defence
6 2 (2.74%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 2 (2.74%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (2.74%) e-Learning
6 2 (2.74%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (2.74%) Learning Management System
6 2 (2.74%) NHS
7 1 (1.37%) Acoustics
7 1 (1.37%) Industrial Internet of Things
7 1 (1.37%) Legacy Applications
7 1 (1.37%) Operational Technology
7 1 (1.37%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.85%) Windows
2 3 (4.11%) Android
3 2 (2.74%) Linux
3 2 (2.74%) VMS
3 2 (2.74%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (26.03%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (24.66%) ITIL
3 17 (23.29%) Cybersecurity
4 15 (20.55%) Computer Science
4 15 (20.55%) PRINCE2
5 14 (19.18%) Project Management
6 13 (17.81%) Continuous Improvement
7 12 (16.44%) Project Delivery
8 11 (15.07%) Agile
8 11 (15.07%) Budget Management
8 11 (15.07%) Customer Service
9 10 (13.70%) Decision-Making
9 10 (13.70%) Incident Management
9 10 (13.70%) Stakeholder Management
10 8 (10.96%) Coaching
10 8 (10.96%) Collaborative Working
10 8 (10.96%) DevOps
11 7 (9.59%) Software Testing
12 6 (8.22%) Process Improvement
12 6 (8.22%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.11%) JavaScript
1 3 (4.11%) SQL
2 2 (2.74%) C#
2 2 (2.74%) PHP
2 2 (2.74%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.37%) C++
3 1 (1.37%) Java
3 1 (1.37%) TypeScript
3 1 (1.37%) XAML
Qualifications
1 12 (16.44%) Computer Science Degree
2 11 (15.07%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 8 (10.96%) Security Cleared
4 6 (8.22%) HNC
4 6 (8.22%) SC Cleared
5 5 (6.85%) PMI Certification
5 5 (6.85%) PMP
6 4 (5.48%) Azure Certification
6 4 (5.48%) HND
7 3 (4.11%) A+ Certification
7 3 (4.11%) CISMP
7 3 (4.11%) CompTIA Security+
7 3 (4.11%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (4.11%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (4.11%) Network+ Certification
8 2 (2.74%) CCNA
8 2 (2.74%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (2.74%) Master's Degree
9 1 (1.37%) ACCA
9 1 (1.37%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (5.48%) Data Quality
3 3 (4.11%) PMO
4 2 (2.74%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (2.74%) GDPR
4 2 (2.74%) HAZOP
5 1 (1.37%) GRC
5 1 (1.37%) NEBOSH
5 1 (1.37%) QA
5 1 (1.37%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (6.85%) Active Directory
2 3 (4.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.74%) Docker
3 2 (2.74%) Firmware
3 2 (2.74%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (1.37%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 3 (4.11%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.74%) MaaS360
2 2 (2.74%) QRadar
3 1 (1.37%) Functional Safety
3 1 (1.37%) SCCM
3 1 (1.37%) SCOM
Vendors
1 22 (30.14%) Microsoft
2 3 (4.11%) Sage
2 3 (4.11%) VMware
3 2 (2.74%) Apple
3 2 (2.74%) ArcSight
3 2 (2.74%) Cisco
3 2 (2.74%) Splunk
4 1 (1.37%) Acronis
4 1 (1.37%) Autodesk
4 1 (1.37%) Citrix
4 1 (1.37%) HP
4 1 (1.37%) OneTrust
4 1 (1.37%) SAP
4 1 (1.37%) UiPath