City & Guilds Job Trends in the South West

City & Guilds
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for City & Guilds qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 8 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 176 201 215
Rank change year-on-year +25 +14 +84
Permanent jobs citing City & Guilds 2 4 3
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.042% 0.078% 0.070%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.12% 0.22% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £40,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £50,000 £28,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.00% +78.57% -63.87%
75th Percentile £41,500 - £29,000
90th Percentile - - £29,600
England median annual salary £38,500 £50,000 £27,500
% change year-on-year -23.00% +81.82% +63.69%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South West

City & Guilds 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 the South West.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,632 1,792 1,871
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 34.33% 34.84% 43.42%
Number of salaries quoted 863 938 1,358
10th Percentile £28,300 £25,350 £29,440
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,500 £39,748
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £69,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £59,430 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.45% +3.36% +1.81%

City & Guilds
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing City & Guilds relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South West.

City & Guilds job vacancy trend in the South West

City & Guilds
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing City & Guilds.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing City & Guilds

City & Guilds
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 City & Guilds within the South West region over the 6 months to 8 December 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
Cornwall -17 1 £41,000 -18.00% 1
Somerset - 1 - -
City & Guilds
England

City & Guilds
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) TETRA
1 1 (50.00%) Wireless
General
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Data Centre Technician
1 1 (50.00%) Data Technician
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (50.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (50.00%) Fibre Optics
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Facilities Management
1 1 (50.00%) Preventative Maintenance
1 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) BT
2 1 (50.00%) Openreach