Degree Jobs in the South West

Academic Degree
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 9 7 14
Rank change year-on-year -2 +7 +8
Permanent jobs citing Degree 1,317 1,321 1,131
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 14.38% 19.13% 14.22%
As % of the Qualifications category 39.98% 46.63% 37.12%
Number of salaries quoted 842 444 566
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,550 £28,250
25th Percentile £33,000 £35,000 £33,515
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.05% +5.56% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £68,750
England median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South West

Degree is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,294 2,833 3,047
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 35.96% 41.02% 38.32%
Number of salaries quoted 2,147 1,264 1,601
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £30,250
25th Percentile £39,759 £37,926 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% +3.09%
75th Percentile £66,250 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £79,750 £76,520
England median annual salary £54,995 £58,193 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.50% +5.81% -

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Degree in the South West

Degree
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Degree in the South West

Degree
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Degree in the South West over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Degree in the South West

Degree
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 Degree within the South West region over the 6 months to 28 April 2024. 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
Bristol +4 402 £55,000 +10.00% 240
Gloucestershire +1 232 £43,500 -20.91% 70
Dorset -6 230 £42,500 -10.53% 52
Devon -1 168 £40,000 -9.09% 82
Wiltshire -9 133 £55,000 +10.00% 65
Somerset -3 101 £46,750 +33.57% 111
Cornwall +6 35 £39,005 +18.20% 6
Degree
England

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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
1 110 (8.35%) Confluence
2 40 (3.04%) SharePoint
3 25 (1.90%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (0.68%) Apache Spark
5 8 (0.61%) ArcGIS
6 6 (0.46%) SAS
7 4 (0.30%) Site Server
8 3 (0.23%) Apache
8 3 (0.23%) Jupyter
8 3 (0.23%) Tomcat
8 3 (0.23%) WildFly
9 2 (0.15%) IIS
9 2 (0.15%) Skype for Business
9 2 (0.15%) WordPress
10 1 (0.076%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.076%) Luigi
Applications
1 134 (10.17%) Microsoft Office
2 97 (7.37%) Microsoft Excel
3 69 (5.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 36 (2.73%) Simulink
5 22 (1.67%) MS Visio
6 20 (1.52%) Microsoft Project
7 12 (0.91%) Trello
8 9 (0.68%) Spreadsheet
9 8 (0.61%) AutoCAD
10 6 (0.46%) SOLIDWORKS
11 5 (0.38%) OrCAD
12 4 (0.30%) Stateflow
13 3 (0.23%) Chatbot
14 2 (0.15%) Adobe After Effects
14 2 (0.15%) Adobe Illustrator
14 2 (0.15%) Gliffy
14 2 (0.15%) GNU Octave
14 2 (0.15%) InDesign
14 2 (0.15%) LaTeX
14 2 (0.15%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 32 (2.43%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 11 (0.84%) SAP QM
3 9 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.30%) Primavera
4 4 (0.30%) Unit4 Business World
5 2 (0.15%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
5 2 (0.15%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.076%) HiPortfolio
6 1 (0.076%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.076%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 153 (11.62%) Azure
2 118 (8.96%) Microsoft 365
3 85 (6.45%) AWS
4 52 (3.95%) Azure DevOps
4 52 (3.95%) Power Platform
5 32 (2.43%) SaaS
6 22 (1.67%) Entra ID
6 22 (1.67%) GitHub
7 21 (1.59%) GCP
8 15 (1.14%) npm
9 14 (1.06%) WhatsApp
10 12 (0.91%) Dynamics 365
11 11 (0.84%) Firebase
12 10 (0.76%) IaaS
12 10 (0.76%) PaaS
13 8 (0.61%) Serverless
14 7 (0.53%) Azure Functions
14 7 (0.53%) OneDrive
14 7 (0.53%) Slack
15 6 (0.46%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 40 (3.04%) WAN
2 32 (2.43%) Firewall
3 29 (2.20%) SD-WAN
4 28 (2.13%) 5G
5 25 (1.90%) DNS
5 25 (1.90%) Network Security
6 22 (1.67%) Internet
7 21 (1.59%) TCP/IP
8 18 (1.37%) LAN
8 18 (1.37%) Wi-Fi
9 15 (1.14%) Remote Desktop
10 14 (1.06%) Ethernet
11 13 (0.99%) Wireless
12 12 (0.91%) RS-232
13 10 (0.76%) VoIP
14 9 (0.68%) HTTP
15 8 (0.61%) Bluetooth
16 7 (0.53%) SMTP
16 7 (0.53%) VLAN
16 7 (0.53%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (3.87%) SQL Server
2 44 (3.34%) Power BI
3 38 (2.89%) Relational Database
4 33 (2.51%) Tableau
5 20 (1.52%) MySQL
6 18 (1.37%) Data Warehouse
7 16 (1.21%) Electronic Patient Records
8 15 (1.14%) Big Data
9 10 (0.76%) NoSQL
9 10 (0.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 8 (0.61%) Amazon RDS
10 8 (0.61%) RDBMS
11 7 (0.53%) Hadoop
11 7 (0.53%) OLTP
12 6 (0.46%) Data Mining
12 6 (0.46%) GIS
12 6 (0.46%) PostgreSQL
12 6 (0.46%) Qlik Sense
12 6 (0.46%) Snowflake Schema
12 6 (0.46%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 157 (11.92%) Git
2 144 (10.93%) JIRA
3 114 (8.66%) Visual Studio
4 89 (6.76%) Bitbucket
5 59 (4.48%) Sourcetree
6 38 (2.89%) LabVIEW
7 24 (1.82%) Rational DOORS
8 19 (1.44%) Jenkins
9 15 (1.14%) Selenium
10 14 (1.06%) Cucumber
11 13 (0.99%) Storybook
12 9 (0.68%) Subversion
13 8 (0.61%) NetBeans
13 8 (0.61%) TeamCity
14 6 (0.46%) Rational Rhapsody
15 4 (0.30%) Burp Suite
15 4 (0.30%) Metasploit
16 3 (0.23%) Eclipse
16 3 (0.23%) Oracle Forms
17 2 (0.15%) JUnit
General
1 442 (33.56%) Social Skills
2 267 (20.27%) Finance
3 236 (17.92%) Analytical Skills
4 185 (14.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 166 (12.60%) Presentation Skills
6 137 (10.40%) Games
7 134 (10.17%) Law
8 91 (6.91%) Banking
9 89 (6.76%) Manufacturing
10 83 (6.30%) Investment Banking
11 71 (5.39%) Marketing
12 66 (5.01%) Legal
13 62 (4.71%) Aerospace
14 61 (4.63%) Retail
15 53 (4.02%) Electronics
16 47 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
17 41 (3.11%) Military
18 37 (2.81%) Public Sector
19 34 (2.58%) Pharmaceutical
20 33 (2.51%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 237 (18.00%) Senior
2 219 (16.63%) Developer
3 127 (9.64%) Project Manager
4 108 (8.20%) Analyst
5 107 (8.12%) Lead
6 92 (6.99%) Software Engineer
7 88 (6.68%) 3D Developer
7 88 (6.68%) Games Developer
7 88 (6.68%) Unity 3D Developer
8 73 (5.54%) Systems Engineer
9 71 (5.39%) Architect
10 61 (4.63%) Graduate
11 55 (4.18%) Senior Developer
12 53 (4.02%) Senior Manager
13 48 (3.64%) Support Engineer
14 41 (3.11%) Solutions Architect
15 36 (2.73%) Senior Software Engineer
16 35 (2.66%) Administrator
16 35 (2.66%) Consultant
17 34 (2.58%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 97 (7.37%) Unity (Game Engine)
2 76 (5.77%) .NET
3 62 (4.71%) AngularJS
4 45 (3.42%) CSS
4 45 (3.42%) HTML
5 41 (3.11%) React
6 34 (2.58%) Node.js
7 21 (1.59%) .NET Framework
8 18 (1.37%) ASP.NET
9 15 (1.14%) REST
9 15 (1.14%) Sass
10 13 (0.99%) Spring
11 12 (0.91%) Gherkin
11 12 (0.91%) HTML5
11 12 (0.91%) PyTorch
11 12 (0.91%) XML
12 11 (0.84%) ASP.NET Web API
12 11 (0.84%) Entity Framework
13 10 (0.76%) Laravel
13 10 (0.76%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 96 (7.29%) Virtual Reality
2 89 (6.76%) Self-Motivation
3 73 (5.54%) Algorithms
4 70 (5.32%) Management Information System
5 58 (4.40%) Driving Licence
6 36 (2.73%) Onboarding
7 32 (2.43%) GNSS
8 29 (2.20%) Product Ownership
9 28 (2.13%) Cloud Native
10 24 (1.82%) FPGA
11 23 (1.75%) Data Protection Act
11 23 (1.75%) Robotics
12 17 (1.29%) Embedded Systems
13 16 (1.21%) Analytical Mindset
13 16 (1.21%) Data Centre
13 16 (1.21%) Public Cloud
13 16 (1.21%) VHDL
14 15 (1.14%) Mobile App
15 13 (0.99%) Credit Risk
15 13 (0.99%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 138 (10.48%) Windows
2 118 (8.96%) Linux
3 40 (3.04%) Unix
4 28 (2.13%) Apple iOS
5 24 (1.82%) Android
5 24 (1.82%) Windows Server
6 17 (1.29%) Mac OS
7 12 (0.91%) Windows 10
8 9 (0.68%) Ubuntu
9 8 (0.61%) Debian
10 7 (0.53%) Windows Server 2016
10 7 (0.53%) Windows Server 2019
11 5 (0.38%) Windows 7
11 5 (0.38%) Windows Server 2008
12 4 (0.30%) Kali Linux
12 4 (0.30%) Windows XP
13 3 (0.23%) Embedded Linux
13 3 (0.23%) Windows Server 2012
14 2 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 2 (0.15%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 389 (29.54%) Problem-Solving
2 301 (22.85%) Computer Science
3 243 (18.45%) Software Engineering
4 229 (17.39%) Agile
5 222 (16.86%) Project Management
6 159 (12.07%) DevOps
7 148 (11.24%) UML
8 143 (10.86%) Scrum
9 111 (8.43%) Mentoring
10 109 (8.28%) Decision-Making
11 106 (8.05%) Continuous Improvement
11 106 (8.05%) Mathematics
12 105 (7.97%) Analytics
13 104 (7.90%) ITIL
13 104 (7.90%) Validation
14 102 (7.74%) Design Patterns
15 100 (7.59%) Test Automation
16 98 (7.44%) Project Delivery
17 97 (7.37%) Use Case
18 87 (6.61%) B2B
Programming Languages
1 164 (12.45%) C#
2 155 (11.77%) Python
3 132 (10.02%) SQL
4 92 (6.99%) JavaScript
5 80 (6.07%) Java
6 78 (5.92%) C
7 68 (5.16%) MATLAB
8 56 (4.25%) C++
9 44 (3.34%) TypeScript
10 23 (1.75%) R
11 22 (1.67%) Bash
11 22 (1.67%) PHP
12 21 (1.59%) PowerShell
13 16 (1.21%) Perl
13 16 (1.21%) Scala
13 16 (1.21%) VB
14 12 (0.91%) Swift
15 11 (0.84%) T-SQL
16 10 (0.76%) Objective-C
17 7 (0.53%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 372 (28.25%) Security Cleared
2 239 (18.15%) SC Cleared
3 176 (13.36%) BPSS Clearance
4 142 (10.78%) Computer Science Degree
5 98 (7.44%) Master's Degree
6 56 (4.25%) DV Cleared
7 41 (3.11%) HND
8 36 (2.73%) Microsoft Certification
9 34 (2.58%) TOGAF Certification
10 27 (2.05%) CISSP
11 25 (1.90%) DBS Check
11 25 (1.90%) PMI Certification
12 21 (1.59%) MCP
12 21 (1.59%) PMP
13 19 (1.44%) HNC
14 17 (1.29%) Cisco Certification
15 15 (1.14%) CISM
16 13 (0.99%) CompTIA CySA+
16 13 (0.99%) ISTQB
16 13 (0.99%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (6.15%) QA
2 35 (2.66%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 35 (2.66%) PMO
3 28 (2.13%) GDPR
4 25 (1.90%) SLA
5 21 (1.59%) GMP
6 18 (1.37%) Data Quality
7 16 (1.21%) Cyber Essentials
7 16 (1.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 16 (1.21%) NIST
8 15 (1.14%) IEC 61508
9 12 (0.91%) ISO 13485
9 12 (0.91%) ISO 9001
10 9 (0.68%) Accessibility
10 9 (0.68%) PCI DSS
11 8 (0.61%) Def Stans
12 7 (0.53%) TickIT
13 6 (0.46%) JSP 440
13 6 (0.46%) NCSC
13 6 (0.46%) RMADS
System Software
1 54 (4.10%) Active Directory
2 35 (2.66%) Firmware
2 35 (2.66%) VMware Infrastructure
3 25 (1.90%) Docker
4 17 (1.29%) Embedded Firmware
5 14 (1.06%) Hyper-V
6 13 (0.99%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (0.46%) vSphere
8 3 (0.23%) KVM
8 3 (0.23%) XenApp
9 1 (0.076%) Kamailio
Systems Management
1 13 (0.99%) Kubernetes
2 11 (0.84%) CASB
3 10 (0.76%) Terraform
4 9 (0.68%) SCCM
5 7 (0.53%) Jamf Pro
6 6 (0.46%) Nagios
7 5 (0.38%) Ansible
7 5 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (0.38%) Rancher
8 4 (0.30%) Nmap
8 4 (0.30%) Progress Chef
8 4 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.23%) EMC VPLEX
9 3 (0.23%) OfficeScan
9 3 (0.23%) WSUS
10 2 (0.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.15%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.076%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 334 (25.36%) Microsoft
2 37 (2.81%) VMware
3 32 (2.43%) Sparx
4 27 (2.05%) Cisco
5 23 (1.75%) Google
5 23 (1.75%) Oracle
6 19 (1.44%) Salesforce
6 19 (1.44%) SAP
7 14 (1.06%) IBM
8 12 (0.91%) Apple
9 11 (0.84%) Atlassian
9 11 (0.84%) Citrix
9 11 (0.84%) ServiceNow
10 10 (0.76%) Xilinx
11 9 (0.68%) Alteryx
11 9 (0.68%) HP
12 8 (0.61%) Veeam
13 7 (0.53%) Altera
13 7 (0.53%) Green Hills
13 7 (0.53%) Motorola