Degree Jobs in the South West

Academic Degree
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 9 5
Rank change year-on-year +8 -4 +9
Permanent jobs citing Degree 1,051 1,337 1,334
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 29.50% 14.44% 19.84%
As % of the Qualifications category 56.87% 40.87% 47.52%
Number of salaries quoted 558 849 468
10th Percentile £31,750 £27,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £45,250 £34,187 £34,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,600 £48,750 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.90% +1.56% +6.67%
75th Percentile £58,000 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £61,500 £73,750 £77,715
England median annual salary £52,600 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.19% -12.50% +9.09%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South West

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 the South West.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,848 3,271 2,807
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 51.87% 35.34% 41.75%
Number of salaries quoted 1,013 2,139 1,262
10th Percentile £29,750 £30,000 £30,268
25th Percentile £40,000 £39,759 £38,017
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,600 £53,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.68% +1.90% +5.00%
75th Percentile £61,250 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £79,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £54,700 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.55% -8.83% +9.09%

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 15 May 2025.

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 15 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
Bristol +8 390 £52,600 -4.36% 304
Gloucestershire +15 194 £52,600 +17.54% 237
Dorset +7 181 £47,683 +8.99% 75
Somerset +3 109 £47,683 +0.39% 77
Devon -1 97 £51,729 +30.96% 100
Wiltshire +6 67 £51,058 -7.17% 62
Cornwall -6 10 £42,500 +8.96% 8
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 20 (1.90%) Jupyter
2 12 (1.14%) SharePoint
3 6 (0.57%) Apache
4 5 (0.48%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.38%) SAS
6 3 (0.29%) CMS
7 2 (0.19%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.19%) IIS
7 2 (0.19%) NServiceBus
8 1 (0.095%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.095%) Confluence
8 1 (0.095%) SharePoint Server
8 1 (0.095%) Umbraco
Applications
1 113 (10.75%) Simulink
2 43 (4.09%) Microsoft Office
3 38 (3.62%) Mathcad
3 38 (3.62%) Mathematica
4 27 (2.57%) Microsoft Excel
5 14 (1.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 10 (0.95%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.095%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.095%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.095%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 37 (3.52%) Teamcenter
2 2 (0.19%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.095%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.095%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 54 (5.14%) Azure
2 40 (3.81%) AWS
3 32 (3.04%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (1.43%) Power Platform
4 15 (1.43%) Serverless
5 14 (1.33%) Entra ID
6 10 (0.95%) SaaS
7 9 (0.86%) AWS Lambda
7 9 (0.86%) GCP
7 9 (0.86%) GitHub
8 7 (0.67%) Cloud Computing
9 6 (0.57%) Power Automate
10 4 (0.38%) OneDrive
11 3 (0.29%) IaaS
11 3 (0.29%) PaaS
12 2 (0.19%) Amazon ECS
12 2 (0.19%) Azure DevOps
12 2 (0.19%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 2 (0.19%) Google Analytics
12 2 (0.19%) MailChimp
Communications & Networking
1 28 (2.66%) Broadband
2 25 (2.38%) WAN
3 23 (2.19%) 5G
4 18 (1.71%) SD-WAN
5 14 (1.33%) Network Security
6 13 (1.24%) Wi-Fi
7 12 (1.14%) Firewall
8 10 (0.95%) TCP/IP
9 7 (0.67%) LAN
9 7 (0.67%) VPN
10 5 (0.48%) Bluetooth
10 5 (0.48%) GSM
10 5 (0.48%) LTE
10 5 (0.48%) UMTS
10 5 (0.48%) VLAN
10 5 (0.48%) Wireless
11 4 (0.38%) BGP
11 4 (0.38%) OSPF
12 3 (0.29%) DNS
12 3 (0.29%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (5.04%) Big Data
2 14 (1.33%) Power BI
2 14 (1.33%) SQL Server
3 4 (0.38%) FileMaker
3 4 (0.38%) MS Access
3 4 (0.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 4 (0.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (0.19%) GIS
4 2 (0.19%) QGIS
5 1 (0.095%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.095%) Apache Cassandra
5 1 (0.095%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.095%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.095%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.095%) Metadata
5 1 (0.095%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.095%) MySQL
5 1 (0.095%) Power Query
5 1 (0.095%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.095%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 52 (4.95%) Rational DOORS
2 50 (4.76%) JIRA
3 31 (2.95%) Visual Studio
4 11 (1.05%) Git
5 6 (0.57%) Eclipse
5 6 (0.57%) Eclipse RCP
6 5 (0.48%) LabVIEW
7 3 (0.29%) Rational Rhapsody
8 2 (0.19%) Burp Suite
8 2 (0.19%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.19%) Metasploit
9 1 (0.095%) Appium
9 1 (0.095%) Jenkins
9 1 (0.095%) JMeter
9 1 (0.095%) Maven
9 1 (0.095%) Postman
9 1 (0.095%) Robot Framework
9 1 (0.095%) RStudio
9 1 (0.095%) Selenium
9 1 (0.095%) Subversion
General
1 161 (15.32%) Social Skills
2 118 (11.23%) Finance
3 114 (10.85%) Presentation Skills
4 104 (9.90%) Analytical Skills
5 80 (7.61%) Electronics
6 76 (7.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 68 (6.47%) Aerospace
8 37 (3.52%) Manufacturing
9 36 (3.43%) Banking
10 27 (2.57%) Avionics
10 27 (2.57%) Retail
11 22 (2.09%) Marketing
12 21 (2.00%) Military
13 17 (1.62%) Automotive
14 16 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
14 16 (1.52%) Public Sector
15 13 (1.24%) Aeronautics
16 11 (1.05%) Legal
16 11 (1.05%) Telecoms
17 10 (0.95%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 358 (34.06%) Senior
2 338 (32.16%) Systems Engineer
3 146 (13.89%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 144 (13.70%) Principal Engineer
5 55 (5.23%) Principal Systems Engineer
6 47 (4.47%) Analyst
6 47 (4.47%) Data Scientist
7 44 (4.19%) Lead
8 35 (3.33%) Support Engineer
9 33 (3.14%) Junior
10 31 (2.95%) Electronics Engineer
11 30 (2.85%) Engineering Manager
11 30 (2.85%) Senior Electrical Engineer
11 30 (2.85%) Software Engineer
12 26 (2.47%) Project Manager
13 23 (2.19%) Technical Support
13 23 (2.19%) Technical Support Engineer
14 22 (2.09%) Senior Data Scientist
15 20 (1.90%) Junior Systems Engineer
15 20 (1.90%) Senior Electronics Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (1.52%) HTML
2 13 (1.24%) CSS
3 12 (1.14%) Software Packaging
4 11 (1.05%) .NET
5 7 (0.67%) React
5 7 (0.67%) RESTful
6 6 (0.57%) JSP
6 6 (0.57%) Middleware
7 4 (0.38%) pytest
7 4 (0.38%) PyTorch
7 4 (0.38%) TensorFlow
8 3 (0.29%) .NET Core
8 3 (0.29%) AngularJS
8 3 (0.29%) EDI
8 3 (0.29%) LAMP
8 3 (0.29%) Laravel
8 3 (0.29%) Node.js
8 3 (0.29%) React Native
9 2 (0.19%) ASP.NET
9 2 (0.19%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 50 (4.76%) Algorithms
2 41 (3.90%) Self-Motivation
3 40 (3.81%) Cyberattack
4 24 (2.28%) Satnav
4 24 (2.28%) SCADA
5 20 (1.90%) Management Information System
6 18 (1.71%) Optoelectronics
6 18 (1.71%) Self-Driving Car
7 12 (1.14%) Driving Licence
8 11 (1.05%) Cyber Threat
8 11 (1.05%) Onboarding
9 10 (0.95%) Renewable Energy
10 9 (0.86%) GNSS
11 7 (0.67%) Analytical Mindset
12 6 (0.57%) FPGA
13 5 (0.48%) Data Centre
13 5 (0.48%) MicroBlaze
13 5 (0.48%) Product Ownership
13 5 (0.48%) Reinsurance
13 5 (0.48%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 80 (7.61%) Linux
2 54 (5.14%) Windows
3 8 (0.76%) Windows 10
4 7 (0.67%) Windows Server
5 6 (0.57%) Unix
5 6 (0.57%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (0.19%) Android
6 2 (0.19%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.095%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.095%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.095%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 480 (45.67%) Systems Engineering
2 356 (33.87%) Mathematics
3 202 (19.22%) Problem-Solving
4 190 (18.08%) Software Engineering
5 185 (17.60%) SysML
6 168 (15.98%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
7 164 (15.60%) Computer Science
8 148 (14.08%) Agile
9 134 (12.75%) Validation
10 121 (11.51%) Cybersecurity
11 120 (11.42%) Physics
12 116 (11.04%) Mentoring
13 114 (10.85%) Verification and Validation
14 102 (9.71%) UML
15 91 (8.66%) Digital Twin
16 90 (8.56%) Line Management
17 88 (8.37%) Coaching
18 74 (7.04%) Artificial Intelligence
18 74 (7.04%) Project Management
19 72 (6.85%) MODAF
Programming Languages
1 209 (19.89%) MATLAB
2 94 (8.94%) Python
3 49 (4.66%) SQL
4 44 (4.19%) C
5 42 (4.00%) Java
6 37 (3.52%) JavaScript
7 24 (2.28%) C#
8 22 (2.09%) C++
9 13 (1.24%) PowerShell
9 13 (1.24%) Rust
9 13 (1.24%) TypeScript
10 10 (0.95%) R
11 8 (0.76%) VB
12 7 (0.67%) Bash
13 6 (0.57%) Tcl
14 5 (0.48%) Perl
14 5 (0.48%) PHP
15 4 (0.38%) Ada
15 4 (0.38%) Kotlin
15 4 (0.38%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 386 (36.73%) BPSS Clearance
2 141 (13.42%) HND
3 132 (12.56%) HNC
4 118 (11.23%) Master's Degree
5 114 (10.85%) Chartered Engineer
6 83 (7.90%) Security Cleared
7 70 (6.66%) Computer Science Degree
8 53 (5.04%) DV Cleared
9 38 (3.62%) Numerate Degree
10 32 (3.04%) PhD
11 25 (2.38%) SC Cleared
12 17 (1.62%) CISSP
13 12 (1.14%) AWS Certification
14 9 (0.86%) Azure Certification
15 8 (0.76%) CTC Cleared
15 8 (0.76%) ISTQB
16 6 (0.57%) Cisco Certification
16 6 (0.57%) CISM
16 6 (0.57%) PMP
17 5 (0.48%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 138 (13.13%) IEC 61508
2 103 (9.80%) Def Stans
3 21 (2.00%) ARP4754
3 21 (2.00%) DO-254
4 16 (1.52%) QA
5 12 (1.14%) PMO
5 12 (1.14%) SLA
6 7 (0.67%) GLP
6 7 (0.67%) GMP
7 6 (0.57%) GDPR
7 6 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (0.57%) NEBOSH
8 4 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (0.38%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.29%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.29%) COBIT
9 3 (0.29%) IEC 61131
9 3 (0.29%) ISO 9001
9 3 (0.29%) NIST
System Software
1 24 (2.28%) Docker
2 23 (2.19%) Embedded Firmware
2 23 (2.19%) Firmware
3 20 (1.90%) Active Directory
4 7 (0.67%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.38%) vSphere
6 3 (0.29%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.095%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.095%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.095%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.095%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 24 (2.28%) Kubernetes
2 15 (1.43%) Functional Safety
3 11 (1.05%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (0.57%) BMC PATROL
5 5 (0.48%) Ansible
6 3 (0.29%) Puppet
7 2 (0.19%) Nmap
7 2 (0.19%) SCCM
8 1 (0.095%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.095%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.095%) Terraform
8 1 (0.095%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 88 (8.37%) Microsoft
2 27 (2.57%) IBM
3 24 (2.28%) Salesforce
4 14 (1.33%) Google
5 13 (1.24%) ANSYS
6 12 (1.14%) VMware
7 11 (1.05%) Cisco
8 10 (0.95%) PayPal
8 10 (0.95%) SAP
9 6 (0.57%) Sun
9 6 (0.57%) Xilinx
10 5 (0.48%) Altera
10 5 (0.48%) Citrix
10 5 (0.48%) Green Hills
11 4 (0.38%) Databricks
11 4 (0.38%) Intel
11 4 (0.38%) Oracle
11 4 (0.38%) ServiceNow
12 3 (0.29%) Facebook
12 3 (0.29%) Splunk