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 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 9 5
Rank change year-on-year +8 -4 +9
Permanent jobs citing Degree 1,073 1,342 1,328
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 29.84% 14.46% 19.71%
As % of the Qualifications category 57.07% 40.67% 47.53%
Number of salaries quoted 567 854 473
10th Percentile £31,450 £27,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £45,250 £33,859 £34,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,600 £48,750 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.90% +2.63% +5.56%
75th Percentile £58,000 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £61,500 £73,750 £77,672
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 1,880 3,300 2,794
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 52.28% 35.55% 41.48%
Number of salaries quoted 1,028 2,150 1,271
10th Percentile £29,750 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £39,759 £37,940
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 £73,750 £80,125 £79,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +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 12 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 12 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 +8 394 £52,600 -4.36% 255
Dorset +7 202 £47,683 +8.99% 67
Gloucestershire +16 193 £52,600 +18.20% 213
Somerset +4 114 £47,683 +0.39% 70
Devon -2 91 £51,729 +30.96% 87
Wiltshire +6 67 £51,058 -7.17% 54
Cornwall -7 10 £42,500 +8.96% 7
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 (1.86%) Jupyter
2 12 (1.12%) SharePoint
3 6 (0.56%) Apache
4 5 (0.47%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.37%) SAS
6 3 (0.28%) CMS
7 2 (0.19%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.19%) IIS
7 2 (0.19%) NServiceBus
8 1 (0.093%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.093%) Confluence
8 1 (0.093%) SharePoint Server
8 1 (0.093%) Umbraco
Applications
1 107 (9.97%) Simulink
2 43 (4.01%) Microsoft Office
3 41 (3.82%) Mathcad
3 41 (3.82%) Mathematica
4 27 (2.52%) Microsoft Excel
5 14 (1.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 10 (0.93%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.093%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.093%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.093%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 37 (3.45%) Teamcenter
2 2 (0.19%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.093%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 48 (4.47%) Azure
2 36 (3.36%) AWS
3 32 (2.98%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (1.30%) Entra ID
4 14 (1.30%) Power Platform
5 10 (0.93%) SaaS
5 10 (0.93%) Serverless
6 9 (0.84%) GitHub
7 8 (0.75%) Cloud Computing
8 6 (0.56%) Power Automate
9 4 (0.37%) AWS Lambda
9 4 (0.37%) GCP
9 4 (0.37%) OneDrive
10 3 (0.28%) IaaS
10 3 (0.28%) PaaS
11 2 (0.19%) Amazon ECS
11 2 (0.19%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (0.19%) Dynamics 365
11 2 (0.19%) Google Analytics
11 2 (0.19%) MailChimp
Communications & Networking
1 24 (2.24%) WAN
2 22 (2.05%) 5G
3 18 (1.68%) Broadband
4 17 (1.58%) SD-WAN
5 14 (1.30%) Network Security
6 13 (1.21%) Wi-Fi
7 12 (1.12%) Firewall
8 10 (0.93%) TCP/IP
9 7 (0.65%) LAN
9 7 (0.65%) VPN
10 5 (0.47%) Bluetooth
10 5 (0.47%) GSM
10 5 (0.47%) LTE
10 5 (0.47%) UMTS
10 5 (0.47%) VLAN
10 5 (0.47%) Wireless
11 4 (0.37%) BGP
11 4 (0.37%) OSPF
12 3 (0.28%) DNS
12 3 (0.28%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (4.94%) Big Data
2 14 (1.30%) SQL Server
3 13 (1.21%) Power BI
4 4 (0.37%) FileMaker
4 4 (0.37%) MS Access
4 4 (0.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 4 (0.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (0.19%) GIS
5 2 (0.19%) QGIS
6 1 (0.093%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.093%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (0.093%) Data Mining
6 1 (0.093%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.093%) MySQL
6 1 (0.093%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.093%) Power Query
6 1 (0.093%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.093%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 71 (6.62%) Rational DOORS
2 50 (4.66%) JIRA
3 31 (2.89%) Visual Studio
4 11 (1.03%) Git
5 6 (0.56%) Eclipse
5 6 (0.56%) Eclipse RCP
6 5 (0.47%) LabVIEW
7 3 (0.28%) Rational Rhapsody
8 2 (0.19%) Burp Suite
8 2 (0.19%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.19%) Metasploit
9 1 (0.093%) Appium
9 1 (0.093%) Jenkins
9 1 (0.093%) JMeter
9 1 (0.093%) Maven
9 1 (0.093%) Postman
9 1 (0.093%) Robot Framework
9 1 (0.093%) RStudio
9 1 (0.093%) Selenium
9 1 (0.093%) Subversion
General
1 155 (14.45%) Social Skills
2 118 (11.00%) Finance
3 113 (10.53%) Presentation Skills
4 99 (9.23%) Analytical Skills
5 81 (7.55%) Electronics
6 76 (7.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 70 (6.52%) Aerospace
8 37 (3.45%) Banking
8 37 (3.45%) Manufacturing
9 27 (2.52%) Avionics
10 26 (2.42%) Retail
11 24 (2.24%) Military
12 22 (2.05%) Marketing
13 17 (1.58%) Automotive
14 16 (1.49%) Public Sector
15 14 (1.30%) Influencing Skills
16 13 (1.21%) Aeronautics
17 12 (1.12%) Legal
18 11 (1.03%) Telecoms
19 10 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 364 (33.92%) Senior
2 334 (31.13%) Systems Engineer
3 172 (16.03%) Principal Engineer
4 149 (13.89%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 77 (7.18%) Principal Systems Engineer
6 46 (4.29%) Analyst
6 46 (4.29%) Data Scientist
7 41 (3.82%) Lead
8 33 (3.08%) Junior
8 33 (3.08%) Senior Electrical Engineer
9 31 (2.89%) Electronics Engineer
9 31 (2.89%) Software Engineer
10 30 (2.80%) Engineering Manager
10 30 (2.80%) Support Engineer
11 26 (2.42%) Project Manager
12 23 (2.14%) Technical Support
12 23 (2.14%) Technical Support Engineer
13 22 (2.05%) Senior Data Scientist
14 20 (1.86%) Junior Systems Engineer
14 20 (1.86%) Senior Electronics Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (1.49%) HTML
2 13 (1.21%) CSS
3 12 (1.12%) Software Packaging
4 11 (1.03%) .NET
5 8 (0.75%) React
6 7 (0.65%) RESTful
7 6 (0.56%) JSP
7 6 (0.56%) Middleware
8 4 (0.37%) pytest
8 4 (0.37%) PyTorch
8 4 (0.37%) TensorFlow
9 3 (0.28%) .NET Core
9 3 (0.28%) AngularJS
9 3 (0.28%) EDI
9 3 (0.28%) LAMP
9 3 (0.28%) Laravel
9 3 (0.28%) Node.js
9 3 (0.28%) React Native
10 2 (0.19%) ASP.NET
10 2 (0.19%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 51 (4.75%) Algorithms
2 40 (3.73%) Cyberattack
3 36 (3.36%) Self-Motivation
4 27 (2.52%) SCADA
5 25 (2.33%) Satnav
6 20 (1.86%) Management Information System
7 18 (1.68%) Optoelectronics
8 17 (1.58%) Self-Driving Car
9 12 (1.12%) Driving Licence
10 11 (1.03%) Cyber Threat
10 11 (1.03%) Onboarding
11 10 (0.93%) GNSS
11 10 (0.93%) Renewable Energy
12 7 (0.65%) FPGA
13 6 (0.56%) Analytical Mindset
13 6 (0.56%) MicroBlaze
13 6 (0.56%) VHDL
14 5 (0.47%) Data Centre
14 5 (0.47%) Product Ownership
15 4 (0.37%) Hackathon
Operating Systems
1 81 (7.55%) Linux
2 50 (4.66%) Windows
3 8 (0.75%) Windows 10
4 7 (0.65%) Windows Server
5 6 (0.56%) Unix
6 3 (0.28%) Android
7 2 (0.19%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.093%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.093%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.093%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.093%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 504 (46.97%) Systems Engineering
2 370 (34.48%) Mathematics
3 195 (18.17%) Problem-Solving
4 187 (17.43%) Software Engineering
5 179 (16.68%) SysML
6 165 (15.38%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
7 163 (15.19%) Computer Science
8 151 (14.07%) Agile
9 134 (12.49%) Validation
10 129 (12.02%) Physics
11 122 (11.37%) Cybersecurity
12 114 (10.62%) Verification and Validation
13 110 (10.25%) Mentoring
14 102 (9.51%) UML
15 92 (8.57%) Coaching
16 90 (8.39%) Line Management
17 84 (7.83%) Digital Twin
18 75 (6.99%) Project Management
19 74 (6.90%) Artificial Intelligence
20 72 (6.71%) MODAF
Programming Languages
1 203 (18.92%) MATLAB
2 89 (8.29%) Python
3 48 (4.47%) SQL
4 45 (4.19%) C
5 44 (4.10%) Java
6 39 (3.63%) JavaScript
7 25 (2.33%) C#
8 22 (2.05%) C++
9 13 (1.21%) PowerShell
9 13 (1.21%) Rust
10 10 (0.93%) R
11 9 (0.84%) TypeScript
11 9 (0.84%) VB
12 7 (0.65%) Bash
12 7 (0.65%) Tcl
13 6 (0.56%) Kotlin
13 6 (0.56%) Perl
14 5 (0.47%) PHP
15 4 (0.37%) Go
15 4 (0.37%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 404 (37.65%) BPSS Clearance
2 138 (12.86%) HND
3 129 (12.02%) HNC
4 125 (11.65%) Chartered Engineer
5 117 (10.90%) Master's Degree
6 87 (8.11%) Security Cleared
7 69 (6.43%) Computer Science Degree
8 54 (5.03%) DV Cleared
9 41 (3.82%) Numerate Degree
10 28 (2.61%) PhD
10 28 (2.61%) SC Cleared
11 16 (1.49%) CISSP
12 12 (1.12%) AWS Certification
13 9 (0.84%) Azure Certification
14 8 (0.75%) CTC Cleared
14 8 (0.75%) ISTQB
15 6 (0.56%) Cisco Certification
15 6 (0.56%) CISM
15 6 (0.56%) PMP
16 5 (0.47%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 149 (13.89%) IEC 61508
2 105 (9.79%) Def Stans
3 21 (1.96%) ARP4754
3 21 (1.96%) DO-254
4 16 (1.49%) QA
5 12 (1.12%) PMO
5 12 (1.12%) SLA
6 7 (0.65%) GLP
6 7 (0.65%) GMP
7 6 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (0.56%) NEBOSH
8 5 (0.47%) GDPR
9 4 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 4 (0.37%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.28%) Accessibility
10 3 (0.28%) COBIT
10 3 (0.28%) IEC 61131
10 3 (0.28%) ISO 9001
10 3 (0.28%) NIST
System Software
1 25 (2.33%) Docker
2 24 (2.24%) Embedded Firmware
2 24 (2.24%) Firmware
3 15 (1.40%) Active Directory
4 7 (0.65%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.37%) vSphere
6 3 (0.28%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.093%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.093%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.093%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.093%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 25 (2.33%) Kubernetes
2 23 (2.14%) Functional Safety
3 11 (1.03%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (0.56%) BMC PATROL
5 5 (0.47%) Ansible
6 3 (0.28%) Puppet
7 2 (0.19%) Nmap
7 2 (0.19%) SCCM
8 1 (0.093%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.093%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.093%) Terraform
8 1 (0.093%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 84 (7.83%) Microsoft
2 36 (3.36%) IBM
3 23 (2.14%) Salesforce
4 15 (1.40%) Google
5 13 (1.21%) ANSYS
6 11 (1.03%) Cisco
6 11 (1.03%) VMware
7 10 (0.93%) PayPal
8 9 (0.84%) SAP
9 7 (0.65%) Xilinx
10 6 (0.56%) Altera
10 6 (0.56%) Green Hills
11 5 (0.47%) Citrix
12 4 (0.37%) Intel
12 4 (0.37%) Oracle
12 4 (0.37%) ServiceNow
13 3 (0.28%) Databricks
13 3 (0.28%) Facebook
13 3 (0.28%) Splunk
13 3 (0.28%) YouTube