Postgraduate Jobs in the South West

Postgraduate
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for Postgraduate qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 19 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 178 253 250
Rank change year-on-year +75 -3 +44
DemandTrendPermanent jobs citing Postgraduate 5 4 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.12% 0.047% 0.017%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.29% 0.14% 0.037%
Number of salaries quoted 2 3 1
10th Percentile £127,800 - -
25th Percentile £130,125 £31,210 £29,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £138,000 £32,815 £30,500
Median % change year-on-year +320.55% +7.59% -9.50%
75th Percentile £143,625 £34,419 £31,750
90th Percentile £144,600 - -
England median annual salary £75,000 £45,000 £50,734
% change year-on-year +66.67% -11.30% +0.63%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South West

Postgraduate 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.

DemandTrendPermanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,717 2,766 2,700
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 41.66% 32.48% 46.45%
Number of salaries quoted 989 1,549 1,446
10th Percentile £29,600 £30,000 £30,431
25th Percentile £32,544 £41,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £72,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +9.09%

Postgraduate
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Postgraduate in the South West

Postgraduate
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Postgraduate.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Postgraduate

Postgraduate
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 Postgraduate within the South West region over the 6 months to 19 August 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
DemandTrendPermanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Gloucestershire - 3 - - 3
Bristol +51 2 £138,000 - 1
Postgraduate
England

Postgraduate
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:

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
2 1 (20.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
2 1 (20.00%) Collibra
2 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Data Lake
1 1 (20.00%) Metadata
1 1 (20.00%) Power BI
General
1 4 (80.00%) Finance
2 3 (60.00%) Legal
2 3 (60.00%) Local Government
2 3 (60.00%) Public Sector
3 2 (40.00%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
4 1 (20.00%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Civil Engineer
1 3 (60.00%) Development Engineer
1 3 (60.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Architect
2 2 (40.00%) Enterprise Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Lead
3 1 (20.00%) Lead Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Lead Enterprise Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Principal Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Senior
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Development Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Supply Chain Architect
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) NHS
2 2 (40.00%) FMCG
3 1 (20.00%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (20.00%) Blockchain
3 1 (20.00%) Data Fabric
3 1 (20.00%) IoT
3 1 (20.00%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (20.00%) Life Science
3 1 (20.00%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Mentoring
1 4 (80.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (60.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (60.00%) Due Diligence
2 3 (60.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 3 (60.00%) Project Delivery
2 3 (60.00%) Strategic Planning
3 2 (40.00%) Artificial Intelligence
3 2 (40.00%) Conflict Resolution
3 2 (40.00%) Data Architecture
3 2 (40.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 2 (40.00%) Machine Learning
3 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (40.00%) Project Management
3 2 (40.00%) Regulatory Compliance
3 2 (40.00%) Risk Assessment
3 2 (40.00%) Roadmaps
3 2 (40.00%) TOGAF
4 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (20.00%) Data Modelling
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
1 2 (40.00%) Master's Degree
1 2 (40.00%) MBA
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (20.00%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (20.00%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 1 (20.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (20.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Informatica
2 1 (20.00%) Ariba
2 1 (20.00%) Databricks
2 1 (20.00%) Salesforce
2 1 (20.00%) SAP
2 1 (20.00%) Sparx