STL Job Trends in the South West

Standard Template Library (STL)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring STL skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 197 - 249
Rank change year-on-year - - +17
Permanent jobs citing STL 1 0 22
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.015% - 0.26%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.17% - 1.14%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 22
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51,250 - £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 - £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +9.52%
75th Percentile £53,750 - £62,500
90th Percentile - - £71,750
England median annual salary £95,000 £66,250 £62,500
% change year-on-year +43.40% +6.00% -3.85%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
South West

STL falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in the South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 597 494 1,929
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 8.69% 18.17% 23.09%
Number of salaries quoted 432 396 1,561
10th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £32,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £50,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £66,250 £76,250 £66,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £92,217 £80,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £66,350 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.03% +10.58% -11.76%

STL
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

STL job vacancy trend in the South West

STL
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing STL

STL
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 STL within the South West region over the 6 months to 5 April 2026. 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
Gloucestershire - 1 £52,500 -
STL
England

STL
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 (100.00%) AutoCAD
General
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Control Systems Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Mechatronics
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) HNC
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Siemens