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 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 8 6 14
Rank change year-on-year -2 +8 +9
Permanent jobs citing Degree 1,291 1,404 1,114
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 14.31% 19.59% 14.09%
As % of the Qualifications category 39.11% 47.51% 37.05%
Number of salaries quoted 833 455 554
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £32,750 £34,250 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,657 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.33% +5.56% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £69,350
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 3,301 2,955 3,007
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 36.58% 41.24% 38.02%
Number of salaries quoted 2,169 1,302 1,570
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,750 £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 £78,750 £76,520
England median annual salary £54,700 £57,780 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.33% +5.05% -

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 19 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 19 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 +5 401 £55,000 +13.40% 230
Gloucestershire +1 239 £42,500 -22.73% 87
Dorset -4 204 £42,500 -5.56% 49
Devon -1 168 £40,000 -4.71% 80
Wiltshire -8 130 £55,000 +10.00% 64
Somerset -2 100 £46,000 +31.04% 101
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 (8.52%) Confluence
2 40 (3.10%) SharePoint
3 27 (2.09%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (0.70%) Apache Spark
5 8 (0.62%) ArcGIS
6 6 (0.46%) SAS
7 4 (0.31%) Site Server
8 3 (0.23%) IIS
8 3 (0.23%) Jupyter
8 3 (0.23%) Tomcat
8 3 (0.23%) WildFly
9 2 (0.15%) Apache
9 2 (0.15%) Skype for Business
9 2 (0.15%) WordPress
10 1 (0.077%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.077%) Luigi
Applications
1 130 (10.07%) Microsoft Office
2 93 (7.20%) Microsoft Excel
3 64 (4.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 36 (2.79%) Simulink
5 22 (1.70%) MS Visio
6 19 (1.47%) Microsoft Project
7 14 (1.08%) Trello
8 9 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
9 8 (0.62%) AutoCAD
10 6 (0.46%) SOLIDWORKS
11 5 (0.39%) OrCAD
12 4 (0.31%) 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 30 (2.32%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 12 (0.93%) SAP QM
3 9 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.31%) Unit4 Business World
5 3 (0.23%) Primavera
6 2 (0.15%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
6 2 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.15%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.077%) HiPortfolio
7 1 (0.077%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 150 (11.62%) Azure
2 116 (8.99%) Microsoft 365
3 80 (6.20%) AWS
4 52 (4.03%) Power Platform
5 49 (3.80%) Azure DevOps
6 32 (2.48%) SaaS
7 25 (1.94%) Entra ID
8 21 (1.63%) GCP
8 21 (1.63%) GitHub
9 17 (1.32%) WhatsApp
10 15 (1.16%) npm
11 12 (0.93%) Dynamics 365
12 11 (0.85%) Firebase
13 10 (0.77%) IaaS
13 10 (0.77%) PaaS
14 9 (0.70%) Slack
15 7 (0.54%) OneDrive
15 7 (0.54%) Serverless
16 6 (0.46%) Azure Functions
16 6 (0.46%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 41 (3.18%) WAN
2 36 (2.79%) Firewall
3 30 (2.32%) SD-WAN
4 29 (2.25%) 5G
5 27 (2.09%) DNS
6 23 (1.78%) TCP/IP
7 22 (1.70%) Network Security
8 19 (1.47%) Internet
8 19 (1.47%) LAN
8 19 (1.47%) Wi-Fi
9 15 (1.16%) Remote Desktop
10 14 (1.08%) Ethernet
10 14 (1.08%) Wireless
11 12 (0.93%) RS-232
12 10 (0.77%) VLAN
12 10 (0.77%) VoIP
13 8 (0.62%) Bluetooth
13 8 (0.62%) HTTP
14 7 (0.54%) Link 16
14 7 (0.54%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (3.95%) SQL Server
2 44 (3.41%) Power BI
3 38 (2.94%) Relational Database
4 32 (2.48%) Tableau
5 24 (1.86%) Big Data
6 20 (1.55%) MySQL
7 18 (1.39%) Data Warehouse
8 16 (1.24%) Electronic Patient Records
9 10 (0.77%) NoSQL
9 10 (0.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 8 (0.62%) Amazon RDS
10 8 (0.62%) RDBMS
11 7 (0.54%) Hadoop
11 7 (0.54%) 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
1 155 (12.01%) Git
2 144 (11.15%) JIRA
3 116 (8.99%) Visual Studio
4 88 (6.82%) Bitbucket
5 59 (4.57%) Sourcetree
6 39 (3.02%) LabVIEW
7 23 (1.78%) Rational DOORS
8 17 (1.32%) Jenkins
9 15 (1.16%) Selenium
10 14 (1.08%) Cucumber
11 13 (1.01%) Storybook
12 9 (0.70%) Subversion
13 8 (0.62%) NetBeans
13 8 (0.62%) TeamCity
14 7 (0.54%) Rational Rhapsody
15 4 (0.31%) Burp Suite
15 4 (0.31%) Metasploit
16 3 (0.23%) Eclipse
16 3 (0.23%) Oracle Forms
17 2 (0.15%) JUnit
General
1 430 (33.31%) Social Skills
2 253 (19.60%) Finance
3 216 (16.73%) Analytical Skills
4 170 (13.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 164 (12.70%) Presentation Skills
6 138 (10.69%) Games
7 108 (8.37%) Law
8 88 (6.82%) Manufacturing
9 71 (5.50%) Banking
10 69 (5.34%) Legal
11 66 (5.11%) Aerospace
12 65 (5.03%) Marketing
13 64 (4.96%) Retail
14 63 (4.88%) Investment Banking
15 51 (3.95%) Electronics
16 48 (3.72%) Organisational Skills
17 41 (3.18%) Military
18 37 (2.87%) Public Sector
19 33 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
19 33 (2.56%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 225 (17.43%) Senior
2 215 (16.65%) Developer
3 123 (9.53%) Project Manager
4 98 (7.59%) Analyst
5 95 (7.36%) Lead
6 93 (7.20%) Software Engineer
7 88 (6.82%) 3D Developer
7 88 (6.82%) Games Developer
7 88 (6.82%) Unity 3D Developer
8 73 (5.65%) Systems Engineer
9 62 (4.80%) Architect
9 62 (4.80%) Graduate
10 54 (4.18%) Senior Developer
11 50 (3.87%) Support Engineer
12 49 (3.80%) Senior Manager
13 39 (3.02%) Solutions Architect
14 36 (2.79%) Senior Software Engineer
15 35 (2.71%) Administrator
15 35 (2.71%) Consultant
15 35 (2.71%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 97 (7.51%) Unity (Game Engine)
2 72 (5.58%) .NET
3 60 (4.65%) AngularJS
4 48 (3.72%) HTML
5 39 (3.02%) CSS
6 34 (2.63%) React
7 33 (2.56%) Node.js
8 20 (1.55%) .NET Framework
9 18 (1.39%) PyTorch
10 16 (1.24%) ASP.NET
11 15 (1.16%) REST
11 15 (1.16%) Sass
12 13 (1.01%) Spring
13 12 (0.93%) Gherkin
13 12 (0.93%) HTML5
13 12 (0.93%) XML
14 10 (0.77%) ASP.NET Web API
14 10 (0.77%) Entity Framework
14 10 (0.77%) Laravel
14 10 (0.77%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 96 (7.44%) Virtual Reality
2 84 (6.51%) Self-Motivation
3 82 (6.35%) Algorithms
4 67 (5.19%) Management Information System
5 58 (4.49%) Driving Licence
6 36 (2.79%) Onboarding
7 31 (2.40%) GNSS
8 24 (1.86%) Cloud Native
9 23 (1.78%) FPGA
10 22 (1.70%) Data Protection Act
10 22 (1.70%) Product Ownership
11 21 (1.63%) Robotics
12 17 (1.32%) Embedded Systems
13 16 (1.24%) Analytical Mindset
14 15 (1.16%) Data Centre
14 15 (1.16%) VHDL
15 14 (1.08%) Mobile App
16 13 (1.01%) Credit Risk
17 12 (0.93%) Biopharmaceutical
17 12 (0.93%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 141 (10.92%) Windows
2 117 (9.06%) Linux
3 39 (3.02%) Unix
4 30 (2.32%) Apple iOS
5 26 (2.01%) Android
6 24 (1.86%) Windows Server
7 19 (1.47%) Mac OS
8 12 (0.93%) Windows 10
9 9 (0.70%) Ubuntu
10 8 (0.62%) Debian
11 7 (0.54%) Windows Server 2016
11 7 (0.54%) Windows Server 2019
12 5 (0.39%) Windows 7
12 5 (0.39%) Windows Server 2008
13 4 (0.31%) Kali Linux
13 4 (0.31%) Windows XP
14 3 (0.23%) Embedded Linux
14 3 (0.23%) Windows Server 2012
15 2 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 2 (0.15%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 380 (29.43%) Problem-Solving
2 298 (23.08%) Computer Science
3 246 (19.05%) Software Engineering
4 224 (17.35%) Agile
5 217 (16.81%) Project Management
6 157 (12.16%) DevOps
7 145 (11.23%) UML
8 140 (10.84%) Scrum
9 113 (8.75%) Mathematics
10 110 (8.52%) Mentoring
11 108 (8.37%) Analytics
12 104 (8.06%) ITIL
13 102 (7.90%) Continuous Improvement
14 101 (7.82%) Test Automation
15 99 (7.67%) Validation
16 98 (7.59%) Decision-Making
17 97 (7.51%) Design Patterns
17 97 (7.51%) Use Case
18 96 (7.44%) Project Delivery
19 86 (6.66%) B2B
Programming Languages
1 163 (12.63%) C#
2 158 (12.24%) Python
3 127 (9.84%) SQL
4 88 (6.82%) JavaScript
5 76 (5.89%) Java
6 71 (5.50%) C
7 68 (5.27%) MATLAB
8 55 (4.26%) C++
9 44 (3.41%) TypeScript
10 24 (1.86%) Bash
11 23 (1.78%) PHP
12 22 (1.70%) PowerShell
13 21 (1.63%) R
14 17 (1.32%) Perl
15 14 (1.08%) VB
16 12 (0.93%) Swift
17 11 (0.85%) Scala
17 11 (0.85%) T-SQL
18 10 (0.77%) Objective-C
19 7 (0.54%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 375 (29.05%) Security Cleared
2 236 (18.28%) SC Cleared
3 174 (13.48%) BPSS Clearance
4 134 (10.38%) Computer Science Degree
5 95 (7.36%) Master's Degree
6 63 (4.88%) DV Cleared
7 42 (3.25%) HND
8 36 (2.79%) Microsoft Certification
9 32 (2.48%) TOGAF Certification
10 25 (1.94%) DBS Check
10 25 (1.94%) PMI Certification
11 22 (1.70%) MCP
11 22 (1.70%) PMP
12 21 (1.63%) CISSP
13 19 (1.47%) HNC
14 17 (1.32%) Cisco Certification
15 13 (1.01%) ISTQB
15 13 (1.01%) PhD
16 12 (0.93%) Chartered Engineer
16 12 (0.93%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (6.35%) QA
2 35 (2.71%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 35 (2.71%) PMO
3 26 (2.01%) GDPR
4 25 (1.94%) SLA
5 20 (1.55%) GMP
6 18 (1.39%) Cyber Essentials
6 18 (1.39%) Data Quality
7 17 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 15 (1.16%) IEC 61508
9 12 (0.93%) ISO 13485
9 12 (0.93%) ISO 9001
10 10 (0.77%) NIST
11 8 (0.62%) Def Stans
11 8 (0.62%) PCI DSS
12 7 (0.54%) TickIT
13 6 (0.46%) JSP 440
13 6 (0.46%) NCSC
13 6 (0.46%) RMADS
14 5 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 12207
System Software
1 55 (4.26%) Active Directory
2 35 (2.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 33 (2.56%) Firmware
4 27 (2.09%) Docker
5 15 (1.16%) Embedded Firmware
5 15 (1.16%) Hyper-V
6 13 (1.01%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (0.46%) vSphere
8 3 (0.23%) KVM
8 3 (0.23%) XenApp
9 1 (0.077%) Kamailio
Systems Management
1 15 (1.16%) Kubernetes
2 10 (0.77%) CASB
3 9 (0.70%) Jamf Pro
3 9 (0.70%) SCCM
3 9 (0.70%) Terraform
4 6 (0.46%) Nagios
4 6 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (0.39%) Ansible
5 5 (0.39%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (0.39%) Rancher
6 4 (0.31%) Nmap
6 4 (0.31%) Progress Chef
7 3 (0.23%) EMC VPLEX
7 3 (0.23%) OfficeScan
7 3 (0.23%) WSUS
8 2 (0.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.15%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.077%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 326 (25.25%) Microsoft
2 37 (2.87%) VMware
3 30 (2.32%) Sparx
4 27 (2.09%) Cisco
5 24 (1.86%) Google
6 22 (1.70%) Oracle
7 19 (1.47%) SAP
8 18 (1.39%) Salesforce
9 14 (1.08%) Apple
9 14 (1.08%) IBM
10 11 (0.85%) Citrix
11 10 (0.77%) Atlassian
11 10 (0.77%) HP
12 9 (0.70%) Alteryx
12 9 (0.70%) ServiceNow
12 9 (0.70%) Xilinx
13 8 (0.62%) Veeam
14 6 (0.46%) Altera
14 6 (0.46%) Green Hills
14 6 (0.46%) Pega