Degree Jobs in Wales

Academic Degree
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Wales with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 8 4
Rank change year-on-year -3 -4 +5
Permanent jobs citing Degree 211 262 340
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 17.57% 11.97% 20.13%
As % of the Qualifications category 53.69% 51.98% 52.15%
Number of salaries quoted 121 99 111
10th Percentile £46,250 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £47,683 £32,250 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £44,886 £44,666
Median % change year-on-year +33.67% +0.49% +10.97%
75th Percentile £70,000 £52,101 £60,899
90th Percentile £75,000 £65,600 £75,000
UK median annual salary £52,600 £52,084 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.99% -13.19% +9.09%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Wales

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 Wales.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 393 504 652
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 32.72% 23.03% 38.60%
Number of salaries quoted 241 188 227
10th Percentile £37,733 £26,500 £26,391
25th Percentile £47,683 £32,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +37.78% +5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £70,600 £60,000 £59,125
90th Percentile £74,258 £69,890 £68,928
UK median annual salary £55,000 £53,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.80% -10.83% +9.09%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Job postings citing Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Job vacancy trend for Degree in Wales

Degree
Salary Trend in Wales

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Degree in Wales.

Salary trend for Degree in Wales

Degree
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Degree in Wales over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Degree in Wales

Degree
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the Wales region over the 6 months to 30 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
South Wales +2 123 £65,000 +44.44% 584
North Wales +1 82 £47,683 +40.24% 10
West Wales +6 2 - - 9
Mid Wales -1 2 - - 1
Degree
UK

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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 1 (0.47%) Apache
1 1 (0.47%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (4.27%) Chatbot
2 7 (3.32%) Simulink
3 4 (1.90%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.90%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.95%) GNU Octave
Business Applications
1 7 (3.32%) Teamcenter
2 4 (1.90%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 9 (4.27%) Azure
2 6 (2.84%) Power Platform
2 6 (2.84%) PowerApps
3 4 (1.90%) Azure Functions
3 4 (1.90%) Azure Logic Apps
3 4 (1.90%) Azure Service Bus
3 4 (1.90%) Power Automate
3 4 (1.90%) Serverless
4 3 (1.42%) AWS
5 2 (0.95%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.47%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.47%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.47%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.47%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.37%) Firewall
2 3 (1.42%) GSM
3 2 (0.95%) GPRS
3 2 (0.95%) Network Security
4 1 (0.47%) Bluetooth
4 1 (0.47%) Internet
4 1 (0.47%) SMS
4 1 (0.47%) VLAN
4 1 (0.47%) VPN
4 1 (0.47%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.90%) MariaDB
1 4 (1.90%) MySQL
1 4 (1.90%) RDBMS
1 4 (1.90%) Relational Database
2 2 (0.95%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
2 2 (0.95%) Big Data
2 2 (0.95%) Data Lake
2 2 (0.95%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.47%) MS Access
3 1 (0.47%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 20 (9.48%) Rational DOORS
2 5 (2.37%) JIRA
3 3 (1.42%) Git
4 1 (0.47%) Eclipse
4 1 (0.47%) Eclipse RCP
4 1 (0.47%) GitLab
4 1 (0.47%) JUnit
General
1 32 (15.17%) Social Skills
2 27 (12.80%) Presentation Skills
3 22 (10.43%) Electronics
4 15 (7.11%) Manufacturing
5 14 (6.64%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (6.16%) Finance
7 7 (3.32%) Aerospace
8 5 (2.37%) Public Sector
9 4 (1.90%) Marketing
9 4 (1.90%) Retail
10 3 (1.42%) Local Government
11 2 (0.95%) Aviation
11 2 (0.95%) Games
12 1 (0.47%) Avionics
12 1 (0.47%) Banking
12 1 (0.47%) Environmental Health
12 1 (0.47%) Health Technology
12 1 (0.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.47%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.47%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 63 (29.86%) Senior
2 47 (22.27%) Systems Engineer
3 29 (13.74%) Software Engineer
4 22 (10.43%) Principal Engineer
5 21 (9.95%) Architect
6 17 (8.06%) Engineering Manager
7 14 (6.64%) Principal Software Engineer
7 14 (6.64%) Senior Systems Engineer
8 13 (6.16%) Lead
9 10 (4.74%) Junior
9 10 (4.74%) Senior Software Engineer
10 9 (4.27%) IT Manager
10 9 (4.27%) Software Architect
10 9 (4.27%) Trainer
11 8 (3.79%) Senior Software Test Engineer
11 8 (3.79%) Senior Test Engineer
11 8 (3.79%) Software Test Engineer
11 8 (3.79%) Systems Architect
11 8 (3.79%) Test Engineer
12 7 (3.32%) Junior Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.74%) Middleware
2 3 (1.42%) HTML5 Canvas
3 2 (0.95%) Regular Expression
3 2 (0.95%) Spring
4 1 (0.47%) CSS
4 1 (0.47%) HTML
4 1 (0.47%) JSP
4 1 (0.47%) REST
4 1 (0.47%) Spring Boot
4 1 (0.47%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 17 (8.06%) Management Information System
2 8 (3.79%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (1.42%) Algorithms
3 3 (1.42%) Data Structures
3 3 (1.42%) NHS
4 2 (0.95%) Analogue Electronics
4 2 (0.95%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (0.95%) Data Centre
4 2 (0.95%) Product Ownership
4 2 (0.95%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (0.47%) Blog
5 1 (0.47%) CPLD
5 1 (0.47%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (0.47%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (0.47%) Device Driver
5 1 (0.47%) FPGA
5 1 (0.47%) Life Science
5 1 (0.47%) Molecular Biology
5 1 (0.47%) SCADA
5 1 (0.47%) Smart City
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.84%) Linux
2 4 (1.90%) CentOS
2 4 (1.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 4 (1.90%) Ubuntu
2 4 (1.90%) Windows
3 1 (0.47%) VxWorks
3 1 (0.47%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.47%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (36.02%) Systems Engineering
2 74 (35.07%) Agile
3 72 (34.12%) Computer Science
4 71 (33.65%) UML
5 41 (19.43%) Configuration Management
6 40 (18.96%) Cybersecurity
7 39 (18.48%) Waterfall
8 37 (17.54%) Project Management
9 35 (16.59%) Mentoring
9 35 (16.59%) Software Engineering
10 33 (15.64%) SysML
11 30 (14.22%) Continuous Improvement
12 28 (13.27%) Mathematics
13 26 (12.32%) MODAF
14 25 (11.85%) Physics
15 17 (8.06%) Problem-Solving
16 15 (7.11%) Customer Requirements
16 15 (7.11%) SDLC
17 14 (6.64%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
17 14 (6.64%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 42 (19.91%) MATLAB
2 15 (7.11%) Ada
3 12 (5.69%) C#
3 12 (5.69%) Python
4 11 (5.21%) C++
5 9 (4.27%) C
5 9 (4.27%) Java
6 7 (3.32%) SQL
7 6 (2.84%) Ada 95
7 6 (2.84%) JavaScript
8 5 (2.37%) TypeScript
9 3 (1.42%) Rust
10 2 (0.95%) Groovy
11 1 (0.47%) R
Qualifications
1 124 (58.77%) BPSS Clearance
2 54 (25.59%) Chartered Engineer
3 22 (10.43%) Master's Degree
4 17 (8.06%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (4.27%) PhD
6 7 (3.32%) Security Cleared
7 6 (2.84%) SC Cleared
8 4 (1.90%) CISSP
9 3 (1.42%) Numerate Degree
10 2 (0.95%) GCIH
10 2 (0.95%) GIAC
10 2 (0.95%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 1 (0.47%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.47%) CRISC
11 1 (0.47%) CSQA
11 1 (0.47%) CTC Cleared
11 1 (0.47%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.47%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 1 (0.47%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.47%) MRICS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (13.27%) ISO/IEC 12207
2 18 (8.53%) IEC 61508
3 11 (5.21%) Def Stans
3 11 (5.21%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 7 (3.32%) ARP4754
4 7 (3.32%) DO-254
5 5 (2.37%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.42%) NEBOSH
7 2 (0.95%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.47%) GDPR
8 1 (0.47%) ISO 13485
8 1 (0.47%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 1 (0.47%) QA
8 1 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.47%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (2.37%) VMware ESXi
2 4 (1.90%) Virtual Servers
2 4 (1.90%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (1.90%) vSphere
3 3 (1.42%) Embedded Firmware
3 3 (1.42%) Firmware
4 2 (0.95%) Docker
5 1 (0.47%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (0.47%) Terraform
Vendors
1 18 (8.53%) IBM
2 9 (4.27%) Microsoft
2 9 (4.27%) PayPal
3 6 (2.84%) Epicor
3 6 (2.84%) VMware
4 2 (0.95%) Cisco
4 2 (0.95%) EMC
5 1 (0.47%) Fortinet
5 1 (0.47%) Instagram
5 1 (0.47%) Twitter