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

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 9 3
Rank change year-on-year -2 -6 +10
Permanent jobs citing Degree 221 260 341
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 19.86% 12.73% 20.65%
As % of the Qualifications category 55.11% 52.21% 53.87%
Number of salaries quoted 122 100 113
10th Percentile £44,960 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £47,683 £32,000 £35,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £44,886 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.67% -0.25% +12.50%
75th Percentile £68,000 £52,201 £60,800
90th Percentile £74,800 £65,300 £75,000
UK median annual salary £52,600 £52,084 £58,000
% change year-on-year +0.99% -10.20% +5.45%

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 401 498 633
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 36.03% 24.38% 38.34%
Number of salaries quoted 243 186 225
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 £70,125 £57,500 £60,250
90th Percentile £73,000 £69,993 £69,196
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £59,600
% change year-on-year +1.85% -9.40% +8.36%

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 16 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 16 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 +1 114 £65,000 +44.44% 150
North Wales +3 97 £47,683 +40.24% 12
West Wales +8 3 £49,104 +12.24% 15
Mid Wales -1 2 - - 4
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 (0.45%) Apache
1 1 (0.45%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (3.62%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (3.17%) Simulink
3 6 (2.71%) Chatbot
4 5 (2.26%) Microsoft Excel
5 3 (1.36%) GNU Octave
6 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.45%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.45%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 7 (3.17%) Teamcenter
2 3 (1.36%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 7 (3.17%) Azure
2 5 (2.26%) Power Platform
3 4 (1.81%) PowerApps
4 3 (1.36%) Power Automate
5 2 (0.90%) AWS
5 2 (0.90%) Azure Functions
5 2 (0.90%) Azure Logic Apps
5 2 (0.90%) Azure Service Bus
5 2 (0.90%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (0.90%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (0.90%) Serverless
6 1 (0.45%) Azure API Management
6 1 (0.45%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.45%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (0.45%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.45%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.45%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.17%) Firewall
1 7 (3.17%) GSM
2 4 (1.81%) Network Security
3 3 (1.36%) GPRS
4 2 (0.90%) Internet
4 2 (0.90%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (0.90%) VLAN
4 2 (0.90%) VPN
4 2 (0.90%) Wireless
5 1 (0.45%) 802.11
5 1 (0.45%) Bluetooth
5 1 (0.45%) LAN
5 1 (0.45%) SMS
5 1 (0.45%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.81%) MariaDB
1 4 (1.81%) MySQL
1 4 (1.81%) RDBMS
1 4 (1.81%) Relational Database
2 3 (1.36%) Data Lake
3 2 (0.90%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.90%) Big Data
3 2 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.90%) Power BI
4 1 (0.45%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 18 (8.14%) Rational DOORS
2 6 (2.71%) JIRA
3 3 (1.36%) Git
4 1 (0.45%) Appium
4 1 (0.45%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.45%) Eclipse
4 1 (0.45%) Eclipse RCP
4 1 (0.45%) GitLab
4 1 (0.45%) JMeter
4 1 (0.45%) JUnit
4 1 (0.45%) Maven
4 1 (0.45%) Postman
4 1 (0.45%) Selenium
4 1 (0.45%) Visual Studio
General
1 43 (19.46%) Social Skills
2 25 (11.31%) Electronics
2 25 (11.31%) Presentation Skills
3 19 (8.60%) Manufacturing
4 17 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (7.24%) Finance
6 7 (3.17%) Aerospace
7 6 (2.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (2.71%) Public Sector
7 6 (2.71%) Retail
8 4 (1.81%) Marketing
9 3 (1.36%) Aviation
9 3 (1.36%) Local Government
10 2 (0.90%) Games
10 2 (0.90%) Legal
11 1 (0.45%) Avionics
11 1 (0.45%) Back Office
11 1 (0.45%) Environmental Health
11 1 (0.45%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.45%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 71 (32.13%) Senior
2 46 (20.81%) Systems Engineer
3 27 (12.22%) Software Engineer
4 22 (9.95%) Principal Engineer
5 21 (9.50%) Architect
6 15 (6.79%) Engineering Manager
7 14 (6.33%) Senior Systems Engineer
8 13 (5.88%) Lead
9 12 (5.43%) Principal Software Engineer
10 10 (4.52%) IT Manager
10 10 (4.52%) Junior
10 10 (4.52%) Senior Software Engineer
11 9 (4.07%) Senior Electrical Engineer
12 8 (3.62%) Senior Software Test Engineer
12 8 (3.62%) Senior Test Engineer
12 8 (3.62%) Software Test Engineer
12 8 (3.62%) Systems Architect
12 8 (3.62%) Test Engineer
13 7 (3.17%) Junior Systems Engineer
13 7 (3.17%) Principal Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.17%) Middleware
2 2 (0.90%) AngularJS
2 2 (0.90%) gRPC
2 2 (0.90%) HTML5 Canvas
2 2 (0.90%) React
2 2 (0.90%) Regular Expression
2 2 (0.90%) Vue
2 2 (0.90%) Web Services
3 1 (0.45%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.45%) CSS
3 1 (0.45%) Gherkin
3 1 (0.45%) HTML
3 1 (0.45%) JSP
3 1 (0.45%) Spring
3 1 (0.45%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 18 (8.14%) Management Information System
2 12 (5.43%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (2.71%) Algorithms
3 6 (2.71%) SCADA
4 5 (2.26%) Data Structures
5 4 (1.81%) Cyber Threat
5 4 (1.81%) NHS
6 3 (1.36%) Analogue Electronics
6 3 (1.36%) Data Centre
7 2 (0.90%) CPLD
7 2 (0.90%) FPGA
7 2 (0.90%) Product Ownership
7 2 (0.90%) Security Operations Centre
7 2 (0.90%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.45%) Blog
8 1 (0.45%) Cyber Defence
8 1 (0.45%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.45%) Device Driver
8 1 (0.45%) Life Science
8 1 (0.45%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.71%) Linux
2 5 (2.26%) Windows
3 4 (1.81%) CentOS
3 4 (1.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 4 (1.81%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.45%) VxWorks
4 1 (0.45%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.45%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (35.75%) Systems Engineering
2 73 (33.03%) Computer Science
3 66 (29.86%) Agile
4 65 (29.41%) UML
5 41 (18.55%) Cybersecurity
6 37 (16.74%) Mathematics
7 36 (16.29%) Project Management
8 34 (15.38%) Configuration Management
9 32 (14.48%) Mentoring
9 32 (14.48%) SysML
9 32 (14.48%) Waterfall
10 30 (13.57%) Software Engineering
11 27 (12.22%) Continuous Improvement
11 27 (12.22%) Physics
12 25 (11.31%) MODAF
13 22 (9.95%) Problem-Solving
14 18 (8.14%) Customer Requirements
15 16 (7.24%) Validation
16 15 (6.79%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
16 15 (6.79%) FMEA
Programming Languages
1 41 (18.55%) MATLAB
2 14 (6.33%) Python
3 13 (5.88%) Ada
3 13 (5.88%) C++
4 12 (5.43%) C
5 10 (4.52%) C#
6 8 (3.62%) Java
7 7 (3.17%) SQL
8 5 (2.26%) TypeScript
9 4 (1.81%) Ada 95
9 4 (1.81%) JavaScript
10 3 (1.36%) Rust
11 2 (0.90%) Groovy
12 1 (0.45%) R
Qualifications
1 121 (54.75%) BPSS Clearance
2 47 (21.27%) Chartered Engineer
3 23 (10.41%) Master's Degree
4 12 (5.43%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (4.07%) PhD
6 7 (3.17%) Numerate Degree
6 7 (3.17%) SC Cleared
6 7 (3.17%) Security Cleared
7 6 (2.71%) CISSP
8 2 (0.90%) CCIE
8 2 (0.90%) CCNA
8 2 (0.90%) CCNP
8 2 (0.90%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.90%) GCIH
8 2 (0.90%) GIAC
8 2 (0.90%) ISTQB
8 2 (0.90%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 1 (0.45%) CISA
9 1 (0.45%) CSQA
9 1 (0.45%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (10.41%) ISO/IEC 12207
2 22 (9.95%) IEC 61508
3 15 (6.79%) Def Stans
4 11 (4.98%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 7 (3.17%) ARP4754
5 7 (3.17%) DO-254
6 5 (2.26%) Accessibility
6 5 (2.26%) QA
7 3 (1.36%) NEBOSH
8 2 (0.90%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.45%) GDPR
9 1 (0.45%) ISO 13485
9 1 (0.45%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 1 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.45%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (2.26%) VMware ESXi
2 4 (1.81%) Embedded Firmware
2 4 (1.81%) Firmware
2 4 (1.81%) Virtual Servers
2 4 (1.81%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (1.81%) vSphere
3 1 (0.45%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.45%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.45%) Terraform
Vendors
1 16 (7.24%) IBM
2 9 (4.07%) Microsoft
3 7 (3.17%) Epicor
4 6 (2.71%) PayPal
4 6 (2.71%) VMware
5 3 (1.36%) ANSYS
5 3 (1.36%) Cisco
5 3 (1.36%) EMC
6 1 (0.45%) Fortinet
6 1 (0.45%) Instagram
6 1 (0.45%) Twitter