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

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 9 3
Rank change year-on-year +1 -6 +11
Permanent jobs citing Degree 226 260 343
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 21.63% 12.72% 20.80%
As % of the Qualifications category 55.94% 51.79% 55.06%
Number of salaries quoted 119 101 118
10th Percentile £41,115 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £47,683 £32,000 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £44,886 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.67% -0.25% +12.50%
75th Percentile £67,500 £52,500 £60,899
90th Percentile £73,400 £65,000 £75,750
UK median annual salary £52,600 £52,285 £57,500
% change year-on-year +0.60% -9.07% +4.55%

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 404 502 623
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 38.66% 24.56% 37.78%
Number of salaries quoted 238 188 230
10th Percentile £37,574 £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 £70,000 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £73,000 £69,890 £69,336
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £59,250
% change year-on-year +1.85% -8.86% +7.73%

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 11 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 11 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 +3 111 £65,000 +44.44% 156
North Wales +3 103 £47,683 +40.24% 13
West Wales +4 4 £49,104 +12.24% 17
Mid Wales -1 2 - - 5
Dyfed - 1 £80,000 - 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 (0.44%) Apache
1 1 (0.44%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (3.10%) Microsoft Office
1 7 (3.10%) Simulink
2 6 (2.65%) Chatbot
3 4 (1.77%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (1.33%) GNU Octave
5 2 (0.88%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.44%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.44%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 7 (3.10%) Teamcenter
2 3 (1.33%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 7 (3.10%) Azure
2 5 (2.21%) Power Platform
3 4 (1.77%) PowerApps
4 3 (1.33%) AWS
4 3 (1.33%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (1.33%) Power Automate
4 3 (1.33%) Serverless
5 2 (0.88%) Azure Functions
5 2 (0.88%) Azure Logic Apps
5 2 (0.88%) Azure Service Bus
5 2 (0.88%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.44%) Amazon S3
6 1 (0.44%) Amazon SageMaker
6 1 (0.44%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (0.44%) Azure API Management
6 1 (0.44%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.44%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (0.44%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.44%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.44%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.54%) Firewall
2 7 (3.10%) GSM
3 4 (1.77%) Network Security
4 3 (1.33%) GPRS
4 3 (1.33%) VLAN
5 2 (0.88%) Internet
5 2 (0.88%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (0.88%) VPN
5 2 (0.88%) WAN
5 2 (0.88%) Wireless
6 1 (0.44%) 802.11
6 1 (0.44%) Bluetooth
6 1 (0.44%) DHCP
6 1 (0.44%) LAN
6 1 (0.44%) SMS
6 1 (0.44%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.77%) MariaDB
1 4 (1.77%) MySQL
1 4 (1.77%) RDBMS
1 4 (1.77%) Relational Database
2 3 (1.33%) Data Lake
3 2 (0.88%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.88%) Big Data
3 2 (0.88%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.88%) Power BI
4 1 (0.44%) DynamoDB
4 1 (0.44%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 17 (7.52%) Rational DOORS
2 5 (2.21%) JIRA
3 3 (1.33%) Git
4 2 (0.88%) Appium
4 2 (0.88%) Cucumber
4 2 (0.88%) JMeter
4 2 (0.88%) Maven
4 2 (0.88%) Postman
4 2 (0.88%) Selenium
5 1 (0.44%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.44%) Eclipse RCP
5 1 (0.44%) GitLab
5 1 (0.44%) JUnit
5 1 (0.44%) Visual Studio
General
1 45 (19.91%) Social Skills
2 24 (10.62%) Electronics
2 24 (10.62%) Presentation Skills
3 19 (8.41%) Finance
3 19 (8.41%) Manufacturing
4 18 (7.96%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (3.10%) Aerospace
5 7 (3.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (3.10%) Retail
6 5 (2.21%) Public Sector
7 4 (1.77%) Legal
7 4 (1.77%) Marketing
8 3 (1.33%) Aviation
8 3 (1.33%) Local Government
9 2 (0.88%) Banking
9 2 (0.88%) Games
10 1 (0.44%) Avionics
10 1 (0.44%) Back Office
10 1 (0.44%) Health Technology
10 1 (0.44%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 76 (33.63%) Senior
2 45 (19.91%) Systems Engineer
3 26 (11.50%) Software Engineer
4 24 (10.62%) Principal Engineer
5 20 (8.85%) Architect
6 15 (6.64%) Engineering Manager
7 14 (6.19%) Senior Systems Engineer
8 12 (5.31%) Lead
9 11 (4.87%) Principal Software Engineer
9 11 (4.87%) Senior Electrical Engineer
10 10 (4.42%) IT Manager
10 10 (4.42%) Junior
10 10 (4.42%) Senior Software Engineer
11 9 (3.98%) Principal Systems Engineer
12 8 (3.54%) Senior Software Test Engineer
12 8 (3.54%) Senior Test Engineer
12 8 (3.54%) Software Test Engineer
12 8 (3.54%) Systems Architect
12 8 (3.54%) Test Engineer
13 7 (3.10%) System Verification Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.65%) Middleware
2 4 (1.77%) Web Services
3 3 (1.33%) React
4 2 (0.88%) AngularJS
4 2 (0.88%) Gherkin
4 2 (0.88%) gRPC
4 2 (0.88%) HTML5 Canvas
4 2 (0.88%) Regular Expression
4 2 (0.88%) Vue
5 1 (0.44%) 802.1X
5 1 (0.44%) CSS
5 1 (0.44%) HTML
5 1 (0.44%) JSP
5 1 (0.44%) Node.js
5 1 (0.44%) Spring
5 1 (0.44%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 18 (7.96%) Management Information System
2 13 (5.75%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (3.54%) SCADA
4 6 (2.65%) Algorithms
5 4 (1.77%) Cyber Threat
5 4 (1.77%) Data Structures
5 4 (1.77%) NHS
6 3 (1.33%) Analogue Electronics
6 3 (1.33%) Data Centre
6 3 (1.33%) Product Ownership
7 2 (0.88%) CPLD
7 2 (0.88%) FPGA
7 2 (0.88%) Learning Management System
7 2 (0.88%) Security Operations Centre
7 2 (0.88%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.44%) Blog
8 1 (0.44%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.44%) Device Driver
8 1 (0.44%) Life Science
8 1 (0.44%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.65%) Linux
1 6 (2.65%) Windows
2 4 (1.77%) CentOS
2 4 (1.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 4 (1.77%) Ubuntu
3 2 (0.88%) Windows 10
3 2 (0.88%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.44%) VxWorks
4 1 (0.44%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (34.96%) Systems Engineering
2 72 (31.86%) Computer Science
3 64 (28.32%) Agile
4 61 (26.99%) UML
5 43 (19.03%) Mathematics
6 40 (17.70%) Cybersecurity
7 36 (15.93%) Project Management
8 32 (14.16%) Configuration Management
9 31 (13.72%) Mentoring
9 31 (13.72%) SysML
10 30 (13.27%) Waterfall
11 29 (12.83%) Physics
11 29 (12.83%) Software Engineering
12 25 (11.06%) Continuous Improvement
12 25 (11.06%) Problem-Solving
13 24 (10.62%) MODAF
14 18 (7.96%) Validation
15 17 (7.52%) Customer Requirements
15 17 (7.52%) Verification and Validation
16 16 (7.08%) FMEA
Programming Languages
1 39 (17.26%) MATLAB
2 15 (6.64%) Python
3 13 (5.75%) C++
4 12 (5.31%) Ada
4 12 (5.31%) C
5 10 (4.42%) C#
6 9 (3.98%) Java
7 8 (3.54%) SQL
8 6 (2.65%) TypeScript
9 4 (1.77%) JavaScript
10 3 (1.33%) Ada 95
10 3 (1.33%) Rust
11 2 (0.88%) Groovy
12 1 (0.44%) R
Qualifications
1 118 (52.21%) BPSS Clearance
2 45 (19.91%) Chartered Engineer
3 23 (10.18%) Master's Degree
4 12 (5.31%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (4.42%) PhD
6 9 (3.98%) Numerate Degree
7 8 (3.54%) SC Cleared
7 8 (3.54%) Security Cleared
8 7 (3.10%) CISSP
9 3 (1.33%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.88%) CCIE
10 2 (0.88%) CCNA
10 2 (0.88%) CCNP
10 2 (0.88%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.88%) GCIH
10 2 (0.88%) GIAC
10 2 (0.88%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (0.88%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 1 (0.44%) CRISC
11 1 (0.44%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (10.18%) IEC 61508
2 21 (9.29%) ISO/IEC 12207
3 16 (7.08%) Def Stans
4 10 (4.42%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 7 (3.10%) ARP4754
5 7 (3.10%) DO-254
6 6 (2.65%) QA
7 5 (2.21%) Accessibility
8 3 (1.33%) NEBOSH
9 2 (0.88%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.44%) GDPR
10 1 (0.44%) ISO 13485
10 1 (0.44%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 1 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.44%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (2.21%) VMware ESXi
2 4 (1.77%) Embedded Firmware
2 4 (1.77%) Firmware
2 4 (1.77%) Virtual Servers
2 4 (1.77%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (1.77%) vSphere
3 2 (0.88%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.44%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.44%) Terraform
Vendors
1 15 (6.64%) IBM
2 8 (3.54%) Microsoft
3 7 (3.10%) Epicor
4 6 (2.65%) PayPal
4 6 (2.65%) VMware
5 3 (1.33%) ANSYS
5 3 (1.33%) Cisco
5 3 (1.33%) EMC
6 1 (0.44%) Fortinet
6 1 (0.44%) Instagram
6 1 (0.44%) Micro Focus
6 1 (0.44%) Twitter