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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 10 6 11
Rank change year-on-year -4 +5 +6
Permanent jobs citing Degree 1,367 1,334 1,434
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 13.18% 20.54% 16.57%
As % of the Qualifications category 39.99% 47.00% 42.23%
Number of salaries quoted 837 498 651
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,500 £28,750
25th Percentile £36,919 £35,000 £33,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £70,600 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £66,250
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% -

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 3,418 2,838 3,396
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 32.95% 43.70% 39.24%
Number of salaries quoted 2,201 1,294 1,658
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,294 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% +3.73%
75th Percentile £67,750 £71,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £76,250
England median annual salary £54,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.17% +9.09% -

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 9 June 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 9 June 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 +6 431 £55,000 +4.76% 223
Dorset -6 239 £45,000 -18.18% 70
Gloucestershire -8 209 £50,000 -6.98% 89
Devon -3 171 £40,000 -0.62% 91
Wiltshire -4 153 £55,000 +10.00% 79
Somerset -1 115 £51,500 +19.77% 96
Cornwall -6 35 £39,005 +18.20% 12
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 82 (6.00%) Confluence
2 37 (2.71%) SharePoint
3 28 (2.05%) Microsoft Exchange
4 12 (0.88%) ArcGIS
5 9 (0.66%) Apache Spark
6 8 (0.59%) Apache
7 6 (0.44%) Apache Airflow
7 6 (0.44%) Luigi
7 6 (0.44%) SAS
8 4 (0.29%) Site Server
9 3 (0.22%) IIS
9 3 (0.22%) Jupyter
9 3 (0.22%) Tomcat
9 3 (0.22%) WildFly
10 2 (0.15%) Skype for Business
10 2 (0.15%) WordPress
Applications
1 156 (11.41%) Microsoft Office
2 96 (7.02%) Microsoft Excel
3 72 (5.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 37 (2.71%) Simulink
5 19 (1.39%) Microsoft Project
6 17 (1.24%) MS Visio
7 11 (0.80%) Trello
8 10 (0.73%) AutoCAD
9 9 (0.66%) Spreadsheet
10 6 (0.44%) SOLIDWORKS
11 5 (0.37%) OrCAD
12 4 (0.29%) Stateflow
13 3 (0.22%) Revit
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 (2.19%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 11 (0.80%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.37%) SAP QM
4 4 (0.29%) Maximo
4 4 (0.29%) Primavera
5 2 (0.15%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
6 1 (0.073%) HiPortfolio
6 1 (0.073%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 162 (11.85%) Azure
2 117 (8.56%) Microsoft 365
3 95 (6.95%) AWS
4 58 (4.24%) Power Platform
5 50 (3.66%) Azure DevOps
6 39 (2.85%) SaaS
7 30 (2.19%) GCP
8 24 (1.76%) GitHub
9 22 (1.61%) Entra ID
10 15 (1.10%) npm
11 13 (0.95%) Dynamics 365
11 13 (0.95%) IaaS
12 12 (0.88%) PaaS
12 12 (0.88%) WhatsApp
13 11 (0.80%) Firebase
14 8 (0.59%) Azure Functions
14 8 (0.59%) Serverless
15 7 (0.51%) OneDrive
15 7 (0.51%) Snowflake
16 6 (0.44%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 43 (3.15%) WAN
2 37 (2.71%) Firewall
3 31 (2.27%) SD-WAN
4 30 (2.19%) DNS
5 29 (2.12%) 5G
6 28 (2.05%) Network Security
7 27 (1.98%) TCP/IP
8 22 (1.61%) Internet
9 19 (1.39%) LAN
10 18 (1.32%) Wi-Fi
11 15 (1.10%) Ethernet
11 15 (1.10%) Remote Desktop
12 14 (1.02%) VLAN
13 12 (0.88%) DHCP
13 12 (0.88%) RS-232
13 12 (0.88%) Wireless
14 10 (0.73%) HTTP
14 10 (0.73%) VoIP
15 9 (0.66%) SAN
16 8 (0.59%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (4.24%) SQL Server
2 51 (3.73%) Power BI
3 39 (2.85%) Relational Database
4 35 (2.56%) Tableau
5 22 (1.61%) Big Data
6 18 (1.32%) MySQL
7 17 (1.24%) Data Warehouse
8 16 (1.17%) Electronic Patient Records
9 12 (0.88%) PostgreSQL
9 12 (0.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 11 (0.80%) Redis
11 9 (0.66%) Amazon RDS
11 9 (0.66%) NoSQL
12 8 (0.59%) Elasticsearch
12 8 (0.59%) RDBMS
13 7 (0.51%) Hadoop
14 6 (0.44%) Bigtable
14 6 (0.44%) CouchDB
14 6 (0.44%) Qlik Sense
14 6 (0.44%) RethinkDB
Development Applications
1 141 (10.31%) Git
2 121 (8.85%) JIRA
3 91 (6.66%) Visual Studio
4 64 (4.68%) Bitbucket
5 59 (4.32%) Sourcetree
6 35 (2.56%) LabVIEW
7 27 (1.98%) Rational DOORS
8 22 (1.61%) Jenkins
9 15 (1.10%) Cucumber
9 15 (1.10%) Selenium
10 13 (0.95%) Storybook
11 10 (0.73%) NetBeans
12 9 (0.66%) Subversion
13 8 (0.59%) Oracle Forms
13 8 (0.59%) TeamCity
14 6 (0.44%) Rational Rhapsody
15 3 (0.22%) Eclipse
15 3 (0.22%) JUnit
15 3 (0.22%) SonarQube
16 2 (0.15%) Maven
General
1 476 (34.82%) Social Skills
2 273 (19.97%) Finance
3 255 (18.65%) Analytical Skills
4 187 (13.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 142 (10.39%) Law
6 129 (9.44%) Presentation Skills
7 109 (7.97%) Games
8 102 (7.46%) Banking
9 97 (7.10%) Manufacturing
10 89 (6.51%) Investment Banking
11 73 (5.34%) Legal
11 73 (5.34%) Marketing
11 73 (5.34%) Retail
12 58 (4.24%) Aerospace
13 55 (4.02%) Electronics
14 46 (3.37%) Pharmaceutical
15 44 (3.22%) Public Sector
16 41 (3.00%) Organisational Skills
17 40 (2.93%) Military
18 33 (2.41%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 261 (19.09%) Senior
2 198 (14.48%) Developer
3 127 (9.29%) Project Manager
4 117 (8.56%) Analyst
5 111 (8.12%) Lead
6 107 (7.83%) Software Engineer
7 78 (5.71%) Systems Engineer
8 76 (5.56%) Architect
9 59 (4.32%) 3D Developer
9 59 (4.32%) Games Developer
9 59 (4.32%) Unity 3D Developer
10 57 (4.17%) Senior Developer
11 54 (3.95%) Senior Manager
12 46 (3.37%) Graduate
13 45 (3.29%) Consultant
14 44 (3.22%) Senior Software Engineer
15 43 (3.15%) Solutions Architect
16 41 (3.00%) Support Engineer
17 34 (2.49%) Business Analyst
18 33 (2.41%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 76 (5.56%) .NET
2 68 (4.97%) Unity (Game Engine)
3 64 (4.68%) AngularJS
4 50 (3.66%) HTML
5 47 (3.44%) CSS
6 43 (3.15%) React
7 33 (2.41%) Node.js
8 24 (1.76%) .NET Framework
9 22 (1.61%) ASP.NET
10 17 (1.24%) REST
11 15 (1.10%) Sass
11 15 (1.10%) Spring
12 14 (1.02%) XML
13 13 (0.95%) Entity Framework
14 12 (0.88%) ASP.NET Web API
14 12 (0.88%) Gherkin
14 12 (0.88%) HTML5
14 12 (0.88%) PyTorch
14 12 (0.88%) Twitter Bootstrap
15 11 (0.80%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 85 (6.22%) Self-Motivation
2 77 (5.63%) Management Information System
3 73 (5.34%) Algorithms
4 67 (4.90%) Virtual Reality
5 55 (4.02%) Driving Licence
6 36 (2.63%) GNSS
6 36 (2.63%) Onboarding
7 34 (2.49%) Product Ownership
8 28 (2.05%) Cloud Native
9 25 (1.83%) FPGA
10 24 (1.76%) Robotics
11 23 (1.68%) Data Protection Act
12 21 (1.54%) Data Centre
13 17 (1.24%) Public Cloud
13 17 (1.24%) VHDL
14 16 (1.17%) Analytical Mindset
15 14 (1.02%) Derivative
15 14 (1.02%) Embedded Systems
15 14 (1.02%) Mobile App
16 13 (0.95%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 141 (10.31%) Linux
2 139 (10.17%) Windows
3 34 (2.49%) Unix
4 32 (2.34%) Windows Server
5 27 (1.98%) Apple iOS
6 23 (1.68%) Android
7 17 (1.24%) Mac OS
8 13 (0.95%) Windows 10
9 10 (0.73%) Debian
9 10 (0.73%) Ubuntu
10 9 (0.66%) Windows Server 2016
11 7 (0.51%) Windows Server 2019
12 6 (0.44%) Windows Server 2012
13 3 (0.22%) Embedded Linux
13 3 (0.22%) Windows 7
13 3 (0.22%) Windows Server 2008
14 2 (0.15%) CentOS
14 2 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 2 (0.15%) Windows 2000
14 2 (0.15%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 415 (30.36%) Problem-Solving
2 331 (24.21%) Computer Science
3 250 (18.29%) Agile
4 232 (16.97%) Software Engineering
5 231 (16.90%) Project Management
6 157 (11.49%) DevOps
7 136 (9.95%) Continuous Improvement
8 127 (9.29%) Mentoring
9 123 (9.00%) UML
10 121 (8.85%) Scrum
11 112 (8.19%) Analytics
11 112 (8.19%) ITIL
12 111 (8.12%) Decision-Making
12 111 (8.12%) Mathematics
13 110 (8.05%) Coaching
14 107 (7.83%) Project Delivery
15 105 (7.68%) Validation
16 104 (7.61%) Test Automation
17 92 (6.73%) B2B
18 82 (6.00%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 171 (12.51%) Python
2 160 (11.70%) SQL
3 136 (9.95%) C#
4 95 (6.95%) JavaScript
5 86 (6.29%) C
5 86 (6.29%) Java
6 70 (5.12%) C++
7 68 (4.97%) MATLAB
8 44 (3.22%) TypeScript
9 24 (1.76%) PowerShell
10 23 (1.68%) R
11 22 (1.61%) Bash
12 21 (1.54%) Perl
13 20 (1.46%) PHP
14 19 (1.39%) VB
15 16 (1.17%) Scala
16 12 (0.88%) Swift
17 10 (0.73%) Objective-C
17 10 (0.73%) T-SQL
18 8 (0.59%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 362 (26.48%) Security Cleared
2 224 (16.39%) SC Cleared
3 159 (11.63%) Computer Science Degree
4 151 (11.05%) BPSS Clearance
5 91 (6.66%) Master's Degree
6 59 (4.32%) DV Cleared
7 40 (2.93%) Microsoft Certification
8 38 (2.78%) HND
9 31 (2.27%) TOGAF Certification
10 30 (2.19%) DBS Check
11 26 (1.90%) PMI Certification
12 22 (1.61%) Cisco Certification
12 22 (1.61%) CISSP
13 21 (1.54%) HNC
13 21 (1.54%) PMP
14 20 (1.46%) CIPD
14 20 (1.46%) MCP
15 16 (1.17%) ISTQB
15 16 (1.17%) PhD
16 11 (0.80%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (6.44%) QA
2 38 (2.78%) PMO
3 31 (2.27%) GMP
4 27 (1.98%) GDPR
5 25 (1.83%) SLA
6 24 (1.76%) Data Quality
7 18 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 17 (1.24%) IEC 61508
9 15 (1.10%) NIST
10 14 (1.02%) ISO 9001
11 13 (0.95%) Cyber Essentials
12 12 (0.88%) Accessibility
12 12 (0.88%) ISO 13485
13 10 (0.73%) Def Stans
14 9 (0.66%) PCI DSS
15 8 (0.59%) TickIT
16 7 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 15288
17 5 (0.37%) NCSC
17 5 (0.37%) SOC 1
17 5 (0.37%) SOC 2
System Software
1 57 (4.17%) Active Directory
2 39 (2.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 38 (2.78%) Firmware
4 27 (1.98%) Docker
5 20 (1.46%) Hyper-V
6 19 (1.39%) Embedded Firmware
7 14 (1.02%) Virtual Machines
8 6 (0.44%) vSphere
9 3 (0.22%) KVM
9 3 (0.22%) XenApp
10 2 (0.15%) Kamailio
10 2 (0.15%) Terminal Services
11 1 (0.073%) DFS Replication
Systems Management
1 14 (1.02%) Kubernetes
2 11 (0.80%) CASB
3 10 (0.73%) SCCM
3 10 (0.73%) Terraform
4 7 (0.51%) Jamf Pro
5 6 (0.44%) Nagios
6 5 (0.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 5 (0.37%) Rancher
6 5 (0.37%) WSUS
7 4 (0.29%) Ansible
7 4 (0.29%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (0.29%) Progress Chef
8 3 (0.22%) EMC VPLEX
8 3 (0.22%) OfficeScan
8 3 (0.22%) SCOM
8 3 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.15%) Grafana
9 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Clustering
10 1 (0.073%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 1 (0.073%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 324 (23.70%) Microsoft
2 46 (3.37%) VMware
3 37 (2.71%) Cisco
4 30 (2.19%) Sparx
5 27 (1.98%) Oracle
6 24 (1.76%) Google
7 18 (1.32%) IBM
8 16 (1.17%) Atlassian
8 16 (1.17%) HP
9 14 (1.02%) Salesforce
10 13 (0.95%) Databricks
11 12 (0.88%) Apple
12 11 (0.80%) Veeam
12 11 (0.80%) Xilinx
13 10 (0.73%) SAP
14 9 (0.66%) Alteryx
14 9 (0.66%) Citrix
14 9 (0.66%) Red Hat
14 9 (0.66%) ServiceNow
15 8 (0.59%) Altera