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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 9 5 14
Rank change year-on-year -4 +9 +7
Permanent jobs citing Degree 1,344 1,327 1,188
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 14.47% 19.67% 14.73%
As % of the Qualifications category 40.69% 47.53% 38.08%
Number of salaries quoted 855 464 583
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,900 £28,750
25th Percentile £33,750 £34,250 £33,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% +5.56% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £73,750 £77,715 £67,500
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 3,303 2,792 3,120
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 35.57% 41.38% 38.70%
Number of salaries quoted 2,150 1,259 1,614
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £30,502
25th Percentile £39,290 £37,940 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.95% +5.00% +4.12%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,125 £80,000 £76,520
England median annual salary £55,000 £59,600 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.72% +8.36% -

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 10 May 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 10 May 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 +3 413 £55,000 +10.00% 235
Dorset -7 237 £43,750 -7.89% 56
Gloucestershire -1 235 £44,500 -19.09% 68
Devon -1 173 £39,500 -5.90% 81
Wiltshire -9 137 £55,000 +10.00% 76
Somerset -4 101 £47,500 +18.75% 118
Cornwall +1 35 £39,005 +19.21% 15
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
1 111 (8.26%) Confluence
2 40 (2.98%) SharePoint
3 26 (1.93%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (0.67%) Apache Spark
5 8 (0.60%) ArcGIS
6 6 (0.45%) Apache
6 6 (0.45%) SAS
7 4 (0.30%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.30%) Luigi
7 4 (0.30%) Site Server
8 3 (0.22%) Jupyter
8 3 (0.22%) Tomcat
8 3 (0.22%) WildFly
9 2 (0.15%) IIS
9 2 (0.15%) Skype for Business
9 2 (0.15%) WordPress
Applications
1 134 (9.97%) Microsoft Office
2 99 (7.37%) Microsoft Excel
3 71 (5.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 36 (2.68%) Simulink
5 22 (1.64%) MS Visio
6 20 (1.49%) Microsoft Project
7 12 (0.89%) Trello
8 9 (0.67%) Spreadsheet
9 8 (0.60%) AutoCAD
10 6 (0.45%) SOLIDWORKS
11 5 (0.37%) OrCAD
12 4 (0.30%) Stateflow
13 3 (0.22%) 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 33 (2.46%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 10 (0.74%) SAP QM
3 9 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.30%) Primavera
4 4 (0.30%) Unit4 Business World
5 2 (0.15%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
6 1 (0.074%) HiPortfolio
6 1 (0.074%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.074%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.074%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 156 (11.61%) Azure
2 119 (8.85%) Microsoft 365
3 89 (6.62%) AWS
4 55 (4.09%) Power Platform
5 54 (4.02%) Azure DevOps
6 32 (2.38%) SaaS
7 25 (1.86%) GCP
8 23 (1.71%) Entra ID
9 22 (1.64%) GitHub
10 15 (1.12%) npm
10 15 (1.12%) WhatsApp
11 12 (0.89%) Dynamics 365
12 11 (0.82%) Firebase
13 9 (0.67%) IaaS
13 9 (0.67%) PaaS
13 9 (0.67%) Serverless
14 8 (0.60%) Azure Functions
15 7 (0.52%) OneDrive
15 7 (0.52%) Slack
16 6 (0.45%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 44 (3.27%) WAN
2 32 (2.38%) Firewall
2 32 (2.38%) SD-WAN
3 30 (2.23%) 5G
4 29 (2.16%) DNS
5 24 (1.79%) Network Security
6 23 (1.71%) Internet
7 20 (1.49%) TCP/IP
8 19 (1.41%) LAN
9 18 (1.34%) Wi-Fi
10 15 (1.12%) Remote Desktop
11 14 (1.04%) Ethernet
12 12 (0.89%) RS-232
12 12 (0.89%) VoIP
13 11 (0.82%) Wireless
14 10 (0.74%) HTTP
15 8 (0.60%) Bluetooth
15 8 (0.60%) DHCP
15 8 (0.60%) SMTP
16 7 (0.52%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (3.79%) SQL Server
2 47 (3.50%) Power BI
3 38 (2.83%) Relational Database
4 34 (2.53%) Tableau
5 20 (1.49%) MySQL
6 18 (1.34%) Big Data
6 18 (1.34%) Data Warehouse
7 16 (1.19%) Electronic Patient Records
8 10 (0.74%) NoSQL
8 10 (0.74%) PostgreSQL
8 10 (0.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 9 (0.67%) Redis
10 8 (0.60%) Amazon RDS
10 8 (0.60%) RDBMS
11 7 (0.52%) Hadoop
11 7 (0.52%) OLTP
12 6 (0.45%) Elasticsearch
12 6 (0.45%) Qlik Sense
12 6 (0.45%) Snowflake Schema
12 6 (0.45%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 162 (12.05%) Git
2 146 (10.86%) JIRA
3 115 (8.56%) Visual Studio
4 90 (6.70%) Bitbucket
5 59 (4.39%) Sourcetree
6 36 (2.68%) LabVIEW
7 25 (1.86%) Rational DOORS
8 23 (1.71%) Jenkins
9 15 (1.12%) Selenium
10 14 (1.04%) Cucumber
11 13 (0.97%) Storybook
12 9 (0.67%) Subversion
13 8 (0.60%) NetBeans
13 8 (0.60%) TeamCity
14 6 (0.45%) Rational Rhapsody
15 3 (0.22%) Eclipse
15 3 (0.22%) Oracle Forms
15 3 (0.22%) SonarQube
16 2 (0.15%) JUnit
16 2 (0.15%) Maven
General
1 451 (33.56%) Social Skills
2 268 (19.94%) Finance
3 245 (18.23%) Analytical Skills
4 191 (14.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 163 (12.13%) Presentation Skills
6 140 (10.42%) Law
7 137 (10.19%) Games
8 97 (7.22%) Banking
9 95 (7.07%) Manufacturing
10 89 (6.62%) Investment Banking
11 74 (5.51%) Marketing
12 63 (4.69%) Legal
13 61 (4.54%) Aerospace
14 59 (4.39%) Retail
15 55 (4.09%) Electronics
16 48 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
17 40 (2.98%) Military
18 39 (2.90%) Pharmaceutical
19 38 (2.83%) Public Sector
20 34 (2.53%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 248 (18.45%) Senior
2 223 (16.59%) Developer
3 127 (9.45%) Project Manager
4 115 (8.56%) Analyst
5 110 (8.18%) Lead
6 97 (7.22%) Software Engineer
7 87 (6.47%) 3D Developer
7 87 (6.47%) Games Developer
7 87 (6.47%) Unity 3D Developer
8 73 (5.43%) Systems Engineer
9 72 (5.36%) Architect
10 57 (4.24%) Senior Developer
11 56 (4.17%) Graduate
12 54 (4.02%) Senior Manager
13 47 (3.50%) Support Engineer
14 42 (3.13%) Solutions Architect
15 39 (2.90%) Senior Software Engineer
16 36 (2.68%) Administrator
17 35 (2.60%) Consultant
17 35 (2.60%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 96 (7.14%) Unity (Game Engine)
2 78 (5.80%) .NET
3 64 (4.76%) AngularJS
4 47 (3.50%) CSS
4 47 (3.50%) HTML
5 44 (3.27%) React
6 35 (2.60%) Node.js
7 22 (1.64%) .NET Framework
8 19 (1.41%) ASP.NET
9 15 (1.12%) REST
9 15 (1.12%) Sass
10 13 (0.97%) Spring
11 12 (0.89%) ASP.NET Web API
11 12 (0.89%) Entity Framework
11 12 (0.89%) Gherkin
11 12 (0.89%) HTML5
11 12 (0.89%) PyTorch
11 12 (0.89%) XML
12 11 (0.82%) .NET Core
13 10 (0.74%) ASP.NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 95 (7.07%) Virtual Reality
2 89 (6.62%) Self-Motivation
3 73 (5.43%) Algorithms
4 72 (5.36%) Management Information System
5 56 (4.17%) Driving Licence
6 36 (2.68%) GNSS
6 36 (2.68%) Onboarding
7 32 (2.38%) Product Ownership
8 29 (2.16%) Cloud Native
9 25 (1.86%) FPGA
10 24 (1.79%) Robotics
11 23 (1.71%) Data Protection Act
12 17 (1.26%) VHDL
13 16 (1.19%) Analytical Mindset
13 16 (1.19%) Data Centre
13 16 (1.19%) Public Cloud
14 15 (1.12%) Embedded Systems
15 14 (1.04%) Derivative
16 13 (0.97%) Credit Risk
16 13 (0.97%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 137 (10.19%) Windows
2 124 (9.23%) Linux
3 38 (2.83%) Unix
4 28 (2.08%) Apple iOS
5 25 (1.86%) Windows Server
6 24 (1.79%) Android
7 18 (1.34%) Mac OS
8 13 (0.97%) Windows 10
9 10 (0.74%) Ubuntu
10 8 (0.60%) Debian
11 7 (0.52%) Windows Server 2016
12 6 (0.45%) Windows Server 2019
13 5 (0.37%) Windows 7
13 5 (0.37%) Windows Server 2008
14 4 (0.30%) Windows XP
15 3 (0.22%) Embedded Linux
15 3 (0.22%) Windows Server 2012
16 2 (0.15%) Kali Linux
16 2 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 2 (0.15%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 399 (29.69%) Problem-Solving
2 317 (23.59%) Computer Science
3 250 (18.60%) Software Engineering
4 238 (17.71%) Agile
5 225 (16.74%) Project Management
6 161 (11.98%) DevOps
7 148 (11.01%) UML
8 147 (10.94%) Scrum
9 119 (8.85%) Mentoring
10 112 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
11 111 (8.26%) Decision-Making
12 109 (8.11%) Analytics
12 109 (8.11%) Validation
13 108 (8.04%) ITIL
13 108 (8.04%) Mathematics
14 105 (7.81%) Test Automation
15 101 (7.51%) Design Patterns
16 98 (7.29%) Project Delivery
17 96 (7.14%) Use Case
18 92 (6.85%) B2B
Programming Languages
1 163 (12.13%) Python
2 162 (12.05%) C#
3 137 (10.19%) SQL
4 94 (6.99%) JavaScript
5 84 (6.25%) C
6 82 (6.10%) Java
7 68 (5.06%) MATLAB
8 65 (4.84%) C++
9 44 (3.27%) TypeScript
10 23 (1.71%) R
11 22 (1.64%) Bash
11 22 (1.64%) PHP
12 21 (1.56%) PowerShell
13 20 (1.49%) Perl
14 17 (1.26%) VB
15 16 (1.19%) Scala
16 12 (0.89%) Swift
17 11 (0.82%) T-SQL
18 10 (0.74%) Objective-C
19 8 (0.60%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 373 (27.75%) Security Cleared
2 239 (17.78%) SC Cleared
3 175 (13.02%) BPSS Clearance
4 148 (11.01%) Computer Science Degree
5 95 (7.07%) Master's Degree
6 58 (4.32%) DV Cleared
7 41 (3.05%) HND
8 36 (2.68%) Microsoft Certification
9 35 (2.60%) TOGAF Certification
10 25 (1.86%) PMI Certification
11 24 (1.79%) CISSP
11 24 (1.79%) DBS Check
12 21 (1.56%) MCP
12 21 (1.56%) PMP
13 19 (1.41%) Cisco Certification
13 19 (1.41%) HNC
14 15 (1.12%) PhD
15 14 (1.04%) ISTQB
16 13 (0.97%) CISM
17 12 (0.89%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (6.25%) QA
2 38 (2.83%) PMO
3 34 (2.53%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 27 (2.01%) GDPR
5 26 (1.93%) GMP
6 25 (1.86%) SLA
7 19 (1.41%) Data Quality
8 16 (1.19%) NIST
9 15 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials
9 15 (1.12%) IEC 61508
10 14 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 12 (0.89%) Accessibility
11 12 (0.89%) ISO 13485
11 12 (0.89%) ISO 9001
12 9 (0.67%) PCI DSS
13 8 (0.60%) Def Stans
14 7 (0.52%) TickIT
15 6 (0.45%) JSP 440
15 6 (0.45%) NCSC
15 6 (0.45%) RMADS
System Software
1 54 (4.02%) Active Directory
2 37 (2.75%) Firmware
3 35 (2.60%) VMware Infrastructure
4 25 (1.86%) Docker
5 19 (1.41%) Embedded Firmware
6 15 (1.12%) Hyper-V
7 13 (0.97%) Virtual Machines
8 6 (0.45%) vSphere
9 3 (0.22%) KVM
9 3 (0.22%) XenApp
10 2 (0.15%) Kamailio
Systems Management
1 13 (0.97%) Kubernetes
2 11 (0.82%) CASB
3 9 (0.67%) Terraform
4 8 (0.60%) Jamf Pro
4 8 (0.60%) SCCM
5 6 (0.45%) Nagios
6 5 (0.37%) Ansible
6 5 (0.37%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (0.37%) Rancher
7 4 (0.30%) Progress Chef
7 4 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.22%) EMC VPLEX
8 3 (0.22%) OfficeScan
8 3 (0.22%) WSUS
9 2 (0.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.15%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.15%) Nmap
10 1 (0.074%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 337 (25.07%) Microsoft
2 37 (2.75%) VMware
3 33 (2.46%) Sparx
4 29 (2.16%) Cisco
5 26 (1.93%) Google
6 23 (1.71%) Oracle
7 19 (1.41%) Salesforce
8 17 (1.26%) SAP
9 14 (1.04%) IBM
10 13 (0.97%) Apple
10 13 (0.97%) Atlassian
11 11 (0.82%) Citrix
11 11 (0.82%) Xilinx
12 10 (0.74%) HP
12 10 (0.74%) ServiceNow
13 9 (0.67%) Alteryx
13 9 (0.67%) Veeam
14 8 (0.60%) Altera
14 8 (0.60%) Green Hills
14 8 (0.60%) Motorola