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

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 9 6 14
Rank change year-on-year -3 +8 +7
Permanent jobs citing Degree 1,334 1,349 1,218
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 14.24% 20.19% 14.90%
As % of the Qualifications category 40.68% 47.67% 38.52%
Number of salaries quoted 846 475 590
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £34,894 £34,469
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,875 £49,263 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.79% +9.47% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £68,125 £60,000
90th Percentile £73,750 £78,750 £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 3,279 2,830 3,162
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 34.99% 42.35% 38.69%
Number of salaries quoted 2,146 1,259 1,620
10th Percentile £29,775 £30,431 £30,505
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,353 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,022 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.93% +6.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,600 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £80,000 £76,275
England median annual salary £54,700 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.83% +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 18 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 18 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 +1 409 £55,000 +10.00% 229
Dorset -6 238 £45,000 -5.26% 58
Gloucestershire -4 226 £46,000 -16.36% 80
Devon -1 174 £39,500 -1.86% 87
Wiltshire -10 139 £55,000 +10.00% 87
Somerset -3 99 £47,500 +10.47% 111
Cornwall 0 35 £39,005 +19.21% 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
1 103 (7.72%) Confluence
2 38 (2.85%) SharePoint
3 28 (2.10%) 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%) IIS
8 3 (0.22%) Jupyter
8 3 (0.22%) Tomcat
8 3 (0.22%) WildFly
9 2 (0.15%) Skype for Business
9 2 (0.15%) WordPress
Applications
1 135 (10.12%) Microsoft Office
2 98 (7.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 71 (5.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 36 (2.70%) Simulink
5 21 (1.57%) MS Visio
6 19 (1.42%) Microsoft Project
7 12 (0.90%) 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 2 (0.15%) Adobe After Effects
13 2 (0.15%) Adobe Illustrator
13 2 (0.15%) Gliffy
13 2 (0.15%) GNU Octave
13 2 (0.15%) InDesign
13 2 (0.15%) LaTeX
13 2 (0.15%) Photoshop
14 1 (0.075%) Revit
Business Applications
1 31 (2.32%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 9 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (0.67%) SAP QM
3 4 (0.30%) Primavera
3 4 (0.30%) Unit4 Business World
4 2 (0.15%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
5 1 (0.075%) HiPortfolio
5 1 (0.075%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.075%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 154 (11.54%) Azure
2 116 (8.70%) Microsoft 365
3 89 (6.67%) AWS
4 55 (4.12%) Power Platform
5 52 (3.90%) Azure DevOps
6 33 (2.47%) SaaS
7 26 (1.95%) GCP
8 23 (1.72%) Entra ID
8 23 (1.72%) GitHub
9 15 (1.12%) npm
10 13 (0.97%) WhatsApp
11 12 (0.90%) Dynamics 365
12 11 (0.82%) Firebase
13 10 (0.75%) IaaS
14 9 (0.67%) PaaS
15 8 (0.60%) Azure Functions
15 8 (0.60%) Serverless
16 7 (0.52%) OneDrive
16 7 (0.52%) Slack
17 5 (0.37%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 44 (3.30%) WAN
2 32 (2.40%) Firewall
2 32 (2.40%) SD-WAN
3 30 (2.25%) 5G
4 29 (2.17%) DNS
5 24 (1.80%) Network Security
6 23 (1.72%) Internet
7 20 (1.50%) TCP/IP
8 19 (1.42%) LAN
8 19 (1.42%) Wi-Fi
9 15 (1.12%) Ethernet
9 15 (1.12%) Remote Desktop
10 12 (0.90%) RS-232
11 11 (0.82%) VoIP
11 11 (0.82%) Wireless
12 10 (0.75%) HTTP
13 9 (0.67%) DHCP
14 8 (0.60%) Bluetooth
14 8 (0.60%) SMTP
14 8 (0.60%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (3.82%) SQL Server
2 48 (3.60%) Power BI
3 38 (2.85%) Relational Database
4 34 (2.55%) Tableau
5 19 (1.42%) MySQL
6 18 (1.35%) Big Data
7 17 (1.27%) Data Warehouse
8 16 (1.20%) Electronic Patient Records
9 11 (0.82%) PostgreSQL
9 11 (0.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 10 (0.75%) NoSQL
10 10 (0.75%) Redis
11 8 (0.60%) Amazon RDS
11 8 (0.60%) RDBMS
12 7 (0.52%) Hadoop
13 6 (0.45%) Data Mining
13 6 (0.45%) GIS
13 6 (0.45%) OLTP
13 6 (0.45%) Snowflake Schema
13 6 (0.45%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 154 (11.54%) Git
2 137 (10.27%) JIRA
3 108 (8.10%) Visual Studio
4 82 (6.15%) Bitbucket
5 59 (4.42%) Sourcetree
6 35 (2.62%) LabVIEW
7 25 (1.87%) Rational DOORS
8 23 (1.72%) Jenkins
9 15 (1.12%) Selenium
10 14 (1.05%) 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
1 453 (33.96%) Social Skills
2 267 (20.01%) Finance
3 248 (18.59%) Analytical Skills
4 189 (14.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 155 (11.62%) Presentation Skills
6 140 (10.49%) Law
7 129 (9.67%) Games
8 97 (7.27%) Banking
8 97 (7.27%) Manufacturing
9 89 (6.67%) Investment Banking
10 73 (5.47%) Marketing
11 60 (4.50%) Aerospace
12 59 (4.42%) Legal
13 58 (4.35%) Retail
14 54 (4.05%) Electronics
15 47 (3.52%) Organisational Skills
16 41 (3.07%) Pharmaceutical
17 39 (2.92%) Military
18 37 (2.77%) Public Sector
19 33 (2.47%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 253 (18.97%) Senior
2 216 (16.19%) Developer
3 126 (9.45%) Project Manager
4 117 (8.77%) Analyst
5 110 (8.25%) Lead
6 99 (7.42%) Software Engineer
7 79 (5.92%) 3D Developer
7 79 (5.92%) Games Developer
7 79 (5.92%) Unity 3D Developer
8 73 (5.47%) Systems Engineer
9 70 (5.25%) Architect
10 57 (4.27%) Senior Developer
11 54 (4.05%) Senior Manager
12 52 (3.90%) Graduate
13 46 (3.45%) Support Engineer
14 41 (3.07%) Senior Software Engineer
15 40 (3.00%) Solutions Architect
16 35 (2.62%) Consultant
16 35 (2.62%) Software Developer
17 34 (2.55%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 88 (6.60%) Unity (Game Engine)
2 77 (5.77%) .NET
3 64 (4.80%) AngularJS
4 48 (3.60%) CSS
4 48 (3.60%) HTML
5 44 (3.30%) React
6 35 (2.62%) Node.js
7 23 (1.72%) .NET Framework
8 19 (1.42%) ASP.NET
9 15 (1.12%) REST
9 15 (1.12%) Sass
10 13 (0.97%) Spring
11 12 (0.90%) ASP.NET Web API
11 12 (0.90%) Entity Framework
11 12 (0.90%) Gherkin
11 12 (0.90%) HTML5
11 12 (0.90%) PyTorch
11 12 (0.90%) XML
12 11 (0.82%) .NET Core
13 10 (0.75%) ASP.NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 88 (6.60%) Self-Motivation
2 87 (6.52%) Virtual Reality
3 73 (5.47%) Algorithms
4 71 (5.32%) Management Information System
5 54 (4.05%) Driving Licence
6 37 (2.77%) GNSS
7 36 (2.70%) Onboarding
8 32 (2.40%) Product Ownership
9 29 (2.17%) Cloud Native
10 25 (1.87%) FPGA
11 24 (1.80%) Robotics
12 23 (1.72%) Data Protection Act
13 17 (1.27%) VHDL
14 16 (1.20%) Analytical Mindset
14 16 (1.20%) Data Centre
14 16 (1.20%) Public Cloud
15 15 (1.12%) Embedded Systems
16 14 (1.05%) Derivative
17 13 (0.97%) Credit Risk
17 13 (0.97%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 138 (10.34%) Windows
2 128 (9.60%) Linux
3 37 (2.77%) Unix
4 28 (2.10%) Apple iOS
5 27 (2.02%) Windows Server
6 24 (1.80%) Android
7 18 (1.35%) Mac OS
8 14 (1.05%) Windows 10
9 10 (0.75%) Ubuntu
10 9 (0.67%) Debian
11 8 (0.60%) Windows Server 2016
12 6 (0.45%) Windows Server 2019
13 5 (0.37%) Windows 7
13 5 (0.37%) Windows Server 2008
13 5 (0.37%) Windows Server 2012
14 4 (0.30%) Windows XP
15 3 (0.22%) Embedded Linux
16 2 (0.15%) CentOS
16 2 (0.15%) Kali Linux
16 2 (0.15%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 399 (29.91%) Problem-Solving
2 321 (24.06%) Computer Science
3 245 (18.37%) Software Engineering
4 237 (17.77%) Agile
5 229 (17.17%) Project Management
6 160 (11.99%) DevOps
7 139 (10.42%) Scrum
8 138 (10.34%) UML
9 121 (9.07%) Mentoring
10 112 (8.40%) Continuous Improvement
11 111 (8.32%) Decision-Making
12 109 (8.17%) ITIL
13 108 (8.10%) Mathematics
13 108 (8.10%) Validation
14 107 (8.02%) Analytics
15 105 (7.87%) Test Automation
16 99 (7.42%) Project Delivery
17 93 (6.97%) B2B
17 93 (6.97%) Design Patterns
18 88 (6.60%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 165 (12.37%) Python
2 155 (11.62%) C#
3 141 (10.57%) SQL
4 95 (7.12%) JavaScript
5 85 (6.37%) C
6 82 (6.15%) Java
7 67 (5.02%) C++
7 67 (5.02%) MATLAB
8 44 (3.30%) TypeScript
9 23 (1.72%) R
10 22 (1.65%) Bash
10 22 (1.65%) PHP
11 21 (1.57%) Perl
11 21 (1.57%) PowerShell
12 17 (1.27%) VB
13 16 (1.20%) Scala
14 12 (0.90%) Swift
15 11 (0.82%) T-SQL
16 10 (0.75%) Objective-C
17 8 (0.60%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 364 (27.29%) Security Cleared
2 233 (17.47%) SC Cleared
3 166 (12.44%) BPSS Clearance
4 151 (11.32%) Computer Science Degree
5 92 (6.90%) Master's Degree
6 57 (4.27%) DV Cleared
7 40 (3.00%) HND
8 38 (2.85%) Microsoft Certification
9 33 (2.47%) TOGAF Certification
10 25 (1.87%) DBS Check
10 25 (1.87%) PMI Certification
11 23 (1.72%) CISSP
12 21 (1.57%) MCP
12 21 (1.57%) PMP
13 19 (1.42%) HNC
14 18 (1.35%) Cisco Certification
15 16 (1.20%) ISTQB
16 15 (1.12%) PhD
17 12 (0.90%) CISM
18 11 (0.82%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (6.37%) QA
2 38 (2.85%) PMO
3 28 (2.10%) GMP
4 27 (2.02%) GDPR
5 26 (1.95%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 24 (1.80%) SLA
7 19 (1.42%) Data Quality
8 16 (1.20%) NIST
9 15 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials
9 15 (1.12%) IEC 61508
10 14 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 12 (0.90%) Accessibility
11 12 (0.90%) ISO 13485
11 12 (0.90%) 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 55 (4.12%) Active Directory
2 37 (2.77%) Firmware
3 33 (2.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 26 (1.95%) Docker
5 19 (1.42%) Embedded Firmware
6 16 (1.20%) Hyper-V
7 14 (1.05%) Virtual Machines
8 6 (0.45%) vSphere
9 3 (0.22%) KVM
9 3 (0.22%) XenApp
10 2 (0.15%) Kamailio
11 1 (0.075%) DFS Replication
Systems Management
1 14 (1.05%) Kubernetes
2 11 (0.82%) CASB
3 9 (0.67%) Terraform
4 8 (0.60%) Jamf Pro
5 7 (0.52%) SCCM
6 6 (0.45%) Nagios
7 5 (0.37%) Ansible
7 5 (0.37%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (0.37%) Rancher
7 5 (0.37%) WSUS
8 4 (0.30%) Progress Chef
8 4 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.22%) EMC VPLEX
9 3 (0.22%) OfficeScan
10 2 (0.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.15%) Nmap
11 1 (0.075%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.075%) Grafana
11 1 (0.075%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 330 (24.74%) Microsoft
2 36 (2.70%) VMware
3 31 (2.32%) Sparx
4 28 (2.10%) Cisco
5 26 (1.95%) Google
6 22 (1.65%) Oracle
7 19 (1.42%) Salesforce
8 14 (1.05%) IBM
8 14 (1.05%) SAP
9 13 (0.97%) Apple
9 13 (0.97%) Atlassian
10 11 (0.82%) Citrix
10 11 (0.82%) Xilinx
11 10 (0.75%) HP
12 9 (0.67%) Alteryx
12 9 (0.67%) ServiceNow
12 9 (0.67%) Veeam
13 8 (0.60%) Altera
13 8 (0.60%) Databricks
13 8 (0.60%) Motorola