Degree Jobs in Wales

Academic Degree
UK > Wales

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Wales 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 8 5 8
Rank change year-on-year -3 +3 +7
Permanent jobs citing Degree 274 338 334
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 11.65% 19.77% 16.26%
As % of the Qualifications category 53.00% 50.83% 48.97%
Number of salaries quoted 104 113 138
10th Percentile £26,325 £26,250 £29,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £33,750 £33,811
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,943 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.75% - +5.91%
75th Percentile £52,201 £60,899 £54,688
90th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £63,000
UK median annual salary £52,084 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.19% +9.09% +0.92%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Wales

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 Wales with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 517 665 682
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 21.99% 38.89% 33.20%
Number of salaries quoted 195 234 245
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,391 £29,250
25th Percentile £32,625 £32,500 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,131 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.54% -5.56% +9.76%
75th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,044 £68,497 £71,250
UK median annual salary £53,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.83% +9.09% -

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 9 June 2024.

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 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
South Wales +1 166 £46,604 +3.56% 81
North Wales -1 76 £34,000 -11.11% 17
Mid Wales +3 17 £35,000 -15.15% 5
West Wales -18 12 £55,000 +42.86% 14
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 30 (10.95%) Oracle Service Bus
1 30 (10.95%) WebLogic
2 5 (1.82%) OpenStack
2 5 (1.82%) SAS
3 4 (1.46%) ArcGIS
4 2 (0.73%) Confluence
5 1 (0.36%) SharePoint
Applications
1 52 (18.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 44 (16.06%) Microsoft Office
3 32 (11.68%) MS Visio
4 4 (1.46%) AutoCAD
5 3 (1.09%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.36%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 30 (10.95%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (1.46%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.73%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 19 (6.93%) Azure
2 12 (4.38%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (3.28%) Power Platform
4 5 (1.82%) Nutanix
5 4 (1.46%) AWS
5 4 (1.46%) Azure API Management
5 4 (1.46%) Azure Service Bus
5 4 (1.46%) Dynamics 365
5 4 (1.46%) iPaaS
5 4 (1.46%) PaaS
5 4 (1.46%) WhatsApp
6 2 (0.73%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (0.73%) Miro
6 2 (0.73%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 16 (5.84%) LAN
1 16 (5.84%) WAN
2 15 (5.47%) Firewall
3 12 (4.38%) Wi-Fi
4 10 (3.65%) DHCP
4 10 (3.65%) DNS
5 9 (3.28%) Ethernet
5 9 (3.28%) MPLS
6 8 (2.92%) Network Security
6 8 (2.92%) VLAN
7 5 (1.82%) Bluetooth
7 5 (1.82%) SAN
7 5 (1.82%) TCP/IP
7 5 (1.82%) VoIP
7 5 (1.82%) VPN
7 5 (1.82%) WLAN
8 4 (1.46%) Profibus
9 3 (1.09%) Cisco IOS
9 3 (1.09%) Internet
9 3 (1.09%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (13.87%) Oracle Database
2 30 (10.95%) Oracle Database 10g
2 30 (10.95%) Oracle Database 11g
2 30 (10.95%) VLDB
3 19 (6.93%) RDBMS
3 19 (6.93%) Relational Database
4 16 (5.84%) SQL Server
5 10 (3.65%) MySQL
6 8 (2.92%) Oracle Database 12c
7 5 (1.82%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (1.82%) Power BI
7 5 (1.82%) QlikView
8 4 (1.46%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (1.09%) Tableau
10 2 (0.73%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (0.73%) GIS
10 2 (0.73%) Looker
11 1 (0.36%) BusinessObjects
11 1 (0.36%) Crystal Reports
11 1 (0.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 9 (3.28%) Git
2 8 (2.92%) Oracle APEX
3 3 (1.09%) Subversion
4 2 (0.73%) JIRA
5 1 (0.36%) GitLab
5 1 (0.36%) PHPUnit
5 1 (0.36%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.36%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.36%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 128 (46.72%) Social Skills
2 85 (31.02%) Manufacturing
3 72 (26.28%) Influencing Skills
4 68 (24.82%) Law
4 68 (24.82%) Presentation Skills
5 66 (24.09%) Analytical Skills
6 27 (9.85%) Finance
7 24 (8.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 19 (6.93%) Local Government
9 17 (6.20%) Electronics
10 16 (5.84%) Police
11 10 (3.65%) Retail
12 9 (3.28%) Public Sector
13 8 (2.92%) Organisational Skills
13 8 (2.92%) Welsh Language
14 6 (2.19%) Automotive
14 6 (2.19%) Documentation Skills
14 6 (2.19%) Games
15 2 (0.73%) Marketing
15 2 (0.73%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 70 (25.55%) Graduate
2 68 (24.82%) Automation Engineer
2 68 (24.82%) Graduate IT Engineer
2 68 (24.82%) IT Engineer
2 68 (24.82%) IT Graduate
3 66 (24.09%) Analyst
4 53 (19.34%) Senior
5 30 (10.95%) Applications Support
5 30 (10.95%) Applications Support Analyst
5 30 (10.95%) Oracle Analyst
5 30 (10.95%) Oracle Support Analyst
5 30 (10.95%) SQL Analyst
5 30 (10.95%) SQL Support Analyst
5 30 (10.95%) Support Analyst
6 25 (9.12%) Developer
7 24 (8.76%) Software Engineer
8 18 (6.57%) Senior Developer
9 16 (5.84%) Embedded Engineer
10 14 (5.11%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 14 (5.11%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (4.01%) .NET
2 9 (3.28%) JSON
2 9 (3.28%) RESTful
2 9 (3.28%) SOAP
2 9 (3.28%) XML
3 8 (2.92%) Web Services
4 6 (2.19%) .NET Core
5 5 (1.82%) Regular Expression
6 4 (1.46%) Node.js
6 4 (1.46%) Vue
7 3 (1.09%) AngularJS
7 3 (1.09%) COM
7 3 (1.09%) CSS
7 3 (1.09%) Express.js
7 3 (1.09%) HTML
7 3 (1.09%) React
7 3 (1.09%) WinForms
8 1 (0.36%) ASP.NET
8 1 (0.36%) LAMP
8 1 (0.36%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 69 (25.18%) FMCG
2 17 (6.20%) Data Centre
3 11 (4.01%) Management Information System
4 8 (2.92%) Data Structures
5 7 (2.55%) Driving Licence
6 5 (1.82%) Renewable Energy
6 5 (1.82%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (1.46%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.46%) Housing Association
7 4 (1.46%) Photovoltaics
7 4 (1.46%) Robotics
8 2 (0.73%) Cloud Native
8 2 (0.73%) FPGA
8 2 (0.73%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (0.73%) PCIe
8 2 (0.73%) VHDL
9 1 (0.36%) Distributed Systems
9 1 (0.36%) Linux Command Line
9 1 (0.36%) Operational Technology
9 1 (0.36%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 52 (18.98%) Linux
2 35 (12.77%) Unix
3 30 (10.95%) Solaris
4 27 (9.85%) Windows
5 14 (5.11%) Windows Server
6 4 (1.46%) FreeRTOS
6 4 (1.46%) VxWorks
6 4 (1.46%) Windows Server 2012
6 4 (1.46%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (1.09%) CatOS
8 1 (0.36%) Debian
8 1 (0.36%) Fedora
8 1 (0.36%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (39.05%) Problem-Solving
2 87 (31.75%) Continuous Improvement
3 69 (25.18%) Lean Six Sigma
3 69 (25.18%) Six Sigma
4 68 (24.82%) Benchmarking
4 68 (24.82%) Lean Manufacturing
4 68 (24.82%) Order Management
5 53 (19.34%) Actionable Insight
6 48 (17.52%) Capacity Planning
7 40 (14.60%) Performance Tuning
8 39 (14.23%) Artificial Intelligence
8 39 (14.23%) Computer Science
9 35 (12.77%) Incident Management
10 34 (12.41%) Agile
11 33 (12.04%) ITSM
12 30 (10.95%) Capacity Management
12 30 (10.95%) Performance Monitoring
12 30 (10.95%) Release Management
13 29 (10.58%) Software Engineering
14 26 (9.49%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 70 (25.55%) SQL
2 38 (13.87%) PL/SQL
3 24 (8.76%) C
4 18 (6.57%) C#
5 17 (6.20%) C++
6 10 (3.65%) Embedded C
7 8 (2.92%) Python
8 5 (1.82%) Embedded C++
8 5 (1.82%) Groovy
8 5 (1.82%) JavaScript
9 4 (1.46%) Java
10 3 (1.09%) PowerShell
10 3 (1.09%) R
10 3 (1.09%) Shell Script
10 3 (1.09%) TypeScript
10 3 (1.09%) VB
11 2 (0.73%) Bash
12 1 (0.36%) PHP
Qualifications
1 68 (24.82%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
2 56 (20.44%) Security Cleared
3 50 (18.25%) SC Cleared
4 25 (9.12%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (6.20%) Cisco Certification
6 12 (4.38%) CCNA
7 9 (3.28%) ACCA
7 9 (3.28%) CIMA
7 9 (3.28%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (2.92%) HND
9 7 (2.55%) Master's Degree
10 6 (2.19%) HNC
11 5 (1.82%) A+ Certification
11 5 (1.82%) Numerate Degree
12 3 (1.09%) CCIE
12 3 (1.09%) CCNP
12 3 (1.09%) Check Point Certification
12 3 (1.09%) DBS Check
12 3 (1.09%) PhD
13 2 (0.73%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (14.23%) SLA
2 9 (3.28%) IFRS
2 9 (3.28%) MISRA
3 5 (1.82%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (1.82%) ISO 26262
4 4 (1.46%) 21 CFR Part 11
4 4 (1.46%) ISO 13485
4 4 (1.46%) NEBOSH
5 3 (1.09%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.73%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.73%) GDPR
6 2 (0.73%) PMO
6 2 (0.73%) QA
7 1 (0.36%) MISRA C
System Software
1 30 (10.95%) Oracle RAC
2 10 (3.65%) Active Directory
3 7 (2.55%) Docker
3 7 (2.55%) Firmware
4 5 (1.82%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 30 (10.95%) Data Guard
1 30 (10.95%) Oracle RMAN
2 5 (1.82%) Ansible
2 5 (1.82%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.82%) SCCM
3 3 (1.09%) Progress Chef
4 2 (0.73%) Terraform
Vendors
1 59 (21.53%) Microsoft
2 43 (15.69%) Oracle
3 30 (10.95%) Remedy
3 30 (10.95%) Sun
4 11 (4.01%) VMware
5 9 (3.28%) Cisco
5 9 (3.28%) Hyperion
5 9 (3.28%) PeopleSoft
6 6 (2.19%) Veeam
7 5 (1.82%) Acronis
7 5 (1.82%) Aruba
7 5 (1.82%) Datto
7 5 (1.82%) Mitel
7 5 (1.82%) Siemens
7 5 (1.82%) Sophos
8 4 (1.46%) Autodesk
8 4 (1.46%) QNX
8 4 (1.46%) SAP
9 3 (1.09%) CheckPoint
10 2 (0.73%) EMC