Degree Jobs in the Midlands

Academic Degree
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 6 4 6
Rank change year-on-year -2 +2 +11
Permanent jobs citing Degree 1,786 2,258 2,017
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 14.08% 25.47% 18.04%
As % of the Qualifications category 58.02% 63.80% 57.33%
Number of salaries quoted 977 713 1,019
10th Percentile £25,000 £27,500 £25,485
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £34,825
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% +3.81%
75th Percentile £61,250 £60,800 £57,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £71,200 £75,040
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Midlands

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 Midlands with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,078 3,539 3,518
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 24.26% 39.91% 31.46%
Number of salaries quoted 1,892 1,246 1,771
10th Percentile £25,500 £28,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,750 £35,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +8.70% -
75th Percentile £61,250 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £54,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.17% +9.09% -

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Degree in the Midlands

Degree
Salary Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Degree in the Midlands.

Salary trend for Degree in the Midlands

Degree
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Degree in the Midlands over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Degree in the Midlands

Degree
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 28 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
West Midlands +1 1,192 £50,000 -4.76% 609
East Midlands -4 581 £42,500 -10.53% 391
Degree
England

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 56 (3.14%) SharePoint
2 49 (2.74%) Microsoft Exchange
3 25 (1.40%) WordPress
4 18 (1.01%) CMS
5 12 (0.67%) IIS
6 10 (0.56%) Confluence
7 8 (0.45%) Apache
7 8 (0.45%) Tomcat
8 7 (0.39%) SAS
9 6 (0.34%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.11%) Appian
10 2 (0.11%) BizTalk Server
10 2 (0.11%) MTS
10 2 (0.11%) WinCC
11 1 (0.056%) Apache Spark
11 1 (0.056%) Mule
11 1 (0.056%) Umbraco
Applications
1 443 (24.80%) Microsoft Office
2 311 (17.41%) Microsoft Excel
3 38 (2.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 27 (1.51%) Microsoft Project
5 24 (1.34%) AutoCAD
6 18 (1.01%) Simulink
7 13 (0.73%) Adobe Illustrator
7 13 (0.73%) Photoshop
8 10 (0.56%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 9 (0.50%) InDesign
10 6 (0.34%) CANalyzer
11 5 (0.28%) Adobe After Effects
11 5 (0.28%) MS Visio
12 4 (0.22%) Adobe Premiere
12 4 (0.22%) Adobe XD
12 4 (0.22%) EPLAN
12 4 (0.22%) Sketch
12 4 (0.22%) SPSS
13 2 (0.11%) Autodesk Inventor
14 1 (0.056%) Fusion 360
Business Applications
1 20 (1.12%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (0.67%) Shopify
3 8 (0.45%) NEC Housing
4 7 (0.39%) NetSuite
4 7 (0.39%) SAP ERP
5 5 (0.28%) Dynamics NAV
5 5 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
6 4 (0.22%) Magento
6 4 (0.22%) Sage 300 ERP
7 3 (0.17%) Sage 200
8 2 (0.11%) Dynamics AX
8 2 (0.11%) Oracle Payables
8 2 (0.11%) Primavera
8 2 (0.11%) SAP Business One
8 2 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
9 1 (0.056%) Payment Gateway
9 1 (0.056%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 195 (10.92%) Azure
2 130 (7.28%) Power Platform
3 113 (6.33%) Microsoft 365
4 87 (4.87%) AWS
5 55 (3.08%) SaaS
6 40 (2.24%) Dynamics 365
7 29 (1.62%) PowerApps
8 23 (1.29%) Entra ID
9 20 (1.12%) Power Automate
10 19 (1.06%) Azure DevOps
11 18 (1.01%) GCP
11 18 (1.01%) OneDrive
12 14 (0.78%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 13 (0.73%) GitHub
14 11 (0.62%) WhatsApp
15 10 (0.56%) Amazon S3
16 9 (0.50%) Amazon EC2
16 9 (0.50%) Boomi
16 9 (0.50%) Cloud Computing
16 9 (0.50%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 54 (3.02%) WAN
2 51 (2.86%) Firewall
3 36 (2.02%) DNS
4 34 (1.90%) DHCP
5 33 (1.85%) LAN
6 26 (1.46%) Network Security
7 24 (1.34%) TCP/IP
7 24 (1.34%) VPN
8 23 (1.29%) SAN
9 20 (1.12%) Ethernet
9 20 (1.12%) Internet
9 20 (1.12%) VoIP
10 19 (1.06%) SD-WAN
11 15 (0.84%) Wi-Fi
12 12 (0.67%) VLAN
13 11 (0.62%) Wireless
14 9 (0.50%) Cisco Firepower
15 8 (0.45%) WLAN
16 6 (0.34%) DVB
16 6 (0.34%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 120 (6.72%) Power BI
2 96 (5.38%) SQL Server
3 63 (3.53%) Tableau
4 44 (2.46%) Data Warehouse
5 30 (1.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 27 (1.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 25 (1.40%) MySQL
8 17 (0.95%) Relational Database
9 14 (0.78%) Data Lake
10 13 (0.73%) Amazon Redshift
10 13 (0.73%) Data Mining
10 13 (0.73%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 10 (0.56%) PostgreSQL
11 10 (0.56%) Power Query
12 8 (0.45%) GIS
12 8 (0.45%) Oracle Database
13 7 (0.39%) Amazon RDS
13 7 (0.39%) BigQuery
13 7 (0.39%) BusinessObjects
14 6 (0.34%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 50 (2.80%) Git
2 32 (1.79%) JIRA
3 26 (1.46%) Visual Studio
4 9 (0.50%) CANoe
5 6 (0.34%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 5 (0.28%) Rational DOORS
7 4 (0.22%) Jenkins
7 4 (0.22%) Moq
7 4 (0.22%) Postman
7 4 (0.22%) Xcode
8 2 (0.11%) Android Studio
8 2 (0.11%) CMake
8 2 (0.11%) GitLab
8 2 (0.11%) LabVIEW
8 2 (0.11%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.056%) Balsamiq
9 1 (0.056%) NUnit
9 1 (0.056%) PowerBuilder
9 1 (0.056%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.056%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 696 (38.97%) Social Skills
2 360 (20.16%) Analytical Skills
3 229 (12.82%) Finance
4 187 (10.47%) Manufacturing
5 180 (10.08%) Military
6 169 (9.46%) Influencing Skills
7 166 (9.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 147 (8.23%) Organisational Skills
8 147 (8.23%) Retail
9 102 (5.71%) Legal
10 98 (5.49%) Marketing
11 79 (4.42%) Electronics
12 74 (4.14%) Automotive
13 71 (3.98%) Presentation Skills
14 54 (3.02%) Local Government
15 45 (2.52%) Public Sector
16 44 (2.46%) Pharmaceutical
17 40 (2.24%) Telecoms
18 30 (1.68%) Law
19 25 (1.40%) Games
Job Titles
1 359 (20.10%) Analyst
2 248 (13.89%) Graduate
3 171 (9.57%) Senior
4 155 (8.68%) Developer
5 140 (7.84%) Lead
6 118 (6.61%) Product Analyst
6 118 (6.61%) Project Manager
7 116 (6.49%) Sales Analyst
8 70 (3.92%) Architect
9 66 (3.70%) Senior Analyst
10 64 (3.58%) Software Engineer
11 57 (3.19%) Consultant
12 51 (2.86%) Systems Engineer
13 49 (2.74%) Data Analyst
14 47 (2.63%) Business Analyst
14 47 (2.63%) Junior
15 44 (2.46%) Software Developer
16 39 (2.18%) Technical Leader
17 34 (1.90%) Support Engineer
18 33 (1.85%) Embedded Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 87 (4.87%) .NET
2 64 (3.58%) HTML
3 56 (3.14%) CSS
4 32 (1.79%) RESTful
5 28 (1.57%) AngularJS
6 26 (1.46%) React
7 25 (1.40%) .NET Core
8 23 (1.29%) ASP.NET
9 18 (1.01%) XML
10 16 (0.90%) Node.js
11 14 (0.78%) EDI
12 13 (0.73%) GraphQL
12 13 (0.73%) HTML5
12 13 (0.73%) jQuery
12 13 (0.73%) Web Services
13 12 (0.67%) .NET Framework
13 12 (0.67%) JSON
13 12 (0.67%) Vue
14 10 (0.56%) SOAP
15 9 (0.50%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 209 (11.70%) Onboarding
2 104 (5.82%) Management Information System
3 67 (3.75%) Self-Motivation
4 64 (3.58%) Data Centre
5 43 (2.41%) Driving Licence
6 41 (2.30%) Mobile App
7 40 (2.24%) Algorithms
8 29 (1.62%) Product Ownership
9 27 (1.51%) SCADA
10 23 (1.29%) Public Cloud
11 22 (1.23%) Life Science
11 22 (1.23%) Social Media
12 20 (1.12%) CCTV
13 18 (1.01%) Virtual Team
14 17 (0.95%) Embedded Systems
15 16 (0.90%) Robotics
16 15 (0.84%) Industry 4.0
17 14 (0.78%) Data Structures
18 13 (0.73%) IoT
19 12 (0.67%) Graphic Design
Operating Systems
1 154 (8.62%) Windows
2 82 (4.59%) Linux
3 49 (2.74%) Windows Server
4 37 (2.07%) Windows 10
5 16 (0.90%) Mac OS
6 15 (0.84%) Unix
6 15 (0.84%) Windows 7
7 14 (0.78%) Android
8 9 (0.50%) Apple iOS
9 8 (0.45%) Embedded Linux
9 8 (0.45%) Solaris
9 8 (0.45%) Windows Server 2016
9 8 (0.45%) Windows Server 2019
10 6 (0.34%) SUSE
10 6 (0.34%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 6 (0.34%) VMS
11 5 (0.28%) Mac OS X
12 4 (0.22%) Ubuntu
12 4 (0.22%) Windows Server 2003
12 4 (0.22%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 538 (30.12%) Problem-Solving
2 436 (24.41%) Customer Service
3 423 (23.68%) Continuous Improvement
4 379 (21.22%) Computer Science
5 304 (17.02%) Data Analysis
6 256 (14.33%) Mathematics
7 249 (13.94%) Logistics
8 247 (13.83%) Agile
8 247 (13.83%) Project Management
9 244 (13.66%) Process Improvement
10 195 (10.92%) Creative Thinking
11 194 (10.86%) Performance Metrics
12 189 (10.58%) Customer Experience
13 179 (10.02%) Mentoring
14 177 (9.91%) Contingency Planning
14 177 (9.91%) Customer Requirements
15 146 (8.17%) Cybersecurity
16 145 (8.12%) Software Engineering
17 128 (7.17%) Business Intelligence
18 125 (7.00%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 236 (13.21%) SQL
2 128 (7.17%) Python
3 110 (6.16%) C#
4 99 (5.54%) JavaScript
5 61 (3.42%) C
6 58 (3.25%) C++
7 47 (2.63%) Java
8 31 (1.74%) MATLAB
9 30 (1.68%) TypeScript
10 29 (1.62%) PowerShell
11 25 (1.40%) Embedded C
12 20 (1.12%) PHP
12 20 (1.12%) VB
13 17 (0.95%) T-SQL
14 12 (0.67%) R
15 11 (0.62%) Embedded C++
16 8 (0.45%) Assembly Language
16 8 (0.45%) Shell Script
17 7 (0.39%) Ladder Logic
18 5 (0.28%) VBA
Qualifications
1 206 (11.53%) Computer Science Degree
2 105 (5.88%) Security Cleared
3 104 (5.82%) Master's Degree
4 73 (4.09%) DBS Check
5 65 (3.64%) SC Cleared
6 61 (3.42%) Microsoft Certification
7 49 (2.74%) CCNA
7 49 (2.74%) Cisco Certification
8 38 (2.13%) HND
9 36 (2.02%) HNC
10 35 (1.96%) MCP
11 31 (1.74%) Azure Certification
11 31 (1.74%) CCNP
12 29 (1.62%) PMI Certification
13 24 (1.34%) PMP
14 23 (1.29%) CISM
14 23 (1.29%) CISSP
15 19 (1.06%) Chartered Engineer
16 17 (0.95%) MCSE
16 17 (0.95%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (5.66%) QA
2 37 (2.07%) PMO
3 34 (1.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 25 (1.40%) Accessibility
5 24 (1.34%) Data Quality
5 24 (1.34%) GMP
6 23 (1.29%) ISO 9001
7 18 (1.01%) GLP
7 18 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 17025
7 18 (1.01%) NIST
8 14 (0.78%) ISO 26262
9 12 (0.67%) GDPR
9 12 (0.67%) SLA
10 10 (0.56%) Actionable Recommendations
10 10 (0.56%) AUTOSAR
11 8 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials
11 8 (0.45%) PCI DSS
12 7 (0.39%) ISO 14001
13 5 (0.28%) MISRA
13 5 (0.28%) NCSC
System Software
1 97 (5.43%) Active Directory
2 50 (2.80%) Firmware
3 48 (2.69%) VMware Infrastructure
4 35 (1.96%) Hyper-V
5 27 (1.51%) Embedded Firmware
6 22 (1.23%) Docker
7 10 (0.56%) vSphere
8 4 (0.22%) pfSense
8 4 (0.22%) Terminal Services
8 4 (0.22%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.11%) BitLocker
10 2 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
10 2 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.11%) XenApp
10 2 (0.11%) XenDesktop
11 1 (0.056%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 21 (1.18%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (1.06%) SCCM
3 16 (0.90%) Terraform
4 15 (0.84%) Kubernetes
5 14 (0.78%) EnCase
6 11 (0.62%) Functional Safety
7 9 (0.50%) Stealthwatch
8 7 (0.39%) SCOM
9 6 (0.34%) Tivoli Storage Manager
10 5 (0.28%) Autotask
10 5 (0.28%) CASB
10 5 (0.28%) Failover Clustering
10 5 (0.28%) FortiGate
10 5 (0.28%) HP ALM
11 4 (0.22%) Jamf Pro
11 4 (0.22%) SmoothWall
12 2 (0.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 1 (0.056%) Single Sign-On
13 1 (0.056%) VxRail
Vendors
1 356 (19.93%) Microsoft
2 65 (3.64%) VMware
3 47 (2.63%) Cisco
4 42 (2.35%) Databricks
5 40 (2.24%) Adobe
5 40 (2.24%) Apple
6 37 (2.07%) EMC
7 34 (1.90%) SAP
8 27 (1.51%) ServiceNow
9 24 (1.34%) Salesforce
10 21 (1.18%) Google
10 21 (1.18%) IFS
11 20 (1.12%) Meraki
12 18 (1.01%) Oracle
12 18 (1.01%) Workday
13 15 (0.84%) Dell
14 14 (0.78%) NEC
15 12 (0.67%) Alteryx
15 12 (0.67%) Veeam
16 11 (0.62%) Fortinet