Degree Jobs in the West Midlands

Academic Degree
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 5 4 6
Rank change year-on-year -1 +2 +9
Permanent jobs citing Degree 1,129 1,658 1,311
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 15.30% 25.93% 17.98%
As % of the Qualifications category 57.54% 62.76% 58.55%
Number of salaries quoted 619 508 694
10th Percentile £25,000 £31,250 £28,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,500 £35,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +16.67% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,251 £58,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £71,250 £77,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
West 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 West Midlands with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,962 2,642 2,239
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 26.59% 41.31% 30.71%
Number of salaries quoted 1,288 966 1,195
10th Percentile £25,675 £28,500 £28,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £47,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +11.70% -1.05%
75th Percentile £62,813 £66,242 £63,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Degree in the West Midlands

Degree
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Degree in the West Midlands

Degree
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Degree in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Degree in the West Midlands

Degree
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 11 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
Birmingham -3 301 £55,000 -3.51% 185
Warwickshire +2 224 £37,500 -30.56% 86
Staffordshire +1 167 £40,000 -7.51% 89
Worcestershire +6 84 £50,000 +11.11% 46
Shropshire +1 69 £52,500 -4.55% 18
Wolverhampton +13 40 £25,000 -53.70% 24
Coventry -7 34 £35,000 -8.50% 80
Solihull -15 26 £50,000 +37.93% 14
Sutton Coldfield -1 15 £24,000 -76.00% 4
Tipton - 11 £25,000 -
Dudley +14 9 £25,000 - 6
Wednesbury 0 7 £23,000 -34.29% 2
Walsall +8 6 £39,649 -15.19% 2
Halesowen - 5 - - 1
West Bromwich +1 4 - - 2
Rowley Regis 0 4 - -
Herefordshire -15 4 £85,000 +97.67% 10
Bilston - 4 - -
Willenhall - 4 - - 1
Brierley Hill - 4 - - 1
Smethwick - 4 - -
Degree
England

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West 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 40 (3.54%) SharePoint
2 33 (2.92%) Microsoft Exchange
3 21 (1.86%) WordPress
4 11 (0.97%) CMS
5 8 (0.71%) IIS
6 7 (0.62%) Apache
6 7 (0.62%) Confluence
6 7 (0.62%) Tomcat
7 5 (0.44%) WebSphere
8 3 (0.27%) SAS
9 2 (0.18%) Alfresco
9 2 (0.18%) Appian
9 2 (0.18%) Captiva
9 2 (0.18%) Documentum
9 2 (0.18%) MTS
9 2 (0.18%) WinCC
10 1 (0.089%) Apache Spark
10 1 (0.089%) BizTalk Server
10 1 (0.089%) Umbraco
Applications
1 299 (26.48%) Microsoft Office
2 184 (16.30%) Microsoft Excel
3 28 (2.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (1.42%) AutoCAD
4 16 (1.42%) Simulink
5 7 (0.62%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 6 (0.53%) CANalyzer
7 5 (0.44%) Adobe Illustrator
7 5 (0.44%) Photoshop
8 4 (0.35%) EPLAN
8 4 (0.35%) InDesign
8 4 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
9 3 (0.27%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.089%) Abaqus
10 1 (0.089%) Adobe After Effects
10 1 (0.089%) InVision
10 1 (0.089%) MS Visio
10 1 (0.089%) Revit
10 1 (0.089%) SketchUp
10 1 (0.089%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 16 (1.42%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (0.80%) Shopify
3 7 (0.62%) NEC Housing
4 5 (0.44%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.35%) Magento
6 3 (0.27%) Dynamics NAV
6 3 (0.27%) Sage 200
6 3 (0.27%) Sage 300 ERP
7 2 (0.18%) SAP Business One
7 2 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
8 1 (0.089%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 131 (11.60%) Azure
2 101 (8.95%) Power Platform
3 73 (6.47%) Microsoft 365
4 47 (4.16%) SaaS
5 37 (3.28%) AWS
6 29 (2.57%) Dynamics 365
7 22 (1.95%) PowerApps
8 20 (1.77%) Azure DevOps
9 18 (1.59%) GCP
9 18 (1.59%) Power Automate
10 16 (1.42%) Entra ID
11 10 (0.89%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 10 (0.89%) OneDrive
12 9 (0.80%) Boomi
12 9 (0.80%) Snowflake
13 8 (0.71%) Amazon S3
14 7 (0.62%) Amazon EC2
14 7 (0.62%) GitHub
15 6 (0.53%) WhatsApp
16 5 (0.44%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 43 (3.81%) WAN
2 25 (2.21%) LAN
3 22 (1.95%) Firewall
3 22 (1.95%) TCP/IP
4 19 (1.68%) VoIP
5 17 (1.51%) Ethernet
5 17 (1.51%) SD-WAN
6 15 (1.33%) DHCP
6 15 (1.33%) DNS
7 14 (1.24%) Network Security
8 12 (1.06%) VPN
8 12 (1.06%) Wi-Fi
9 11 (0.97%) Internet
10 10 (0.89%) SAN
11 7 (0.62%) Cisco Firepower
12 6 (0.53%) VLAN
13 5 (0.44%) WLAN
14 4 (0.35%) Intranet
14 4 (0.35%) MPLS
14 4 (0.35%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 93 (8.24%) Power BI
2 69 (6.11%) SQL Server
3 33 (2.92%) Data Warehouse
3 33 (2.92%) Tableau
4 19 (1.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 18 (1.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 14 (1.24%) MySQL
7 13 (1.15%) Amazon Redshift
7 13 (1.15%) Data Mining
8 9 (0.80%) Data Lake
8 9 (0.80%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 7 (0.62%) BigQuery
9 7 (0.62%) Oracle Database
9 7 (0.62%) Power Query
10 6 (0.53%) Looker
11 5 (0.44%) Amazon RDS
11 5 (0.44%) Crystal Reports
11 5 (0.44%) Relational Database
12 4 (0.35%) BusinessObjects
12 4 (0.35%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 24 (2.13%) JIRA
2 21 (1.86%) Git
3 18 (1.59%) Visual Studio
4 8 (0.71%) CANoe
5 6 (0.53%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 4 (0.35%) Postman
6 4 (0.35%) Xcode
7 2 (0.18%) Android Studio
7 2 (0.18%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.18%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.089%) Balsamiq
8 1 (0.089%) CMake
8 1 (0.089%) Moq
8 1 (0.089%) MSBuild
8 1 (0.089%) NUnit
8 1 (0.089%) Sourcetree
8 1 (0.089%) Visual Studio Code
8 1 (0.089%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 446 (39.50%) Social Skills
2 235 (20.81%) Analytical Skills
3 164 (14.53%) Finance
4 162 (14.35%) Influencing Skills
5 127 (11.25%) Organisational Skills
6 113 (10.01%) Manufacturing
7 109 (9.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 96 (8.50%) Military
9 69 (6.11%) Automotive
10 66 (5.85%) Marketing
11 57 (5.05%) Retail
12 56 (4.96%) Legal
13 54 (4.78%) Electronics
14 48 (4.25%) Local Government
15 35 (3.10%) Public Sector
16 26 (2.30%) Telecoms
17 24 (2.13%) Presentation Skills
18 23 (2.04%) Games
19 18 (1.59%) Back Office
20 12 (1.06%) Digital Healthcare
Job Titles
1 250 (22.14%) Analyst
2 142 (12.58%) Graduate
3 116 (10.27%) Product Analyst
3 116 (10.27%) Sales Analyst
4 113 (10.01%) Senior
5 91 (8.06%) Project Manager
6 90 (7.97%) Developer
7 74 (6.55%) Lead
8 42 (3.72%) Software Engineer
9 38 (3.37%) Architect
10 36 (3.19%) Junior
10 36 (3.19%) Senior Analyst
11 35 (3.10%) Consultant
12 31 (2.75%) Data Scientist
13 23 (2.04%) Software Developer
14 21 (1.86%) Data Engineer
15 19 (1.68%) Digital Analyst
15 19 (1.68%) Forensic Analyst
15 19 (1.68%) Systems Engineer
16 18 (1.59%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (4.52%) .NET
2 32 (2.83%) HTML
3 28 (2.48%) RESTful
4 27 (2.39%) CSS
5 21 (1.86%) AngularJS
6 17 (1.51%) ASP.NET
7 16 (1.42%) .NET Core
8 15 (1.33%) XML
9 14 (1.24%) EDI
10 13 (1.15%) GraphQL
11 11 (0.97%) React
12 10 (0.89%) Vue
13 9 (0.80%) .NET Framework
13 9 (0.80%) SOAP
14 8 (0.71%) Node.js
15 7 (0.62%) JSON
15 7 (0.62%) PyTorch
15 7 (0.62%) TensorFlow
15 7 (0.62%) Web Services
16 6 (0.53%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 105 (9.30%) Onboarding
2 68 (6.02%) Management Information System
3 41 (3.63%) Data Centre
4 40 (3.54%) Algorithms
5 36 (3.19%) Self-Motivation
6 29 (2.57%) Mobile App
7 26 (2.30%) Driving Licence
7 26 (2.30%) Product Ownership
8 17 (1.51%) SCADA
8 17 (1.51%) Virtual Team
9 16 (1.42%) Public Cloud
10 13 (1.15%) Social Media
11 12 (1.06%) Infotainment
11 12 (1.06%) Smartcard
12 11 (0.97%) CCTV
12 11 (0.97%) Data Structures
12 11 (0.97%) PMI
13 10 (0.89%) IoT
13 10 (0.89%) NHS
13 10 (0.89%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 100 (8.86%) Windows
2 48 (4.25%) Linux
3 31 (2.75%) Windows 10
4 28 (2.48%) Windows Server
5 14 (1.24%) Windows 7
6 11 (0.97%) Unix
7 10 (0.89%) Android
8 8 (0.71%) Mac OS
9 7 (0.62%) Solaris
10 6 (0.53%) Windows Server 2019
11 5 (0.44%) Apple iOS
11 5 (0.44%) SUSE
11 5 (0.44%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
12 4 (0.35%) VMS
12 4 (0.35%) Windows Server 2012
12 4 (0.35%) Windows Server 2016
13 3 (0.27%) Ubuntu
13 3 (0.27%) Windows Server 2003
14 2 (0.18%) CentOS
14 2 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 405 (35.87%) Problem-Solving
2 306 (27.10%) Continuous Improvement
3 269 (23.83%) Customer Service
4 245 (21.70%) Computer Science
5 194 (17.18%) Mathematics
6 177 (15.68%) Data Analysis
7 174 (15.41%) Project Management
8 172 (15.23%) Customer Requirements
9 168 (14.88%) Agile
10 127 (11.25%) Cybersecurity
11 124 (10.98%) Process Improvement
12 117 (10.36%) Mentoring
13 114 (10.10%) Logistics
14 110 (9.74%) Creative Thinking
15 108 (9.57%) Performance Metrics
16 102 (9.03%) Customer Experience
17 93 (8.24%) Contingency Planning
18 92 (8.15%) Business Intelligence
19 83 (7.35%) Software Engineering
20 81 (7.17%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 125 (11.07%) SQL
2 74 (6.55%) Python
3 62 (5.49%) JavaScript
4 53 (4.69%) C#
5 30 (2.66%) C
6 28 (2.48%) C++
7 26 (2.30%) Java
8 21 (1.86%) MATLAB
9 18 (1.59%) PowerShell
10 17 (1.51%) Embedded C
11 16 (1.42%) PHP
12 15 (1.33%) TypeScript
13 13 (1.15%) T-SQL
14 11 (0.97%) Embedded C++
15 9 (0.80%) R
16 7 (0.62%) Shell Script
17 6 (0.53%) VB
18 3 (0.27%) Apex Code
19 2 (0.18%) Bash
19 2 (0.18%) Swift
Qualifications
1 126 (11.16%) Computer Science Degree
2 69 (6.11%) Security Cleared
3 61 (5.40%) Master's Degree
4 38 (3.37%) Microsoft Certification
5 33 (2.92%) SC Cleared
6 28 (2.48%) CCNA
6 28 (2.48%) Cisco Certification
7 27 (2.39%) HND
8 23 (2.04%) PMI Certification
9 21 (1.86%) CCNP
10 20 (1.77%) DBS Check
11 19 (1.68%) CISM
11 19 (1.68%) CISSP
12 17 (1.51%) HNC
12 17 (1.51%) PMP
13 15 (1.33%) MCP
14 14 (1.24%) Azure Certification
15 13 (1.15%) MCSE
16 12 (1.06%) PhD
16 12 (1.06%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (5.23%) QA
2 25 (2.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (1.77%) Data Quality
3 20 (1.77%) ISO 9001
4 19 (1.68%) Accessibility
4 19 (1.68%) ISO/IEC 17025
4 19 (1.68%) PMO
5 14 (1.24%) ISO 26262
6 13 (1.15%) NIST
7 9 (0.80%) AUTOSAR
8 8 (0.71%) Actionable Recommendations
8 8 (0.71%) PCI DSS
8 8 (0.71%) SLA
9 7 (0.62%) GDPR
10 6 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
11 4 (0.35%) GMP
12 3 (0.27%) Automotive SPICE
12 3 (0.27%) COSHH
13 2 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 15288
13 2 (0.18%) SOX 404
System Software
1 50 (4.43%) Active Directory
2 27 (2.39%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (1.59%) Firmware
4 15 (1.33%) Embedded Firmware
4 15 (1.33%) Hyper-V
5 10 (0.89%) Docker
6 4 (0.35%) pfSense
7 3 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.18%) BitLocker
8 2 (0.18%) vSphere
9 1 (0.089%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.089%) XenApp
9 1 (0.089%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 14 (1.24%) EnCase
1 14 (1.24%) SCCM
1 14 (1.24%) Terraform
2 11 (0.97%) Functional Safety
3 10 (0.89%) Kubernetes
4 7 (0.62%) Failover Clustering
4 7 (0.62%) Stealthwatch
5 6 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (0.53%) SCOM
6 5 (0.44%) CASB
6 5 (0.44%) HP ALM
6 5 (0.44%) Tivoli Storage Manager
7 4 (0.35%) Autotask
7 4 (0.35%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.27%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.089%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.089%) VxRail
Vendors
1 237 (20.99%) Microsoft
2 38 (3.37%) VMware
3 32 (2.83%) Cisco
4 29 (2.57%) Adobe
5 28 (2.48%) Apple
6 21 (1.86%) IFS
7 19 (1.68%) EMC
8 17 (1.51%) Databricks
9 16 (1.42%) Meraki
9 16 (1.42%) SAP
9 16 (1.42%) Workday
10 13 (1.15%) Alteryx
11 12 (1.06%) Oracle
11 12 (1.06%) ServiceNow
12 11 (0.97%) NEC
13 10 (0.89%) Cellebrite
13 10 (0.89%) Dell
13 10 (0.89%) Google
13 10 (0.89%) Sage
13 10 (0.89%) Xamarin