Degree Jobs in Birmingham

Academic Degree
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Birmingham with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 10 7
Rank change year-on-year +7 -3 +4
Permanent jobs citing Degree 283 305 304
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 20.16% 11.05% 15.59%
As % of the Qualifications category 47.97% 47.07% 48.33%
Number of salaries quoted 56 232 209
10th Percentile £25,000 £30,775 £27,500
25th Percentile £27,500 £38,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £55,000 £57,001
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% -3.51% +14.00%
75th Percentile £57,500 £70,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £90,000 £73,751
West Midlands median annual salary £50,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +1.00% -4.76% +16.67%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Birmingham

Degree falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Birmingham.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 590 648 629
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 42.02% 23.48% 32.26%
Number of salaries quoted 194 504 390
10th Percentile £27,750 £26,700 £27,950
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -6.78% +9.26%
75th Percentile £69,688 £70,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £88,750 £81,250
West Midlands median annual salary £51,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +3.00% -4.76% +11.70%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Degree in Birmingham

Degree
Salary Trend in Birmingham

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

Salary trend for Degree in Birmingham

Degree
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Degree in Birmingham over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Degree in Birmingham

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 1 (0.35%) SAS
1 1 (0.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 21 (7.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (5.30%) Chatbot
3 7 (2.47%) Revit
4 4 (1.41%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (1.41%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.71%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.35%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.35%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 5 (1.77%) Dynamics NAV
1 5 (1.77%) NetSuite
1 5 (1.77%) Shopify
2 2 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.71%) Infor M3
3 1 (0.35%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 52 (18.37%) Azure
2 34 (12.01%) Microsoft 365
3 20 (7.07%) Power Platform
4 9 (3.18%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 6 (2.12%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (1.06%) AWS
7 2 (0.71%) GCP
7 2 (0.71%) Lucidchart
7 2 (0.71%) Snowflake
8 1 (0.35%) Amazon EventBridge
8 1 (0.35%) AWS Lambda
8 1 (0.35%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.35%) Azure Functions
8 1 (0.35%) Azure Service Bus
8 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.35%) Miro
8 1 (0.35%) OpenShift
8 1 (0.35%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.35%) SaaS
8 1 (0.35%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 32 (11.31%) LAN
1 32 (11.31%) WAN
2 30 (10.60%) VoIP
3 2 (0.71%) DNS
3 2 (0.71%) Firewall
3 2 (0.71%) Network Security
3 2 (0.71%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.71%) VPN
4 1 (0.35%) DHCP
4 1 (0.35%) Internet
4 1 (0.35%) VLAN
4 1 (0.35%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.35%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (6.36%) Power BI
2 10 (3.53%) Relational Database
3 8 (2.83%) SQL Server
4 5 (1.77%) MySQL
5 3 (1.06%) Big Data
5 3 (1.06%) Metadata
5 3 (1.06%) MongoDB
5 3 (1.06%) Tableau
6 2 (0.71%) Hadoop
6 2 (0.71%) Looker
6 2 (0.71%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.71%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.35%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.35%) DB2
7 1 (0.35%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.35%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 4 (1.41%) Git
2 2 (0.71%) ER Studio
2 2 (0.71%) ERwin
2 2 (0.71%) JIRA
2 2 (0.71%) PowerDesigner
3 1 (0.35%) Subversion
General
1 84 (29.68%) Social Skills
2 45 (15.90%) Analytical Skills
3 42 (14.84%) Finance
4 37 (13.07%) Law
5 32 (11.31%) Retail
6 22 (7.77%) Manufacturing
7 16 (5.65%) Automotive
7 16 (5.65%) Telecoms
8 12 (4.24%) Marketing
9 11 (3.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (2.83%) Legal
10 8 (2.83%) Public Sector
11 6 (2.12%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (1.77%) Advertising
12 5 (1.77%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (1.77%) Police
13 3 (1.06%) Banking
13 3 (1.06%) Local Government
14 1 (0.35%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 100 (35.34%) Principal Engineer
2 76 (26.86%) Principal Systems Engineer
3 37 (13.07%) Senior
4 32 (11.31%) IT Support
4 32 (11.31%) Support Specialist
5 30 (10.60%) IT Support Specialist
6 25 (8.83%) Developer
7 21 (7.42%) Systems Engineer
8 19 (6.71%) Analyst
9 17 (6.01%) Graduate
9 17 (6.01%) Security Engineer
10 15 (5.30%) Graduate Developer
10 15 (5.30%) Integration Engineer
10 15 (5.30%) System Verification Engineer
10 15 (5.30%) Systems Integration Engineer
10 15 (5.30%) Trainer
10 15 (5.30%) Validation Engineer
11 13 (4.59%) Principal Security Engineer
12 11 (3.89%) Consultant
12 11 (3.89%) Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.83%) .NET
2 7 (2.47%) CSS
2 7 (2.47%) Middleware
2 7 (2.47%) WinForms
3 6 (2.12%) ASP.NET
4 5 (1.77%) GWT
4 5 (1.77%) J2EE
4 5 (1.77%) JPA
4 5 (1.77%) jQuery
4 5 (1.77%) Vaadin
5 3 (1.06%) HTML
5 3 (1.06%) RESTful
6 2 (0.71%) .NET Framework
6 2 (0.71%) CSS3
6 2 (0.71%) EDI
6 2 (0.71%) HTML5
6 2 (0.71%) JWT
6 2 (0.71%) React
6 2 (0.71%) Redux
7 1 (0.35%) ASP.NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 30 (10.60%) CCTV
2 8 (2.83%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (2.47%) Mobile App
4 6 (2.12%) Driving Licence
4 6 (2.12%) NHS
5 4 (1.41%) Management Information System
5 4 (1.41%) Renewable Energy
6 3 (1.06%) SCADA
7 2 (0.71%) Algorithms
7 2 (0.71%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (0.71%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (0.71%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.35%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.35%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.35%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.35%) Educational Technology
8 1 (0.35%) Housing Association
8 1 (0.35%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.35%) Linux Command Line
8 1 (0.35%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 34 (12.01%) Windows
2 30 (10.60%) Windows 10
3 11 (3.89%) Linux
4 5 (1.77%) Rocky
5 1 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.35%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.35%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (31.10%) Systems Engineering
2 53 (18.73%) Collaborative Working
3 51 (18.02%) Mathematics
4 49 (17.31%) Computer Science
5 48 (16.96%) Cybersecurity
6 38 (13.43%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
7 34 (12.01%) Physics
7 34 (12.01%) Project Management
8 31 (10.95%) Chemistry
9 30 (10.60%) Analytics
10 28 (9.89%) Artificial Intelligence
10 28 (9.89%) Logistics
10 28 (9.89%) Problem-Solving
11 25 (8.83%) Agile
12 24 (8.48%) Data Analysis
12 24 (8.48%) Decision-Making
12 24 (8.48%) Risk Management
13 19 (6.71%) Business Intelligence
14 18 (6.36%) Validation
15 17 (6.01%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 38 (13.43%) SQL
2 19 (6.71%) Java
2 19 (6.71%) Python
3 16 (5.65%) C++
4 15 (5.30%) C#
5 10 (3.53%) R
6 6 (2.12%) PHP
7 4 (1.41%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.35%) Bash
8 1 (0.35%) C
8 1 (0.35%) MATLAB
8 1 (0.35%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.35%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 98 (34.63%) BPSS Clearance
2 27 (9.54%) Computer Science Degree
3 18 (6.36%) Master's Degree
4 15 (5.30%) Chartered Engineer
4 15 (5.30%) ISTQB
4 15 (5.30%) PhD
5 13 (4.59%) CESG Certified Professional
5 13 (4.59%) CISM
5 13 (4.59%) CISSP
6 11 (3.89%) Security Cleared
7 5 (1.77%) ACCA
7 5 (1.77%) CIMA
7 5 (1.77%) DV Cleared
7 5 (1.77%) HNC
7 5 (1.77%) HND
7 5 (1.77%) Numerate Degree
8 3 (1.06%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.71%) CCNA
9 2 (0.71%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.71%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (6.01%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 14 (4.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (4.95%) NIST
3 13 (4.59%) JSP 440
3 13 (4.59%) RMADS
4 4 (1.41%) QA
5 3 (1.06%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.06%) Data Quality
5 3 (1.06%) NEBOSH
5 3 (1.06%) PMO
6 1 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.35%) GDPR
6 1 (0.35%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.35%) NCSC
6 1 (0.35%) SLA
System Software
1 30 (10.60%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.35%) Docker
2 1 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (0.35%) Ansible
1 1 (0.35%) Functional Safety
1 1 (0.35%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.35%) Oracle RMAN
1 1 (0.35%) Terraform
Vendors
1 54 (19.08%) Microsoft
2 15 (5.30%) PayPal
3 8 (2.83%) Siemens
4 5 (1.77%) Alteryx
4 5 (1.77%) Red Hat
4 5 (1.77%) Salesforce
5 4 (1.41%) Oracle
6 3 (1.06%) Cisco
6 3 (1.06%) Facebook
6 3 (1.06%) SAP
6 3 (1.06%) YouTube
7 2 (0.71%) Databricks
7 2 (0.71%) Infor
8 1 (0.35%) IBM
8 1 (0.35%) Juniper
8 1 (0.35%) MathWorks
8 1 (0.35%) Meraki