Degree Job Trends in the East Midlands

Academic Degree
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 16 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 1 4
Rank change year-on-year -49 +3 -2
Permanent jobs citing Degree 162 619 726
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 3.09% 27.85% 14.40%
As % of the Qualifications category 19.76% 76.80% 67.28%
Number of salaries quoted 126 86 341
10th Percentile £25,000 £28,500 £25,250
25th Percentile £28,165 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,220 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -21.73% +5.88% -10.53%
75th Percentile £57,500 £57,375 £53,750
90th Percentile £71,250 £69,375 £68,250
England median annual salary £54,897 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -0.19% +4.76% -12.50%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 820 806 1,079
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 15.63% 36.26% 21.40%
Number of salaries quoted 315 217 589
10th Percentile £26,525 £26,500 £25,500
25th Percentile £31,125 £29,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,250 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.62% -5.88% -10.53%
75th Percentile £62,500 £57,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £68,525 £68,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,296
% change year-on-year +9.09% +1.30% -9.51%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Degree relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Degree job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Degree
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Degree.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Degree

Degree
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Degree in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 16 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Degree in the East Midlands

Degree
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 16 July 2026. 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
Nottinghamshire -30 66 £29,625 -22.55% 27
Leicestershire -48 33 £47,500 -8.65% 15
Derbyshire -30 26 £30,000 -14.29% 22
Northamptonshire -36 23 £55,000 +15.35% 20
Lincolnshire -24 14 £32,500 -42.22% 15
Degree
England

Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 12 (7.41%) SharePoint
2 9 (5.56%) CMS
2 9 (5.56%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 21 (12.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (12.35%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (2.47%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (1.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (1.23%) EPLAN
5 2 (1.23%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.62%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (1.85%) JDE EnterpriseOne
2 2 (1.23%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.62%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.62%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 49 (30.25%) Azure
2 28 (17.28%) Microsoft 365
2 28 (17.28%) Power Platform
3 23 (14.20%) AWS
4 11 (6.79%) Entra ID
5 10 (6.17%) GCP
6 8 (4.94%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (4.32%) Microsoft Copilot
8 5 (3.09%) SaaS
8 5 (3.09%) Serverless
9 4 (2.47%) Amazon S3
9 4 (2.47%) AWS Lambda
9 4 (2.47%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (2.47%) Power Automate
10 3 (1.85%) Azure Logic Apps
10 3 (1.85%) PowerApps
11 2 (1.23%) AWS IoT
11 2 (1.23%) Azure Sentinel
11 2 (1.23%) OneDrive
12 1 (0.62%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 11 (6.79%) DHCP
1 11 (6.79%) DNS
2 10 (6.17%) TCP/IP
2 10 (6.17%) VLAN
3 9 (5.56%) VPN
4 8 (4.94%) VoIP
5 7 (4.32%) Wireless
6 6 (3.70%) MQTT
6 6 (3.70%) Wi-Fi
6 6 (3.70%) ZigBee
7 4 (2.47%) Bluetooth
8 3 (1.85%) LAN
8 3 (1.85%) WAN
9 2 (1.23%) Firewall
9 2 (1.23%) LoRaWAN
10 1 (0.62%) Cisco IOS
10 1 (0.62%) NX-OS
10 1 (0.62%) RFID
10 1 (0.62%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (16.05%) Power BI
2 8 (4.94%) Power Query
2 8 (4.94%) SQL Server
3 7 (4.32%) Tableau
4 6 (3.70%) Relational Database
5 4 (2.47%) Amazon Redshift
5 4 (2.47%) QlikView
6 2 (1.23%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.23%) DTS
6 2 (1.23%) MongoDB
6 2 (1.23%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 2 (1.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.62%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.62%) Geospatial Data
7 1 (0.62%) GIS
7 1 (0.62%) MySQL
7 1 (0.62%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 16 (9.88%) JIRA
2 9 (5.56%) Git
3 7 (4.32%) GitLab
4 6 (3.70%) GDB
4 6 (3.70%) Jenkins
5 4 (2.47%) Robot Framework
6 3 (1.85%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.62%) LabVIEW
7 1 (0.62%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 71 (43.83%) Social Skills
2 53 (32.72%) Analytical Skills
3 30 (18.52%) Finance
4 26 (16.05%) Manufacturing
5 25 (15.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 21 (12.96%) Legal
7 17 (10.49%) Retail
8 16 (9.88%) Law
9 13 (8.02%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (4.32%) Pharmaceutical
11 6 (3.70%) Aerospace
12 5 (3.09%) Marketing
13 4 (2.47%) Dutch Language
13 4 (2.47%) Portuguese Language
13 4 (2.47%) Public Sector
13 4 (2.47%) Spanish Language
14 3 (1.85%) Electronics
14 3 (1.85%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (1.85%) Legal Technology
14 3 (1.85%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 19 (11.73%) Analyst
2 17 (10.49%) IT Support
2 17 (10.49%) Software Engineer
3 16 (9.88%) Graduate
3 16 (9.88%) Senior
4 14 (8.64%) Developer
5 13 (8.02%) IT Engineer
6 11 (6.79%) Data Scientist
7 10 (6.17%) Business Analyst
8 9 (5.56%) 3rd Line Support
8 9 (5.56%) Graduate Software Engineer
8 9 (5.56%) Support Technician
9 8 (4.94%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
9 8 (4.94%) Service Desk Engineer
10 7 (4.32%) 2nd Line Support
10 7 (4.32%) Products Support Technician
11 6 (3.70%) Administrator
11 6 (3.70%) Embedded Software Engineer
11 6 (3.70%) Machine Learning Scientist
11 6 (3.70%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (6.17%) React
2 8 (4.94%) CSS
2 8 (4.94%) PyTorch
2 8 (4.94%) scikit-learn
3 7 (4.32%) HTML
4 6 (3.70%) Pandas
4 6 (3.70%) Yocto
5 4 (2.47%) jQuery
5 4 (2.47%) Node.js
5 4 (2.47%) pytest
5 4 (2.47%) Unity DI Container
6 3 (1.85%) .NET
7 2 (1.23%) Matplotlib
7 2 (1.23%) Seaborn
7 2 (1.23%) TensorFlow
7 2 (1.23%) Web Services
8 1 (0.62%) Entity Framework
8 1 (0.62%) RabbitMQ
8 1 (0.62%) REST
8 1 (0.62%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 10 (6.17%) Management Information System
2 6 (3.70%) ARM Cortex
2 6 (3.70%) Device Driver
2 6 (3.70%) Embedded Systems
2 6 (3.70%) IoT
2 6 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (3.09%) Manufacturing Execution System
4 4 (2.47%) Driving Licence
4 4 (2.47%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (2.47%) Onboarding
5 3 (1.85%) SCADA
6 2 (1.23%) CSOC
6 2 (1.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (1.23%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.23%) Low-Code
6 2 (1.23%) Operational Technology
6 2 (1.23%) Virtual Reality
6 2 (1.23%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.62%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.62%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 26 (16.05%) Windows
2 18 (11.11%) Windows 10
3 14 (8.64%) Linux
4 9 (5.56%) Windows Server
5 8 (4.94%) Mac OS
6 5 (3.09%) OpenVMS
6 5 (3.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (1.85%) Android
8 2 (1.23%) Embedded Linux
8 2 (1.23%) Solaris
8 2 (1.23%) Unix
9 1 (0.62%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (37.65%) Problem-Solving
2 60 (37.04%) Computer Science
3 24 (14.81%) Continuous Improvement
3 24 (14.81%) Service Delivery
4 23 (14.20%) Decision-Making
4 23 (14.20%) ITSM
5 21 (12.96%) Analytics
5 21 (12.96%) Business Intelligence
5 21 (12.96%) ERP
6 20 (12.35%) Mathematics
7 19 (11.73%) Software Engineering
7 19 (11.73%) Visualisation
8 18 (11.11%) CRM
9 17 (10.49%) Agile
9 17 (10.49%) Data Visualisation
10 16 (9.88%) Data Science
10 16 (9.88%) E-Commerce
11 15 (9.26%) Cybersecurity
11 15 (9.26%) Statistics
11 15 (9.26%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 39 (24.07%) SQL
2 24 (14.81%) Python
3 19 (11.73%) PowerShell
4 17 (10.49%) C++
5 11 (6.79%) C#
6 10 (6.17%) JavaScript
7 6 (3.70%) C
8 4 (2.47%) Bash
8 4 (2.47%) Java
8 4 (2.47%) PHP
9 3 (1.85%) VBA
10 2 (1.23%) R
10 2 (1.23%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.62%) Bicep
11 1 (0.62%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.62%) Ladder Logic
11 1 (0.62%) VB
Qualifications
1 27 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
2 13 (8.02%) Microsoft Certification
2 13 (8.02%) Security Cleared
3 11 (6.79%) SC Cleared
4 8 (4.94%) Cisco Certification
4 8 (4.94%) Master's Degree
5 7 (4.32%) BPSS Clearance
5 7 (4.32%) DBS Check
6 6 (3.70%) CISSP
7 5 (3.09%) CISM
8 4 (2.47%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 4 (2.47%) CCNA
8 4 (2.47%) CCSP
8 4 (2.47%) HND
8 4 (2.47%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 4 (2.47%) Numerate Degree
9 2 (1.23%) Azure Certification
9 2 (1.23%) PMI Certification
9 2 (1.23%) SANS
10 1 (0.62%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (9.88%) GDPR
2 14 (8.64%) Cyber Essentials
3 10 (6.17%) Data Quality
4 7 (4.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (3.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 6 (3.70%) JTAG
6 5 (3.09%) GRC
7 4 (2.47%) QA
8 3 (1.85%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (1.85%) NIST
8 3 (1.85%) SLA
9 1 (0.62%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.62%) COBIT
9 1 (0.62%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.62%) ISO 9002
9 1 (0.62%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.62%) PMO
System Software
1 27 (16.67%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.85%) Firmware
3 1 (0.62%) Docker
3 1 (0.62%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.62%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (4.94%) Jamf Pro
1 8 (4.94%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.23%) Terraform
3 1 (0.62%) Ansible
3 1 (0.62%) Argo
3 1 (0.62%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.62%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 40 (24.69%) Microsoft
2 10 (6.17%) Cisco
3 8 (4.94%) Apple
3 8 (4.94%) Databricks
3 8 (4.94%) Google
3 8 (4.94%) Logitech
3 8 (4.94%) Yealink
4 7 (4.32%) Meraki
5 6 (3.70%) SYSPRO
6 5 (3.09%) Aderant
6 5 (3.09%) Intapp
6 5 (3.09%) Red Hat
7 3 (1.85%) HubSpot
7 3 (1.85%) JD Edwards
8 2 (1.23%) Allen-Bradley
8 2 (1.23%) Oracle
8 2 (1.23%) SAP
8 2 (1.23%) Siemens
8 2 (1.23%) Sybase
8 2 (1.23%) VMware