Degree Jobs 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 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 1 6 4
Rank change year-on-year +5 -2 +2
Permanent jobs citing Degree 1,073 542 702
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 40.58% 12.34% 24.67%
As % of the Qualifications category 70.36% 56.28% 66.16%
Number of salaries quoted 158 329 202
10th Percentile £32,500 £24,000 £24,000
25th Percentile £36,563 £28,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £40,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +19.21% -15.79% +14.46%
75th Percentile £57,000 £53,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £66,325 £67,500 £67,500
England median annual salary £52,600 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.19% -12.50% +9.09%

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 1,525 963 1,061
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 57.68% 21.92% 37.28%
Number of salaries quoted 271 562 299
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,025 £25,300
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £43,251 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.25% -8.95% +10.47%
75th Percentile £57,500 £56,238 £60,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £67,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +9.09%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Degree in the East Midlands

Degree
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

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

Salary trend for Degree in the East Midlands

Degree
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

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

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 14 May 2025. 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
Northamptonshire +8 484 £47,683 +19.21% 48
Leicestershire +4 300 £52,000 +15.56% 83
Lincolnshire +27 112 £47,683 +36.24% 44
Nottinghamshire +9 108 £35,000 -15.15% 87
Derbyshire +3 66 £37,750 -20.53% 81
Degree
England

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East 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 13 (1.21%) WordPress
2 12 (1.12%) CMS
3 9 (0.84%) SharePoint
4 6 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.19%) Apache
5 2 (0.19%) SAS
Applications
1 35 (3.26%) Microsoft Office
2 34 (3.17%) Chatbot
3 14 (1.30%) Simulink
4 8 (0.75%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.19%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.093%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.093%) Revit
Business Applications
1 18 (1.68%) Shopify
2 14 (1.30%) Teamcenter
3 6 (0.56%) Magento
4 2 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.19%) Oracle EBS R12
4 2 (0.19%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 22 (2.05%) Azure
2 16 (1.49%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (1.30%) SaaS
4 12 (1.12%) AWS
4 12 (1.12%) GitHub
4 12 (1.12%) Slack
4 12 (1.12%) Zapier
5 8 (0.75%) Entra ID
5 8 (0.75%) Power Platform
6 7 (0.65%) PaaS
7 6 (0.56%) BigCommerce
8 5 (0.47%) OneDrive
9 4 (0.37%) GCP
10 2 (0.19%) AWS Lambda
10 2 (0.19%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (0.19%) Serverless
11 1 (0.093%) Azure Data Factory
11 1 (0.093%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 1 (0.093%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 180 (16.78%) 5G
1 180 (16.78%) Bluetooth
1 180 (16.78%) LTE
1 180 (16.78%) Wi-Fi
2 179 (16.68%) GSM
2 179 (16.68%) UMTS
2 179 (16.68%) Wireless
3 14 (1.30%) VPN
4 13 (1.21%) TCP/IP
5 10 (0.93%) Broadband
5 10 (0.93%) Modbus
6 9 (0.84%) Network Security
7 6 (0.56%) VoIP
8 5 (0.47%) Internet
8 5 (0.47%) WLAN
9 2 (0.19%) CHAP
9 2 (0.19%) Intrusion Detection
10 1 (0.093%) DHCP
10 1 (0.093%) Firewall
10 1 (0.093%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (1.21%) MySQL
1 13 (1.21%) Tableau
2 11 (1.03%) SQL Server
3 8 (0.75%) Power BI
4 3 (0.28%) Oracle Database
5 2 (0.19%) Oracle Reports
5 2 (0.19%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.093%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.093%) FileMaker
6 1 (0.093%) KDB
6 1 (0.093%) Kdb+
6 1 (0.093%) Metadata
6 1 (0.093%) Metadata Repository
6 1 (0.093%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.093%) Power Query
6 1 (0.093%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.093%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.093%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 22 (2.05%) Git
2 17 (1.58%) Rational DOORS
3 14 (1.30%) Cucumber
4 13 (1.21%) Robot Framework
5 2 (0.19%) Eclipse
5 2 (0.19%) Eclipse RCP
5 2 (0.19%) JIRA
5 2 (0.19%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.093%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.093%) FitNesse
6 1 (0.093%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.093%) Newman
6 1 (0.093%) Oracle APEX
6 1 (0.093%) Postman
General
1 218 (20.32%) Electronics
2 147 (13.70%) Manufacturing
3 117 (10.90%) Social Skills
4 98 (9.13%) Retail
5 72 (6.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 71 (6.62%) Law
7 66 (6.15%) Presentation Skills
7 66 (6.15%) Telecoms
8 56 (5.22%) Automotive
9 50 (4.66%) Analytical Skills
10 29 (2.70%) Finance
11 24 (2.24%) Dutch Language
11 24 (2.24%) Finnish Language
11 24 (2.24%) Norwegian Language
12 19 (1.77%) Legal
13 17 (1.58%) Aerospace
14 16 (1.49%) Documentation Skills
15 11 (1.03%) Organisational Skills
16 8 (0.75%) Marketing
17 6 (0.56%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 317 (29.54%) Principal Engineer
2 244 (22.74%) Principal Systems Engineer
3 217 (20.22%) Test Engineer
4 206 (19.20%) Senior
5 192 (17.89%) Electronics Engineer
6 179 (16.68%) Electronics Test Engineer
7 159 (14.82%) Systems Engineer
8 106 (9.88%) Trainer
9 65 (6.06%) Security Engineer
10 59 (5.50%) Analyst
11 54 (5.03%) Integration Engineer
11 54 (5.03%) System Verification Engineer
11 54 (5.03%) Systems Integration Engineer
11 54 (5.03%) Validation Engineer
12 49 (4.57%) Principal Security Engineer
13 47 (4.38%) Senior Systems Engineer
14 32 (2.98%) Developer
15 28 (2.61%) Principal Security Analyst
15 28 (2.61%) Product Analyst
15 28 (2.61%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (2.61%) HTML
2 22 (2.05%) CSS
3 12 (1.12%) Laravel
4 8 (0.75%) .NET
5 7 (0.65%) jQuery
6 5 (0.47%) ASP.NET
7 4 (0.37%) REST
7 4 (0.37%) SOAP
8 3 (0.28%) .NET Framework
8 3 (0.28%) JSON
9 2 (0.19%) Ajax
9 2 (0.19%) Bootstrap
9 2 (0.19%) JSP
9 2 (0.19%) Middleware
9 2 (0.19%) React
9 2 (0.19%) RESTful
9 2 (0.19%) Web Services
9 2 (0.19%) WPF
9 2 (0.19%) XML
10 1 (0.093%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 199 (18.55%) Driving Licence
2 72 (6.71%) Robotics
3 24 (2.24%) SCADA
4 14 (1.30%) Linux Command Line
5 9 (0.84%) Management Information System
6 8 (0.75%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (0.65%) EPoS
8 3 (0.28%) Algorithms
8 3 (0.28%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (0.28%) Molecular Biology
9 2 (0.19%) CMDB
9 2 (0.19%) Credit Risk
9 2 (0.19%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.19%) Optoelectronics
9 2 (0.19%) Product Ownership
9 2 (0.19%) Public Cloud
10 1 (0.093%) Augmented Reality
10 1 (0.093%) Data Centre
10 1 (0.093%) Smart Energy
10 1 (0.093%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 44 (4.10%) Windows
2 31 (2.89%) Linux
3 11 (1.03%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.19%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.093%) AIX
5 1 (0.093%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 396 (36.91%) Systems Engineering
2 250 (23.30%) Mentoring
3 249 (23.21%) Validation
4 246 (22.93%) Verification and Validation
5 228 (21.25%) Coaching
6 201 (18.73%) Mathematics
7 182 (16.96%) Customer Requirements
8 179 (16.68%) Test Strategy
9 168 (15.66%) Problem-Solving
10 152 (14.17%) Physics
11 140 (13.05%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
12 123 (11.46%) Collaborative Working
13 119 (11.09%) Cybersecurity
14 117 (10.90%) SysML
15 108 (10.07%) Project Management
16 107 (9.97%) Artificial Intelligence
17 106 (9.88%) Computer Science
18 95 (8.85%) Agile
19 78 (7.27%) Machine Learning
20 74 (6.90%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 65 (6.06%) MATLAB
2 56 (5.22%) Python
3 31 (2.89%) SQL
4 26 (2.42%) JavaScript
5 22 (2.05%) PowerShell
6 20 (1.86%) C#
7 19 (1.77%) Java
8 16 (1.49%) PHP
9 15 (1.40%) Bash
10 7 (0.65%) C++
11 6 (0.56%) Delphi
11 6 (0.56%) Rust
12 4 (0.37%) C
13 3 (0.28%) Ada
13 3 (0.28%) R
14 2 (0.19%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.19%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.19%) TypeScript
14 2 (0.19%) XAML
15 1 (0.093%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 470 (43.80%) BPSS Clearance
2 195 (18.17%) HND
3 69 (6.43%) Master's Degree
4 68 (6.34%) Chartered Engineer
5 55 (5.13%) CISSP
6 49 (4.57%) CESG Certified Professional
6 49 (4.57%) CISM
7 45 (4.19%) ISTQB
8 44 (4.10%) Computer Science Degree
9 38 (3.54%) PhD
10 32 (2.98%) Numerate Degree
11 17 (1.58%) Security Cleared
12 14 (1.30%) Microsoft Certification
13 13 (1.21%) DBS Check
13 13 (1.21%) MCSE
14 12 (1.12%) CCNA
14 12 (1.12%) CCNP
14 12 (1.12%) Cisco Certification
14 12 (1.12%) MCP
14 12 (1.12%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (5.03%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 49 (4.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 49 (4.57%) JSP 440
2 49 (4.57%) NIST
2 49 (4.57%) RMADS
3 47 (4.38%) IEC 61508
4 33 (3.08%) Def Stans
5 29 (2.70%) QA
6 14 (1.30%) ARP4754
6 14 (1.30%) DO-254
7 6 (0.56%) NEBOSH
8 5 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.19%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.19%) MISRA
10 1 (0.093%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.093%) ISO 14001
10 1 (0.093%) ISO 26262
10 1 (0.093%) ISO 9000
10 1 (0.093%) MISRA C
10 1 (0.093%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (1.03%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.19%) Docker
2 2 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
2 2 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.093%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.093%) Firmware
3 1 (0.093%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.093%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.093%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (0.47%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.093%) Ansible
2 1 (0.093%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.093%) Puppet
2 1 (0.093%) Terraform
Vendors
1 81 (7.55%) Databricks
2 73 (6.80%) Google
3 72 (6.71%) Adobe
4 53 (4.94%) Microsoft
5 34 (3.17%) PayPal
6 23 (2.14%) Siemens
7 14 (1.30%) IBM
8 13 (1.21%) EMC
9 12 (1.12%) WooCommerce
10 11 (1.03%) Salesforce
11 5 (0.47%) Cisco
11 5 (0.47%) Meraki
11 5 (0.47%) Sage
11 5 (0.47%) Veeam
12 4 (0.37%) ServiceNow
13 3 (0.28%) Autodesk
13 3 (0.28%) Oracle
14 2 (0.19%) Sun
14 2 (0.19%) VMware
15 1 (0.093%) NEC