Degree Jobs in the Midlands

Academic Degree
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 18 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 3 3
Rank change year-on-year +2 0 +1
Permanent jobs citing Degree 2,042 2,081 2,072
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 29.66% 16.12% 26.37%
As % of the Qualifications category 62.05% 63.10% 66.41%
Number of salaries quoted 328 868 777
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,285 £27,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.96% -10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £58,750 £61,250 £60,800
90th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £71,250
England median annual salary £54,793 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.37% -12.50% +14.29%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
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 Midlands.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,291 3,298 3,120
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 47.81% 25.54% 39.71%
Number of salaries quoted 888 1,672 1,286
10th Percentile £27,750 £25,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,144 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £47,500 £52,425
Median % change year-on-year +0.39% -9.39% +13.97%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,200 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +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 18 July 2025.

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 18 July 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
West Midlands +2 1,089 £50,000 - 472
East Midlands +3 945 £47,683 +19.21% 308
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 27 (1.32%) SharePoint
2 21 (1.03%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (0.59%) Confluence
4 4 (0.20%) nginx
5 3 (0.15%) CMS
6 2 (0.098%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.098%) Jupyter
6 2 (0.098%) Skype for Business
6 2 (0.098%) WordPress
7 1 (0.049%) IIS
7 1 (0.049%) PowerFactory
Applications
1 164 (8.03%) Chatbot
2 50 (2.45%) Microsoft Office
3 35 (1.71%) Microsoft Excel
4 14 (0.69%) AutoCAD
5 13 (0.64%) Simulink
6 10 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
7 8 (0.39%) Revit
8 6 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 6 (0.29%) MS Visio
9 5 (0.24%) SOLIDWORKS
10 4 (0.20%) Mozilla Thunderbird
11 1 (0.049%) Adobe Illustrator
11 1 (0.049%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 13 (0.64%) Dynamics NAV
2 12 (0.59%) Shopify
3 11 (0.54%) Teamcenter
4 10 (0.49%) Magento
5 8 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
6 7 (0.34%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.098%) Infor M3
8 1 (0.049%) Elite 3E
8 1 (0.049%) iTrent
8 1 (0.049%) NetSuite
8 1 (0.049%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.049%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 101 (4.95%) Azure
2 69 (3.38%) AWS
3 54 (2.64%) Microsoft 365
4 33 (1.62%) Power Platform
5 29 (1.42%) Entra ID
6 26 (1.27%) SaaS
7 16 (0.78%) Amazon ECS
8 15 (0.73%) GCP
9 14 (0.69%) Cloud Computing
9 14 (0.69%) OneDrive
10 11 (0.54%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 11 (0.54%) Amazon EC2
10 11 (0.54%) Amazon ELB
10 11 (0.54%) Amazon S3
10 11 (0.54%) AWS KMS
10 11 (0.54%) Dynamics 365
10 11 (0.54%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 9 (0.44%) Serverless
12 8 (0.39%) PaaS
12 8 (0.39%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 182 (8.91%) Wi-Fi
2 180 (8.81%) Wireless
3 179 (8.77%) 5G
3 179 (8.77%) Bluetooth
3 179 (8.77%) GSM
3 179 (8.77%) LTE
3 179 (8.77%) UMTS
4 46 (2.25%) Firewall
5 31 (1.52%) TCP/IP
5 31 (1.52%) VPN
6 25 (1.22%) Broadband
7 24 (1.18%) LAN
7 24 (1.18%) WAN
8 23 (1.13%) DNS
9 22 (1.08%) Modbus
10 18 (0.88%) DHCP
11 17 (0.83%) Ethernet
12 14 (0.69%) HTTP
13 12 (0.59%) Profibus
14 10 (0.49%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (1.47%) Power BI
2 29 (1.42%) SQL Server
3 13 (0.64%) Tableau
4 12 (0.59%) MySQL
5 11 (0.54%) Amazon RDS
6 8 (0.39%) Big Data
6 8 (0.39%) NoSQL
6 8 (0.39%) Relational Database
7 7 (0.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 6 (0.29%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (0.29%) PostgreSQL
8 6 (0.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 5 (0.24%) BigQuery
9 5 (0.24%) Microsoft Analysis Services
9 5 (0.24%) Oracle Database
9 5 (0.24%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 4 (0.20%) Amazon Aurora
10 4 (0.20%) Cloud Spanner
10 4 (0.20%) Metadata
11 3 (0.15%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 32 (1.57%) JIRA
2 23 (1.13%) Git
3 16 (0.78%) Cucumber
4 15 (0.73%) Robot Framework
5 14 (0.69%) Rational DOORS
6 13 (0.64%) Selenium
7 12 (0.59%) Jenkins
8 11 (0.54%) Vagrant
9 7 (0.34%) Sonatype Nexus
10 5 (0.24%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 2 (0.098%) ER Studio
11 2 (0.098%) ERwin
11 2 (0.098%) PowerDesigner
12 1 (0.049%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 1 (0.049%) FitNesse
12 1 (0.049%) Newman
12 1 (0.049%) NUnit
12 1 (0.049%) Oracle APEX
12 1 (0.049%) Postman
12 1 (0.049%) Visual Studio
General
1 490 (24.00%) Manufacturing
2 360 (17.63%) Social Skills
3 323 (15.82%) Retail
4 233 (11.41%) Electronics
5 201 (9.84%) Analytical Skills
6 146 (7.15%) Legal
7 137 (6.71%) Documentation Skills
8 136 (6.66%) Telecoms
9 117 (5.73%) Automotive
10 106 (5.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 87 (4.26%) Finance
12 86 (4.21%) Law
13 76 (3.72%) Dutch Language
13 76 (3.72%) Finnish Language
13 76 (3.72%) Norwegian Language
14 65 (3.18%) Presentation Skills
15 58 (2.84%) Marketing
16 35 (1.71%) Organisational Skills
17 30 (1.47%) Public Sector
18 19 (0.93%) Catalan Language
Job Titles
1 449 (21.99%) Trainer
2 404 (19.78%) Principal Engineer
3 359 (17.58%) Senior
4 278 (13.61%) Systems Engineer
5 250 (12.24%) Principal Systems Engineer
6 195 (9.55%) Test Engineer
7 193 (9.45%) Electronics Engineer
8 179 (8.77%) Electronics Test Engineer
9 113 (5.53%) Analyst
10 106 (5.19%) Security Engineer
11 101 (4.95%) Principal Security Engineer
12 71 (3.48%) Senior Systems Engineer
13 70 (3.43%) Lead
14 69 (3.38%) Instrumentation Engineer
15 60 (2.94%) Product Engineer
16 58 (2.84%) Developer
17 44 (2.15%) Support Engineer
18 43 (2.11%) Security Analyst
19 41 (2.01%) Graduate
19 41 (2.01%) Product Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (1.81%) HTML
2 33 (1.62%) .NET
3 22 (1.08%) CSS
4 12 (0.59%) ASP.NET
4 12 (0.59%) Loki
5 10 (0.49%) jQuery
5 10 (0.49%) React
6 9 (0.44%) Middleware
7 7 (0.34%) Web Services
8 6 (0.29%) EDI
8 6 (0.29%) Node.js
8 6 (0.29%) WinForms
9 5 (0.24%) .NET Framework
9 5 (0.24%) GWT
9 5 (0.24%) J2EE
9 5 (0.24%) JPA
9 5 (0.24%) REST
9 5 (0.24%) Vaadin
10 4 (0.20%) LDAP
10 4 (0.20%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 285 (13.96%) Robotics
2 207 (10.14%) Driving Licence
3 39 (1.91%) SCADA
4 38 (1.86%) Self-Motivation
5 31 (1.52%) Onboarding
6 28 (1.37%) Data Centre
7 27 (1.32%) Management Information System
8 22 (1.08%) Operational Technology
9 16 (0.78%) Linux Command Line
9 16 (0.78%) Molecular Biology
10 15 (0.73%) EPoS
11 13 (0.64%) NHS
12 12 (0.59%) Renewable Energy
13 11 (0.54%) Replication
14 9 (0.44%) Algorithms
14 9 (0.44%) Mobile App
15 8 (0.39%) Legacy Systems
16 7 (0.34%) Product Ownership
16 7 (0.34%) Virtual Team
17 6 (0.29%) Microsoft Licensing
Operating Systems
1 93 (4.55%) Windows
2 61 (2.99%) Linux
3 24 (1.18%) Windows Server
4 11 (0.54%) VMS
5 10 (0.49%) Amazon Linux
6 9 (0.44%) Ubuntu
7 8 (0.39%) Mac OS
7 8 (0.39%) Windows 10
8 7 (0.34%) Mac OS X
9 6 (0.29%) Apple iOS
9 6 (0.29%) Windows Server 2019
10 5 (0.24%) Rocky
11 4 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
11 4 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
12 3 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 2 (0.098%) Unix
13 2 (0.098%) Windows Server 2003
14 1 (0.049%) AIX
14 1 (0.049%) OpenVMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 508 (24.88%) Artificial Intelligence
2 458 (22.43%) Problem-Solving
3 424 (20.76%) Systems Engineering
4 395 (19.34%) Mathematics
5 331 (16.21%) Machine Learning
6 293 (14.35%) Mentoring
7 288 (14.10%) Generative AI
8 287 (14.05%) LLM
9 285 (13.96%) Red Team
10 256 (12.54%) Coaching
11 244 (11.95%) Validation
12 239 (11.70%) Data Privacy
13 233 (11.41%) Computer Science
14 227 (11.12%) Agile
15 224 (10.97%) Physics
16 207 (10.14%) Verification and Validation
17 194 (9.50%) Cybersecurity
18 183 (8.96%) Customer Requirements
19 180 (8.81%) Test Strategy
20 175 (8.57%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 118 (5.78%) SQL
2 98 (4.80%) Python
3 75 (3.67%) C#
4 72 (3.53%) MATLAB
5 66 (3.23%) JavaScript
6 55 (2.69%) Java
7 44 (2.15%) PowerShell
8 37 (1.81%) TypeScript
9 35 (1.71%) C++
10 33 (1.62%) PHP
11 29 (1.42%) R
12 27 (1.32%) C
13 19 (0.93%) Dart
13 19 (0.93%) Ruby
13 19 (0.93%) Rust
14 17 (0.83%) Bash
15 12 (0.59%) Groovy
15 12 (0.59%) Ladder Logic
16 8 (0.39%) Delphi
17 6 (0.29%) Perl
Qualifications
1 704 (34.48%) BPSS Clearance
2 222 (10.87%) HND
3 193 (9.45%) Master's Degree
4 153 (7.49%) PhD
5 132 (6.46%) Computer Science Degree
5 132 (6.46%) Numerate Degree
6 108 (5.29%) CISSP
7 104 (5.09%) CISM
8 101 (4.95%) CESG Certified Professional
9 46 (2.25%) Security Cleared
10 32 (1.57%) ISTQB
11 28 (1.37%) Chartered Engineer
11 28 (1.37%) Microsoft Certification
12 25 (1.22%) SC Cleared
13 21 (1.03%) HNC
14 20 (0.98%) MCSE
15 16 (0.78%) Azure Certification
15 16 (0.78%) DBS Check
15 16 (0.78%) MCSA
16 15 (0.73%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 108 (5.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 107 (5.24%) NIST
3 101 (4.95%) JSP 440
3 101 (4.95%) RMADS
4 58 (2.84%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 41 (2.01%) QA
6 25 (1.22%) IEC 61508
7 22 (1.08%) SLA
8 15 (0.73%) DO-254
9 14 (0.69%) ARP4754
10 11 (0.54%) Def Stans
11 8 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
12 7 (0.34%) ISO 9001
13 5 (0.24%) Data Quality
13 5 (0.24%) GDPR
14 4 (0.20%) Accessibility
14 4 (0.20%) COBIT
15 3 (0.15%) PMBOK
15 3 (0.15%) PMO
16 2 (0.098%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 49 (2.40%) Active Directory
2 25 (1.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (0.78%) Docker
4 11 (0.54%) DFS Replication
5 5 (0.24%) Firmware
5 5 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (0.20%) Dovecot
6 4 (0.20%) Postfix
6 4 (0.20%) Squid
7 2 (0.098%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.049%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.049%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 25 (1.22%) Terraform
2 23 (1.13%) Grafana
2 23 (1.13%) Prometheus
3 16 (0.78%) Kubernetes
4 11 (0.54%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (0.34%) Functional Safety
6 4 (0.20%) Nessus
6 4 (0.20%) Proxmox
7 3 (0.15%) SCCM
8 2 (0.098%) Ansible
8 2 (0.098%) SCOM
8 2 (0.098%) SCOrch
8 2 (0.098%) SCSM
9 1 (0.049%) EMC NetWorker
9 1 (0.049%) Oracle RMAN
9 1 (0.049%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.049%) WSUS
Vendors
1 303 (14.84%) Google
2 292 (14.30%) Databricks
3 290 (14.20%) Adobe
4 164 (8.03%) PayPal
5 133 (6.51%) Siemens
6 121 (5.93%) Microsoft
7 25 (1.22%) VMware
8 24 (1.18%) Cisco
9 18 (0.88%) Dell
9 18 (0.88%) Juniper
9 18 (0.88%) Rockwell
10 17 (0.83%) ServiceNow
11 14 (0.69%) Apple
11 14 (0.69%) McAfee
11 14 (0.69%) Salesforce
12 13 (0.64%) EMC
13 12 (0.59%) Allen-Bradley
13 12 (0.59%) IBM
14 11 (0.54%) Oracle
15 9 (0.44%) SAP