Degree Jobs in the Midlands

Academic Degree
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 6 4 6
Rank change year-on-year -2 +2 +13
Permanent jobs citing Degree 1,601 2,430 1,883
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.75% 25.24% 17.36%
As % of the Qualifications category 55.96% 63.56% 56.67%
Number of salaries quoted 941 711 946
10th Percentile £25,000 £27,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,750 £36,750 £34,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £61,250 £60,899 £58,688
90th Percentile £77,500 £71,000 £75,645
England median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -

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

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,861 3,823 3,323
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 24.57% 39.72% 30.63%
Number of salaries quoted 1,847 1,287 1,669
10th Percentile £25,500 £27,400 £25,750
25th Percentile £32,000 £36,750 £35,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +8.70% +2.22%
75th Percentile £61,250 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £76,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.17% +5.45% -

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 27 April 2024.

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 27 April 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
West Midlands -3 1,064 £50,000 -4.76% 497
East Midlands -5 526 £40,000 -15.79% 307
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 53 (3.31%) SharePoint
2 49 (3.06%) Microsoft Exchange
3 25 (1.56%) WordPress
4 18 (1.12%) CMS
5 10 (0.62%) Confluence
5 10 (0.62%) IIS
6 8 (0.50%) SAS
7 6 (0.37%) WebSphere
8 4 (0.25%) Apache
8 4 (0.25%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.12%) Alfresco
9 2 (0.12%) Appian
9 2 (0.12%) Captiva
9 2 (0.12%) Documentum
9 2 (0.12%) MTS
9 2 (0.12%) WinCC
10 1 (0.062%) Apache Spark
10 1 (0.062%) BizTalk Server
10 1 (0.062%) Mule
10 1 (0.062%) Umbraco
Applications
1 345 (21.55%) Microsoft Office
2 212 (13.24%) Microsoft Excel
3 34 (2.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 28 (1.75%) Microsoft Project
5 25 (1.56%) AutoCAD
6 17 (1.06%) Simulink
7 13 (0.81%) Adobe Illustrator
7 13 (0.81%) Photoshop
8 10 (0.62%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 9 (0.56%) InDesign
10 6 (0.37%) CANalyzer
10 6 (0.37%) Chatbot
11 5 (0.31%) Adobe After Effects
12 4 (0.25%) Adobe Premiere
12 4 (0.25%) Adobe XD
12 4 (0.25%) EPLAN
12 4 (0.25%) Sketch
12 4 (0.25%) SPSS
13 3 (0.19%) MS Visio
14 1 (0.062%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 17 (1.06%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (0.75%) Shopify
3 8 (0.50%) SAP ERP
4 7 (0.44%) NetSuite
5 4 (0.25%) Dynamics NAV
5 4 (0.25%) Magento
5 4 (0.25%) NEC Housing
5 4 (0.25%) Sage 300 ERP
5 4 (0.25%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.19%) Sage 200
7 2 (0.12%) Dynamics AX
7 2 (0.12%) Primavera
7 2 (0.12%) SAP Business One
7 2 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
8 1 (0.062%) Oracle Payables
8 1 (0.062%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.062%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 176 (10.99%) Azure
2 119 (7.43%) Power Platform
3 108 (6.75%) Microsoft 365
4 78 (4.87%) AWS
5 56 (3.50%) SaaS
6 39 (2.44%) Dynamics 365
7 25 (1.56%) PowerApps
8 23 (1.44%) Entra ID
9 20 (1.25%) Azure DevOps
10 18 (1.12%) GCP
11 16 (1.00%) Power Automate
12 15 (0.94%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 15 (0.94%) GitHub
12 15 (0.94%) OneDrive
13 12 (0.75%) WhatsApp
14 10 (0.62%) Snowflake
15 9 (0.56%) Amazon S3
15 9 (0.56%) Boomi
15 9 (0.56%) Google Analytics
16 8 (0.50%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 69 (4.31%) WAN
2 54 (3.37%) LAN
3 48 (3.00%) Firewall
4 35 (2.19%) DNS
5 33 (2.06%) DHCP
6 25 (1.56%) Network Security
7 24 (1.50%) SAN
7 24 (1.50%) VPN
8 23 (1.44%) TCP/IP
9 22 (1.37%) VoIP
10 21 (1.31%) Ethernet
11 20 (1.25%) Internet
12 15 (0.94%) SD-WAN
13 13 (0.81%) Wi-Fi
14 12 (0.75%) VLAN
15 9 (0.56%) Wireless
16 8 (0.50%) WLAN
17 6 (0.37%) NAS
18 5 (0.31%) Cisco Firepower
19 4 (0.25%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 109 (6.81%) SQL Server
2 108 (6.75%) Power BI
3 58 (3.62%) Tableau
4 35 (2.19%) Data Warehouse
5 22 (1.37%) MySQL
5 22 (1.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 21 (1.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 17 (1.06%) Relational Database
8 14 (0.87%) Data Lake
9 13 (0.81%) Amazon Redshift
9 13 (0.81%) Data Mining
10 11 (0.69%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 10 (0.62%) PostgreSQL
12 8 (0.50%) GIS
12 8 (0.50%) Power Query
13 7 (0.44%) BigQuery
14 6 (0.37%) Looker
14 6 (0.37%) RDBMS
15 5 (0.31%) Amazon RDS
15 5 (0.31%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 43 (2.69%) Git
2 32 (2.00%) JIRA
3 22 (1.37%) Visual Studio
4 8 (0.50%) CANoe
5 6 (0.37%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 5 (0.31%) Rational DOORS
7 4 (0.25%) Jenkins
7 4 (0.25%) Moq
7 4 (0.25%) Postman
7 4 (0.25%) Xcode
8 3 (0.19%) CMake
9 2 (0.12%) Android Studio
9 2 (0.12%) GitLab
9 2 (0.12%) MSBuild
9 2 (0.12%) TeamCity
10 1 (0.062%) Balsamiq
10 1 (0.062%) NUnit
10 1 (0.062%) Sourcetree
10 1 (0.062%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.062%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 643 (40.16%) Social Skills
2 342 (21.36%) Analytical Skills
3 217 (13.55%) Finance
4 171 (10.68%) Manufacturing
5 165 (10.31%) Influencing Skills
6 156 (9.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 147 (9.18%) Organisational Skills
8 109 (6.81%) Retail
9 94 (5.87%) Marketing
10 84 (5.25%) Military
11 73 (4.56%) Automotive
12 69 (4.31%) Electronics
13 68 (4.25%) Legal
14 58 (3.62%) Presentation Skills
15 48 (3.00%) Local Government
16 41 (2.56%) Telecoms
17 39 (2.44%) Public Sector
18 37 (2.31%) Pharmaceutical
19 25 (1.56%) Law
20 24 (1.50%) Games
Job Titles
1 317 (19.80%) Analyst
2 157 (9.81%) Senior
3 156 (9.74%) Developer
4 155 (9.68%) Graduate
5 122 (7.62%) Lead
6 118 (7.37%) Product Analyst
7 116 (7.25%) Project Manager
7 116 (7.25%) Sales Analyst
8 64 (4.00%) Software Engineer
9 61 (3.81%) Software Developer
10 60 (3.75%) Senior Analyst
11 52 (3.25%) Architect
12 50 (3.12%) Systems Engineer
13 49 (3.06%) Consultant
14 44 (2.75%) Data Analyst
15 39 (2.44%) Junior
16 37 (2.31%) Technical Leader
17 33 (2.06%) Data Scientist
18 30 (1.87%) Support Engineer
19 28 (1.75%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 85 (5.31%) HTML
2 79 (4.93%) CSS
3 75 (4.68%) .NET
4 49 (3.06%) AngularJS
5 46 (2.87%) React
6 39 (2.44%) Node.js
6 39 (2.44%) XML
7 34 (2.12%) HTML5
8 32 (2.00%) RESTful
9 31 (1.94%) Express.js
10 24 (1.50%) ASP.NET
11 22 (1.37%) .NET Core
12 14 (0.87%) EDI
13 13 (0.81%) GraphQL
14 11 (0.69%) jQuery
14 11 (0.69%) JSON
15 10 (0.62%) SOAP
15 10 (0.62%) Vue
16 8 (0.50%) PyTorch
16 8 (0.50%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 109 (6.81%) Onboarding
2 99 (6.18%) Management Information System
3 60 (3.75%) Data Centre
4 59 (3.69%) Self-Motivation
5 43 (2.69%) Driving Licence
6 42 (2.62%) Mobile App
7 41 (2.56%) Algorithms
8 29 (1.81%) Product Ownership
9 26 (1.62%) SCADA
10 25 (1.56%) Social Media
11 18 (1.12%) CCTV
11 18 (1.12%) Public Cloud
12 17 (1.06%) Life Science
12 17 (1.06%) Virtual Team
13 16 (1.00%) Robotics
14 15 (0.94%) Data Structures
14 15 (0.94%) Embedded Systems
14 15 (0.94%) Industry 4.0
15 12 (0.75%) Infotainment
15 12 (0.75%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 144 (8.99%) Windows
2 74 (4.62%) Linux
3 47 (2.94%) Windows Server
4 38 (2.37%) Windows 10
5 16 (1.00%) Mac OS
5 16 (1.00%) Unix
5 16 (1.00%) Windows 7
6 14 (0.87%) Android
7 9 (0.56%) Apple iOS
8 8 (0.50%) Windows Server 2016
8 8 (0.50%) Windows Server 2019
9 6 (0.37%) SUSE
9 6 (0.37%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
9 6 (0.37%) VMS
10 5 (0.31%) Mac OS X
11 4 (0.25%) Solaris
11 4 (0.25%) Ubuntu
11 4 (0.25%) Windows Server 2012
12 3 (0.19%) Debian
12 3 (0.19%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 502 (31.36%) Problem-Solving
2 346 (21.61%) Computer Science
3 327 (20.42%) Customer Service
4 315 (19.68%) Continuous Improvement
5 247 (15.43%) Mathematics
6 238 (14.87%) Project Management
7 230 (14.37%) Agile
8 194 (12.12%) Data Analysis
9 176 (10.99%) Customer Requirements
10 159 (9.93%) Mentoring
11 143 (8.93%) Software Engineering
12 132 (8.24%) Cybersecurity
13 125 (7.81%) Logistics
14 116 (7.25%) Process Improvement
14 116 (7.25%) Project Delivery
15 109 (6.81%) Business Intelligence
16 108 (6.75%) Analytics
17 106 (6.62%) Decision-Making
18 98 (6.12%) Creative Thinking
18 98 (6.12%) Performance Metrics
Programming Languages
1 233 (14.55%) SQL
2 147 (9.18%) Python
3 115 (7.18%) JavaScript
4 96 (6.00%) C#
5 56 (3.50%) C
6 45 (2.81%) C++
7 44 (2.75%) PHP
8 43 (2.69%) Java
9 38 (2.37%) VB
10 30 (1.87%) MATLAB
10 30 (1.87%) PowerShell
11 26 (1.62%) TypeScript
12 23 (1.44%) JSX
13 20 (1.25%) Embedded C
14 14 (0.87%) T-SQL
15 11 (0.69%) Embedded C++
15 11 (0.69%) R
16 7 (0.44%) Ladder Logic
17 6 (0.37%) Assembly Language
18 5 (0.31%) VBA
Qualifications
1 182 (11.37%) Computer Science Degree
2 100 (6.25%) Security Cleared
3 98 (6.12%) Master's Degree
4 67 (4.18%) DBS Check
5 66 (4.12%) SC Cleared
6 59 (3.69%) Microsoft Certification
7 42 (2.62%) CCNA
7 42 (2.62%) Cisco Certification
8 36 (2.25%) HND
9 34 (2.12%) MCP
10 31 (1.94%) HNC
11 28 (1.75%) PMI Certification
12 27 (1.69%) Azure Certification
13 25 (1.56%) CCNP
14 24 (1.50%) PMP
15 20 (1.25%) MCSE
16 19 (1.19%) Chartered Engineer
16 19 (1.19%) CISM
16 19 (1.19%) CISSP
17 18 (1.12%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (4.43%) QA
2 33 (2.06%) PMO
3 29 (1.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 22 (1.37%) GMP
5 21 (1.31%) Accessibility
5 21 (1.31%) ISO 9001
6 19 (1.19%) Data Quality
7 18 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 17025
8 14 (0.87%) NIST
9 13 (0.81%) GDPR
9 13 (0.81%) GLP
9 13 (0.81%) ISO 26262
10 11 (0.69%) SLA
11 10 (0.62%) Actionable Recommendations
12 9 (0.56%) AUTOSAR
13 8 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials
14 6 (0.37%) MISRA
14 6 (0.37%) PCI DSS
15 5 (0.31%) NCSC
16 4 (0.25%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 89 (5.56%) Active Directory
2 46 (2.87%) VMware Infrastructure
3 43 (2.69%) Firmware
4 32 (2.00%) Hyper-V
5 25 (1.56%) Docker
6 24 (1.50%) Embedded Firmware
7 7 (0.44%) vSphere
8 4 (0.25%) pfSense
8 4 (0.25%) Terminal Services
9 3 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.12%) BitLocker
10 2 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
10 2 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.062%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.062%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 18 (1.12%) Microsoft Intune
1 18 (1.12%) SCCM
1 18 (1.12%) Terraform
2 16 (1.00%) Kubernetes
3 14 (0.87%) EnCase
4 10 (0.62%) Functional Safety
5 8 (0.50%) SCOM
6 7 (0.44%) Failover Clustering
7 6 (0.37%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 5 (0.31%) Autotask
8 5 (0.31%) CASB
8 5 (0.31%) FortiGate
8 5 (0.31%) HP ALM
8 5 (0.31%) Stealthwatch
9 4 (0.25%) Jamf Pro
9 4 (0.25%) SmoothWall
10 2 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.12%) Nessus
11 1 (0.062%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.062%) VxRail
Vendors
1 351 (21.92%) Microsoft
2 62 (3.87%) VMware
3 42 (2.62%) Cisco
4 37 (2.31%) EMC
5 36 (2.25%) Adobe
5 36 (2.25%) Apple
6 34 (2.12%) Databricks
7 32 (2.00%) SAP
8 26 (1.62%) ServiceNow
9 22 (1.37%) Google
10 21 (1.31%) IFS
10 21 (1.31%) Salesforce
11 17 (1.06%) Workday
12 16 (1.00%) Meraki
13 14 (0.87%) Dell
14 13 (0.81%) Alteryx
15 12 (0.75%) Veeam
16 11 (0.69%) Oracle
16 11 (0.69%) Sage
16 11 (0.69%) Xamarin