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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 3 2 4
Rank change year-on-year -1 +2 +13
Permanent jobs citing Degree 1,926 1,999 2,657
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 16.58% 26.32% 21.55%
As % of the Qualifications category 63.86% 66.54% 66.81%
Number of salaries quoted 715 749 1,282
10th Percentile £25,500 £27,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,500 £35,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% +5.88%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £71,250 £68,750
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -12.50% +14.29% -4.55%

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 3,016 3,004 3,977
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 25.96% 39.56% 32.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1,420 1,260 2,115
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,950 £27,500
25th Percentile £32,938 £37,500 £35,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £52,175 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.04% +13.42% -3.16%
75th Percentile £62,200 £63,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% 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 26 July 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 26 July 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 0 1,225 £50,000 -4.76% 303
East Midlands -1 693 £42,500 -10.53% 202
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 54 (2.80%) SharePoint
2 38 (1.97%) Microsoft Exchange
3 17 (0.88%) CMS
4 13 (0.67%) WordPress
5 10 (0.52%) Confluence
6 9 (0.47%) IIS
7 8 (0.42%) Apache
7 8 (0.42%) Tomcat
8 5 (0.26%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.10%) Appian
9 2 (0.10%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (0.10%) MTS
10 1 (0.052%) Apache Spark
10 1 (0.052%) SAS
10 1 (0.052%) SharePoint 2013
10 1 (0.052%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.052%) Umbraco
Applications
1 539 (27.99%) Microsoft Office
2 400 (20.77%) Microsoft Excel
3 31 (1.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (0.93%) AutoCAD
5 15 (0.78%) Microsoft Project
6 12 (0.62%) Simulink
7 9 (0.47%) OrCAD
7 9 (0.47%) Photoshop
8 8 (0.42%) Adobe Illustrator
9 7 (0.36%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 4 (0.21%) Adobe XD
10 4 (0.21%) InDesign
10 4 (0.21%) MS Visio
10 4 (0.21%) Revit
10 4 (0.21%) Sketch
11 3 (0.16%) Adobe After Effects
11 3 (0.16%) Autodesk Inventor
11 3 (0.16%) Fusion 360
12 2 (0.10%) CANalyzer
12 2 (0.10%) EPLAN
Business Applications
1 25 (1.30%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (0.67%) Shopify
3 8 (0.42%) NEC Housing
4 7 (0.36%) NetSuite
5 5 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
6 4 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
7 3 (0.16%) Sage 300 ERP
7 3 (0.16%) SAP ERP
7 3 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
8 2 (0.10%) Dynamics AX
8 2 (0.10%) Oracle Payables
8 2 (0.10%) Sage 200
9 1 (0.052%) Payment Gateway
9 1 (0.052%) Primavera
9 1 (0.052%) SAP Business One
9 1 (0.052%) SAP IS-U
9 1 (0.052%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 159 (8.26%) Azure
2 100 (5.19%) Power Platform
3 99 (5.14%) Microsoft 365
4 66 (3.43%) AWS
5 49 (2.54%) SaaS
6 42 (2.18%) Dynamics 365
7 32 (1.66%) Entra ID
8 31 (1.61%) PowerApps
9 22 (1.14%) Power Automate
10 18 (0.93%) OneDrive
11 13 (0.67%) GitHub
12 12 (0.62%) Google Workspace
13 10 (0.52%) Azure DevOps
13 10 (0.52%) Cloud Computing
14 9 (0.47%) Amazon EC2
14 9 (0.47%) Amazon S3
14 9 (0.47%) Azure Monitor
14 9 (0.47%) GCP
15 8 (0.42%) Azure Storage
16 7 (0.36%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 86 (4.47%) Network Security
2 78 (4.05%) Internet
3 76 (3.95%) WLAN
4 48 (2.49%) Firewall
4 48 (2.49%) WAN
5 36 (1.87%) DNS
6 34 (1.77%) DHCP
7 24 (1.25%) LAN
7 24 (1.25%) VPN
8 22 (1.14%) SD-WAN
9 20 (1.04%) TCP/IP
10 18 (0.93%) SAN
11 16 (0.83%) VLAN
11 16 (0.83%) VoIP
12 14 (0.73%) Wi-Fi
13 13 (0.67%) Ethernet
14 12 (0.62%) Cisco Firepower
14 12 (0.62%) DVB
14 12 (0.62%) Wireless
15 7 (0.36%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (4.31%) Power BI
2 82 (4.26%) SQL Server
3 35 (1.82%) Tableau
4 30 (1.56%) MySQL
4 30 (1.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 28 (1.45%) Data Warehouse
6 21 (1.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 15 (0.78%) Relational Database
8 13 (0.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 12 (0.62%) BusinessObjects
10 11 (0.57%) PostgreSQL
11 10 (0.52%) Oracle Database
11 10 (0.52%) Power Query
12 8 (0.42%) Amazon RDS
12 8 (0.42%) GIS
12 8 (0.42%) NoSQL
13 7 (0.36%) Data Lake
14 6 (0.31%) MongoDB
15 5 (0.26%) Amazon Redshift
15 5 (0.26%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 52 (2.70%) Git
2 25 (1.30%) Visual Studio
3 15 (0.78%) JIRA
4 7 (0.36%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 6 (0.31%) Visual Studio Code
6 5 (0.26%) Postman
7 4 (0.21%) CANoe
7 4 (0.21%) GitLab
7 4 (0.21%) Moq
8 2 (0.10%) Android Studio
8 2 (0.10%) CMake
8 2 (0.10%) Jenkins
8 2 (0.10%) LabVIEW
8 2 (0.10%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (0.10%) Visual Studio Team System
9 1 (0.052%) Balsamiq
9 1 (0.052%) MSTest
9 1 (0.052%) NUnit
9 1 (0.052%) PowerBuilder
9 1 (0.052%) Selenium
General
1 736 (38.21%) Social Skills
2 331 (17.19%) Analytical Skills
3 315 (16.36%) Military
4 300 (15.58%) Retail
5 186 (9.66%) Finance
6 178 (9.24%) Presentation Skills
7 169 (8.77%) Manufacturing
8 165 (8.57%) Influencing Skills
9 149 (7.74%) Legal
10 143 (7.42%) Organisational Skills
11 101 (5.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 94 (4.88%) Marketing
13 58 (3.01%) Electronics
14 57 (2.96%) Automotive
15 50 (2.60%) Public Sector
16 42 (2.18%) Law
17 41 (2.13%) Local Government
17 41 (2.13%) Pharmaceutical
18 34 (1.77%) Telecoms
19 24 (1.25%) Banking
Job Titles
1 360 (18.69%) Graduate
2 334 (17.34%) Analyst
3 160 (8.31%) Project Manager
4 137 (7.11%) Developer
5 134 (6.96%) Senior
6 129 (6.70%) Lead
7 118 (6.13%) Product Analyst
8 116 (6.02%) Sales Analyst
9 94 (4.88%) Support Engineer
10 89 (4.62%) Business Analyst
11 87 (4.52%) IT Engineer
12 81 (4.21%) IT Support
13 66 (3.43%) IT Support Engineer
14 58 (3.01%) Software Engineer
15 57 (2.96%) Architect
16 54 (2.80%) Consultant
16 54 (2.80%) Embedded Engineer
17 52 (2.70%) Team Leader
18 46 (2.39%) Systems Engineer
19 39 (2.02%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (4.10%) .NET
2 66 (3.43%) HTML
3 55 (2.86%) CSS
4 24 (1.25%) ASP.NET
5 23 (1.19%) React
6 21 (1.09%) AngularJS
7 20 (1.04%) .NET Core
8 16 (0.83%) JSON
9 15 (0.78%) RESTful
9 15 (0.78%) Web Services
10 14 (0.73%) XML
11 13 (0.67%) .NET Framework
12 12 (0.62%) Vue
13 11 (0.57%) EDI
14 10 (0.52%) Laravel
14 10 (0.52%) MFC
14 10 (0.52%) Node.js
15 9 (0.47%) HTML5
15 9 (0.47%) jQuery
16 8 (0.42%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 523 (27.15%) Onboarding
2 104 (5.40%) Driving Licence
3 99 (5.14%) Management Information System
4 61 (3.17%) Self-Motivation
5 53 (2.75%) Data Centre
6 36 (1.87%) Mobile App
7 27 (1.40%) Product Ownership
8 24 (1.25%) Embedded Systems
9 20 (1.04%) IoT
9 20 (1.04%) Life Science
10 17 (0.88%) CCTV
11 16 (0.83%) FPGA
12 13 (0.67%) Augmented Reality
12 13 (0.67%) FMCG
12 13 (0.67%) PMI
12 13 (0.67%) Public Cloud
12 13 (0.67%) Social Media
12 13 (0.67%) Virtual Reality
13 12 (0.62%) Algorithms
13 12 (0.62%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 198 (10.28%) Windows
2 145 (7.53%) Linux
3 54 (2.80%) Windows Server
4 38 (1.97%) Windows 10
5 15 (0.78%) Windows Server 2016
6 14 (0.73%) Embedded Linux
6 14 (0.73%) Unix
6 14 (0.73%) Windows Server 2019
7 13 (0.67%) Mac OS
7 13 (0.67%) VMS
8 10 (0.52%) Android
8 10 (0.52%) Mac OS X
9 9 (0.47%) Ubuntu
9 9 (0.47%) Windows 7
10 8 (0.42%) Solaris
11 5 (0.26%) Apple iOS
11 5 (0.26%) SUSE
11 5 (0.26%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
12 3 (0.16%) FreeRTOS
12 3 (0.16%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 659 (34.22%) Customer Service
2 627 (32.55%) Problem-Solving
3 534 (27.73%) Continuous Improvement
4 505 (26.22%) Data Analysis
5 419 (21.75%) Logistics
6 416 (21.60%) Process Improvement
7 373 (19.37%) Computer Science
8 328 (17.03%) Performance Metrics
9 327 (16.98%) Creative Thinking
10 325 (16.87%) Customer Experience
11 322 (16.72%) Mathematics
12 317 (16.46%) Mentoring
13 313 (16.25%) Contingency Planning
14 279 (14.49%) Project Management
15 230 (11.94%) ITIL
16 198 (10.28%) Agile
17 161 (8.36%) Customer Requirements
18 129 (6.70%) Coaching
19 124 (6.44%) Mechatronics
20 119 (6.18%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 199 (10.33%) SQL
2 101 (5.24%) C#
3 97 (5.04%) Python
4 85 (4.41%) JavaScript
5 66 (3.43%) C++
6 55 (2.86%) C
7 34 (1.77%) PowerShell
8 32 (1.66%) Java
9 27 (1.40%) Embedded C
9 27 (1.40%) TypeScript
10 22 (1.14%) MATLAB
10 22 (1.14%) PHP
11 18 (0.93%) VB
12 12 (0.62%) Embedded C++
13 11 (0.57%) Shell Script
13 11 (0.57%) T-SQL
14 10 (0.52%) Assembly Language
15 7 (0.36%) R
15 7 (0.36%) VBA
16 5 (0.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 254 (13.19%) Computer Science Degree
2 146 (7.58%) HNC
3 128 (6.65%) Microsoft Certification
4 109 (5.66%) Cisco Certification
5 107 (5.56%) CCNA
6 94 (4.88%) CCNP
7 88 (4.57%) Security Cleared
8 85 (4.41%) MCP
8 85 (4.41%) MCSE
9 68 (3.53%) Master's Degree
10 65 (3.37%) LPIC
11 53 (2.75%) DBS Check
12 43 (2.23%) SC Cleared
13 38 (1.97%) Azure Certification
14 32 (1.66%) HND
15 26 (1.35%) CISSP
16 22 (1.14%) CISM
17 18 (0.93%) PMI Certification
18 12 (0.62%) CISA
18 12 (0.62%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 159 (8.26%) QA
2 78 (4.05%) NEBOSH
3 41 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 23 (1.19%) ISO 9001
5 22 (1.14%) PMO
6 20 (1.04%) Accessibility
7 18 (0.93%) GLP
8 17 (0.88%) NIST
9 16 (0.83%) Data Quality
9 16 (0.83%) GMP
10 14 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 17025
11 13 (0.67%) GDPR
12 12 (0.62%) SLA
13 9 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
13 9 (0.47%) PCI DSS
14 8 (0.42%) AUTOSAR
14 8 (0.42%) ISO 26262
15 5 (0.26%) ISO 14001
16 4 (0.21%) Automotive SPICE
16 4 (0.21%) MISRA
System Software
1 95 (4.93%) Active Directory
2 60 (3.12%) Firmware
3 53 (2.75%) VMware Infrastructure
4 37 (1.92%) Hyper-V
5 32 (1.66%) Embedded Firmware
6 19 (0.99%) Docker
7 9 (0.47%) vSphere
8 8 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
9 5 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
10 4 (0.21%) pfSense
10 4 (0.21%) Virtual Machines
11 3 (0.16%) XenApp
11 3 (0.16%) XenDesktop
12 2 (0.10%) Virtual Servers
13 1 (0.052%) Terminal Services
13 1 (0.052%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 23 (1.19%) Microsoft Intune
1 23 (1.19%) Terraform
2 20 (1.04%) Kubernetes
3 17 (0.88%) SCCM
4 12 (0.62%) EnCase
4 12 (0.62%) Stealthwatch
5 7 (0.36%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.26%) CASB
6 5 (0.26%) SCOM
6 5 (0.26%) Tivoli Storage Manager
7 4 (0.21%) Autotask
7 4 (0.21%) FortiGate
7 4 (0.21%) Functional Safety
7 4 (0.21%) SmoothWall
8 3 (0.16%) Failover Clustering
8 3 (0.16%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.16%) WSUS
9 2 (0.10%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.10%) Data Guard
9 2 (0.10%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 369 (19.16%) Microsoft
2 115 (5.97%) Cisco
3 69 (3.58%) VMware
4 48 (2.49%) Apple
5 38 (1.97%) Adobe
6 37 (1.92%) SAP
7 31 (1.61%) Databricks
8 26 (1.35%) Google
9 24 (1.25%) IFS
10 22 (1.14%) Meraki
11 21 (1.09%) Oracle
12 19 (0.99%) ServiceNow
12 19 (0.99%) Workday
13 18 (0.93%) Dell
13 18 (0.93%) EMC
14 17 (0.88%) Salesforce
15 16 (0.83%) Fortinet
16 13 (0.67%) NEC
17 12 (0.62%) Veeam
18 10 (0.52%) Ubiquiti