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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 6 4
Rank change year-on-year +5 -2 +2
Permanent jobs citing Degree 2,493 1,797 2,247
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 36.36% 14.03% 25.32%
As % of the Qualifications category 62.62% 58.14% 63.30%
Number of salaries quoted 324 975 711
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.39% -5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £58,750 £61,250 £60,800
90th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £71,250
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
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 3,981 3,091 3,550
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 58.07% 24.13% 40.00%
Number of salaries quoted 808 1,887 1,245
10th Percentile £27,044 £25,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £35,500 £32,000 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.39% -5.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £64,063 £61,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £73,750 £76,250 £75,000
England median annual salary £54,897 £54,399 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.92% -9.34% +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 30 May 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 30 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
West Midlands +2 1,338 £51,447 +2.89% 2,112
East Midlands +6 1,147 £47,683 +12.20% 1,555
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 29 (1.16%) SharePoint
2 16 (0.64%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (0.36%) CMS
3 9 (0.36%) WordPress
4 4 (0.16%) Confluence
5 2 (0.080%) Apache
5 2 (0.080%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.080%) nginx
5 2 (0.080%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 110 (4.41%) Chatbot
2 60 (2.41%) Microsoft Office
3 37 (1.48%) Microsoft Excel
4 17 (0.68%) Simulink
5 14 (0.56%) Microsoft Project
6 8 (0.32%) Revit
7 6 (0.24%) MS Visio
8 4 (0.16%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.080%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 2 (0.080%) Mozilla Thunderbird
9 2 (0.080%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 22 (0.88%) Shopify
2 15 (0.60%) Teamcenter
3 12 (0.48%) Dynamics NAV
4 10 (0.40%) Magento
5 7 (0.28%) SAP ERP
6 4 (0.16%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.12%) Dynamics CRM
8 2 (0.080%) Infor M3
8 2 (0.080%) Oracle EBS
9 1 (0.040%) iTrent
9 1 (0.040%) Oracle EBS R12
9 1 (0.040%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.040%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 113 (4.53%) Azure
2 72 (2.89%) Microsoft 365
3 52 (2.09%) AWS
4 31 (1.24%) Power Platform
5 24 (0.96%) SaaS
6 20 (0.80%) Entra ID
7 14 (0.56%) Amazon ECS
8 12 (0.48%) OneDrive
9 11 (0.44%) Cloud Computing
9 11 (0.44%) GCP
9 11 (0.44%) Google Workspace
10 9 (0.36%) GitHub
10 9 (0.36%) Serverless
10 9 (0.36%) Slack
10 9 (0.36%) Zapier
11 8 (0.32%) BigCommerce
11 8 (0.32%) PaaS
12 7 (0.28%) Dynamics 365
13 6 (0.24%) Power Automate
13 6 (0.24%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 184 (7.38%) Wi-Fi
2 181 (7.26%) 5G
2 181 (7.26%) Bluetooth
2 181 (7.26%) LTE
3 180 (7.22%) Wireless
4 179 (7.18%) GSM
4 179 (7.18%) UMTS
5 46 (1.85%) LAN
5 46 (1.85%) WAN
6 41 (1.64%) Firewall
7 39 (1.56%) WLAN
8 38 (1.52%) TCP/IP
9 35 (1.40%) VoIP
10 32 (1.28%) Network Security
11 30 (1.20%) Internet
12 26 (1.04%) VPN
13 25 (1.00%) Broadband
14 23 (0.92%) DHCP
15 22 (0.88%) DNS
16 17 (0.68%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (1.16%) Power BI
2 25 (1.00%) SQL Server
3 18 (0.72%) MySQL
4 17 (0.68%) Tableau
5 9 (0.36%) Relational Database
6 8 (0.32%) NoSQL
6 8 (0.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 7 (0.28%) Big Data
8 6 (0.24%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (0.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 5 (0.20%) Microsoft Analysis Services
9 5 (0.20%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 4 (0.16%) Amazon RDS
10 4 (0.16%) BigQuery
10 4 (0.16%) Cloud Spanner
10 4 (0.16%) Metadata
10 4 (0.16%) PostgreSQL
11 3 (0.12%) MongoDB
11 3 (0.12%) Oracle Database
12 2 (0.080%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 32 (1.28%) JIRA
2 26 (1.04%) Git
3 18 (0.72%) Selenium
4 17 (0.68%) Rational DOORS
5 16 (0.64%) Cucumber
6 15 (0.60%) Robot Framework
7 5 (0.20%) Jenkins
7 5 (0.20%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 5 (0.20%) Vagrant
8 2 (0.080%) Eclipse
8 2 (0.080%) Eclipse RCP
8 2 (0.080%) ER Studio
8 2 (0.080%) ERwin
8 2 (0.080%) PowerDesigner
8 2 (0.080%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.040%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.040%) FitNesse
9 1 (0.040%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.040%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (0.040%) Subversion
General
1 461 (18.49%) Manufacturing
2 363 (14.56%) Retail
3 359 (14.40%) Social Skills
4 230 (9.23%) Electronics
5 203 (8.14%) Law
6 177 (7.10%) Telecoms
7 169 (6.78%) Automotive
8 161 (6.46%) Analytical Skills
9 116 (4.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 88 (3.53%) Finance
11 84 (3.37%) Legal
12 79 (3.17%) Documentation Skills
13 76 (3.05%) Dutch Language
13 76 (3.05%) Finnish Language
13 76 (3.05%) Norwegian Language
14 75 (3.01%) Presentation Skills
15 32 (1.28%) Organisational Skills
16 23 (0.92%) Marketing
17 20 (0.80%) Aerospace
18 19 (0.76%) Catalan Language
Job Titles
1 832 (33.37%) Principal Engineer
2 609 (24.43%) Principal Systems Engineer
3 395 (15.84%) Trainer
4 392 (15.72%) Senior
5 308 (12.35%) Systems Engineer
6 221 (8.86%) Test Engineer
7 196 (7.86%) Security Engineer
8 193 (7.74%) Electronics Engineer
9 179 (7.18%) Electronics Test Engineer
10 166 (6.66%) Analyst
11 147 (5.90%) Principal Security Engineer
12 121 (4.85%) Validation Engineer
13 103 (4.13%) Integration Engineer
13 103 (4.13%) System Verification Engineer
13 103 (4.13%) Systems Integration Engineer
14 89 (3.57%) Security Analyst
15 87 (3.49%) Principal Security Analyst
15 87 (3.49%) Product Analyst
16 85 (3.41%) IT Support
17 83 (3.33%) Senior Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (1.81%) HTML
2 27 (1.08%) .NET
2 27 (1.08%) CSS
3 12 (0.48%) Loki
4 11 (0.44%) ASP.NET
5 10 (0.40%) jQuery
5 10 (0.40%) Laravel
6 9 (0.36%) Middleware
7 7 (0.28%) React
7 7 (0.28%) Web Services
7 7 (0.28%) WinForms
8 6 (0.24%) Node.js
9 5 (0.20%) GWT
9 5 (0.20%) J2EE
9 5 (0.20%) JPA
9 5 (0.20%) Vaadin
10 4 (0.16%) Express.js
10 4 (0.16%) React Native
11 3 (0.12%) MACH
11 3 (0.12%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 285 (11.43%) Robotics
2 234 (9.39%) Driving Licence
3 41 (1.64%) SCADA
4 40 (1.60%) Management Information System
5 30 (1.20%) CCTV
6 23 (0.92%) Self-Motivation
7 21 (0.84%) Operational Technology
8 16 (0.64%) Linux Command Line
9 15 (0.60%) EPoS
10 11 (0.44%) Smartphone
11 10 (0.40%) Data Centre
11 10 (0.40%) Mobile App
12 9 (0.36%) Molecular Biology
12 9 (0.36%) Product Ownership
13 8 (0.32%) Algorithms
13 8 (0.32%) NHS
13 8 (0.32%) Virtual Team
14 6 (0.24%) Embedded Systems
14 6 (0.24%) Renewable Energy
15 5 (0.20%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 141 (5.66%) Windows
2 87 (3.49%) Linux
3 43 (1.72%) Windows 10
4 33 (1.32%) Windows Server
5 14 (0.56%) Ubuntu
6 13 (0.52%) Windows Server 2019
7 11 (0.44%) Mac OS X
7 11 (0.44%) Windows Server 2016
8 6 (0.24%) Apple iOS
8 6 (0.24%) Mac OS
9 5 (0.20%) Rocky
10 4 (0.16%) Amazon Linux
10 4 (0.16%) VMS
10 4 (0.16%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.080%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (0.080%) Unix
11 2 (0.080%) Windows Server 2003
12 1 (0.040%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 832 (33.37%) Systems Engineering
2 477 (19.13%) Problem-Solving
3 455 (18.25%) Mathematics
4 446 (17.89%) Artificial Intelligence
5 352 (14.12%) Computer Science
6 332 (13.32%) Physics
7 331 (13.28%) Machine Learning
8 328 (13.16%) Validation
9 326 (13.08%) Mentoring
10 320 (12.84%) Collaborative Working
11 319 (12.80%) Cybersecurity
12 316 (12.68%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
13 295 (11.83%) Verification and Validation
14 291 (11.67%) Generative AI
15 287 (11.51%) LLM
16 285 (11.43%) Red Team
17 240 (9.63%) Data Privacy
18 238 (9.55%) Project Management
19 230 (9.23%) Coaching
20 227 (9.11%) Chemistry
Programming Languages
1 116 (4.65%) SQL
2 101 (4.05%) Python
3 91 (3.65%) MATLAB
4 71 (2.85%) C#
5 65 (2.61%) Java
6 59 (2.37%) JavaScript
7 45 (1.81%) PowerShell
8 41 (1.64%) C++
9 40 (1.60%) PHP
10 35 (1.40%) TypeScript
11 27 (1.08%) R
12 26 (1.04%) C
13 24 (0.96%) Rust
14 19 (0.76%) Dart
14 19 (0.76%) Ruby
15 18 (0.72%) Bash
16 8 (0.32%) Delphi
17 6 (0.24%) Ladder Logic
18 4 (0.16%) Groovy
19 2 (0.080%) Ada
Qualifications
1 1,053 (42.24%) BPSS Clearance
2 221 (8.86%) HND
3 200 (8.02%) Computer Science Degree
4 158 (6.34%) CISSP
5 150 (6.02%) Master's Degree
6 149 (5.98%) CISM
7 147 (5.90%) CESG Certified Professional
8 126 (5.05%) Chartered Engineer
9 118 (4.73%) ISTQB
10 105 (4.21%) PhD
11 80 (3.21%) Numerate Degree
12 56 (2.25%) Microsoft Certification
13 51 (2.05%) MCSE
14 43 (1.72%) Security Cleared
15 39 (1.56%) Cisco Certification
16 38 (1.52%) CCNA
17 36 (1.44%) CCNP
18 34 (1.36%) MCP
19 27 (1.08%) LPIC
20 25 (1.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 154 (6.18%) NIST
2 151 (6.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 147 (5.90%) JSP 440
3 147 (5.90%) RMADS
4 126 (5.05%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 39 (1.56%) IEC 61508
6 37 (1.48%) QA
7 25 (1.00%) Def Stans
8 15 (0.60%) DO-254
9 14 (0.56%) ARP4754
10 11 (0.44%) SLA
11 8 (0.32%) NEBOSH
12 6 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
13 5 (0.20%) PMO
14 4 (0.16%) Data Quality
14 4 (0.16%) GDPR
15 3 (0.12%) Accessibility
15 3 (0.12%) PMBOK
16 2 (0.080%) HIPAA
16 2 (0.080%) NCSC
System Software
1 75 (3.01%) Active Directory
2 12 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (0.40%) Docker
4 4 (0.16%) DFS Replication
5 3 (0.12%) Firmware
6 2 (0.080%) Dovecot
6 2 (0.080%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.080%) Postfix
6 2 (0.080%) Squid
6 2 (0.080%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.080%) vSphere
7 1 (0.040%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.040%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 19 (0.76%) Terraform
2 16 (0.64%) Grafana
2 16 (0.64%) Kubernetes
2 16 (0.64%) Prometheus
3 10 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (0.16%) Ansible
5 3 (0.12%) Nessus
5 3 (0.12%) SCCM
6 2 (0.080%) Functional Safety
6 2 (0.080%) Proxmox
6 2 (0.080%) Puppet
6 2 (0.080%) SCOM
6 2 (0.080%) SCOrch
6 2 (0.080%) SCSM
7 1 (0.040%) EMC NetWorker
7 1 (0.040%) Oracle RMAN
7 1 (0.040%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.040%) WSUS
Vendors
1 308 (12.35%) Google
2 296 (11.87%) Databricks
3 285 (11.43%) Adobe
4 183 (7.34%) Microsoft
5 110 (4.41%) PayPal
6 95 (3.81%) Siemens
7 50 (2.01%) Cisco
8 17 (0.68%) Apple
8 17 (0.68%) Dell
8 17 (0.68%) Salesforce
9 16 (0.64%) IBM
10 13 (0.52%) EMC
11 12 (0.48%) VMware
12 11 (0.44%) Fortinet
12 11 (0.44%) SAP
12 11 (0.44%) Ubiquiti
12 11 (0.44%) WooCommerce
13 10 (0.40%) ServiceNow
14 9 (0.36%) Juniper
15 7 (0.28%) Rockwell