Degree Job Trends in Solihull

Academic Degree
West Midlands > Solihull

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Solihull with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 1 24
Rank change year-on-year -2 +23 -21
Permanent jobs citing Degree 30 39 6
As % of all permanent jobs in Solihull 23.62% 27.08% 4.65%
As % of the Qualifications category 68.18% 46.99% 12.00%
Number of salaries quoted 17 6 3
10th Percentile £28,450 - £44,827
25th Percentile £70,000 £51,250 £50,192
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £56,250 £60,733
Median % change year-on-year +51.11% -7.38% +24.58%
75th Percentile £91,250 £60,000 £64,915
90th Percentile £98,750 £82,500 £66,466
West Midlands median annual salary £43,824 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -12.35% +11.11% -4.26%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Solihull

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 Solihull.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 44 83 50
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Solihull 34.65% 57.64% 38.76%
Number of salaries quoted 24 37 34
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,000 £40,375
25th Percentile £51,250 £60,000 £49,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £65,000 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% +15.56% +4.65%
75th Percentile £91,250 £81,250 £63,438
90th Percentile £96,875 £85,500 £67,125
West Midlands median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% +10.00% +2.04%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Solihull

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Degree relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Solihull.

Degree job vacancy trend in Solihull

Degree
Salary Trend in Solihull

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Solihull citing Degree.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Solihull citing Degree

Degree
Salary Histogram in Solihull

Salary distribution for jobs citing Degree in Solihull over the 6 months to 2 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Degree in Solihull

Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Solihull by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (10.00%) Confluence
2 2 (6.67%) nginx
Applications
1 2 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (6.67%) Mozilla Thunderbird
2 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (16.67%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 9 (30.00%) Azure
1 9 (30.00%) Cloud Computing
2 4 (13.33%) SaaS
3 3 (10.00%) Amazon CloudWatch
3 3 (10.00%) Amazon EC2
3 3 (10.00%) Amazon ELB
3 3 (10.00%) Amazon S3
3 3 (10.00%) AWS
3 3 (10.00%) AWS KMS
3 3 (10.00%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 2 (6.67%) Amazon ECS
4 2 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (6.67%) Power Platform
4 2 (6.67%) Route 53
5 1 (3.33%) Amazon Glacier
5 1 (3.33%) Asana
5 1 (3.33%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (3.33%) Power Automate
5 1 (3.33%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 9 (30.00%) Internet
2 3 (10.00%) DNS
2 3 (10.00%) Firewall
2 3 (10.00%) FTP
2 3 (10.00%) HTTP
2 3 (10.00%) SMTP
2 3 (10.00%) SSH
3 2 (6.67%) IMAP
3 2 (6.67%) OpenLDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.00%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (6.67%) Amazon Aurora
2 2 (6.67%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (3.33%) Power BI
3 1 (3.33%) Relational Database
3 1 (3.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (10.00%) Git
1 3 (10.00%) Jenkins
1 3 (10.00%) JIRA
1 3 (10.00%) Vagrant
2 1 (3.33%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 28 (93.33%) Social Skills
2 14 (46.67%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (43.33%) Public Sector
4 12 (40.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 9 (30.00%) Banking
6 3 (10.00%) Marketing
6 3 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (3.33%) Billing
7 1 (3.33%) Finance
7 1 (3.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (40.00%) Architect
2 6 (20.00%) Lecturer
3 4 (13.33%) Solutions Architect
4 3 (10.00%) Senior
5 2 (6.67%) Consultant
5 2 (6.67%) DevOps Engineer
5 2 (6.67%) Junior
5 2 (6.67%) Junior Consultant
5 2 (6.67%) Senior Architect
5 2 (6.67%) Senior Solutions Architect
6 1 (3.33%) Developer
6 1 (3.33%) Enterprise Architect
6 1 (3.33%) Junior Recruitment Consultant
6 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Developer
6 1 (3.33%) Platform Engineer
6 1 (3.33%) Project Manager
6 1 (3.33%) Recruitment Consultant
6 1 (3.33%) Senior Manager
6 1 (3.33%) Senior Project Manager
6 1 (3.33%) Systems Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.67%) HTML
1 2 (6.67%) LDAP
2 1 (3.33%) .NET
2 1 (3.33%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 10 (33.33%) IoT
2 3 (10.00%) Replication
3 1 (3.33%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 3 (10.00%) Amazon Linux
1 3 (10.00%) Linux
1 3 (10.00%) VMS
1 3 (10.00%) Windows
2 2 (6.67%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (43.33%) AI
2 12 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (36.67%) Analytical Thinking
3 11 (36.67%) Enterprise Architecture
3 11 (36.67%) IT Strategy
3 11 (36.67%) Roadmaps
4 10 (33.33%) Web Development
5 9 (30.00%) Cybersecurity
5 9 (30.00%) Machine Learning
5 9 (30.00%) User Experience
6 7 (23.33%) Information Management
6 7 (23.33%) Systems Engineering
6 7 (23.33%) Technology Roadmap
6 7 (23.33%) Technology Strategy
7 6 (20.00%) CRM
8 5 (16.67%) Architectural Design
9 4 (13.33%) Architecture Roadmap
9 4 (13.33%) Case Management
9 4 (13.33%) Project Delivery
9 4 (13.33%) Service Design
Programming Languages
1 4 (13.33%) Python
2 3 (10.00%) Groovy
2 3 (10.00%) PowerShell
2 3 (10.00%) SQL
3 2 (6.67%) C#
3 2 (6.67%) JavaScript
4 1 (3.33%) Java
4 1 (3.33%) Perl
Qualifications
1 15 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 15 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 9 (30.00%) Master's Degree
2 9 (30.00%) PhD
2 9 (30.00%) Postgraduate
3 6 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (10.00%) AWS Certification
4 3 (10.00%) Azure Certification
5 2 (6.67%) CIPD
6 1 (3.33%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (3.33%) PMI Certification
6 1 (3.33%) PMP
6 1 (3.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.33%) GDPR
1 1 (3.33%) QA
System Software
1 3 (10.00%) DFS Replication
1 3 (10.00%) Docker
2 2 (6.67%) Dovecot
2 2 (6.67%) Postfix
2 2 (6.67%) Squid
3 1 (3.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (10.00%) Grafana
1 3 (10.00%) Prometheus
1 3 (10.00%) Terraform
2 2 (6.67%) Nessus
2 2 (6.67%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 3 (10.00%) ServiceNow
2 2 (6.67%) Jaspersoft
3 1 (3.33%) Microsoft