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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 6 4 6
Rank change year-on-year -2 +2 +14
Permanent jobs citing Degree 1,714 2,310 1,959
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 14.19% 25.47% 17.85%
As % of the Qualifications category 57.69% 63.81% 57.01%
Number of salaries quoted 966 702 989
10th Percentile £25,000 £27,500 £25,200
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,678 £34,825
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% +1.24%
75th Percentile £61,250 £60,800 £57,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £71,225 £76,400
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% -

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 2,971 3,620 3,436
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 24.60% 39.91% 31.31%
Number of salaries quoted 1,863 1,244 1,722
10th Percentile £25,500 £27,825 £26,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,750 £35,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £50,000 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% +8.70% +2.22%
75th Percentile £61,250 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £73,751 £77,500
England median annual salary £54,700 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.83% +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 May 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 18 May 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 1,152 £50,000 -4.76% 624
East Midlands -1 549 £40,000 -15.79% 372
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 56 (3.27%) SharePoint
2 48 (2.80%) Microsoft Exchange
3 25 (1.46%) WordPress
4 18 (1.05%) CMS
5 12 (0.70%) IIS
6 10 (0.58%) Confluence
7 8 (0.47%) Apache
7 8 (0.47%) Tomcat
8 7 (0.41%) SAS
9 6 (0.35%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.12%) Appian
10 2 (0.12%) BizTalk Server
10 2 (0.12%) MTS
10 2 (0.12%) WinCC
11 1 (0.058%) Alfresco
11 1 (0.058%) Apache Spark
11 1 (0.058%) Captiva
11 1 (0.058%) Documentum
11 1 (0.058%) Mule
11 1 (0.058%) Umbraco
Applications
1 401 (23.40%) Microsoft Office
2 272 (15.87%) Microsoft Excel
3 36 (2.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 27 (1.58%) Microsoft Project
5 24 (1.40%) AutoCAD
6 17 (0.99%) Simulink
7 13 (0.76%) Adobe Illustrator
7 13 (0.76%) Photoshop
8 10 (0.58%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 9 (0.53%) InDesign
10 6 (0.35%) CANalyzer
11 5 (0.29%) Adobe After Effects
11 5 (0.29%) MS Visio
12 4 (0.23%) Adobe Premiere
12 4 (0.23%) Adobe XD
12 4 (0.23%) EPLAN
12 4 (0.23%) Sketch
12 4 (0.23%) SPSS
13 2 (0.12%) Autodesk Inventor
14 1 (0.058%) Fusion 360
Business Applications
1 20 (1.17%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (0.70%) Shopify
3 8 (0.47%) NEC Housing
3 8 (0.47%) SAP ERP
4 7 (0.41%) NetSuite
5 5 (0.29%) Dynamics NAV
5 5 (0.29%) Salesforce CRM
6 4 (0.23%) Magento
6 4 (0.23%) Sage 300 ERP
7 3 (0.18%) Sage 200
8 2 (0.12%) Dynamics AX
8 2 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
8 2 (0.12%) Primavera
8 2 (0.12%) SAP Business One
8 2 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
9 1 (0.058%) Payment Gateway
9 1 (0.058%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 191 (11.14%) Azure
2 129 (7.53%) Power Platform
3 114 (6.65%) Microsoft 365
4 84 (4.90%) AWS
5 55 (3.21%) SaaS
6 40 (2.33%) Dynamics 365
7 29 (1.69%) PowerApps
8 24 (1.40%) Entra ID
9 20 (1.17%) Power Automate
10 19 (1.11%) Azure DevOps
11 18 (1.05%) GCP
11 18 (1.05%) OneDrive
12 15 (0.88%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 13 (0.76%) GitHub
14 12 (0.70%) WhatsApp
15 9 (0.53%) Amazon S3
15 9 (0.53%) Boomi
15 9 (0.53%) Cloud Computing
15 9 (0.53%) Snowflake
16 8 (0.47%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 53 (3.09%) WAN
2 50 (2.92%) Firewall
3 34 (1.98%) DNS
4 33 (1.93%) LAN
5 32 (1.87%) DHCP
6 26 (1.52%) Network Security
7 23 (1.34%) SAN
7 23 (1.34%) TCP/IP
7 23 (1.34%) VPN
8 20 (1.17%) Ethernet
8 20 (1.17%) Internet
8 20 (1.17%) VoIP
9 18 (1.05%) SD-WAN
10 15 (0.88%) Wi-Fi
11 12 (0.70%) VLAN
12 11 (0.64%) Wireless
13 8 (0.47%) Cisco Firepower
13 8 (0.47%) WLAN
14 6 (0.35%) NAS
15 4 (0.23%) Fibre Channel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 119 (6.94%) Power BI
2 95 (5.54%) SQL Server
3 64 (3.73%) Tableau
4 44 (2.57%) Data Warehouse
5 29 (1.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 27 (1.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 25 (1.46%) MySQL
8 17 (0.99%) Relational Database
9 14 (0.82%) Data Lake
10 13 (0.76%) Amazon Redshift
10 13 (0.76%) Data Mining
10 13 (0.76%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 10 (0.58%) PostgreSQL
12 9 (0.53%) Oracle Database
12 9 (0.53%) Power Query
13 8 (0.47%) GIS
14 7 (0.41%) BigQuery
15 6 (0.35%) Amazon RDS
15 6 (0.35%) BusinessObjects
15 6 (0.35%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 50 (2.92%) Git
2 32 (1.87%) JIRA
3 26 (1.52%) Visual Studio
4 8 (0.47%) CANoe
5 6 (0.35%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 5 (0.29%) Rational DOORS
7 4 (0.23%) Jenkins
7 4 (0.23%) Moq
7 4 (0.23%) Postman
7 4 (0.23%) Xcode
8 2 (0.12%) Android Studio
8 2 (0.12%) CMake
8 2 (0.12%) GitLab
8 2 (0.12%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.058%) Balsamiq
9 1 (0.058%) NUnit
9 1 (0.058%) Sourcetree
9 1 (0.058%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.058%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.058%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 685 (39.96%) Social Skills
2 358 (20.89%) Analytical Skills
3 226 (13.19%) Finance
4 183 (10.68%) Manufacturing
5 168 (9.80%) Influencing Skills
6 167 (9.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 148 (8.63%) Organisational Skills
8 140 (8.17%) Military
9 138 (8.05%) Retail
10 98 (5.72%) Marketing
11 87 (5.08%) Legal
12 75 (4.38%) Electronics
13 73 (4.26%) Automotive
14 70 (4.08%) Presentation Skills
15 54 (3.15%) Local Government
16 46 (2.68%) Public Sector
17 44 (2.57%) Pharmaceutical
18 40 (2.33%) Telecoms
19 28 (1.63%) Law
20 24 (1.40%) Games
Job Titles
1 346 (20.19%) Analyst
2 209 (12.19%) Graduate
3 168 (9.80%) Senior
4 145 (8.46%) Developer
5 133 (7.76%) Lead
6 118 (6.88%) Product Analyst
7 116 (6.77%) Project Manager
7 116 (6.77%) Sales Analyst
8 69 (4.03%) Architect
9 66 (3.85%) Senior Analyst
10 62 (3.62%) Software Engineer
11 56 (3.27%) Consultant
12 50 (2.92%) Systems Engineer
13 49 (2.86%) Data Analyst
14 45 (2.63%) Junior
15 42 (2.45%) Software Developer
16 39 (2.28%) Technical Leader
17 35 (2.04%) Business Analyst
18 34 (1.98%) Support Engineer
19 32 (1.87%) Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (4.67%) .NET
2 62 (3.62%) HTML
3 54 (3.15%) CSS
4 32 (1.87%) RESTful
5 26 (1.52%) AngularJS
6 24 (1.40%) React
7 22 (1.28%) .NET Core
7 22 (1.28%) ASP.NET
8 19 (1.11%) XML
9 16 (0.93%) Node.js
10 15 (0.88%) EDI
11 13 (0.76%) GraphQL
11 13 (0.76%) HTML5
11 13 (0.76%) Web Services
12 12 (0.70%) jQuery
12 12 (0.70%) JSON
13 10 (0.58%) .NET Framework
13 10 (0.58%) SOAP
13 10 (0.58%) Vue
14 9 (0.53%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 169 (9.86%) Onboarding
2 103 (6.01%) Management Information System
3 64 (3.73%) Data Centre
4 63 (3.68%) Self-Motivation
5 43 (2.51%) Driving Licence
6 42 (2.45%) Mobile App
7 40 (2.33%) Algorithms
8 29 (1.69%) Product Ownership
9 27 (1.58%) SCADA
10 23 (1.34%) Public Cloud
11 22 (1.28%) Life Science
11 22 (1.28%) Social Media
12 20 (1.17%) CCTV
13 18 (1.05%) Virtual Team
14 16 (0.93%) Embedded Systems
14 16 (0.93%) Robotics
15 15 (0.88%) Industry 4.0
16 14 (0.82%) Data Structures
17 12 (0.70%) Infotainment
17 12 (0.70%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 153 (8.93%) Windows
2 80 (4.67%) Linux
3 49 (2.86%) Windows Server
4 37 (2.16%) Windows 10
5 17 (0.99%) Unix
6 16 (0.93%) Mac OS
7 15 (0.88%) Windows 7
8 14 (0.82%) Android
9 9 (0.53%) Apple iOS
10 8 (0.47%) Solaris
10 8 (0.47%) Windows Server 2016
10 8 (0.47%) Windows Server 2019
11 6 (0.35%) Embedded Linux
11 6 (0.35%) SUSE
11 6 (0.35%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
11 6 (0.35%) VMS
12 5 (0.29%) Mac OS X
13 4 (0.23%) Ubuntu
13 4 (0.23%) Windows Server 2003
13 4 (0.23%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 536 (31.27%) Problem-Solving
2 394 (22.99%) Customer Service
3 380 (22.17%) Continuous Improvement
4 367 (21.41%) Computer Science
5 264 (15.40%) Data Analysis
6 256 (14.94%) Mathematics
7 247 (14.41%) Project Management
8 242 (14.12%) Agile
9 197 (11.49%) Logistics
10 191 (11.14%) Process Improvement
11 178 (10.39%) Customer Requirements
12 177 (10.33%) Mentoring
13 155 (9.04%) Creative Thinking
14 154 (8.98%) Performance Metrics
15 149 (8.69%) Customer Experience
16 144 (8.40%) Cybersecurity
17 141 (8.23%) Software Engineering
18 137 (7.99%) Contingency Planning
19 125 (7.29%) Business Intelligence
20 124 (7.23%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 229 (13.36%) SQL
2 128 (7.47%) Python
3 103 (6.01%) C#
4 95 (5.54%) JavaScript
5 58 (3.38%) C
6 54 (3.15%) C++
7 46 (2.68%) Java
8 30 (1.75%) MATLAB
9 28 (1.63%) PowerShell
10 27 (1.58%) TypeScript
11 23 (1.34%) Embedded C
12 19 (1.11%) PHP
12 19 (1.11%) VB
13 17 (0.99%) T-SQL
14 12 (0.70%) R
15 11 (0.64%) Embedded C++
16 8 (0.47%) Shell Script
17 7 (0.41%) Assembly Language
17 7 (0.41%) Ladder Logic
18 5 (0.29%) VBA
Qualifications
1 198 (11.55%) Computer Science Degree
2 105 (6.13%) Security Cleared
3 101 (5.89%) Master's Degree
4 73 (4.26%) DBS Check
5 65 (3.79%) SC Cleared
6 60 (3.50%) Microsoft Certification
7 47 (2.74%) CCNA
7 47 (2.74%) Cisco Certification
8 37 (2.16%) HND
9 35 (2.04%) MCP
10 34 (1.98%) HNC
11 30 (1.75%) CCNP
12 29 (1.69%) Azure Certification
13 28 (1.63%) PMI Certification
14 24 (1.40%) PMP
15 23 (1.34%) CISM
15 23 (1.34%) CISSP
16 19 (1.11%) Chartered Engineer
17 18 (1.05%) MCSE
18 17 (0.99%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 90 (5.25%) QA
2 37 (2.16%) PMO
3 34 (1.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 25 (1.46%) Accessibility
5 24 (1.40%) GMP
6 23 (1.34%) Data Quality
7 22 (1.28%) ISO 9001
8 18 (1.05%) GLP
8 18 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 17025
8 18 (1.05%) NIST
9 13 (0.76%) ISO 26262
10 12 (0.70%) GDPR
10 12 (0.70%) SLA
11 10 (0.58%) Actionable Recommendations
12 9 (0.53%) AUTOSAR
13 8 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
13 8 (0.47%) PCI DSS
14 5 (0.29%) MISRA
14 5 (0.29%) NCSC
15 4 (0.23%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 96 (5.60%) Active Directory
2 47 (2.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 46 (2.68%) Firmware
4 34 (1.98%) Hyper-V
5 25 (1.46%) Embedded Firmware
6 21 (1.23%) Docker
7 9 (0.53%) vSphere
8 4 (0.23%) pfSense
8 4 (0.23%) Terminal Services
8 4 (0.23%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.12%) BitLocker
9 2 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.12%) XenApp
9 2 (0.12%) XenDesktop
10 1 (0.058%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.058%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 21 (1.23%) Microsoft Intune
2 20 (1.17%) SCCM
3 16 (0.93%) Terraform
4 14 (0.82%) EnCase
4 14 (0.82%) Kubernetes
5 11 (0.64%) Functional Safety
6 8 (0.47%) SCOM
6 8 (0.47%) Stealthwatch
7 6 (0.35%) Failover Clustering
7 6 (0.35%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 5 (0.29%) Autotask
8 5 (0.29%) CASB
8 5 (0.29%) FortiGate
8 5 (0.29%) HP ALM
9 4 (0.23%) Jamf Pro
9 4 (0.23%) SmoothWall
10 2 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.058%) Data Guard
11 1 (0.058%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.058%) VxRail
Vendors
1 351 (20.48%) Microsoft
2 64 (3.73%) VMware
3 46 (2.68%) Cisco
4 43 (2.51%) Databricks
5 39 (2.28%) Adobe
5 39 (2.28%) Apple
6 37 (2.16%) EMC
7 34 (1.98%) SAP
8 27 (1.58%) ServiceNow
9 24 (1.40%) Salesforce
10 21 (1.23%) Google
10 21 (1.23%) IFS
11 19 (1.11%) Meraki
11 19 (1.11%) Oracle
12 18 (1.05%) Workday
13 15 (0.88%) Dell
14 14 (0.82%) NEC
15 13 (0.76%) Alteryx
16 12 (0.70%) Veeam
17 11 (0.64%) Xamarin