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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 3 3 6
Rank change year-on-year 0 +3 +11
Permanent jobs citing Degree 2,060 2,158 2,138
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 14.91% 25.40% 18.60%
As % of the Qualifications category 60.95% 62.95% 58.15%
Number of salaries quoted 980 720 1,055
10th Percentile £25,000 £27,500 £25,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,063 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,500 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.00% +11.11% +5.26%
75th Percentile £61,250 £60,800 £57,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £71,250 £76,216
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 3,380 3,428 3,677
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 24.47% 40.35% 31.99%
Number of salaries quoted 1,893 1,241 1,832
10th Percentile £25,500 £28,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,000 £37,000 £35,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £51,000 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.86% +10.87% +2.22%
75th Percentile £61,250 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £54,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.17% +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 9 June 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 9 June 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 1,372 £50,000 -4.76% 554
East Midlands -2 675 £42,500 -10.53% 363
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 (2.72%) SharePoint
2 48 (2.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 25 (1.21%) WordPress
4 18 (0.87%) CMS
5 12 (0.58%) IIS
6 10 (0.49%) Confluence
7 8 (0.39%) Apache
7 8 (0.39%) Tomcat
8 7 (0.34%) SAS
9 6 (0.29%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.097%) Appian
10 2 (0.097%) BizTalk Server
10 2 (0.097%) MTS
10 2 (0.097%) WinCC
11 1 (0.049%) Apache Spark
11 1 (0.049%) Mule
11 1 (0.049%) SharePoint 2013
11 1 (0.049%) Umbraco
Applications
1 472 (22.91%) Microsoft Office
2 332 (16.12%) Microsoft Excel
3 40 (1.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 27 (1.31%) AutoCAD
5 24 (1.17%) Microsoft Project
6 16 (0.78%) Simulink
7 13 (0.63%) Adobe Illustrator
7 13 (0.63%) Photoshop
8 10 (0.49%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 9 (0.44%) InDesign
10 5 (0.24%) Adobe After Effects
11 4 (0.19%) Adobe Premiere
11 4 (0.19%) Adobe XD
11 4 (0.19%) Autodesk Inventor
11 4 (0.19%) CANalyzer
11 4 (0.19%) EPLAN
11 4 (0.19%) MS Visio
11 4 (0.19%) Revit
11 4 (0.19%) Sketch
11 4 (0.19%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 21 (1.02%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (0.58%) Shopify
3 8 (0.39%) NEC Housing
4 7 (0.34%) NetSuite
4 7 (0.34%) SAP ERP
5 5 (0.24%) Dynamics NAV
5 5 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
6 4 (0.19%) Magento
6 4 (0.19%) Sage 300 ERP
7 3 (0.15%) Sage 200
7 3 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
8 2 (0.097%) Dynamics AX
8 2 (0.097%) Oracle Payables
8 2 (0.097%) Primavera
8 2 (0.097%) SAP Business One
9 1 (0.049%) Payment Gateway
9 1 (0.049%) SAP IS-U
9 1 (0.049%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 200 (9.71%) Azure
2 131 (6.36%) Power Platform
3 119 (5.78%) Microsoft 365
4 88 (4.27%) AWS
5 59 (2.86%) SaaS
6 41 (1.99%) Dynamics 365
7 30 (1.46%) PowerApps
8 27 (1.31%) Entra ID
9 20 (0.97%) GCP
9 20 (0.97%) Power Automate
10 19 (0.92%) Azure DevOps
11 18 (0.87%) OneDrive
12 13 (0.63%) GitHub
13 12 (0.58%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 11 (0.53%) WhatsApp
15 10 (0.49%) Amazon S3
15 10 (0.49%) Boomi
16 9 (0.44%) Amazon EC2
16 9 (0.44%) Cloud Computing
17 8 (0.39%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 92 (4.47%) Network Security
2 86 (4.17%) Internet
3 73 (3.54%) WLAN
4 56 (2.72%) WAN
5 53 (2.57%) Firewall
6 36 (1.75%) DNS
7 34 (1.65%) DHCP
8 33 (1.60%) LAN
9 26 (1.26%) VPN
10 24 (1.17%) TCP/IP
11 22 (1.07%) SAN
12 21 (1.02%) SD-WAN
12 21 (1.02%) VoIP
13 17 (0.83%) Ethernet
14 16 (0.78%) Wi-Fi
15 12 (0.58%) VLAN
15 12 (0.58%) Wireless
16 11 (0.53%) Cisco Firepower
17 7 (0.34%) DVB
18 6 (0.29%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 120 (5.83%) Power BI
2 103 (5.00%) SQL Server
3 60 (2.91%) Tableau
4 45 (2.18%) Data Warehouse
5 32 (1.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 29 (1.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 27 (1.31%) MySQL
8 18 (0.87%) Relational Database
9 14 (0.68%) Data Lake
9 14 (0.68%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 13 (0.63%) Amazon Redshift
10 13 (0.63%) Data Mining
11 11 (0.53%) PostgreSQL
12 10 (0.49%) Power Query
13 9 (0.44%) Oracle Database
14 8 (0.39%) Amazon RDS
14 8 (0.39%) BusinessObjects
14 8 (0.39%) GIS
15 7 (0.34%) BigQuery
16 6 (0.29%) Looker
Development Applications
1 49 (2.38%) Git
2 32 (1.55%) JIRA
3 27 (1.31%) Visual Studio
4 8 (0.39%) CANoe
5 7 (0.34%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 4 (0.19%) Moq
6 4 (0.19%) Postman
6 4 (0.19%) Rational DOORS
6 4 (0.19%) Xcode
7 3 (0.15%) Jenkins
8 2 (0.097%) Android Studio
8 2 (0.097%) CMake
8 2 (0.097%) GitLab
8 2 (0.097%) LabVIEW
8 2 (0.097%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.049%) Balsamiq
9 1 (0.049%) NUnit
9 1 (0.049%) PowerBuilder
9 1 (0.049%) Sourcetree
9 1 (0.049%) TeamCity
General
1 826 (40.10%) Social Skills
2 373 (18.11%) Analytical Skills
3 283 (13.74%) Retail
4 228 (11.07%) Finance
5 200 (9.71%) Military
6 196 (9.51%) Manufacturing
7 185 (8.98%) Presentation Skills
8 171 (8.30%) Influencing Skills
9 168 (8.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 150 (7.28%) Organisational Skills
11 132 (6.41%) Legal
12 102 (4.95%) Marketing
13 81 (3.93%) Electronics
14 72 (3.50%) Automotive
15 57 (2.77%) Local Government
16 49 (2.38%) Public Sector
17 48 (2.33%) Pharmaceutical
18 41 (1.99%) Telecoms
19 30 (1.46%) Law
20 28 (1.36%) Games
Job Titles
1 391 (18.98%) Analyst
2 272 (13.20%) Graduate
3 177 (8.59%) Senior
4 164 (7.96%) Developer
5 160 (7.77%) Lead
6 119 (5.78%) Project Manager
7 118 (5.73%) Product Analyst
8 116 (5.63%) Sales Analyst
9 100 (4.85%) Support Engineer
10 91 (4.42%) IT Support
11 77 (3.74%) IT Engineer
12 76 (3.69%) Software Engineer
13 73 (3.54%) Business Analyst
14 71 (3.45%) Architect
15 65 (3.16%) IT Support Engineer
15 65 (3.16%) Senior Analyst
16 63 (3.06%) Consultant
17 53 (2.57%) Systems Engineer
18 52 (2.52%) Junior
19 47 (2.28%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 93 (4.51%) .NET
2 67 (3.25%) HTML
3 59 (2.86%) CSS
4 31 (1.50%) RESTful
5 28 (1.36%) AngularJS
6 27 (1.31%) React
7 26 (1.26%) ASP.NET
8 25 (1.21%) .NET Core
9 18 (0.87%) XML
10 16 (0.78%) Node.js
11 15 (0.73%) EDI
12 14 (0.68%) Web Services
13 13 (0.63%) HTML5
13 13 (0.63%) jQuery
14 12 (0.58%) .NET Framework
14 12 (0.58%) GraphQL
14 12 (0.58%) JSON
14 12 (0.58%) Vue
15 11 (0.53%) SOAP
16 8 (0.39%) MFC
Miscellaneous
1 407 (19.76%) Onboarding
2 110 (5.34%) Driving Licence
3 108 (5.24%) Management Information System
4 74 (3.59%) Self-Motivation
5 66 (3.20%) Data Centre
6 42 (2.04%) Mobile App
7 41 (1.99%) Algorithms
8 29 (1.41%) Product Ownership
9 27 (1.31%) SCADA
10 23 (1.12%) Public Cloud
10 23 (1.12%) Social Media
11 22 (1.07%) Life Science
12 20 (0.97%) CCTV
13 19 (0.92%) Embedded Systems
14 18 (0.87%) Virtual Team
15 17 (0.83%) Robotics
16 15 (0.73%) Industry 4.0
17 14 (0.68%) Data Structures
17 14 (0.68%) IoT
18 13 (0.63%) Augmented Reality
Operating Systems
1 229 (11.12%) Windows
2 153 (7.43%) Linux
3 51 (2.48%) Windows Server
4 42 (2.04%) Windows 10
5 17 (0.83%) Mac OS
6 16 (0.78%) Windows 7
7 15 (0.73%) Unix
8 14 (0.68%) Android
9 10 (0.49%) Windows Server 2019
10 9 (0.44%) Apple iOS
10 9 (0.44%) Embedded Linux
11 8 (0.39%) Solaris
11 8 (0.39%) Windows Server 2016
12 7 (0.34%) VMS
13 6 (0.29%) SUSE
13 6 (0.29%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
14 5 (0.24%) Mac OS X
14 5 (0.24%) Ubuntu
15 4 (0.19%) Windows Server 2003
15 4 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 730 (35.44%) Problem-Solving
2 577 (28.01%) Customer Service
3 464 (22.52%) Computer Science
4 449 (21.80%) Continuous Improvement
5 439 (21.31%) Data Analysis
6 372 (18.06%) Mathematics
7 363 (17.62%) Mentoring
8 295 (14.32%) Logistics
9 290 (14.08%) Process Improvement
10 255 (12.38%) Agile
11 252 (12.23%) Project Management
12 223 (10.83%) ITIL
13 215 (10.44%) Creative Thinking
14 214 (10.39%) Performance Metrics
15 210 (10.19%) Customer Experience
16 198 (9.61%) Contingency Planning
17 175 (8.50%) Customer Requirements
18 159 (7.72%) Software Engineering
19 153 (7.43%) Cybersecurity
20 132 (6.41%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 247 (11.99%) SQL
2 125 (6.07%) Python
3 120 (5.83%) C#
4 104 (5.05%) JavaScript
5 62 (3.01%) C
6 61 (2.96%) C++
7 47 (2.28%) Java
8 30 (1.46%) PowerShell
8 30 (1.46%) TypeScript
9 29 (1.41%) MATLAB
10 27 (1.31%) Embedded C
11 21 (1.02%) PHP
12 20 (0.97%) VB
13 17 (0.83%) T-SQL
14 12 (0.58%) R
15 11 (0.53%) Embedded C++
16 9 (0.44%) Shell Script
17 8 (0.39%) Assembly Language
18 7 (0.34%) Ladder Logic
18 7 (0.34%) VBA
Qualifications
1 285 (13.83%) Computer Science Degree
2 151 (7.33%) HNC
3 127 (6.17%) Microsoft Certification
4 116 (5.63%) CCNA
4 116 (5.63%) Cisco Certification
5 110 (5.34%) Security Cleared
6 109 (5.29%) Master's Degree
7 101 (4.90%) MCP
8 98 (4.76%) CCNP
9 81 (3.93%) MCSE
10 73 (3.54%) DBS Check
11 65 (3.16%) LPIC
11 65 (3.16%) SC Cleared
12 40 (1.94%) HND
13 35 (1.70%) Azure Certification
14 30 (1.46%) PMI Certification
15 24 (1.17%) CISSP
15 24 (1.17%) PMP
16 23 (1.12%) CISM
17 19 (0.92%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 133 (6.46%) QA
2 38 (1.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 35 (1.70%) PMO
4 26 (1.26%) GMP
5 25 (1.21%) Accessibility
6 23 (1.12%) Data Quality
6 23 (1.12%) ISO 9001
7 18 (0.87%) GLP
7 18 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 17025
7 18 (0.87%) NIST
8 15 (0.73%) SLA
9 14 (0.68%) GDPR
10 12 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials
10 12 (0.58%) ISO 26262
11 11 (0.53%) AUTOSAR
12 10 (0.49%) Actionable Recommendations
13 9 (0.44%) PCI DSS
14 7 (0.34%) ISO 14001
15 5 (0.24%) MISRA
15 5 (0.24%) NCSC
System Software
1 104 (5.05%) Active Directory
2 59 (2.86%) Firmware
3 53 (2.57%) VMware Infrastructure
4 37 (1.80%) Hyper-V
5 33 (1.60%) Embedded Firmware
6 22 (1.07%) Docker
7 11 (0.53%) vSphere
8 6 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
9 5 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
10 4 (0.19%) pfSense
10 4 (0.19%) Terminal Services
11 3 (0.15%) XenApp
11 3 (0.15%) XenDesktop
12 2 (0.097%) BitLocker
12 2 (0.097%) Virtual Machines
12 2 (0.097%) Virtual Servers
13 1 (0.049%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 21 (1.02%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (0.92%) SCCM
3 18 (0.87%) Terraform
4 17 (0.83%) Kubernetes
5 14 (0.68%) EnCase
6 11 (0.53%) Functional Safety
6 11 (0.53%) Stealthwatch
7 6 (0.29%) SCOM
7 6 (0.29%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 5 (0.24%) Autotask
8 5 (0.24%) CASB
8 5 (0.24%) FortiGate
8 5 (0.24%) HP ALM
9 4 (0.19%) Failover Clustering
9 4 (0.19%) Jamf Pro
9 4 (0.19%) SmoothWall
10 3 (0.15%) WSUS
11 2 (0.097%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 1 (0.049%) FTK
12 1 (0.049%) VxRail
Vendors
1 439 (21.31%) Microsoft
2 115 (5.58%) Cisco
3 71 (3.45%) VMware
4 43 (2.09%) Apple
5 42 (2.04%) Adobe
6 41 (1.99%) Databricks
7 38 (1.84%) EMC
8 37 (1.80%) SAP
9 31 (1.50%) ServiceNow
10 23 (1.12%) IFS
10 23 (1.12%) Salesforce
11 22 (1.07%) Google
11 22 (1.07%) Meraki
12 19 (0.92%) Oracle
12 19 (0.92%) Workday
13 16 (0.78%) Dell
14 14 (0.68%) NEC
15 12 (0.58%) Veeam
16 11 (0.53%) Fortinet
16 11 (0.53%) Sage