Degree Jobs in the West Midlands

Academic Degree
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 7 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 3 3 6
Rank change year-on-year 0 +3 +8
Permanent jobs citing Degree 1,220 1,486 1,450
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 14.77% 25.71% 18.85%
As % of the Qualifications category 57.98% 62.02% 59.50%
Number of salaries quoted 620 527 750
10th Percentile £25,000 £29,250 £28,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,000 £35,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +16.67% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £61,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £71,250 £77,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
West 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 West Midlands with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,104 2,396 2,437
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 25.47% 41.45% 31.68%
Number of salaries quoted 1,299 958 1,291
10th Percentile £25,750 £29,175 £28,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +12.90% -4.12%
75th Percentile £63,750 £66,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £54,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.17% +9.09% -

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Degree in the West Midlands

Degree
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Degree in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Degree in the West Midlands

Degree
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Degree in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Degree in the West Midlands

Degree
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 7 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
Birmingham -4 321 £52,500 -8.70% 157
Warwickshire +2 262 £37,000 -30.84% 77
Staffordshire +1 174 £40,000 -9.60% 79
Worcestershire +5 87 £45,000 - 45
Shropshire +1 69 £53,750 -2.27% 19
Coventry -3 45 £35,000 -10.26% 66
Wolverhampton +5 40 £25,000 -54.13% 19
Solihull -12 28 £50,000 +38.89% 16
Sutton Coldfield 0 21 £24,000 -76.00% 1
Tipton - 11 £25,000 -
Dudley +10 10 £25,000 - 4
Wednesbury +1 9 £26,500 -24.29% 3
Walsall +1 6 £39,649 -18.67% 1
Halesowen - 5 - - 3
West Bromwich -1 4 - -
Herefordshire -14 4 £85,000 +70.00% 11
Bilston - 4 - - 1
Willenhall - 4 - - 2
Brierley Hill - 4 - - 1
Rowley Regis - 4 - -
Smethwick - 4 - -
Degree
England

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West 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 39 (3.20%) SharePoint
2 29 (2.38%) Microsoft Exchange
3 21 (1.72%) WordPress
4 11 (0.90%) CMS
5 8 (0.66%) Apache
5 8 (0.66%) IIS
5 8 (0.66%) Tomcat
6 7 (0.57%) Confluence
7 5 (0.41%) WebSphere
8 3 (0.25%) SAS
9 2 (0.16%) Appian
9 2 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (0.16%) MTS
9 2 (0.16%) WinCC
10 1 (0.082%) Apache Spark
10 1 (0.082%) Umbraco
Applications
1 350 (28.69%) Microsoft Office
2 230 (18.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 31 (2.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (1.56%) AutoCAD
5 15 (1.23%) Simulink
6 7 (0.57%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 5 (0.41%) Adobe Illustrator
7 5 (0.41%) Photoshop
8 4 (0.33%) CANalyzer
8 4 (0.33%) EPLAN
8 4 (0.33%) InDesign
8 4 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
8 4 (0.33%) Revit
9 3 (0.25%) Autodesk Inventor
9 3 (0.25%) Fusion 360
10 1 (0.082%) Abaqus
10 1 (0.082%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.082%) InVision
10 1 (0.082%) Sketch
10 1 (0.082%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 20 (1.64%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (0.74%) Shopify
3 8 (0.66%) NEC Housing
4 4 (0.33%) Dynamics NAV
4 4 (0.33%) Magento
4 4 (0.33%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.25%) Sage 200
5 3 (0.25%) Sage 300 ERP
5 3 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.16%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.082%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.082%) SAP IS-U
7 1 (0.082%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 135 (11.07%) Azure
2 106 (8.69%) Power Platform
3 74 (6.07%) Microsoft 365
4 51 (4.18%) SaaS
5 38 (3.11%) AWS
6 32 (2.62%) Dynamics 365
7 22 (1.80%) PowerApps
8 18 (1.48%) Azure DevOps
8 18 (1.48%) GCP
8 18 (1.48%) Power Automate
9 14 (1.15%) Entra ID
10 10 (0.82%) Boomi
10 10 (0.82%) OneDrive
11 8 (0.66%) Amazon S3
11 8 (0.66%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 8 (0.66%) Snowflake
12 7 (0.57%) Amazon EC2
12 7 (0.57%) GitHub
13 5 (0.41%) Cloud Computing
13 5 (0.41%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 46 (3.77%) WAN
2 25 (2.05%) LAN
3 23 (1.89%) Firewall
4 22 (1.80%) TCP/IP
5 20 (1.64%) SD-WAN
6 18 (1.48%) VoIP
7 17 (1.39%) Network Security
8 15 (1.23%) DHCP
8 15 (1.23%) DNS
9 14 (1.15%) Ethernet
10 13 (1.07%) VPN
10 13 (1.07%) Wi-Fi
11 11 (0.90%) Internet
12 10 (0.82%) Cisco Firepower
13 8 (0.66%) SAN
14 6 (0.49%) VLAN
14 6 (0.49%) Wireless
15 5 (0.41%) WLAN
16 4 (0.33%) Intranet
16 4 (0.33%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 97 (7.95%) Power BI
2 77 (6.31%) SQL Server
3 40 (3.28%) Data Warehouse
4 29 (2.38%) Tableau
5 26 (2.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 23 (1.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 14 (1.15%) MySQL
8 13 (1.07%) Amazon Redshift
8 13 (1.07%) Data Mining
9 11 (0.90%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 10 (0.82%) Data Lake
11 8 (0.66%) BusinessObjects
11 8 (0.66%) Oracle Database
11 8 (0.66%) Power Query
12 7 (0.57%) BigQuery
13 6 (0.49%) Amazon RDS
13 6 (0.49%) Looker
14 5 (0.41%) NoSQL
14 5 (0.41%) Relational Database
15 4 (0.33%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 24 (1.97%) JIRA
2 20 (1.64%) Git
3 17 (1.39%) Visual Studio
4 8 (0.66%) CANoe
5 7 (0.57%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 4 (0.33%) Postman
6 4 (0.33%) Xcode
7 2 (0.16%) Android Studio
8 1 (0.082%) Balsamiq
8 1 (0.082%) CMake
8 1 (0.082%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.082%) LabVIEW
8 1 (0.082%) Moq
8 1 (0.082%) NUnit
8 1 (0.082%) PowerBuilder
8 1 (0.082%) Sourcetree
8 1 (0.082%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.082%) Visual Studio Code
8 1 (0.082%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 463 (37.95%) Social Skills
2 247 (20.25%) Analytical Skills
3 170 (13.93%) Finance
4 165 (13.52%) Influencing Skills
5 144 (11.80%) Military
6 127 (10.41%) Organisational Skills
7 117 (9.59%) Manufacturing
8 106 (8.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 74 (6.07%) Legal
10 69 (5.66%) Marketing
11 66 (5.41%) Automotive
12 65 (5.33%) Retail
13 54 (4.43%) Electronics
14 53 (4.34%) Local Government
15 38 (3.11%) Public Sector
16 26 (2.13%) Telecoms
17 25 (2.05%) Games
17 25 (2.05%) Presentation Skills
18 18 (1.48%) Back Office
19 12 (0.98%) Law
Job Titles
1 263 (21.56%) Analyst
2 191 (15.66%) Graduate
3 116 (9.51%) Product Analyst
3 116 (9.51%) Sales Analyst
4 115 (9.43%) Senior
5 103 (8.44%) Developer
6 94 (7.70%) Project Manager
7 80 (6.56%) Lead
8 45 (3.69%) Software Engineer
9 42 (3.44%) Junior
10 41 (3.36%) Architect
11 39 (3.20%) Consultant
12 34 (2.79%) Senior Analyst
13 30 (2.46%) Data Scientist
14 29 (2.38%) Business Analyst
15 27 (2.21%) Software Developer
16 25 (2.05%) Data Engineer
17 20 (1.64%) Junior Developer
18 19 (1.56%) Full Stack Developer
18 19 (1.56%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (4.67%) .NET
2 32 (2.62%) HTML
3 27 (2.21%) RESTful
4 26 (2.13%) CSS
5 22 (1.80%) AngularJS
6 18 (1.48%) .NET Core
6 18 (1.48%) ASP.NET
7 15 (1.23%) EDI
8 14 (1.15%) XML
9 12 (0.98%) GraphQL
9 12 (0.98%) React
10 11 (0.90%) .NET Framework
10 11 (0.90%) Vue
11 9 (0.74%) SOAP
12 8 (0.66%) JSON
12 8 (0.66%) Node.js
12 8 (0.66%) Web Services
13 7 (0.57%) PyTorch
13 7 (0.57%) TensorFlow
14 6 (0.49%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 156 (12.79%) Onboarding
2 73 (5.98%) Management Information System
3 42 (3.44%) Data Centre
3 42 (3.44%) Self-Motivation
4 40 (3.28%) Algorithms
5 28 (2.30%) Mobile App
6 26 (2.13%) Product Ownership
7 25 (2.05%) Driving Licence
8 18 (1.48%) Public Cloud
8 18 (1.48%) Virtual Team
9 17 (1.39%) SCADA
10 13 (1.07%) Social Media
11 12 (0.98%) Smartcard
12 11 (0.90%) CCTV
12 11 (0.90%) Data Structures
12 11 (0.90%) Infotainment
12 11 (0.90%) PMI
12 11 (0.90%) Replication
13 10 (0.82%) Industry 4.0
13 10 (0.82%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 106 (8.69%) Windows
2 50 (4.10%) Linux
3 32 (2.62%) Windows 10
4 30 (2.46%) Windows Server
5 13 (1.07%) Windows 7
6 10 (0.82%) Android
7 9 (0.74%) Unix
8 8 (0.66%) Mac OS
8 8 (0.66%) Solaris
8 8 (0.66%) Windows Server 2019
9 5 (0.41%) Apple iOS
9 5 (0.41%) SUSE
9 5 (0.41%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 4 (0.33%) Ubuntu
10 4 (0.33%) VMS
10 4 (0.33%) Windows Server 2003
10 4 (0.33%) Windows Server 2012
10 4 (0.33%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.16%) CentOS
11 2 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 410 (33.61%) Problem-Solving
2 357 (29.26%) Continuous Improvement
3 327 (26.80%) Customer Service
4 263 (21.56%) Computer Science
5 229 (18.77%) Data Analysis
6 196 (16.07%) Mathematics
7 187 (15.33%) Process Improvement
8 178 (14.59%) Agile
8 178 (14.59%) Project Management
9 176 (14.43%) Logistics
10 169 (13.85%) Customer Requirements
11 158 (12.95%) Creative Thinking
12 156 (12.79%) Performance Metrics
13 151 (12.38%) Customer Experience
14 142 (11.64%) Contingency Planning
15 135 (11.07%) Cybersecurity
16 119 (9.75%) Mentoring
17 103 (8.44%) Business Intelligence
18 87 (7.13%) Analytics
19 86 (7.05%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 137 (11.23%) SQL
2 72 (5.90%) Python
3 65 (5.33%) JavaScript
4 60 (4.92%) C#
5 29 (2.38%) C++
6 28 (2.30%) Java
7 26 (2.13%) C
8 20 (1.64%) MATLAB
9 19 (1.56%) PowerShell
10 17 (1.39%) Embedded C
11 16 (1.31%) PHP
11 16 (1.31%) TypeScript
12 14 (1.15%) T-SQL
13 11 (0.90%) Embedded C++
14 9 (0.74%) R
15 8 (0.66%) Shell Script
16 6 (0.49%) VB
17 3 (0.25%) Apex Code
17 3 (0.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 2 (0.16%) Swift
Qualifications
1 140 (11.48%) Computer Science Degree
2 77 (6.31%) Security Cleared
3 61 (5.00%) Master's Degree
4 37 (3.03%) Microsoft Certification
4 37 (3.03%) SC Cleared
5 33 (2.70%) CCNA
5 33 (2.70%) Cisco Certification
6 28 (2.30%) HND
7 26 (2.13%) CCNP
8 25 (2.05%) PMI Certification
9 21 (1.72%) CISSP
10 20 (1.64%) CISM
10 20 (1.64%) DBS Check
11 19 (1.56%) HNC
11 19 (1.56%) PMP
12 16 (1.31%) MCP
13 15 (1.23%) Azure Certification
14 13 (1.07%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 12 (0.98%) PhD
16 11 (0.90%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (5.74%) QA
2 27 (2.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 21 (1.72%) Data Quality
4 20 (1.64%) Accessibility
4 20 (1.64%) ISO 9001
5 19 (1.56%) PMO
6 17 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 17025
7 14 (1.15%) NIST
8 12 (0.98%) ISO 26262
9 11 (0.90%) AUTOSAR
10 9 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials
10 9 (0.74%) PCI DSS
10 9 (0.74%) SLA
11 8 (0.66%) Actionable Recommendations
11 8 (0.66%) GDPR
12 5 (0.41%) Automotive SPICE
12 5 (0.41%) ISO 14001
13 4 (0.33%) GMP
14 3 (0.25%) COSHH
15 2 (0.16%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 53 (4.34%) Active Directory
2 28 (2.30%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (1.56%) Firmware
4 16 (1.31%) Hyper-V
5 15 (1.23%) Embedded Firmware
6 10 (0.82%) Docker
7 6 (0.49%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (0.33%) pfSense
9 3 (0.25%) vSphere
10 2 (0.16%) BitLocker
10 2 (0.16%) XenApp
10 2 (0.16%) XenDesktop
11 1 (0.082%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 15 (1.23%) Terraform
2 14 (1.15%) SCCM
3 13 (1.07%) EnCase
4 11 (0.90%) Functional Safety
5 10 (0.82%) Kubernetes
5 10 (0.82%) Stealthwatch
6 8 (0.66%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (0.41%) CASB
7 5 (0.41%) HP ALM
7 5 (0.41%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 4 (0.33%) Autotask
8 4 (0.33%) Failover Clustering
8 4 (0.33%) Jamf Pro
8 4 (0.33%) SCOM
9 3 (0.25%) FortiGate
10 2 (0.16%) WSUS
11 1 (0.082%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.082%) VxRail
Vendors
1 250 (20.49%) Microsoft
2 40 (3.28%) VMware
3 36 (2.95%) Cisco
4 32 (2.62%) Adobe
5 31 (2.54%) Apple
6 23 (1.89%) IFS
7 19 (1.56%) EMC
7 19 (1.56%) Meraki
8 17 (1.39%) Databricks
8 17 (1.39%) SAP
8 17 (1.39%) Workday
9 14 (1.15%) ServiceNow
10 13 (1.07%) NEC
11 12 (0.98%) Dell
11 12 (0.98%) Oracle
12 11 (0.90%) Google
13 10 (0.82%) Alteryx
13 10 (0.82%) Sage
14 9 (0.74%) Cellebrite
14 9 (0.74%) Xamarin