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

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 6 4 6
Rank change year-on-year -2 +2 +12
Permanent jobs citing Degree 1,679 2,341 1,902
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 14.13% 25.34% 17.55%
As % of the Qualifications category 57.09% 63.61% 56.27%
Number of salaries quoted 961 700 958
10th Percentile £25,000 £27,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,750 £34,825
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% +0.11%
75th Percentile £61,250 £60,800 £57,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £71,250 £75,040
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 2,941 3,680 3,380
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 24.75% 39.84% 31.20%
Number of salaries quoted 1,868 1,257 1,699
10th Percentile £25,500 £27,500 £25,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,750 £35,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +8.70% +2.22%
75th Percentile £61,250 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £76,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £59,600 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.72% +8.36% -

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 10 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 10 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 -1 1,128 £50,000 -4.76% 574
East Midlands -4 539 £40,000 -15.79% 344
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 (3.34%) SharePoint
2 50 (2.98%) Microsoft Exchange
3 25 (1.49%) WordPress
4 18 (1.07%) CMS
5 11 (0.66%) IIS
6 10 (0.60%) Confluence
7 7 (0.42%) SAS
8 6 (0.36%) Apache
8 6 (0.36%) Tomcat
8 6 (0.36%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.12%) Alfresco
9 2 (0.12%) Appian
9 2 (0.12%) Captiva
9 2 (0.12%) Documentum
9 2 (0.12%) MTS
9 2 (0.12%) WinCC
10 1 (0.060%) Apache Spark
10 1 (0.060%) BizTalk Server
10 1 (0.060%) Mule
10 1 (0.060%) Umbraco
Applications
1 383 (22.81%) Microsoft Office
2 252 (15.01%) Microsoft Excel
3 36 (2.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 26 (1.55%) Microsoft Project
5 24 (1.43%) AutoCAD
6 17 (1.01%) Simulink
7 13 (0.77%) Adobe Illustrator
7 13 (0.77%) Photoshop
8 10 (0.60%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 9 (0.54%) InDesign
10 6 (0.36%) CANalyzer
10 6 (0.36%) Chatbot
11 5 (0.30%) Adobe After Effects
12 4 (0.24%) Adobe Premiere
12 4 (0.24%) Adobe XD
12 4 (0.24%) EPLAN
12 4 (0.24%) MS Visio
12 4 (0.24%) Sketch
12 4 (0.24%) SPSS
13 2 (0.12%) Autodesk Inventor
Business Applications
1 17 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (0.71%) Shopify
3 8 (0.48%) SAP ERP
4 7 (0.42%) NetSuite
5 6 (0.36%) NEC Housing
6 4 (0.24%) Dynamics NAV
6 4 (0.24%) Magento
6 4 (0.24%) Sage 300 ERP
6 4 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
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 (0.060%) Payment Gateway
9 1 (0.060%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 185 (11.02%) Azure
2 124 (7.39%) Power Platform
3 112 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
4 83 (4.94%) AWS
5 55 (3.28%) SaaS
6 39 (2.32%) Dynamics 365
7 29 (1.73%) PowerApps
8 24 (1.43%) Entra ID
9 20 (1.19%) Azure DevOps
9 20 (1.19%) Power Automate
10 19 (1.13%) GCP
11 17 (1.01%) OneDrive
12 14 (0.83%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 13 (0.77%) GitHub
14 12 (0.71%) WhatsApp
15 9 (0.54%) Amazon S3
15 9 (0.54%) Boomi
15 9 (0.54%) Cloud Computing
15 9 (0.54%) Snowflake
16 8 (0.48%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 52 (3.10%) WAN
2 50 (2.98%) Firewall
3 34 (2.03%) DNS
4 33 (1.97%) LAN
5 32 (1.91%) DHCP
6 24 (1.43%) Network Security
6 24 (1.43%) SAN
6 24 (1.43%) TCP/IP
7 23 (1.37%) VPN
8 21 (1.25%) Ethernet
8 21 (1.25%) VoIP
9 20 (1.19%) Internet
10 17 (1.01%) SD-WAN
11 14 (0.83%) Wi-Fi
12 12 (0.71%) VLAN
13 9 (0.54%) Wireless
14 8 (0.48%) WLAN
15 7 (0.42%) Cisco Firepower
16 6 (0.36%) NAS
17 4 (0.24%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 114 (6.79%) Power BI
2 92 (5.48%) SQL Server
3 62 (3.69%) Tableau
4 38 (2.26%) Data Warehouse
5 25 (1.49%) MySQL
6 24 (1.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 23 (1.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 17 (1.01%) Relational Database
9 13 (0.77%) Amazon Redshift
9 13 (0.77%) Data Lake
9 13 (0.77%) Data Mining
10 11 (0.66%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 10 (0.60%) PostgreSQL
12 9 (0.54%) Power Query
13 8 (0.48%) GIS
14 7 (0.42%) BigQuery
14 7 (0.42%) Oracle Database
15 6 (0.36%) Amazon RDS
15 6 (0.36%) Looker
15 6 (0.36%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 48 (2.86%) Git
2 32 (1.91%) JIRA
3 26 (1.55%) Visual Studio
4 8 (0.48%) CANoe
5 6 (0.36%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 5 (0.30%) Rational DOORS
7 4 (0.24%) Jenkins
7 4 (0.24%) Moq
7 4 (0.24%) Postman
7 4 (0.24%) Xcode
8 3 (0.18%) CMake
9 2 (0.12%) Android Studio
9 2 (0.12%) GitLab
9 2 (0.12%) TeamCity
10 1 (0.060%) Balsamiq
10 1 (0.060%) LabVIEW
10 1 (0.060%) MSBuild
10 1 (0.060%) NUnit
10 1 (0.060%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.060%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 674 (40.14%) Social Skills
2 352 (20.96%) Analytical Skills
3 222 (13.22%) Finance
4 183 (10.90%) Manufacturing
5 170 (10.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 168 (10.01%) Influencing Skills
7 147 (8.76%) Organisational Skills
8 128 (7.62%) Retail
9 120 (7.15%) Military
10 96 (5.72%) Marketing
11 77 (4.59%) Legal
12 76 (4.53%) Electronics
13 74 (4.41%) Automotive
14 66 (3.93%) Presentation Skills
15 51 (3.04%) Local Government
16 45 (2.68%) Public Sector
17 44 (2.62%) Pharmaceutical
18 42 (2.50%) Telecoms
19 28 (1.67%) Law
20 24 (1.43%) Games
Job Titles
1 338 (20.13%) Analyst
2 190 (11.32%) Graduate
3 170 (10.13%) Senior
4 142 (8.46%) Developer
5 132 (7.86%) Lead
6 118 (7.03%) Product Analyst
7 117 (6.97%) Project Manager
8 116 (6.91%) Sales Analyst
9 66 (3.93%) Architect
10 65 (3.87%) Senior Analyst
11 64 (3.81%) Software Engineer
12 53 (3.16%) Consultant
13 50 (2.98%) Systems Engineer
14 48 (2.86%) Data Analyst
15 44 (2.62%) Junior
16 41 (2.44%) Software Developer
17 38 (2.26%) Technical Leader
18 33 (1.97%) Support Engineer
19 32 (1.91%) Data Scientist
20 28 (1.67%) Senior Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (4.76%) .NET
2 61 (3.63%) HTML
3 54 (3.22%) CSS
4 32 (1.91%) RESTful
5 26 (1.55%) AngularJS
6 23 (1.37%) ASP.NET
6 23 (1.37%) React
7 22 (1.31%) .NET Core
8 19 (1.13%) XML
9 16 (0.95%) Node.js
10 14 (0.83%) EDI
11 13 (0.77%) GraphQL
12 12 (0.71%) HTML5
13 11 (0.66%) jQuery
13 11 (0.66%) JSON
14 10 (0.60%) .NET Framework
14 10 (0.60%) SOAP
14 10 (0.60%) Vue
14 10 (0.60%) Web Services
15 9 (0.54%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 147 (8.76%) Onboarding
2 103 (6.13%) Management Information System
3 65 (3.87%) Data Centre
4 61 (3.63%) Self-Motivation
5 44 (2.62%) Driving Licence
6 42 (2.50%) Mobile App
7 41 (2.44%) Algorithms
8 29 (1.73%) Product Ownership
9 27 (1.61%) SCADA
10 22 (1.31%) Life Science
10 22 (1.31%) Social Media
11 20 (1.19%) CCTV
11 20 (1.19%) Public Cloud
12 17 (1.01%) Virtual Team
13 16 (0.95%) Embedded Systems
13 16 (0.95%) Robotics
14 15 (0.89%) Industry 4.0
15 14 (0.83%) Data Structures
16 12 (0.71%) Graphic Design
16 12 (0.71%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 150 (8.93%) Windows
2 78 (4.65%) Linux
3 47 (2.80%) Windows Server
4 38 (2.26%) Windows 10
5 17 (1.01%) Unix
6 16 (0.95%) Mac OS
6 16 (0.95%) Windows 7
7 14 (0.83%) Android
8 9 (0.54%) Apple iOS
9 8 (0.48%) Windows Server 2016
9 8 (0.48%) Windows Server 2019
10 6 (0.36%) Solaris
10 6 (0.36%) SUSE
10 6 (0.36%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 6 (0.36%) VMS
11 5 (0.30%) Embedded Linux
11 5 (0.30%) Mac OS X
12 4 (0.24%) Ubuntu
12 4 (0.24%) Windows Server 2012
13 3 (0.18%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 532 (31.69%) Problem-Solving
2 371 (22.10%) Customer Service
3 359 (21.38%) Computer Science
4 358 (21.32%) Continuous Improvement
5 254 (15.13%) Mathematics
6 247 (14.71%) Project Management
7 239 (14.23%) Data Analysis
8 238 (14.18%) Agile
9 178 (10.60%) Customer Requirements
10 174 (10.36%) Mentoring
11 168 (10.01%) Logistics
12 163 (9.71%) Process Improvement
13 144 (8.58%) Software Engineering
14 142 (8.46%) Cybersecurity
15 134 (7.98%) Creative Thinking
15 134 (7.98%) Performance Metrics
16 129 (7.68%) Customer Experience
17 118 (7.03%) Business Intelligence
18 117 (6.97%) Contingency Planning
19 116 (6.91%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 222 (13.22%) SQL
2 128 (7.62%) Python
3 103 (6.13%) C#
4 94 (5.60%) JavaScript
5 59 (3.51%) C
6 53 (3.16%) C++
7 45 (2.68%) Java
8 30 (1.79%) MATLAB
9 28 (1.67%) PowerShell
10 27 (1.61%) TypeScript
11 22 (1.31%) Embedded C
12 20 (1.19%) PHP
13 19 (1.13%) VB
14 16 (0.95%) T-SQL
15 12 (0.71%) R
16 11 (0.66%) Embedded C++
17 7 (0.42%) Assembly Language
17 7 (0.42%) Ladder Logic
18 6 (0.36%) Shell Script
19 5 (0.30%) VBA
Qualifications
1 192 (11.44%) Computer Science Degree
2 102 (6.08%) Security Cleared
3 101 (6.02%) Master's Degree
4 71 (4.23%) DBS Check
5 64 (3.81%) SC Cleared
6 61 (3.63%) Microsoft Certification
7 44 (2.62%) CCNA
7 44 (2.62%) Cisco Certification
8 37 (2.20%) HND
9 34 (2.03%) HNC
9 34 (2.03%) MCP
10 28 (1.67%) Azure Certification
11 27 (1.61%) CCNP
11 27 (1.61%) PMI Certification
12 23 (1.37%) CISM
12 23 (1.37%) CISSP
12 23 (1.37%) PMP
13 19 (1.13%) Chartered Engineer
13 19 (1.13%) MCSE
14 18 (1.07%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (4.88%) QA
2 36 (2.14%) PMO
3 34 (2.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 24 (1.43%) GMP
5 23 (1.37%) Accessibility
6 22 (1.31%) ISO 9001
7 21 (1.25%) Data Quality
8 19 (1.13%) ISO/IEC 17025
9 18 (1.07%) GLP
9 18 (1.07%) NIST
10 14 (0.83%) ISO 26262
11 12 (0.71%) GDPR
11 12 (0.71%) SLA
12 10 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
13 9 (0.54%) AUTOSAR
14 8 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
14 8 (0.48%) PCI DSS
15 6 (0.36%) MISRA
16 5 (0.30%) NCSC
17 4 (0.24%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 95 (5.66%) Active Directory
2 48 (2.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 44 (2.62%) Firmware
4 34 (2.03%) Hyper-V
5 25 (1.49%) Embedded Firmware
6 22 (1.31%) Docker
7 9 (0.54%) vSphere
8 4 (0.24%) pfSense
8 4 (0.24%) Terminal Services
9 3 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.12%) BitLocker
10 2 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
10 2 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.12%) XenApp
10 2 (0.12%) XenDesktop
11 1 (0.060%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.060%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.060%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 18 (1.07%) Microsoft Intune
1 18 (1.07%) SCCM
2 16 (0.95%) Terraform
3 14 (0.83%) EnCase
3 14 (0.83%) Kubernetes
4 11 (0.66%) Functional Safety
5 8 (0.48%) SCOM
6 7 (0.42%) Failover Clustering
6 7 (0.42%) Stealthwatch
7 6 (0.36%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 5 (0.30%) Autotask
8 5 (0.30%) CASB
8 5 (0.30%) FortiGate
8 5 (0.30%) HP ALM
9 4 (0.24%) Jamf Pro
9 4 (0.24%) SmoothWall
10 2 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.060%) Data Guard
11 1 (0.060%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.060%) VxRail
Vendors
1 341 (20.31%) Microsoft
2 64 (3.81%) VMware
3 44 (2.62%) Cisco
4 38 (2.26%) Adobe
4 38 (2.26%) Apple
4 38 (2.26%) Databricks
5 37 (2.20%) EMC
6 34 (2.03%) SAP
7 26 (1.55%) ServiceNow
8 23 (1.37%) Salesforce
9 21 (1.25%) Google
9 21 (1.25%) IFS
10 18 (1.07%) Meraki
10 18 (1.07%) Workday
11 17 (1.01%) Oracle
12 14 (0.83%) Dell
13 13 (0.77%) Alteryx
14 12 (0.71%) Veeam
15 11 (0.66%) Fortinet
15 11 (0.66%) Xamarin