Degree Job Trends in Brentwood

Academic Degree
Essex > Brentwood

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Brentwood with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 20 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 6 15
Rank change year-on-year +4 +9 -10
Permanent jobs citing Degree 8 2 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Brentwood 47.06% 12.50% 5.97%
As % of the Qualifications category 100.00% 100.00% 50.00%
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £24,000 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £29,400 - -
Essex median annual salary £45,000 £42,750 £46,297
% change year-on-year +5.26% -7.66% -0.22%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Brentwood

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 Brentwood.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 8 2 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Brentwood 47.06% 12.50% 11.94%
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £24,000 - £27,965
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £29,400 - -
Essex median annual salary £40,000 £39,000 £36,500
% change year-on-year +2.56% +6.85% -21.51%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Brentwood

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

Degree job vacancy trend in Brentwood

Degree
Salary Trend in Brentwood

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Brentwood citing Degree.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Brentwood citing Degree

Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Brentwood 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:

Cloud Services
1 7 (87.50%) Azure
2 3 (37.50%) AWS
2 3 (37.50%) GCP
2 3 (37.50%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (37.50%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (37.50%) JIRA
2 1 (12.50%) Rational DOORS
General
1 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Finance
2 3 (37.50%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Graduate
2 4 (50.00%) Developer
2 4 (50.00%) Graduate Developer
2 4 (50.00%) Graduate Software Developer
2 4 (50.00%) Software Developer
3 2 (25.00%) Azure Developer
3 2 (25.00%) C# Developer
3 2 (25.00%) C# Software Developer
3 2 (25.00%) Graduate C# Developer
3 2 (25.00%) Graduate C# Software Developer
3 2 (25.00%) Graduate PHP Developer
3 2 (25.00%) Graduate SQL Developer
3 2 (25.00%) IT Graduate
3 2 (25.00%) IT Support
3 2 (25.00%) PHP Developer
3 2 (25.00%) SQL Developer
3 2 (25.00%) Technical Support
4 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Graduate
4 1 (12.50%) Principal Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (37.50%) JSON
1 3 (37.50%) OAuth
1 3 (37.50%) REST
1 3 (37.50%) SOAP
1 3 (37.50%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Computer Science
2 5 (62.50%) Fintech
3 3 (37.50%) API Integration
3 3 (37.50%) Software Engineering
3 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (37.50%) Ticket Management
4 2 (25.00%) MVC
5 1 (12.50%) Systems Engineering
5 1 (12.50%) Test Planning
Programming Languages
1 4 (50.00%) C#
1 4 (50.00%) PHP
1 4 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (87.50%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) SLA
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Splunk
2 1 (12.50%) IBM