Degree Jobs in Essex

Academic Degree
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Essex with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 15 2
Rank change year-on-year +12 -13 0
Permanent jobs citing Degree 106 83 270
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 20.95% 9.17% 33.21%
As % of the Qualifications category 59.22% 49.11% 75.84%
Number of salaries quoted 39 69 44
10th Percentile - £25,750 £31,625
25th Percentile £25,000 £25,759 £36,933
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £46,297 £46,450
Median % change year-on-year -2.80% -0.33% -7.10%
75th Percentile £60,000 £55,000 £60,200
90th Percentile £67,000 £76,250 £72,500
East of England median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £54,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -12.84% +17.20%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Essex

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 Essex.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 179 169 356
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 35.38% 18.67% 43.79%
Number of salaries quoted 61 133 91
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,759 £27,000
25th Percentile £27,500 £27,500 £35,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £37,500 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year - -19.35% -7.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £55,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £72,000 £85,000
East of England median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.53% -13.64% +10.00%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

Job postings citing Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Essex.

Job vacancy trend for Degree in Essex

Degree
Salary Trend in Essex

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Degree in Essex.

Salary trend for Degree in Essex

Degree
Salary Histogram in Essex

Salary distribution for jobs citing Degree in Essex over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Degree in Essex

Degree
Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the Essex region over the 6 months to 31 May 2025. 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
Chelmsford +7 11 £65,000 +40.40% 21
Epping - 8 £32,500 - 1
Basildon +4 7 £75,000 +57.89% 19
Loughton - 7 - -
Colchester +13 6 £27,500 - 9
Billericay +8 4 £51,250 +73.73% 4
Buckhurst Hill - 4 - -
Southend-on-Sea -8 3 - - 1
Chigwell - 3 - -
Braintree - 3 £35,000 -
Brentwood +9 2 - - 5
Canvey Island - 2 - -
Waltham Abbey - 2 - -
Saffron Walden - 2 £55,000 - 8
Harwich - 2 - -
Hockley - 2 - -
Benfleet - 1 - -
Degree
East of England

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex 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 5 (4.72%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.83%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.94%) IIS
3 1 (0.94%) OpenEdge
3 1 (0.94%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (1.89%) AutoCAD
2 1 (0.94%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (0.94%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (0.94%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.94%) InDesign
2 1 (0.94%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (0.94%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 38 (35.85%) Azure
2 17 (16.04%) Entra ID
3 11 (10.38%) AWS
3 11 (10.38%) AWS Lambda
3 11 (10.38%) Serverless
4 8 (7.55%) GCP
5 3 (2.83%) Amazon S3
5 3 (2.83%) dbt
5 3 (2.83%) Snowflake
6 2 (1.89%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 1 (0.94%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (0.94%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (0.94%) Figma
7 1 (0.94%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 23 (21.70%) Broadband
2 1 (0.94%) Internet
2 1 (0.94%) Network Security
2 1 (0.94%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (9.43%) SQL Server
2 9 (8.49%) MySQL
3 3 (2.83%) Amazon Redshift
3 3 (2.83%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (2.83%) Oracle Database
3 3 (2.83%) RDBMS
3 3 (2.83%) Relational Database
4 2 (1.89%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.94%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (0.94%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (1.89%) LabVIEW
2 1 (0.94%) Git
2 1 (0.94%) JIRA
2 1 (0.94%) PetaLinux
General
1 32 (30.19%) Social Skills
2 20 (18.87%) Finance
3 15 (14.15%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (8.49%) Organisational Skills
5 7 (6.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (6.60%) Public Sector
6 5 (4.72%) German Language
7 4 (3.77%) Electronics
7 4 (3.77%) Law
8 3 (2.83%) Legal
8 3 (2.83%) Local Government
8 3 (2.83%) Marketing
9 2 (1.89%) Aerospace
9 2 (1.89%) Games
10 1 (0.94%) Automotive
10 1 (0.94%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.94%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.94%) Retail
Job Titles
1 18 (16.98%) Senior
2 17 (16.04%) Graduate
2 17 (16.04%) Technology Specialist
3 15 (14.15%) Developer
4 11 (10.38%) Support Engineer
5 10 (9.43%) Graduate Developer
5 10 (9.43%) IT Graduate
6 9 (8.49%) Senior Manager
7 8 (7.55%) Implementation Manager
7 8 (7.55%) Machine Learning Engineer
7 8 (7.55%) Project Manager
7 8 (7.55%) Support Manager
7 8 (7.55%) Technical Implementation Manager
7 8 (7.55%) Technical Manager
7 8 (7.55%) Technical Support
7 8 (7.55%) Technical Support Manager
8 7 (6.60%) Analyst
8 7 (6.60%) Senior Project Manager
9 6 (5.66%) Software Engineer
10 5 (4.72%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (16.04%) .NET
2 15 (14.15%) ASP.NET
3 13 (12.26%) CSS
4 10 (9.43%) jQuery
5 5 (4.72%) SailPoint
6 3 (2.83%) HTML
6 3 (2.83%) JSON
6 3 (2.83%) REST
7 2 (1.89%) .NET Core
7 2 (1.89%) AngularJS
7 2 (1.89%) ASP.NET Core
7 2 (1.89%) ASP.NET MVC
7 2 (1.89%) KnockoutJS
7 2 (1.89%) React
7 2 (1.89%) Vue
8 1 (0.94%) Bootstrap
8 1 (0.94%) EDIFACT
8 1 (0.94%) PySpark
8 1 (0.94%) XML
8 1 (0.94%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 17 (16.04%) NHS
2 8 (7.55%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (6.60%) Management Information System
4 5 (4.72%) Algorithms
4 5 (4.72%) Virtual Team
5 3 (2.83%) Mobile App
5 3 (2.83%) Renewable Energy
6 2 (1.89%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.89%) Driving Licence
6 2 (1.89%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.89%) Robotics
6 2 (1.89%) Video\Live Streaming
7 1 (0.94%) e-Learning
7 1 (0.94%) FPGA
7 1 (0.94%) Graphic Design
7 1 (0.94%) SCADA
7 1 (0.94%) Social Media
7 1 (0.94%) Verilog
7 1 (0.94%) VHDL
7 1 (0.94%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 9 (8.49%) Windows
2 8 (7.55%) Windows Server 2012
3 4 (3.77%) Linux
4 2 (1.89%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (0.94%) Android
5 1 (0.94%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (42.45%) Computer Science
2 40 (37.74%) Problem-Solving
3 22 (20.75%) Agile
3 22 (20.75%) Identity Management
4 19 (17.92%) Mentoring
5 18 (16.98%) ITIL
6 16 (15.09%) Software Engineering
7 14 (13.21%) Continuous Improvement
7 14 (13.21%) MVC
7 14 (13.21%) Risk Management
8 13 (12.26%) Broadcast Engineering
9 11 (10.38%) OO
10 9 (8.49%) Machine Learning
10 9 (8.49%) Roadmaps
10 9 (8.49%) System Testing
11 8 (7.55%) CI/CD
11 8 (7.55%) Clean Code
11 8 (7.55%) Personalization
11 8 (7.55%) Proactive Maintenance
11 8 (7.55%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 26 (24.53%) Python
2 21 (19.81%) C#
3 18 (16.98%) Java
4 12 (11.32%) C++
5 10 (9.43%) PHP
6 9 (8.49%) SQL
7 8 (7.55%) TypeScript
8 5 (4.72%) C
8 5 (4.72%) PowerShell
9 4 (3.77%) Ada
9 4 (3.77%) Ada 95
9 4 (3.77%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.94%) OpenEdge ABL
10 1 (0.94%) Rust
10 1 (0.94%) SystemVerilog
10 1 (0.94%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 37 (34.91%) Computer Science Degree
2 17 (16.04%) DBS Check
3 9 (8.49%) PhD
4 7 (6.60%) HND
5 5 (4.72%) Master's Degree
6 4 (3.77%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (3.77%) Chartered Engineer
7 1 (0.94%) CCNA
7 1 (0.94%) CCNP
7 1 (0.94%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.94%) LPIC
7 1 (0.94%) MCP
7 1 (0.94%) MCSE
7 1 (0.94%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.94%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.94%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.83%) Data Quality
2 2 (1.89%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (0.94%) GDPR
System Software
1 30 (28.30%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.94%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (0.94%) Terraform
Vendors
1 26 (24.53%) Microsoft
2 8 (7.55%) Sun
3 7 (6.60%) Salesforce
4 5 (4.72%) Okta
5 3 (2.83%) Oracle
5 3 (2.83%) StreamSets
6 2 (1.89%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.94%) Adobe
7 1 (0.94%) Cisco
7 1 (0.94%) Google
7 1 (0.94%) PayPal
7 1 (0.94%) TikTok
7 1 (0.94%) Xilinx