Prototyping Job Trends in Essex

Prototyping
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Essex requiring Prototyping skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 - 52
Rank change year-on-year - - +17
Permanent jobs citing Prototyping 3 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Essex 0.43% - 0.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.54% - 0.76%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £46,375 - -
25th Percentile £50,313 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,750 - -
75th Percentile £80,313 - -
90th Percentile £86,125 - -
East of England median annual salary £90,000 £55,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +63.64% -26.67% +33.33%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Essex

Prototyping falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Essex.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 552 362 397
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 79.42% 79.39% 86.87%
Number of salaries quoted 317 132 312
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £39,938 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,250 £49,161
Median % change year-on-year -13.88% +6.28% -6.36%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £87,500
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +1.85% -1.82%

Prototyping
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Prototyping job vacancy trend in Essex

Prototyping
Salary Trend in Essex

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Prototyping.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Prototyping

Prototyping
Salary Histogram in Essex

Salary distribution for jobs citing Prototyping in Essex over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Prototyping in Essex

Prototyping
Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Prototyping within the Essex region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. 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
Saffron Walden - 2 £63,750 - 1
Prototyping
East of England

Prototyping
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex 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:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) 3ds Max
1 1 (33.33%) Adobe Premiere
1 1 (33.33%) Blender
1 1 (33.33%) CINEMA 4D
1 1 (33.33%) Fusion 360
1 1 (33.33%) Maya
1 1 (33.33%) Siemens NX
1 1 (33.33%) SOLIDWORKS
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Adobe Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Broadband
1 1 (33.33%) LTE
1 1 (33.33%) Software-Defined Radio
1 1 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (33.33%) Wireless
General
1 1 (33.33%) Aerospace
1 1 (33.33%) Games
1 1 (33.33%) Marketing
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Data Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Data Scientist
1 1 (33.33%) Designer
1 1 (33.33%) Lead
1 1 (33.33%) Lead Designer
1 1 (33.33%) Lead Product Designer
1 1 (33.33%) Product Designer
1 1 (33.33%) Research Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Research Scientist
1 1 (33.33%) RF Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Senior
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Data Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Data Scientist
1 1 (33.33%) Senior RF Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) NumPy
1 1 (33.33%) PyTorch
1 1 (33.33%) SciPy
1 1 (33.33%) Unreal Engine
1 1 (33.33%) V-Ray
1 1 (33.33%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Animation
1 1 (33.33%) Augmented Reality
1 1 (33.33%) Driving Licence
1 1 (33.33%) FPGA
1 1 (33.33%) Social Media
1 1 (33.33%) Virtual Reality
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) AI
2 1 (33.33%) 3D Modelling
2 1 (33.33%) 3D Visualisation
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Anomaly Detection
2 1 (33.33%) CAD
2 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Data Science
2 1 (33.33%) DesignOps
2 1 (33.33%) Experimental Design
2 1 (33.33%) Kalman Filter
2 1 (33.33%) Open Source
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Product Roadmap
2 1 (33.33%) Product Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Storytelling
2 1 (33.33%) Texturing
2 1 (33.33%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 1 (33.33%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C++
1 1 (33.33%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Accessibility
1 1 (33.33%) WCAG
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Adobe
2 1 (33.33%) Siemens