Senior Communications Engineer Job Trends in Essex

Senior Communications Engineer
East of England > Essex

The median Senior Communications Engineer salary in Essex is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 August 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Communications Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 0.14% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £70,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 - -
75th Percentile £80,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median annual salary £75,000 - -

All DemandTrendPermanent IT Job Vacancies
Essex

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Essex. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Essex with a recognized job title 654 597 476
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.73% 92.41% 82.21%
Number of salaries quoted 395 399 307
10th Percentile £26,500 £27,500 £23,300
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,250 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £48,800
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +2.46% +2.74%
75th Percentile £60,500 £61,688 £69,750
90th Percentile £76,860 £85,000 £85,000
East of England median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% +5.00%

Senior Communications Engineer Skill Set
Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex

For the 6 months to 29 August 2025, Senior Communications Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Essex region featuring Senior Communications Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) MATLAB
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) VHDL
1 1 (100.00%) Verilog
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Signal Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Signal Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
1 1 (100.00%) Software-Defined Radio
1 1 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (100.00%) GNSS
1 1 (100.00%) Verification and Validation

Senior Communications Engineer Skill Set
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Software-Defined Radio
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (100.00%) GNSS
1 1 (100.00%) Verilog
1 1 (100.00%) VHDL
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Signal Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
1 1 (100.00%) Signal Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) MATLAB
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared