Smartcard Job Trends in Essex

Smart Card
East of England > Essex

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Smartcard in permanent job vacancies in Essex. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Smartcard over the 6 months leading up to 26 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 - 67
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Smartcard 3 0 7
As % of all permanent jobs in Essex 0.25% - 0.80%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.80% - 2.82%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 7
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £25,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 - £27,000
75th Percentile - - £28,500
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median annual salary £55,000 - £27,000

All Generic Skills
Essex

Smartcard falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Essex.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 377 112 248
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 30.80% 31.64% 28.21%
Number of salaries quoted 170 58 195
10th Percentile £26,488 - £25,200
25th Percentile £31,691 £21,250 £28,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,879 £39,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.94% -13.33% -14.29%
75th Percentile £66,875 £65,000 £54,000
90th Percentile £86,825 £81,625 £73,250
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

Smartcard
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Smartcard job vacancy trend in Essex

Smartcard
Salary Trend in Essex

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Smartcard.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Smartcard

Smartcard
Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Smartcard within the Essex region over the 6 months to 26 April 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
Basildon - 3 £55,000 - 1
Smartcard
East of England

Smartcard
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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) NFC
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Contactless