Degree Job Trends in Harlow

Academic Degree
Essex > Harlow

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Harlow with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 12 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 4 14
Rank change year-on-year 0 +10 -11
Permanent jobs citing Degree 4 13 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Harlow 15.38% 40.63% 8.20%
As % of the Qualifications category 66.67% 92.86% 71.43%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 3
10th Percentile - - £24,500
25th Percentile - - £26,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,900 - £29,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -35.56%
75th Percentile - - £29,500
90th Percentile - - -
Essex median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Harlow

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 Harlow.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 6 14 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Harlow 23.08% 43.75% 11.48%
Number of salaries quoted 5 1 3
10th Percentile £50,450 - £24,500
25th Percentile £72,500 £26,250 £26,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,900 £27,500 £29,000
Median % change year-on-year +176.00% -5.17% -31.76%
75th Percentile - £28,750 £29,500
90th Percentile £76,860 - -
Essex median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £39,269
% change year-on-year -10.00% +27.33% -16.43%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Harlow

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

Degree job vacancy trend in Harlow

Degree
Salary Trend in Harlow

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Harlow citing Degree.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Harlow citing Degree

Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Harlow 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:

Development Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 3 (75.00%) Electronics
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Principal Engineer
2 3 (75.00%) Principal Systems Engineer
2 3 (75.00%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Principal Software Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Software Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Systems Engineering
1 3 (75.00%) Test Planning
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (25.00%) Configuration Management
2 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) UML
2 1 (25.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Ada
1 1 (25.00%) Ada 95
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (25.00%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 12207
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) IBM