Degree Job Trends in Southend-on-Sea

Academic Degree
Essex > Southend-on-Sea

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

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 11 -
Rank change year-on-year +4 - -
Permanent jobs citing Degree 1 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Southend-on-Sea 11.11% 7.69% -
As % of the Qualifications category 14.29% 100.00% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,000 - -
Essex median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% +10.53%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Southend-on-Sea

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 Southend-on-Sea.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 7 2 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Southend-on-Sea 77.78% 7.69% 7.14%
Number of salaries quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile £26,500 - -
25th Percentile £27,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 - -
75th Percentile £35,125 - -
90th Percentile £37,000 - -
Essex median annual salary £43,500 £50,000 £39,085
% change year-on-year -13.00% +27.93% -21.04%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Southend-on-Sea

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Degree relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Southend-on-Sea.

Degree job vacancy trend in Southend-on-Sea

Degree
Salary Trend in Southend-on-Sea

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Southend-on-Sea citing Degree.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Southend-on-Sea citing Degree

Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southend-on-Sea 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) MySQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Developer
1 1 (100.00%) C# Developer
1 1 (100.00%) C# Software Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Graduate
1 1 (100.00%) Graduate C# Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Graduate C# Software Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Graduate Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Graduate PHP Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Graduate Software Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Graduate SQL Developer
1 1 (100.00%) PHP Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Developer
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) jQuery
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) MVC
1 1 (100.00%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) PHP
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree