Digital & IT Permanent Job Trends & Insights

Permanent Job Market Index

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 6 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£47,500	-	19,635 16.05%	6,055
Senior	2	Up 7 places+7	£70,000	+7.69%	17,025 13.92%	2,960
Finance	3	Down 1 place-1	£65,000	+4.00%	16,196 13.24%	4,829
Microsoft	4	Up 1 place+1	£50,000	+17.64%	13,797 11.28%	4,777
Problem-Solving	5	Down 1 place-1	£46,000	+2.22%	12,250 10.02%	4,300
Business Development	6	Up 20 places+20	£50,000	+11.11%	11,732 9.59%	1,004
Continuous Improvement	7	Up 4 places+4	£55,000	-4.34%	10,908 8.92%	2,737
AI	8	No change0	£74,633	+6.61%	10,676 8.73%	7,856
Azure	9	Down 3 places-3	£65,000	+8.33%	10,269 8.40%	3,673
Software Engineering	10	Up 15 places+15	£72,500	-3.33%	9,891 8.09%	2,070
Lead	11	Up 9 places+9	£76,021	+1.36%	9,665 7.90%	1,625
Agile	12	Down 5 places-5	£63,000	-6.66%	8,500 6.95%	2,317
Developer	13	Up 8 places+8	£60,000	-	8,482 6.93%	1,326
Security Cleared	14	Up 14 places+14	£70,000	+13.82%	8,254 6.75%	2,686
Business Manager	15	Up 51 places+51	£55,000	+10.00%	8,031 6.57%	189
Development Manager	16	Up 53 places+53	£55,000	+10.00%	8,025 6.56%	167
Degree	17	Down 14 places-14	£52,500	-	7,709 6.30%	7,131
Business Development Manager	18	Up 67 places+67	£55,000	+10.00%	7,616 6.23%	137
Analyst	19	Down 4 places-4	£46,000	+8.23%	7,446 6.09%	2,446
Stakeholder Management	20	Up 16 places+16	£67,500	-	7,063 5.77%	2,239
Architect	21	Up 33 places+33	£90,000	+9.09%	7,018 5.74%	1,085
Analytical Skills	22	Down 12 places-12	£51,300	+2.60%	7,007 5.73%	2,302
AWS	23	Down 9 places-9	£71,991	-2.45%	7,000 5.72%	2,581
Manufacturing	24	Up 6 places+6	£50,000	+5.26%	6,918 5.66%	2,468
Cybersecurity	25	Up 8 places+8	£60,000	+20.00%	6,832 5.59%	2,765
Software Engineer	26	Up 33 places+33	£70,000	-6.66%	6,543 5.35%	815
Decision-Making	27	Up 5 places+5	£57,500	-4.16%	6,540 5.35%	1,928
Python	28	Down 15 places-15	£70,000	-	6,381 5.22%	3,374
SQL	29	Down 17 places-17	£60,000	+9.09%	6,214 5.08%	2,152
Mentoring	30	Down 11 places-11	£65,000	+8.33%	5,972 4.88%	2,120
DevOps	31	Down 8 places-8	£70,000	-	5,768 4.72%	1,469
Analytics	32	Down 10 places-10	£66,805	+11.34%	5,747 4.70%	1,748
Customer Service	33	Down 17 places-17	£32,500	+1.56%	5,583 4.56%	1,526
CI/CD	34	Down 5 places-5	£70,000	-3.44%	5,475 4.48%	1,779
Marketing	35	Down 17 places-17	£45,000	-	5,353 4.38%	1,119
SC Cleared	36	Up 17 places+17	£70,000	+16.66%	5,349 4.37%	1,865
Microsoft 365	37	Down 13 places-13	£40,000	+6.66%	5,078 4.15%	1,137
Consultant	38	Up 14 places+14	£65,000	+18.18%	5,058 4.14%	893
Roadmaps	39	Down 2 places-2	£80,000	+6.66%	4,943 4.04%	1,755
Public Sector	40	Up 34 places+34	£64,500	+12.17%	4,919 4.02%	1,240
Retail	41	Down 14 places-14	£48,750	+21.87%	4,768 3.90%	1,263
SaaS	42	Up 3 places+3	£65,000	+5.69%	4,614 3.77%	1,006
Windows	43	Down 26 places-26	£40,000	+6.66%	4,480 3.66%	1,215
CRM	44	Down 9 places-9	£45,000	+1.49%	4,370 3.57%	885
Inclusion and Diversity	45	Down 14 places-14	£55,000	+10.00%	3,998 3.27%	1,069
Project Delivery	46	Up 26 places+26	£55,000	-8.33%	3,835 3.14%	1,066
QA	47	Up 24 places+24	£50,000	-13.04%	3,689 3.02%	952
Onboarding	48	Up 22 places+22	£44,000	+10.00%	3,670 3.00%	4,669
Organisational Skills	49	Up 45 places+45	£35,500	+1.42%	3,655 2.99%	785
Technical Leadership	50	Up 82 places+82	£75,000	-6.25%	3,552 2.90%	1,249

The figures above represent demand-side skills and capabilities across the digital and IT labour market.
The statistics are not representative of specific organisations.