Digital & IT Permanent Job Trends & Insights

Permanent Job Market Index

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 22 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£47,500	-	18,935 15.72%	14,377
Senior	2	Up 7 places+7	£70,000	+7.69%	16,493 13.69%	16,020
Finance	3	Down 1 place-1	£65,000	+4.00%	15,984 13.27%	12,908
Microsoft	4	Up 1 place+1	£50,000	+11.11%	13,464 11.18%	7,444
Business Development	5	Up 24 places+24	£50,000	+11.11%	12,493 10.37%	2,703
Problem-Solving	6	Down 2 places-2	£46,000	+2.22%	11,741 9.75%	10,142
Azure	7	No change0	£65,000	+8.33%	10,426 8.65%	7,383
Continuous Improvement	8	Up 3 places+3	£55,000	-4.34%	10,404 8.64%	7,703
AI	9	Down 1 place-1	£74,000	+5.71%	10,340 8.58%	18,000
Software Engineering	10	Up 15 places+15	£75,000	-	9,548 7.93%	8,398
Lead	11	Up 13 places+13	£77,500	+3.33%	9,345 7.76%	12,386
Business Manager	12	Up 61 places+61	£55,000	+10.00%	8,760 7.27%	388
Development Manager	13	Up 61 places+61	£55,000	+10.00%	8,753 7.27%	409
Developer	14	Up 9 places+9	£60,000	-4.00%	8,549 7.10%	2,976
Agile	15	Down 9 places-9	£63,500	-5.92%	8,505 7.06%	7,718
Business Development Manager	16	Up 73 places+73	£55,000	+11.78%	8,347 6.93%	304
Security Cleared	17	Up 14 places+14	£70,000	+16.66%	7,922 6.58%	5,823
Analyst	18	No change0	£45,000	+5.88%	7,435 6.17%	3,395
Degree	19	Down 16 places-16	£52,500	-	7,300 6.06%	10,161
AWS	20	Down 6 places-6	£72,500	-3.33%	7,114 5.91%	7,127
Architect	21	Up 47 places+47	£90,000	+9.09%	6,806 5.65%	4,839
Analytical Skills	22	Down 12 places-12	£51,500	+3.00%	6,765 5.62%	6,530
Stakeholder Management	23	Up 16 places+16	£67,500	+3.84%	6,720 5.58%	5,119
Cybersecurity	24	Up 9 places+9	£60,000	+9.09%	6,485 5.38%	5,184
Python	25	Down 12 places-12	£71,500	-0.69%	6,388 5.30%	8,825
Decision-Making	26	Up 10 places+10	£57,500	-4.16%	6,371 5.29%	6,078
SQL	27	Down 15 places-15	£59,999	+9.08%	6,306 5.23%	5,079
Software Engineer	28	Up 28 places+28	£70,000	-12.50%	6,281 5.21%	3,487
Manufacturing	29	Up 1 place+1	£50,000	+5.26%	6,233 5.17%	4,920
DevOps	30	Down 10 places-10	£70,000	-	5,808 4.82%	4,682
Mentoring	31	Down 16 places-16	£65,000	+8.33%	5,795 4.81%	6,224
Analytics	32	Down 11 places-11	£67,500	+12.50%	5,756 4.78%	7,380
CI/CD	33	Down 5 places-5	£70,000	-3.44%	5,528 4.59%	6,267
Customer Service	34	Down 15 places-15	£32,250	+1.16%	5,392 4.48%	2,097
Marketing	35	Down 19 places-19	£45,000	-	5,290 4.39%	6,004
Microsoft 365	36	Down 10 places-10	£40,000	+9.58%	5,146 4.27%	2,083
SC Cleared	37	Up 21 places+21	£70,000	+16.66%	5,143 4.27%	3,803
Consultant	38	Up 24 places+24	£65,000	+18.18%	4,983 4.14%	3,178
Public Sector	39	Up 22 places+22	£63,875	+11.08%	4,859 4.03%	3,178
Roadmaps	40	Down 2 places-2	£80,000	+6.66%	4,855 4.03%	7,652
SaaS	41	Up 10 places+10	£65,000	+5.69%	4,665 3.87%	5,765
Retail	42	Down 15 places-15	£50,000	+25.00%	4,587 3.81%	2,940
Windows	43	Down 26 places-26	£40,000	+5.26%	4,524 3.76%	2,489
CRM	44	Down 7 places-7	£45,000	-	4,259 3.54%	3,146
Inclusion and Diversity	45	Down 23 places-23	£55,000	+6.53%	3,885 3.22%	3,774
Project Delivery	46	Up 32 places+32	£55,000	-8.33%	3,682 3.06%	2,537
QA	47	Up 12 places+12	£50,000	-13.04%	3,571 2.96%	2,698
C#	48	Up 20 places+20	£60,000	-	3,498 2.90%	2,026
Power Platform	49	Down 2 places-2	£57,500	+0.87%	3,491 2.90%	2,395
Onboarding	50	Up 34 places+34	£44,000	+10.00%	3,488 2.90%	3,554

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