Digital & IT Job Statistics in Cheshire

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 6 May 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Lecturer	13	New entry-	-	-	379 19.82%	54
Developer	14	Up 1 place+1	£55,000	+15.78%	186 9.73%	28
Senior	15	Up 6 places+6	£60,000	+9.09%	185 9.68%	42
Analyst	21	Up 19 places+19	£45,000	+12.50%	113 5.91%	34
Development Manager	25	Up 48 places+48	£50,000	+45.18%	99 5.18%	18
Business Manager	25	Up 48 places+48	£50,000	+45.18%	99 5.18%	18
Business Development Manager	26	Up 47 places+47	£50,000	+45.18%	98 5.13%	16
Software Developer	29	Up 15 places+15	£55,000	+15.78%	89 4.65%	6
Lead	31	Up 34 places+34	£70,000	+12.90%	75 3.92%	14
Senior Developer	34	Up 34 places+34	£65,000	+8.33%	66 3.45%	4
Consultant	35	Up 36 places+36	£40,000	-23.80%	64 3.35%	30
Support Engineer	36	Up 27 places+27	£41,000	+3.79%	61 3.19%	5
Account Manager	41	New entry-	£35,000	-	52 2.72%	8
Systems Engineer	41	Up 25 places+25	£50,000	+3.50%	52 2.72%	7
Architect	44	Up 18 places+18	£80,000	-4.76%	45 2.35%	19
Sales Representative	44	Up 30 places+30	£40,000	-	45 2.35%	5
CRM Executive	51	New entry-	£35,000	-	38 1.99%
IT Support	53	Up 14 places+14	£32,500	-	35 1.83%	3
Software Engineer	54	Down -35 places-35	£50,000	-19.67%	34 1.78%	12
Lead Developer	55	Up 17 places+17	£67,500	+3.84%	33 1.73%	1
Security Engineer	55	Up 18 places+18	£45,000	-18.18%	33 1.73%	9
Technical Support	56	Down -5 places-5	£42,500	+13.33%	32 1.67%	11
IT Engineer	56	Up 15 places+15	£37,500	-23.07%	32 1.67%	4
Salesforce Executive	57	New entry-	£35,000	-	31 1.62%
IT Manager	57	Up 13 places+13	£55,000	+10.00%	31 1.62%	9
Business Development Executive	57	New entry-	£35,000	-	31 1.62%	10
Senior Software Developer	58	New entry-	£55,000	-	30 1.57%	1
Technical Support Engineer	61	Up 11 places+11	£42,500	+13.33%	27 1.41%	3
Technical Engineer	61	Up 11 places+11	£42,500	+13.33%	27 1.41%	7
Sales Executive	62	Up 12 places+12	£40,000	+66.66%	25 1.31%	11
Service Analyst	64	Up 7 places+7	£30,000	+13.20%	23 1.20%	7
C# Developer	64	Down -2 places-2	£60,000	+26.31%	23 1.20%	2
Junior	65	Up 7 places+7	£36,250	+13.28%	22 1.15%	7
Administrator	65	Up 4 places+4	£30,000	-29.41%	22 1.15%	4
Lead Software Developer	65	New entry-	£55,000	-	22 1.15%
IT Support Engineer	65	Up 9 places+9	£35,000	+27.27%	22 1.15%	1
Control Systems Engineer	65	New entry-	£55,000	-	22 1.15%	3
Senior Analyst	66	Up 5 places+5	£80,000	+45.45%	21 1.10%	6
Service Desk Analyst	66	Up 7 places+7	£30,000	+13.20%	21 1.10%	7
Project Manager	67	Down -13 places-13	£55,000	-	20 1.05%	4
Security Architect	67	Up 7 places+7	£75,000	-10.71%	20 1.05%	8
Recruitment Consultant	68	New entry-	£40,000	-	19 0.99%	10
Solutions Consultant	70	New entry-	£60,000	-	17 0.89%	6
Compliance Manager	71	New entry-	£65,000	-	16 0.84%
Print Operator	71	New entry-	£28,000	-	16 0.84%	1
Presales Consultant	71	New entry-	£60,000	-	16 0.84%	4
C# Software Developer	72	Down -2 places-2	£45,000	-5.26%	15 0.78%
Business Analyst	72	Down -2 places-2	£55,000	-8.33%	15 0.78%	3
Senior Manager	72	Down -9 places-9	-	-	15 0.78%	5
.NET Developer	72	Down -16 places-16	£45,000	-	15 0.78%	1