Digital & IT Job Market in the East of England

Permanent Job Market Index in the East of England

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 23 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£38,750	+2.75%	1,306 15.10%	853
Microsoft	2	Up 1 place+1	£37,500	-6.25%	1,081 12.50%	376
Business Development	3	Up 7 places+7	£55,000	+34.14%	1,005 11.62%	81
Senior	4	Up 36 places+36	£65,000	+8.33%	952 11.00%	768
Problem-Solving	5	Down 1 place-1	£43,500	+33.84%	933 10.78%	720
Software Engineering	6	Up 49 places+49	£70,000	+27.27%	875 10.11%	562
Manufacturing	7	Up 56 places+56	£50,000	+25.00%	771 8.91%	588
Development Manager	8	Up 22 places+22	£55,000	+22.22%	725 8.38%	19
Business Manager	9	Up 20 places+20	£55,000	+22.22%	720 8.32%	23
Business Development Manager	10	Up 22 places+22	£55,000	+22.22%	709 8.20%	16
Software Engineer	11	Up 121 places+121	£70,000	+7.69%	664 7.68%	295
Finance	12	Down 6 places-6	£45,000	-14.28%	645 7.46%	422
Continuous Improvement	13	Up 22 places+22	£50,000	+17.64%	639 7.39%	490
Degree	14	Down 12 places-12	£50,000	+17.64%	604 6.98%	757
AI	15	Up 19 places+19	£60,100	+26.52%	533 6.16%	640
Azure	16	Down 8 places-8	£53,000	+17.77%	529 6.11%	273
Developer	17	Up 42 places+42	£60,000	+20.00%	527 6.09%	145
Analyst	18	Up 10 places+10	£35,000	-12.50%	526 6.08%	136
Microsoft 365	19	Up 12 places+12	£35,000	-6.66%	498 5.76%	126
Lead	20	Up 25 places+25	£65,000	+18.18%	494 5.71%	548
Electronics	21	Down 16 places-16	£57,500	+4.54%	493 5.70%	608
Security Cleared	22	Up 29 places+29	£60,000	+26.31%	469 5.42%	472
Customer Service	23	Down 14 places-14	£32,500	+8.33%	465 5.38%	161
Cybersecurity	24	Up 26 places+26	£55,000	+31.66%	451 5.21%	251
Windows	25	Down 7 places-7	£35,000	+2.94%	445 5.14%	177
Driving Licence	26	Down 15 places-15	£36,500	-8.75%	405 4.68%	133
IT Support	27	Up 24 places+24	£32,500	-	389 4.50%	40
Agile	28	Up 8 places+8	£55,000	-	342 3.95%	309
Marketing	29	Down 14 places-14	£37,500	-3.84%	341 3.94%	138
Organisational Skills	30	Up 52 places+52	£33,500	+11.66%	335 3.87%	86
C#	31	Up 37 places+37	£60,000	+9.09%	330 3.81%	154
Python	32	Up 12 places+12	£70,000	+27.27%	325 3.76%	474
Analytical Skills	33	Down 6 places-6	£47,500	+18.75%	317 3.66%	339
Consultant	34	Up 45 places+45	£50,000	-9.09%	312 3.61%	95
Aerospace	34	Up 79 places+79	£55,000	+57.14%	312 3.61%	270
SQL	35	Down 2 places-2	£52,788	+24.20%	307 3.55%	165
QA	35	Up 48 places+48	£50,000	+25.00%	307 3.55%	153
CRM	36	Up 22 places+22	£38,000	-15.55%	304 3.51%	101
Stakeholder Management	37	Up 19 places+19	£57,500	+76.92%	298 3.44%	211
Decision-Making	37	Up 24 places+24	£55,000	+4.76%	298 3.44%	248
Mentoring	38	Down 31 places-31	£55,000	+15.78%	297 3.43%	277
Support Engineer	39	Up 10 places+10	£35,000	-6.66%	291 3.36%	60
ERP	40	Up 22 places+22	£45,000	-5.26%	288 3.33%	121
Onboarding	41	Up 69 places+69	£40,000	-14.89%	276 3.19%	112
Microsoft Office	42	Down 5 places-5	£30,000	-1.21%	269 3.11%	70
C++	43	Up 56 places+56	£68,750	+24.99%	265 3.06%	286
Systems Engineer	44	Up 73 places+73	£60,000	+9.09%	258 2.98%	192
Service Delivery	45	Up 15 places+15	£45,000	+5.88%	255 2.95%	110
Retail	46	Up 18 places+18	£40,000	-15.78%	254 2.94%	139
Active Directory	47	Down 11 places-11	£35,000	+4.47%	248 2.87%	86