General & Transferable Skills Statistics in Manchester

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 1 Aug 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Cloud Native	42	Up 57 places+57	£82,500	+10.19%	219 3.30%	116
Onboarding	50	Up 68 places+68	£50,000	+42.85%	167 2.52%	74
Product Ownership	85	Down -29 places-29	£60,104	-17.09%	108 1.63%	46
Self-Motivation	89	Down -36 places-36	£37,500	-25.00%	100 1.51%	56
Driving Licence	101	Up 4 places+4	£36,250	-2.02%	87 1.31%	43
Marketing Technology	113	Up 44 places+44	£100,000	+37.93%	73 1.10%	2
Data Centre	115	Up 23 places+23	£52,500	-12.50%	71 1.07%	26
Mobile App	122	Up 10 places+10	£60,000	-	64 0.97%	11
Distributed Systems	126	Up 5 places+5	£77,500	-11.42%	60 0.91%	30
AI Agents	138	Up 8 places+8	£81,250	-26.13%	48 0.72%	51
Management Information System	142	Down -61 places-61	£50,000	-2.43%	44 0.66%	53
Enterprise Software	146	Down -23 places-23	£60,208	-3.66%	40 0.60%	31
Social Media	146	Down -105 places-105	£39,000	-2.50%	40 0.60%	31
Hybrid Cloud	148	Down -4 places-4	£70,000	-20.00%	38 0.57%	18
Life Science	149	No change0	£67,500	+22.72%	37 0.56%	17
Security Posture	149	Down -9 places-9	£72,500	-3.16%	37 0.56%	20
Greenfield Project	150	Down -10 places-10	£67,249	-10.33%	36 0.54%	18
Cyberattack	160	Down -132 places-132	£55,000	-15.38%	26 0.39%	7
Analytical Mindset	161	Down -41 places-41	£65,500	+49.71%	25 0.38%	12
NHS	162	Down -17 places-17	£40,000	+5.26%	24 0.36%	40
Legacy Systems	162	Down -29 places-29	£75,000	+3.44%	24 0.36%	13
PropTech	163	Down -6 places-6	£70,000	+108.95%	23 0.35%	5
Data Structures	166	Down -19 places-19	£61,250	-9.25%	20 0.30%	11
Video Conferencing	167	Down -23 places-23	£35,000	+16.66%	19 0.29%	2
Educational Technology	167	Down -9 places-9	£40,000	-39.62%	19 0.29%	18
Virtual Team	168	Down -18 places-18	£70,000	+27.27%	18 0.27%	7
CCTV	169	Down -28 places-28	£29,000	-7.93%	17 0.26%	10
Cyber Threat	170	Down -16 places-16	£72,500	+9.24%	16 0.24%	11
Foreign Exchange (FX)	171	Down -23 places-23	£51,000	-	15 0.23%	4
IoT	172	Down -31 places-31	£50,000	-13.79%	14 0.21%	9
Private Cloud	172	Down -19 places-19	£98,500	+40.71%	14 0.21%	5
e-Learning	172	Down -27 places-27	£35,000	-46.15%	14 0.21%	3
Algorithms	173	Down -40 places-40	£37,500	-57.70%	13 0.20%	10
EPoS	173	Down -29 places-29	£38,000	+22.58%	13 0.20%
Replication	173	Down -14 places-14	£47,500	-	13 0.20%	8
Learning Management System	173	Down -16 places-16	£42,500	+21.42%	13 0.20%	6
Legacy Applications	173	Down -14 places-14	£50,000	-50.00%	13 0.20%	3
Public Cloud	175	Down -37 places-37	£80,000	+6.85%	11 0.17%	8
FMCG	175	Down -18 places-18	£60,000	-2.04%	11 0.17%	18
Operational Technology	175	Down -20 places-20	£65,000	+116.66%	11 0.17%	17
Motion Graphics	176	Down -17 places-17	£50,000	-	10 0.15%	2
Credit Risk	176	Down -26 places-26	£63,750	+10.86%	10 0.15%	3
Enterprise Cloud	176	Down -25 places-25	£80,000	+3.22%	10 0.15%	3
Low-Code	176	Down -21 places-21	£55,000	-4.34%	10 0.15%	7
Web Conferencing	177	Down -18 places-18	£26,000	-	9 0.14%	7
Smartphone	177	New entry-	-	-	9 0.14%	6
Online Gambling	177	New entry-	£95,000	-	9 0.14%	2
Video\Live Streaming	177	New entry-	-	-	9 0.14%	2
Enterprise Storage	177	Down -18 places-18	£50,000	+31.57%	9 0.14%	1
Robotics	178	New entry-	£80,000	-	8 0.12%	12