Digital & IT Job Statistics in Merseyside

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 19 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Analyst	3	Up 8 places+8	£40,000	-11.11%	154 16.76%	36
Development Manager	10	Up 36 places+36	£50,000	+12.35%	83 9.03%	9
Trainee	14	New entry-	£30,500	-	75 8.16%	14
Business Manager	15	Up 32 places+32	£42,500	+6.25%	73 7.94%	8
Business Development Manager	16	Up 31 places+31	£42,500	+6.25%	72 7.83%	8
Developer	22	Down -15 places-15	£50,000	+53.84%	57 6.20%	20
Business Analyst	25	Up 23 places+23	£45,000	-30.76%	47 5.11%	12
Support Engineer	25	Up 16 places+16	£32,750	+2.34%	47 5.11%	12
Junior	26	Up 22 places+22	£28,500	-12.30%	45 4.90%	6
Data Analyst	27	Up 18 places+18	£40,000	-23.80%	43 4.68%	8
Junior Analyst	28	New entry-	-	-	42 4.57%	1
IT Support	30	Up 1 place+1	£30,000	-10.44%	39 4.24%	11
Architect	31	Up 18 places+18	£90,000	+16.12%	38 4.13%	6
Senior	33	Down -15 places-15	£60,000	-7.69%	35 3.81%	17
IT Engineer	34	Up 11 places+11	£30,000	-9.09%	34 3.70%	11
Lead	34	Up 6 places+6	£77,500	+10.71%	34 3.70%	9
Trainee Analyst	35	New entry-	£37,500	-	33 3.59%	2
IT Support Engineer	36	Up 10 places+10	£30,000	-7.69%	32 3.48%	7
Programmer	39	New entry-	£52,500	-	29 3.16%	3
Sales Manager	41	New entry-	£70,000	-	26 2.83%	7
Coordinator	45	Up 4 places+4	£30,000	-1.63%	22 2.39%	6
Security Analyst	45	Up 3 places+3	£50,000	-	22 2.39%
Sales Representative	46	New entry-	£45,000	-	21 2.29%	3
Junior Security Analyst	46	New entry-	-	-	21 2.29%
Junior Data Analyst	46	New entry-	-	-	21 2.29%
Cybersecurity Analyst	46	New entry-	-	-	21 2.29%
HR Advisor	47	New entry-	-	-	20 2.18%	1
Technical Analyst	48	No change0	£45,000	-21.73%	19 2.07%	6
2nd Line Support	49	Down -8 places-8	£30,000	-10.44%	18 1.96%	3
IT Technician	49	Down -1 place-1	£32,500	+30.00%	18 1.96%	2
Consultant	50	Down -9 places-9	£80,000	-	17 1.85%	8
Network Engineer	50	Down -3 places-3	£18,000	-66.19%	17 1.85%	5
Administrator	50	Down -9 places-9	£30,000	+11.11%	17 1.85%	6
Technical Business Analyst	50	New entry-	£45,000	-	17 1.85%	6
Trainee Business Analyst	50	New entry-	£30,500	-	17 1.85%	1
Support Analyst	51	Down -12 places-12	£35,000	+4.47%	16 1.74%	4
Trainee Data Analyst	51	New entry-	£40,000	-	16 1.74%	1
Project Manager	52	Down -5 places-5	£55,126	-21.24%	15 1.63%	12
Data Scientist	52	Down -6 places-6	£85,794	+55.98%	15 1.63%	2
Account Manager	53	New entry-	£40,000	-	14 1.52%	1
Ethical Hacker	53	New entry-	-	-	14 1.52%
Data Engineer	53	Down -10 places-10	£75,000	+36.36%	14 1.52%	9
Software Developer	54	Down -26 places-26	£30,500	-35.10%	13 1.41%	1
Software Engineer	54	Down -10 places-10	£65,000	-	13 1.41%	2
Technical Support	54	Down -5 places-5	£40,000	-	13 1.41%
Infrastructure Engineer	54	Down -20 places-20	£35,800	-10.50%	13 1.41%	2
Business Systems Manager	54	New entry-	£35,000	-	13 1.41%	2
2nd Line Support Engineer	55	Down -6 places-6	£30,000	-11.76%	12 1.31%	3
Lecturer	55	Down -6 places-6	£34,000	-	12 1.31%	1
2nd Line Engineer	55	Down -6 places-6	£30,000	-11.76%	12 1.31%	3