General & Transferable Skills Statistics in Merseyside

Description	Rank 6 Months to 18 Jan 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Driving Licence	8	+18	£50,000	+26.58%	86 13.65%	12
Onboarding	37	+11	£30,390	-47.14%	23 3.65%	7
Self-Motivation	44	+4	£40,000	-11.11%	15 2.38%	9
IoT	47	-	-	-	12 1.90%
Management Information System	50	-10	£55,000	+17.02%	9 1.43%	9
Molecular Biology	52	-	-	-	7 1.11%
Data Structures	53	-3	£75,000	+30.43%	6 0.95%	5
Security Operations Centre	54	+2	-	-	5 0.79%
Operational Technology	54	-	£65,000	-	5 0.79%
Cyber Kill Chain	55	-	-	-	4 0.63%
Renewable Energy	55	0	£40,000	-	4 0.63%	2
Analytical Mindset	55	0	-	-	4 0.63%	3
Cyber Threat	55	+1	-	-	4 0.63%
PCIe	55	-	-	-	4 0.63%
Low-Code	55	-	£55,000	-	4 0.63%	2
Embedded Systems	55	-	-	-	4 0.63%	2
Social Media	55	-	£30,000	-	4 0.63%	2
SCADA	55	0	£52,500	-4.54%	4 0.63%	4
FPGA	55	-	-	-	4 0.63%
Foreign Exchange (FX)	55	-	-	-	4 0.63%	1
EPoS	55	-	£30,780	-	4 0.63%	3
SystemC	56	-	-	-	3 0.48%
Enterprise Software	56	-	£27,000	-	3 0.48%	1
Solar Energy	56	-	£40,000	-	3 0.48%	1
Product Ownership	57	-1	£50,000	-60.00%	2 0.32%	3
Cloud Native	57	-	£77,500	-	2 0.32%	8
Virtual Team	57	-3	-	-	2 0.32%	3
Mobile App	57	-1	£85,000	-	2 0.32%	3
FMCG	57	-	£55,000	-	2 0.32%	4
Data Protection Act	57	-3	£56,250	-13.04%	2 0.32%	2
ASIC	58	-	£50,000	-	1 0.16%
PACS	58	-	£40,000	-	1 0.16%	1
Graphic Design	58	-	£27,500	-	1 0.16%
BYOD	58	-	£27,500	-	1 0.16%
Data Centre	58	-5	£27,500	-35.29%	1 0.16%	2
Security Posture	58	-2	£45,000	-23.07%	1 0.16%