Digital & IT Job Market in the Midlands

Permanent Job Market Index in the Midlands

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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	Up 1 place+1	£42,500	+6.25%	2,400 15.08%	1,189
Business Development	2	Up 40 places+40	£50,000	-	2,212 13.90%	169
Microsoft	3	Up 3 places+3	£45,000	+13.92%	1,820 11.44%	705
Senior	4	Up 17 places+17	£65,000	+14.25%	1,699 10.68%	853
Business Manager	5	Up 78 places+78	£55,000	+6.79%	1,671 10.50%	44
Development Manager	6	Up 77 places+77	£55,000	+10.00%	1,656 10.41%	37
Business Development Manager	7	Up 81 places+81	£55,000	+10.00%	1,604 10.08%	34
Problem-Solving	8	Down 5 places-5	£42,500	+11.84%	1,586 9.97%	868
Finance	9	Down 4 places-4	£55,000	+4.76%	1,562 9.81%	630
Continuous Improvement	10	Up 2 places+2	£49,000	+3.15%	1,421 8.93%	764
Manufacturing	11	Down 1 place-1	£50,000	+17.64%	1,404 8.82%	660
Azure	12	Down 5 places-5	£57,500	+4.54%	1,221 7.67%	538
Developer	13	Up 18 places+18	£55,000	-	1,158 7.28%	249
Lead	14	Up 14 places+14	£65,000	+8.33%	982 6.17%	753
Cybersecurity	15	Up 19 places+19	£55,000	+15.78%	929 5.84%	409
Degree	16	Down 15 places-15	£47,500	+11.76%	901 5.66%	720
Analyst	17	No change0	£45,000	+13.18%	898 5.64%	316
Customer Service	18	Down 2 places-2	£30,000	-	834 5.24%	240
Analytical Skills	19	Down 8 places-8	£45,000	+3.44%	830 5.22%	466
AI	20	Down 16 places-16	£62,500	-3.84%	818 5.14%	629
Agile	21	Down 7 places-7	£55,000	-8.33%	784 4.93%	523
SQL	22	Down 13 places-13	£51,962	+15.47%	770 4.84%	365
Decision-Making	23	Up 26 places+26	£51,928	+1.70%	769 4.83%	383
Software Engineering	24	Up 45 places+45	£65,000	-2.62%	733 4.61%	383
Microsoft 365	25	Down 3 places-3	£37,500	+15.38%	699 4.39%	153
Marketing	26	Up 8 places+8	£47,000	+51.61%	688 4.32%	246
Analytics	27	Up 25 places+25	£60,000	+12.14%	674 4.24%	380
CRM	28	Down 9 places-9	£40,000	-	673 4.23%	224
ERP	29	Up 16 places+16	£50,000	+11.11%	669 4.20%	201
Stakeholder Management	30	Up 10 places+10	£55,000	-8.33%	637 4.00%	370
Retail	31	Down 23 places-23	£42,500	-5.55%	633 3.98%	281
Mentoring	32	Down 17 places-17	£60,000	+33.33%	609 3.83%	405
Windows	33	Down 15 places-15	£40,000	+14.28%	607 3.81%	222
Security Cleared	34	Up 3 places+3	£65,000	+4.00%	606 3.81%	374
SaaS	35	Up 11 places+11	£60,000	+9.09%	591 3.71%	253
Logistics	36	Up 28 places+28	£42,500	+6.25%	576 3.62%	139
Driving Licence	37	Down 17 places-17	£40,000	+31.14%	560 3.52%	243
Architect	38	Up 35 places+35	£82,500	+8.91%	552 3.47%	244
Public Sector	39	Up 8 places+8	£55,000	+5.76%	549 3.45%	210
Organisational Skills	40	Up 61 places+61	£33,000	+11.86%	545 3.42%	170
AWS	41	Down 16 places-16	£65,000	-	522 3.28%	322
Onboarding	42	Down 1 place-1	£37,500	+13.63%	511 3.21%	152
DevOps	43	Down 14 places-14	£62,500	-1.57%	500 3.14%	245
Software Engineer	44	Up 63 places+63	£65,000	+1.96%	475 2.98%	179
Business Intelligence	45	Up 13 places+13	£55,000	+15.78%	474 2.98%	233
Consultant	46	Up 38 places+38	£60,000	+9.09%	471 2.96%	159
SC Cleared	47	Up 12 places+12	£70,000	+18.11%	470 2.95%	273
Power Platform	48	Up 6 places+6	£55,000	+10.00%	456 2.87%	206
Roadmaps	49	Up 30 places+30	£66,172	-5.46%	454 2.85%	400
QA	50	Up 7 places+7	£45,000	-0.85%	434 2.73%	214