General & Transferable Skills Statistics in the Midlands

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 7 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Driving Licence	36	Up 16 places+16	£40,000	+31.14%	596 3.71%	156
Onboarding	41	Down 3 places-3	£37,500	+15.38%	551 3.43%	87
Self-Motivation	53	Up 52 places+52	£40,125	+14.64%	427 2.66%	77
Management Information System	78	Up 49 places+49	£42,500	+2.05%	314 1.95%	82
SCADA	99	Up 57 places+57	£53,000	+11.57%	240 1.49%	57
Robotics	110	Down 29 places-29	£57,500	-11.53%	212 1.32%	67
FMCG	136	Down 8 places-8	£55,000	+37.50%	167 1.04%	22
Social Media	151	Up 7 places+7	£43,000	+4.87%	150 0.93%	19
Data Centre	161	Down 41 places-41	£35,000	-53.33%	138 0.86%	37
Enterprise Software	168	Down 12 places-12	£61,250	-12.50%	131 0.81%	27
Renewable Energy	176	Down 12 places-12	£47,750	+19.37%	120 0.75%	12
Embedded Systems	187	Up 5 places+5	£67,500	+58.82%	109 0.68%	29
Cloud Native	189	Down 18 places-18	£80,000	+30.61%	107 0.67%	32
IoT	209	Down 37 places-37	£65,000	+20.93%	85 0.53%	25
Smartphone	211	Up 1 place+1	£43,950	-6.38%	83 0.52%	2
CCTV	213	Down 23 places-23	£35,500	+1.42%	81 0.50%	28
Mobile Games	214	Up 1 place+1	-	-	79 0.49%
Greenfield Project	214	Down 9 places-9	£55,000	-6.38%	79 0.49%	19
Product Ownership	216	Down 78 places-78	£60,000	-0.20%	77 0.48%	46
Operational Technology	217	Down 82 places-82	£60,000	+26.31%	76 0.47%	28
NHS	219	Down 40 places-40	£45,000	+1.69%	74 0.46%	29
Marketing Technology	227	Down 13 places-13	£80,000	-11.11%	66 0.41%	3
Legacy Systems	233	Down 89 places-89	£63,750	-1.92%	60 0.37%	15
Online Gambling	236	Down 23 places-23	£80,000	-	57 0.35%	2
Mobile App	236	Down 41 places-41	£52,250	+12.97%	57 0.35%	32
Hybrid Cloud	237	Down 39 places-39	£85,000	+6.25%	56 0.35%	8
Security Posture	238	Down 70 places-70	£57,500	+12.61%	55 0.34%	16
AI Agents	238	Down 32 places-32	£69,000	+20.49%	55 0.34%	24
Analytical Mindset	244	Down 103 places-103	£43,750	-18.16%	49 0.30%	12
FPGA	247	Down 34 places-34	£62,500	-19.35%	46 0.29%	23
Housing Association	248	Down 40 places-40	£35,000	-32.95%	45 0.28%	7
e-Learning	250	Down 54 places-54	£39,197	+45.17%	43 0.27%	10
Data Structures	251	Down 68 places-68	£56,250	+8.69%	42 0.26%	17
Distributed Systems	252	Down 55 places-55	£80,000	+6.66%	41 0.26%	8
PMI	255	Down 41 places-41	£45,250	+9.03%	38 0.24%	4
EPoS	255	Down 63 places-63	£30,000	-	38 0.24%	7
Algorithms	255	Down 56 places-56	£65,000	-5.45%	38 0.24%	17
Mainframe	256	Down 45 places-45	£55,000	+10.00%	37 0.23%	6
Virtual Team	259	Down 62 places-62	£52,500	-22.79%	34 0.21%	4
Legacy Applications	261	Down 50 places-50	£52,500	-19.23%	32 0.20%	3
Web Conferencing	262	Down 62 places-62	£43,500	+24.28%	31 0.19%	5
Cyber Threat	263	Down 90 places-90	£44,000	-26.05%	30 0.19%	41
Life Science	265	Down 57 places-57	£55,000	+2.32%	28 0.17%	6
CMDB	266	Down 63 places-63	£72,500	-19.44%	27 0.17%	5
Educational Technology	267	New entry-	£40,000	-	26 0.16%	2
PKI	268	Down 57 places-57	£48,500	-11.81%	25 0.16%	4
Low-Code	268	Down 59 places-59	£55,000	-7.60%	25 0.16%	7
Graphic Design	269	Down 59 places-59	£35,000	-6.66%	24 0.15%	3
Security Operations Centre	269	Down 85 places-85	£72,500	+45.00%	24 0.15%	12
Data Protection Act	270	Down 63 places-63	£51,356	-16.15%	23 0.14%	15