Digital & IT Job Statistics in the North West

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 9 May 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Senior	6	Up 7 places+7	£65,000	+8.33%	1,358 13.14%	260
Lecturer	20	Up 193 places+193	£34,000	-13.92%	902 8.73%	3
Analyst	21	Up 4 places+4	£42,500	+6.25%	860 8.32%	159
Developer	22	Down -10 places-10	£57,500	+4.54%	798 7.72%	153
Lead	25	Up 21 places+21	£70,000	-4.30%	644 6.23%	138
Business Manager	30	Up 135 places+135	£50,000	+42.85%	528 5.11%	85
Development Manager	31	Up 135 places+135	£50,000	+42.85%	522 5.05%	78
Business Development Manager	35	Up 141 places+141	£50,000	+42.85%	499 4.83%	74
Architect	39	Up 57 places+57	£88,000	+25.71%	403 3.90%	99
Software Engineer	40	Down -5 places-5	£67,500	-	391 3.78%	90
Consultant	56	Up 49 places+49	£62,500	+19.04%	291 2.82%	185
IT Support	60	Up 52 places+52	£30,000	-	265 2.56%	27
Support Engineer	61	Up 72 places+72	£35,000	-11.39%	263 2.54%	34
Senior Developer	67	Up 73 places+73	£65,000	+8.33%	234 2.26%	30
Junior	69	Up 97 places+97	£35,000	-26.31%	229 2.22%	28
Sales Representative	76	Up 132 places+132	£35,000	-6.66%	207 2.00%	36
Project Manager	77	Up 36 places+36	£55,000	-	206 1.99%	70
Account Manager	80	Up 133 places+133	£40,000	+6.66%	196 1.90%	24
Data Analyst	81	Up 82 places+82	£42,500	+6.25%	195 1.89%	37
Senior Manager	84	Up 75 places+75	£65,000	-	184 1.78%	40
Software Developer	85	Down -51 places-51	£55,000	+16.40%	181 1.75%	29
Business Analyst	86	Up 77 places+77	£45,000	-14.28%	180 1.74%	32
IT Engineer	88	Up 95 places+95	£32,500	-4.41%	175 1.69%	23
Junior Analyst	89	Up 123 places+123	£28,000	-	173 1.67%	4
IT Manager	91	Up 90 places+90	£49,175	-8.93%	171 1.65%	33
Trainee	94	Up 112 places+112	£30,500	+28.42%	164 1.59%	88
Systems Engineer	99	Down -1 place-1	£51,772	+3.43%	153 1.48%	22
IT Support Engineer	104	Up 99 places+99	£32,000	+6.66%	144 1.39%	8
Data Engineer	105	Up 66 places+66	£70,000	+3.70%	143 1.38%	40
Administrator	106	Up 47 places+47	£31,500	+16.66%	142 1.37%	37
Infrastructure Engineer	109	Up 23 places+23	£50,000	-	139 1.34%	33
IT Technician	114	Up 89 places+89	£29,000	-3.33%	129 1.25%	16
Senior Analyst	115	Up 50 places+50	£57,500	+9.52%	128 1.24%	30
Sales Manager	115	Up 94 places+94	£70,000	+118.75%	128 1.24%	23
Security Analyst	119	Up 82 places+82	£35,000	-36.36%	123 1.19%	11
Designer	119	Up 82 places+82	£63,076	+36.37%	123 1.19%	24
Cloud Engineer	124	Up 47 places+47	£70,000	+16.66%	118 1.14%	22
Business Development Executive	126	Up 84 places+84	£35,000	-0.70%	116 1.12%	16
Service Manager	127	Up 66 places+66	£45,000	-18.18%	115 1.11%	10
Solutions Architect	128	Up 24 places+24	£75,000	+25.00%	114 1.10%	25
Coordinator	134	Up 74 places+74	£30,000	-14.28%	106 1.03%	17
Network Engineer	135	Up 63 places+63	£50,000	-9.09%	105 1.02%	36
Principal Engineer	136	Up 25 places+25	£90,000	+20.00%	104 1.01%	15
Full-Stack Developer	142	Up 48 places+48	£68,750	+25.00%	97 0.94%	14
Data Manager	142	Up 55 places+55	£52,500	-18.52%	97 0.94%	19
Cybersecurity Analyst	143	Up 70 places+70	£40,000	-13.04%	96 0.93%	7
Technical Support	147	Up 27 places+27	£42,500	+13.33%	91 0.88%	12
Security Architect	147	Up 49 places+49	£80,000	+6.66%	91 0.88%	26
Programmer	149	Up 68 places+68	£40,000	-	89 0.86%	9
Lead Developer	153	Up 26 places+26	£70,000	-	85 0.82%	8