Digital & IT Job Statistics in the North West

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 5 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Senior	1	Up 5 places+5	£70,000	+12.00%	1,902 14.85%	257
Business Manager	8	Up 78 places+78	£50,000	+11.11%	1,065 8.32%	14
Development Manager	9	Up 83 places+83	£50,000	+11.11%	1,060 8.28%	12
Business Development Manager	11	Up 84 places+84	£50,000	+11.11%	1,017 7.94%	10
Developer	12	Up 9 places+9	£55,000	-8.33%	1,002 7.83%	148
Lead	14	Up 33 places+33	£75,000	+7.14%	964 7.53%	116
Analyst	15	Up 19 places+19	£45,000	+12.50%	926 7.23%	225
Architect	23	Up 58 places+58	£80,000	-	653 5.10%	51
Software Engineer	26	Up 38 places+38	£70,000	-6.66%	634 4.95%	64
Consultant	38	Up 37 places+37	£65,000	+8.33%	463 3.62%	63
DevOps Engineer	64	Up 107 places+107	£70,000	+7.69%	283 2.21%	25
IT Manager	65	Up 64 places+64	£45,000	-18.18%	282 2.20%	28
Senior Developer	67	Up 40 places+40	£70,000	+7.69%	272 2.12%	33
Data Engineer	69	Up 69 places+69	£66,805	+11.34%	269 2.10%	39
Infrastructure Engineer	70	Down 40 places-40	£58,000	+7.90%	268 2.09%	22
Cloud Engineer	76	Up 85 places+85	£73,205	+22.00%	245 1.91%	11
Senior Software Engineer	77	Up 33 places+33	£75,000	-	243 1.90%	25
Project Manager	79	Up 38 places+38	£55,000	+4.76%	240 1.87%	43
IT Support	80	Down 7 places-7	£32,000	+10.34%	237 1.85%	41
Support Engineer	82	Up 8 places+8	£35,500	+1.42%	234 1.83%	32
Solutions Architect	83	Up 52 places+52	£80,000	-	233 1.82%	19
Senior Manager	88	Up 14 places+14	£60,000	+20.00%	221 1.73%	29
Account Manager	89	Up 60 places+60	£40,000	-	220 1.72%	16
Business Development Executive	90	Up 72 places+72	£35,000	+7.69%	219 1.71%	1
Sales Representative	97	Up 58 places+58	£35,000	+27.27%	202 1.58%	19
Full-Stack Engineer	98	Up 96 places+96	£75,000	-	201 1.57%	25
Sales Manager	100	Up 59 places+59	£55,000	+37.50%	197 1.54%	8
Administrator	102	Up 58 places+58	£40,000	+31.14%	191 1.49%	20
Software Developer	110	Up 39 places+39	£65,000	+20.93%	181 1.41%	23
Support Analyst	122	Up 29 places+29	£32,500	-0.76%	162 1.27%	14
Systems Engineer	123	Down 40 places-40	£55,000	+9.88%	161 1.26%	29
Technical Engineer	131	Up 10 places+10	£50,000	+48.14%	146 1.14%	7
Data Analyst	135	Up 24 places+24	£57,246	+41.34%	141 1.10%	37
IT Engineer	136	Up 22 places+22	£34,500	+7.81%	140 1.09%	26
Java Engineer	137	Up 47 places+47	£75,000	-6.25%	139 1.09%	13
Senior Analyst	140	Up 29 places+29	£57,500	+4.54%	134 1.05%	17
Design Engineer	140	Up 41 places+41	£47,500	-32.14%	134 1.05%	34
Business Analyst	141	Up 3 places+3	£50,000	+5.26%	133 1.04%	31
Junior	144	Up 25 places+25	£32,500	+16.07%	130 1.02%	40
Principal Engineer	144	Down 23 places-23	£90,000	+56.52%	130 1.02%	23
Service Manager	148	Up 23 places+23	£45,000	-	126 0.98%	15
Technical Leader	150	Up 37 places+37	£90,000	+20.00%	124 0.97%	24
Technical Architect	152	Up 36 places+36	£85,000	-	122 0.95%	8
Coordinator	155	Up 22 places+22	£30,000	-	118 0.92%	45
Security Engineer	160	Up 15 places+15	£70,000	+75.00%	113 0.88%	33
Senior Infrastructure Engineer	160	Up 22 places+22	£65,576	+0.88%	113 0.88%	9
Technical Manager	162	Up 5 places+5	£55,000	-	111 0.87%	6
IT Support Engineer	165	Up 10 places+10	£33,475	+12.52%	108 0.84%	15
Network Engineer	166	Up 13 places+13	£57,500	+18.55%	107 0.84%	34
Engineering Manager	168	Down 8 places-8	£100,000	+25.00%	105 0.82%	7