Digital & IT Job Market in the North of England

Permanent Job Market Index in the North of England

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 25 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Senior	1	Up 8 places+8	£70,000	+16.66%	3,303 13.67%	1,609
Social Skills	2	Down 1 place-1	£45,000	+17.70%	2,997 12.40%	1,655
Business Development	3	Up 37 places+37	£50,000	+11.11%	2,765 11.44%	276
Finance	4	No change0	£60,000	+15.38%	2,539 10.50%	1,229
Microsoft	5	Up 1 place+1	£45,000	+20.00%	2,442 10.10%	1,115
Problem-Solving	6	Down 3 places-3	£45,000	-	2,206 9.13%	1,213
Developer	7	Up 26 places+26	£57,500	-4.16%	2,053 8.49%	468
Development Manager	8	Up 71 places+71	£50,000	-	2,042 8.45%	50
Business Manager	9	Up 94 places+94	£50,000	-	2,031 8.40%	50
Continuous Improvement	10	Up 7 places+7	£51,000	-2.39%	2,007 8.30%	1,097
Business Development Manager	11	Up 105 places+105	£50,000	-	1,960 8.11%	34
Azure	12	Down 7 places-7	£60,000	+14.28%	1,830 7.57%	1,046
Lead	13	Up 36 places+36	£75,000	+7.14%	1,805 7.47%	1,335
Analyst	14	Up 18 places+18	£45,000	+20.00%	1,795 7.43%	494
Software Engineering	15	Up 8 places+8	£70,000	+7.69%	1,688 6.98%	834
AI	16	Down 10 places-10	£66,000	+14.78%	1,660 6.87%	1,606
Agile	17	Down 9 places-9	£60,000	-	1,645 6.81%	1,057
AWS	18	Down 5 places-5	£70,000	+7.69%	1,384 5.73%	834
DevOps	19	Down 1 place-1	£67,500	+3.84%	1,351 5.59%	682
Architect	20	Up 82 places+82	£80,000	+3.22%	1,234 5.11%	446
SQL	21	Down 1 place-1	£55,000	+10.00%	1,226 5.07%	641
Mentoring	22	Down 6 places-6	£65,000	+8.33%	1,216 5.03%	818
Analytical Skills	23	Down 16 places-16	£47,500	+5.55%	1,195 4.94%	727
Decision-Making	24	Up 30 places+30	£53,460	+6.92%	1,175 4.86%	701
Manufacturing	25	Down 15 places-15	£47,337	+5.19%	1,160 4.80%	664
Customer Service	26	Down 2 places-2	£30,497	+10.89%	1,130 4.68%	298
Software Engineer	27	Up 19 places+19	£68,403	+5.23%	1,118 4.63%	356
Public Sector	28	Up 81 places+81	£65,000	+19.73%	1,113 4.60%	536
Security Cleared	29	Up 31 places+31	£70,000	+7.69%	1,104 4.57%	636
Stakeholder Management	30	Up 39 places+39	£60,000	+4.34%	1,102 4.56%	640
CI/CD	31	Up 7 places+7	£65,000	-3.70%	1,100 4.55%	815
Degree	32	Down 30 places-30	£45,000	+3.44%	1,080 4.47%	894
Cybersecurity	33	Up 9 places+9	£50,000	+11.11%	1,018 4.21%	719
Python	34	Down 20 places-20	£66,805	+11.34%	996 4.12%	821
Microsoft 365	35	Down 1 place-1	£38,500	+18.46%	984 4.07%	287
Analytics	36	Up 44 places+44	£62,500	+13.39%	976 4.04%	701
Retail	37	Down 6 places-6	£47,500	+18.75%	962 3.98%	404
Consultant	38	Up 42 places+42	£65,000	+8.33%	828 3.43%	334
SC Cleared	39	Up 103 places+103	£67,500	+6.94%	822 3.40%	464
Java	40	Down 5 places-5	£69,310	+2.68%	811 3.36%	383
Full-Stack Development	41	Up 49 places+49	£65,000	+8.33%	800 3.31%	331
Marketing	42	Down 27 places-27	£47,500	+9.19%	788 3.26%	468
Coaching	43	Up 34 places+34	£63,076	+14.68%	771 3.19%	506
Windows	43	Down 32 places-32	£35,500	+2.89%	771 3.19%	288
SaaS	44	Up 18 places+18	£65,000	+8.33%	763 3.16%	522
Roadmaps	45	Up 28 places+28	£67,500	-3.57%	724 3.00%	689
QA	46	Up 37 places+37	£45,000	-18.18%	712 2.95%	354
CRM	47	Down 20 places-20	£40,000	-	686 2.84%	278
C#	48	Up 23 places+23	£60,000	-	673 2.78%	308
Stakeholder Engagement	49	Up 72 places+72	£60,000	-	665 2.75%	290