Digital & IT Job Statistics in the North of England

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 20 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Senior	7	Up 4 places+4	£65,000	+8.33%	2,091 11.92%	440
Analyst	12	Up 5 places+5	£41,000	+2.50%	1,767 10.07%	348
Developer	22	Down -14 places-14	£59,000	+7.27%	1,350 7.70%	384
Lecturer	25	Up 231 places+231	£34,000	-13.92%	1,236 7.05%	258
Lead	26	Up 4 places+4	£70,000	-	1,176 6.70%	266
Development Manager	33	Up 83 places+83	£50,000	+37.93%	1,043 5.95%	134
Business Manager	35	Up 141 places+141	£50,000	+18.80%	924 5.27%	144
Business Development Manager	36	Up 163 places+163	£50,000	+42.85%	887 5.06%	130
Junior	38	Up 144 places+144	£30,000	-15.49%	752 4.29%	61
Architect	45	Up 25 places+25	£85,000	+21.42%	669 3.81%	176
Software Engineer	50	Up 19 places+19	£65,000	-	636 3.63%	134
Junior Analyst	53	Up 203 places+203	£21,000	-25.00%	608 3.47%	6
IT Support	59	Up 4 places+4	£30,000	-	550 3.14%	62
Data Analyst	61	Up 113 places+113	£40,000	+1.26%	503 2.87%	76
Support Engineer	63	Up 57 places+57	£35,000	+6.06%	489 2.79%	93
Trainee	66	Up 185 places+185	£30,500	+24.48%	449 2.56%	189
Consultant	68	Up 35 places+35	£60,000	+6.66%	428 2.44%	249
Account Manager	76	Up 170 places+170	£45,000	+24.13%	398 2.27%	82
Sales Representative	78	Up 168 places+168	£30,000	-11.11%	391 2.23%	60
Business Analyst	82	Up 92 places+92	£46,500	-11.42%	367 2.09%	111
Security Analyst	83	Up 159 places+159	£53,750	-6.52%	364 2.08%	12
Senior Developer	85	Up 46 places+46	£65,000	+8.33%	358 2.04%	57
Senior Manager	87	Up 79 places+79	£65,000	-7.14%	347 1.98%	64
Cybersecurity Analyst	92	Up 165 places+165	£55,000	+19.56%	321 1.83%	10
IT Engineer	94	Up 75 places+75	£32,000	-3.03%	316 1.80%	64
Junior Data Analyst	98	New entry-	£14,000	-	303 1.73%	1
Junior Security Analyst	99	New entry-	-	-	301 1.72%
Project Manager	103	Down -31 places-31	£55,000	-	287 1.64%	103
Software Developer	104	Down -61 places-61	£50,000	+3.09%	285 1.62%	49
IT Manager	104	Up 14 places+14	£45,497	-11.22%	285 1.62%	52
Infrastructure Engineer	111	Up 8 places+8	£52,000	+4.00%	267 1.52%	63
IT Support Engineer	115	Up 98 places+98	£30,000	-	258 1.47%	26
Systems Engineer	117	Down -5 places-5	£50,000	-0.10%	254 1.45%	40
IT Technician	119	Up 106 places+106	£28,000	-8.19%	252 1.44%	39
Data Engineer	126	Up 41 places+41	£70,000	+12.00%	235 1.34%	87
Administrator	129	Up 47 places+47	£34,000	+22.52%	219 1.25%	68
Ethical Hacker	134	New entry-	-	-	210 1.20%	6
Technical Support	135	Up 44 places+44	£40,000	+14.28%	208 1.19%	29
Service Manager	137	Up 77 places+77	£40,000	-21.56%	206 1.17%	8
Full-Stack Developer	142	Up 71 places+71	£70,000	+27.27%	197 1.12%	29
Sales Manager	145	Up 109 places+109	£55,000	+46.66%	193 1.10%	50
Network Engineer	153	Up 56 places+56	£50,000	+5.26%	183 1.04%	68
Programmer	158	Up 93 places+93	£37,500	-5.06%	176 1.00%	24
Solutions Architect	162	Down -29 places-29	£77,500	+19.23%	168 0.96%	58
Cloud Engineer	164	Up 19 places+19	£70,000	+27.27%	165 0.94%	36
Java Developer	167	Up 75 places+75	£70,000	+5.66%	162 0.92%	29
Support Analyst	169	Down -43 places-43	£34,000	+15.25%	160 0.91%	18
Support Technician	170	Up 60 places+60	£29,000	-3.33%	159 0.91%	29
Business Development Executive	171	Up 83 places+83	£30,000	-	158 0.90%	31
Designer	172	Up 58 places+58	£63,076	+40.16%	157 0.90%	87