General & Transferable Skills Statistics in the North of England

Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 15 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
IoT	17	Up 203 places+203	£52,500	-9.09%	1,666 9.80%	19
Driving Licence	79	Up 63 places+63	£35,500	-16.47%	379 2.23%	174
Onboarding	92	Up 70 places+70	£37,500	-	316 1.86%	187
Cyberattack	120	Up 18 places+18	£30,000	-50.00%	256 1.51%	13
Self-Motivation	129	Down -14 places-14	£32,250	-26.03%	234 1.38%	177
Cloud Native	139	Up 22 places+22	£75,000	+0.17%	202 1.19%	113
Management Information System	151	Down -89 places-89	£47,085	-14.39%	184 1.08%	87
Product Ownership	174	Down -94 places-94	£67,500	-3.57%	151 0.89%	96
Data Centre	178	Down -9 places-9	£48,445	-10.28%	145 0.85%	53
Mobile App	190	Down -16 places-16	£60,000	+23.07%	130 0.76%	59
NHS	191	Up 7 places+7	£60,000	+84.61%	129 0.76%	86
Social Media	201	Down -92 places-92	£39,000	-7.14%	119 0.70%	51
Analytical Mindset	217	Down -12 places-12	£45,000	-28.00%	102 0.60%	43
Distributed Systems	231	Down -50 places-50	£76,250	-1.61%	88 0.52%	40
Marketing Technology	233	New entry-	£100,000	-	86 0.51%	16
FMCG	235	Down -143 places-143	£55,000	+4.76%	84 0.49%	23
Enterprise Software	238	Down -114 places-114	£75,000	+11.11%	81 0.48%	39
Legacy Systems	239	Down -29 places-29	£63,076	+32.79%	80 0.47%	34
Operational Technology	253	Down -53 places-53	£65,000	-	66 0.39%	13
Hybrid Cloud	264	Down -72 places-72	£63,076	-12.38%	55 0.32%	21
Algorithms	265	Down -78 places-78	£37,500	-47.91%	54 0.32%	49
Greenfield Project	266	Down -71 places-71	£62,500	+4.16%	53 0.31%	53
Renewable Energy	268	Down -58 places-58	£40,000	-27.27%	51 0.30%	14
Cyber Threat	269	Down -53 places-53	£72,500	+11.53%	50 0.29%	11
CCTV	273	Down -47 places-47	£38,750	+9.92%	46 0.27%	40
e-Learning	274	Down -53 places-53	£32,500	-35.00%	45 0.26%	18
Data Structures	275	Down -55 places-55	£58,750	-2.08%	44 0.26%	37
Public Cloud	275	Down -100 places-100	£75,000	+10.29%	44 0.26%	17
Blog	276	Down -42 places-42	£20,000	-50.00%	43 0.25%	12
Data Protection Act	279	Down -83 places-83	£57,239	+32.34%	40 0.24%	11
Life Science	280	Down -61 places-61	£42,500	-24.77%	39 0.23%	10
Low-Code	281	Down -45 places-45	£62,500	-11.34%	38 0.22%	18
Embedded Systems	281	Down -53 places-53	£56,500	-7.37%	38 0.22%	35
Legacy Applications	282	Down -40 places-40	£50,000	-45.94%	37 0.22%	11
EPoS	284	Down -50 places-50	£30,000	-	35 0.21%	11
Security Operations Centre	284	Down -42 places-42	£55,000	-	35 0.21%	9
Hedge funds	287	Down -53 places-53	£70,000	-	32 0.19%	10
Security Posture	288	Down -114 places-114	£57,500	+4.54%	31 0.18%	32
Learning Management System	289	Down -61 places-61	£35,000	-22.22%	30 0.18%	11
Educational Technology	292	Down -54 places-54	£50,000	-16.66%	27 0.16%	15
SCADA	293	Down -76 places-76	£57,500	-11.53%	26 0.15%	24
Enterprise Cloud	293	Down -59 places-59	£71,750	+2.50%	26 0.15%	3
Virtual Team	294	Down -79 places-79	£43,750	-20.45%	25 0.15%	16
Cyber Kill Chain	294	Down -51 places-51	-	-	25 0.15%
Smart Home	295	New entry-	£25,087	-	24 0.14%	2
CMDB	296	Down -62 places-62	£41,000	+12.32%	23 0.14%	7
AI Agents	296	New entry-	£100,000	-	23 0.14%	30
PMI	297	Down -57 places-57	£63,076	-9.89%	22 0.13%	8
PKI	297	Down -54 places-54	£48,445	-0.31%	22 0.13%	5
Legacy Code	301	Down -61 places-61	£62,500	-12.28%	18 0.11%	5