General & Transferable Skills Statistics in the North of England

Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 14 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
IoT	17	Up 213 places+213	£52,500	-9.09%	1,666 9.88%	21
Driving Licence	76	Up 74 places+74	£35,255	-17.04%	377 2.24%	164
Onboarding	88	Up 84 places+84	£37,500	-	316 1.87%	184
Cyberattack	121	Up 23 places+23	£30,000	-50.00%	241 1.43%	13
Self-Motivation	124	Down -4 places-4	£32,250	-24.11%	235 1.39%	161
Cloud Native	136	Up 33 places+33	£75,000	+0.17%	202 1.20%	114
Management Information System	146	Down -79 places-79	£49,900	-9.27%	182 1.08%	85
Product Ownership	170	Down -88 places-88	£67,500	-3.57%	150 0.89%	87
Data Centre	173	Up 6 places+6	£48,445	-8.59%	146 0.87%	53
Mobile App	186	Down -3 places-3	£58,750	+20.51%	130 0.77%	59
NHS	187	Up 19 places+19	£60,000	+84.61%	128 0.76%	80
Social Media	194	Down -74 places-74	£39,000	-18.32%	119 0.71%	47
Analytical Mindset	209	Up 7 places+7	£45,000	-26.53%	102 0.60%	40
Distributed Systems	223	Down -35 places-35	£75,000	-1.63%	87 0.52%	37
Marketing Technology	224	New entry-	£100,000	-	86 0.51%	17
FMCG	226	Down -124 places-124	£55,000	+4.76%	84 0.50%	23
Legacy Systems	230	Down -11 places-11	£63,076	+32.79%	80 0.47%	33
Enterprise Software	232	Down -102 places-102	£75,000	+11.11%	78 0.46%	36
Operational Technology	244	Down -28 places-28	£65,000	-	66 0.39%	15
Algorithms	256	Down -59 places-59	£37,500	-47.91%	54 0.32%	49
Hybrid Cloud	256	Down -54 places-54	£63,076	-12.38%	54 0.32%	27
Greenfield Project	257	Down -52 places-52	£62,500	+4.16%	53 0.31%	56
Renewable Energy	259	Down -39 places-39	£40,000	-27.27%	51 0.30%	16
Cyber Threat	260	Down -34 places-34	£72,500	+11.53%	50 0.30%	11
CCTV	264	Down -28 places-28	£38,750	+9.92%	46 0.27%	39
e-Learning	265	Down -34 places-34	£32,500	-35.00%	45 0.27%	18
Data Structures	266	Down -36 places-36	£58,750	-2.08%	44 0.26%	29
Public Cloud	266	Down -82 places-82	£75,000	+10.29%	44 0.26%	15
Blog	267	Down -23 places-23	£20,000	-50.00%	43 0.26%	9
Data Protection Act	269	Down -62 places-62	£57,239	+14.47%	41 0.24%	12
Life Science	271	Down -42 places-42	£42,500	-24.77%	39 0.23%	13
Low-Code	272	Down -25 places-25	£62,500	-17.76%	38 0.23%	15
Embedded Systems	272	Down -34 places-34	£56,500	-7.37%	38 0.23%	33
Legacy Applications	273	Down -21 places-21	£50,000	-45.94%	37 0.22%	10
EPoS	275	Down -31 places-31	£30,000	-	35 0.21%	9
Security Operations Centre	275	Down -23 places-23	£55,000	-	35 0.21%	8
Hedge funds	278	Down -34 places-34	£70,000	-	32 0.19%	11
Security Posture	279	Down -96 places-96	£57,500	+4.54%	31 0.18%	34
Learning Management System	280	Down -42 places-42	£35,000	-22.22%	30 0.18%	10
Educational Technology	283	Down -35 places-35	£50,000	-16.66%	27 0.16%	9
SCADA	284	Down -57 places-57	£57,500	-11.53%	26 0.15%	26
Enterprise Cloud	284	Down -40 places-40	£71,750	+2.50%	26 0.15%	3
Virtual Team	285	Down -60 places-60	£43,750	-20.45%	25 0.15%	15
Cyber Kill Chain	285	Down -32 places-32	-	-	25 0.15%
Smart Home	286	New entry-	£25,087	-	24 0.14%	1
CMDB	287	Down -42 places-42	£41,000	+12.32%	23 0.14%	12
AI Agents	287	New entry-	£100,000	-	23 0.14%	29
PMI	288	Down -38 places-38	£63,076	-9.89%	22 0.13%	8
PKI	288	Down -35 places-35	£48,445	-0.31%	22 0.13%	5
Legacy Code	292	Down -43 places-43	£62,500	-13.79%	18 0.11%	1