General & Transferable Skills Statistics in the South East

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 5 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Driving Licence	52	Down -27 places-27	£40,250	+11.80%	542 2.86%	423
Onboarding	72	Up 5 places+5	£44,500	+18.66%	441 2.33%	636
Self-Motivation	76	Up 16 places+16	£42,500	+6.25%	401 2.12%	399
Data Centre	89	Up 33 places+33	£65,000	+30.00%	345 1.82%	301
Management Information System	94	Up 4 places+4	£45,000	-14.28%	331 1.75%	564
Cloud Native	143	Up 51 places+51	£72,500	+3.57%	225 1.19%	255
Product Ownership	151	Up 11 places+11	£62,500	-3.84%	207 1.09%	293
Social Media	156	Down -85 places-85	£37,500	-2.15%	201 1.06%	119
Enterprise Software	183	Up 59 places+59	£65,000	+88.40%	163 0.86%	207
Algorithms	194	Down -12 places-12	£70,000	+11.86%	148 0.78%	190
Embedded Systems	194	Up 25 places+25	£60,000	+9.09%	148 0.78%	138
Robotics	195	Down -121 places-121	£60,000	+6.66%	146 0.77%	204
NHS	210	Up 35 places+35	£55,000	-21.42%	127 0.67%	160
FPGA	224	Up 9 places+9	£75,000	+36.36%	112 0.59%	145
IoT	227	Up 18 places+18	£55,000	-12.00%	108 0.57%	117
Smartphone	228	Up 56 places+56	£40,000	-	107 0.56%	47
Security Operations Centre	234	Up 14 places+14	£55,000	-15.38%	100 0.53%	29
Life Science	235	Down -31 places-31	£40,000	-36.00%	99 0.52%	144
Analytical Mindset	238	Down -83 places-83	£49,425	-7.61%	96 0.51%	69
CCTV	241	Up 17 places+17	£45,000	+25.00%	93 0.49%	99
Mobile Games	245	New entry-	-	-	89 0.47%	8
Security Posture	250	Down -17 places-17	£60,000	+22.44%	84 0.44%	71
Smart Home	252	Up 11 places+11	£45,000	+28.57%	82 0.43%	10
Mobile App	253	Down -3 places-3	£60,000	-	81 0.43%	106
Renewable Energy	253	Down -13 places-13	£45,000	-20.00%	81 0.43%	66
Hybrid Cloud	254	Down -58 places-58	£70,000	-17.64%	80 0.42%	87
Cyber Threat	254	Up 7 places+7	£55,000	-6.77%	80 0.42%	79
Distributed Systems	256	Down -10 places-10	£62,500	-21.87%	78 0.41%	162
Web Conferencing	258	Down -17 places-17	£37,500	-4.65%	76 0.40%	132
Greenfield Project	258	Down -41 places-41	£57,500	+35.29%	76 0.40%	63
Cyber Defence	267	Up 7 places+7	£55,000	-23.61%	67 0.35%	36
Legacy Systems	267	Down -48 places-48	£62,500	+4.16%	67 0.35%	93
FMCG	269	Down -23 places-23	£52,913	-15.34%	65 0.34%	78
Data Structures	276	Down -29 places-29	£71,250	-20.83%	58 0.31%	128
Private Cloud	278	Down -10 places-10	£70,000	-9.67%	56 0.30%	33
EPoS	280	Down -2 places-2	£30,000	-59.32%	54 0.29%	16
AI Agents	282	Down -13 places-13	£90,000	-28.00%	52 0.27%	251
Analogue Electronics	283	Down -5 places-5	£60,000	+9.09%	51 0.27%	45
PKI	286	Down -49 places-49	£60,000	+9.09%	48 0.25%	33
SCADA	287	Down -46 places-46	£55,000	-10.20%	47 0.25%	110
Marketing Technology	289	Down -13 places-13	£46,500	+24.00%	45 0.24%	60
Cyberattack	289	Down -68 places-68	£45,000	-10.00%	45 0.24%	44
Operational Technology	294	Down -74 places-74	£60,000	-29.41%	40 0.21%	81
VHDL	294	Down -16 places-16	£70,000	-	40 0.21%	61
Public Cloud	296	Down -28 places-28	£68,500	-19.41%	38 0.20%	60
iSeries	296	Down -16 places-16	£60,000	-31.42%	38 0.20%	6
Home Automation	297	Down -28 places-28	£35,000	-4.10%	37 0.20%	9
e-Learning	298	Down -144 places-144	£41,500	+38.33%	36 0.19%	40
Acoustics	298	Down -20 places-20	£75,900	+29.19%	36 0.19%	13
Blog	301	Down -58 places-58	£37,500	+15.38%	33 0.17%	51