General & Transferable Skills Statistics in the South West

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 14 Sep 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Driving Licence	75	Down -37 places-37	£38,500	+13.23%	224 2.25%	146
Cloud Native	80	Up 53 places+53	£75,000	+25.00%	217 2.18%	180
Self-Motivation	92	Down -17 places-17	£40,000	+14.28%	195 1.96%	153
Onboarding	99	Down -28 places-28	£40,000	-	170 1.71%	217
Legacy Systems	113	Down -7 places-7	£55,000	-21.42%	145 1.45%	27
Management Information System	116	Down -22 places-22	£40,000	-22.67%	141 1.41%	275
Data Centre	123	Down -11 places-11	£42,000	-10.63%	131 1.31%	82
Cyberattack	157	Up 5 places+5	£66,780	-	89 0.89%	14
Product Ownership	161	Down -35 places-35	£65,000	+13.04%	83 0.83%	151
Virtual Team	162	Down -5 places-5	£91,436	+52.39%	82 0.82%	30
Robotics	175	Down -13 places-13	£50,000	-5.66%	69 0.69%	78
Analytical Mindset	178	Down -73 places-73	£42,500	-15.00%	66 0.66%	49
Social Media	179	Down -80 places-80	£32,500	-2.98%	65 0.65%	71
Web Conferencing	180	Down -18 places-18	£47,500	+58.33%	64 0.64%	13
Podcast	183	Down -27 places-27	£91,436	-	61 0.61%	4
Embedded Systems	183	Down -29 places-29	£62,500	+47.05%	61 0.61%	63
Hybrid Cloud	188	Down -74 places-74	£85,000	+6.25%	56 0.56%	37
Public Cloud	189	Down -52 places-52	£100,000	+21.21%	55 0.55%	47
Security Posture	190	Down -36 places-36	£56,250	+10.16%	54 0.54%	43
FMCG	192	Down -42 places-42	£41,500	+26.86%	52 0.52%	22
IoT	195	Down -51 places-51	£55,000	+18.91%	49 0.49%	31
Enterprise Software	196	Down -36 places-36	£65,000	-3.70%	48 0.48%	69
NHS	197	Down -42 places-42	£52,000	+89.09%	47 0.47%	97
Renewable Energy	203	Down -98 places-98	£45,000	-10.00%	41 0.41%	28
Algorithms	203	Down -69 places-69	£60,000	+21.82%	41 0.41%	119
Smartphone	204	Down -47 places-47	£32,500	+10.95%	40 0.40%	12
Mobile App	206	Down -53 places-53	£65,000	+13.04%	38 0.38%	28
Greenfield Project	209	Down -47 places-47	£65,000	-7.14%	35 0.35%	19
Distributed Systems	212	Down -49 places-49	£95,000	-2.56%	32 0.32%	76
CCTV	214	Down -71 places-71	£50,000	+24.22%	30 0.30%	39
Cyber Threat	218	Down -63 places-63	£50,000	+0.77%	26 0.26%	28
Replication	222	Down -59 places-59	£52,500	-12.50%	22 0.22%	12
Blog	222	Down -58 places-58	£45,000	+50.00%	22 0.22%	48
Mobile Games	222	New entry-	-	-	22 0.22%	5
EPoS	224	Down -58 places-58	£35,000	-5.40%	20 0.20%	10
Data Structures	225	Down -87 places-87	£60,000	-14.28%	19 0.19%	39
Smart Meter	226	New entry-	£40,000	-	18 0.18%	6
FPGA	226	Down -67 places-67	£70,000	-8.19%	18 0.18%	53
PKI	226	Down -84 places-84	£77,500	+59.79%	18 0.18%	53
AI Agents	226	New entry-	£87,500	-	18 0.18%	109
CMDB	227	Down -70 places-70	£80,000	+52.38%	17 0.17%	12
Operational Technology	227	Down -75 places-75	£82,500	+50.00%	17 0.17%	33
Analogue Electronics	227	Down -71 places-71	£50,000	-4.76%	17 0.17%	32
Low-Code	228	Down -66 places-66	£50,000	+5.26%	16 0.16%	15
Private Cloud	228	Down -70 places-70	£70,000	+16.66%	16 0.16%	35
Video Conferencing	228	Down -83 places-83	£30,500	-6.15%	16 0.16%	7
e-Learning	229	Down -153 places-153	£40,000	+17.64%	15 0.15%	13
SCADA	230	Down -74 places-74	£68,750	+25.00%	14 0.14%	33
Security Operations Centre	230	Down -68 places-68	£45,000	-13.00%	14 0.14%	17
Digital Media	233	Down -68 places-68	£38,869	-	11 0.11%	2