General & Transferable Skills Statistics in the West Midlands

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 6 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Driving Licence	43	Up 30 places+30	£41,250	+11.48%	288 3.17%	90
Onboarding	48	Down 6 places-6	£37,500	-21.05%	249 2.74%	502
Self-Motivation	50	Up 39 places+39	£45,000	+38.46%	240 2.64%	42
Management Information System	69	Up 54 places+54	£43,000	+1.17%	190 2.09%	72
Social Media	114	Up 4 places+4	£43,000	+6.17%	109 1.20%	7
SCADA	119	Down 1 place-1	£53,000	+17.77%	104 1.14%	34
Data Centre	120	Down 25 places-25	£27,538	-63.28%	103 1.13%	18
Enterprise Software	132	Down 15 places-15	£60,000	-17.24%	90 0.99%	19
Cloud Native	133	Up 6 places+6	£75,000	+25.00%	89 0.98%	22
Robotics	139	Down 55 places-55	£56,250	-13.46%	82 0.90%	31
Embedded Systems	150	Up 4 places+4	£70,000	+16.66%	71 0.78%	15
IoT	163	Down 10 places-10	£65,000	+26.82%	57 0.63%	19
Online Gambling	163	Down 1 place-1	£80,000	-	57 0.63%	2
Hybrid Cloud	164	Down 14 places-14	£77,500	-3.12%	56 0.62%	8
Renewable Energy	167	Down 37 places-37	£50,000	+25.00%	53 0.58%	7
Mobile Games	172	Down 8 places-8	-	-	48 0.53%
Smartphone	172	Down 9 places-9	£56,400	-	48 0.53%
FMCG	173	Down 53 places-53	£49,250	+23.12%	47 0.52%	14
Operational Technology	173	Down 54 places-54	£56,400	+18.73%	47 0.52%	23
Housing Association	176	Down 19 places-19	£35,000	-32.95%	44 0.48%	7
NHS	176	Down 35 places-35	£40,000	-20.00%	44 0.48%	21
Greenfield Project	177	Down 21 places-21	£55,000	-6.38%	43 0.47%	17
Product Ownership	179	Down 70 places-70	£57,500	-4.56%	41 0.45%	30
Legacy Systems	180	Down 68 places-68	£65,903	+1.38%	40 0.44%	10
CCTV	182	Down 26 places-26	£40,000	+14.28%	38 0.42%	19
Security Posture	185	Down 55 places-55	£55,000	+4.76%	35 0.38%	14
PMI	188	Down 24 places-24	£48,200	-	32 0.35%	2
e-Learning	189	Down 30 places-30	£39,197	-42.77%	31 0.34%	5
Web Conferencing	191	Down 41 places-41	£43,500	+38.09%	29 0.32%	4
Legacy Applications	191	Down 30 places-30	£59,653	-11.62%	29 0.32%	3
Virtual Team	191	Down 37 places-37	£52,500	-2.32%	29 0.32%	6
Distributed Systems	191	Down 36 places-36	£82,500	+10.00%	29 0.32%	5
Marketing Technology	192	Down 29 places-29	£80,000	-11.11%	28 0.31%	4
Analytical Mindset	192	Down 56 places-56	£45,000	-6.20%	28 0.31%	9
Mobile App	193	Down 47 places-47	£45,000	+4.04%	27 0.30%	19
Mainframe	193	Down 32 places-32	-	-	27 0.30%	6
Data Structures	197	Down 47 places-47	£60,000	+6.66%	23 0.25%	11
Educational Technology	199	New entry-	£40,000	-	21 0.23%	2
Taxonomies	200	Down 37 places-37	£80,000	+77.77%	20 0.22%	5
Graphic Design	201	Down 41 places-41	£37,500	-3.22%	19 0.21%	2
AI Agents	202	Down 46 places-46	£87,500	+59.09%	18 0.20%	15
CAN bus	202	New entry-	£50,000	-	18 0.20%	5
Algorithms	203	Down 47 places-47	£53,500	-10.83%	17 0.19%	7
Data Protection Act	205	Down 49 places-49	£51,356	-14.40%	15 0.16%	10
CMDB	205	Down 43 places-43	£72,500	-19.44%	15 0.16%	6
Cyber Threat	205	Down 64 places-64	£35,000	-41.66%	15 0.16%	17
Security Operations Centre	206	Down 56 places-56	£70,000	+40.00%	14 0.15%	8
Digital Media	206	Down 52 places-52	£43,000	+10.25%	14 0.15%	2
Video\Live Streaming	207	New entry-	£97,500	-	13 0.14%	5
Analogue Electronics	208	New entry-	£52,500	-	12 0.13%	8