Digital & IT Job Statistics in Wigan

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 13 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Project Manager	8	Up 2 places+2	-	-	5 12.50%
Analyst	8	Up 6 places+6	£37,500	-21.05%	5 12.50%
Administrator	9	New entry-	£28,718	-	4 10.00%
SQL Developer	10	New entry-	£37,500	-	3 7.50%
Developer	10	Up 1 place+1	£37,500	-	3 7.50%
Data Administrator	11	New entry-	£28,718	-	2 5.00%
Smart Metering Engineer	11	New entry-	£55,000	-	2 5.00%
Data Engineer	11	New entry-	£70,000	-	2 5.00%
Sales Executive	11	New entry-	£30,000	-	2 5.00%	1
Field Service Engineer	11	New entry-	£31,020	-	2 5.00%
Field Engineer	11	New entry-	£31,020	-	2 5.00%
Service Desk Analyst	12	New entry-	£26,000	-	1 2.50%
Full-Stack Engineer	12	New entry-	-	-	1 2.50%
Lead	12	New entry-	£75,000	-	1 2.50%	3
Lead Data Engineer	12	New entry-	£75,000	-	1 2.50%
Technical Engineer	12	New entry-	-	-	1 2.50%
Systems Accountant	12	New entry-	£62,500	-	1 2.50%
Performance Analyst	12	New entry-	£37,500	-	1 2.50%
Performance Manager	12	New entry-	£40,000	-	1 2.50%
Compliance Manager	12	New entry-	£52,500	-	1 2.50%
Head of Compliance	12	New entry-	£87,500	-	1 2.50%
Accountant	12	No change0	£62,500	+78.57%	1 2.50%
Architect	12	New entry-	£80,000	-	1 2.50%
Data Architect	12	New entry-	£80,000	-	1 2.50%
Service Analyst	12	New entry-	£26,000	-	1 2.50%
Java Engineer	12	New entry-	-	-	1 2.50%