NEC Job Trends in the UK excluding London

NEC
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring knowledge or experience of NEC products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited NEC over the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within the NEC Corporation.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 430 216 462
Rank change year-on-year -214 +246 +73
Permanent jobs citing NEC 76 464 105
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.18% 1.29% 0.30%
As % of the Vendors category 0.61% 3.64% 0.78%
Number of salaries quoted 43 13 76
10th Percentile £42,780 £45,260 £47,500
25th Percentile - £50,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% +24.68%
75th Percentile - £67,500 -
90th Percentile - £69,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% -16.67% +24.68%

All Vendors
UK excluding London

NEC falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 12,408 12,732 13,429
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 29.40% 35.49% 38.76%
Number of salaries quoted 6,856 6,063 10,494
10th Percentile £26,088 £30,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,500 £37,500 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,000 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £60,250 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £50,596 £57,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.23% +3.64% -4.35%

NEC
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing NEC relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

NEC job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

NEC
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing NEC.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing NEC

NEC
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing NEC in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for NEC in the UK excluding London

NEC
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NEC within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 13 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +30 36 £60,000 -7.69% 3
South West +27 30 - - 5
East of England -105 6 £43,085 -13.83% 3
East Midlands -18 3 £41,500 -27.83%
Midlands -77 3 £41,500 -27.83% 4
North West -64 1 - - 1
North of England -68 1 - - 1
NEC
UK

NEC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 4 (5.26%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 3 (3.95%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 29 (38.16%) Sprinklr
2 5 (6.58%) NEC Housing
3 2 (2.63%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.32%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.26%) BusinessObjects
1 4 (5.26%) MS Access
1 4 (5.26%) SAP Data Services
1 4 (5.26%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.32%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (5.26%) Toad
General
1 38 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 37 (48.68%) Finance
3 29 (38.16%) Manufacturing
4 12 (15.79%) Retail
5 10 (13.16%) Social Skills
6 5 (6.58%) Public Sector
7 4 (5.26%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (5.26%) Legal
7 4 (5.26%) Local Government
8 1 (1.32%) Law
Job Titles
1 32 (42.11%) Project Engineer
2 29 (38.16%) Infrastructure Manager
3 7 (9.21%) Project Manager
4 6 (7.89%) Senior
5 5 (6.58%) Applications Support
6 4 (5.26%) Applications Engineer
6 4 (5.26%) Applications Support Engineer
6 4 (5.26%) Senior Applications Engineer
6 4 (5.26%) Senior Applications Support
6 4 (5.26%) Senior Support Engineer
6 4 (5.26%) Support Engineer
7 2 (2.63%) Planning Manager
8 1 (1.32%) Application Support Team Leader
8 1 (1.32%) Implementation Manager
8 1 (1.32%) Quantity Surveyor
8 1 (1.32%) Senior Manager
8 1 (1.32%) Senior Project Manager
8 1 (1.32%) Senior Quantity Surveyor
8 1 (1.32%) Support Team Leader
8 1 (1.32%) Team Leader
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.26%) Unix
1 4 (5.26%) Windows
1 4 (5.26%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (48.68%) Problem-Solving
2 29 (38.16%) Logistics
3 11 (14.47%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (7.89%) Project Management
4 6 (7.89%) Project Planning
5 5 (6.58%) Agile
5 5 (6.58%) Decision-Making
5 5 (6.58%) PRINCE2
5 5 (6.58%) Project Delivery
5 5 (6.58%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (5.26%) Contract Negotiation
6 4 (5.26%) Cybersecurity
6 4 (5.26%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 4 (5.26%) Digital Strategy
6 4 (5.26%) Migration
6 4 (5.26%) Supplier Management
6 4 (5.26%) Workflow
7 2 (2.63%) Coaching
7 2 (2.63%) Customer Service
7 2 (2.63%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (6.58%) PowerShell
1 5 (6.58%) SQL
2 4 (5.26%) Shell Script
2 4 (5.26%) VB
Qualifications
1 44 (57.89%) Degree
2 4 (5.26%) APMP
2 4 (5.26%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.32%) GDPR
1 1 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (1.32%) PMO
1 1 (1.32%) SLA
Vendors
1 4 (5.26%) Oracle
1 4 (5.26%) SAP
2 2 (2.63%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.32%) MuleSoft
3 1 (1.32%) Salesforce