NEC
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 1 May 2025, 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 552 700 452
Rank change year-on-year +148 -248 +275
Permanent jobs citing NEC 140 196 676
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.27% 0.20% 0.65%
As % of the Vendors category 0.73% 0.54% 1.56%
Number of salaries quoted 20 96 79
10th Percentile - £34,834 £47,000
25th Percentile £6,035 £42,875 £60,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,414 £54,296 £60,899
Median % change year-on-year -25.57% -10.84% +1.50%
75th Percentile £60,287 £62,531 -
90th Percentile £65,375 £77,500 £61,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £6,035 £48,500 £60,899
% change year-on-year -87.56% -20.36% +87.38%

All Vendors
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 19,209 36,496 43,265
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 36.91% 37.06% 41.63%
Number of salaries quoted 11,748 25,167 24,673
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,750 £31,000
25th Percentile £37,574 £36,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -13.04% +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,834 £68,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +5.26%

NEC
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing NEC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for NEC in the UK

NEC
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing NEC.

Salary trend for NEC in the UK

NEC
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing NEC over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for NEC in the UK

NEC
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NEC within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
England +112 113 £40,414 -25.57% 50
UK excluding London +176 109 £6,035 -87.56% 36
Work from Home +177 34 £48,414 -11.98% 31
Midlands +73 32 £57,500 +65.07% 9
North of England +74 29 £6,035 -90.23% 6
North West +27 29 £6,035 -90.23% 3
London +95 27 £43,328 -21.22% 20
West Midlands +59 26 - - 8
Northern Ireland - 20 - -
East of England +69 14 - - 3
South West +105 7 £58,000 +28.89% 5
East Midlands +32 6 £57,500 +65.07%
South East +71 4 £67,500 +39.18% 11
Scotland +131 2 - - 3
Wales +42 1 - - 1

NEC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 21 (15.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (9.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (7.14%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (4.29%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 68 (48.57%) NEC Housing
2 4 (2.86%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 2 (1.43%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (11.43%) Oracle Database
2 12 (8.57%) BusinessObjects
3 2 (1.43%) Power BI
General
1 87 (62.14%) Finance
2 61 (43.57%) Public Sector
3 58 (41.43%) Local Government
4 54 (38.57%) Police
5 26 (18.57%) Social Housing
6 23 (16.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (8.57%) Manufacturing
8 8 (5.71%) Marketing
9 7 (5.00%) Social Skills
10 4 (2.86%) Analytical Skills
11 3 (2.14%) Retail
12 2 (1.43%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.71%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 66 (47.14%) Project Manager
2 54 (38.57%) Consultant
3 42 (30.00%) Implementation Consultant
4 35 (25.00%) Senior
5 21 (15.00%) Senior Manager
5 21 (15.00%) Senior Project Manager
6 16 (11.43%) Technical Consultant
6 16 (11.43%) Technical Implementation Consultant
7 12 (8.57%) Senior Consultant
7 12 (8.57%) Senior Support Consultant
7 12 (8.57%) Support Consultant
8 8 (5.71%) Delivery Project Manager
9 4 (2.86%) Contracts Manager
9 4 (2.86%) Infrastructure Manager
10 2 (1.43%) Analyst
10 2 (1.43%) Data Analyst
10 2 (1.43%) Systems Manager
11 1 (0.71%) Engineering Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.86%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 26 (18.57%) Housing Association
2 11 (7.86%) Driving Licence
3 6 (4.29%) Management Information System
4 1 (0.71%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 26 (18.57%) Unix
2 12 (8.57%) Linux
2 12 (8.57%) Solaris
2 12 (8.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (27.14%) Housing Management
2 22 (15.71%) Project Management
3 20 (14.29%) Project Delivery
4 16 (11.43%) Budget Management
4 16 (11.43%) Data Cleansing
4 16 (11.43%) Data Migration
4 16 (11.43%) Migration
5 14 (10.00%) Contract Management
6 12 (8.57%) Customer Requirements
7 8 (5.71%) Marketing Strategy
7 8 (5.71%) Process Management
8 6 (4.29%) Change Control
8 6 (4.29%) Service Delivery
8 6 (4.29%) Stakeholder Management
9 5 (3.57%) Cost Control
9 5 (3.57%) Customer Service
9 5 (3.57%) Line Management
10 4 (2.86%) Logistics
10 4 (2.86%) Proactive Monitoring
10 4 (2.86%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 56 (40.00%) SQL
2 16 (11.43%) PL/SQL
3 4 (2.86%) sed
Qualifications
1 63 (45.00%) DBS Check
2 21 (15.00%) Degree
3 8 (5.71%) BPSS Clearance
4 7 (5.00%) MRICS
5 5 (3.57%) HNC
6 2 (1.43%) PMI Certification
6 2 (1.43%) Security Cleared
7 1 (0.71%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.71%) PMP
7 1 (0.71%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (38.57%) Accessibility
2 12 (8.57%) ISO 9001
3 2 (1.43%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 30 (21.43%) Microsoft
2 16 (11.43%) Oracle
3 12 (8.57%) Citrix
4 4 (2.86%) SAP
4 4 (2.86%) YouTube