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 14 September 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
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 649 600 380
Rank change year-on-year -49 -220 -93
Permanent jobs citing NEC 152 63 525
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.13% 0.13% 0.67%
As % of the Vendors category 0.55% 0.30% 2.07%
Number of salaries quoted 38 36 67
10th Percentile £30,000 £34,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,780 £35,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.08% +20.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £67,500 £60,625 £58,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £64,150
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £53,750
% change year-on-year -4.17% +11.63% -10.42%

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 27,500 21,092 25,368
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 24.22% 42.65% 32.54%
Number of salaries quoted 17,260 11,306 13,790
10th Percentile £29,750 £26,875 £31,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,851 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £51,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.75% -7.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £77,500 £71,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +17.65% -15.00% -

NEC
Job Vacancy Trend

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

NEC job vacancy trend in the UK

NEC
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing NEC.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing NEC

NEC
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing NEC over the 6 months to 14 September 2026.

Salary histogram for NEC in the UK

NEC
Top 14 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 14 September 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
England -17 130 £56,750 -5.42% 77
UK excluding London -57 107 £57,500 -4.17% 57
Midlands -13 39 £40,000 +12.68% 11
South West -61 35 £75,000 +15.38% 5
London -31 28 £65,000 +73.33% 22
North of England -36 26 £56,707 +74.48% 13
West Midlands - 24 £40,000 - 7
North West -6 15 £67,500 +107.69% 6
East Midlands -21 15 - - 4
Work from Home -35 11 £40,000 -7.16% 38
Yorkshire - 11 £40,000 - 1
Scotland - 4 £60,000 - 4
East of England -28 2 - - 4
Northern Ireland - 1 - -

NEC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 17 (11.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.63%) AutoCAD
2 4 (2.63%) Autodesk Smoke
2 4 (2.63%) Revit
3 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 17 (11.18%) Unit4 Business World
2 16 (10.53%) NEC Housing
3 3 (1.97%) Aareon QL
3 3 (1.97%) MIS ActiveH
3 3 (1.97%) OPENHousing
3 3 (1.97%) Orchard Housing
4 1 (0.66%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 31 (20.39%) AWS
2 21 (13.82%) Azure
3 17 (11.18%) GCP
3 17 (11.18%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (9.21%) Cloud Computing
5 5 (3.29%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (1.97%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.63%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 57 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 52 (34.21%) Finance
3 38 (25.00%) Law
4 35 (23.03%) Electronics
5 30 (19.74%) Manufacturing
6 27 (17.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 24 (15.79%) Automotive
8 17 (11.18%) Organisational Skills
9 12 (7.89%) Telecoms
10 11 (7.24%) Military
11 9 (5.92%) Back Office
12 7 (4.61%) Analytical Skills
12 7 (4.61%) Legal
13 3 (1.97%) Social Housing
14 2 (1.32%) Local Government
14 2 (1.32%) Marketing
15 1 (0.66%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 38 (25.00%) Senior
2 28 (18.42%) Commercial Manager
3 24 (15.79%) Senior Technician
4 20 (13.16%) Project Manager
5 17 (11.18%) Architect
5 17 (11.18%) Platform Architect
5 17 (11.18%) Salesforce Architect
6 15 (9.87%) Lead
7 9 (5.92%) Data Centre Engineer
7 9 (5.92%) Data Centre Operations Engineer
8 7 (4.61%) Applications Support
9 6 (3.95%) Analyst
9 6 (3.95%) Applications Support Analyst
9 6 (3.95%) Business Development Manager
9 6 (3.95%) Business Manager
9 6 (3.95%) Development Manager
9 6 (3.95%) Support Analyst
10 5 (3.29%) Team Leader
11 4 (2.63%) Senior Systems Developer
11 4 (2.63%) Systems Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.63%) .NET
1 4 (2.63%) HTML
1 4 (2.63%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 49 (32.24%) Onboarding
2 35 (23.03%) SCADA
3 26 (17.11%) Robotics
4 18 (11.84%) Data Centre
5 13 (8.55%) Driving Licence
6 5 (3.29%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (3.29%) Housing Association
7 4 (2.63%) CCTV
8 3 (1.97%) e-Learning
9 2 (1.32%) Management Information System
9 2 (1.32%) Product Ownership
9 2 (1.32%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 14 (9.21%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (28.95%) Preventative Maintenance
2 36 (23.68%) Order Management
3 35 (23.03%) Line Management
3 35 (23.03%) Mechatronics
3 35 (23.03%) Proactive Maintenance
4 31 (20.39%) Commercial Awareness
5 24 (15.79%) Strategic Thinking
6 19 (12.50%) Project Management
7 18 (11.84%) Mentoring
8 17 (11.18%) Architectural Design
8 17 (11.18%) Continuous Improvement
8 17 (11.18%) Project Delivery
9 14 (9.21%) Resource Management
10 11 (7.24%) Building Information Modelling
11 9 (5.92%) Decision-Making
11 9 (5.92%) Programme Management
11 9 (5.92%) Root Cause Analysis
11 9 (5.92%) Stakeholder Management
12 8 (5.26%) Business Development
12 8 (5.26%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 4 (2.63%) C#
1 4 (2.63%) Java
1 4 (2.63%) PHP
1 4 (2.63%) Python
1 4 (2.63%) SQL
Qualifications
1 94 (61.84%) Degree
2 35 (23.03%) City & Guilds
2 35 (23.03%) NVQ Level 3
3 21 (13.82%) DBS Check
4 9 (5.92%) HNC
4 9 (5.92%) HND
5 2 (1.32%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.66%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (7.24%) SLA
2 9 (5.92%) Accessibility
2 9 (5.92%) NEBOSH
3 3 (1.97%) GDPR
4 2 (1.32%) QA
5 1 (0.66%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.66%) PMO
Vendors
1 23 (15.13%) Microsoft
2 17 (11.18%) Salesforce
3 3 (1.97%) Aareon
3 3 (1.97%) Capita
3 3 (1.97%) Orchard
3 3 (1.97%) Sitecore
4 1 (0.66%) Openreach
4 1 (0.66%) OpenText
4 1 (0.66%) Virgin Media