Real-Time IT Job Market Trends & Actionable Insights

Real-Time IT Job Market Trends & Actionable Insights

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Permanent Job Market Index
DescriptionSort by demand rank 6 months to 18 Oct 2026Rank
6 Months to
Rank
YoY Change
Median
Salary
Median Salary
YoY Change
Historical
Absolute & Relative
Jobs Vacancies
Live
Jobs
Social Skills1No change0£47,500-19,072 15.96%14,203
Senior2Up 8 places+8£70,000+7.69%16,275 13.62%15,739
Finance3Down 1 place-1£65,000+4.00%15,808 13.23%12,841
Microsoft4Up 1 place+1£50,000+11.40%13,537 11.33%7,378
Business Development5Up 25 places+25£50,000+11.11%12,595 10.54%2,755
Problem-Solving6Down 2 places-2£46,000+2.22%11,593 9.70%9,932
Azure7No change0£65,000+8.33%10,654 8.91%7,274
AI8No change0£72,500+3.57%10,333 8.65%17,883
Continuous Improvement9Up 2 places+2£55,000-4.34%10,290 8.61%7,633
Software Engineering10Up 14 places+14£75,000-9,404 7.87%8,221
Lead11Up 13 places+13£77,500+3.33%9,180 7.68%12,366
Business Manager12Up 58 places+58£55,000+10.00%8,892 7.44%405
Development Manager13Up 59 places+59£55,000+10.00%8,888 7.44%418
Business Development Manager14Up 71 places+71£55,000+11.78%8,485 7.10%317
Developer15Up 8 places+8£60,000-4.00%8,483 7.10%2,965
Agile16Down 10 places-10£63,455-5.99%8,463 7.08%7,615
Security Cleared17Up 11 places+11£70,000+16.66%7,799 6.53%5,558
Analyst18No change0£45,000+5.88%7,538 6.31%3,445
Degree19Down 16 places-16£52,500-7,233 6.05%10,042
AWS20Down 6 places-6£72,250-3.66%7,097 5.94%6,928
Analytical Skills21Down 12 places-12£51,500+3.00%6,710 5.61%6,470
Architect22Up 45 places+45£90,000+9.09%6,708 5.61%4,775
Stakeholder Management23Up 15 places+15£67,500+3.84%6,621 5.54%5,153
Cybersecurity24Up 8 places+8£60,000+9.10%6,487 5.43%5,212
Python25Down 12 places-12£70,275-3.06%6,459 5.40%8,609
SQL26Down 14 places-14£60,000+9.09%6,338 5.30%5,038
Decision-Making27Up 8 places+8£57,500-4.16%6,317 5.29%6,123
Software Engineer28Up 25 places+25£70,000-12.50%6,167 5.16%3,387
Manufacturing29No change0£50,000+5.26%6,075 5.08%4,781
Mentoring30Down 15 places-15£65,000+8.33%5,806 4.86%6,196
DevOps31Down 11 places-11£70,000-5,785 4.84%4,582
Analytics32Down 11 places-11£67,500+12.50%5,723 4.79%7,400
CI/CD33Down 6 places-6£70,000-3.44%5,524 4.62%6,135
Customer Service34Down 15 places-15£32,000+0.38%5,314 4.45%2,054
Marketing35Down 19 places-19£45,000-5,232 4.38%6,035
Microsoft 36536Down 11 places-11£40,000+9.58%5,143 4.30%2,064
SC Cleared37Up 21 places+21£70,000+16.66%5,037 4.21%3,604
Consultant38Up 25 places+25£65,000+18.18%4,903 4.10%3,117
Public Sector39Up 22 places+22£63,750+10.86%4,831 4.04%3,113
Roadmaps40Down 4 places-4£80,000+6.66%4,803 4.02%7,583
SaaS41Up 11 places+11£65,000+4.00%4,657 3.90%5,785
Retail42Down 16 places-16£50,000+23.30%4,546 3.80%2,960
Windows43Down 26 places-26£40,000+5.26%4,532 3.79%2,439
CRM44Down 7 places-7£45,000-4,187 3.50%3,156
Inclusion and Diversity45Down 23 places-23£55,000+6.15%3,862 3.23%3,672
Project Delivery46Up 29 places+29£55,000-8.33%3,636 3.04%2,460
Power Platform47Down 1 place-1£57,500+0.87%3,538 2.96%2,423
QA48Up 12 places+12£50,000-14.16%3,532 2.96%2,645
C#49Up 18 places+18£60,000-3,467 2.90%1,974
Onboarding50Up 31 places+31£44,000+10.00%3,445 2.88%3,523
The figures above represent demand-side skills and capabilities across the digital and IT labour market.
The statistics are not representative of specific organisations.