Employers seek workers who know how to achieve business success
Hard work remains high on the list of skills that U.K. employers are seeking for their workforce. But being success-driven and forward-thinking are rising in the ranks. This suggests that employers are increasingly focused on forward momentum and measurable results, which makes sense in this increasing uncertain geopolitical environment.
Management roles still command the biggest salary increases
Given that professional roles were the only area of the job market to see an increase in job openings in March, it is perhaps not surprising that management jobs showed the biggest year-over-year increase in median salary offered. These strategic leadership roles at all levels of the organisation are still highly valuable to employers and continue to command a good wage.
Methodology
Market IQ collects job postings daily from over 5 million websites across the U.K. Our system automatically identifies, extracts, and structures job data into 100+ attributes using Textkernel’s AI powered parsing technology. Each posting is normalised against professional taxonomies, enriched with company information, and deduplicated using sophisticated algorithms to identify unique job opportunities. The system maintains high levels of accuracy through automated quality controls and continuous improvement processes, making it a trusted source for U.K. labour market insights.
Skills
Market IQ utilizes Textkernel’s proprietary Skills Normalisation Taxonomy (SNT) to extract and normalise skills from job postings. Our taxonomy encompasses 13,200+ unique skill concepts mapped through 250,000+ terms, covering professional skills, IT skills, soft skills, and languages. Using advanced machine learning, the system identifies skills in context, disambiguates ambiguous terms, and normalises them to standardised concepts—enabling accurate cross-market analysis regardless of how employers phrase skill requirements. The taxonomy is continuously updated quarterly based on millions of job postings, market feedback, and labour market trends. This data-driven approach ensures Market IQ captures both established and emerging skills as they appear in the U.K. job market, providing unparalleled insights into skill demand across industries and regions. All analysis of skills excludes any skills that appear in fewer than 10,000 job descriptions.
