Digital & IT Job Statistics in Bedfordshire

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 9 May 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Senior	1	Up 19 places+19	£60,000	+26.31%	66 14.13%	12
Developer	6	Up 30 places+30	£55,000	+10.00%	48 10.28%	9
Analyst	8	Up 17 places+17	£30,000	-39.06%	42 8.99%	21
Lead	9	Up 50 places+50	£55,000	-31.25%	40 8.57%	3
Administrator	13	Up 42 places+42	£30,000	-	30 6.42%	7
Business Manager	14	New entry-	£60,000	-	29 6.21%	6
Development Manager	14	New entry-	£60,000	-	29 6.21%	6
Business Development Manager	14	New entry-	£60,000	-	29 6.21%	6
IT Support	16	Up 32 places+32	£27,000	-21.73%	27 5.78%	3
Software Engineer	20	Up 29 places+29	£75,000	+7.14%	20 4.28%	15
Senior Developer	23	Up 31 places+31	£62,500	+31.57%	17 3.64%	4
Systems Engineer	24	Up 28 places+28	£50,000	-5.66%	16 3.43%	7
Sales Representative	24	New entry-	-	-	16 3.43%	1
Report Analyst	27	New entry-	-	-	13 2.78%
IT Engineer	28	Up 23 places+23	£47,500	+37.68%	12 2.57%	1
Senior Manager	28	Up 28 places+28	£65,000	-	12 2.57%
Support Engineer	29	Up 21 places+21	£32,250	-0.76%	11 2.36%	1
Systems Developer	29	New entry-	£48,760	-	11 2.36%	6
Business Development Executive	30	New entry-	£40,000	-	10 2.14%	2
Technical Leader	30	New entry-	£50,000	-	10 2.14%
Systems Analyst	30	Up 29 places+29	£35,869	-20.29%	10 2.14%	3
Team Leader	30	Up 29 places+29	£50,000	-37.50%	10 2.14%	2
Technical Team Leader	30	New entry-	£50,000	-	10 2.14%
Service Manager	31	New entry-	£45,000	-	9 1.93%	2
.NET Developer	31	Up 16 places+16	£55,000	+3.77%	9 1.93%	1
Technical Engineer	31	Up 24 places+24	£35,000	+1.44%	9 1.93%
Delivery Manager	31	New entry-	£65,000	-	9 1.93%
Head of Development	32	New entry-	£82,500	-	8 1.71%
Applications Engineer	32	Up 27 places+27	£50,000	+26.58%	8 1.71%
Infrastructure Team Leader	33	New entry-	£50,000	-	7 1.50%
Financial Analyst	33	New entry-	-	-	7 1.50%	1
Architect	33	Up 19 places+19	£40,000	-48.38%	7 1.50%	5
IT Manager	33	Up 23 places+23	£30,000	-16.66%	7 1.50%	2
IT Infrastructure Team Leader	33	New entry-	£50,000	-	7 1.50%
Support Technician	33	New entry-	£27,000	-	7 1.50%	2
QA Manager	33	New entry-	£50,000	-	7 1.50%
Lead Systems Engineer	34	New entry-	£60,000	-	6 1.28%
Product Designer	34	New entry-	-	-	6 1.28%
Senior Product Designer	34	New entry-	-	-	6 1.28%
Designer	34	New entry-	-	-	6 1.28%	1
Senior Designer	34	New entry-	-	-	6 1.28%
Senior Applications Engineer	34	New entry-	£50,000	-	6 1.28%
Trainer	34	Up 20 places+20	£45,000	-18.18%	6 1.28%
Junior	34	New entry-	£30,000	-	6 1.28%	7
Network Engineer	34	Up 24 places+24	£65,000	+25.00%	6 1.28%	4
Applications Developer	34	New entry-	£62,500	-	6 1.28%
Control Systems Engineer	34	New entry-	£50,000	-	6 1.28%
Senior Delivery Manager	34	New entry-	£65,000	-	6 1.28%
Technical Trainer	34	Up 24 places+24	£45,000	-18.18%	6 1.28%
Head of Operations	34	New entry-	-	-	6 1.28%