Digital & IT Job Statistics in Bristol

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 15 Sep 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Senior	2	Up 8 places+8	£70,000	+16.66%	417 13.34%	273
Software Engineer	8	Up 34 places+34	£65,000	+8.33%	255 8.16%	79
Consultant	10	Down -7 places-7	£41,000	-3.52%	247 7.90%	132
Architect	11	Up 25 places+25	£80,000	-5.88%	240 7.68%	125
Business Manager	17	Up 33 places+33	£50,000	-16.18%	215 6.88%	39
Development Manager	18	Up 26 places+26	£50,000	-16.18%	210 6.72%	30
Business Development Manager	19	Up 33 places+33	£50,000	-16.18%	206 6.59%	30
Analyst	20	Down -3 places-3	£50,000	+11.11%	202 6.46%	68
Lead	21	Down -3 places-3	£75,000	-11.76%	199 6.37%	122
Systems Engineer	22	Up 1 place+1	£65,000	+18.18%	176 5.63%	62
Developer	24	Down -5 places-5	£60,000	+4.34%	166 5.31%	60
Recruitment Consultant	36	Down -9 places-9	£28,000	-6.66%	103 3.29%	18
Embedded Software Engineer	37	Up 44 places+44	£65,000	+36.84%	99 3.17%	12
Embedded Engineer	37	Up 44 places+44	£65,000	+36.84%	99 3.17%	17
Solutions Architect	45	Up 18 places+18	£70,000	-12.50%	87 2.78%	39
Principal Engineer	50	Up 25 places+25	£80,000	+33.33%	79 2.53%	38
Trainee	52	Down -8 places-8	£28,000	-8.19%	77 2.46%	18
Senior Software Engineer	52	Up 19 places+19	£70,000	-11.17%	77 2.46%	24
Trainee Recruitment Consultant	60	Down -4 places-4	£28,000	-25.33%	68 2.18%	7
Trainee Consultant	60	Down -9 places-9	£28,000	-13.84%	68 2.18%	7
Sales Representative	64	New entry-	£30,000	-	62 1.98%	2
Service Manager	64	Up 18 places+18	£65,000	+66.09%	62 1.98%	12
Junior	66	No change0	£37,000	+42.30%	59 1.89%	20
IT Manager	66	Up 4 places+4	£67,056	+21.92%	59 1.89%	9
Data Engineer	69	Down -9 places-9	£60,000	-14.28%	55 1.76%	40
Software Developer	72	Down -6 places-6	£60,000	+2.12%	52 1.66%	10
Team Leader	73	Down -4 places-4	£40,000	-52.94%	51 1.63%	6
Principal Systems Engineer	74	Up 8 places+8	£80,000	+5.40%	50 1.60%	9
Infrastructure Engineer	74	Down -5 places-5	£65,000	+18.18%	50 1.60%	8
Cloud Engineer	74	No change0	£75,000	-	50 1.60%	16
Full-Stack Developer	74	Down -7 places-7	£70,000	+16.66%	50 1.60%	11
Data Analyst	75	Down -2 places-2	£65,000	+85.09%	49 1.57%	18
Delivery Manager	75	Up 6 places+6	£65,000	+9.24%	49 1.57%	12
Security Consultant	76	Down -24 places-24	£75,000	+50.00%	48 1.54%	36
DevOps Engineer	77	Down -1 place-1	£70,000	-6.66%	47 1.50%	23
Administrator	78	Down -2 places-2	£35,000	-38.59%	46 1.47%	14
Senior Developer	79	Down -13 places-13	£70,000	+16.66%	44 1.41%	12
Business Development Executive	79	Down -2 places-2	£35,000	+16.66%	44 1.41%	3
Business Analyst	80	Down -8 places-8	£50,000	-0.99%	43 1.38%	20
Senior Systems Engineer	80	Down -12 places-12	£60,000	-	43 1.38%	20
Account Manager	81	Down -2 places-2	£40,000	-33.33%	42 1.34%	9
Senior Manager	81	Down -13 places-13	£80,000	+42.22%	42 1.34%	59
Graduate	81	Down -21 places-21	£30,000	+17.64%	42 1.34%	11
Senior Analyst	84	Down -8 places-8	£45,000	-30.76%	39 1.25%	6
C++ Software Engineer	85	New entry-	£60,000	-	38 1.22%	11
Sales Manager	86	Down -11 places-11	£85,000	+88.88%	37 1.18%	3
Security Engineer	88	Down -20 places-20	£50,000	-37.50%	35 1.12%	23
Senior Consultant	89	Down -24 places-24	£80,000	+58.41%	34 1.09%	35
IT Support	89	Down -30 places-30	£34,250	+8.73%	34 1.09%	5
Technical Architect	92	Down -12 places-12	£75,000	-6.25%	31 0.99%	10