Digital & IT Job Statistics in Cardiff

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 9 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Senior	1	Up 3 places+3	£70,000	+16.66%	206 19.96%	90
Lead	8	Up 16 places+16	£72,500	-9.37%	105 10.17%	66
Developer	9	Up 1 place+1	£57,000	-5.00%	104 10.08%	24
Architect	11	Up 8 places+8	£81,250	+8.33%	91 8.82%	16
Development Manager	15	Up 1 place+1	£45,000	-25.00%	77 7.46%	3
Software Engineer	17	Up 17 places+17	£70,000	+27.27%	75 7.27%	11
Business Manager	18	No change0	£45,000	-18.18%	74 7.17%	4
Business Development Manager	19	Up 1 place+1	£45,000	-18.18%	72 6.98%	3
Analyst	20	Up 1 place+1	£58,750	+14.94%	70 6.78%	27
Software Developer	35	Down 1 place-1	£65,000	+44.44%	39 3.78%	11
DevOps Engineer	35	Down 3 places-3	£51,274	-8.84%	39 3.78%	7
Infrastructure Engineer	38	Down 4 places-4	£54,000	-22.85%	35 3.39%	17
Senior Software Engineer	39	New entry-	£70,000	-	34 3.29%	5
Junior	41	Down 5 places-5	£65,000	+85.71%	32 3.10%	4
Senior Developer	45	Down 21 places-21	£63,500	+5.83%	27 2.62%	6
Cloud Engineer	46	New entry-	£55,000	-	26 2.52%	17
Service Manager	48	Down 11 places-11	£45,000	-	24 2.33%	10
Security Architect	49	Down 17 places-17	£90,000	+39.12%	23 2.23%	2
Technical Architect	50	Down 21 places-21	£80,000	-	22 2.13%	2
IT Manager	50	Down 15 places-15	£32,000	-50.76%	22 2.13%	5
Senior Manager	51	Down 24 places-24	£47,500	-5.00%	21 2.03%	11
Consultant	51	Down 33 places-33	£55,500	-7.50%	21 2.03%	10
Senior DevOps Engineer	51	New entry-	£52,222	-	21 2.03%	3
Senior Platform Engineer	51	Down 16 places-16	£70,000	-5.15%	21 2.03%	2
Platform Engineer	51	Down 17 places-17	£70,000	-5.15%	21 2.03%	9
Senior DevOps	51	New entry-	£52,222	-	21 2.03%	4
Account Manager	52	Down 17 places-17	£35,000	-30.00%	20 1.94%
Senior Infrastructure Engineer	52	Down 15 places-15	£57,500	-	20 1.94%	11
Project Manager	53	Down 17 places-17	£37,500	-36.17%	19 1.84%	5
Ethical Hacker	53	New entry-	£65,000	-	19 1.84%	4
Sales Representative	55	Down 18 places-18	£50,000	-	17 1.65%
Data Engineer	56	Down 19 places-19	£61,750	+12.27%	16 1.55%	7
Cloud Architect	56	Down 23 places-23	£90,000	+50.00%	16 1.55%
Tester	56	New entry-	£78,000	-	16 1.55%	8
Java Developer	56	New entry-	£70,000	-	16 1.55%
Technical Leader	56	Down 20 places-20	£75,000	-6.25%	16 1.55%	3
Senior Architect	57	New entry-	£92,500	-	15 1.45%	2
IT Support	58	Down 23 places-23	£28,250	-5.83%	14 1.36%	3
Cloud Security Architect	58	Down 23 places-23	£90,000	+50.00%	14 1.36%
Senior Development Manager	59	New entry-	£80,000	-	13 1.26%	1
Senior Business Development Manager	59	New entry-	£80,000	-	13 1.26%	1
Senior Business Manager	59	New entry-	£80,000	-	13 1.26%	1
Cybersecurity Analyst	59	New entry-	£45,000	-	13 1.26%	3
Data Manager	59	New entry-	£80,000	-	13 1.26%	5
Senior Software Developer	59	New entry-	£55,000	-	13 1.26%	3
Sales Manager	59	Down 27 places-27	£32,000	-46.66%	13 1.26%	2
Data Analyst	59	Down 23 places-23	£65,000	-	13 1.26%	8
Engineering Manager	59	Down 23 places-23	£80,000	+25.49%	13 1.26%	4
Senior Analyst	59	Down 23 places-23	£68,007	+13.34%	13 1.26%	4
Business Analyst	59	Down 31 places-31	£72,500	+44.68%	13 1.26%	9