Digital & IT Job Statistics in Central London

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 29 Sep 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Senior	2	Up 6 places+6	£90,000	+14.28%	471 15.31%	844
Developer	7	Up 5 places+5	£73,750	-7.81%	350 11.37%	152
Architect	8	Up 31 places+31	£100,000	-2.43%	338 10.98%	295
Lead	9	Up 11 places+11	£100,000	+5.26%	320 10.40%	701
Analyst	10	No change0	£53,500	-23.57%	313 10.17%	301
Business Manager	26	Up 95 places+95	£65,000	+32.11%	190 6.17%	31
Development Manager	28	Up 79 places+79	£60,000	-36.84%	176 5.72%	31
Business Development Manager	31	Up 94 places+94	£60,000	+21.95%	168 5.46%	26
Consultant	32	Up 63 places+63	£85,000	+41.66%	166 5.39%	245
Software Engineer	35	Up 54 places+54	£90,000	+1.40%	135 4.39%	115
Solutions Architect	36	Up 48 places+48	£100,000	-	134 4.35%	83
Senior Manager	54	Up 37 places+37	£90,000	+33.33%	98 3.18%	118
Data Engineer	55	Up 44 places+44	£85,000	+3.03%	97 3.15%	101
Business Analyst	68	Down -20 places-20	£72,500	-9.37%	79 2.57%	101
Full-Stack Engineer	77	Up 35 places+35	£85,000	-26.08%	68 2.21%	37
Support Analyst	85	Down -16 places-16	£42,500	-5.55%	60 1.95%	9
Azure Engineer	93	Up 32 places+32	£95,000	+23.77%	52 1.69%	47
Software Developer	93	Up 32 places+32	£70,000	-12.50%	52 1.69%	15
Data Architect	94	Up 16 places+16	£90,000	+2.85%	51 1.66%	39
Senior Developer	94	Down -19 places-19	£90,000	+16.12%	51 1.66%	50
Platform Engineer	95	Up 29 places+29	£90,000	+20.00%	50 1.63%	59
Project Manager	96	Up 5 places+5	£60,000	-20.00%	49 1.59%	91
IT Manager	96	Up 1 place+1	£85,000	+30.76%	49 1.59%	40
Python Engineer	97	Up 40 places+40	£100,000	-21.56%	48 1.56%	31
Senior Architect	100	Up 19 places+19	£100,000	-18.36%	44 1.43%	60
Lead Developer	101	Up 24 places+24	£87,500	-27.08%	43 1.40%	5
Cloud Engineer	102	Up 28 places+28	£90,000	+12.50%	41 1.33%	65
Infrastructure Engineer	103	Down -5 places-5	£75,000	+23.96%	40 1.30%	23
Senior Consultant	104	Up 28 places+28	£85,000	+25.92%	39 1.27%	62
Data Analyst	104	Down -6 places-6	£60,000	-4.00%	39 1.27%	50
Senior Software Engineer	104	Up 14 places+14	£100,000	+9.58%	39 1.27%	36
Systems Analyst	105	Up 20 places+20	£50,000	-16.66%	38 1.24%	19
IT Analyst	106	Down -13 places-13	£55,000	+22.22%	37 1.20%	12
Senior Analyst	106	Down -22 places-22	£60,000	-17.24%	37 1.20%	70
Principal Engineer	106	Up 20 places+20	£90,000	-20.00%	37 1.20%	34
Quantitative Developer	107	Up 23 places+23	£100,000	-36.50%	36 1.17%	6
Engineering Manager	108	Up 29 places+29	£110,000	-	35 1.14%	27
Artificial Intelligence Engineer	109	Up 29 places+29	£92,500	-11.90%	34 1.11%	61
Senior Full-Stack Engineer	110	Up 19 places+19	£95,000	-13.63%	33 1.07%	19
Security Engineer	110	Up 12 places+12	£72,500	-3.33%	33 1.07%	60
Administrator	111	Up 4 places+4	£80,000	+82.85%	32 1.04%	19
Data Scientist	111	Up 19 places+19	£92,500	+42.30%	32 1.04%	39
Lead Architect	113	Up 16 places+16	£100,000	-23.07%	30 0.98%	48
DevOps Engineer	114	Down -10 places-10	£100,000	+33.33%	29 0.94%	30
Team Leader	114	Up 8 places+8	£100,000	+25.00%	29 0.94%	17
Technical Manager	114	Up 23 places+23	£85,000	+77.08%	29 0.94%	39
Data Manager	114	Up 14 places+14	£95,000	+1.33%	29 0.94%	35
Artificial Intelligence Architect	116	Up 24 places+24	£97,500	-	27 0.88%	42
AWS Engineer	117	Up 12 places+12	£90,000	+20.00%	26 0.85%	23
Lead Data Engineer	117	Up 19 places+19	£90,000	-5.75%	26 0.85%	16