Digital & IT Job Statistics in Central London

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 2 Sep 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Senior	2	Up 7 places+7	£90,000	+16.12%	527 15.25%	440
Architect	5	Up 36 places+36	£95,000	-5.00%	396 11.46%	135
Developer	6	Up 7 places+7	£72,500	-6.45%	394 11.40%	79
Lead	9	Up 12 places+12	£97,500	+2.63%	358 10.36%	280
Analyst	10	No change0	£55,000	-15.38%	351 10.16%	158
Business Manager	20	Up 121 places+121	£65,000	-	230 6.66%	27
Development Manager	23	Up 103 places+103	£60,000	-36.84%	218 6.31%	34
Business Development Manager	25	Up 120 places+120	£60,000	-7.69%	210 6.08%	22
Software Engineer	33	Up 55 places+55	£97,500	+11.42%	162 4.69%	57
Consultant	34	Up 65 places+65	£85,000	+30.76%	161 4.66%	163
Solutions Architect	34	Up 48 places+48	£100,000	+5.26%	161 4.66%	35
Data Engineer	47	Up 56 places+56	£85,000	+3.03%	115 3.33%	36
Senior Manager	61	Up 56 places+56	£85,000	+23.63%	91 2.63%	88
Business Analyst	67	Down -4 places-4	£71,250	-10.93%	83 2.40%	35
Full-Stack Engineer	77	Up 38 places+38	£85,000	-19.04%	71 2.06%	12
Azure Engineer	84	Up 51 places+51	£92,500	+17.83%	64 1.85%	6
Support Analyst	84	Down -1 place-1	£42,500	-5.55%	64 1.85%	9
Senior Developer	86	Down -5 places-5	£97,500	+25.80%	62 1.79%	22
Data Architect	90	Up 34 places+34	£90,000	-13.25%	57 1.65%	17
Python Engineer	90	Up 55 places+55	£100,000	-	57 1.65%	3
Software Developer	94	Up 44 places+44	£70,000	-12.50%	53 1.53%	7
Lead Developer	95	Up 36 places+36	£87,500	-27.08%	52 1.51%	6
Platform Engineer	97	Up 29 places+29	£93,740	+24.98%	49 1.42%	20
IT Manager	98	Up 6 places+6	£87,500	+37.79%	48 1.39%	15
Project Manager	99	Up 7 places+7	£60,000	-12.72%	47 1.36%	56
Senior Software Engineer	99	Up 25 places+25	£100,000	+12.67%	47 1.36%	19
Cloud Engineer	99	Up 34 places+34	£92,500	+12.12%	47 1.36%	34
Data Analyst	100	Up 5 places+5	£57,500	+4.54%	46 1.33%	18
Senior Architect	101	Up 19 places+19	£100,000	-18.36%	45 1.30%	25
IT Analyst	102	Up 4 places+4	£55,000	+22.22%	44 1.27%	6
Systems Analyst	103	Up 30 places+30	£50,000	-16.66%	43 1.24%	7
Infrastructure Engineer	103	Up 7 places+7	£77,500	+27.04%	43 1.24%	12
Engineering Manager	104	Up 42 places+42	£110,000	-	42 1.22%	21
Senior Analyst	104	Down -19 places-19	£72,500	+3.57%	42 1.22%	25
Principal Engineer	106	Up 34 places+34	£90,000	-20.00%	40 1.16%	10
Quantitative Developer	107	Up 33 places+33	£100,000	-39.39%	39 1.13%	2
Administrator	108	Up 17 places+17	£80,000	+88.23%	38 1.10%	16
Security Engineer	109	Up 25 places+25	£73,750	-7.81%	37 1.07%	26
Senior Full-Stack Engineer	110	Up 25 places+25	£95,000	-9.52%	36 1.04%	7
Data Scientist	110	Up 27 places+27	£90,000	+16.12%	36 1.04%	29
Lead Architect	111	Up 30 places+30	£100,000	-23.07%	35 1.01%	20
Lead Data Engineer	113	Up 26 places+26	£90,000	-5.26%	33 0.96%	5
AWS Engineer	114	Up 25 places+25	£95,000	+26.66%	32 0.93%	7
Accountant	114	Up 15 places+15	£60,000	-12.72%	32 0.93%	3
Senior Consultant	114	Up 27 places+27	£85,000	+41.66%	32 0.93%	46
Artificial Intelligence Engineer	115	Up 32 places+32	£95,000	-9.52%	31 0.90%	51
DevOps Engineer	115	Down -7 places-7	£100,000	+29.03%	31 0.90%	13
Technical Manager	115	Up 27 places+27	£85,000	+77.08%	31 0.90%	25
Data Manager	115	Up 21 places+21	£95,000	+50.79%	31 0.90%	22
IT Support	116	Down -63 places-63	£35,000	-6.66%	30 0.87%	13