Digital & IT Job Statistics in Central London

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 24 Aug 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	+20.00%	555 15.24%	184
Developer	4	Up 10 places+10	£71,250	-10.93%	424 11.64%	92
Architect	6	Up 38 places+38	£95,000	+5.55%	409 11.23%	74
Lead	8	Up 13 places+13	£95,000	-	376 10.32%	112
Analyst	9	Up 1 place+1	£55,000	-12.00%	366 10.05%	148
Business Manager	17	Up 129 places+129	£65,000	-	257 7.06%	19
Development Manager	20	Up 112 places+112	£60,000	-36.84%	241 6.62%	17
Business Development Manager	21	Up 129 places+129	£60,000	-7.69%	235 6.45%	14
Software Engineer	29	Up 59 places+59	£95,000	+10.46%	174 4.78%	20
Solutions Architect	31	Up 55 places+55	£100,000	+11.11%	165 4.53%	22
Consultant	32	Up 72 places+72	£85,000	+30.76%	164 4.50%	116
Data Engineer	45	Up 58 places+58	£85,000	+3.03%	124 3.40%	16
Senior Manager	59	Up 61 places+61	£80,000	+18.51%	96 2.64%	43
Business Analyst	67	Up 3 places+3	£72,500	-9.37%	85 2.33%	42
Full-Stack Engineer	74	Up 44 places+44	£85,000	-19.04%	76 2.09%	3
Senior Developer	81	Up 5 places+5	£100,000	+29.03%	69 1.89%	12
Support Analyst	84	Down -1 place-1	£42,500	-5.55%	66 1.81%	10
Azure Engineer	84	Up 51 places+51	£90,000	+13.56%	66 1.81%	4
Python Engineer	87	Up 61 places+61	£100,000	+6.66%	61 1.67%
Data Architect	90	Up 41 places+41	£90,000	-14.28%	58 1.59%	11
Software Developer	91	Up 53 places+53	£70,000	-12.50%	57 1.57%	7
Lead Developer	93	Up 44 places+44	£85,000	-29.16%	55 1.51%	4
IT Manager	96	Up 11 places+11	£90,000	+42.85%	52 1.43%	18
Platform Engineer	97	Up 34 places+34	£93,740	+24.98%	51 1.40%	8
Data Analyst	98	Up 10 places+10	£57,500	+4.54%	50 1.37%	19
Senior Software Engineer	99	Up 26 places+26	£100,000	+29.03%	49 1.35%	5
Project Manager	100	Up 12 places+12	£60,000	-12.72%	48 1.32%	55
IT Analyst	100	Up 4 places+4	£55,000	+22.22%	48 1.32%	7
Engineering Manager	101	Up 50 places+50	£110,000	-	47 1.29%	7
Cloud Engineer	102	Up 33 places+33	£92,500	+12.12%	46 1.26%	4
Senior Architect	102	Up 23 places+23	£100,000	-18.36%	46 1.26%	13
Principal Engineer	103	Up 42 places+42	£90,000	-20.00%	45 1.24%	5
Systems Analyst	104	Up 32 places+32	£50,000	-16.66%	44 1.21%	6
Senior Analyst	104	Down -17 places-17	£72,500	+9.02%	44 1.21%	14
Infrastructure Engineer	106	Up 8 places+8	£80,000	+30.08%	42 1.15%	4
Quantitative Developer	108	Up 38 places+38	£100,000	-39.39%	40 1.10%
Data Scientist	110	Up 32 places+32	£90,000	+16.12%	38 1.04%	10
Administrator	110	Up 20 places+20	£80,000	+88.23%	38 1.04%	14
Security Engineer	110	Up 28 places+28	£72,500	-9.37%	38 1.04%	14
IT Support	110	Down -59 places-59	£35,000	-6.66%	38 1.04%	13
Senior Full-Stack Engineer	111	Up 28 places+28	£95,000	-9.52%	37 1.02%	2
Accountant	111	Up 25 places+25	£60,000	-12.72%	37 1.02%	6
Lead Architect	112	Up 37 places+37	£100,000	-16.66%	36 0.99%	3
AWS Engineer	112	Up 31 places+31	£90,000	+20.00%	36 0.99%	2
Lead Data Engineer	113	Up 27 places+27	£90,000	-5.75%	35 0.96%	1
Network Engineer	114	Up 23 places+23	£70,000	+3.70%	34 0.93%	12
Technical Manager	114	Up 32 places+32	£85,000	+77.08%	34 0.93%	11
Software Manager	115	Up 39 places+39	£100,000	-8.04%	33 0.91%	1
Software Engineering Manager	115	Up 40 places+40	£100,000	-2.43%	33 0.91%	1
Senior Consultant	116	Up 31 places+31	£85,000	+41.66%	32 0.88%	21