Digital & IT Job Statistics in Central London

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 23 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	+16.12%	488 15.30%	850
Developer	7	Up 5 places+5	£72,500	-6.45%	366 11.48%	157
Architect	8	Up 33 places+33	£100,000	-2.43%	357 11.19%	321
Lead	9	Up 11 places+11	£97,500	+2.63%	331 10.38%	733
Analyst	10	No change0	£54,000	-16.92%	324 10.16%	282
Business Manager	26	Up 97 places+97	£65,000	+32.11%	200 6.27%	35
Development Manager	27	Up 82 places+82	£60,000	-36.84%	186 5.83%	32
Business Development Manager	30	Up 97 places+97	£60,000	+21.95%	178 5.58%	26
Consultant	32	Up 62 places+62	£85,000	+41.66%	167 5.24%	251
Solutions Architect	34	Up 49 places+49	£100,000	-	145 4.55%	80
Software Engineer	35	Up 55 places+55	£100,000	+11.11%	142 4.45%	122
Data Engineer	52	Up 47 places+47	£85,000	+3.03%	102 3.20%	119
Senior Manager	53	Up 39 places+39	£90,000	+33.33%	100 3.14%	123
Business Analyst	63	Down -11 places-11	£72,500	-9.37%	81 2.54%	102
Full-Stack Engineer	74	Up 38 places+38	£85,000	-19.04%	69 2.16%	39
Support Analyst	82	Down -10 places-10	£42,500	-5.55%	61 1.91%	12
Azure Engineer	85	Up 43 places+43	£90,000	+14.64%	58 1.82%	45
Data Architect	89	Up 24 places+24	£90,000	-2.70%	53 1.66%	50
Software Developer	90	Up 38 places+38	£70,000	-12.50%	52 1.63%	12
Platform Engineer	91	Up 33 places+33	£90,000	+20.00%	51 1.60%	61
Senior Developer	91	Down -13 places-13	£90,000	+16.12%	51 1.60%	44
Python Engineer	92	Up 46 places+46	£100,000	-4.76%	50 1.57%	34
Project Manager	94	Up 5 places+5	£60,000	-20.00%	48 1.51%	89
IT Manager	94	Up 6 places+6	£87,500	+34.61%	48 1.51%	42
Lead Developer	94	Up 33 places+33	£85,000	-29.16%	48 1.51%	5
Senior Architect	96	Up 22 places+22	£100,000	-18.36%	46 1.44%	68
Cloud Engineer	98	Up 34 places+34	£90,000	+12.50%	43 1.35%	60
Senior Software Engineer	99	Up 22 places+22	£100,000	+8.10%	42 1.32%	33
Data Analyst	100	Down -1 place-1	£58,750	-4.08%	41 1.29%	41
Infrastructure Engineer	101	No change0	£75,000	+22.95%	40 1.25%	21
IT Analyst	102	Down -3 places-3	£55,000	+22.22%	39 1.22%	10
Systems Analyst	102	Up 24 places+24	£50,000	-16.66%	39 1.22%	15
Senior Consultant	102	Up 31 places+31	£85,000	+33.33%	39 1.22%	67
Senior Analyst	103	Down -18 places-18	£60,000	-17.24%	38 1.19%	66
Quantitative Developer	103	Up 30 places+30	£100,000	-37.50%	38 1.19%	6
Principal Engineer	103	Up 26 places+26	£90,000	-20.00%	38 1.19%	34
Engineering Manager	104	Up 35 places+35	£110,000	-	37 1.16%	27
Data Scientist	106	Up 26 places+26	£90,000	+38.46%	35 1.10%	36
Security Engineer	107	Up 19 places+19	£72,500	-3.33%	34 1.07%	59
Artificial Intelligence Engineer	107	Up 33 places+33	£92,500	-11.90%	34 1.07%	75
Senior Full-Stack Engineer	108	Up 22 places+22	£95,000	-9.52%	33 1.03%	18
Administrator	108	Up 10 places+10	£83,750	+91.42%	33 1.03%	25
Data Manager	111	Up 17 places+17	£95,000	+24.18%	30 0.94%	39
Lead Architect	111	Up 20 places+20	£100,000	-23.07%	30 0.94%	53
DevOps Engineer	111	Down -5 places-5	£100,000	+29.03%	30 0.94%	30
Team Leader	111	Up 13 places+13	£100,000	+25.00%	30 0.94%	20
AWS Engineer	112	Up 19 places+19	£90,000	+20.00%	29 0.91%	20
Technical Manager	113	Up 26 places+26	£85,000	+77.08%	28 0.88%	42
Artificial Intelligence Architect	114	Up 26 places+26	£97,500	-	27 0.85%	45
Cloud Platform Engineer	115	Up 27 places+27	£100,000	+33.33%	26 0.82%	17