Digital & IT Job Statistics in Central London

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 14 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%	500 15.01%	769
Architect	6	Up 34 places+34	£100,000	-2.43%	382 11.47%	265
Developer	8	Up 5 places+5	£70,000	-9.67%	376 11.29%	123
Lead	9	Up 10 places+10	£97,500	+2.63%	348 10.45%	597
Analyst	10	No change0	£54,500	-16.15%	336 10.09%	230
Business Manager	23	Up 107 places+107	£60,000	+21.95%	216 6.48%	34
Development Manager	26	Up 90 places+90	£60,000	-36.84%	204 6.12%	36
Business Development Manager	28	Up 106 places+106	£60,000	+21.95%	195 5.85%	29
Consultant	32	Up 60 places+60	£85,000	+30.76%	166 4.98%	210
Solutions Architect	34	Up 46 places+46	£100,000	-	156 4.68%	75
Software Engineer	35	Up 56 places+56	£100,000	+11.11%	148 4.44%	103
Data Engineer	49	Up 52 places+52	£85,000	+3.03%	112 3.36%	99
Senior Manager	58	Up 42 places+42	£87,500	+29.62%	97 2.91%	123
Business Analyst	69	Down -13 places-13	£71,250	-10.93%	80 2.40%	65
Full-Stack Engineer	77	Up 37 places+37	£85,000	-19.04%	71 2.13%	44
Support Analyst	85	Down -12 places-12	£42,500	-5.55%	63 1.89%	9
Azure Engineer	88	Up 42 places+42	£92,500	+17.83%	60 1.80%	37
Data Architect	90	Up 25 places+25	£90,000	-10.00%	58 1.74%	36
Python Engineer	93	Up 48 places+48	£100,000	-4.76%	53 1.59%	28
Software Developer	94	Up 38 places+38	£70,000	-12.50%	52 1.56%	6
Lead Developer	94	Up 34 places+34	£85,000	-29.16%	52 1.56%	6
Senior Developer	95	Down -17 places-17	£100,000	+29.03%	51 1.53%	44
Platform Engineer	96	Up 28 places+28	£97,480	+29.97%	50 1.50%	52
Project Manager	99	No change0	£60,000	-12.72%	47 1.41%	80
Senior Architect	99	Up 18 places+18	£100,000	-18.36%	47 1.41%	56
IT Manager	100	Down -1 place-1	£90,000	+40.07%	46 1.38%	30
Cloud Engineer	101	Up 32 places+32	£92,500	+12.12%	45 1.35%	64
Data Analyst	102	Down -2 places-2	£57,500	-	44 1.32%	29
IT Analyst	103	Down -3 places-3	£55,000	+22.22%	43 1.29%	7
Systems Analyst	103	Up 24 places+24	£50,000	-16.66%	43 1.29%	12
Infrastructure Engineer	104	Down -1 place-1	£75,000	+22.95%	42 1.26%	13
Senior Software Engineer	105	Up 18 places+18	£100,000	+11.11%	41 1.23%	29
Principal Engineer	106	Up 26 places+26	£90,000	-20.00%	40 1.20%	31
Engineering Manager	107	Up 34 places+34	£110,000	-	39 1.17%	20
Senior Analyst	107	Down -21 places-21	£67,500	-6.89%	39 1.17%	58
Quantitative Developer	108	Up 28 places+28	£100,000	-37.50%	38 1.14%	7
Data Scientist	110	Up 22 places+22	£90,000	+16.12%	36 1.08%	41
Senior Consultant	111	Up 24 places+24	£85,000	+33.33%	35 1.05%	59
Security Engineer	111	Up 16 places+16	£72,500	-6.45%	35 1.05%	52
Administrator	112	Up 8 places+8	£83,750	+97.05%	34 1.02%	18
Senior Full-Stack Engineer	112	Up 21 places+21	£95,000	-9.52%	34 1.02%	21
Lead Architect	113	Up 19 places+19	£100,000	-23.07%	33 0.99%	47
Artificial Intelligence Engineer	114	Up 28 places+28	£95,000	-9.52%	32 0.96%	82
Data Manager	115	Up 15 places+15	£95,000	+24.18%	31 0.93%	37
AWS Engineer	115	Up 20 places+20	£100,000	+33.33%	31 0.93%	25
Technical Manager	116	Up 23 places+23	£85,000	+77.08%	30 0.90%	35
Lead Data Engineer	116	Up 21 places+21	£90,000	-5.26%	30 0.90%	11
Artificial Intelligence Architect	117	Up 24 places+24	£97,500	-	29 0.87%	32
DevOps Engineer	117	Down -11 places-11	£100,000	+29.03%	29 0.87%	26
Team Leader	117	Up 8 places+8	£100,000	+21.21%	29 0.87%	17