Digital & IT Job Statistics in Central London

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 8 May 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%	704 16.62%	314
Developer	5	Up 9 places+9	£80,000	+6.66%	521 12.30%	144
Analyst	8	Up 3 places+3	£55,000	-12.00%	404 9.54%	146
Lead	10	Up 15 places+15	£90,000	-5.26%	401 9.47%	140
Architect	11	Up 29 places+29	£95,000	-	400 9.44%	102
Business Manager	23	Up 116 places+116	£65,000	+45.25%	249 5.88%	39
Software Engineer	23	Up 47 places+47	£95,000	+26.66%	249 5.88%	92
Development Manager	26	Up 110 places+110	£60,000	-36.84%	224 5.29%	39
Business Development Manager	29	Up 120 places+120	£60,000	+42.85%	218 5.15%	38
Solutions Architect	38	Up 52 places+52	£100,000	+5.26%	164 3.87%	39
Data Engineer	43	Up 61 places+61	£85,000	+3.03%	148 3.49%	42
Consultant	45	Up 58 places+58	£71,500	+12.15%	146 3.45%	186
Senior Developer	59	Up 26 places+26	£95,000	+18.75%	119 2.81%	23
IT Support	64	Up 4 places+4	£35,000	-12.50%	110 2.60%	5
Business Analyst	68	Up 41 places+41	£75,000	-	105 2.48%	49
Full-Stack Engineer	71	Up 43 places+43	£90,000	+16.12%	101 2.38%	29
Support Analyst	74	Down -6 places-6	£42,500	-15.00%	95 2.24%	5
Senior Manager	80	Up 49 places+49	£67,500	-40.65%	88 2.08%	59
Support Engineer	82	Up 36 places+36	£37,500	-10.71%	85 2.01%	8
IT Manager	87	Up 23 places+23	£74,000	+18.40%	79 1.87%	15
Senior Analyst	91	Down -19 places-19	£82,500	+22.22%	74 1.75%	19
Azure Engineer	92	Up 44 places+44	£90,000	+9.09%	73 1.72%	5
Senior Software Engineer	93	Up 19 places+19	£100,000	+33.33%	72 1.70%	29
IT Analyst	93	Up 4 places+4	£47,500	-5.00%	72 1.70%	8
Software Developer	96	Up 36 places+36	£90,000	-12.19%	69 1.63%	11
DevOps Engineer	97	Up 30 places+30	£90,000	+9.09%	67 1.58%	14
Full-Stack Developer	99	Up 35 places+35	£80,000	+10.34%	65 1.53%	7
Cloud Engineer	100	Up 33 places+33	£80,000	+16.36%	64 1.51%	14
Python Developer	100	Up 32 places+32	£60,000	-7.69%	64 1.51%	12
Python Engineer	100	Up 48 places+48	£97,500	+5.40%	64 1.51%	13
Project Manager	105	Down -1 place-1	£70,000	+3.70%	59 1.39%	55
Security Engineer	107	Up 39 places+39	£75,000	-9.09%	57 1.35%	19
IT Engineer	107	Up 20 places+20	£35,000	-13.04%	57 1.35%	2
Accountant	109	New entry-	£60,000	-	55 1.30%	5
AWS Engineer	111	Up 45 places+45	£90,000	+20.00%	53 1.25%	8
Network Engineer	112	Up 40 places+40	£74,500	+14.61%	52 1.23%	13
Lead Developer	112	Up 23 places+23	£90,000	+1.40%	52 1.23%	9
Business Development Executive	113	Up 51 places+51	£40,000	+14.28%	51 1.20%	2
Data Architect	114	Up 21 places+21	£82,500	-25.00%	50 1.18%	16
Data Scientist	115	Up 20 places+20	£80,000	-5.88%	49 1.16%	21
Senior Data Engineer	117	Up 37 places+37	£82,500	+13.79%	47 1.11%	16
Platform Engineer	117	Up 18 places+18	£100,000	+11.11%	47 1.11%	19
IT Support Engineer	118	Up 25 places+25	£34,500	+6.15%	46 1.09%	2
Principal Engineer	118	Up 41 places+41	£100,000	-11.11%	46 1.09%	17
.NET Developer	120	Up 20 places+20	£85,000	-	44 1.04%	33
Engineering Manager	122	Up 30 places+30	£100,000	+5.26%	42 0.99%	9
Data Analyst	123	Down -6 places-6	£45,000	-18.18%	41 0.97%	26
IT Support Analyst	123	No change0	£45,000	-10.00%	41 0.97%	1
Financial Analyst	123	Up 19 places+19	£80,000	-	41 0.97%	6
Applications Support	123	Down -10 places-10	£65,000	-	41 0.97%	11