Digital & IT Job Statistics in Central London

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 9 Oct 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	+12.50%	443 15.69%	829
Developer	7	Up 5 places+5	£70,000	-12.50%	307 10.87%	133
Architect	8	Up 29 places+29	£100,000	-2.43%	302 10.69%	293
Lead	9	Up 13 places+13	£100,000	+5.26%	300 10.62%	763
Analyst	11	Down -1 place-1	£52,500	-25.00%	291 10.30%	287
Consultant	26	Up 77 places+77	£85,000	+41.66%	167 5.91%	241
Business Manager	27	Up 96 places+96	£65,000	+32.11%	166 5.88%	26
Development Manager	30	Up 79 places+79	£62,500	-34.21%	154 5.45%	19
Business Development Manager	31	Up 96 places+96	£60,000	+21.95%	145 5.13%	17
Software Engineer	37	Up 60 places+60	£100,000	+16.27%	118 4.18%	107
Solutions Architect	38	Up 47 places+47	£100,000	-3.61%	116 4.11%	70
Senior Manager	44	Up 49 places+49	£93,750	+38.88%	99 3.51%	112
Data Engineer	55	Up 40 places+40	£85,000	-	83 2.94%	79
Business Analyst	61	Down -6 places-6	£72,500	-9.37%	75 2.66%	90
Full-Stack Engineer	71	Up 44 places+44	£85,000	-26.08%	64 2.27%	37
Support Analyst	75	Down -2 places-2	£42,500	-5.55%	60 2.12%	13
IT Manager	84	Up 13 places+13	£87,500	+34.61%	50 1.77%	36
Platform Engineer	86	Up 42 places+42	£90,000	+28.57%	47 1.66%	63
Project Manager	86	Up 18 places+18	£62,500	-19.35%	47 1.66%	69
Data Architect	86	Up 22 places+22	£95,000	+8.57%	47 1.66%	37
Senior Consultant	89	Up 48 places+48	£85,000	+25.92%	44 1.56%	54
Senior Architect	90	Up 33 places+33	£100,000	-18.36%	43 1.52%	67
Software Developer	90	Up 36 places+36	£70,000	-12.50%	43 1.52%	11
Senior Developer	90	Down -9 places-9	£82,500	-2.94%	43 1.52%	44
Azure Engineer	91	Up 35 places+35	£90,000	+17.26%	42 1.49%	36
Python Engineer	91	Up 47 places+47	£100,000	-	42 1.49%	31
Cloud Engineer	95	Up 37 places+37	£90,000	+12.50%	38 1.35%	74
IT Analyst	96	Down -2 places-2	£55,000	+22.22%	37 1.31%	8
Systems Analyst	96	Up 32 places+32	£50,000	-16.66%	37 1.31%	14
Infrastructure Engineer	96	Up 3 places+3	£75,000	+25.00%	37 1.31%	18
Senior Software Engineer	96	Up 27 places+27	£100,000	+8.10%	37 1.31%	31
Lead Developer	97	Up 30 places+30	£90,000	-21.73%	36 1.27%	12
Senior Analyst	97	Down -5 places-5	£60,000	-17.24%	36 1.27%	71
Data Analyst	98	Up 1 place+1	£60,000	-4.00%	35 1.24%	44
Artificial Intelligence Engineer	99	Up 39 places+39	£92,500	+23.33%	34 1.20%	71
Senior Full-Stack Engineer	100	Up 32 places+32	£95,000	-17.39%	33 1.17%	17
Engineering Manager	101	Up 38 places+38	£110,000	-	32 1.13%	30
Lead Architect	102	Up 28 places+28	£100,000	-23.07%	31 1.10%	56
Quantitative Developer	102	Up 30 places+30	£100,000	-36.50%	31 1.10%	4
Principal Engineer	102	Up 26 places+26	£90,000	-20.00%	31 1.10%	30
Administrator	103	Up 14 places+14	£80,000	+82.85%	30 1.06%	22
Finance Manager	103	Up 32 places+32	£85,000	+25.92%	30 1.06%	20
Data Scientist	105	Up 25 places+25	£90,000	+38.46%	28 0.99%	36
Security Engineer	105	Up 16 places+16	£72,500	-3.33%	28 0.99%	60
IT Support	106	Down -58 places-58	£36,500	-2.66%	27 0.96%	16
Team Leader	106	Up 19 places+19	£100,000	+25.00%	27 0.96%	20
Technical Manager	106	Up 33 places+33	£85,000	+77.08%	27 0.96%	54
IT Engineer	107	Up 10 places+10	£36,000	-26.15%	26 0.92%	27
Data Manager	107	Up 25 places+25	£82,500	-15.38%	26 0.92%	46
Applications Support	108	Down -4 places-4	£70,000	-3.44%	25 0.89%	13