Digital & IT Job Statistics in Central London

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 5 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%	521 15.22%	473
Architect	5	Up 34 places+34	£95,000	-5.00%	390 11.39%	151
Developer	5	Up 8 places+8	£75,000	-3.22%	390 11.39%	80
Lead	8	Up 13 places+13	£97,500	+2.63%	353 10.31%	321
Analyst	9	Up 1 place+1	£55,000	-13.72%	345 10.08%	158
Business Manager	19	Up 118 places+118	£65,000	+18.18%	226 6.60%	24
Development Manager	22	Up 100 places+100	£60,000	-36.84%	215 6.28%	31
Business Development Manager	25	Up 116 places+116	£60,000	+12.46%	206 6.02%	21
Consultant	32	Up 67 places+67	£85,000	+30.76%	163 4.76%	158
Software Engineer	33	Up 59 places+59	£100,000	+12.67%	161 4.70%	73
Solutions Architect	34	Up 48 places+48	£100,000	-	159 4.64%	45
Data Engineer	45	Up 58 places+58	£85,000	+3.03%	115 3.36%	39
Senior Manager	60	Up 53 places+53	£85,000	+25.92%	91 2.66%	99
Business Analyst	65	Down -4 places-4	£71,250	-10.93%	82 2.39%	40
Full-Stack Engineer	74	Up 42 places+42	£85,000	-19.04%	72 2.10%	14
Support Analyst	82	Down -2 places-2	£42,500	-5.55%	63 1.84%	10
Azure Engineer	84	Up 51 places+51	£92,500	+16.71%	61 1.78%	5
Senior Developer	85	No change0	£100,000	+29.03%	60 1.75%	25
Data Architect	87	Up 34 places+34	£90,000	-13.25%	57 1.66%	19
Python Engineer	87	Up 58 places+58	£100,000	-4.76%	57 1.66%	9
Software Developer	91	Up 47 places+47	£70,000	-12.50%	53 1.55%	6
Lead Developer	92	Up 39 places+39	£87,500	-27.08%	52 1.52%	7
Platform Engineer	95	Up 31 places+31	£93,740	+24.98%	49 1.43%	26
Project Manager	97	Up 9 places+9	£60,000	-11.11%	47 1.37%	52
IT Manager	98	Up 7 places+7	£90,000	+41.73%	46 1.34%	13
Senior Software Engineer	98	Up 28 places+28	£100,000	+11.11%	46 1.34%	24
Cloud Engineer	99	Up 36 places+36	£92,500	+8.82%	45 1.31%	31
Senior Architect	99	Up 20 places+20	£100,000	-18.36%	45 1.31%	28
Data Analyst	100	Up 5 places+5	£57,500	+4.54%	44 1.29%	19
IT Analyst	101	Up 3 places+3	£55,000	+22.22%	43 1.26%	7
Systems Analyst	101	Up 31 places+31	£50,000	-16.66%	43 1.26%	11
Infrastructure Engineer	101	Up 8 places+8	£77,500	+29.16%	43 1.26%	9
Engineering Manager	102	Up 43 places+43	£110,000	-	42 1.23%	21
Senior Analyst	103	Down -16 places-16	£70,000	-1.75%	41 1.20%	28
Principal Engineer	104	Up 34 places+34	£90,000	-20.00%	40 1.17%	16
Quantitative Developer	105	Up 35 places+35	£100,000	-37.50%	39 1.14%	1
Administrator	107	Up 17 places+17	£80,000	+88.23%	37 1.08%	19
Security Engineer	108	Up 25 places+25	£72,500	-9.37%	36 1.05%	29
Senior Full-Stack Engineer	108	Up 28 places+28	£95,000	-9.52%	36 1.05%	5
Data Scientist	108	Up 28 places+28	£90,000	+16.12%	36 1.05%	32
Lead Architect	110	Up 29 places+29	£100,000	-23.07%	34 0.99%	22
Lead Data Engineer	111	Up 28 places+28	£90,000	-5.26%	33 0.96%	7
AWS Engineer	112	Up 27 places+27	£95,000	+26.66%	32 0.93%	10
Accountant	112	Up 16 places+16	£60,000	-12.72%	32 0.93%	3
Senior Consultant	112	Up 28 places+28	£85,000	+41.66%	32 0.93%	47
Technical Manager	113	Up 29 places+29	£85,000	+77.08%	31 0.91%	21
Data Manager	113	Up 22 places+22	£95,000	+50.79%	31 0.91%	21
Artificial Intelligence Engineer	113	Up 33 places+33	£95,000	-9.52%	31 0.91%	46
Artificial Intelligence Architect	114	Up 30 places+30	£97,500	-	30 0.88%	17
DevOps Engineer	114	Down -7 places-7	£100,000	+29.03%	30 0.88%	7