Digital & IT Job Statistics in Central London

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 20 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%	494 15.24%	787
Developer	6	Up 7 places+7	£71,250	-8.06%	373 11.51%	135
Architect	7	Up 36 places+36	£100,000	-	369 11.38%	305
Lead	8	Up 12 places+12	£97,500	+2.63%	340 10.49%	684
Analyst	9	Up 1 place+1	£54,000	-16.92%	327 10.09%	223
Business Manager	25	Up 100 places+100	£60,000	+21.95%	203 6.26%	36
Development Manager	26	Up 85 places+85	£60,000	-36.84%	191 5.89%	35
Business Development Manager	27	Up 102 places+102	£57,500	+16.87%	182 5.61%	30
Consultant	30	Up 66 places+66	£85,000	+41.66%	169 5.21%	236
Solutions Architect	32	Up 51 places+51	£100,000	-	151 4.66%	80
Software Engineer	33	Up 58 places+58	£100,000	+11.11%	145 4.47%	108
Data Engineer	48	Up 52 places+52	£85,000	+3.03%	104 3.21%	107
Senior Manager	53	Up 42 places+42	£90,000	+33.33%	97 2.99%	121
Business Analyst	66	Down -11 places-11	£72,500	-9.37%	80 2.47%	84
Full-Stack Engineer	75	Up 37 places+37	£85,000	-19.04%	70 2.16%	33
Support Analyst	81	Down -8 places-8	£42,500	-5.55%	63 1.94%	4
Azure Engineer	86	Up 44 places+44	£92,500	+17.83%	58 1.79%	38
Data Architect	88	Up 27 places+27	£90,000	-2.70%	55 1.70%	50
Senior Developer	89	Down -11 places-11	£90,000	+16.12%	53 1.63%	43
Software Developer	90	Up 40 places+40	£70,000	-12.50%	52 1.60%	7
Lead Developer	92	Up 37 places+37	£85,000	-29.16%	50 1.54%	7
Python Engineer	92	Up 48 places+48	£100,000	-4.76%	50 1.54%	29
Platform Engineer	92	Up 34 places+34	£90,000	+20.00%	50 1.54%	58
IT Manager	94	Up 7 places+7	£90,000	+40.07%	48 1.48%	38
Project Manager	95	Up 6 places+6	£60,000	-14.28%	47 1.45%	85
Senior Architect	96	Up 24 places+24	£100,000	-18.36%	46 1.42%	63
Cloud Engineer	97	Up 36 places+36	£90,000	+9.09%	45 1.39%	68
Senior Software Engineer	100	Up 22 places+22	£100,000	+9.58%	42 1.30%	29
Infrastructure Engineer	101	Up 2 places+2	£75,000	+22.95%	41 1.26%	16
Data Analyst	101	No change0	£58,750	-4.08%	41 1.26%	28
IT Analyst	101	No change0	£55,000	+22.22%	41 1.26%	9
Systems Analyst	101	Up 27 places+27	£50,000	-16.66%	41 1.26%	13
Senior Consultant	102	Up 33 places+33	£85,000	+33.33%	40 1.23%	67
Principal Engineer	103	Up 28 places+28	£90,000	-20.00%	39 1.20%	36
Engineering Manager	104	Up 37 places+37	£110,000	-	38 1.17%	20
Quantitative Developer	104	Up 31 places+31	£100,000	-37.50%	38 1.17%	7
Senior Analyst	105	Down -21 places-21	£63,750	-12.06%	37 1.14%	62
Security Engineer	106	Up 22 places+22	£72,500	-3.33%	36 1.11%	63
Administrator	108	Up 12 places+12	£83,750	+91.42%	34 1.05%	17
Artificial Intelligence Engineer	108	Up 34 places+34	£92,500	-11.90%	34 1.05%	73
Data Scientist	108	Up 24 places+24	£90,000	+38.46%	34 1.05%	43
Senior Full-Stack Engineer	109	Up 22 places+22	£95,000	-9.52%	33 1.02%	15
Data Manager	111	Up 19 places+19	£95,000	+24.18%	31 0.96%	30
DevOps Engineer	112	Down -6 places-6	£100,000	+29.03%	30 0.93%	30
Team Leader	112	Up 14 places+14	£100,000	+21.21%	30 0.93%	25
Lead Architect	112	Up 21 places+21	£100,000	-23.07%	30 0.93%	51
AWS Engineer	113	Up 20 places+20	£90,000	+20.00%	29 0.89%	25
Technical Manager	114	Up 27 places+27	£85,000	+77.08%	28 0.86%	39
Lead Data Engineer	114	Up 24 places+24	£90,000	-5.75%	28 0.86%	17
IT Support	114	Down -61 places-61	£35,000	-6.66%	28 0.86%	8