Digital & IT Job Statistics in Central London

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 30 Aug 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%	543 15.33%	299
Developer	4	Up 9 places+9	£73,750	-4.83%	408 11.52%	65
Architect	5	Up 38 places+38	£95,000	-5.00%	404 11.40%	105
Lead	9	Up 11 places+11	£95,000	-	364 10.27%	210
Analyst	10	No change0	£55,000	-12.00%	358 10.10%	74
Business Manager	20	Up 114 places+114	£65,000	-	241 6.80%	17
Development Manager	22	Up 97 places+97	£60,000	-36.84%	227 6.41%	23
Business Development Manager	24	Up 114 places+114	£60,000	-7.69%	220 6.21%	14
Software Engineer	32	Up 49 places+49	£95,000	+8.57%	168 4.74%	64
Solutions Architect	33	Up 41 places+41	£100,000	+11.11%	163 4.60%	24
Consultant	34	Up 58 places+58	£85,000	+30.76%	162 4.57%	94
Data Engineer	45	Up 49 places+49	£85,000	+3.03%	122 3.44%	25
Senior Manager	58	Up 50 places+50	£85,000	+23.63%	95 2.68%	41
Business Analyst	65	Down -5 places-5	£70,000	-12.50%	84 2.37%	15
Full-Stack Engineer	73	Up 35 places+35	£85,000	-19.04%	72 2.03%	10
Azure Engineer	80	Up 47 places+47	£91,250	+15.14%	65 1.83%	4
Support Analyst	80	Down -6 places-6	£42,500	-5.55%	65 1.83%	6
Senior Developer	81	Down -8 places-8	£100,000	+29.03%	64 1.81%	20
Data Architect	86	Up 30 places+30	£90,000	-14.28%	59 1.67%	12
Python Engineer	86	Up 52 places+52	£100,000	-	59 1.67%	4
Software Developer	89	Up 42 places+42	£70,000	-12.50%	56 1.58%	7
Lead Developer	91	Up 33 places+33	£85,000	-29.16%	54 1.52%	5
Platform Engineer	95	Up 24 places+24	£90,000	+20.00%	50 1.41%	17
Project Manager	96	Up 3 places+3	£60,000	-12.72%	49 1.38%	13
IT Manager	96	No change0	£90,000	+41.73%	49 1.38%	4
Data Analyst	96	Up 2 places+2	£57,500	+4.54%	49 1.38%	7
Cloud Engineer	97	Up 29 places+29	£92,500	+12.12%	48 1.35%	32
Senior Software Engineer	98	Up 19 places+19	£100,000	+12.67%	47 1.33%	18
IT Analyst	99	Down -3 places-3	£55,000	+22.22%	46 1.30%	4
Engineering Manager	100	Up 39 places+39	£110,000	-	45 1.27%	19
Senior Architect	100	Up 13 places+13	£100,000	-18.36%	45 1.27%	23
Systems Analyst	101	Up 25 places+25	£50,000	-16.66%	44 1.24%	6
Senior Analyst	101	Down -24 places-24	£72,500	+5.45%	44 1.24%	13
Infrastructure Engineer	101	Up 2 places+2	£75,000	+22.95%	44 1.24%	9
Principal Engineer	102	Up 31 places+31	£90,000	-20.00%	43 1.21%	8
Quantitative Developer	105	Up 28 places+28	£100,000	-39.39%	40 1.13%	2
Administrator	106	Up 12 places+12	£80,000	+88.23%	39 1.10%	10
Data Scientist	108	Up 22 places+22	£90,000	+16.12%	37 1.04%	21
Security Engineer	109	Up 17 places+17	£72,500	-9.37%	36 1.02%	28
Senior Full-Stack Engineer	109	Up 19 places+19	£95,000	-9.52%	36 1.02%	5
Lead Architect	110	Up 24 places+24	£100,000	-23.07%	35 0.99%	16
AWS Engineer	111	Up 21 places+21	£90,000	+20.00%	34 0.96%	7
Lead Data Engineer	111	Up 19 places+19	£90,000	-5.26%	34 0.96%	4
Accountant	111	Up 11 places+11	£60,000	-12.72%	34 0.96%	5
Technical Manager	112	Up 23 places+23	£85,000	+77.08%	33 0.93%	15
Senior Consultant	113	Up 21 places+21	£85,000	+41.66%	32 0.90%	27
Network Engineer	113	Up 12 places+12	£70,000	+3.70%	32 0.90%	14
IT Support	113	Down -62 places-62	£35,000	-6.66%	32 0.90%	10
Artificial Intelligence Architect	114	Up 24 places+24	£95,000	-	31 0.88%	11
Artificial Intelligence Engineer	114	Up 26 places+26	£95,000	-9.52%	31 0.88%	33