Digital & IT Job Statistics in Central London

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 6 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%	457 15.62%	865
Developer	7	Up 5 places+5	£70,000	-12.50%	324 11.08%	154
Architect	8	Up 31 places+31	£100,000	-2.43%	316 10.80%	326
Lead	9	Up 13 places+13	£100,000	+5.26%	308 10.53%	775
Analyst	10	No change0	£53,500	-23.57%	298 10.19%	293
Business Manager	27	Up 98 places+98	£65,000	+32.11%	174 5.95%	32
Consultant	30	Up 71 places+71	£85,000	+36.00%	166 5.68%	243
Development Manager	32	Up 79 places+79	£60,000	-36.84%	160 5.47%	28
Business Development Manager	33	Up 96 places+96	£60,000	+21.95%	152 5.20%	24
Software Engineer	39	Up 56 places+56	£95,000	+11.11%	123 4.21%	130
Solutions Architect	39	Up 47 places+47	£100,000	-	123 4.21%	87
Senior Manager	48	Up 46 places+46	£90,000	+33.33%	100 3.42%	120
Data Engineer	59	Up 39 places+39	£85,000	-	88 3.01%	91
Business Analyst	67	Down -13 places-13	£72,500	-9.37%	77 2.63%	90
Full-Stack Engineer	76	Up 40 places+40	£85,000	-26.08%	67 2.29%	40
Support Analyst	83	Down -11 places-11	£42,500	-5.55%	58 1.98%	11
IT Manager	89	Up 10 places+10	£87,500	+34.61%	50 1.71%	36
Data Architect	90	Up 21 places+21	£92,500	-	49 1.68%	43
Software Developer	91	Up 37 places+37	£70,000	-12.50%	48 1.64%	15
Azure Engineer	92	Up 36 places+36	£90,000	+17.26%	47 1.61%	41
Platform Engineer	92	Up 38 places+38	£90,000	+28.57%	47 1.61%	68
Project Manager	92	Up 13 places+13	£60,000	-22.58%	47 1.61%	78
Senior Developer	92	Down -10 places-10	£88,000	+6.66%	47 1.61%	50
Python Engineer	94	Up 47 places+47	£100,000	-	45 1.54%	37
Senior Architect	94	Up 31 places+31	£100,000	-18.36%	45 1.54%	74
Senior Consultant	97	Up 40 places+40	£85,000	+25.92%	42 1.44%	54
IT Analyst	100	Down -5 places-5	£55,000	+22.22%	39 1.33%	12
Lead Developer	100	Up 29 places+29	£85,000	-29.16%	39 1.33%	9
Infrastructure Engineer	100	Up 3 places+3	£75,000	+25.00%	39 1.33%	17
Cloud Engineer	100	Up 34 places+34	£90,000	+12.50%	39 1.33%	73
Systems Analyst	102	Up 27 places+27	£50,000	-16.66%	37 1.27%	16
Senior Analyst	102	Down -11 places-11	£60,000	-17.24%	37 1.27%	67
Senior Software Engineer	102	Up 22 places+22	£100,000	+9.58%	37 1.27%	34
Artificial Intelligence Engineer	105	Up 37 places+37	£92,500	-11.90%	34 1.16%	75
Engineering Manager	105	Up 36 places+36	£110,000	-	34 1.16%	32
Data Analyst	105	Down -4 places-4	£60,000	-4.00%	34 1.16%	49
Senior Full-Stack Engineer	106	Up 27 places+27	£95,000	-13.63%	33 1.13%	19
Administrator	107	Up 12 places+12	£80,000	+82.85%	32 1.09%	22
Quantitative Developer	107	Up 27 places+27	£100,000	-36.50%	32 1.09%	6
Principal Engineer	107	Up 23 places+23	£90,000	-20.00%	32 1.09%	34
Security Engineer	107	Up 18 places+18	£72,500	-3.33%	32 1.09%	61
Lead Architect	109	Up 23 places+23	£100,000	-23.07%	30 1.03%	59
Data Scientist	109	Up 24 places+24	£90,000	+38.46%	30 1.03%	34
Team Leader	110	Up 17 places+17	£100,000	+25.00%	29 0.99%	20
Finance Manager	111	Up 27 places+27	£85,000	+25.92%	28 0.96%	24
Technical Manager	111	Up 30 places+30	£85,000	+77.08%	28 0.96%	45
IT Engineer	112	Up 9 places+9	£35,500	-35.45%	27 0.92%	25
DevOps Engineer	112	Down -2 places-2	£100,000	+35.59%	27 0.92%	30
Data Manager	112	Up 20 places+20	£95,000	+1.33%	27 0.92%	45
IT Support	112	Down -64 places-64	£35,250	-6.00%	27 0.92%	19