Digital & IT Job Statistics in Central London

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 17 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%	502 15.24%	869
Architect	7	Up 33 places+33	£100,000	-2.43%	378 11.48%	320
Developer	8	Up 5 places+5	£71,250	-8.06%	376 11.41%	152
Lead	9	Up 11 places+11	£97,500	+2.63%	348 10.56%	756
Analyst	10	No change0	£53,500	-17.69%	333 10.11%	250
Business Manager	24	Up 97 places+97	£60,000	+21.95%	207 6.28%	34
Development Manager	25	Up 82 places+82	£57,500	-39.47%	195 5.92%	32
Business Development Manager	26	Up 99 places+99	£55,000	+11.78%	186 5.65%	27
Consultant	31	Up 59 places+59	£85,000	+41.66%	168 5.10%	248
Solutions Architect	32	Up 46 places+46	£100,000	-	155 4.71%	86
Software Engineer	33	Up 55 places+55	£100,000	+11.11%	146 4.43%	122
Data Engineer	47	Up 49 places+49	£85,000	+3.03%	109 3.31%	121
Senior Manager	52	Up 40 places+40	£90,000	+33.33%	101 3.07%	128
Business Analyst	66	Down -14 places-14	£71,250	-10.93%	79 2.40%	87
Full-Stack Engineer	73	Up 37 places+37	£85,000	-19.04%	70 2.13%	46
Support Analyst	78	Down -9 places-9	£42,500	-5.55%	64 1.94%	6
Azure Engineer	83	Up 43 places+43	£92,500	+17.83%	58 1.76%	44
Data Architect	84	Up 27 places+27	£90,000	-10.00%	56 1.70%	49
Senior Developer	86	Down -13 places-13	£92,500	+19.35%	54 1.64%	47
Software Developer	87	Up 40 places+40	£70,000	-12.50%	53 1.61%	9
Lead Developer	88	Up 36 places+36	£85,000	-29.16%	52 1.58%	8
Python Engineer	88	Up 49 places+49	£100,000	-4.76%	52 1.58%	35
Platform Engineer	89	Up 32 places+32	£93,740	+24.98%	51 1.55%	67
IT Manager	92	Up 3 places+3	£90,000	+40.07%	48 1.46%	35
Project Manager	93	Up 2 places+2	£60,000	-12.72%	47 1.43%	87
Senior Architect	94	Up 20 places+20	£100,000	-18.36%	46 1.40%	65
Cloud Engineer	95	Up 34 places+34	£90,000	+9.09%	45 1.37%	77
IT Analyst	97	No change0	£55,000	+22.22%	43 1.31%	7
Systems Analyst	98	Up 26 places+26	£50,000	-16.66%	42 1.28%	16
Data Analyst	98	Down -2 places-2	£57,500	-6.12%	42 1.28%	35
Senior Software Engineer	98	Up 22 places+22	£100,000	+11.11%	42 1.28%	36
Infrastructure Engineer	99	No change0	£75,000	+22.95%	41 1.24%	17
Principal Engineer	101	Up 27 places+27	£90,000	-20.00%	39 1.18%	41
Senior Consultant	102	Up 29 places+29	£85,000	+33.33%	38 1.15%	67
Engineering Manager	102	Up 35 places+35	£110,000	-	38 1.15%	21
Senior Analyst	102	Down -21 places-21	£67,500	-6.89%	38 1.15%	66
Quantitative Developer	102	Up 29 places+29	£100,000	-37.50%	38 1.15%	10
Security Engineer	105	Up 18 places+18	£72,500	-6.45%	35 1.06%	68
Artificial Intelligence Engineer	106	Up 32 places+32	£92,500	-11.90%	34 1.03%	84
Data Scientist	106	Up 23 places+23	£90,000	+20.00%	34 1.03%	53
Administrator	106	Up 10 places+10	£83,750	+97.05%	34 1.03%	15
Senior Full-Stack Engineer	107	Up 22 places+22	£95,000	-9.52%	33 1.00%	20
Lead Architect	108	Up 20 places+20	£100,000	-23.07%	32 0.97%	58
Data Manager	109	Up 17 places+17	£95,000	+24.18%	31 0.94%	30
AWS Engineer	109	Up 20 places+20	£100,000	+33.33%	31 0.94%	25
DevOps Engineer	110	Down -8 places-8	£100,000	+29.03%	30 0.91%	32
Artificial Intelligence Architect	111	Up 27 places+27	£100,000	-	29 0.88%	38
Team Leader	111	Up 11 places+11	£100,000	+21.21%	29 0.88%	26
Lead Data Engineer	111	Up 22 places+22	£90,000	-5.75%	29 0.88%	18
IT Support	111	Down -64 places-64	£35,000	-6.66%	29 0.88%	8