Digital & IT Job Statistics in Central London

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 2 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%	465 15.37%	798
Developer	6	Up 6 places+6	£70,000	-12.50%	338 11.17%	144
Architect	7	Up 32 places+32	£100,000	-2.43%	332 10.97%	290
Lead	8	Up 13 places+13	£100,000	+5.26%	315 10.41%	693
Analyst	9	Up 1 place+1	£53,500	-22.18%	305 10.08%	257
Business Manager	22	Up 99 places+99	£65,000	+32.11%	187 6.18%	30
Development Manager	24	Up 84 places+84	£60,000	-36.84%	173 5.72%	30
Consultant	27	Up 69 places+69	£85,000	+36.00%	166 5.49%	216
Business Development Manager	28	Up 97 places+97	£60,000	+21.95%	165 5.45%	23
Solutions Architect	31	Up 54 places+54	£100,000	-	132 4.36%	74
Software Engineer	32	Up 58 places+58	£92,500	+6.62%	130 4.30%	122
Senior Manager	46	Up 46 places+46	£90,000	+33.33%	99 3.27%	102
Data Engineer	52	Up 46 places+46	£85,000	-	93 3.07%	102
Business Analyst	62	Down -13 places-13	£72,500	-9.37%	77 2.54%	88
Full-Stack Engineer	71	Up 42 places+42	£85,000	-26.08%	68 2.25%	39
Support Analyst	80	Down -12 places-12	£42,500	-5.55%	59 1.95%	11
Platform Engineer	89	Up 37 places+37	£90,000	+28.57%	50 1.65%	61
Software Developer	89	Up 35 places+35	£70,000	-12.50%	50 1.65%	18
Project Manager	89	Up 14 places+14	£60,000	-21.31%	50 1.65%	71
IT Manager	89	Up 9 places+9	£87,500	+34.61%	50 1.65%	37
Data Architect	89	Up 22 places+22	£90,000	+2.85%	50 1.65%	42
Azure Engineer	91	Up 33 places+33	£90,000	+17.26%	48 1.59%	48
Senior Developer	91	Down -17 places-17	£90,000	+16.12%	48 1.59%	45
Python Engineer	91	Up 45 places+45	£100,000	-4.76%	48 1.59%	33
Senior Architect	95	Up 25 places+25	£100,000	-18.36%	44 1.45%	65
Lead Developer	97	Up 28 places+28	£87,500	-27.08%	42 1.39%	7
Senior Consultant	98	Up 34 places+34	£85,000	+25.92%	41 1.35%	56
Infrastructure Engineer	99	Down -1 place-1	£75,000	+22.95%	40 1.32%	22
IT Analyst	100	Down -7 places-7	£55,000	+22.22%	39 1.29%	11
Cloud Engineer	100	Up 30 places+30	£90,000	+12.50%	39 1.29%	66
Senior Software Engineer	101	Up 18 places+18	£100,000	+8.10%	38 1.26%	38
Systems Analyst	102	Up 23 places+23	£50,000	-16.66%	37 1.22%	16
Senior Analyst	102	Down -16 places-16	£60,000	-17.24%	37 1.22%	52
Data Analyst	102	Down -5 places-5	£60,000	-4.00%	37 1.22%	42
Quantitative Developer	103	Up 27 places+27	£100,000	-36.50%	36 1.19%	6
Principal Engineer	104	Up 22 places+22	£90,000	-20.00%	35 1.16%	30
Artificial Intelligence Engineer	105	Up 33 places+33	£92,500	-11.90%	34 1.12%	61
Engineering Manager	106	Up 31 places+31	£110,000	-	33 1.09%	27
Security Engineer	106	Up 16 places+16	£72,500	-3.33%	33 1.09%	60
Senior Full-Stack Engineer	106	Up 23 places+23	£95,000	-13.63%	33 1.09%	20
Data Scientist	107	Up 23 places+23	£92,500	+42.30%	32 1.06%	39
Administrator	107	Up 8 places+8	£80,000	+82.85%	32 1.06%	26
Lead Architect	109	Up 19 places+19	£100,000	-23.07%	30 0.99%	48
Team Leader	110	Up 12 places+12	£100,000	+25.00%	29 0.96%	19
Data Manager	110	Up 18 places+18	£95,000	+1.33%	29 0.96%	36
Technical Manager	111	Up 26 places+26	£85,000	+77.08%	28 0.93%	40
IT Engineer	112	Up 5 places+5	£35,500	-35.45%	27 0.89%	21
DevOps Engineer	112	Down -7 places-7	£100,000	+33.33%	27 0.89%	28
IT Support	112	Down -65 places-65	£35,000	-6.66%	27 0.89%	14
Accountant	113	Up 3 places+3	£60,000	-11.11%	26 0.86%	6