Digital & IT Job Statistics in Central London

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 21 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	+20.00%	558 15.22%	205
Developer	4	Up 10 places+10	£71,250	-10.93%	425 11.59%	98
Architect	6	Up 37 places+37	£95,000	+5.55%	411 11.21%	78
Lead	8	Up 13 places+13	£95,000	-	378 10.31%	130
Analyst	9	Up 1 place+1	£55,000	-12.00%	370 10.09%	158
Business Manager	17	Up 127 places+127	£65,000	-	258 7.04%	19
Development Manager	20	Up 110 places+110	£60,000	-36.84%	241 6.57%	19
Business Development Manager	21	Up 127 places+127	£60,000	-7.69%	235 6.41%	16
Software Engineer	31	Up 50 places+50	£95,000	+8.57%	177 4.83%	25
Solutions Architect	33	Up 51 places+51	£100,000	+12.67%	165 4.50%	25
Consultant	34	Up 66 places+66	£85,000	+30.76%	164 4.47%	136
Data Engineer	47	Up 54 places+54	£85,000	+3.03%	125 3.41%	23
Senior Manager	60	Up 58 places+58	£80,000	+18.51%	97 2.65%	49
Business Analyst	68	Down -1 place-1	£72,500	-9.37%	85 2.32%	46
Full-Stack Engineer	73	Up 43 places+43	£85,000	-19.04%	78 2.13%	3
Senior Developer	81	No change0	£100,000	+29.03%	70 1.91%	14
Support Analyst	85	Down -6 places-6	£42,500	-5.55%	66 1.80%	9
Azure Engineer	85	Up 48 places+48	£90,000	+13.56%	66 1.80%	4
Python Engineer	89	Up 57 places+57	£100,000	+6.66%	61 1.66%	2
Data Architect	91	Up 39 places+39	£90,000	-13.25%	58 1.58%	11
Software Developer	92	Up 49 places+49	£70,000	-17.64%	57 1.55%	7
Lead Developer	94	Up 41 places+41	£85,000	-29.16%	55 1.50%	5
IT Manager	97	Up 9 places+9	£90,000	+44.00%	52 1.42%	15
IT Analyst	97	Up 6 places+6	£55,000	+22.22%	52 1.42%	6
Platform Engineer	98	Up 29 places+29	£93,740	+24.98%	51 1.39%	8
Data Analyst	98	Up 8 places+8	£57,500	+4.54%	51 1.39%	23
Senior Software Engineer	99	Up 22 places+22	£100,000	+29.03%	50 1.36%	7
Project Manager	100	Up 10 places+10	£60,000	-12.72%	49 1.34%	55
Engineering Manager	102	Up 45 places+45	£110,000	-	47 1.28%	6
Cloud Engineer	103	Up 29 places+29	£92,500	+13.84%	46 1.25%	4
Principal Engineer	103	Up 40 places+40	£90,000	-20.00%	46 1.25%	7
Senior Architect	103	Up 20 places+20	£100,000	-18.36%	46 1.25%	13
Systems Analyst	104	Up 30 places+30	£50,000	-16.66%	45 1.23%	6
Senior Analyst	105	Down -23 places-23	£72,500	+11.11%	44 1.20%	17
Infrastructure Engineer	106	Up 6 places+6	£77,500	+26.01%	43 1.17%	4
Quantitative Developer	109	Up 36 places+36	£100,000	-39.39%	40 1.09%
IT Support	109	Down -58 places-58	£35,000	-6.66%	40 1.09%	12
Data Scientist	110	Up 28 places+28	£90,000	+16.12%	39 1.06%	11
Administrator	111	Up 18 places+18	£80,000	+88.23%	38 1.04%	14
Security Engineer	111	Up 24 places+24	£72,500	-9.37%	38 1.04%	16
Accountant	111	Up 25 places+25	£60,000	-7.69%	38 1.04%	6
Senior Full-Stack Engineer	112	Up 25 places+25	£95,000	-9.52%	37 1.01%	1
Lead Architect	113	Up 35 places+35	£100,000	-11.11%	36 0.98%	4
AWS Engineer	113	Up 28 places+28	£90,000	+20.00%	36 0.98%	2
Technical Manager	114	Up 30 places+30	£85,000	+77.08%	35 0.95%	13
Lead Data Engineer	114	Up 24 places+24	£90,000	-5.75%	35 0.95%	2
Network Engineer	115	Up 21 places+21	£70,000	+5.66%	34 0.93%	12
Software Manager	116	Up 36 places+36	£100,000	-8.04%	33 0.90%	2
Software Engineering Manager	116	Up 37 places+37	£100,000	-2.43%	33 0.90%	1
Senior Consultant	117	Up 28 places+28	£85,000	+41.66%	32 0.87%	24