Digital & IT Job Statistics in Durham

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 4 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Developer	8	Up 23 places+23	£65,000	+52.04%	46 8.68%	8
Senior	10	Up 18 places+18	£75,996	+68.87%	43 8.11%	6
Business Manager	10	Up 22 places+22	£35,000	-22.22%	43 8.11%	2
Development Manager	14	Down 7 places-7	£35,000	-22.22%	36 6.79%	2
Business Development Manager	14	Up 18 places+18	£35,000	-22.22%	36 6.79%	2
Architect	17	Up 20 places+20	£85,000	+12.47%	32 6.04%	1
DevOps Engineer	20	New entry-	£60,000	-	29 5.47%
Engineering Manager	26	Up 12 places+12	£65,000	-	23 4.34%
Lead	27	Up 4 places+4	£90,000	+28.42%	22 4.15%	3
NetSuite Developer	30	New entry-	£75,000	-	19 3.58%	2
Systems Engineer	33	Up 3 places+3	£70,000	+40.00%	16 3.02%	2
Quality Manager	33	New entry-	£45,000	-	16 3.02%	1
Software Engineer	35	New entry-	£50,750	-	14 2.64%	1
Embedded Engineer	35	New entry-	£62,500	-	14 2.64%
.NET Developer	36	New entry-	£50,000	-	13 2.45%	1
Consultant	37	Down 6 places-6	£67,500	+35.00%	12 2.26%	1
QA Manager	37	New entry-	-	-	12 2.26%	1
Analyst	38	Down 11 places-11	£67,296	+113.63%	11 2.08%	8
Programmer	38	New entry-	£42,328	-	11 2.08%
Electrical Engineer	40	New entry-	£51,000	-	9 1.70%
Lead Architect	40	Down 2 places-2	£90,000	+29.71%	9 1.70%
IT Support	40	Down 13 places-13	£35,000	+11.11%	9 1.70%	3
Site Engineer	40	Down 2 places-2	£80,000	+8.39%	9 1.70%
Sales Executive	40	New entry-	£35,000	-	9 1.70%	1
Administrator	40	Down 4 places-4	£31,000	+10.71%	9 1.70%
Python Engineer	40	New entry-	£80,000	-	9 1.70%
Site Reliability Engineer	40	Down 2 places-2	£80,000	+8.39%	9 1.70%
Software Manager	41	New entry-	£65,000	-	8 1.51%
Software Engineering Manager	41	New entry-	£65,000	-	8 1.51%
Technical Architect	41	New entry-	£85,000	-	8 1.51%
Service Manager	41	New entry-	£57,500	-	8 1.51%
Accountant	41	New entry-	£55,000	-	8 1.51%
Test Technician	41	New entry-	£30,000	-	8 1.51%	1
Senior Embedded Engineer	42	New entry-	£70,000	-	7 1.32%
Security Officer	42	New entry-	-	-	7 1.32%
Full-Stack Developer	42	Down 4 places-4	£50,000	+15.60%	7 1.32%
ERP Architect	42	New entry-	£80,000	-	7 1.32%
IT Engineer	42	Down 4 places-4	£38,378	+9.65%	7 1.32%
Solutions Architect	42	New entry-	£80,000	-	7 1.32%
Senior Developer	42	New entry-	£80,000	-	7 1.32%
Senior Systems Engineer	42	New entry-	£70,000	-	7 1.32%
Finance Manager	42	New entry-	£57,500	-	7 1.32%
Embedded Software Engineer	42	New entry-	£55,000	-	7 1.32%
Business Development Executive	42	Down 11 places-11	£30,000	-14.28%	7 1.32%
Backend Developer	42	New entry-	£80,000	-	7 1.32%
Senior Backend Developer	42	New entry-	£80,000	-	7 1.32%
Management Accountant	43	New entry-	-	-	6 1.13%
Senior Management Accountant	43	New entry-	-	-	6 1.13%
Cloud Architect	43	New entry-	£77,415	-	6 1.13%
IT Infrastructure Engineer	43	New entry-	£37,500	-	6 1.13%