Digital & IT Job Statistics in Durham

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 5 May 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Development Manager	3	Up 3 places+3	£35,000	-	87 20.52%	1
Junior	11	Up 13 places+13	£50,000	+75.43%	48 11.32%	2
Analyst	12	Up 14 places+14	£27,000	+8.00%	47 11.08%	9
Junior Analyst	13	New entry-	£14,000	-	46 10.85%
Product Manager	16	Down -9 places-9	-	-	38 8.96%
Product Development Manager	16	Down -7 places-7	-	-	38 8.96%
Programmer	18	New entry-	£30,000	-	33 7.78%	2
Business Manager	22	No change0	£35,000	-	25 5.90%	1
Business Development Manager	22	No change0	£35,000	-	25 5.90%	1
Junior Data Analyst	23	New entry-	£14,000	-	22 5.19%
Data Analyst	23	New entry-	£14,000	-	22 5.19%	1
Cybersecurity Analyst	24	New entry-	-	-	21 4.95%
Junior Security Analyst	24	New entry-	-	-	21 4.95%
Security Analyst	24	New entry-	-	-	21 4.95%
Architect	27	No change0	£70,000	-2.77%	18 4.25%	2
Ethical Hacker	29	New entry-	-	-	15 3.54%
Marketing Executive	29	New entry-	£35,000	-	15 3.54%	2
Digital Marketing Executive	29	New entry-	£35,000	-	15 3.54%	1
Digital Executive	29	New entry-	£35,000	-	15 3.54%	2
Senior	30	Down -7 places-7	£55,200	-20.44%	14 3.30%	5
Network Engineer	30	Down -2 places-2	-	-	14 3.30%
Account Manager	30	New entry-	£35,000	-	14 3.30%	2
Lead	31	Down -3 places-3	£55,000	-27.15%	13 3.07%	5
Systems Engineer	32	Down -5 places-5	£55,000	+83.33%	11 2.59%	2
Quality Manager	32	New entry-	£40,000	-	11 2.59%	1
QA Manager	32	New entry-	£40,000	-	11 2.59%	1
Test Technician	33	New entry-	£28,000	-	10 2.36%
Contracts Manager	34	New entry-	£65,000	-	9 2.12%
Electronics Technician	34	New entry-	£28,000	-	9 2.12%
Compliance Manager	34	New entry-	£65,000	-	9 2.12%
Safety Consultant	35	New entry-	-	-	8 1.89%	2
Control Systems Engineer	35	New entry-	£55,000	-	8 1.89%	1
Consultant	35	New entry-	-	-	8 1.89%	3
Functional Consultant	35	New entry-	-	-	8 1.89%	2
Test Engineer	35	New entry-	£40,000	-	8 1.89%	1
Senior Network Engineer	35	Down -7 places-7	-	-	8 1.89%
Technical Leader	36	New entry-	£55,000	-	7 1.65%
Platform Engineer	36	Down -8 places-8	£60,000	-20.52%	7 1.65%	4
Cloud Engineer	36	Down -8 places-8	-	-	7 1.65%	1
Security Architect	37	New entry-	£70,000	-	6 1.42%
Help Desk Technician	37	New entry-	-	-	6 1.42%
IT Technician	37	New entry-	-	-	6 1.42%	1
Development Engineer	37	New entry-	£50,000	-	6 1.42%
Research Engineer	37	New entry-	£50,000	-	6 1.42%
DevOps Engineer	37	Down -10 places-10	£60,000	+114.28%	6 1.42%	4
Artificial Intelligence Engineer	37	New entry-	-	-	6 1.42%	1
Developer	37	Down -11 places-11	£50,000	+17.64%	6 1.42%	4
Administrator	37	New entry-	£28,000	-	6 1.42%	4
Infrastructure Architect	38	New entry-	-	-	5 1.18%
Business Development Executive	38	New entry-	£35,000	-	5 1.18%	4