Digital & IT Job Statistics in the Midlands

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 27 Sep 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Business Manager	3	Up 85 places+85	£55,000	+10.00%	1,821 11.56%	148
Development Manager	5	Up 82 places+82	£55,000	+10.00%	1,803 11.44%	143
Business Development Manager	6	Up 89 places+89	£55,000	+10.00%	1,757 11.15%	132
Senior	7	Up 14 places+14	£65,000	+13.04%	1,633 10.36%	1,007
Analyst	13	Up 4 places+4	£45,000	+12.50%	1,087 6.90%	464
Developer	14	Up 9 places+9	£60,000	+9.09%	1,081 6.86%	327
Lead	16	Up 15 places+15	£65,000	+8.33%	973 6.18%	996
Architect	37	Up 39 places+39	£85,000	+13.33%	520 3.30%	263
Consultant	42	Up 46 places+46	£62,500	+13.63%	474 3.01%	220
Software Engineer	45	Up 69 places+69	£65,000	-	453 2.87%	213
IT Support	48	Down -13 places-13	£30,000	+3.44%	435 2.76%	84
Support Engineer	62	Down -33 places-33	£37,500	-	352 2.23%	89
Account Manager	65	Up 144 places+144	£45,000	+50.00%	339 2.15%	69
IT Manager	67	Up 80 places+80	£55,000	-	323 2.05%	78
Junior	70	Up 113 places+113	£35,000	+7.69%	317 2.01%	53
Administrator	73	Up 83 places+83	£35,000	-16.66%	308 1.95%	128
IT Engineer	76	Up 67 places+67	£34,500	-8.00%	299 1.90%	81
Systems Engineer	77	Up 41 places+41	£45,000	-18.18%	297 1.88%	128
Sales Representative	79	Up 133 places+133	£35,000	+25.00%	294 1.87%	11
Programmer	83	Up 123 places+123	£43,750	-2.77%	282 1.79%	39
Technical Support	84	Down -22 places-22	£42,500	+16.43%	281 1.78%	23
Business Development Executive	90	Up 124 places+124	£35,000	+16.66%	260 1.65%	26
Senior Manager	91	Up 104 places+104	£65,000	-10.34%	254 1.61%	112
Network Engineer	95	Up 79 places+79	£56,900	+16.12%	235 1.49%	99
Technical Manager	96	Up 108 places+108	£50,000	-16.66%	234 1.49%	30
Technical Engineer	100	Down -26 places-26	£42,500	+13.33%	227 1.44%	27
Software Developer	100	Up 89 places+89	£65,000	+8.33%	227 1.44%	47
IT Technician	101	Up 113 places+113	£30,000	+9.09%	224 1.42%	44
Project Manager	104	Up 43 places+43	£55,000	-	220 1.40%	156
Data Engineer	106	Up 53 places+53	£70,000	+7.69%	216 1.37%	131
Senior Developer	109	Up 63 places+63	£70,000	+16.66%	202 1.28%	86
Sales Manager	113	Up 96 places+96	£60,000	-	194 1.23%	45
Business Analyst	118	Up 58 places+58	£50,000	-6.97%	186 1.18%	108
Infrastructure Engineer	119	Up 5 places+5	£50,000	-	184 1.17%	72
Service Manager	121	Up 71 places+71	£50,000	+21.95%	180 1.14%	31
Data Analyst	122	Up 45 places+45	£47,500	+11.76%	179 1.14%	92
Azure Engineer	129	Up 72 places+72	£70,000	+3.70%	171 1.09%	50
DevOps Engineer	129	Up 57 places+57	£70,000	-3.44%	171 1.09%	48
Support Technician	131	Up 38 places+38	£29,205	+6.19%	166 1.05%	25
IT Analyst	132	Up 21 places+21	£30,000	-14.28%	165 1.05%	29
Support Analyst	133	Down -50 places-50	£35,000	+16.66%	163 1.03%	20
Technologist	134	Up 85 places+85	£35,000	-	162 1.03%	13
Technical Support Engineer	138	Down -57 places-57	£42,000	+12.00%	157 1.00%	11
IT Support Engineer	141	Up 36 places+36	£32,500	+12.06%	152 0.96%	26
Delivery Manager	142	Up 51 places+51	£55,000	-	151 0.96%	43
Coordinator	142	Up 45 places+45	£30,000	+14.28%	151 0.96%	70
Security Analyst	143	Up 53 places+53	£52,500	+16.66%	149 0.95%	34
Senior Software Engineer	148	Up 69 places+69	£70,000	-6.66%	144 0.91%	67
Sales Executive	148	Up 64 places+64	£32,500	+14.03%	144 0.91%	35
Solutions Architect	149	Up 16 places+16	£75,000	-	142 0.90%	53