Digital & IT Job Statistics in the Midlands

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 21 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Analyst	8	Up 4 places+4	£40,000	-5.88%	1,309 10.66%	270
Senior	19	Down -5 places-5	£65,000	+4.81%	1,064 8.67%	284
Business Manager	22	Up 103 places+103	£55,000	+79.85%	984 8.02%	122
Development Manager	23	Up 90 places+90	£55,000	+79.85%	973 7.93%	122
Business Development Manager	24	Up 110 places+110	£55,000	+85.17%	957 7.80%	118
Lecturer	26	Up 183 places+183	£40,000	+9.58%	852 6.94%	37
Developer	30	Down -20 places-20	£52,500	-2.21%	739 6.02%	163
Lead	33	Up 3 places+3	£65,000	+4.00%	646 5.26%	164
Junior	34	Up 144 places+144	£35,000	+16.66%	624 5.08%	38
Junior Analyst	41	Up 160 places+160	£35,000	+45.83%	496 4.04%	6
Systems Engineer	45	Up 102 places+102	£50,000	+42.85%	473 3.85%	61
IT Support	53	Down -38 places-38	£30,000	+5.26%	401 3.27%	45
Support Engineer	54	Up 4 places+4	£32,500	-0.76%	391 3.19%	46
Architect	56	Down -2 places-2	£80,000	+10.34%	352 2.87%	114
Data Analyst	61	Up 121 places+121	£40,000	-5.88%	323 2.63%	54
Security Analyst	62	Up 137 places+137	£50,000	+11.58%	314 2.56%	24
Cybersecurity Analyst	70	Up 145 places+145	£47,750	-4.50%	277 2.26%	12
Consultant	73	Up 14 places+14	£55,000	+0.91%	264 2.15%	85
IT Engineer	74	Down -4 places-4	£32,000	-8.57%	259 2.11%	45
IT Manager	75	Up 22 places+22	£55,000	-	258 2.10%	43
Account Manager	79	Up 126 places+126	£45,000	+50.00%	246 2.00%	33
Junior Data Analyst	80	New entry-	£32,500	-	243 1.98%	2
Software Engineer	84	Up 52 places+52	£65,000	+8.33%	234 1.91%	71
Technical Support	85	Up 89 places+89	£41,500	+32.43%	231 1.88%	22
Junior Security Analyst	85	New entry-	-	-	231 1.88%
Senior Manager	86	Up 71 places+71	£75,000	+7.14%	224 1.82%	33
Business Development Executive	97	Up 119 places+119	£30,000	-	192 1.56%	23
IT Support Engineer	98	Up 10 places+10	£32,000	+16.36%	191 1.56%	11
Administrator	99	Up 64 places+64	£32,500	-12.16%	189 1.54%	46
Facilities Engineer	101	New entry-	-	-	186 1.52%	2
Business Analyst	101	Up 34 places+34	£50,500	-8.18%	186 1.52%	59
Programmer	102	Up 106 places+106	£40,000	+5.26%	183 1.49%	39
Support Analyst	102	Up 34 places+34	£34,000	+18.26%	183 1.49%	26
Network Engineer	105	Up 65 places+65	£55,000	+11.23%	176 1.43%	49
Trainee	106	Up 97 places+97	£30,500	+41.86%	175 1.43%	110
Software Developer	107	Up 53 places+53	£50,000	-9.09%	173 1.41%	42
Ethical Hacker	110	New entry-	-	-	165 1.34%	7
Technical Engineer	112	Up 90 places+90	£40,000	-	163 1.33%	15
Infrastructure Engineer	114	Up 24 places+24	£50,000	+11.11%	160 1.30%	37
Sales Representative	115	Up 92 places+92	£45,000	+28.57%	157 1.28%	27
IT Technician	118	Up 88 places+88	£28,150	-1.22%	150 1.22%	34
Project Manager	119	Down -60 places-60	£55,000	-	149 1.21%	66
Technical Support Engineer	121	Up 85 places+85	£40,000	+6.66%	144 1.17%	10
Data Engineer	122	Up 41 places+41	£62,500	+13.63%	142 1.16%	45
Solutions Architect	127	Up 20 places+20	£75,000	-	136 1.11%	35
Sales Manager	129	Up 76 places+76	£75,000	+66.66%	134 1.09%	15
Support Technician	132	Up 64 places+64	£28,500	-	129 1.05%	21
Senior Analyst	133	Up 20 places+20	£55,000	+22.22%	126 1.03%	33
IT Analyst	136	Up 10 places+10	£33,500	+28.84%	123 1.00%	27
Graduate	138	Down -15 places-15	£29,143	+16.57%	120 0.98%	20