Digital & IT Job Statistics in the Midlands

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 3 May 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Analyst	9	Up 4 places+4	£41,500	-2.35%	1,328 10.38%	267
Senior	14	Up 1 place+1	£65,000	+8.33%	1,134 8.87%	274
Business Manager	20	Up 108 places+108	£55,000	+79.85%	1,063 8.31%	135
Development Manager	22	Up 94 places+94	£55,000	+79.85%	1,052 8.23%	136
Business Development Manager	24	Up 113 places+113	£55,000	+79.85%	1,034 8.08%	131
Lecturer	26	Up 188 places+188	£40,000	+9.58%	852 6.66%	2
Developer	30	Down -16 places-16	£55,000	+2.44%	760 5.94%	149
Lead	31	Up 4 places+4	£65,000	+8.33%	671 5.25%	164
Junior	34	Up 148 places+148	£35,000	+19.91%	630 4.93%	59
Junior Analyst	41	Up 164 places+164	£35,000	+45.83%	495 3.87%	18
Systems Engineer	43	Up 101 places+101	£50,000	+14.28%	488 3.82%	64
IT Support	54	Down -42 places-42	£30,000	+5.26%	383 2.99%	37
Support Engineer	55	Up 1 place+1	£32,500	-7.14%	374 2.92%	36
Architect	56	Down -1 place-1	£80,000	+11.77%	367 2.87%	113
Data Analyst	62	Up 123 places+123	£40,000	-5.88%	328 2.56%	52
Security Analyst	65	Up 140 places+140	£52,500	+17.16%	315 2.46%	21
IT Manager	71	Up 36 places+36	£55,000	-	281 2.20%	55
Cybersecurity Analyst	72	Up 148 places+148	£50,000	-	280 2.19%	16
Consultant	74	Up 14 places+14	£55,000	-	274 2.14%	115
Account Manager	76	Up 132 places+132	£45,000	+50.00%	271 2.12%	46
IT Engineer	78	No change0	£32,500	-7.14%	262 2.05%	34
Software Engineer	81	Up 32 places+32	£65,000	+8.33%	255 1.99%	67
Junior Data Analyst	87	New entry-	£32,500	-	243 1.90%	6
Senior Manager	89	Up 75 places+75	£75,000	+5.26%	237 1.85%	32
Junior Security Analyst	91	New entry-	-	-	231 1.81%	6
Technical Support	93	Up 73 places+73	£42,000	+34.03%	220 1.72%	10
Business Development Executive	94	Up 125 places+125	£30,000	-	209 1.63%	22
Programmer	95	Up 117 places+117	£40,000	+5.26%	205 1.60%	30
Business Analyst	98	Up 38 places+38	£50,000	-9.09%	199 1.56%	51
Administrator	101	Up 68 places+68	£32,500	-22.15%	194 1.52%	62
Software Developer	104	Up 64 places+64	£50,000	-13.04%	187 1.46%	37
Facilities Engineer	105	New entry-	-	-	186 1.45%	2
Network Engineer	105	Up 71 places+71	£55,000	+12.24%	186 1.45%	48
Sales Representative	107	Up 103 places+103	£45,000	+28.57%	181 1.42%	35
IT Support Engineer	109	Up 5 places+5	£32,000	+16.36%	179 1.40%	14
Support Analyst	110	Up 17 places+17	£34,500	+15.00%	177 1.38%	18
Trainee	113	Up 93 places+93	£30,500	+41.86%	171 1.34%	74
Ethical Hacker	117	New entry-	-	-	165 1.29%	6
Infrastructure Engineer	118	Up 23 places+23	£50,000	+11.11%	162 1.27%	28
Project Manager	119	Down -61 places-61	£55,000	-	159 1.24%	65
Technical Engineer	122	Up 76 places+76	£40,000	-	156 1.22%	11
Data Engineer	123	Up 48 places+48	£65,000	+13.04%	153 1.20%	69
IT Technician	124	Up 88 places+88	£28,500	+1.78%	151 1.18%	29
Sales Manager	129	Up 81 places+81	£72,500	+61.11%	144 1.13%	13
Solutions Architect	134	Up 18 places+18	£75,000	-	137 1.07%	21
Technical Support Engineer	134	Up 67 places+67	£41,500	+7.09%	137 1.07%	6
Senior Analyst	137	Up 24 places+24	£56,400	+18.73%	130 1.02%	28
IT Analyst	138	Up 7 places+7	£35,000	+32.07%	129 1.01%	17
Service Manager	138	Up 49 places+49	£50,000	-	129 1.01%	15
Support Technician	141	Up 59 places+59	£28,500	-	126 0.99%	17