Digital & IT Job Statistics in the Midlands

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 8 May 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Analyst	9	Up 4 places+4	£42,500	-	1,330 10.35%	225
Senior	12	Up 6 places+6	£65,000	+6.19%	1,132 8.81%	253
Business Manager	17	Up 113 places+113	£55,000	+79.85%	1,081 8.41%	157
Development Manager	19	Up 100 places+100	£55,000	+79.85%	1,066 8.29%	154
Business Development Manager	21	Up 117 places+117	£55,000	+79.85%	1,051 8.18%	152
Lecturer	26	Up 195 places+195	£40,000	+9.58%	836 6.50%	2
Developer	30	Down -16 places-16	£55,000	+2.44%	767 5.97%	182
Lead	33	Up 4 places+4	£65,000	+8.33%	649 5.05%	159
Junior	34	Up 155 places+155	£35,000	+19.91%	631 4.91%	46
Junior Analyst	42	Up 170 places+170	£35,000	+45.83%	492 3.83%	6
Systems Engineer	43	Up 104 places+104	£48,750	+8.33%	490 3.81%	68
IT Support	53	Down -42 places-42	£30,000	+5.26%	372 2.89%	49
Support Engineer	55	Up 2 places+2	£32,500	-7.14%	364 2.83%	51
Architect	56	Up 4 places+4	£80,000	+13.24%	362 2.82%	103
Data Analyst	61	Up 130 places+130	£40,000	-6.97%	330 2.57%	50
Security Analyst	63	Up 149 places+149	£51,250	+14.37%	319 2.48%	13
IT Manager	70	Up 43 places+43	£55,000	-	284 2.21%	61
Cybersecurity Analyst	71	Up 156 places+156	£50,000	-	282 2.19%	10
Consultant	72	Up 21 places+21	£55,000	-4.34%	280 2.18%	107
Account Manager	72	Up 143 places+143	£43,750	+45.83%	280 2.18%	44
IT Engineer	77	Up 10 places+10	£32,500	-7.14%	260 2.02%	42
Software Engineer	79	Up 22 places+22	£65,000	+8.33%	250 1.94%	77
Junior Data Analyst	83	New entry-	£32,500	-	243 1.89%	2
Senior Manager	86	Up 86 places+86	£75,000	+3.44%	235 1.83%	35
Junior Security Analyst	87	New entry-	-	-	231 1.80%
Technical Support	92	Up 78 places+78	£42,500	+35.63%	218 1.70%	17
Business Development Executive	93	Up 133 places+133	£30,000	-	213 1.66%	20
Programmer	94	Up 127 places+127	£40,000	+11.11%	210 1.63%	21
Business Analyst	95	Up 45 places+45	£50,000	-9.09%	205 1.59%	54
Administrator	99	Up 77 places+77	£32,500	-22.15%	196 1.52%	63
Network Engineer	101	Up 81 places+81	£55,500	+13.26%	192 1.49%	41
Software Developer	102	Up 74 places+74	£50,000	-11.11%	191 1.49%	44
Sales Representative	103	Up 114 places+114	£45,000	+28.57%	189 1.47%	38
Facilities Engineer	106	New entry-	-	-	186 1.45%	2
IT Support Engineer	113	Up 5 places+5	£32,000	+16.36%	173 1.35%	17
Project Manager	115	Down -40 places-40	£55,000	-	169 1.31%	75
Support Analyst	116	Up 14 places+14	£35,000	+20.68%	168 1.31%	18
Ethical Hacker	117	New entry-	-	-	165 1.28%
Trainee	118	Up 94 places+94	£30,500	+41.86%	164 1.28%	116
Infrastructure Engineer	121	Up 25 places+25	£50,000	+11.11%	158 1.23%	29
Data Engineer	122	Up 59 places+59	£65,000	+10.63%	157 1.22%	68
Technical Engineer	123	Up 78 places+78	£40,000	-	156 1.21%	16
IT Technician	125	Up 94 places+94	£28,325	+1.16%	151 1.17%	28
Sales Manager	128	Up 90 places+90	£65,000	+44.44%	147 1.14%	15
Technical Support Engineer	133	Up 71 places+71	£42,000	+8.38%	137 1.07%	11
Solutions Architect	135	Up 26 places+26	£75,000	-	135 1.05%	23
IT Analyst	137	Up 13 places+13	£39,500	+46.29%	132 1.03%	18
Senior Analyst	139	Up 32 places+32	£56,400	+18.73%	129 1.00%	16
Service Manager	140	Up 55 places+55	£50,000	-	128 1.00%	18
Azure Engineer	141	Up 68 places+68	£64,500	+40.21%	127 0.99%	25