Digital & IT Job Statistics in the Midlands

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 23 May 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Analyst	9	Up 6 places+6	£42,500	-	1,335 10.10%	187
Senior	11	Up 11 places+11	£65,000	+5.64%	1,167 8.83%	259
Business Manager	14	Up 111 places+111	£55,000	+79.85%	1,132 8.56%	132
Development Manager	15	Up 105 places+105	£55,000	+79.85%	1,116 8.44%	131
Business Development Manager	16	Up 119 places+119	£55,000	+90.82%	1,102 8.34%	125
Lecturer	27	Up 190 places+190	£40,000	+9.58%	804 6.08%	2
Developer	28	Down -9 places-9	£55,000	-	801 6.06%	158
Lead	32	Up 13 places+13	£65,000	+8.33%	666 5.04%	196
Junior	35	Up 157 places+157	£35,000	+23.34%	619 4.68%	51
Systems Engineer	42	Up 95 places+95	£45,000	-5.62%	485 3.67%	62
Junior Analyst	44	Up 165 places+165	£35,000	+22.80%	474 3.59%	12
Architect	58	Up 11 places+11	£80,000	+14.28%	366 2.77%	76
IT Support	59	Down -42 places-42	£30,000	+5.26%	365 2.76%	54
Support Engineer	60	Up 27 places+27	£33,000	-12.00%	362 2.74%	40
Data Analyst	64	Up 116 places+116	£40,000	-6.43%	322 2.44%	45
Security Analyst	65	Up 142 places+142	£50,000	+11.11%	316 2.39%	13
Consultant	69	Up 32 places+32	£55,000	-8.33%	296 2.24%	119
IT Manager	70	Up 47 places+47	£55,000	-	290 2.19%	52
Account Manager	72	Up 138 places+138	£40,000	+33.33%	284 2.15%	39
Software Engineer	73	Up 29 places+29	£65,000	+8.33%	280 2.12%	63
Cybersecurity Analyst	74	Up 149 places+149	£50,000	-	277 2.10%	2
IT Engineer	81	Up 47 places+47	£32,500	-7.14%	257 1.94%	31
Senior Manager	84	Up 90 places+90	£75,000	-1.63%	242 1.83%	36
Programmer	87	Up 132 places+132	£40,000	+6.66%	232 1.75%	20
Junior Data Analyst	87	New entry-	£32,500	-	232 1.75%
Technical Support	90	Up 69 places+69	£42,500	+28.09%	225 1.70%	10
Business Analyst	90	Up 52 places+52	£50,000	-9.09%	225 1.70%	27
Junior Security Analyst	92	New entry-	-	-	220 1.66%	3
Business Development Executive	94	Up 126 places+126	£30,000	-	215 1.63%	17
Sales Representative	95	Up 117 places+117	£45,000	+28.57%	213 1.61%	35
Software Developer	97	Up 78 places+78	£55,000	-8.33%	208 1.57%	36
Network Engineer	99	Up 89 places+89	£58,450	+19.28%	203 1.54%	36
Administrator	100	Up 71 places+71	£32,500	-	202 1.53%	62
Facilities Engineer	108	New entry-	-	-	186 1.41%	1
Project Manager	112	Down -15 places-15	£55,000	-	175 1.32%	58
Ethical Hacker	118	New entry-	-	-	165 1.25%
IT Support Engineer	120	Up 53 places+53	£32,000	+16.36%	163 1.23%	16
Infrastructure Engineer	122	Up 29 places+29	£50,000	+20.48%	161 1.22%	30
Data Engineer	122	Up 58 places+58	£65,000	+8.33%	161 1.22%	47
IT Technician	122	Up 94 places+94	£28,500	+3.63%	161 1.22%	39
Support Analyst	123	Down -12 places-12	£35,000	+16.66%	160 1.21%	17
Technical Engineer	124	Up 64 places+64	£41,500	+3.75%	159 1.20%	11
Trainee	125	Up 83 places+83	£30,500	+41.86%	157 1.19%	114
Technical Support Engineer	134	Up 56 places+56	£42,000	+8.38%	143 1.08%	4
Sales Manager	134	Up 81 places+81	£65,000	+48.57%	143 1.08%	28
IT Analyst	136	Up 15 places+15	£42,500	+51.78%	141 1.07%	11
Azure Engineer	138	Up 67 places+67	£65,000	+41.30%	138 1.04%	16
Support Technician	139	Up 66 places+66	£28,000	+1.81%	134 1.01%	27
Senior Analyst	139	Up 38 places+38	£56,400	+16.28%	134 1.01%	19
Service Manager	140	Up 58 places+58	£50,000	-3.47%	132 1.00%	19