Digital & IT Job Statistics in the Midlands

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 16 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	-	1,356 10.39%	197
Senior	11	Up 9 places+9	£65,000	+8.33%	1,163 8.91%	238
Business Manager	14	Up 114 places+114	£55,000	+79.85%	1,092 8.36%	124
Development Manager	15	Up 105 places+105	£55,000	+79.85%	1,078 8.26%	122
Business Development Manager	18	Up 120 places+120	£55,000	+79.85%	1,062 8.13%	120
Lecturer	27	Up 195 places+195	£40,000	+9.58%	805 6.17%	2
Developer	28	Down -12 places-12	£55,000	+2.44%	793 6.07%	184
Lead	31	Up 9 places+9	£65,000	+8.33%	654 5.01%	142
Junior	32	Up 160 places+160	£35,000	+25.27%	637 4.88%	48
Junior Analyst	41	Up 173 places+173	£35,000	+45.83%	496 3.80%	11
Systems Engineer	42	Up 99 places+99	£45,000	-5.62%	488 3.74%	44
IT Support	53	Down -34 places-34	£30,000	+5.26%	366 2.80%	55
Architect	54	Up 11 places+11	£80,000	+13.76%	365 2.80%	92
Support Engineer	56	Up 36 places+36	£32,500	-12.16%	361 2.77%	52
Data Analyst	59	Up 129 places+129	£40,000	-6.43%	332 2.54%	35
Security Analyst	61	Up 151 places+151	£50,000	+11.58%	326 2.50%	10
Consultant	68	Up 32 places+32	£55,000	-4.34%	288 2.21%	119
Cybersecurity Analyst	69	Up 158 places+158	£50,000	-	287 2.20%	3
Account Manager	69	Up 146 places+146	£42,500	+41.66%	287 2.20%	44
IT Manager	71	Up 45 places+45	£55,000	-	283 2.17%	57
Software Engineer	77	Up 25 places+25	£65,000	+8.33%	264 2.02%	61
IT Engineer	81	Up 49 places+49	£32,500	-7.14%	256 1.96%	40
Junior Data Analyst	82	New entry-	£32,500	-	243 1.86%	2
Senior Manager	84	Up 90 places+90	£75,000	+3.44%	240 1.84%	32
Junior Security Analyst	85	New entry-	-	-	231 1.77%	3
Programmer	87	Up 135 places+135	£40,000	+11.11%	225 1.72%	21
Technical Support	88	Up 77 places+77	£42,500	+28.78%	221 1.69%	15
Business Analyst	89	Up 58 places+58	£50,000	-9.09%	218 1.67%	38
Business Development Executive	91	Up 135 places+135	£30,000	-	213 1.63%	19
Sales Representative	93	Up 124 places+124	£45,000	+28.57%	208 1.59%	30
Software Developer	95	Up 81 places+81	£52,500	-8.69%	202 1.55%	41
Network Engineer	96	Up 89 places+89	£56,900	+16.71%	199 1.52%	31
Administrator	97	Up 75 places+75	£32,500	-4.41%	198 1.52%	65
Facilities Engineer	103	New entry-	-	-	186 1.42%	1
Project Manager	108	Down -22 places-22	£55,000	-	175 1.34%	62
IT Support Engineer	111	Up 66 places+66	£31,000	+12.72%	167 1.28%	21
Ethical Hacker	112	New entry-	-	-	165 1.26%
Support Analyst	113	Up 9 places+9	£35,000	+16.66%	164 1.26%	19
Data Engineer	115	Up 72 places+72	£65,000	+8.33%	160 1.23%	46
Technical Engineer	116	Up 78 places+78	£41,500	+3.75%	158 1.21%	11
Trainee	116	Up 96 places+96	£30,500	+41.86%	158 1.21%	130
Infrastructure Engineer	117	Up 28 places+28	£50,000	+17.64%	156 1.19%	25
IT Technician	117	Up 104 places+104	£28,500	+3.63%	156 1.19%	31
Sales Manager	127	Up 93 places+93	£65,000	+48.57%	143 1.10%	16
Technical Support Engineer	128	Up 69 places+69	£42,000	+8.38%	141 1.08%	5
IT Analyst	129	Up 23 places+23	£42,000	+50.00%	139 1.06%	14
Senior Analyst	131	Up 45 places+45	£56,400	+18.73%	134 1.03%	13
Azure Engineer	132	Up 79 places+79	£64,500	+40.21%	133 1.02%	15
Service Manager	133	Up 66 places+66	£50,000	-	132 1.01%	16
Solutions Architect	134	Up 36 places+36	£75,000	-	131 1.00%	18