Digital & IT Job Statistics in the North East

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 7 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Senior	2	Up 10 places+10	£70,000	+21.73%	541 14.11%	72
Developer	4	Up 18 places+18	£65,000	+30.00%	452 11.79%	58
Lead	19	Up 12 places+12	£83,774	+39.62%	254 6.63%	30
Software Engineer	24	Up 23 places+23	£70,000	+23.89%	231 6.03%	14
Analyst	25	No change0	£50,000	+42.85%	220 5.74%	56
Architect	26	Up 14 places+14	£80,000	+6.66%	218 5.69%	14
Business Manager	28	Up 23 places+23	£45,000	-10.00%	201 5.24%	3
Development Manager	29	Down 12 places-12	£45,000	-10.00%	198 5.17%	3
Business Development Manager	32	Up 21 places+21	£45,000	-10.00%	190 4.96%	3
Consultant	35	Up 22 places+22	£64,999	+52.93%	184 4.80%	28
Data Engineer	38	Up 30 places+30	£65,000	+11.68%	174 4.54%	15
DevOps Engineer	44	Up 26 places+26	£62,500	-24.24%	143 3.73%	9
Software Developer	50	Up 14 places+14	£67,500	+59.76%	124 3.24%	19
Senior Developer	55	Up 17 places+17	£75,000	+15.38%	109 2.84%	10
Business Analyst	66	Up 3 places+3	£55,000	+74.60%	94 2.45%	13
Systems Engineer	71	No change0	£70,000	+21.73%	88 2.30%	7
Infrastructure Engineer	71	Down 8 places-8	£50,000	-5.66%	88 2.30%	2
Technical Architect	72	Up 7 places+7	£81,267	-7.12%	86 2.24%	7
.NET Developer	76	Down 3 places-3	£65,000	+30.00%	81 2.11%	6
Java Developer	90	Down 12 places-12	£60,000	-7.69%	67 1.75%	10
Senior Software Engineer	90	Down 21 places-21	£80,000	+10.34%	67 1.75%	6
Account Manager	90	Down 26 places-26	£45,000	-	67 1.75%	2
IT Support	98	Down 41 places-41	£30,000	-4.76%	57 1.49%	12
Sales Representative	98	Down 29 places-29	£35,000	+39.51%	57 1.49%	8
Lead Architect	101	Down 24 places-24	£90,000	+16.59%	53 1.38%
Senior Consultant	102	New entry-	£79,999	-	52 1.36%	10
Senior Architect	105	Down 25 places-25	£80,000	-	49 1.28%	7
Test Engineer	107	Down 28 places-28	£63,000	+40.00%	47 1.23%	10
IT Technician	108	Down 37 places-37	£26,500	+4.74%	46 1.20%	9
Junior	109	Down 35 places-35	£26,000	-15.44%	45 1.17%	15
Electronics Engineer	110	Down 30 places-30	£50,500	-	44 1.15%	15
Support Engineer	111	Down 83 places-83	£37,000	+5.71%	43 1.12%	12
Java Engineer	112	Down 34 places-34	£55,000	-	42 1.10%	2
Security Consultant	112	New entry-	£50,000	-	42 1.10%	2
Service Manager	113	Down 47 places-47	£45,000	+5.88%	41 1.07%
Senior Software Developer	113	Down 35 places-35	£70,000	+7.69%	41 1.07%	5
Business Development Executive	114	Down 44 places-44	£35,000	+16.66%	40 1.04%
Data Architect	115	Down 39 places-39	£68,724	-31.27%	39 1.02%	1
Senior Manager	115	Down 66 places-66	£65,000	+18.18%	39 1.02%	6
Senior Analyst	115	Down 35 places-35	£65,000	+18.18%	39 1.02%	10
C# Software Engineer	116	Down 37 places-37	£100,000	+29.03%	38 0.99%
Administrator	116	Down 46 places-46	£30,000	-36.84%	38 0.99%	3
Support Technician	117	Down 41 places-41	£24,900	-	37 0.97%	2
Technical Leader	118	Down 38 places-38	£87,431	-7.96%	36 0.94%	1
Software Manager	119	New entry-	£77,500	-	35 0.91%
C# Developer	119	Down 55 places-55	£100,000	+100.00%	35 0.91%	5
Network Engineer	119	Down 54 places-54	£55,000	+12.82%	35 0.91%	12
Cloud Engineer	120	Down 44 places-44	£62,500	-16.66%	34 0.89%	1
IT Manager	120	Down 50 places-50	£45,000	+3.44%	34 0.89%	1
Embedded Engineer	120	Down 47 places-47	£65,000	+15.04%	34 0.89%	1