Digital & IT Job Statistics in the South East

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
Senior	4	Up 5 places+5	£65,000	+2.36%	1,583 10.97%	547
Analyst	6	Up 24 places+24	£40,000	-9.09%	1,347 9.34%	387
Developer	9	Up 8 places+8	£60,000	+9.09%	1,213 8.41%	294
Lead	16	Up 8 places+8	£70,000	-	935 6.48%	271
Development Manager	18	Up 97 places+97	£55,000	-8.33%	886 6.14%	142
Business Manager	19	Up 97 places+97	£55,000	-8.33%	861 5.97%	138
Business Development Manager	21	Up 111 places+111	£55,000	+30.95%	821 5.69%	127
Software Engineer	23	Up 74 places+74	£65,000	-	755 5.23%	202
Systems Engineer	29	Up 110 places+110	£56,465	+2.66%	651 4.51%	96
Junior	30	Up 145 places+145	£30,000	-	630 4.37%	81
IT Support	35	Up 41 places+41	£31,000	+4.20%	575 3.99%	76
Support Engineer	40	Up 23 places+23	£35,000	-6.66%	527 3.65%	102
Account Manager	47	Up 175 places+175	£45,000	+36.36%	465 3.22%	82
Junior Analyst	50	Up 220 places+220	£35,000	-	433 3.00%	11
Architect	53	Up 14 places+14	£85,000	+6.25%	405 2.81%	176
IT Engineer	58	Up 101 places+101	£34,000	-2.85%	370 2.56%	58
Data Analyst	65	Up 172 places+172	£42,500	-10.52%	342 2.37%	82
Consultant	67	Up 54 places+54	£60,000	+12.14%	331 2.29%	265
Sales Representative	74	Up 188 places+188	£40,000	+14.28%	311 2.16%	59
Support Analyst	80	Up 63 places+63	£33,000	-5.71%	293 2.03%	35
Senior Developer	82	Up 51 places+51	£70,000	+7.69%	289 2.00%	61
IT Support Engineer	83	Up 100 places+100	£32,500	-7.14%	285 1.98%	30
Senior Manager	87	Up 72 places+72	£75,000	+9.09%	260 1.80%	84
Infrastructure Engineer	88	Up 86 places+86	£55,000	+19.56%	259 1.80%	50
IT Manager	88	Up 78 places+78	£50,000	-13.04%	259 1.80%	86
Security Analyst	93	Up 136 places+136	£45,000	-13.04%	251 1.74%	27
Full-Stack Developer	98	Up 81 places+81	£60,000	+4.34%	231 1.60%	24
Data Engineer	99	Up 102 places+102	£57,500	-17.85%	230 1.59%	92
Cybersecurity Analyst	102	Up 159 places+159	£43,250	-16.42%	224 1.55%	13
Sales Manager	103	Up 149 places+149	£55,000	-	223 1.55%	50
Software Developer	103	Up 58 places+58	£60,000	-	223 1.55%	39
Network Engineer	103	Up 26 places+26	£50,000	-4.76%	223 1.55%	75
Principal Engineer	105	Up 97 places+97	£75,000	+6.23%	221 1.53%	47
Junior Security Analyst	109	Up 161 places+161	£40,000	-	211 1.46%	1
Junior Data Analyst	110	New entry-	-	-	210 1.46%	1
Support Technician	111	Up 72 places+72	£28,500	-12.30%	208 1.44%	32
Senior Software Engineer	115	Up 103 places+103	£70,000	+7.69%	202 1.40%	57
Technical Support	118	Up 6 places+6	£39,250	+15.44%	195 1.35%	35
IT Technician	119	Up 107 places+107	£28,000	+1.81%	194 1.34%	29
2nd Line Support	124	Up 93 places+93	£31,000	-1.58%	187 1.30%	25
Administrator	124	Up 62 places+62	£35,000	-23.91%	187 1.30%	101
Business Development Executive	129	Up 134 places+134	£35,000	+16.66%	178 1.23%	20
Sales Executive	130	Up 65 places+65	£30,000	+17.64%	176 1.22%	65
Team Leader	135	Up 84 places+84	£65,000	-	171 1.19%	35
Coordinator	139	Up 101 places+101	£35,000	+25.00%	164 1.14%	64
Cloud Engineer	141	Up 63 places+63	£62,500	+4.16%	160 1.11%	43
Senior Systems Engineer	142	Up 94 places+94	£60,000	+2.56%	159 1.10%	27
Lecturer	144	New entry-	-	-	157 1.09%
.NET Developer	145	Up 65 places+65	£55,000	+4.76%	156 1.08%	47
Applications Support	145	Up 58 places+58	£40,000	+9.58%	156 1.08%	21