Digital & IT Job Statistics in the South East

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 9 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	+4.00%	1,565 10.81%	560
Analyst	8	Up 22 places+22	£40,000	-11.11%	1,340 9.25%	406
Developer	11	Up 6 places+6	£60,000	+9.09%	1,195 8.25%	310
Lead	16	Up 8 places+8	£70,000	-	915 6.32%	272
Development Manager	18	Up 93 places+93	£55,000	-11.64%	879 6.07%	123
Business Manager	19	Up 94 places+94	£55,000	-10.20%	858 5.93%	129
Business Development Manager	21	Up 107 places+107	£55,000	+30.95%	813 5.61%	114
Software Engineer	25	Up 68 places+68	£65,000	-	723 4.99%	225
Systems Engineer	30	Up 119 places+119	£56,465	+2.66%	626 4.32%	99
Junior	31	Up 149 places+149	£30,000	-	623 4.30%	100
IT Support	36	Up 41 places+41	£31,000	+5.08%	568 3.92%	81
Support Engineer	43	Up 23 places+23	£35,000	-4.10%	516 3.56%	96
Account Manager	55	Up 173 places+173	£45,000	+36.36%	447 3.09%	91
Junior Analyst	57	Up 219 places+219	£35,000	-	433 2.99%	14
Architect	58	Up 8 places+8	£85,000	+8.97%	417 2.88%	174
IT Engineer	69	Up 94 places+94	£34,000	-2.85%	353 2.44%	62
Consultant	74	Up 59 places+59	£60,000	+12.14%	339 2.34%	254
Data Analyst	74	Up 167 places+167	£42,500	-10.52%	339 2.34%	98
Lecturer	80	New entry-	-	-	313 2.16%	4
Support Analyst	86	Up 67 places+67	£33,000	-5.71%	291 2.01%	46
Sales Representative	87	Up 181 places+181	£40,000	+14.28%	287 1.98%	63
Senior Developer	89	Up 43 places+43	£70,000	+7.69%	284 1.96%	59
IT Support Engineer	93	Up 98 places+98	£32,500	-7.14%	276 1.91%	32
Senior Manager	96	Up 68 places+68	£75,000	+3.44%	264 1.82%	84
Infrastructure Engineer	101	Up 82 places+82	£55,000	+18.91%	251 1.73%	65
IT Manager	102	Up 67 places+67	£50,000	-11.11%	248 1.71%	80
Security Analyst	103	Up 128 places+128	£45,000	-13.04%	246 1.70%	21
Software Developer	107	Up 57 places+57	£60,000	-	230 1.59%	40
Full-Stack Developer	110	Up 73 places+73	£60,000	+4.34%	224 1.55%	30
Data Engineer	111	Up 96 places+96	£57,500	-17.85%	222 1.53%	95
Cybersecurity Analyst	111	Up 156 places+156	£43,250	-16.42%	222 1.53%	8
Principal Engineer	115	Up 86 places+86	£72,500	+2.69%	214 1.48%	46
Network Engineer	116	Up 7 places+7	£50,000	-4.76%	212 1.46%	73
Junior Security Analyst	117	Up 159 places+159	£40,000	-	211 1.46%
Junior Data Analyst	118	New entry-	-	-	210 1.45%	3
Sales Manager	120	Up 139 places+139	£55,000	-33.33%	207 1.43%	48
Support Technician	123	Up 69 places+69	£28,000	-13.84%	200 1.38%	29
Senior Software Engineer	125	Up 97 places+97	£70,000	+7.69%	197 1.36%	69
IT Technician	126	Up 107 places+107	£28,000	+1.81%	196 1.35%	27
Business Development Executive	129	Up 140 places+140	£35,000	+16.66%	192 1.33%	14
Technical Support	130	Down -1 place-1	£38,500	+16.66%	191 1.32%	36
2nd Line Support	133	Up 92 places+92	£31,000	-1.58%	186 1.28%	27
Administrator	134	Up 63 places+63	£35,000	-26.31%	185 1.28%	96
Sales Executive	141	Up 62 places+62	£30,000	+17.64%	174 1.20%	58
Team Leader	141	Up 81 places+81	£65,000	-	174 1.20%	28
Coordinator	150	Up 98 places+98	£35,000	+25.00%	161 1.11%	57
Cloud Engineer	151	Up 60 places+60	£60,000	-	160 1.11%	35
Applications Support	154	Up 59 places+59	£40,000	-2.43%	157 1.08%	21
Senior Systems Engineer	158	Up 83 places+83	£60,000	+2.56%	152 1.05%	26
Embedded Engineer	160	Up 84 places+84	£60,000	-4.00%	150 1.04%	56