Digital & IT Job Statistics in the South East

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 30 Jun 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Senior	4	Up 4 places+4	£66,300	+6.08%	1,713 11.21%	508
Analyst	8	Up 18 places+18	£40,000	-0.43%	1,311 8.58%	365
Developer	10	Up 8 places+8	£60,000	+9.09%	1,173 7.68%	250
Development Manager	11	Up 69 places+69	£55,000	+10.00%	1,132 7.41%	164
Business Manager	12	Up 71 places+71	£55,000	+4.76%	1,102 7.21%	167
Business Development Manager	14	Up 77 places+77	£55,000	+10.00%	1,060 6.94%	157
Lead	19	Down -3 places-3	£70,000	-3.44%	985 6.45%	298
Software Engineer	20	Up 81 places+81	£65,000	-	933 6.11%	162
Systems Engineer	28	Up 84 places+84	£57,500	-4.16%	718 4.70%	119
IT Support	36	Up 27 places+27	£32,500	+8.33%	633 4.14%	82
Support Engineer	39	Up 15 places+15	£35,000	-12.50%	592 3.88%	76
Account Manager	41	Up 180 places+180	£45,000	+28.57%	516 3.38%	85
Junior	43	Up 122 places+122	£31,000	+3.33%	499 3.27%	70
Architect	50	Up 17 places+17	£85,000	+9.67%	452 2.96%	181
IT Engineer	52	Up 113 places+113	£35,000	-6.66%	434 2.84%	52
Consultant	60	Up 60 places+60	£60,000	+12.14%	392 2.57%	182
IT Support Engineer	74	Up 115 places+115	£34,000	-9.33%	342 2.24%	29
Sales Representative	75	Up 191 places+191	£40,000	-	339 2.22%	36
Junior Analyst	76	Up 200 places+200	£31,500	+14.54%	334 2.19%	18
IT Manager	81	Up 101 places+101	£55,000	-1.78%	320 2.09%	80
Support Analyst	84	Up 39 places+39	£32,500	-7.14%	312 2.04%	37
Sales Manager	85	Up 164 places+164	£60,000	-33.33%	308 2.02%	33
Data Analyst	91	Up 147 places+147	£42,500	-5.55%	283 1.85%	90
Infrastructure Engineer	92	Up 85 places+85	£60,000	+39.53%	281 1.84%	53
Data Engineer	97	Up 126 places+126	£60,000	-14.28%	262 1.72%	81
Senior Developer	100	Up 47 places+47	£70,000	+7.69%	251 1.64%	44
Senior Software Engineer	101	Up 143 places+143	£75,000	+15.38%	250 1.64%	40
Principal Engineer	103	Up 108 places+108	£75,900	+7.96%	243 1.59%	39
.NET Developer	103	Up 115 places+115	£55,000	-	243 1.59%	52
Support Technician	104	Up 97 places+97	£28,000	-13.84%	242 1.58%	28
Security Analyst	106	Up 131 places+131	£45,000	-19.28%	240 1.57%	24
Senior Manager	107	Up 57 places+57	£75,000	+7.14%	239 1.56%	87
Network Engineer	108	Up 54 places+54	£56,500	+13.00%	238 1.56%	58
Embedded Engineer	116	Up 116 places+116	£65,000	+6.12%	222 1.45%	41
Technical Support	117	Down -23 places-23	£38,500	+6.20%	221 1.45%	20
Full-Stack Developer	122	Up 72 places+72	£60,000	+4.34%	210 1.37%	24
Sales Executive	127	Up 52 places+52	£30,000	+20.00%	204 1.34%	50
Cybersecurity Analyst	129	Up 140 places+140	£47,500	-12.84%	202 1.32%	6
IT Technician	131	Up 101 places+101	£28,000	-11.11%	200 1.31%	33
Software Developer	133	Up 44 places+44	£65,000	+8.33%	195 1.28%	34
Business Development Executive	135	Up 119 places+119	£35,000	+16.66%	191 1.25%	17
Administrator	138	Up 37 places+37	£36,500	-20.65%	187 1.22%	63
2nd Line Support	142	Up 79 places+79	£31,000	-1.58%	182 1.19%	17
Cloud Engineer	144	Up 74 places+74	£65,000	+12.06%	178 1.17%	32
Senior Systems Engineer	145	Up 86 places+86	£60,000	-	177 1.16%	26
Test Engineer	146	Down -93 places-93	£45,000	-14.28%	176 1.15%	47
Coordinator	151	Up 55 places+55	£35,000	+16.66%	169 1.11%	41
Technical Engineer	152	Down -18 places-18	£38,500	-3.75%	167 1.09%	15
Team Leader	153	Up 77 places+77	£60,000	-	166 1.09%	34
1st Line Support	155	Up 39 places+39	£27,500	-1.78%	162 1.06%	18