Digital & IT Job Statistics in Southampton

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 31 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Senior	1	Up 2 places+2	£70,000	+16.66%	172 16.59%	21
Analyst	4	Up 7 places+7	£40,000	+6.66%	116 11.19%	9
Developer	6	Up 4 places+4	£65,000	+10.63%	99 9.55%	7
Systems Engineer	9	Up 32 places+32	£80,000	+26.68%	86 8.29%	7
Business Manager	11	Up 17 places+17	£45,000	-10.00%	81 7.81%
Development Manager	12	Up 15 places+15	£45,000	-10.00%	79 7.62%
Software Engineer	14	Up 16 places+16	£60,000	-4.38%	73 7.04%	8
Business Development Manager	14	Up 14 places+14	£45,000	-10.00%	73 7.04%
Lead	20	Up 14 places+14	£87,500	+12.90%	59 5.69%	8
Administrator	22	Up 14 places+14	£60,000	+20.00%	53 5.11%	1
Principal Engineer	28	Up 14 places+14	£85,000	-	45 4.34%	5
Full-Stack Developer	31	Up 11 places+11	£60,000	+9.09%	42 4.05%	1
Principal Systems Engineer	35	New entry-	£80,506	-	36 3.47%	5
Support Analyst	35	Down 6 places-6	£26,000	-24.08%	36 3.47%	1
Server Administrator	38	Up 8 places+8	£60,000	+20.00%	33 3.18%	1
Software Developer	40	Down 5 places-5	£80,000	+33.33%	30 2.89%
Sales Manager	41	Down 2 places-2	£90,000	+38.46%	29 2.80%
IT Support	42	Down 5 places-5	£30,000	+12.14%	28 2.70%	1
Windows Server Administrator	43	New entry-	£60,000	-	27 2.60%
Windows Administrator	43	Down 1 place-1	£60,000	+33.33%	27 2.60%
Engineering Manager	43	New entry-	£100,000	-	27 2.60%	2
Test Engineer	43	Up 3 places+3	£80,000	+128.57%	27 2.60%	3
Support Engineer	44	Down 36 places-36	£34,000	-28.42%	26 2.51%
Infrastructure Engineer	45	Down 1 place-1	£65,000	-7.14%	25 2.41%	6
Senior Windows Administrator	45	New entry-	£60,000	-	25 2.41%
.NET Developer	46	Down 1 place-1	£62,500	+6.38%	24 2.31%	2
Senior Developer	46	Down 7 places-7	£70,000	-12.50%	24 2.31%	3
IT Analyst	47	Down 8 places-8	£37,500	+36.36%	23 2.22%
Software Engineering Manager	48	New entry-	£100,000	-	22 2.12%	2
Embedded Engineer	48	Down 4 places-4	£70,000	-9.67%	22 2.12%	1
Software Manager	48	New entry-	£100,000	-	22 2.12%	2
Senior Manager	50	Down 14 places-14	£100,000	+66.66%	20 1.93%	2
Architect	50	Down 10 places-10	£90,000	+20.00%	20 1.93%	5
Project Manager	50	Down 13 places-13	£80,000	+30.61%	20 1.93%	6
Field Engineer	50	New entry-	£35,000	-	20 1.93%	4
Lead Developer	51	Down 8 places-8	£90,000	+38.46%	19 1.83%
Business Analyst	51	Down 10 places-10	£60,000	+4.34%	19 1.83%	2
Senior Systems Engineer	51	Down 6 places-6	£77,500	+22.72%	19 1.83%
Field Service Engineer	51	New entry-	£35,000	-	19 1.83%	3
IT Engineer	51	Down 6 places-6	£29,500	+13.46%	19 1.83%	2
Sales Representative	51	Down 12 places-12	£37,500	-6.25%	19 1.83%
ERP Analyst	52	Down 6 places-6	£40,000	+66.66%	18 1.74%	2
IT Support Engineer	52	Down 7 places-7	£29,500	+13.46%	18 1.74%
Graduate	53	New entry-	£26,000	-	17 1.64%	3
Systems Administrator	53	Down 11 places-11	£45,000	-	17 1.64%
Embedded Software Engineer	53	Down 9 places-9	£70,000	-9.67%	17 1.64%	1
DevOps Engineer	53	Down 11 places-11	£100,000	+100.00%	17 1.64%	1
Graduate Analyst	53	New entry-	£26,000	-	17 1.64%
FPGA Engineer	53	New entry-	£85,000	-	17 1.64%	4
Graduate Support Analyst	53	New entry-	£26,000	-	17 1.64%