Digital & IT Job Statistics in the Thames Valley

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 27 Jul 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Senior	5	Up 3 places+3	£65,000	-	734 11.57%	160
Development Manager	6	Up 92 places+92	£55,000	+15.78%	624 9.83%	39
Business Manager	7	Up 94 places+94	£55,000	+22.22%	603 9.50%	40
Business Development Manager	8	Up 93 places+93	£55,000	+22.22%	601 9.47%	38
Analyst	11	Up 30 places+30	£42,500	+18.53%	477 7.52%	74
Lead	15	Down -1 place-1	£62,500	-16.66%	436 6.87%	122
Developer	18	Up 14 places+14	£60,000	-4.00%	359 5.66%	50
Software Engineer	20	Up 104 places+104	£65,000	-	355 5.59%	54
Architect	31	Up 26 places+26	£80,000	-	266 4.19%	60
Account Manager	35	Up 133 places+133	£55,000	+83.33%	242 3.81%	19
IT Support	42	Up 77 places+77	£35,000	+26.69%	211 3.32%	26
Consultant	46	Up 79 places+79	£65,000	+30.00%	194 3.06%	73
Support Engineer	52	Up 27 places+27	£39,000	-2.50%	176 2.77%	20
Sales Manager	58	Up 123 places+123	£70,000	-12.50%	155 2.44%	18
Senior Developer	59	Up 43 places+43	£67,500	-3.57%	151 2.38%	11
Systems Engineer	61	Up 79 places+79	£56,000	+1.81%	149 2.35%	32
Data Engineer	64	Up 120 places+120	£50,500	+3.58%	137 2.16%	24
Junior	68	Up 94 places+94	£35,000	+16.66%	130 2.05%	19
IT Manager	73	Up 80 places+80	£50,001	-16.66%	124 1.95%	24
Sales Representative	76	Up 107 places+107	£45,000	+28.57%	118 1.86%	7
IT Engineer	80	Up 80 places+80	£39,000	+4.00%	114 1.80%	18
Business Development Executive	81	Up 96 places+96	£35,000	-	112 1.76%	9
Sales Executive	83	Up 65 places+65	£30,000	+17.64%	109 1.72%	27
Data Analyst	88	Up 92 places+92	£45,000	-14.28%	104 1.64%	13
Applications Support	89	Up 82 places+82	£45,000	+28.57%	103 1.62%	6
Infrastructure Engineer	91	Up 74 places+74	£60,000	+33.33%	101 1.59%	20
Support Analyst	94	Up 6 places+6	£35,000	+2.94%	98 1.54%	11
IT Support Engineer	94	Up 74 places+74	£36,250	-3.33%	98 1.54%	6
Junior Analyst	97	Up 89 places+89	£31,500	+14.54%	95 1.50%	4
Senior Manager	99	Up 25 places+25	£75,000	+15.38%	93 1.47%	22
Senior Software Engineer	100	Up 87 places+87	£70,000	+27.27%	91 1.43%	12
Embedded Engineer	102	Up 79 places+79	£65,000	-	88 1.39%	19
Technical Support	108	Down -12 places-12	£38,500	-3.75%	81 1.28%	16
DevOps Engineer	108	Up 63 places+63	£72,500	+7.40%	81 1.28%	5
Security Analyst	112	Up 72 places+72	£47,500	-13.63%	77 1.21%	7
Test Engineer	112	Down -77 places-77	£50,000	-9.09%	77 1.21%	13
.NET Developer	113	Up 64 places+64	£51,500	-17.60%	76 1.20%	9
Azure Engineer	115	Up 71 places+71	£60,000	-18.64%	74 1.17%	15
Cloud Engineer	115	Up 61 places+61	£65,000	+8.33%	74 1.17%	22
Team Leader	115	Up 31 places+31	£60,000	-	74 1.17%	12
Sales Account Manager	115	Up 75 places+75	£100,000	+45.98%	74 1.17%	5
Coordinator	115	Up 51 places+51	£30,000	+11.11%	74 1.17%	11
Technical Manager	117	Up 53 places+53	£60,000	+26.31%	72 1.13%	11
Python Engineer	118	Up 68 places+68	£65,000	+4.00%	71 1.12%	7
C# Software Engineer	118	Up 69 places+69	£65,000	+30.00%	71 1.12%	2
Solutions Architect	120	Up 53 places+53	£85,000	+30.76%	69 1.09%	11
Administrator	123	Up 24 places+24	£38,750	+35.96%	66 1.04%	21
Cybersecurity Analyst	125	Up 65 places+65	£42,500	-32.00%	64 1.01%	1
Network Engineer	125	Up 46 places+46	£52,500	-1.06%	64 1.01%	12
Test Technician	127	New entry-	£30,000	-	62 0.98%	3