Digital & IT Job Statistics in Tyne and Wear

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 6 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Senior	1	Up 14 places+14	£70,000	+21.73%	397 13.88%	230
Developer	2	Up 17 places+17	£60,000	+20.00%	377 13.18%	67
Analyst	20	Up 12 places+12	£50,000	+42.85%	194 6.78%	83
Software Engineer	22	Up 16 places+16	£70,000	+25.56%	192 6.71%	49
Lead	23	Up 16 places+16	£83,774	+86.16%	189 6.61%	168
Development Manager	26	Up 13 places+13	£45,000	-10.00%	166 5.80%	5
Business Manager	28	Up 18 places+18	£45,000	-10.00%	162 5.66%	7
Architect	29	Up 4 places+4	£80,500	+23.84%	160 5.59%	55
Business Development Manager	30	Up 16 places+16	£45,000	-10.00%	158 5.52%	5
Data Engineer	34	Up 20 places+20	£60,000	-11.11%	142 4.96%	54
DevOps Engineer	43	Up 13 places+13	£65,000	-3.70%	115 4.02%	29
Business Analyst	49	Up 9 places+9	£55,000	+69.23%	98 3.43%	26
Software Developer	51	Up 6 places+6	£68,750	+43.97%	94 3.29%	21
Senior Developer	53	Up 4 places+4	£70,000	+7.69%	91 3.18%	13
Consultant	61	Down -7 places-7	£55,250	+0.45%	79 2.76%	107
Java Developer	65	Down -5 places-5	£60,000	-7.69%	75 2.62%	13
.NET Developer	68	Down -11 places-11	£65,000	-27.77%	72 2.52%	8
Systems Engineer	72	Down -18 places-18	£50,000	-16.66%	68 2.38%	15
Infrastructure Engineer	72	Down -25 places-25	£48,445	-6.83%	68 2.38%	19
Account Manager	74	Down -23 places-23	£50,000	+11.11%	66 2.31%	4
Technical Architect	75	New entry-	£85,000	-	63 2.20%	10
Sales Representative	80	Down -20 places-20	£35,000	+48.91%	56 1.96%	5
Senior Software Engineer	81	Down -28 places-28	£80,000	+700.00%	55 1.92%	15
Junior	91	Down -32 places-32	£25,000	-2.91%	44 1.54%	10
Lead Architect	93	Down -31 places-31	£95,000	+58.33%	42 1.47%	7
Data Architect	94	Down -37 places-37	£70,000	-30.00%	40 1.40%	12
Business Development Executive	95	Down -35 places-35	£35,000	+45.83%	39 1.36%	2
Java Engineer	98	Down -39 places-39	£45,000	-25.00%	36 1.26%	14
Senior Manager	98	Down -52 places-52	£57,946	+5.35%	36 1.26%	29
C# Software Engineer	98	Down -37 places-37	£100,000	+37.93%	36 1.26%	5
Service Manager	99	Down -43 places-43	£45,000	-	35 1.22%	8
Data Manager	100	New entry-	£60,000	-	34 1.19%	6
Technical Leader	100	Down -38 places-38	£87,431	+9.28%	34 1.19%	6
Security Consultant	101	New entry-	£50,000	-	33 1.15%	8
IT Manager	101	Down -48 places-48	£45,000	-	33 1.15%	10
C# Developer	102	Down -49 places-49	£100,000	+90.47%	32 1.12%	2
IT Support	102	Down -46 places-46	£30,000	-14.28%	32 1.12%	6
Designer	103	Down -43 places-43	£52,500	+5.00%	31 1.08%	16
Test Engineer	103	Down -42 places-42	£55,000	+22.22%	31 1.08%	17
Support Engineer	103	Down -83 places-83	£35,000	-6.66%	31 1.08%	8
Cloud Engineer	103	Down -42 places-42	£60,000	+31.14%	31 1.08%	33
Sales Manager	104	Down -42 places-42	£40,000	+33.33%	30 1.05%	5
IT Technician	104	Down -46 places-46	£29,250	+15.61%	30 1.05%	2
Senior Architect	106	New entry-	£80,000	-	28 0.98%	20
Artificial Intelligence Engineer	106	New entry-	£67,500	-	28 0.98%	29
Senior DevOps Engineer	107	Down -45 places-45	£80,000	+6.66%	27 0.94%	7
Senior DevOps	107	Down -45 places-45	£80,000	+6.66%	27 0.94%	13
Account Executive	107	New entry-	£40,000	-	27 0.94%	1
Software Manager	107	New entry-	£77,500	-	27 0.94%	2
Senior .NET Developer	107	New entry-	£75,000	-	27 0.94%