Digital & IT Job Statistics in Wales

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 19 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Senior	1	Up 10 places+10	£59,000	+7.27%	495 14.91%	216
Tester	4	Up 63 places+63	£76,000	+38.18%	399 12.01%	12
Games Tester	6	New entry-	-	-	380 11.44%
Lead	16	Down 2 places-2	£70,000	+27.27%	246 7.41%	142
Developer	17	Up 1 place+1	£55,000	-	243 7.32%	52
Business Manager	27	Up 7 places+7	£45,000	-10.00%	188 5.66%	11
Development Manager	28	Up 4 places+4	£45,000	-10.00%	186 5.60%	9
Business Development Manager	29	Up 6 places+6	£45,000	-10.00%	182 5.48%	9
Architect	33	Up 16 places+16	£80,000	+6.78%	169 5.09%	44
Analyst	35	Down 12 places-12	£45,000	+12.50%	157 4.73%	56
Software Engineer	37	Up 17 places+17	£60,000	-	153 4.61%	36
IT Manager	55	Down 6 places-6	£50,000	-19.35%	92 2.77%	8
Senior Manager	60	Down 9 places-9	£60,000	+14.28%	85 2.56%	10
Infrastructure Engineer	60	Down 10 places-10	£45,000	-40.00%	85 2.56%	17
Senior Developer	62	Down 19 places-19	£55,000	-	81 2.44%	23
Software Developer	69	Down 10 places-10	£65,000	+56.62%	73 2.20%	14
Systems Engineer	69	Down 19 places-19	£63,150	+68.40%	73 2.20%	29
Junior	71	Down 9 places-9	£45,000	+28.57%	71 2.14%	7
Delivery Manager	72	Down 6 places-6	£53,171	-15.16%	70 2.11%	2
Business Development Executive	76	Down 18 places-18	£35,000	+16.66%	66 1.99%	3
IT Support	81	Down 31 places-31	£29,500	+7.27%	59 1.78%	10
Project Manager	82	Down 20 places-20	£55,000	-5.57%	58 1.75%	20
Sales Representative	82	Down 22 places-22	£50,000	+99.30%	58 1.75%	7
Administrator	83	Down 20 places-20	£27,500	-21.03%	57 1.72%	7
Technical Architect	85	Down 21 places-21	£80,000	+3.33%	55 1.66%	8
IT Engineer	86	Down 29 places-29	£37,500	-53.12%	54 1.63%	10
Data Engineer	86	Down 22 places-22	£60,000	+9.09%	54 1.63%	18
DevOps Engineer	91	Down 45 places-45	£45,000	-18.18%	49 1.48%	16
IT Technician	91	Down 31 places-31	£29,500	+1.72%	49 1.48%	5
Coordinator	93	Down 30 places-30	£30,000	-	47 1.42%	8
Senior Software Engineer	93	Down 27 places-27	£70,000	-	47 1.42%	11
Support Technician	94	Down 33 places-33	£29,000	-3.33%	46 1.39%	2
Sales Manager	94	Down 34 places-34	£27,500	-31.25%	46 1.39%	3
Senior Infrastructure Engineer	98	Down 33 places-33	£50,000	+4.00%	42 1.26%	7
Security Architect	101	Down 42 places-42	£90,000	+29.71%	39 1.17%	5
Service Manager	103	Down 37 places-37	£45,000	-35.71%	37 1.11%	4
Marketing Manager	103	New entry-	£75,000	-	37 1.11%	3
Consultant	104	Down 68 places-68	£63,500	+18.69%	36 1.08%	23
Support Engineer	104	Down 46 places-46	£35,000	+5.26%	36 1.08%	18
Designer	105	Down 44 places-44	£50,000	+1.01%	35 1.05%	14
Java Developer	105	New entry-	£70,000	-	35 1.05%	3
Technical Leader	105	Down 41 places-41	£75,000	+5.26%	35 1.05%	4
Lead Architect	106	Down 43 places-43	£80,000	+6.66%	34 1.02%	5
Senior Software Developer	106	Down 41 places-41	£56,000	+34.93%	34 1.02%	8
Account Manager	108	Down 44 places-44	£35,000	-30.00%	32 0.96%	3
Development Engineer	109	Down 43 places-43	£37,082	-	31 0.93%	9
Team Leader	109	Down 56 places-56	£35,000	-	31 0.93%	11
Test Engineer	110	Down 49 places-49	£40,000	-	30 0.90%	13
Senior Data Engineer	111	Down 45 places-45	£60,000	+14.15%	29 0.87%	4
Senior Marketing Manager	111	New entry-	£75,000	-	29 0.87%