Remote IT Employment Market Trends Analysis

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 11 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Senior	4	Up 7 places+7	£70,000	+7.69%	4,223 16.52%	6,069
Developer	14	Up 4 places+4	£60,000	-	2,366 9.26%	1,234
Lead	17	Up 13 places+13	£82,500	+6.45%	2,234 8.74%	3,840
Architect	23	Up 39 places+39	£87,500	+6.38%	1,857 7.27%	1,652
Analyst	28	Down 7 places-7	£46,547	+9.52%	1,762 6.89%	1,202
Software Engineer	35	Up 43 places+43	£75,000	-9.09%	1,508 5.90%	1,216
Tester	40	Up 277 places+277	£72,500	+45.00%	1,339 5.24%	74
Consultant	43	Up 8 places+8	£67,500	+12.50%	1,284 5.02%	1,495
Games Tester	46	New entry-	-	-	1,247 4.88%
Business Manager	58	Up 26 places+26	£52,500	+28.04%	1,038 4.06%	185
Development Manager	59	Up 27 places+27	£55,000	+34.14%	1,029 4.03%	182
Business Development Manager	64	Up 34 places+34	£50,000	+21.95%	945 3.70%	141
Senior Manager	94	Up 30 places+30	£70,000	+27.27%	710 2.78%	701
IT Manager	108	Up 62 places+62	£55,000	-	622 2.43%	247
Data Engineer	112	Up 74 places+74	£70,000	-	595 2.33%	650
.NET Developer	117	Up 84 places+84	£55,000	-15.38%	571 2.23%	102
Solutions Architect	123	Up 60 places+60	£90,000	-	526 2.06%	468
Infrastructure Engineer	134	Down 34 places-34	£60,000	-5.13%	509 1.99%	243
Senior Developer	135	Down 6 places-6	£70,000	+6.06%	504 1.97%	333
IT Support	143	Down 43 places-43	£32,500	+6.55%	466 1.82%	97
Project Manager	146	Up 33 places+33	£57,500	-4.16%	455 1.78%	377
DevOps Engineer	168	Up 74 places+74	£80,000	+14.28%	406 1.59%	353
Business Analyst	170	Down 15 places-15	£55,000	-	402 1.57%	302
Service Manager	172	Up 95 places+95	£50,000	-9.09%	397 1.55%	120
Senior Software Engineer	172	Up 61 places+61	£80,000	-9.85%	397 1.55%	469
Support Engineer	176	Down 48 places-48	£37,500	-6.25%	388 1.52%	228
Senior Architect	188	Up 162 places+162	£80,000	-20.00%	348 1.36%	390
Account Manager	191	No change0	£45,000	+10.42%	341 1.33%	335
Cloud Engineer	195	Up 24 places+24	£70,000	+12.00%	335 1.31%	569
Support Analyst	199	Down 38 places-38	£35,561	+12.89%	330 1.29%	55
IT Engineer	202	Up 48 places+48	£36,000	-2.70%	322 1.26%	134
Delivery Manager	203	Up 76 places+76	£65,000	+9.24%	321 1.26%	189
Full-Stack Developer	206	Up 25 places+25	£60,000	-	318 1.24%	120
Data Architect	207	Up 87 places+87	£85,000	-10.52%	316 1.24%	174
Administrator	208	Down 35 places-35	£35,500	-14.45%	315 1.23%	145
Systems Engineer	209	Down 57 places-57	£56,000	+1.81%	313 1.22%	503
Azure Engineer	218	Up 51 places+51	£66,250	+1.92%	293 1.15%	204
Senior Analyst	223	Up 11 places+11	£60,000	+14.28%	286 1.12%	310
Software Developer	234	Down 37 places-37	£85,000	+32.81%	259 1.01%	183
Principal Engineer	239	Up 32 places+32	£90,000	+9.09%	248 0.97%	348
Technical Engineer	243	Up 8 places+8	£45,000	+4.65%	243 0.95%	76
Technical Architect	244	Up 72 places+72	£81,267	+1.58%	242 0.95%	107
Python Engineer	244	Down 21 places-21	£90,000	-29.41%	242 0.95%	200
Lead Architect	245	Up 93 places+93	£100,000	+14.94%	241 0.94%	218
Senior Consultant	250	No change0	£77,500	+14.81%	234 0.92%	464
Security Engineer	252	Up 41 places+41	£73,500	+5.93%	231 0.90%	418
IT Support Engineer	254	Up 33 places+33	£33,500	+1.51%	227 0.89%	43
Network Engineer	256	Up 14 places+14	£62,500	-3.84%	224 0.88%	207
Data Analyst	257	Down 13 places-13	£50,000	+13.63%	223 0.87%	214
Junior	265	Down 33 places-33	£35,000	-	212 0.83%	111