Remote IT Employment Market Trends Analysis

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 11 May 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Product Ownership	48	Up 16 places+16	£70,000	-2.09%	754 4.09%	334
Cloud Native	72	Up 144 places+144	£72,500	-3.33%	594 3.22%	322
Onboarding	76	Up 78 places+78	£47,500	-13.63%	584 3.17%	586
Social Media	105	Up 111 places+111	£42,500	+3.65%	444 2.41%	227
Self-Motivation	146	Down -47 places-47	£46,500	-11.42%	333 1.81%	289
Management Information System	149	Down -61 places-61	£58,728	-2.12%	319 1.73%	165
Data Centre	158	Up 23 places+23	£67,500	+22.72%	297 1.61%	135
Driving Licence	170	Up 65 places+65	£42,500	+6.25%	279 1.51%	169
Distributed Systems	197	Up 92 places+92	£95,000	+22.58%	227 1.23%	166
Mobile App	207	Up 21 places+21	£70,000	+19.14%	210 1.14%	96
Enterprise Software	208	Down -76 places-76	£60,000	-5.51%	207 1.12%	117
Virtual Team	210	Up 57 places+57	£70,000	+5.91%	203 1.10%	119
Legacy Systems	238	Up 76 places+76	£63,076	+14.68%	168 0.91%	105
Blog	244	Up 118 places+118	£32,500	-35.00%	160 0.87%	47
Greenfield Project	246	Up 33 places+33	£67,500	+3.84%	158 0.86%	89
Security Posture	248	Up 59 places+59	£72,367	+31.57%	155 0.84%	72
Cyber Threat	249	Up 93 places+93	£72,500	+9.24%	154 0.84%	55
Data Structures	251	Up 61 places+61	£60,000	-11.11%	152 0.82%	97
Public Cloud	256	Up 16 places+16	£73,750	-1.49%	146 0.79%	32
Over-the-Top Content	258	Up 159 places+159	-	-	144 0.78%	144
Web Conferencing	260	Up 133 places+133	£57,500	-4.16%	142 0.77%	62
Low-Code	266	Up 117 places+117	£60,000	-	133 0.72%	43
Cyberattack	270	Down -193 places-193	£57,591	+12.37%	129 0.70%	6
Analytical Mindset	281	Up 46 places+46	£50,000	-4.76%	118 0.64%	121
Algorithms	284	Down -116 places-116	£55,000	-8.33%	113 0.61%	153
Hybrid Cloud	285	Up 57 places+57	£65,576	-8.91%	112 0.61%	39
Podcast	287	Up 113 places+113	£60,000	-21.05%	110 0.60%	11
Video\Live Streaming	292	Up 122 places+122	-	-	105 0.57%	131
NHS	295	Up 3 places+3	£60,000	+9.09%	102 0.55%	112
Marketing Technology	304	Up 16 places+16	£115,000	+76.92%	92 0.50%	146
AI Agents	312	Up 101 places+101	£87,500	-20.45%	84 0.46%	156
Embedded Systems	312	Up 30 places+30	£60,000	-1.63%	84 0.46%	67
PKI	326	Up 71 places+71	£55,000	+4.76%	70 0.38%	26
FPGA	329	Up 21 places+21	£67,500	+35.00%	67 0.36%	34
IoT	330	Down -19 places-19	£72,500	+20.83%	66 0.36%	79
Fixed Income	330	Down -195 places-195	£135,000	+17.39%	66 0.36%	15
Life Science	332	Up 26 places+26	£55,000	-4.34%	64 0.35%	69
e-Learning	337	Up 19 places+19	£40,000	-20.00%	59 0.32%	31
Legacy Applications	342	Up 36 places+36	£60,100	-7.53%	54 0.29%	19
PMI	343	Up 33 places+33	£64,290	-1.09%	53 0.29%	20
Distributed Architecture	344	Up 50 places+50	£115,000	+83.18%	52 0.28%	6
Foreign Exchange (FX)	345	Down -170 places-170	£83,750	-27.17%	51 0.28%	31
Hedge funds	345	Down -173 places-173	£95,000	-17.39%	51 0.28%	39
EPoS	346	Up 26 places+26	£60,000	+100.00%	50 0.27%	22
Private Cloud	346	Up 4 places+4	£77,500	+9.16%	50 0.27%	26
Cyber Defence	348	Up 59 places+59	£75,000	-25.00%	48 0.26%	13
Operational Technology	350	Up 25 places+25	£66,250	+1.92%	46 0.25%	37
Replication	352	Up 24 places+24	£57,500	+1.23%	44 0.24%	20
FMCG	353	Up 31 places+31	£47,500	-17.39%	43 0.23%	46
Educational Technology	355	Up 20 places+20	£50,000	-11.11%	41 0.22%	39