Real-Time IT Job Market Trends & Actionable Insights

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 18 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Data Lake	437	Down 170 places-170	£75,000	-11.76%	431 0.36%	411
Data Entry	584	Down 308 places-308	£28,500	-5.00%	227 0.19%	56
Data Centre	109	Up 57 places+57	£70,000	+12.90%	2,075 1.74%	1,441
Data Vault	745	Down 111 places-111	£90,000	-5.26%	63 0.053%	44
Data Guard	791	Down 129 places-129	£75,000	-46.42%	17 0.014%	12
Data Quality	94	Up 96 places+96	£64,000	+11.30%	2,209 1.85%	2,429
Data Design	748	Down 176 places-176	£85,000	+6.25%	60 0.050%	68
Data Fabric	761	Down 98 places-98	£85,000	+28.30%	47 0.039%	59
Data Mining	749	Down 214 places-214	£71,250	+78.12%	59 0.049%	134
Data Science	131	Up 22 places+22	£75,000	+5.63%	1,692 1.42%	3,147
Data Analyst	223	Up 61 places+61	£55,000	+22.22%	1,036 0.87%	763
Data Engineer	102	Up 122 places+122	£70,000	-	2,152 1.80%	1,451
Data Manager	292	Up 213 places+213	£67,484	-3.59%	758 0.63%	311
Data Analysis	149	Down 40 places-40	£55,000	+9.88%	1,548 1.30%	1,439
Data Privacy	490	Down 351 places-351	£60,000	-	340 0.28%	537
Data Mapping	659	Down 95 places-95	£65,000	+9.24%	150 0.13%	169
Data Lineage	688	Down 97 places-97	£80,000	+14.28%	120 0.10%	168
Data Pipeline	169	Up 48 places+48	£70,000	-	1,377 1.15%	2,017
Data Sharing	720	Down 80 places-80	£70,400	-12.00%	88 0.074%	107
Data Munging	793	Down 146 places-146	£52,500	-	15 0.013%	35
Data Modelling	117	Up 6 places+6	£70,000	+3.70%	1,923 1.61%	2,288
Data Strategy	329	Down 53 places-53	£80,000	-3.03%	658 0.55%	741
Data Security	411	Down 76 places-76	£65,000	-	483 0.40%	469
Big Data	515	Down 71 places-71	£72,500	+3.57%	310 0.26%	370
Data Modeller	769	Down 127 places-127	£90,000	+87.50%	39 0.033%	41
Data Matching	796	Down 145 places-145	£87,000	+83.15%	12 0.010%	28
Data Migration	314	Down 35 places-35	£65,000	-	687 0.57%	850
Data Warehouse	286	Down 79 places-79	£70,000	+3.70%	772 0.65%	783
Data Architect	248	Up 205 places+205	£85,000	-5.55%	922 0.77%	553
Data Governance	148	Up 27 places+27	£70,000	-	1,552 1.30%	1,771
Data Protection	159	Up 38 places+38	£55,000	+4.76%	1,485 1.24%	1,255
Data Analytics	281	Down 75 places-75	£62,500	+3.30%	784 0.66%	982
Data Scientist	316	Up 218 places+218	£76,770	+9.67%	684 0.57%	702
Data Lakehouse	445	Up 74 places+74	£80,000	-	419 0.35%	491
Data Ingestion	525	Up 41 places+41	£80,000	+6.66%	299 0.25%	312
Data Validation	630	Down 83 places-83	£50,000	-6.97%	179 0.15%	211
Data Cleansing	562	Down 120 places-120	£55,000	+22.54%	250 0.21%	206
Data Discovery	775	Down 113 places-113	£70,113	-6.51%	33 0.028%	57
Data Management	204	Down 94 places-94	£55,782	-7.03%	1,120 0.94%	1,058
Data Engineering	129	Up 14 places+14	£75,000	+7.14%	1,707 1.43%	1,711
Data Structures	450	Down 78 places-78	£65,000	-7.14%	411 0.34%	589
Data Extraction	662	Down 72 places-72	£47,500	-	147 0.12%	170
Data Consultant	642	Down 30 places-30	£80,000	+4.91%	167 0.14%	251
Data Collection	634	Down 204 places-204	£46,256	-19.55%	175 0.15%	289
Data Technician	735	Down 84 places-84	£20,000	-60.00%	73 0.061%	35
Data Enrichment	783	Down 130 places-130	£35,000	-41.66%	25 0.021%	43
Data Conversion	788	Down 153 places-153	£100,000	+17.64%	20 0.017%	33
Data Encryption	794	Down 147 places-147	£66,250	-19.69%	14 0.012%	8
Data Integration	323	Down 29 places-29	£70,000	-	668 0.56%	744
Data Architecture	217	Up 51 places+51	£80,000	+6.66%	1,049 0.88%	951