Real-Time IT Job Market Trends & Actionable Insights

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 27 Sep 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Data Lake	434	Down -179 places-179	£75,000	-11.76%	432 0.37%	543
Data Entry	638	Down -355 places-355	£28,000	-6.66%	171 0.15%	267
Data Centre	103	Up 55 places+55	£70,000	+16.66%	2,083 1.77%	2,179
Data Vault	745	Down -110 places-110	£90,000	+9.09%	63 0.054%	31
Data Guard	792	Down -131 places-131	£75,000	-46.42%	16 0.014%	16
Data Quality	106	Up 80 places+80	£63,438	+15.34%	2,068 1.76%	3,525
Data Design	751	Down -180 places-180	£82,500	+3.12%	57 0.049%	68
Data Mining	752	Down -193 places-193	£61,250	+48.48%	56 0.048%	274
Data Fabric	772	Down -113 places-113	£82,500	+24.52%	36 0.031%	65
Data Science	137	Up 14 places+14	£75,000	+3.44%	1,604 1.36%	4,122
Data Analyst	184	Up 111 places+111	£50,000	+11.11%	1,249 1.06%	1,046
Data Engineer	104	Up 130 places+130	£70,000	+1.81%	2,079 1.77%	1,899
Data Manager	284	Up 201 places+201	£70,000	-	755 0.64%	505
Data Privacy	493	Down -350 places-350	£62,750	+2.44%	339 0.29%	869
Data Mapping	649	Down -122 places-122	£63,500	-15.33%	159 0.14%	212
Data Analysis	159	Down -41 places-41	£54,500	+3.80%	1,456 1.24%	2,385
Data Pipeline	177	Up 42 places+42	£70,000	+2.27%	1,300 1.11%	2,492
Data Lineage	701	Down -123 places-123	£80,000	+14.28%	107 0.091%	226
Data Sharing	726	Down -84 places-84	£70,400	+0.57%	82 0.070%	187
Data Munging	793	Down -154 places-154	£52,500	-	15 0.013%	38
Data Modelling	121	Up 9 places+9	£70,000	+1.44%	1,832 1.56%	2,757
Data Strategy	324	Down -62 places-62	£80,000	-3.03%	653 0.56%	847
Data Security	414	Down -114 places-114	£65,000	-	483 0.41%	598
Big Data	530	Down -118 places-118	£72,500	+2.83%	288 0.25%	531
Data Modeller	758	Down -117 places-117	£90,000	+87.50%	50 0.043%	37
Data Matching	796	Down -146 places-146	£87,000	+83.15%	12 0.010%	29
Data Migration	322	Down -40 places-40	£64,250	-1.15%	660 0.56%	1,039
Data Warehouse	297	Down -92 places-92	£65,000	-3.70%	720 0.61%	1,038
Data Architect	245	Up 200 places+200	£85,000	-4.22%	886 0.75%	643
Data Governance	147	Up 29 places+29	£70,782	+1.11%	1,525 1.30%	2,300
Data Protection	167	Up 37 places+37	£57,500	+4.54%	1,412 1.20%	1,958
Data Analytics	298	Down -103 places-103	£63,750	+2.00%	717 0.61%	1,683
Data Scientist	336	Up 186 places+186	£80,000	+14.28%	629 0.54%	811
Data Lakehouse	453	Up 85 places+85	£80,000	-3.03%	400 0.34%	591
Data Ingestion	534	Up 20 places+20	£80,000	+8.47%	284 0.24%	434
Data Validation	639	Down -99 places-99	£50,000	-	170 0.14%	329
Data Cleansing	573	Down -149 places-149	£52,500	+16.66%	241 0.21%	332
Data Management	209	Down -98 places-98	£57,500	-4.16%	1,070 0.91%	1,684
Data Discovery	784	Down -127 places-127	£70,113	-6.51%	24 0.020%	64
Data Engineering	135	Up 13 places+13	£77,500	+10.71%	1,633 1.39%	2,086
Data Structures	445	Down -97 places-97	£65,000	-7.14%	418 0.36%	868
Data Extraction	665	Down -101 places-101	£50,000	-6.97%	143 0.12%	220
Data Consultant	646	Down -50 places-50	£80,000	-	162 0.14%	308
Data Collection	642	Down -233 places-233	£45,000	-13.87%	166 0.14%	467
Data Technician	734	Down -86 places-86	£24,000	-51.51%	74 0.063%	46
Data Enrichment	786	Down -136 places-136	£35,000	-33.33%	22 0.019%	44
Data Conversion	789	Down -158 places-158	£100,000	+17.64%	19 0.016%	24
Data Encryption	794	Down -157 places-157	£63,750	-22.72%	14 0.012%	9
Data Integration	360	Down -72 places-72	£70,000	-	575 0.49%	856
Data Architecture	208	Up 58 places+58	£80,000	+6.66%	1,077 0.92%	1,138