Real-Time IT Job Market Trends & Actionable Insights

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 18 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Data Lake	362	Down -153 places-153	£80,000	-11.11%	405 0.47%	194
Data Centre	146	Up 35 places+35	£65,000	+13.04%	1,221 1.41%	477
Data Entry	577	Down -14 places-14	£29,500	+4.42%	137 0.16%	77
Data Vault	680	Down -68 places-68	£76,250	+8.92%	34 0.039%	21
Data Guard	697	New entry-	£75,000	-	17 0.020%	5
Data Quality	135	Up 23 places+23	£62,500	-	1,285 1.48%	762
Data Analyst	82	Up 215 places+215	£40,000	-15.78%	1,920 2.22%	435
Data Design	644	Down -40 places-40	£85,000	+38.87%	70 0.081%	28
Data Mining	529	Up 8 places+8	£40,000	-27.27%	187 0.22%	170
Data Science	160	Down -39 places-39	£71,050	+1.50%	1,126 1.30%	719
Data Fabric	691	Down -66 places-66	£87,500	+12.90%	23 0.027%	6
Data Engineer	126	Up 60 places+60	£68,500	-2.14%	1,370 1.58%	434
Data Pipeline	176	Up 41 places+41	£65,250	-4.74%	1,022 1.18%	609
Data Manager	316	Up 95 places+95	£67,000	-4.28%	485 0.56%	160
Data Privacy	371	Down -89 places-89	£60,000	-14.28%	394 0.45%	192
Data Mapping	626	Down -129 places-129	£57,500	-17.85%	88 0.10%	74
Data Modelling	108	Up 3 places+3	£70,000	+7.69%	1,540 1.78%	821
Data Lineage	644	Down -88 places-88	£80,000	+20.54%	70 0.081%	46
Data Analysis	139	Down -42 places-42	£45,000	-14.28%	1,246 1.44%	624
Data Sharing	652	Down -48 places-48	£82,500	+35.81%	62 0.072%	38
Data Munging	676	Down -60 places-60	£52,500	-19.23%	38 0.044%	13
Data Steward	689	Down -67 places-67	£60,000	-17.24%	25 0.029%
Data Strategy	298	Down -49 places-49	£80,000	-5.88%	530 0.61%	178
Data Security	399	Down -129 places-129	£62,250	-4.23%	345 0.40%	156
Big Data	488	Down -206 places-206	£75,000	+15.38%	229 0.26%	99
Data Migration	327	Down -92 places-92	£62,500	-	464 0.54%	378
Data Modeller	673	Down -46 places-46	£82,500	+37.50%	41 0.047%	23
Data Warehouse	254	Down -90 places-90	£70,993	+9.22%	649 0.75%	305
Data Governance	132	Up 14 places+14	£75,000	-11.76%	1,317 1.52%	601
Data Architect	277	Up 128 places+128	£85,000	-10.18%	588 0.68%	121
Data Analytics	231	Down -90 places-90	£55,000	-9.45%	744 0.86%	373
Data Protection	192	Down -34 places-34	£60,500	+0.83%	949 1.09%	435
Data Scientist	412	Down -4 places-4	£70,000	+9.37%	324 0.37%	136
Data Validation	552	Up 7 places+7	£50,000	-4.76%	163 0.19%	84
Data Cleansing	509	Down -83 places-83	£44,986	-35.73%	207 0.24%	121
Data Ingestion	563	Down -9 places-9	£80,000	+16.36%	151 0.17%	117
Data Management	194	Down -119 places-119	£59,450	-20.73%	943 1.09%	333
Data Engineering	143	Up 8 places+8	£75,000	-3.22%	1,230 1.42%	516
Data Structures	382	Down -4 places-4	£72,500	+0.70%	374 0.43%	260
Data Extraction	618	Down -176 places-176	£60,000	+26.31%	96 0.11%	61
Data Collection	575	Down -156 places-156	£45,000	-14.28%	139 0.16%	99
Data Consultant	588	Down -39 places-39	£80,000	+6.66%	126 0.15%	73
Data Conversion	700	Down -75 places-75	£95,000	+31.03%	14 0.016%	3
Data Encryption	700	Down -138 places-138	£68,750	-16.66%	14 0.016%	4
Data Technician	704	Down -81 places-81	£55,000	+29.41%	10 0.012%	21
Data Integration	287	Down -19 places-19	£65,000	-	557 0.64%	241
Data Architecture	227	Down -2 places-2	£82,500	+2.16%	779 0.90%	289
Data Development	623	Down -52 places-52	£112,500	+90.28%	91 0.11%	10
Data Acquisition	642	Down -58 places-58	£60,000	-4.42%	72 0.083%	44
Data Stewardship	680	Down -92 places-92	£67,500	+5.88%	34 0.039%	11