Real-Time IT Job Market Trends & Actionable Insights

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 11 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Data Lake	440	Down -173 places-173	£75,000	-11.76%	424 0.36%	582
Data Entry	607	Down -323 places-323	£28,750	-4.16%	203 0.17%	279
Data Centre	108	Up 62 places+62	£70,000	+12.00%	2,073 1.75%	2,697
Data Vault	744	Down -101 places-101	£90,000	-2.70%	64 0.054%	48
Data Guard	790	Down -121 places-121	£75,000	-46.42%	18 0.015%	14
Data Quality	100	Up 95 places+95	£64,000	+13.27%	2,133 1.80%	4,177
Data Design	750	Down -171 places-171	£85,000	+6.25%	58 0.049%	106
Data Fabric	767	Down -97 places-97	£80,000	+20.75%	41 0.035%	89
Data Mining	750	Down -202 places-202	£71,250	+78.12%	58 0.049%	223
Data Science	130	Up 26 places+26	£75,000	+7.14%	1,658 1.40%	4,945
Data Analyst	204	Up 88 places+88	£54,000	+20.00%	1,125 0.95%	1,157
Data Engineer	105	Up 133 places+133	£70,000	-	2,087 1.77%	1,829
Data Manager	289	Up 216 places+216	£67,000	-4.28%	754 0.64%	586
Data Analysis	150	Down -30 places-30	£55,000	+9.65%	1,503 1.27%	2,881
Data Privacy	499	Down -349 places-349	£61,250	+5.60%	329 0.28%	1,058
Data Mapping	658	Down -97 places-97	£65,000	-	151 0.13%	299
Data Lineage	697	Down -104 places-104	£80,000	+14.28%	111 0.094%	286
Data Pipeline	176	Up 50 places+50	£70,000	-	1,324 1.12%	2,740
Data Sharing	722	Down -74 places-74	£70,400	-12.00%	86 0.073%	226
Data Munging	795	Down -144 places-144	£52,500	-	13 0.011%	49
Data Modelling	118	Up 18 places+18	£70,000	+3.70%	1,853 1.57%	3,203
Data Strategy	338	Down -58 places-58	£80,000	-3.03%	632 0.53%	1,012
Data Security	415	Down -85 places-85	£65,000	-	474 0.40%	680
Big Data	514	Down -79 places-79	£72,500	+3.57%	307 0.26%	672
Data Modeller	767	Down -118 places-118	£90,000	+87.50%	41 0.035%	47
Data Matching	796	Down -138 places-138	£87,000	+83.15%	12 0.010%	39
Data Migration	325	Down -39 places-39	£65,000	-	662 0.56%	1,225
Data Warehouse	296	Down -79 places-79	£69,000	+2.22%	740 0.63%	1,194
Data Architect	254	Up 199 places+199	£85,000	-5.55%	895 0.76%	670
Data Governance	152	Up 33 places+33	£70,000	-	1,496 1.27%	2,723
Data Protection	164	Up 44 places+44	£55,000	+4.76%	1,449 1.23%	2,512
Data Analytics	297	Down -82 places-82	£62,500	-	739 0.63%	2,000
Data Scientist	319	Up 217 places+217	£80,000	+18.51%	677 0.57%	959
Data Lakehouse	451	Up 88 places+88	£80,000	-5.88%	407 0.34%	643
Data Ingestion	533	Up 35 places+35	£80,000	+8.47%	285 0.24%	493
Data Validation	632	Down -81 places-81	£50,000	-4.76%	177 0.15%	393
Data Cleansing	566	Down -124 places-124	£55,000	+22.22%	248 0.21%	382
Data Discovery	782	Down -114 places-114	£70,113	-6.51%	26 0.022%	68
Data Management	207	Down -88 places-88	£55,557	-7.40%	1,093 0.92%	2,167
Data Engineering	132	Up 23 places+23	£75,000	+7.14%	1,631 1.38%	2,376
Data Structures	450	Down -78 places-78	£65,000	-7.14%	409 0.35%	1,046
Data Consultant	646	Down -32 places-32	£80,000	-	163 0.14%	405
Data Extraction	662	Down -71 places-71	£50,000	-2.43%	147 0.12%	227
Data Collection	635	Down -212 places-212	£45,000	-21.05%	174 0.15%	557
Data Technician	734	Down -77 places-77	£20,000	-59.59%	74 0.063%	45
Data Enrichment	784	Down -124 places-124	£35,000	-41.66%	24 0.020%	75
Data Conversion	787	Down -145 places-145	£100,000	+17.64%	21 0.018%	58
Data Encryption	794	Down -142 places-142	£66,250	-19.69%	14 0.012%	11
Data Integration	341	Down -40 places-40	£70,000	-	623 0.53%	1,043
Data Architecture	228	Up 42 places+42	£80,000	+6.66%	1,005 0.85%	1,352