Real-Time IT Job Market Trends & Actionable Insights

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 6 Jun 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Data Lake	408	Down -169 places-169	£77,500	-6.06%	384 0.42%	172
Data Centre	114	Up 90 places+90	£65,000	+9.24%	1,497 1.62%	600
Data Entry	623	Down -100 places-100	£29,500	-1.66%	124 0.13%	51
Data Vault	703	Down -55 places-55	£85,000	+21.42%	44 0.048%	20
Data Guard	729	Down -68 places-68	£75,000	+20.00%	18 0.020%	6
Data Quality	115	Up 80 places+80	£60,000	-	1,485 1.61%	822
Data Analyst	89	Up 209 places+209	£43,500	-3.33%	1,773 1.92%	354
Data Design	664	Down -35 places-35	£85,000	+6.25%	83 0.090%	44
Data Mining	625	Down -69 places-69	£40,000	-38.46%	122 0.13%	130
Data Fabric	720	Down -66 places-66	£87,500	+1.44%	27 0.029%	15
Data Science	147	Down -8 places-8	£70,000	-2.76%	1,245 1.35%	1,188
Data Engineer	95	Up 128 places+128	£70,000	-	1,694 1.84%	443
Data Manager	315	Up 134 places+134	£68,658	-0.52%	563 0.61%	116
Data Pipeline	175	Up 59 places+59	£65,000	-7.14%	1,097 1.19%	675
Data Mapping	635	Down -108 places-108	£55,000	-29.03%	112 0.12%	79
Data Privacy	418	Down -288 places-288	£60,000	-7.69%	370 0.40%	286
Data Lineage	686	Down -109 places-109	£80,000	+16.49%	61 0.066%	58
Data Sharing	693	Down -63 places-63	£80,000	+31.70%	54 0.059%	43
Data Modelling	102	Up 23 places+23	£70,000	+7.69%	1,604 1.74%	963
Data Munging	717	Down -81 places-81	£50,000	-16.66%	30 0.033%	9
Data Steward	728	Down -80 places-80	-	-	19 0.021%	3
Data Analysis	176	Down -61 places-61	£46,000	-12.38%	1,095 1.19%	711
Data Strategy	327	Down -54 places-54	£80,000	-11.11%	536 0.58%	309
Data Security	425	Down -144 places-144	£62,500	-3.84%	358 0.39%	194
Big Data	519	Down -216 places-216	£75,000	+28.20%	235 0.25%	179
Data Modeller	698	Down -48 places-48	£80,000	+33.33%	49 0.053%	8
Data Migration	336	Down -74 places-74	£62,500	-2.20%	511 0.55%	405
Data Warehouse	305	Down -123 places-123	£70,000	+7.69%	588 0.64%	314
Data Architect	272	Up 179 places+179	£85,000	-12.82%	667 0.72%	329
Data Governance	126	Up 47 places+47	£72,500	-9.37%	1,373 1.49%	713
Data Analytics	254	Down -87 places-87	£60,000	-2.18%	705 0.76%	460
Data Scientist	366	Up 88 places+88	£70,000	+7.02%	459 0.50%	219
Data Protection	197	Up 9 places+9	£60,000	-	987 1.07%	564
Data Ingestion	547	Up 18 places+18	£75,000	+15.38%	202 0.22%	150
Data Validation	588	Down -18 places-18	£50,000	-9.11%	160 0.17%	132
Data Cleansing	542	Down -73 places-73	£48,500	-11.81%	209 0.23%	129
Data Management	222	Down -149 places-149	£59,450	-11.92%	857 0.93%	487
Data Engineering	134	Up 11 places+11	£80,000	+6.66%	1,329 1.44%	708
Data Structures	386	Down -2 places-2	£72,500	+0.35%	422 0.46%	296
Data Consultant	594	Down -11 places-11	£80,000	-	154 0.17%	153
Data Extraction	644	Down -164 places-164	£60,000	+41.17%	103 0.11%	74
Data Collection	621	Down -175 places-175	£47,500	-8.65%	126 0.14%	83
Data Technician	725	Down -72 places-72	£57,500	+17.34%	22 0.024%	15
Data Conversion	735	Down -84 places-84	£95,000	+72.72%	12 0.013%	2
Data Encryption	737	Down -136 places-136	£55,000	-33.33%	10 0.011%	9
Data Integration	359	Down -83 places-83	£65,000	-	467 0.51%	283
Data Architecture	228	Up 20 places+20	£82,500	+1.22%	822 0.89%	479
Data Development	656	Down -51 places-51	£112,500	+101.64%	91 0.099%	22
Data Acquisition	675	Down -65 places-65	£50,000	-	72 0.078%	63
Data Stewardship	730	Down -120 places-120	£70,752	+10.98%	17 0.018%	30