Real-Time IT Job Market Trends & Actionable Insights

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 11 Jul 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Data Lake	402	Down -142 places-142	£80,000	+3.22%	414 0.42%	125
Data Centre	113	Up 75 places+75	£65,000	+8.33%	1,694 1.72%	498
Data Entry	631	Down -317 places-317	£28,750	-4.16%	117 0.12%	68
Data Vault	689	Down -26 places-26	£85,000	+19.29%	59 0.060%	19
Data Guard	726	Down -46 places-46	£75,000	+20.00%	22 0.022%	15
Data Quality	117	Up 86 places+86	£62,500	+4.16%	1,637 1.66%	762
Data Design	673	Down -34 places-34	£86,250	+7.81%	75 0.076%	20
Data Mining	658	Down -92 places-92	£40,000	-27.27%	90 0.092%	174
Data Fabric	718	Down -46 places-46	£80,000	+4.91%	30 0.031%	9
Data Science	159	Down -16 places-16	£70,000	-6.66%	1,286 1.31%	938
Data Analyst	105	Up 208 places+208	£45,000	-5.26%	1,762 1.79%	375
Data Engineer	98	Up 134 places+134	£70,000	-	1,838 1.87%	422
Data Manager	319	Up 138 places+138	£68,658	-1.91%	579 0.59%	138
Data Pipeline	174	Up 65 places+65	£67,500	-3.57%	1,170 1.19%	496
Data Mapping	619	Down -88 places-88	£64,500	-16.77%	129 0.13%	78
Data Privacy	431	Down -291 places-291	£60,000	-2.04%	369 0.38%	259
Data Lineage	693	Down -103 places-103	£70,000	+0.22%	55 0.056%	52
Data Modelling	113	Up 17 places+17	£69,973	+7.65%	1,694 1.72%	667
Data Sharing	694	Down -44 places-44	£82,500	+39.61%	54 0.055%	52
Data Munging	723	Down -73 places-73	£52,500	-12.50%	25 0.025%	5
Data Analysis	186	Down -65 places-65	£46,500	-11.42%	1,100 1.12%	674
Data Strategy	303	Down -15 places-15	£80,000	-9.85%	621 0.63%	258
Data Security	401	Down -107 places-107	£62,500	-3.84%	416 0.42%	144
Big Data	491	Down -167 places-167	£72,500	+11.53%	272 0.28%	99
Data Modeller	702	Down -42 places-42	£85,000	+41.66%	46 0.047%	14
Data Migration	326	Down -62 places-62	£60,000	-7.69%	570 0.58%	324
Data Architect	245	Up 217 places+217	£85,000	-12.82%	790 0.80%	160
Data Warehouse	286	Down -89 places-89	£65,000	-	666 0.68%	265
Data Governance	130	Up 62 places+62	£71,000	-5.33%	1,447 1.47%	658
Data Analytics	265	Down -76 places-76	£60,484	-6.94%	732 0.74%	414
Data Scientist	362	Up 117 places+117	£75,000	+7.14%	488 0.50%	156
Data Protection	184	Up 33 places+33	£60,000	+4.34%	1,109 1.13%	442
Data Ingestion	519	Up 57 places+57	£80,000	+14.28%	236 0.24%	115
Data Validation	576	Down -6 places-6	£50,000	-	172 0.17%	98
Data Cleansing	544	Down -66 places-66	£52,500	+0.47%	208 0.21%	121
Data Discovery	736	Down -77 places-77	£77,500	+40.90%	12 0.012%	16
Data Management	215	Down -119 places-119	£57,500	-11.53%	917 0.93%	344
Data Engineering	132	Up 15 places+15	£80,000	+6.66%	1,431 1.45%	507
Data Structures	383	Up 2 places+2	£72,500	+3.57%	449 0.46%	207
Data Extraction	639	Down -109 places-109	£57,500	+12.19%	109 0.11%	65
Data Consultant	594	Up 2 places+2	£80,000	-3.03%	154 0.16%	55
Data Collection	616	Down -161 places-161	£45,633	-13.08%	132 0.13%	79
Data Technician	718	Down -50 places-50	£55,000	+12.24%	30 0.031%	16
Data Encryption	736	Down -118 places-118	£67,500	-18.18%	12 0.012%	6
Data Conversion	735	Down -64 places-64	£80,000	-11.11%	13 0.013%	6
Data Integration	357	Down -76 places-76	£65,000	-	498 0.51%	210
Data Architecture	214	Up 60 places+60	£82,500	+3.12%	918 0.93%	305
Data Acquisition	678	Down -51 places-51	£55,000	+22.22%	70 0.071%	46
Data Development	650	Down -21 places-21	£112,500	+114.28%	98 0.100%	12
Data Stewardship	732	Down -99 places-99	£70,752	+8.84%	16 0.016%	13