Real-Time IT Job Market Trends & Actionable Insights

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 27 Jun 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Data Lake	392	Down -140 places-140	£80,000	-3.03%	395 0.41%	124
Data Centre	109	Up 84 places+84	£65,576	+9.29%	1,608 1.69%	423
Data Entry	617	Down -290 places-290	£28,750	-4.16%	120 0.13%	45
Data Vault	684	Down -42 places-42	£85,000	+21.42%	53 0.056%	10
Data Guard	716	Down -59 places-59	£75,000	+20.00%	21 0.022%	14
Data Quality	114	Up 85 places+85	£62,500	+4.16%	1,562 1.64%	628
Data Design	656	Down -39 places-39	£85,000	+7.93%	81 0.085%	18
Data Mining	642	Down -93 places-93	£40,000	-33.33%	95 0.100%	144
Data Fabric	708	Down -59 places-59	£82,500	+8.19%	29 0.031%	20
Data Analyst	96	Up 209 places+209	£45,000	-	1,762 1.85%	299
Data Science	149	Down -11 places-11	£70,000	-3.78%	1,269 1.33%	807
Data Engineer	96	Up 127 places+127	£70,000	-3.44%	1,762 1.85%	384
Data Manager	303	Up 147 places+147	£68,658	-1.91%	560 0.59%	93
Data Pipeline	166	Up 70 places+70	£67,500	-3.57%	1,134 1.19%	476
Data Mapping	615	Down -96 places-96	£64,500	-16.77%	122 0.13%	69
Data Privacy	421	Down -290 places-290	£60,000	-7.69%	358 0.38%	185
Data Lineage	679	Down -111 places-111	£75,000	+7.38%	58 0.061%	42
Data Sharing	686	Down -60 places-60	£82,500	+35.81%	51 0.054%	35
Data Modelling	103	Up 24 places+24	£69,973	+7.65%	1,642 1.72%	597
Data Munging	710	Down -80 places-80	£51,250	-14.58%	27 0.028%	4
Data Analysis	173	Down -55 places-55	£47,292	-9.91%	1,091 1.15%	525
Data Strategy	290	Down -8 places-8	£80,000	-13.51%	597 0.63%	225
Data Security	391	Down -109 places-109	£62,500	-3.84%	397 0.42%	134
Big Data	506	Down -201 places-201	£75,000	+25.00%	242 0.25%	90
Data Modeller	694	Down -55 places-55	£82,500	+37.50%	43 0.045%	10
Data Migration	313	Down -42 places-42	£60,000	-7.69%	541 0.57%	265
Data Architect	227	Up 238 places+238	£85,000	-12.82%	777 0.82%	157
Data Warehouse	277	Down -88 places-88	£65,000	-	633 0.66%	236
Data Analytics	247	Down -72 places-72	£60,484	-3.22%	718 0.75%	339
Data Governance	128	Up 49 places+49	£72,500	-6.45%	1,396 1.47%	538
Data Scientist	348	Up 114 places+114	£75,000	+11.11%	482 0.51%	126
Data Protection	182	Up 27 places+27	£60,000	+1.69%	1,043 1.10%	413
Data Ingestion	523	Up 35 places+35	£80,000	+14.28%	219 0.23%	106
Data Validation	564	Down -7 places-7	£50,000	-9.11%	173 0.18%	98
Data Cleansing	534	Down -67 places-67	£52,500	-4.54%	204 0.21%	109
Data Discovery	724	Down -89 places-89	£77,500	+40.90%	13 0.014%	10
Data Management	215	Down -132 places-132	£59,450	-8.53%	853 0.90%	319
Data Engineering	129	Up 13 places+13	£80,000	+6.66%	1,382 1.45%	460
Data Structures	366	Up 6 places+6	£72,500	-0.68%	446 0.47%	185
Data Extraction	630	Down -135 places-135	£57,500	+21.05%	107 0.11%	59
Data Consultant	583	Down -7 places-7	£90,000	+12.50%	154 0.16%	47
Data Collection	616	Down -178 places-178	£46,256	-11.47%	121 0.13%	74
Data Technician	709	Down -63 places-63	£55,000	+3.28%	28 0.029%	15
Data Conversion	724	Down -78 places-78	£80,000	-11.11%	13 0.014%	3
Data Integration	344	Down -67 places-67	£65,000	-7.14%	489 0.51%	198
Data Architecture	205	Up 57 places+57	£82,500	+3.12%	895 0.94%	256
Data Development	641	Down -36 places-36	£112,500	+122.77%	96 0.10%	13
Data Acquisition	676	Down -71 places-71	£52,500	+16.66%	61 0.064%	52
Data Stewardship	721	Down -110 places-110	£70,752	+13.20%	16 0.017%	12
Data Flow Diagram	709	Down -55 places-55	£63,880	+8.73%	28 0.029%	7