Real-Time IT Job Market Trends & Actionable Insights

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 30 May 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Data Lake	396	Down -156 places-156	£77,500	-8.82%	396 0.43%	126
Data Centre	122	Up 81 places+81	£65,000	+11.11%	1,481 1.59%	454
Data Entry	619	Down -56 places-56	£29,000	-3.33%	124 0.13%	39
Data Vault	699	Down -56 places-56	£85,000	+21.42%	44 0.047%	16
Data Guard	726	Down -70 places-70	£75,000	+20.00%	17 0.018%	3
Data Quality	124	Up 61 places+61	£60,000	-	1,475 1.58%	602
Data Analyst	90	Up 203 places+203	£42,500	-5.55%	1,832 1.97%	257
Data Design	663	Down -35 places-35	£85,000	+6.25%	80 0.086%	41
Data Mining	608	Down -54 places-54	£40,000	-38.46%	135 0.15%	146
Data Fabric	718	Down -70 places-70	£87,500	+12.90%	25 0.027%	11
Data Science	153	Down -15 places-15	£70,000	-1.77%	1,234 1.33%	953
Data Engineer	105	Up 114 places+114	£70,000	-	1,665 1.79%	317
Data Manager	311	Up 128 places+128	£70,000	+1.42%	558 0.60%	118
Data Pipeline	176	Up 62 places+62	£65,000	-7.14%	1,110 1.19%	462
Data Mapping	629	Down -109 places-109	£55,000	-29.03%	114 0.12%	56
Data Privacy	420	Down -293 places-293	£60,000	-7.69%	363 0.39%	231
Data Lineage	682	Down -108 places-108	£80,000	+18.51%	61 0.066%	35
Data Modelling	107	Up 16 places+16	£70,000	+7.69%	1,628 1.75%	715
Data Sharing	687	Down -60 places-60	£80,000	+31.70%	56 0.060%	38
Data Munging	711	Down -80 places-80	£52,500	-12.50%	32 0.034%	9
Data Steward	724	Down -81 places-81	-	-	19 0.020%
Data Analysis	178	Down -64 places-64	£45,497	-13.33%	1,102 1.18%	564
Data Strategy	320	Down -39 places-39	£80,000	-11.11%	529 0.57%	263
Data Security	420	Down -140 places-140	£62,500	-3.84%	363 0.39%	143
Big Data	498	Down -193 places-193	£76,250	+30.90%	252 0.27%	128
Data Modeller	692	Down -47 places-47	£80,000	+33.33%	51 0.055%	8
Data Migration	327	Down -65 places-65	£62,500	-	507 0.54%	253
Data Warehouse	288	Down -109 places-109	£70,000	+7.69%	602 0.65%	220
Data Architect	269	Up 180 places+180	£85,000	-12.82%	659 0.71%	268
Data Governance	134	Up 37 places+37	£75,000	-9.09%	1,373 1.47%	585
Data Analytics	247	Down -79 places-79	£60,000	-1.93%	710 0.76%	417
Data Scientist	368	Up 70 places+70	£70,000	+7.69%	445 0.48%	152
Data Protection	200	Down -1 place-1	£61,134	+1.89%	979 1.05%	427
Data Ingestion	537	Up 22 places+22	£76,997	+18.45%	206 0.22%	94
Data Validation	577	Down -8 places-8	£50,000	-9.09%	166 0.18%	83
Data Cleansing	533	Down -70 places-70	£48,000	-12.72%	210 0.23%	104
Data Discovery	732	Down -97 places-97	£75,000	+36.36%	11 0.012%	19
Data Management	218	Down -144 places-144	£59,450	-14.87%	865 0.93%	397
Data Engineering	137	Up 7 places+7	£78,500	+4.66%	1,334 1.43%	477
Data Structures	380	Down -1 place-1	£72,500	+2.11%	423 0.45%	208
Data Consultant	588	Down -9 places-9	£80,000	-	155 0.17%	116
Data Extraction	646	Down -180 places-180	£60,000	+33.84%	97 0.10%	57
Data Collection	614	Down -183 places-183	£47,500	-8.21%	129 0.14%	74
Data Technician	721	Down -74 places-74	£57,500	+25.68%	22 0.024%	13
Data Encryption	731	Down -137 places-137	£55,000	-33.33%	12 0.013%	10
Data Conversion	732	Down -86 places-86	£95,000	+72.72%	11 0.012%	1
Data Integration	341	Down -60 places-60	£65,000	-	486 0.52%	206
Data Architecture	226	Up 28 places+28	£82,500	+3.12%	820 0.88%	363
Data Development	657	Down -60 places-60	£112,500	+95.44%	86 0.092%	16
Data Acquisition	670	Down -63 places-63	£50,000	-	73 0.078%	58