Real-Time IT Job Market Trends & Actionable Insights

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 2 May 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Data Lake	360	Down -142 places-142	£80,000	-11.11%	404 0.45%	134
Data Centre	133	Up 54 places+54	£65,000	+13.04%	1,309 1.45%	543
Data Entry	592	Down -34 places-34	£29,000	-3.15%	118 0.13%	66
Data Vault	678	Down -63 places-63	£73,750	+5.35%	32 0.036%	31
Data Guard	695	New entry-	£67,500	-	15 0.017%	4
Data Quality	132	Up 40 places+40	£62,500	+1.88%	1,314 1.46%	773
Data Analyst	81	Up 221 places+221	£42,500	-10.52%	1,979 2.20%	398
Data Design	637	Down -37 places-37	£85,000	+38.87%	73 0.081%	21
Data Mining	543	Down -4 places-4	£40,000	-27.27%	168 0.19%	73
Data Fabric	685	Down -58 places-58	£87,500	+12.90%	25 0.028%	7
Data Science	150	Down -23 places-23	£70,000	-	1,165 1.29%	828
Data Engineer	114	Up 81 places+81	£70,000	-3.44%	1,469 1.63%	469
Data Manager	293	Up 116 places+116	£67,500	-3.57%	542 0.60%	116
Data Pipeline	171	Up 54 places+54	£65,000	-5.10%	1,056 1.17%	663
Data Privacy	380	Down -99 places-99	£61,418	-9.69%	372 0.41%	227
Data Mapping	614	Down -123 places-123	£54,000	-25.51%	96 0.11%	83
Data Lineage	643	Down -85 places-85	£84,000	+26.56%	67 0.074%	53
Data Modelling	109	Up 10 places+10	£70,000	+7.69%	1,530 1.70%	930
Data Sharing	646	Down -43 places-43	£82,500	+35.81%	64 0.071%	34
Data Munging	673	Down -59 places-59	£51,250	-21.15%	37 0.041%	15
Data Analysis	152	Down -53 places-53	£45,497	-13.33%	1,158 1.29%	652
Data Steward	688	Down -65 places-65	£60,000	-17.24%	22 0.024%	1
Data Strategy	294	Down -35 places-35	£80,000	-5.88%	539 0.60%	199
Data Security	399	Down -122 places-122	£62,500	-3.84%	342 0.38%	179
Big Data	488	Down -189 places-189	£76,000	+16.92%	226 0.25%	141
Data Migration	322	Down -84 places-84	£62,500	-	471 0.52%	324
Data Modeller	667	Down -40 places-40	£82,500	+37.50%	43 0.048%	13
Data Warehouse	259	Down -80 places-80	£70,932	+9.12%	630 0.70%	308
Data Architect	259	Up 148 places+148	£85,000	-10.18%	630 0.70%	139
Data Governance	130	Up 24 places+24	£75,000	-11.76%	1,323 1.47%	540
Data Analytics	241	Down -100 places-100	£59,773	-1.59%	703 0.78%	307
Data Protection	192	Down -19 places-19	£60,000	-	949 1.05%	451
Data Scientist	381	Up 27 places+27	£70,000	+9.37%	369 0.41%	179
Data Ingestion	558	Down -6 places-6	£80,000	+20.75%	153 0.17%	114
Data Validation	544	Up 9 places+9	£50,000	-	167 0.19%	82
Data Cleansing	513	Down -96 places-96	£42,000	-37.77%	199 0.22%	119
Data Discovery	699	Down -90 places-90	£75,000	+36.36%	11 0.012%	19
Data Management	196	Down -121 places-121	£59,450	-20.73%	926 1.03%	379
Data Engineering	135	Up 33 places+33	£75,000	-6.25%	1,272 1.41%	534
Data Structures	375	Down -1 place-1	£72,500	+0.70%	380 0.42%	241
Data Extraction	616	Down -173 places-173	£60,000	+33.33%	94 0.10%	68
Data Consultant	575	Down -29 places-29	£80,000	+5.26%	136 0.15%	78
Data Collection	584	Down -174 places-174	£45,000	-14.28%	126 0.14%	89
Data Conversion	699	Down -74 places-74	£95,000	+31.03%	11 0.012%	9
Data Encryption	696	Down -132 places-132	£62,500	-24.24%	14 0.016%	3
Data Technician	699	Down -73 places-73	£55,000	+29.41%	11 0.012%	17
Data Integration	298	Down -27 places-27	£65,000	-	528 0.59%	217
Data Architecture	219	Up 10 places+10	£82,500	-	801 0.89%	305
Data Development	623	Down -50 places-50	£112,500	+95.44%	87 0.097%	7
Data Acquisition	636	Down -52 places-52	£60,000	-4.42%	74 0.082%	44