Real-Time IT Job Market Trends & Actionable Insights

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 13 Jun 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Data Lake	398	Down -152 places-152	£80,000	-3.03%	380 0.41%	146
Data Centre	111	Up 91 places+91	£65,000	+8.33%	1,530 1.65%	431
Data Entry	609	Down -117 places-117	£29,000	-3.33%	124 0.13%	50
Data Vault	687	Down -39 places-39	£85,000	+21.42%	46 0.050%	18
Data Guard	715	Down -52 places-52	£75,000	+20.00%	18 0.019%	4
Data Quality	118	Up 77 places+77	£60,000	-	1,505 1.62%	766
Data Analyst	95	Up 207 places+207	£44,500	-1.11%	1,740 1.88%	307
Data Design	650	Down -24 places-24	£85,000	+6.25%	83 0.090%	19
Data Mining	624	Down -71 places-71	£40,000	-34.69%	109 0.12%	82
Data Fabric	705	Down -51 places-51	£86,250	+11.29%	28 0.030%	16
Data Science	148	Down -13 places-13	£70,000	-3.44%	1,257 1.36%	837
Data Engineer	97	Up 129 places+129	£70,000	-	1,711 1.85%	352
Data Manager	301	Up 153 places+153	£70,000	+1.42%	562 0.61%	117
Data Pipeline	172	Up 66 places+66	£65,000	-7.14%	1,101 1.19%	545
Data Mapping	621	Down -96 places-96	£55,000	-29.03%	112 0.12%	82
Data Privacy	412	Down -280 places-280	£60,000	-7.69%	364 0.39%	202
Data Lineage	670	Down -95 places-95	£80,000	+14.54%	63 0.068%	55
Data Sharing	683	Down -54 places-54	£80,000	+31.70%	50 0.054%	30
Data Modelling	105	Up 22 places+22	£70,000	+7.69%	1,601 1.73%	718
Data Munging	703	Down -66 places-66	£50,000	-16.66%	30 0.032%	9
Data Steward	716	Down -66 places-66	-	-	17 0.018%	4
Data Analysis	174	Down -56 places-56	£47,085	-10.31%	1,096 1.18%	632
Data Strategy	302	Down -23 places-23	£80,000	-11.11%	560 0.60%	213
Data Security	406	Down -116 places-116	£62,500	-3.84%	372 0.40%	152
Big Data	508	Down -202 places-202	£75,000	+30.43%	230 0.25%	131
Data Modeller	687	Down -40 places-40	£81,250	+46.39%	46 0.050%	9
Data Migration	324	Down -54 places-54	£60,000	-7.69%	516 0.56%	358
Data Warehouse	292	Down -104 places-104	£70,000	+7.69%	591 0.64%	290
Data Architect	242	Up 215 places+215	£85,000	-12.82%	713 0.77%	139
Data Governance	126	Up 51 places+51	£75,000	-9.09%	1,379 1.49%	544
Data Analytics	243	Down -75 places-75	£60,000	-2.43%	711 0.77%	335
Data Scientist	351	Up 109 places+109	£71,250	+8.26%	466 0.50%	171
Data Protection	186	Up 28 places+28	£60,000	-	1,000 1.08%	427
Data Ingestion	530	Up 36 places+36	£80,000	+23.07%	204 0.22%	117
Data Validation	568	Down -3 places-3	£50,000	-9.14%	165 0.18%	109
Data Cleansing	528	Down -54 places-54	£52,500	-4.54%	207 0.22%	130
Data Management	212	Down -134 places-134	£59,450	-11.92%	848 0.91%	379
Data Engineering	131	Up 10 places+10	£80,000	+6.66%	1,339 1.44%	565
Data Structures	366	Up 16 places+16	£72,500	-0.68%	430 0.46%	223
Data Extraction	631	Down -146 places-146	£60,000	+41.17%	102 0.11%	68
Data Consultant	578	Up 6 places+6	£80,000	-	155 0.17%	76
Data Collection	609	Down -167 places-167	£47,500	-8.21%	124 0.13%	86
Data Technician	710	Down -60 places-60	£57,500	+17.34%	23 0.025%	23
Data Conversion	721	Down -68 places-68	£95,000	+31.03%	12 0.013%	1
Data Integration	341	Down -58 places-58	£65,000	-	478 0.52%	247
Data Architecture	213	Up 45 places+45	£82,500	+3.12%	842 0.91%	310
Data Development	639	Down -31 places-31	£112,500	+105.94%	94 0.10%	16
Data Acquisition	664	Down -53 places-53	£50,750	+1.50%	69 0.074%	42
Data Stewardship	715	Down -101 places-101	£70,752	+13.20%	18 0.019%	33
Data Coordinator	720	Down -60 places-60	-	-	13 0.014%	6