Real-Time IT Job Market Trends & Actionable Insights

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 15 Aug 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Data Lake	401	Down -139 places-139	£77,500	-	463 0.43%	393
Data Entry	680	Down -376 places-376	£28,000	-6.66%	105 0.099%	208
Data Vault	720	Down -53 places-53	£90,000	+26.31%	65 0.061%	25
Data Centre	107	Up 63 places+63	£65,000	+8.33%	1,872 1.76%	1,361
Data Guard	763	Down -75 places-75	£75,000	+20.00%	22 0.021%	6
Data Quality	111	Up 79 places+79	£62,500	+8.69%	1,816 1.70%	1,912
Data Science	132	Up 15 places+15	£75,000	+3.44%	1,557 1.46%	2,921
Data Design	716	Down -83 places-83	£85,000	+6.25%	69 0.065%	64
Data Mining	711	Down -135 places-135	£40,000	-38.46%	74 0.069%	235
Data Fabric	751	Down -68 places-68	£82,500	+10.00%	34 0.032%	37
Data Analyst	124	Up 185 places+185	£45,000	-5.75%	1,619 1.52%	431
Data Engineer	98	Up 143 places+143	£70,000	-	1,959 1.84%	801
Data Pipeline	166	Up 67 places+67	£67,500	-	1,297 1.22%	1,511
Data Manager	294	Up 184 places+184	£70,000	-	686 0.64%	277
Data Mapping	639	Down -105 places-105	£62,500	-17.76%	146 0.14%	148
Data Privacy	469	Down -328 places-328	£62,500	+4.16%	348 0.33%	693
Data Lineage	708	Down -109 places-109	£70,000	+0.22%	77 0.072%	148
Data Analysis	178	Down -65 places-65	£50,000	-4.76%	1,211 1.14%	1,438
Data Modelling	114	Up 8 places+8	£70,000	+3.70%	1,757 1.65%	1,791
Data Sharing	713	Down -51 places-51	£82,500	+43.64%	72 0.068%	128
Data Munging	770	Down -113 places-113	£52,500	-	15 0.014%	33
Data Strategy	314	Down -33 places-33	£80,000	-5.88%	638 0.60%	599
Data Security	396	Down -108 places-108	£65,000	-	469 0.44%	329
Big Data	510	Down -145 places-145	£72,500	+11.53%	292 0.27%	453
Data Modeller	728	Down -57 places-57	£90,000	+58.59%	57 0.054%	17
Data Migration	333	Down -61 places-61	£62,500	-3.84%	599 0.56%	622
Data Matching	773	Down -95 places-95	£87,000	+78.46%	12 0.011%	26
Data Warehouse	274	Down -76 places-76	£65,000	-3.70%	731 0.69%	700
Data Architect	243	Up 232 places+232	£85,000	-10.52%	826 0.78%	426
Data Governance	133	Up 60 places+60	£70,782	+1.11%	1,537 1.44%	1,467
Data Analytics	275	Down -81 places-81	£60,000	-4.00%	729 0.68%	1,036
Data Protection	181	Up 28 places+28	£60,000	+9.09%	1,195 1.12%	1,329
Data Scientist	342	Up 191 places+191	£75,000	+7.14%	580 0.54%	573
Data Ingestion	537	Up 34 places+34	£80,000	+14.28%	257 0.24%	311
Data Validation	619	Down -69 places-69	£50,000	-	166 0.16%	175
Data Cleansing	588	Down -125 places-125	£55,000	+10.00%	198 0.19%	245
Data Management	207	Down -113 places-113	£55,000	-12.00%	1,018 0.96%	1,144
Data Discovery	769	Down -90 places-90	£77,500	+24.00%	16 0.015%	42
Data Engineering	129	Up 23 places+23	£80,000	+13.47%	1,592 1.49%	1,472
Data Structures	415	Down -44 places-44	£68,000	-2.85%	430 0.40%	668
Data Extraction	672	Down -108 places-108	£55,000	-	113 0.11%	157
Data Consultant	626	Down -16 places-16	£85,000	+6.25%	159 0.15%	179
Data Collection	642	Down -188 places-188	£45,000	-14.28%	143 0.13%	271
Data Technician	737	Down -61 places-61	£55,000	+8.91%	48 0.045%	30
Data Encryption	773	Down -130 places-130	£67,500	-18.18%	12 0.011%	12
Data Enrichment	770	Down -96 places-96	£60,000	+14.28%	15 0.014%	52
Data Conversion	769	Down -101 places-101	£70,000	-17.64%	16 0.015%	35
Data Integration	370	Down -88 places-88	£65,000	-3.70%	525 0.49%	601
Data Architecture	207	Up 72 places+72	£82,500	+6.45%	1,018 0.96%	859
Data Acquisition	694	Down -61 places-61	£57,500	-8.00%	91 0.085%	125