Real-Time IT Job Market Trends & Actionable Insights

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 29 Aug 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	-1.84%	468 0.43%	443
Data Entry	692	Down -401 places-401	£28,000	-6.66%	101 0.092%	238
Data Vault	727	Down -81 places-81	£92,500	+27.58%	66 0.060%	40
Data Guard	771	Down -102 places-102	£75,000	-25.92%	22 0.020%	11
Data Centre	103	Up 59 places+59	£65,576	+9.29%	1,935 1.77%	1,456
Data Quality	108	Up 76 places+76	£62,500	+8.75%	1,852 1.69%	2,310
Data Design	736	Down -140 places-140	£82,500	+3.12%	57 0.052%	61
Data Science	133	Up 11 places+11	£75,000	+3.44%	1,569 1.43%	3,365
Data Mining	731	Down -182 places-182	£40,000	-27.27%	62 0.057%	238
Data Fabric	763	Down -98 places-98	£80,000	+6.66%	30 0.027%	59
Data Analyst	138	Up 168 places+168	£48,500	+6.85%	1,507 1.38%	508
Data Engineer	98	Up 137 places+137	£70,000	+3.70%	1,993 1.82%	885
Data Manager	283	Up 184 places+184	£68,658	-1.91%	715 0.65%	346
Data Pipeline	169	Up 52 places+52	£70,000	+3.70%	1,275 1.16%	1,786
Data Mapping	642	Down -119 places-119	£62,500	-16.66%	152 0.14%	190
Data Privacy	489	Down -349 places-349	£66,000	+10.00%	324 0.30%	714
Data Analysis	174	Down -62 places-62	£52,500	-	1,239 1.13%	1,805
Data Lineage	714	Down -135 places-135	£70,000	+0.22%	79 0.072%	209
Data Sharing	720	Down -78 places-78	£80,339	+39.79%	73 0.067%	151
Data Modelling	112	Up 11 places+11	£70,000	+3.70%	1,781 1.63%	2,080
Data Munging	779	Down -135 places-135	£52,500	-	14 0.013%	43
Data Strategy	317	Down -57 places-57	£80,000	-3.03%	637 0.58%	684
Data Security	394	Down -112 places-112	£67,500	+3.84%	475 0.43%	440
Big Data	514	Down -125 places-125	£72,500	+7.40%	291 0.27%	552
Data Modeller	738	Down -88 places-88	£90,000	+58.59%	55 0.050%	11
Data Matching	780	Down -122 places-122	£87,000	+78.46%	13 0.012%	29
Data Migration	334	Down -61 places-61	£62,750	-3.46%	599 0.55%	705
Data Warehouse	272	Down -67 places-67	£66,250	-1.85%	742 0.68%	813
Data Architect	235	Up 223 places+223	£85,000	-5.55%	860 0.79%	413
Data Governance	137	Up 45 places+45	£70,782	+1.11%	1,509 1.38%	1,673
Data Analytics	291	Down -97 places-97	£62,174	-0.91%	692 0.63%	1,242
Data Protection	176	Up 25 places+25	£57,500	+6.04%	1,224 1.12%	1,679
Data Scientist	340	Up 188 places+188	£75,000	+7.14%	585 0.53%	558
Data Ingestion	545	Up 13 places+13	£80,000	+14.28%	254 0.23%	363
Data Validation	640	Down -111 places-111	£50,000	-	154 0.14%	203
Data Cleansing	608	Down -184 places-184	£53,171	+18.15%	187 0.17%	297
Data Discovery	777	Down -114 places-114	£77,500	+14.81%	16 0.015%	48
Data Management	205	Down -104 places-104	£55,279	-7.86%	1,027 0.94%	1,451
Data Engineering	127	Up 23 places+23	£80,000	+14.28%	1,609 1.47%	1,694
Data Structures	418	Down -57 places-57	£66,500	-5.00%	422 0.39%	791
Data Extraction	677	Down -119 places-119	£55,000	-4.34%	116 0.11%	155
Data Consultant	637	Down -38 places-38	£85,000	+6.25%	157 0.14%	221
Data Collection	649	Down -218 places-218	£45,000	-12.62%	145 0.13%	324
Data Technician	733	Down -76 places-76	£55,000	+5.76%	60 0.055%	20
Data Encryption	780	Down -152 places-152	£63,750	-22.72%	13 0.012%	8
Data Conversion	777	Down -139 places-139	£70,000	-17.64%	16 0.015%	43
Data Enrichment	778	Down -123 places-123	£75,000	+42.85%	15 0.014%	49
Data Integration	363	Down -74 places-74	£67,500	-	530 0.48%	674
Data Architecture	200	Up 63 places+63	£82,500	+10.00%	1,048 0.96%	983
Data Acquisition	704	Down -93 places-93	£61,783	+9.83%	89 0.081%	152