Real-Time IT Job Market Trends & Actionable Insights

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 22 Aug 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Data Lake	391	Down -131 places-131	£77,500	-1.27%	469 0.43%	109
Data Entry	678	Down -373 places-373	£28,000	-6.66%	101 0.094%	196
Data Vault	714	Down -55 places-55	£90,000	+26.31%	65 0.060%	16
Data Centre	106	Up 65 places+65	£65,000	+8.33%	1,905 1.76%	478
Data Guard	757	Down -77 places-77	£75,000	+20.00%	22 0.020%	3
Data Quality	111	Up 81 places+81	£62,500	+8.69%	1,839 1.70%	867
Data Science	133	Up 15 places+15	£75,000	+3.44%	1,564 1.45%	717
Data Design	716	Down -97 places-97	£85,000	+6.25%	63 0.058%	16
Data Mining	718	Down -147 places-147	£40,000	-33.33%	61 0.057%	140
Data Fabric	749	Down -74 places-74	£82,500	+10.00%	30 0.028%	9
Data Analyst	135	Up 179 places+179	£47,500	+0.52%	1,561 1.45%	328
Data Engineer	100	Up 145 places+145	£70,000	+3.70%	1,965 1.82%	354
Data Pipeline	166	Up 67 places+67	£70,000	+3.70%	1,299 1.20%	381
Data Manager	289	Up 183 places+183	£68,658	-1.91%	700 0.65%	102
Data Mapping	630	Down -100 places-100	£62,500	-17.76%	149 0.14%	77
Data Privacy	476	Down -333 places-333	£66,000	+7.75%	323 0.30%	253
Data Analysis	179	Down -65 places-65	£51,356	-2.17%	1,218 1.13%	677
Data Lineage	702	Down -112 places-112	£70,000	+0.22%	77 0.071%	38
Data Sharing	706	Down -53 places-53	£80,339	+39.87%	73 0.068%	40
Data Modelling	114	Up 11 places+11	£70,000	+3.70%	1,759 1.63%	622
Data Munging	765	Down -113 places-113	£52,500	-	14 0.013%	3
Data Strategy	311	Down -35 places-35	£80,000	-5.88%	637 0.59%	124
Data Security	392	Down -100 places-100	£67,500	+3.84%	467 0.43%	110
Big Data	503	Down -141 places-141	£73,750	+13.46%	290 0.27%	64
Data Modeller	722	Down -60 places-60	£90,000	+58.59%	57 0.053%	15
Data Migration	330	Down -49 places-49	£63,500	-2.30%	599 0.55%	335
Data Warehouse	275	Down -66 places-66	£65,000	-3.70%	731 0.68%	276
Data Architect	242	Up 227 places+227	£85,000	-10.52%	838 0.78%	96
Data Governance	138	Up 56 places+56	£70,500	+0.71%	1,529 1.42%	541
Data Analytics	288	Down -89 places-89	£62,500	-3.84%	702 0.65%	379
Data Protection	180	Up 34 places+34	£58,000	+6.97%	1,216 1.13%	636
Data Scientist	338	Up 197 places+197	£75,000	+7.14%	584 0.54%	101
Data Ingestion	535	Up 30 places+30	£80,000	+14.28%	251 0.23%	107
Data Validation	612	Down -71 places-71	£50,000	-	167 0.15%	98
Data Cleansing	588	Down -150 places-150	£54,000	+16.12%	192 0.18%	152
Data Management	204	Down -105 places-105	£55,000	-12.00%	1,038 0.96%	438
Data Discovery	763	Down -91 places-91	£77,500	+24.00%	16 0.015%	8
Data Engineering	126	Up 26 places+26	£80,000	+14.28%	1,607 1.49%	458
Data Structures	412	Down -40 places-40	£67,500	-3.57%	423 0.39%	166
Data Extraction	663	Down -99 places-99	£55,000	-4.34%	116 0.11%	67
Data Consultant	620	Down -13 places-13	£85,000	+6.25%	159 0.15%	51
Data Collection	634	Down -199 places-199	£45,000	-12.62%	145 0.13%	105
Data Technician	722	Down -54 places-54	£55,000	+8.91%	57 0.053%	24
Data Encryption	766	Down -129 places-129	£63,750	-22.72%	13 0.012%	3
Data Enrichment	764	Down -98 places-98	£75,000	+42.85%	15 0.014%	11
Data Conversion	764	Down -110 places-110	£70,000	-17.64%	15 0.014%	9
Data Integration	366	Down -72 places-72	£67,500	+3.84%	525 0.49%	205
Data Architecture	205	Up 74 places+74	£82,500	+6.45%	1,035 0.96%	284
Data Acquisition	694	Down -71 places-71	£59,641	-4.57%	85 0.079%	77
Data Development	672	Down -18 places-18	£90,000	+89.47%	107 0.099%	9