Real-Time IT Job Market Trends & Actionable Insights

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 1 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	£78,750	+5.00%	437 0.42%	238
Data Vault	703	Down -48 places-48	£90,000	+26.31%	65 0.063%	12
Data Entry	664	Down -363 places-363	£28,000	-6.66%	104 0.10%	142
Data Centre	108	Up 72 places+72	£65,000	+8.33%	1,791 1.74%	813
Data Guard	744	Down -69 places-69	£75,000	+30.43%	24 0.023%	6
Data Quality	111	Up 93 places+93	£62,500	+8.69%	1,743 1.69%	1,325
Data Design	697	Down -60 places-60	£85,000	+6.25%	71 0.069%	30
Data Science	136	Up 4 places+4	£72,500	-2.02%	1,446 1.40%	1,743
Data Mining	684	Down -118 places-118	£40,000	-33.33%	84 0.081%	115
Data Fabric	734	Down -64 places-64	£82,500	+8.19%	34 0.033%	17
Data Analyst	113	Up 185 places+185	£45,000	-5.26%	1,717 1.66%	374
Data Engineer	95	Up 140 places+140	£70,000	-	1,916 1.86%	614
Data Manager	306	Up 154 places+154	£70,000	-	646 0.63%	216
Data Pipeline	172	Up 63 places+63	£70,000	+3.70%	1,224 1.19%	951
Data Mapping	625	Down -102 places-102	£62,500	-17.76%	143 0.14%	92
Data Privacy	446	Down -303 places-303	£60,000	-	357 0.35%	410
Data Lineage	700	Down -108 places-108	£70,000	-	68 0.066%	100
Data Modelling	112	Up 14 places+14	£70,000	+3.70%	1,735 1.68%	1,120
Data Sharing	704	Down -58 places-58	£82,500	+43.55%	64 0.062%	59
Data Analysis	184	Down -71 places-71	£47,085	-10.31%	1,152 1.12%	879
Data Munging	750	Down -110 places-110	£52,500	-	18 0.017%	25
Data Strategy	310	Down -36 places-36	£80,000	-11.11%	634 0.61%	414
Data Security	396	Down -117 places-117	£62,500	-3.84%	448 0.43%	218
Big Data	492	Down -176 places-176	£72,500	+9.43%	287 0.28%	197
Data Modeller	717	Down -60 places-60	£85,001	+66.66%	51 0.049%	18
Data Migration	323	Down -62 places-62	£62,500	-3.84%	610 0.59%	437
Data Warehouse	285	Down -91 places-91	£67,500	-	709 0.69%	449
Data Architect	253	Up 200 places+200	£85,000	-10.18%	804 0.78%	302
Data Governance	130	Up 67 places+67	£70,752	+1.07%	1,521 1.47%	970
Data Analytics	276	Down -84 places-84	£60,000	-4.38%	737 0.71%	583
Data Scientist	354	Up 127 places+127	£75,000	+7.14%	547 0.53%	360
Data Protection	186	Up 22 places+22	£60,000	+7.54%	1,142 1.11%	788
Data Ingestion	534	Up 35 places+35	£80,000	+14.28%	240 0.23%	168
Data Validation	603	Down -62 places-62	£50,000	-	165 0.16%	135
Data Cleansing	570	Down -104 places-104	£55,000	+10.00%	199 0.19%	156
Data Discovery	752	Down -88 places-88	£76,250	+38.63%	16 0.016%	27
Data Management	214	Down -121 places-121	£55,000	-12.00%	979 0.95%	720
Data Engineering	129	Up 22 places+22	£80,000	+6.66%	1,526 1.48%	953
Data Structures	399	Down -29 places-29	£68,510	-2.12%	443 0.43%	316
Data Extraction	661	Down -118 places-118	£57,500	+4.54%	107 0.10%	84
Data Consultant	601	Down -5 places-5	£85,000	+3.03%	167 0.16%	94
Data Collection	633	Down -186 places-186	£45,000	-14.28%	135 0.13%	159
Data Technician	728	Down -65 places-65	£55,000	+5.76%	40 0.039%	21
Data Encryption	755	Down -129 places-129	£65,000	-21.21%	13 0.013%	4
Data Conversion	753	Down -84 places-84	£67,500	-20.58%	15 0.015%	12
Data Integration	368	Down -99 places-99	£65,000	-3.70%	517 0.50%	384
Data Architecture	213	Up 54 places+54	£82,500	+6.45%	984 0.95%	564
Data Acquisition	684	Down -66 places-66	£55,000	-4.34%	84 0.081%	86
Data Development	665	Down -29 places-29	£90,000	+71.42%	103 0.100%	24
Data Stewardship	747	Down -117 places-117	£70,752	+13.20%	21 0.020%	29