Real-Time IT Job Market Trends & Actionable Insights

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 19 Sep 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Data Lake	409	Down -151 places-151	£75,000	-10.44%	461 0.40%	581
Data Entry	629	Down -329 places-329	£28,000	-6.66%	163 0.14%	257
Data Centre	102	Up 61 places+61	£70,000	+16.66%	2,086 1.80%	2,142
Data Vault	726	Down -82 places-82	£91,250	+19.67%	66 0.057%	32
Data Guard	775	Down -106 places-106	£75,000	-46.42%	17 0.015%	13
Data Quality	106	Up 83 places+83	£62,500	+10.61%	2,034 1.75%	3,361
Data Design	735	Down -152 places-152	£82,500	+3.12%	57 0.049%	86
Data Mining	738	Down -182 places-182	£49,630	+16.77%	54 0.047%	281
Data Fabric	758	Down -92 places-92	£80,000	+20.75%	34 0.029%	85
Data Science	137	Up 13 places+13	£75,000	+3.44%	1,596 1.37%	4,303
Data Analyst	172	Up 134 places+134	£50,000	+11.11%	1,344 1.16%	723
Data Engineer	103	Up 140 places+140	£70,000	+3.70%	2,079 1.79%	1,850
Data Manager	279	Up 198 places+198	£70,000	-	753 0.65%	530
Data Mapping	630	Down -105 places-105	£62,500	-13.79%	162 0.14%	219
Data Privacy	478	Down -331 places-331	£64,000	+2.40%	344 0.30%	1,001
Data Pipeline	176	Up 50 places+50	£70,000	+3.70%	1,315 1.13%	2,597
Data Analysis	165	Down -48 places-48	£52,500	+0.47%	1,412 1.22%	2,209
Data Lineage	688	Down -100 places-100	£75,000	+7.26%	104 0.090%	238
Data Sharing	713	Down -68 places-68	£82,500	+43.47%	79 0.068%	216
Data Munging	777	Down -131 places-131	£52,500	-	15 0.013%	41
Data Modelling	118	Up 8 places+8	£70,000	+1.44%	1,839 1.58%	2,927
Data Strategy	315	Down -50 places-50	£80,000	-3.03%	650 0.56%	912
Data Security	394	Down -92 places-92	£65,000	-	492 0.42%	564
Big Data	512	Down -104 places-104	£72,500	+2.83%	297 0.26%	624
Data Modeller	739	Down -91 places-91	£90,000	+76.47%	53 0.046%	32
Data Matching	779	Down -121 places-121	£87,000	+78.46%	13 0.011%	31
Data Migration	317	Down -29 places-29	£62,500	-3.84%	648 0.56%	1,054
Data Warehouse	288	Down -75 places-75	£65,000	-3.70%	731 0.63%	1,047
Data Architect	247	Up 213 places+213	£85,000	-5.55%	876 0.75%	694
Data Governance	142	Up 40 places+40	£71,000	+1.42%	1,543 1.33%	2,286
Data Protection	168	Up 44 places+44	£57,500	+4.54%	1,375 1.18%	1,915
Data Analytics	296	Down -98 places-98	£62,500	-	709 0.61%	1,652
Data Lakehouse	425	Up 126 places+126	£80,000	-4.47%	431 0.37%	637
Data Scientist	332	Up 194 places+194	£80,000	+10.34%	617 0.53%	813
Data Ingestion	526	Up 36 places+36	£80,000	+8.47%	277 0.24%	472
Data Validation	627	Down -81 places-81	£50,000	-	165 0.14%	293
Data Cleansing	567	Down -138 places-138	£48,500	+7.77%	229 0.20%	320
Data Management	205	Down -101 places-101	£57,500	-4.16%	1,070 0.92%	1,745
Data Discovery	770	Down -105 places-105	£70,113	-6.51%	22 0.019%	61
Data Engineering	131	Up 20 places+20	£78,500	+12.14%	1,672 1.44%	2,303
Data Structures	436	Down -79 places-79	£65,000	-7.14%	413 0.36%	938
Data Extraction	651	Down -83 places-83	£52,500	-4.54%	141 0.12%	202
Data Consultant	633	Down -32 places-32	£80,000	-	159 0.14%	351
Data Collection	636	Down -221 places-221	£45,010	-12.60%	156 0.13%	409
Data Technician	722	Down -65 places-65	£29,750	-41.66%	70 0.060%	22
Data Enrichment	771	Down -114 places-114	£35,000	-33.33%	21 0.018%	49
Data Conversion	772	Down -133 places-133	£100,000	+17.64%	20 0.017%	31
Data Encryption	777	Down -135 places-135	£63,750	-22.72%	15 0.013%	15
Data Integration	353	Down -58 places-58	£70,000	+3.70%	571 0.49%	870
Data Architecture	202	Up 69 places+69	£82,500	+10.00%	1,096 0.94%	1,237