Real-Time IT Job Market Trends & Actionable Insights

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 12 Sep 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Data Lake	411	Down -163 places-163	£77,500	-6.06%	467 0.41%	380
Data Entry	666	Down -376 places-376	£28,000	-6.66%	138 0.12%	209
Data Centre	103	Up 58 places+58	£70,000	+16.66%	2,056 1.81%	1,252
Data Vault	738	Down -92 places-92	£91,250	+19.67%	66 0.058%	29
Data Guard	785	Down -116 places-116	£75,000	-46.42%	19 0.017%	10
Data Quality	108	Up 73 places+73	£62,500	+11.87%	1,951 1.72%	1,928
Data Design	750	Down -167 places-167	£80,000	-	54 0.048%	51
Data Mining	751	Down -201 places-201	£43,000	-7.52%	53 0.047%	191
Data Fabric	775	Down -108 places-108	£82,500	+24.52%	29 0.026%	51
Data Science	135	Up 8 places+8	£75,000	+0.67%	1,587 1.40%	2,741
Data Analyst	163	Up 141 places+141	£50,000	+10.15%	1,384 1.22%	414
Data Engineer	105	Up 133 places+133	£70,000	+3.70%	2,033 1.79%	1,108
Data Manager	284	Up 186 places+186	£70,000	-	736 0.65%	331
Data Mapping	648	Down -123 places-123	£62,500	-16.66%	156 0.14%	136
Data Privacy	486	Down -346 places-346	£66,000	+5.60%	343 0.30%	590
Data Pipeline	178	Up 44 places+44	£70,000	+3.70%	1,283 1.13%	1,617
Data Analysis	170	Down -56 places-56	£52,500	-	1,344 1.19%	1,391
Data Lineage	717	Down -130 places-130	£72,500	+3.80%	87 0.077%	149
Data Sharing	731	Down -87 places-87	£80,339	+39.71%	73 0.064%	113
Data Munging	788	Down -142 places-142	£52,500	-	16 0.014%	31
Data Modelling	117	Up 3 places+3	£70,000	+0.71%	1,794 1.58%	1,773
Data Strategy	316	Down -65 places-65	£80,000	-3.03%	644 0.57%	558
Data Security	403	Down -112 places-112	£66,250	+1.92%	483 0.43%	350
Big Data	524	Down -123 places-123	£72,500	+3.57%	293 0.26%	373
Data Modeller	750	Down -101 places-101	£90,000	+58.59%	54 0.048%	15
Data Matching	791	Down -132 places-132	£87,000	+78.46%	13 0.012%	22
Data Migration	332	Down -60 places-60	£62,500	-3.84%	611 0.54%	600
Data Warehouse	286	Down -74 places-74	£65,000	-3.70%	730 0.64%	633
Data Architect	246	Up 204 places+204	£85,000	-10.52%	873 0.77%	454
Data Governance	144	Up 32 places+32	£71,121	+1.60%	1,518 1.34%	1,421
Data Analytics	300	Down -101 places-101	£62,500	-0.39%	695 0.61%	992
Data Protection	175	Up 31 places+31	£57,500	+4.54%	1,314 1.16%	1,224
Data Lakehouse	427	Up 125 places+125	£80,000	-5.88%	436 0.38%	356
Data Scientist	334	Up 193 places+193	£75,026	+3.48%	609 0.54%	461
Data Ingestion	549	Up 9 places+9	£80,000	+8.47%	261 0.23%	326
Data Validation	650	Down -115 places-115	£50,000	-	154 0.14%	190
Data Cleansing	596	Down -169 places-169	£48,500	+7.77%	209 0.18%	224
Data Management	208	Down -110 places-110	£55,000	-8.33%	1,040 0.92%	1,080
Data Discovery	786	Down -121 places-121	£77,500	+3.33%	18 0.016%	38
Data Engineering	130	Up 18 places+18	£80,000	+14.28%	1,639 1.45%	1,473
Data Structures	442	Down -90 places-90	£66,000	-5.71%	408 0.36%	543
Data Extraction	677	Down -115 places-115	£52,500	-6.66%	127 0.11%	124
Data Consultant	648	Down -48 places-48	£85,000	+6.25%	156 0.14%	209
Data Collection	647	Down -231 places-231	£45,000	-12.62%	157 0.14%	290
Data Technician	736	Down -79 places-79	£29,750	-41.66%	68 0.060%	19
Data Conversion	784	Down -145 places-145	£100,000	+17.64%	20 0.018%	20
Data Enrichment	785	Down -129 places-129	£35,000	-33.33%	19 0.017%	27
Data Encryption	791	Down -153 places-153	£63,750	-22.72%	13 0.012%	10
Data Integration	367	Down -82 places-82	£70,000	-	550 0.49%	612
Data Architecture	204	Up 50 places+50	£82,500	+10.00%	1,066 0.94%	785