Real-Time IT Job Market Trends & Actionable Insights

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 5 Sep 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Data Lake	412	Down -165 places-165	£77,500	-6.06%	464 0.42%	393
Data Entry	688	Down -400 places-400	£28,000	-6.66%	105 0.095%	209
Data Centre	100	Up 61 places+61	£70,000	+16.66%	1,992 1.79%	1,289
Data Vault	727	Down -83 places-83	£91,250	+25.86%	66 0.059%	25
Data Guard	774	Down -108 places-108	£75,000	-46.42%	19 0.017%	12
Data Quality	104	Up 79 places+79	£62,500	+8.81%	1,920 1.73%	1,886
Data Design	740	Down -150 places-150	£80,000	-	53 0.048%	49
Data Mining	729	Down -181 places-181	£40,000	-13.97%	64 0.058%	206
Data Science	134	Up 15 places+15	£75,000	-	1,568 1.41%	2,799
Data Fabric	764	Down -101 places-101	£80,000	+6.66%	29 0.026%	48
Data Analyst	149	Up 154 places+154	£50,000	+10.63%	1,453 1.31%	447
Data Engineer	99	Up 140 places+140	£70,000	+3.70%	2,011 1.81%	777
Data Manager	285	Up 181 places+181	£68,658	-1.91%	732 0.66%	278
Data Mapping	637	Down -115 places-115	£62,500	-16.66%	157 0.14%	148
Data Pipeline	174	Up 50 places+50	£70,000	+3.70%	1,275 1.15%	1,445
Data Privacy	493	Down -352 places-352	£66,000	+10.00%	326 0.29%	628
Data Analysis	173	Down -57 places-57	£52,500	+3.96%	1,279 1.15%	1,446
Data Lineage	708	Down -127 places-127	£70,000	+0.22%	85 0.077%	144
Data Sharing	720	Down -80 places-80	£80,339	+39.71%	73 0.066%	114
Data Modelling	112	Up 14 places+14	£70,000	+0.71%	1,796 1.62%	1,642
Data Munging	780	Down -137 places-137	£52,500	-	13 0.012%	30
Data Strategy	318	Down -62 places-62	£80,000	-3.03%	639 0.58%	542
Data Security	403	Down -120 places-120	£67,500	+3.84%	484 0.44%	320
Big Data	520	Down -129 places-129	£72,500	+3.57%	289 0.26%	449
Data Modeller	738	Down -91 places-91	£90,000	+58.59%	55 0.050%	14
Data Matching	780	Down -124 places-124	£87,000	+78.46%	13 0.012%	20
Data Migration	338	Down -63 places-63	£64,000	-1.53%	602 0.54%	596
Data Warehouse	286	Down -75 places-75	£67,500	-	731 0.66%	667
Data Architect	244	Up 209 places+209	£85,000	-5.55%	871 0.78%	394
Data Governance	139	Up 41 places+41	£70,782	+1.11%	1,519 1.37%	1,315
Data Analytics	301	Down -101 places-101	£60,924	-4.43%	696 0.63%	963
Data Protection	177	Up 32 places+32	£57,500	+4.57%	1,262 1.14%	1,304
Data Lakehouse	424	Up 125 places+125	£80,000	-5.88%	440 0.40%	344
Data Scientist	343	Up 182 places+182	£75,013	+5.28%	597 0.54%	518
Data Ingestion	539	Up 21 places+21	£80,000	+14.28%	262 0.24%	300
Data Validation	646	Down -117 places-117	£50,000	-	147 0.13%	202
Data Cleansing	599	Down -182 places-182	£53,585	+19.07%	196 0.18%	235
Data Discovery	777	Down -116 places-116	£77,500	+3.33%	16 0.014%	34
Data Management	212	Down -111 places-111	£55,000	-8.33%	1,019 0.92%	1,125
Data Engineering	129	Up 24 places+24	£80,000	+14.28%	1,627 1.46%	1,372
Data Structures	437	Down -77 places-77	£65,250	-6.78%	417 0.38%	635
Data Extraction	673	Down -115 places-115	£55,000	-4.34%	120 0.11%	127
Data Consultant	636	Down -40 places-40	£85,000	+6.25%	158 0.14%	216
Data Collection	641	Down -221 places-221	£45,000	-12.62%	153 0.14%	274
Data Technician	728	Down -75 places-75	£45,250	-9.50%	65 0.059%	19
Data Encryption	780	Down -148 places-148	£63,750	-22.72%	13 0.012%	10
Data Enrichment	776	Down -123 places-123	£60,000	+14.28%	17 0.015%	38
Data Conversion	778	Down -142 places-142	£70,000	-17.64%	15 0.014%	31
Data Integration	368	Down -81 places-81	£67,500	-	541 0.49%	566
Data Architecture	204	Up 55 places+55	£82,500	+10.00%	1,066 0.96%	757