Real-Time IT Job Market Trends & Actionable Insights

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 4 Jul 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Data Lake	411	Down -151 places-151	£80,000	-	398 0.41%	185
Data Centre	112	Up 83 places+83	£65,576	+9.29%	1,646 1.70%	637
Data Entry	643	Down -327 places-327	£28,750	-4.16%	119 0.12%	59
Data Vault	704	Down -45 places-45	£85,000	+21.42%	58 0.060%	24
Data Guard	741	Down -67 places-67	£75,000	+20.00%	21 0.022%	16
Data Quality	116	Up 90 places+90	£62,500	+4.16%	1,591 1.65%	940
Data Design	685	Down -52 places-52	£85,000	+6.25%	77 0.080%	23
Data Mining	670	Down -110 places-110	£40,000	-27.27%	92 0.095%	177
Data Fabric	732	Down -66 places-66	£80,000	+4.91%	30 0.031%	21
Data Science	156	Down -18 places-18	£70,000	-6.66%	1,282 1.33%	1,180
Data Analyst	102	Up 205 places+205	£45,000	-	1,760 1.82%	403
Data Engineer	97	Up 135 places+135	£70,000	-3.44%	1,814 1.88%	547
Data Manager	318	Up 137 places+137	£67,000	-4.28%	573 0.59%	139
Data Pipeline	173	Up 70 places+70	£67,500	-3.57%	1,146 1.19%	796
Data Mapping	638	Down -110 places-110	£64,500	-16.77%	124 0.13%	93
Data Privacy	438	Down -303 places-303	£60,000	-7.69%	361 0.37%	279
Data Lineage	710	Down -126 places-126	£75,000	+7.38%	52 0.054%	68
Data Sharing	709	Down -66 places-66	£82,500	+35.81%	53 0.055%	34
Data Modelling	111	Up 20 places+20	£69,973	+7.65%	1,649 1.71%	941
Data Munging	737	Down -92 places-92	£52,500	-12.50%	25 0.026%	10
Data Analysis	182	Down -61 places-61	£47,085	-10.31%	1,090 1.13%	731
Data Strategy	306	Down -16 places-16	£80,000	-12.32%	606 0.63%	330
Data Security	405	Down -114 places-114	£62,500	-3.84%	408 0.42%	186
Big Data	519	Down -204 places-204	£75,000	+23.96%	250 0.26%	178
Data Modeller	716	Down -62 places-62	£85,000	+41.66%	46 0.048%	20
Data Migration	331	Down -66 places-66	£60,000	-7.69%	553 0.57%	383
Data Architect	240	Up 230 places+230	£85,000	-12.82%	785 0.81%	203
Data Warehouse	294	Down -95 places-95	£65,000	-	642 0.66%	356
Data Analytics	264	Down -80 places-80	£60,484	-3.22%	716 0.74%	509
Data Governance	130	Up 56 places+56	£72,500	-5.45%	1,406 1.45%	771
Data Scientist	362	Up 110 places+110	£75,000	+7.14%	491 0.51%	212
Data Protection	188	Up 28 places+28	£60,000	+2.56%	1,061 1.10%	521
Data Ingestion	539	Up 35 places+35	£80,000	+14.28%	226 0.23%	184
Data Validation	593	Down -21 places-21	£50,000	-9.11%	170 0.18%	131
Data Cleansing	554	Down -76 places-76	£52,500	-4.54%	210 0.22%	152
Data Discovery	749	Down -96 places-96	£77,500	+40.90%	13 0.013%	15
Data Management	226	Down -138 places-138	£58,250	-10.38%	868 0.90%	466
Data Engineering	132	Up 13 places+13	£80,000	+6.66%	1,399 1.45%	764
Data Structures	381	No change0	£72,500	+0.70%	444 0.46%	274
Data Extraction	654	Down -146 places-146	£57,500	+21.05%	108 0.11%	92
Data Consultant	613	Down -21 places-21	£80,000	-3.03%	150 0.16%	89
Data Collection	637	Down -186 places-186	£46,256	-11.89%	125 0.13%	109
Data Technician	732	Down -70 places-70	£55,000	+12.24%	30 0.031%	19
Data Conversion	749	Down -85 places-85	£80,000	-11.11%	13 0.013%	8
Data Integration	364	Down -79 places-79	£65,000	-	487 0.50%	286
Data Architecture	215	Up 58 places+58	£82,500	+3.12%	899 0.93%	361
Data Development	664	Down -40 places-40	£112,500	+112.34%	98 0.10%	16
Data Acquisition	699	Down -78 places-78	£53,750	+19.44%	63 0.065%	54
Data Stewardship	746	Down -118 places-118	£70,752	+13.20%	16 0.017%	17
Data Flow Diagram	735	Down -64 places-64	£63,880	+8.73%	27 0.028%	14