Real-Time IT Job Market Trends & Actionable Insights

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 20 Jun 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Data Lake	404	Down -155 places-155	£80,000	-1.53%	386 0.41%	101
Data Centre	112	Up 86 places+86	£65,576	+9.29%	1,571 1.67%	383
Data Entry	618	Down -206 places-206	£28,750	-4.16%	121 0.13%	41
Data Vault	689	Down -30 places-30	£85,000	+21.42%	50 0.053%	10
Data Guard	720	Down -46 places-46	£75,000	+20.00%	19 0.020%	5
Data Quality	119	Up 82 places+82	£62,500	+4.16%	1,526 1.62%	593
Data Design	654	Down -19 places-19	£85,000	+6.25%	85 0.090%	17
Data Analyst	98	Up 212 places+212	£45,000	-	1,761 1.87%	257
Data Mining	642	Down -81 places-81	£40,000	-30.43%	97 0.10%	77
Data Fabric	711	Down -46 places-46	£85,000	+9.67%	28 0.030%	15
Data Science	148	Down -8 places-8	£70,000	-3.44%	1,274 1.35%	689
Data Engineer	100	Up 130 places+130	£70,000	-3.44%	1,733 1.84%	354
Data Manager	318	Up 145 places+145	£70,000	-	553 0.59%	85
Data Pipeline	170	Up 70 places+70	£66,000	-5.71%	1,113 1.18%	454
Data Mapping	620	Down -87 places-87	£60,000	-21.82%	119 0.13%	57
Data Privacy	420	Down -286 places-286	£60,000	-7.69%	365 0.39%	159
Data Lineage	678	Down -90 places-90	£80,000	+14.54%	61 0.065%	43
Data Sharing	690	Down -48 places-48	£82,500	+35.81%	49 0.052%	22
Data Modelling	106	Up 22 places+22	£70,000	+7.69%	1,612 1.71%	565
Data Munging	709	Down -62 places-62	£50,000	-16.66%	30 0.032%	7
Data Analysis	172	Down -52 places-52	£47,500	-9.52%	1,100 1.17%	534
Data Strategy	307	Down -21 places-21	£80,000	-11.11%	579 0.62%	175
Data Security	409	Down -121 places-121	£62,500	-3.84%	381 0.40%	128
Big Data	508	Down -200 places-200	£75,000	+29.87%	238 0.25%	98
Data Modeller	696	Down -41 places-41	£82,500	+48.64%	43 0.046%	7
Data Migration	328	Down -53 places-53	£60,000	-7.69%	528 0.56%	259
Data Architect	244	Up 230 places+230	£85,000	-12.82%	751 0.80%	126
Data Warehouse	295	Down -106 places-106	£70,000	+7.69%	612 0.65%	207
Data Analytics	257	Down -84 places-84	£60,000	-2.43%	713 0.76%	283
Data Governance	129	Up 52 places+52	£72,500	-9.37%	1,381 1.47%	430
Data Scientist	354	Up 115 places+115	£75,000	+14.67%	481 0.51%	110
Data Protection	188	Up 24 places+24	£60,500	+0.83%	1,015 1.08%	352
Data Ingestion	538	Up 37 places+37	£80,000	+20.75%	205 0.22%	99
Data Validation	571	Up 4 places+4	£52,500	-4.59%	170 0.18%	83
Data Cleansing	539	Down -57 places-57	£52,500	-4.54%	204 0.22%	102
Data Discovery	728	Down -76 places-76	£78,750	+43.18%	11 0.012%	9
Data Management	223	Down -144 places-144	£59,450	-8.53%	840 0.89%	337
Data Engineering	135	Up 9 places+9	£80,000	+6.66%	1,357 1.44%	444
Data Structures	372	Up 8 places+8	£72,500	-1.69%	443 0.47%	183
Data Extraction	632	Down -134 places-134	£58,750	+38.23%	107 0.11%	54
Data Consultant	585	Up 10 places+10	£90,000	+12.50%	154 0.16%	44
Data Collection	615	Down -170 places-170	£46,500	-10.14%	124 0.13%	66
Data Technician	713	Down -50 places-50	£55,000	+3.28%	26 0.028%	16
Data Conversion	727	Down -64 places-64	£95,000	+5.55%	12 0.013%	3
Data Integration	349	Down -65 places-65	£66,250	+1.92%	489 0.52%	193
Data Architecture	217	Up 46 places+46	£84,000	+3.06%	868 0.92%	254
Data Development	644	Down -21 places-21	£112,500	+118.44%	95 0.10%	15
Data Acquisition	676	Down -54 places-54	£52,500	+5.00%	63 0.067%	41
Data Stewardship	723	Down -96 places-96	£70,752	+10.98%	16 0.017%	16
Data Flow Diagram	709	Down -39 places-39	£63,880	+16.14%	30 0.032%	8