Real-Time IT Job Market Trends & Actionable Insights

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 23 May 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Data Lake	397	Down -164 places-164	£80,000	-9.60%	393 0.42%	142
Data Centre	124	Up 81 places+81	£65,000	+13.04%	1,460 1.57%	528
Data Entry	613	Down -57 places-57	£29,500	-1.57%	123 0.13%	57
Data Vault	702	Down -70 places-70	£72,500	+3.57%	34 0.037%	19
Data Guard	720	Down -75 places-75	£75,000	+20.00%	16 0.017%	5
Data Quality	130	Up 50 places+50	£60,000	-	1,428 1.54%	712
Data Analyst	84	Up 211 places+211	£42,500	-7.10%	1,933 2.08%	336
Data Design	658	Down -38 places-38	£85,000	+21.42%	78 0.084%	32
Data Mining	596	Down -53 places-53	£40,000	-30.43%	141 0.15%	130
Data Fabric	711	Down -74 places-74	£87,500	+12.90%	25 0.027%	11
Data Science	155	Down -16 places-16	£70,000	-2.76%	1,207 1.30%	1,021
Data Engineer	107	Up 105 places+105	£70,000	-	1,630 1.76%	428
Data Manager	310	Up 120 places+120	£70,000	+1.42%	557 0.60%	123
Data Pipeline	177	Up 61 places+61	£65,000	-7.14%	1,083 1.17%	604
Data Mapping	627	Down -119 places-119	£54,000	-30.32%	109 0.12%	76
Data Privacy	417	Down -291 places-291	£60,000	-7.69%	363 0.39%	244
Data Lineage	672	Down -103 places-103	£80,000	+20.54%	64 0.069%	34
Data Modelling	110	Up 17 places+17	£70,000	+7.69%	1,595 1.72%	838
Data Sharing	678	Down -60 places-60	£80,000	+31.70%	58 0.063%	46
Data Munging	704	Down -83 places-83	£52,500	-12.50%	32 0.035%	6
Data Steward	716	Down -84 places-84	-	-	20 0.022%	4
Data Analysis	176	Down -63 places-63	£45,497	-13.33%	1,091 1.18%	737
Data Strategy	323	Down -47 places-47	£80,000	-11.11%	524 0.56%	235
Data Security	421	Down -143 places-143	£63,478	-2.34%	359 0.39%	179
Big Data	503	Down -199 places-199	£80,000	+30.08%	239 0.26%	140
Data Modeller	684	Down -49 places-49	£80,000	+33.33%	52 0.056%	7
Data Migration	343	Down -84 places-84	£62,500	-	488 0.53%	325
Data Warehouse	292	Down -111 places-111	£70,250	+8.07%	594 0.64%	265
Data Architect	271	Up 167 places+167	£85,000	-11.68%	645 0.70%	153
Data Governance	136	Up 30 places+30	£75,000	-11.50%	1,363 1.47%	586
Data Analytics	244	Down -83 places-83	£60,000	-2.64%	715 0.77%	436
Data Protection	195	Down -5 places-5	£60,850	+1.41%	969 1.04%	488
Data Scientist	377	Up 56 places+56	£70,000	+6.36%	426 0.46%	183
Data Ingestion	546	Up 5 places+5	£75,000	+15.38%	192 0.21%	125
Data Validation	577	Down -16 places-16	£50,000	-4.76%	160 0.17%	112
Data Cleansing	527	Down -71 places-71	£45,000	-18.18%	211 0.23%	125
Data Discovery	723	Down -99 places-99	£75,000	+36.36%	13 0.014%	27
Data Management	213	Down -143 places-143	£57,500	-17.85%	864 0.93%	414
Data Engineering	144	No change0	£77,500	-3.12%	1,291 1.39%	587
Data Structures	384	Down -6 places-6	£72,500	+0.70%	412 0.44%	259
Data Consultant	588	Down -24 places-24	£85,000	+6.25%	149 0.16%	130
Data Extraction	641	Down -183 places-183	£60,000	+33.84%	95 0.10%	70
Data Collection	608	Down -190 places-190	£47,000	-10.47%	128 0.14%	88
Data Technician	714	Down -75 places-75	£57,500	+35.29%	22 0.024%	7
Data Encryption	723	Down -140 places-140	£58,750	-28.78%	13 0.014%	8
Data Conversion	725	Down -90 places-90	£95,000	+72.72%	11 0.012%	4
Data Integration	341	Down -64 places-64	£65,000	-	492 0.53%	223
Data Architecture	223	Up 25 places+25	£82,500	+3.12%	805 0.87%	298
Data Development	650	Down -64 places-64	£112,500	+98.50%	86 0.093%	10
Data Acquisition	662	Down -62 places-62	£50,750	-15.41%	74 0.080%	54