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Permanent Job Market Index

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 25 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Data Lake	440	Down 174 places-174	£75,000	-11.76%	431 0.36%	409
Data Entry	579	Down 312 places-312	£28,750	-4.16%	245 0.20%	69
Data Centre	110	Up 59 places+59	£70,000	+12.00%	2,098 1.74%	1,551
Data Vault	755	Down 131 places-131	£91,250	-3.94%	64 0.053%	39
Data Guard	797	Down 145 places-145	£75,000	-46.42%	22 0.018%	16
Data Quality	95	Up 93 places+93	£64,000	+10.34%	2,248 1.86%	2,627
Data Design	760	Down 200 places-200	£85,000	+6.25%	59 0.049%	77
Data Fabric	773	Down 119 places-119	£85,000	+28.30%	46 0.038%	60
Data Mining	759	Down 233 places-233	£70,000	+75.00%	60 0.050%	135
Data Science	130	Up 26 places+26	£75,000	+5.34%	1,711 1.42%	3,260
Data Analyst	232	Up 44 places+44	£56,125	+24.72%	990 0.82%	719
Data Engineer	99	Up 125 places+125	£70,000	-	2,198 1.82%	1,543
Data Manager	293	Up 207 places+207	£67,500	-3.57%	762 0.63%	308
Data Privacy	488	Down 340 places-340	£60,000	-	353 0.29%	559
Data Analysis	145	Down 30 places-30	£55,000	+10.00%	1,590 1.32%	1,469
Data Mapping	670	Down 112 places-112	£65,000	+10.16%	149 0.12%	198
Data Lineage	694	Down 113 places-113	£80,000	+14.28%	125 0.10%	163
Data Pipeline	170	Up 39 places+39	£70,000	-	1,380 1.14%	2,149
Data Sharing	731	Down 101 places-101	£70,400	-14.66%	88 0.073%	112
Data Munging	804	Down 164 places-164	£52,500	-	15 0.012%	38
Data Modelling	118	Up 10 places+10	£70,000	+2.94%	1,944 1.61%	2,456
Data Strategy	334	Down 60 places-60	£80,000	-3.03%	662 0.55%	734
Data Security	420	Down 89 places-89	£65,000	-	485 0.40%	487
Big Data	520	Down 85 places-85	£72,500	+3.57%	314 0.26%	383
Data Modeller	772	Down 141 places-141	£90,000	+87.50%	47 0.039%	34
Data Matching	807	Down 165 places-165	£87,000	+83.15%	12 0.010%	35
Data Migration	316	Down 31 places-31	£65,000	-4.41%	700 0.58%	899
Data Warehouse	290	Down 85 places-85	£67,500	-	767 0.63%	828
Data Architect	238	Up 198 places+198	£87,000	-1.97%	962 0.80%	582
Data Governance	146	Up 30 places+30	£70,000	-	1,589 1.31%	1,884
Data Protection	159	Up 36 places+36	£55,000	+4.76%	1,501 1.24%	1,291
Data Analytics	282	Down 80 places-80	£60,000	-0.41%	795 0.66%	1,046
Data Scientist	319	Up 211 places+211	£80,000	+14.28%	692 0.57%	747
Data Lakehouse	450	Up 51 places+51	£80,000	-3.03%	416 0.34%	503
Data Ingestion	534	Up 18 places+18	£80,000	+6.66%	296 0.24%	318
Data Validation	641	Down 106 places-106	£50,000	-9.30%	179 0.15%	238
Data Cleansing	566	Down 139 places-139	£55,000	+25.88%	258 0.21%	227
Data Discovery	784	Down 131 places-131	£70,113	-6.51%	35 0.029%	70
Data Management	206	Down 89 places-89	£55,000	-8.33%	1,153 0.95%	1,136
Data Engineering	129	Up 16 places+16	£75,000	+7.14%	1,719 1.42%	1,786
Data Structures	457	Down 97 places-97	£65,000	-7.14%	403 0.33%	639
Data Extraction	676	Down 93 places-93	£47,500	-	143 0.12%	175
Data Collection	638	Down 225 places-225	£46,256	-18.85%	182 0.15%	309
Data Consultant	658	Down 52 places-52	£80,000	+6.66%	161 0.13%	271
Data Technician	742	Down 100 places-100	£20,000	-60.00%	77 0.064%	34
Data Conversion	797	Down 171 places-171	£100,000	+17.64%	22 0.018%	39
Data Enrichment	792	Down 147 places-147	£35,000	-41.66%	27 0.022%	48
Data Encryption	804	Down 166 places-166	£66,250	-19.69%	15 0.012%	12
Data Integration	318	Down 29 places-29	£70,000	-	693 0.57%	805
Data Acquisition	670	Down 54 places-54	£55,000	-12.00%	149 0.12%	242