Real-Time IT Job Market Trends & Actionable Insights

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 8 Aug 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Data Lake	411	Down -139 places-139	£77,500	-	451 0.43%	262
Data Entry	681	Down -377 places-377	£28,000	-6.66%	106 0.10%	172
Data Vault	722	Down -52 places-52	£90,000	+26.31%	65 0.062%	15
Data Centre	110	Up 60 places+60	£65,000	+8.33%	1,832 1.74%	922
Data Guard	764	Down -73 places-73	£75,000	+30.43%	23 0.022%	2
Data Quality	114	Up 83 places+83	£61,924	+7.69%	1,782 1.69%	1,334
Data Science	132	Up 7 places+7	£75,000	+3.44%	1,540 1.46%	2,004
Data Design	717	Down -75 places-75	£85,000	+6.25%	70 0.067%	39
Data Mining	704	Down -124 places-124	£40,000	-33.33%	83 0.079%	203
Data Fabric	751	Down -66 places-66	£82,500	+10.00%	36 0.034%	21
Data Analyst	118	Up 189 places+189	£45,000	-5.26%	1,672 1.59%	341
Data Engineer	96	Up 147 places+147	£70,000	-	1,952 1.85%	663
Data Pipeline	169	Up 67 places+67	£68,729	+1.82%	1,273 1.21%	1,074
Data Manager	303	Up 171 places+171	£68,658	-1.91%	669 0.64%	211
Data Mapping	645	Down -106 places-106	£62,500	-17.76%	142 0.13%	100
Data Privacy	468	Down -327 places-327	£60,000	-	356 0.34%	476
Data Lineage	712	Down -110 places-110	£70,000	+0.22%	75 0.071%	99
Data Modelling	116	Up 8 places+8	£70,000	+3.70%	1,748 1.66%	1,164
Data Analysis	181	Down -70 places-70	£48,000	-8.57%	1,217 1.16%	951
Data Sharing	718	Down -54 places-54	£82,500	+43.55%	69 0.066%	71
Data Munging	770	Down -114 places-114	£52,500	-	17 0.016%	24
Data Strategy	312	Down -29 places-29	£80,000	-5.88%	646 0.61%	426
Data Security	400	Down -116 places-116	£63,437	-2.40%	467 0.44%	249
Big Data	516	Down -186 places-186	£72,500	+11.53%	286 0.27%	217
Data Modeller	733	Down -59 places-59	£90,000	+58.59%	54 0.051%	16
Data Migration	328	Down -58 places-58	£62,500	-3.84%	608 0.58%	457
Data Matching	775	Down -94 places-94	£87,000	+78.46%	12 0.011%	16
Data Warehouse	281	Down -86 places-86	£67,500	-	724 0.69%	462
Data Architect	251	Up 222 places+222	£85,000	-10.52%	819 0.78%	365
Data Governance	134	Up 62 places+62	£70,752	+1.07%	1,533 1.46%	1,064
Data Analytics	276	Down -84 places-84	£60,000	-4.00%	739 0.70%	676
Data Scientist	349	Up 146 places+146	£75,000	+7.14%	573 0.54%	469
Data Protection	185	Up 24 places+24	£60,000	+9.09%	1,185 1.13%	947
Data Ingestion	545	Up 36 places+36	£80,000	+14.28%	249 0.24%	199
Data Validation	623	Down -69 places-69	£50,000	-	164 0.16%	123
Data Cleansing	588	Down -111 places-111	£54,500	+9.00%	203 0.19%	160
Data Management	210	Down -116 places-116	£55,000	-12.00%	1,006 0.96%	725
Data Discovery	770	Down -90 places-90	£76,250	+22.00%	17 0.016%	26
Data Engineering	131	Up 21 places+21	£80,000	+10.73%	1,550 1.47%	1,023
Data Structures	417	Down -43 places-43	£68,000	-2.85%	436 0.41%	386
Data Extraction	675	Down -117 places-117	£55,000	-	112 0.11%	93
Data Consultant	621	Down -11 places-11	£85,000	+6.25%	166 0.16%	113
Data Collection	645	Down -184 places-184	£45,010	-14.26%	142 0.13%	170
Data Technician	743	Down -64 places-64	£55,000	+5.76%	44 0.042%	27
Data Encryption	774	Down -130 places-130	£65,000	-21.21%	13 0.012%	7
Data Enrichment	776	Down -99 places-99	£53,750	+2.38%	11 0.011%	35
Data Conversion	771	Down -95 places-95	£70,000	-17.64%	16 0.015%	9
Data Integration	375	Down -100 places-100	£65,000	-3.70%	523 0.50%	410
Data Architecture	209	Up 67 places+67	£82,500	+6.45%	1,009 0.96%	588
Data Acquisition	692	Down -57 places-57	£57,500	-	95 0.090%	105