Real-Time IT Job Market Trends & Actionable Insights

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 25 Jul 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Data Lake	402	Down -139 places-139	£80,000	+6.66%	423 0.42%	148
Data Centre	112	Up 63 places+63	£65,773	+9.62%	1,730 1.72%	635
Data Vault	702	Down -33 places-33	£85,000	+17.24%	62 0.062%	20
Data Entry	657	Down -353 places-353	£28,000	-6.66%	107 0.11%	86
Data Guard	740	Down -54 places-54	£75,000	+30.43%	24 0.024%	9
Data Quality	116	Up 88 places+88	£62,500	+5.26%	1,680 1.67%	840
Data Design	691	Down -43 places-43	£85,000	+6.25%	73 0.072%	28
Data Mining	679	Down -105 places-105	£40,000	-38.46%	85 0.084%	119
Data Fabric	735	Down -54 places-54	£80,000	+4.91%	29 0.029%	17
Data Science	146	Down -11 places-11	£70,000	-6.66%	1,376 1.37%	1,110
Data Analyst	106	Up 204 places+204	£45,000	-3.93%	1,758 1.74%	291
Data Engineer	98	Up 133 places+133	£70,000	-	1,867 1.85%	491
Data Manager	303	Up 166 places+166	£68,658	-1.91%	628 0.62%	143
Data Pipeline	173	Up 63 places+63	£68,500	+1.48%	1,188 1.18%	659
Data Mapping	626	Down -87 places-87	£62,500	-17.76%	138 0.14%	66
Data Privacy	438	Down -299 places-299	£56,000	-6.66%	362 0.36%	271
Data Lineage	702	Down -100 places-100	£70,000	-	62 0.062%	59
Data Modelling	114	Up 8 places+8	£70,000	+3.70%	1,714 1.70%	750
Data Sharing	707	Down -50 places-50	£82,500	+43.55%	57 0.057%	40
Data Munging	745	Down -90 places-90	£52,500	-12.50%	19 0.019%	11
Data Analysis	186	Down -70 places-70	£46,500	-11.42%	1,090 1.08%	638
Data Strategy	306	Down -23 places-23	£80,000	-11.11%	622 0.62%	303
Data Security	399	Down -112 places-112	£62,500	-3.84%	429 0.43%	168
Big Data	494	Down -174 places-174	£72,500	+7.40%	285 0.28%	112
Data Modeller	716	Down -47 places-47	£85,000	+49.78%	48 0.048%	10
Data Migration	320	Down -58 places-58	£62,500	-3.84%	592 0.59%	266
Data Architect	254	Up 204 places+204	£85,000	-10.52%	786 0.78%	242
Data Warehouse	286	Down -96 places-96	£65,000	-3.70%	686 0.68%	309
Data Governance	132	Up 64 places+64	£70,000	-3.44%	1,491 1.48%	655
Data Analytics	272	Down -80 places-80	£60,000	-4.00%	732 0.73%	388
Data Scientist	359	Up 129 places+129	£75,000	+7.14%	516 0.51%	208
Data Protection	183	Up 27 places+27	£60,000	+6.66%	1,122 1.11%	518
Data Ingestion	532	Up 46 places+46	£80,000	+14.28%	237 0.24%	108
Data Validation	596	Down -39 places-39	£50,000	-	168 0.17%	70
Data Cleansing	569	Down -90 places-90	£55,000	+10.00%	196 0.19%	97
Data Discovery	749	Down -75 places-75	£76,250	+38.63%	15 0.015%	13
Data Management	211	Down -117 places-117	£55,000	-12.00%	950 0.94%	417
Data Engineering	134	Up 13 places+13	£80,000	+6.66%	1,474 1.46%	647
Data Structures	396	Down -18 places-18	£70,000	-	437 0.43%	233
Data Extraction	659	Down -105 places-105	£57,500	+4.54%	105 0.10%	56
Data Consultant	601	Up 8 places+8	£85,000	-	163 0.16%	47
Data Collection	630	Down -168 places-168	£45,010	-16.26%	134 0.13%	107
Data Technician	729	Down -55 places-55	£55,000	+5.76%	35 0.035%	17
Data Encryption	751	Down -116 places-116	£65,000	-21.21%	13 0.013%	2
Data Conversion	751	Down -71 places-71	£80,000	-5.88%	13 0.013%	7
Data Integration	364	Down -92 places-92	£65,000	-1.88%	504 0.50%	241
Data Architecture	209	Up 61 places+61	£82,500	+3.12%	952 0.94%	420
Data Acquisition	690	Down -60 places-60	£55,000	+10.00%	74 0.073%	58
Data Development	661	Down -15 places-15	£90,000	+74.75%	103 0.10%	18
Data Stewardship	746	Down -104 places-104	£70,752	+10.98%	18 0.018%	15