Real-Time IT Job Market Trends & Actionable Insights

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 4 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Data Lake	438	Down -170 places-170	£75,000	-11.76%	428 0.36%	712
Data Entry	628	Down -334 places-334	£28,750	-4.16%	185 0.16%	269
Data Centre	100	Up 64 places+64	£70,000	+16.66%	2,095 1.77%	2,660
Data Vault	749	Down -112 places-112	£90,000	+5.88%	63 0.053%	53
Data Guard	796	Down -133 places-133	£75,000	-46.42%	16 0.014%	16
Data Quality	101	Up 86 places+86	£63,376	+15.22%	2,091 1.77%	4,308
Data Design	755	Down -184 places-184	£85,000	+6.25%	57 0.048%	81
Data Mining	755	Down -207 places-207	£72,500	+81.25%	57 0.048%	301
Data Fabric	773	Down -110 places-110	£82,500	+24.52%	39 0.033%	96
Data Science	130	Up 27 places+27	£75,000	+6.38%	1,624 1.37%	5,212
Data Analyst	186	Up 114 places+114	£50,000	+11.11%	1,197 1.01%	1,208
Data Engineer	102	Up 135 places+135	£70,000	-	2,088 1.77%	2,198
Data Manager	285	Up 204 places+204	£68,658	-1.91%	765 0.65%	625
Data Privacy	499	Down -353 places-353	£62,500	+7.75%	332 0.28%	1,101
Data Mapping	654	Down -116 places-116	£64,750	-0.38%	158 0.13%	262
Data Analysis	151	Down -32 places-32	£55,000	+8.91%	1,475 1.25%	3,054
Data Pipeline	171	Up 54 places+54	£70,000	-	1,302 1.10%	3,075
Data Lineage	703	Down -123 places-123	£80,000	+14.28%	109 0.092%	277
Data Sharing	727	Down -86 places-86	£70,400	-6.13%	85 0.072%	211
Data Munging	799	Down -157 places-157	£52,500	-	13 0.011%	48
Data Modelling	115	Up 20 places+20	£70,000	+2.94%	1,834 1.55%	3,564
Data Strategy	333	Down -57 places-57	£80,000	-3.03%	640 0.54%	972
Data Security	414	Down -93 places-93	£65,000	-	479 0.41%	611
Big Data	525	Down -95 places-95	£72,500	+3.57%	299 0.25%	736
Data Modeller	765	Down -123 places-123	£90,000	+87.50%	47 0.040%	47
Data Migration	321	Down -29 places-29	£64,500	-0.76%	668 0.57%	1,172
Data Warehouse	298	Down -87 places-87	£67,500	-	730 0.62%	1,303
Data Architect	243	Up 206 places+206	£85,000	-5.55%	903 0.76%	666
Data Governance	144	Up 36 places+36	£70,000	-	1,509 1.28%	2,685
Data Protection	156	Up 52 places+52	£55,000	-	1,443 1.22%	2,491
Data Analytics	300	Down -98 places-98	£63,750	+2.00%	719 0.61%	2,028
Data Scientist	325	Up 201 places+201	£80,000	+14.28%	657 0.56%	936
Data Lakehouse	460	Up 72 places+72	£80,000	-5.88%	399 0.34%	717
Data Ingestion	538	Up 22 places+22	£80,000	+10.34%	284 0.24%	537
Data Validation	637	Down -96 places-96	£50,000	-2.43%	176 0.15%	375
Data Cleansing	570	Down -132 places-132	£52,951	+17.66%	248 0.21%	413
Data Discovery	787	Down -128 places-128	£70,113	-6.51%	25 0.021%	77
Data Management	203	Down -86 places-86	£57,500	-4.16%	1,077 0.91%	2,122
Data Engineering	131	Up 23 places+23	£75,000	+7.14%	1,610 1.36%	2,695
Data Structures	452	Down -80 places-80	£65,000	-7.14%	410 0.35%	1,233
Data Consultant	654	Down -52 places-52	£80,000	-	158 0.13%	384
Data Extraction	667	Down -94 places-94	£50,000	-6.97%	145 0.12%	237
Data Collection	637	Down -224 places-224	£45,000	-14.28%	176 0.15%	548
Data Technician	737	Down -87 places-87	£20,000	-59.59%	75 0.063%	41
Data Enrichment	789	Down -136 places-136	£35,000	-41.66%	23 0.020%	60
Data Conversion	794	Down -160 places-160	£100,000	+17.64%	18 0.015%	44
Data Encryption	797	Down -156 places-156	£65,000	-21.21%	15 0.013%	42
Data Integration	353	Down -54 places-54	£70,000	-	595 0.50%	1,045
Data Architecture	216	Up 61 places+61	£80,000	+6.66%	1,033 0.87%	1,351
Data Acquisition	678	Down -56 places-56	£61,783	-1.14%	134 0.11%	281