Real-Time IT Job Market Trends & Actionable Insights

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 18 Jul 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Data Lake	400	Down -135 places-135	£80,000	+6.66%	417 0.42%	112
Data Centre	110	Up 72 places+72	£65,576	+9.29%	1,713 1.72%	490
Data Vault	698	Down -35 places-35	£85,000	+19.29%	61 0.061%	9
Data Entry	644	Down -333 places-333	£28,750	-4.16%	115 0.12%	47
Data Guard	736	Down -55 places-55	£75,000	+20.00%	23 0.023%	11
Data Quality	117	Up 85 places+85	£62,500	+4.16%	1,627 1.64%	584
Data Design	685	Down -45 places-45	£87,500	+9.37%	74 0.075%	24
Data Mining	674	Down -105 places-105	£40,000	-38.46%	85 0.086%	156
Data Fabric	729	Down -56 places-56	£80,000	+4.91%	30 0.030%	5
Data Science	155	Down -16 places-16	£70,000	-6.66%	1,306 1.31%	828
Data Analyst	108	Up 209 places+209	£45,000	-5.26%	1,727 1.74%	267
Data Engineer	100	Up 132 places+132	£70,000	-	1,832 1.84%	352
Data Manager	313	Up 153 places+153	£67,000	-4.28%	602 0.61%	115
Data Pipeline	172	Up 68 places+68	£67,500	-3.57%	1,154 1.16%	443
Data Mapping	629	Down -95 places-95	£63,500	-16.44%	130 0.13%	52
Data Privacy	429	Down -289 places-289	£60,000	-4.00%	364 0.37%	212
Data Lineage	704	Down -113 places-113	£70,000	+0.22%	55 0.055%	39
Data Modelling	115	Up 8 places+8	£69,973	+3.66%	1,667 1.68%	515
Data Sharing	707	Down -57 places-57	£82,500	+43.55%	52 0.052%	40
Data Munging	736	Down -87 places-87	£52,500	-12.50%	23 0.023%	8
Data Analysis	180	Down -62 places-62	£46,500	-11.42%	1,112 1.12%	524
Data Strategy	310	Down -26 places-26	£80,000	-11.11%	608 0.61%	211
Data Security	402	Down -111 places-111	£62,937	-3.17%	414 0.42%	126
Big Data	495	Down -172 places-172	£72,500	+11.53%	277 0.28%	66
Data Modeller	713	Down -51 places-51	£85,000	+49.77%	46 0.046%	7
Data Migration	322	Down -60 places-60	£62,500	-3.84%	583 0.59%	242
Data Warehouse	289	Down -96 places-96	£65,000	-3.70%	662 0.67%	215
Data Architect	247	Up 212 places+212	£85,000	-12.82%	784 0.79%	134
Data Governance	131	Up 62 places+62	£70,883	-5.49%	1,455 1.46%	541
Data Analytics	271	Down -80 places-80	£60,000	-7.69%	720 0.72%	341
Data Scientist	362	Up 122 places+122	£75,000	+7.14%	498 0.50%	103
Data Protection	179	Up 39 places+39	£60,000	+7.54%	1,126 1.13%	398
Data Ingestion	529	Up 44 places+44	£80,000	+14.28%	235 0.24%	85
Data Validation	590	Down -31 places-31	£50,000	-	170 0.17%	65
Data Cleansing	558	Down -79 places-79	£53,171	+6.34%	205 0.21%	84
Data Discovery	745	Down -81 places-81	£77,500	+40.90%	14 0.014%	10
Data Management	214	Down -120 places-120	£55,000	-12.87%	915 0.92%	290
Data Engineering	134	Up 14 places+14	£80,000	+6.66%	1,430 1.44%	414
Data Structures	386	Down -8 places-8	£72,500	+3.57%	445 0.45%	179
Data Extraction	652	Down -109 places-109	£57,500	+4.54%	107 0.11%	45
Data Consultant	598	Up 2 places+2	£80,000	-5.88%	162 0.16%	46
Data Collection	626	Down -165 places-165	£46,256	-13.94%	133 0.13%	74
Data Technician	728	Down -59 places-59	£55,000	+12.24%	31 0.031%	17
Data Encryption	748	Down -124 places-124	£67,500	-18.18%	11 0.011%	5
Data Conversion	746	Down -72 places-72	£80,000	+6.66%	13 0.013%	3
Data Integration	363	Down -87 places-87	£65,000	-3.70%	494 0.50%	182
Data Architecture	216	Up 54 places+54	£84,000	+5.00%	910 0.92%	282
Data Acquisition	685	Down -59 places-59	£55,000	+10.00%	74 0.075%	43
Data Development	658	Down -27 places-27	£90,000	+74.75%	101 0.10%	14
Data Stewardship	743	Down -108 places-108	£70,752	+10.98%	16 0.016%	11