Real-Time IT Job Market Trends & Actionable Insights

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 16 May 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Data Lake	379	Down -147 places-147	£80,000	-11.11%	394 0.43%	123
Data Centre	124	Up 81 places+81	£65,576	+14.04%	1,405 1.54%	525
Data Entry	594	Down -27 places-27	£29,000	+2.65%	121 0.13%	58
Data Vault	682	Down -44 places-44	£73,750	+5.35%	33 0.036%	27
Data Guard	700	Down -47 places-47	£67,500	+8.00%	15 0.016%	8
Data Quality	126	Up 60 places+60	£60,000	-0.20%	1,386 1.52%	685
Data Analyst	80	Up 229 places+229	£42,500	-9.26%	1,985 2.17%	367
Data Design	640	Down -18 places-18	£85,000	+38.87%	75 0.082%	31
Data Mining	568	Down -21 places-21	£40,000	-30.43%	147 0.16%	168
Data Fabric	691	Down -46 places-46	£87,500	+12.90%	24 0.026%	12
Data Science	151	Down -9 places-9	£70,000	-2.76%	1,162 1.27%	911
Data Engineer	105	Up 112 places+112	£70,000	-3.44%	1,577 1.73%	399
Data Manager	295	Up 130 places+130	£68,500	-2.14%	554 0.61%	100
Data Pipeline	172	Up 72 places+72	£65,000	-3.70%	1,071 1.17%	593
Data Privacy	397	Down -245 places-245	£61,418	-5.51%	364 0.40%	224
Data Mapping	605	Down -100 places-100	£54,000	-25.51%	110 0.12%	86
Data Lineage	653	Down -79 places-79	£80,000	+20.54%	62 0.068%	45
Data Modelling	111	Up 17 places+17	£69,000	+6.15%	1,549 1.70%	836
Data Sharing	654	Down -30 places-30	£80,000	+31.70%	61 0.067%	73
Data Munging	681	Down -51 places-51	£52,500	-16.00%	34 0.037%	12
Data Steward	695	Down -55 places-55	-	-	20 0.022%	2
Data Analysis	163	Down -47 places-47	£45,497	-13.33%	1,110 1.22%	669
Data Strategy	315	Down -39 places-39	£80,000	-5.88%	518 0.57%	213
Data Security	402	Down -119 places-119	£62,500	-3.84%	355 0.39%	166
Big Data	494	Down -178 places-178	£80,000	+28.00%	228 0.25%	118
Data Migration	328	Down -67 places-67	£62,500	-	489 0.54%	283
Data Modeller	667	Down -22 places-22	£81,250	+35.41%	48 0.053%	11
Data Warehouse	280	Down -90 places-90	£70,000	+7.69%	593 0.65%	280
Data Architect	261	Up 169 places+169	£85,000	-10.18%	638 0.70%	157
Data Governance	130	Up 39 places+39	£75,000	-11.76%	1,336 1.46%	571
Data Analytics	238	Down -72 places-72	£59,773	-2.30%	706 0.77%	419
Data Protection	191	Up 1 place+1	£60,000	-	955 1.05%	463
Data Scientist	373	Up 53 places+53	£70,000	+9.37%	403 0.44%	158
Data Ingestion	543	Up 23 places+23	£80,000	+23.07%	174 0.19%	121
Data Validation	551	Up 16 places+16	£50,000	-	165 0.18%	91
Data Cleansing	513	Down -58 places-58	£44,993	-26.54%	207 0.23%	101
Data Discovery	704	Down -74 places-74	£72,500	+31.81%	11 0.012%	25
Data Management	207	Down -137 places-137	£58,000	-22.66%	869 0.95%	374
Data Engineering	138	Up 8 places+8	£76,250	-1.61%	1,268 1.39%	530
Data Structures	379	Down -4 places-4	£72,500	+0.70%	394 0.43%	238
Data Consultant	572	Down -6 places-6	£80,000	+3.89%	143 0.16%	61
Data Extraction	620	Down -155 places-155	£60,000	+29.72%	95 0.10%	63
Data Collection	592	Down -185 places-185	£47,500	-8.65%	123 0.13%	71
Data Technician	699	Down -51 places-51	£57,500	+35.29%	16 0.018%	9
Data Encryption	701	Down -117 places-117	£62,500	-24.24%	14 0.015%	5
Data Conversion	704	Down -61 places-61	£95,000	+72.72%	11 0.012%	3
Data Integration	321	Down -34 places-34	£65,000	-	498 0.55%	202
Data Architecture	219	Up 27 places+27	£82,500	+3.12%	795 0.87%	309
Data Development	629	Down -37 places-37	£112,500	+95.44%	86 0.094%	7
Data Acquisition	644	Down -39 places-39	£51,500	-17.96%	71 0.078%	372