Real-Time IT Job Market Trends & Actionable Insights

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 10 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Systems Analyst	318	Up 134 places+134	£45,000	-5.26%	665 0.56%	336
Data Migration	319	Down -37 places-37	£65,000	-	663 0.56%	1,255
PowerApps	319	Down -6 places-6	£55,000	-3.50%	663 0.56%	509
GRC	320	Up 148 places+148	£75,000	-	658 0.56%	768
Graduate	321	Up 74 places+74	£30,000	+7.14%	656 0.56%	497
Platform Engineer	321	Up 129 places+129	£80,000	+10.34%	656 0.56%	1,413
People Management	322	Down -28 places-28	£60,000	-14.28%	654 0.55%	1,196
Tableau	323	Down -58 places-58	£55,000	+4.76%	652 0.55%	1,319
Java Developer	324	Up 39 places+39	£70,000	-3.44%	648 0.55%	418
Waterfall	325	Down -63 places-63	£65,000	-	643 0.54%	869
Budget Management	325	Down -33 places-33	£60,208	-12.10%	643 0.54%	1,045
Spring Boot	325	Down -87 places-87	£70,500	-2.75%	643 0.54%	894
Java Engineer	325	Down -39 places-39	£75,000	-30.23%	643 0.54%	796
C	326	Down -24 places-24	£62,500	+13.63%	639 0.54%	1,594
Electronics Engineer	326	Down -150 places-150	£50,000	-9.09%	639 0.54%	744
Security Posture	327	Up 75 places+75	£70,000	-	637 0.54%	821
Lead Developer	328	Up 58 places+58	£80,000	+6.66%	634 0.54%	276
GitLab	329	Down -58 places-58	£70,000	-9.67%	633 0.54%	988
Data Transformation	330	Up 92 places+92	£70,000	+3.70%	631 0.53%	905
Data Strategy	331	Down -54 places-54	£80,000	-3.03%	630 0.53%	1,041
Technical Architecture	332	Up 154 places+154	£78,250	+0.96%	625 0.53%	692
Security Architecture	332	Up 134 places+134	£82,500	+3.12%	625 0.53%	831
Aviation	332	Up 123 places+123	£61,250	+44.11%	625 0.53%	630
IT Support Technician	333	Up 178 places+178	£29,500	+5.35%	620 0.53%	66
Applications Support	333	Down -66 places-66	£42,500	-	620 0.53%	266
Security Consultant	334	Up 218 places+218	£70,000	+10.36%	619 0.52%	482
Data Integration	335	Down -40 places-40	£70,000	-	617 0.52%	1,058
Integration Patterns	335	Up 186 places+186	£85,000	+13.33%	617 0.52%	925
Budgeting and Forecasting	336	Up 76 places+76	£60,000	-	616 0.52%	739
Kafka	337	Down -147 places-147	£75,000	-11.76%	615 0.52%	1,290
Site Reliability Engineering	338	Down -26 places-26	£80,000	-	613 0.52%	1,262
Marketing Manager	338	Up 183 places+183	£57,500	+9.52%	613 0.52%	522
Financial Institution	338	Down -20 places-20	£90,000	+9.09%	613 0.52%	1,307
Data-Driven Decision Making	339	Down -91 places-91	£55,000	-5.98%	612 0.52%	1,574
CIMA	339	Up 19 places+19	£60,000	-	612 0.52%	487
Event-Driven Architecture	340	Up 174 places+174	£80,000	-3.03%	611 0.52%	853
Performance Optimisation	341	Down -95 places-95	£62,500	-16.66%	604 0.51%	1,029
Service Design	342	Up 102 places+102	£65,000	+18.18%	603 0.51%	884
Dynamics CRM	343	Down -38 places-38	£60,000	+6.90%	598 0.51%	531
Adobe	344	Down -220 places-220	£45,000	+5.88%	597 0.51%	732
Renewable Energy	344	Up 18 places+18	£49,129	+12.29%	597 0.51%	667
ASP.NET Core	345	Up 266 places+266	£55,000	-15.38%	594 0.50%	120
Strategic Planning	346	Down -40 places-40	£62,141	-6.55%	593 0.50%	794
Product Management	346	Down -87 places-87	£60,000	-16.95%	593 0.50%	2,739
Workday	347	Up 128 places+128	£70,000	+14.75%	590 0.50%	974
Prototyping	348	Down -32 places-32	£60,000	-14.28%	586 0.50%	1,928
CAD	349	Up 92 places+92	£45,000	+5.88%	583 0.49%	1,027
Thought Leadership	349	Down -85 places-85	£90,000	+12.50%	583 0.49%	2,615
TDD	350	Down -131 places-131	£65,000	-5.10%	581 0.49%	844
Design Engineer	351	Up 102 places+102	£55,000	-	577 0.49%	987