Process & Methodology Statistics in Bournemouth

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 4 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Software Engineering	1	Up 11 places+11	£100,000	+53.84%	63 16.49%	7
Agile	2	Up 11 places+11	£95,000	+76.74%	61 15.97%	10
Problem-Solving	8	Up 6 places+6	£42,500	+41.66%	44 11.52%	14
Test Automation	12	Up 8 places+8	£42,500	-32.00%	36 9.42%	7
Software Delivery	14	New entry-	£42,500	-	33 8.64%
Decision-Making	15	Up 7 places+7	£39,250	-28.63%	32 8.38%	9
Customer Service	16	Down 12 places-12	£41,250	+37.50%	27 7.07%	5
AI	17	Down 10 places-10	£50,000	-9.09%	26 6.81%	9
Software Testing	18	Up 3 places+3	£42,500	-	25 6.54%	3
Continuous Improvement	18	Up 1 place+1	£67,500	+58.82%	25 6.54%	7
CRM	18	Down 8 places-8	£31,000	+3.33%	25 6.54%	5
B2B Sales	19	Up 2 places+2	£39,250	+30.83%	23 6.02%	4
API Testing	19	Up 2 places+2	£42,500	-	23 6.02%
Defect Tracking	19	New entry-	£42,500	-	23 6.02%
B2B	19	Down 3 places-3	£39,250	+41.66%	23 6.02%	4
Business Analysis	23	New entry-	£42,500	-	19 4.97%
Roadmaps	24	New entry-	£78,750	-	18 4.71%	3
Manual Testing	24	New entry-	£45,000	-	18 4.71%
Business Intelligence	24	Down 4 places-4	£42,500	-41.37%	18 4.71%	3
Workflow	25	New entry-	£42,500	-	17 4.45%	3
Bug Management	25	New entry-	£42,500	-	17 4.45%
Security Operations	25	New entry-	£70,000	-	17 4.45%	2
Scrum	27	Down 9 places-9	£45,000	-25.00%	15 3.93%	1
Cybersecurity	27	Down 10 places-10	£70,000	+95.80%	15 3.93%	15
Validation	28	New entry-	£70,000	-	14 3.66%	6
Customer Requirements	28	New entry-	£35,125	-	14 3.66%	3
Technical Leadership	28	Down 7 places-7	£57,500	-	14 3.66%	4
Business Development	28	Down 11 places-11	£50,000	+66.66%	14 3.66%	4
DevOps	28	Down 13 places-13	£45,000	-25.00%	14 3.66%	2
Mentoring	28	Down 10 places-10	£47,500	-13.63%	14 3.66%	9
Full-Stack Development	29	Down 10 places-10	£52,500	-6.66%	13 3.40%	2
Risk Management	30	New entry-	£70,000	-	12 3.14%	2
Analytics	30	Down 12 places-12	£55,000	-	12 3.14%
Information Security	31	New entry-	£65,000	-	11 2.88%	4
Cloud Security	31	New entry-	£65,000	-	11 2.88%
Observability	32	New entry-	£100,000	-	10 2.62%	1
Data Analysis	32	New entry-	£42,500	-	10 2.62%
CI/CD	32	Down 18 places-18	£52,500	-44.73%	10 2.62%	3
Code Quality	32	New entry-	£45,000	-	10 2.62%	3
Stakeholder Engagement	32	New entry-	£42,500	-	10 2.62%	5
Analytical Thinking	33	New entry-	£42,500	-	9 2.36%
Infrastructure Engineering	33	New entry-	£45,000	-	9 2.36%	1
Incident Response	33	New entry-	£70,000	-	9 2.36%	2
Customer Experience	33	New entry-	£29,500	-	9 2.36%	2
Defect Management	33	Down 12 places-12	£45,000	-	9 2.36%
ERP	33	New entry-	£60,000	-	9 2.36%	1
Stakeholder Management	34	Down 15 places-15	£60,000	-30.43%	8 2.09%	3
Verification and Validation	34	New entry-	£70,000	-	8 2.09%	4
Test Strategy	34	New entry-	£80,000	-	8 2.09%	2
Machine Learning	34	Down 15 places-15	£100,000	-	8 2.09%	3