Process & Methodology Statistics in Central London

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 8 May 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
AI	9	Up 14 places+14	£80,000	-21.95%	402 9.49%	467
Software Engineering	12	Up 8 places+8	£95,000	+11.76%	391 9.23%	199
Agile	13	Down -8 places-8	£77,500	+3.33%	378 8.92%	254
Business Development	15	Up 105 places+105	£60,000	-17.24%	329 7.77%	164
DevOps	17	Down -4 places-4	£82,500	+6.45%	304 7.18%	147
Problem-Solving	18	Down -12 places-12	£70,000	+3.70%	283 6.68%	225
Analytics	19	Down -4 places-4	£84,336	-0.78%	261 6.16%	233
Continuous Improvement	21	Up 8 places+8	£80,000	+23.07%	252 5.95%	151
Cybersecurity	21	Up 33 places+33	£70,000	+7.69%	252 5.95%	95
Mentoring	24	Down -7 places-7	£85,000	+13.33%	245 5.78%	162
Roadmaps	27	Down -9 places-9	£83,750	-8.21%	222 5.24%	195
Full-Stack Development	28	Up 33 places+33	£90,000	+20.00%	220 5.19%	120
CI/CD	30	Down -4 places-4	£82,500	-2.94%	192 4.53%	182
ITIL	33	Up 4 places+4	£55,000	+3.87%	182 4.30%	38
Fintech	34	Up 49 places+49	£90,000	+9.09%	177 4.18%	164
Decision-Making	40	Down -6 places-6	£77,500	-8.82%	153 3.61%	255
Business Intelligence	41	Up 3 places+3	£70,000	-	152 3.59%	94
Coaching	42	Up 3 places+3	£65,000	-3.70%	149 3.52%	70
Stakeholder Management	45	Down -10 places-10	£81,250	+8.33%	146 3.45%	205
Business Strategy	48	Up 26 places+26	£80,000	-15.46%	136 3.21%	52
Computer Science	50	Down -29 places-29	£85,000	+21.42%	133 3.14%	109
Data Science	52	Down -10 places-10	£85,000	-	129 3.05%	91
Data Engineering	53	Up 62 places+62	£85,000	-8.10%	128 3.02%	66
Machine Learning	58	Up 10 places+10	£90,000	+5.88%	121 2.86%	170
User Experience	60	Down -17 places-17	£75,000	-	117 2.76%	83
Data Pipeline	61	Up 40 places+40	£80,000	+10.34%	116 2.74%	82
Process Improvement	61	Up 8 places+8	£67,500	-	116 2.74%	52
Infrastructure as Code	62	Down -3 places-3	£90,000	-2.70%	115 2.71%	74
Data Architecture	63	Up 45 places+45	£82,500	-25.00%	113 2.67%	43
Data Governance	67	Up 34 places+34	£82,500	-13.15%	106 2.50%	55
Budgeting	70	Up 81 places+81	£65,000	-16.12%	102 2.41%	34
Creative Thinking	71	Up 20 places+20	£40,000	+23.07%	101 2.38%	11
Microservices	72	Down -7 places-7	£85,000	-4.22%	97 2.29%	67
Project Delivery	76	Up 5 places+5	£77,500	-3.12%	93 2.20%	78
Change Management	76	Up 5 places+5	£70,000	+7.69%	93 2.20%	46
Incident Response	77	Up 38 places+38	£80,000	+23.07%	92 2.17%	32
Information Security	78	Up 22 places+22	£90,000	+38.46%	91 2.15%	19
Test Automation	78	Up 8 places+8	£84,500	+5.62%	91 2.15%	49
ITSM	79	Up 19 places+19	£65,000	+45.77%	89 2.10%	30
Stakeholder Engagement	83	Up 43 places+43	£72,500	-15.20%	84 1.98%	91
ERP	84	Up 23 places+23	£85,000	-	82 1.94%	53
Risk Management	84	Down -31 places-31	£85,000	-	82 1.94%	68
Data Modelling	85	Down -15 places-15	£82,500	+10.00%	81 1.91%	89
Customer Service	87	Down -29 places-29	£37,500	-6.25%	79 1.87%	50
Collaborative Culture	87	Up 4 places+4	£73,250	+12.69%	79 1.87%	66
Migration	87	Down -23 places-23	£90,000	+16.12%	79 1.87%	84
Data Management	88	Down -22 places-22	£68,961	-11.01%	78 1.84%	21
Generative AI	89	Up 51 places+51	£92,500	+2.77%	77 1.82%	46
Project Management	89	Down -61 places-61	£65,750	-9.31%	77 1.82%	100
Business Analysis	93	Up 14 places+14	£65,000	-23.52%	72 1.70%	45