Process & Methodology Statistics in the City of London

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 30 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
AI	10	Up 11 places+11	£82,500	-19.51%	371 9.53%	293
Software Engineering	11	Up 9 places+9	£95,000	+18.75%	364 9.35%	168
Agile	13	Down -8 places-8	£75,000	-	346 8.89%	154
Business Development	14	Up 97 places+97	£60,000	-33.33%	318 8.17%	108
DevOps	17	Down -4 places-4	£80,000	+0.62%	278 7.14%	118
Problem-Solving	18	Down -11 places-11	£65,000	-7.14%	264 6.78%	129
Analytics	19	Down -4 places-4	£83,086	-5.04%	249 6.40%	116
Mentoring	20	Down -4 places-4	£85,000	+13.33%	247 6.35%	106
Cybersecurity	24	Up 28 places+28	£70,000	+7.69%	229 5.88%	71
Continuous Improvement	26	Up 4 places+4	£80,000	+14.28%	221 5.68%	96
Full-Stack Development	31	Up 18 places+18	£87,500	+16.66%	189 4.86%	126
ITIL	32	Up 2 places+2	£57,500	+11.65%	178 4.57%	28
Roadmaps	33	Down -14 places-14	£90,000	+2.85%	175 4.50%	100
CI/CD	34	Down -11 places-11	£80,000	-5.88%	172 4.42%	150
Fintech	38	Up 36 places+36	£90,000	+12.50%	164 4.21%	96
Coaching	43	Up 3 places+3	£95,000	+46.15%	143 3.67%	56
Stakeholder Management	46	Down -10 places-10	£80,000	+12.28%	133 3.42%	84
Decision-Making	47	Down -12 places-12	£80,000	-5.88%	132 3.39%	161
Business Strategy	47	Up 19 places+19	£80,000	-11.11%	132 3.39%	36
Business Intelligence	48	Down -7 places-7	£72,500	+3.57%	129 3.31%	39
Data Science	50	Down -3 places-3	£85,000	-	127 3.26%	47
Data Engineering	53	Up 37 places+37	£85,000	-5.55%	122 3.13%	41
Computer Science	58	Down -33 places-33	£85,000	+21.42%	111 2.85%	72
Process Improvement	59	Up 14 places+14	£67,500	-	110 2.83%	32
Data Pipeline	60	Up 22 places+22	£80,500	+11.03%	109 2.80%	64
Machine Learning	63	Down -13 places-13	£90,000	+12.50%	104 2.67%	100
Infrastructure as Code	63	Down -18 places-18	£87,500	-5.40%	104 2.67%	66
Creative Thinking	64	Up 10 places+10	£66,000	+103.07%	103 2.65%	5
Budgeting	69	Up 61 places+61	£65,000	-16.12%	94 2.42%	21
User Experience	71	Down -31 places-31	£70,000	-9.67%	91 2.34%	38
Change Management	71	No change0	£70,000	+7.69%	91 2.34%	21
ITSM	71	Up 6 places+6	£65,000	+45.77%	91 2.34%	14
Microservices	72	Down -15 places-15	£85,000	-2.85%	89 2.29%	70
Project Delivery	73	Down -7 places-7	£78,750	-1.56%	87 2.24%	42
Data Architecture	75	Up 36 places+36	£90,000	-10.44%	84 2.16%	18
Incident Response	78	Up 16 places+16	£80,000	+23.07%	80 2.06%	24
Data Management	78	Down -20 places-20	£68,961	-8.05%	80 2.06%	14
Information Security	79	Up 1 place+1	£90,000	+28.57%	79 2.03%	15
Data Modelling	81	Down -16 places-16	£80,000	+6.66%	76 1.95%	57
Test Automation	82	Down -11 places-11	£70,000	-11.94%	75 1.93%	38
Stakeholder Engagement	82	Up 24 places+24	£72,500	-15.20%	75 1.93%	37
Customer Service	83	Down -29 places-29	£37,500	-11.76%	74 1.90%	34
Generative AI	83	Up 34 places+34	£92,500	+2.77%	74 1.90%	28
Service Management	84	Down -4 places-4	£68,750	+5.76%	72 1.85%	17
Collaborative Culture	84	Up 5 places+5	£73,250	+39.52%	72 1.85%	48
Data Governance	85	Up 11 places+11	£80,000	-4.47%	71 1.82%	26
ERP	86	Up 10 places+10	£75,000	-14.28%	70 1.80%	22
Business Transformation	88	Up 35 places+35	£85,000	-5.55%	68 1.75%	4
Migration	88	Down -21 places-21	£90,000	+14.28%	68 1.75%	44
ETL	89	Down -25 places-25	£77,500	-	67 1.72%	30