Process & Methodology Statistics in Durham

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 31 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Problem-Solving	3	Up 23 places+23	£37,000	+20.32%	102 19.10%	15
Continuous Improvement	4	Up 1 place+1	£47,150	-16.97%	101 18.91%	14
Business Development	8	Up 11 places+11	£35,000	-22.22%	51 9.55%	2
Software Engineering	13	Up 25 places+25	£65,000	+128.07%	41 7.68%	2
DevOps	15	Up 14 places+14	£60,000	-18.70%	37 6.93%	1
Decision-Making	16	Down 7 places-7	£42,250	-47.18%	36 6.74%	4
Preventative Maintenance	16	New entry-	£47,700	-	36 6.74%	4
Customer Experience	17	Up 20 places+20	£59,000	-	33 6.18%	3
Collaborative Working	18	Up 18 places+18	£33,839	-50.59%	32 5.99%	7
Cybersecurity	19	Up 11 places+11	£74,830	+3.15%	31 5.81%	6
Stakeholder Management	20	New entry-	£57,500	-	29 5.43%	1
ERP	21	New entry-	£57,500	-	27 5.06%	1
Root Cause Analysis	23	Up 14 places+14	£46,800	+52.19%	25 4.68%	5
Migration	24	Up 13 places+13	£57,500	-22.08%	24 4.49%	5
AI	24	Up 6 places+6	£56,500	-	24 4.49%	3
Data Analysis	27	New entry-	-	-	21 3.93%	3
Commercial Awareness	27	New entry-	£57,500	-	21 3.93%
Customer Service	28	Down 15 places-15	£30,000	+19.58%	20 3.75%	7
Full-Stack Development	28	Up 6 places+6	£50,000	+18.34%	20 3.75%
Platform Engineering	29	Up 5 places+5	£60,000	-18.70%	19 3.56%
Process Improvement	29	New entry-	£57,500	-	19 3.56%	4
Validation	30	Up 5 places+5	£62,500	+78.57%	18 3.37%	7
Agile	30	Up 2 places+2	£59,000	+36.41%	18 3.37%	4
Budgeting	31	Up 6 places+6	£57,500	-	17 3.18%
Risk Management	31	Up 2 places+2	£57,500	-17.85%	17 3.18%
Mentoring	32	Up 1 place+1	£65,000	-6.31%	16 3.00%	6
Collaborative Engineering	32	Up 5 places+5	£65,000	-13.33%	16 3.00%	2
Project Delivery	32	Down 22 places-22	£50,000	-	16 3.00%	3
CRM	33	Up 1 place+1	£31,000	-11.42%	15 2.81%	1
Budgeting and Forecasting	33	New entry-	£57,500	-	15 2.81%
Roadmaps	34	Up 1 place+1	£85,000	+11.68%	14 2.62%	1
Stakeholder Engagement	34	Up 4 places+4	£74,742	-	14 2.62%	3
Coaching	34	Down 13 places-13	£43,775	+55.29%	14 2.62%	6
B2B	35	Up 1 place+1	£35,000	-	13 2.43%	1
Technical Leadership	35	Up 3 places+3	£85,000	+10.07%	13 2.43%	3
Business Strategy	36	New entry-	£57,500	-	12 2.25%
Line Management	36	Up 2 places+2	-	-	12 2.25%	1
Physics	37	New entry-	£60,000	-	11 2.06%	4
User Experience	37	New entry-	£47,277	-	11 2.06%
Customer Requirements	37	Up 1 place+1	£45,000	-	11 2.06%	2
Infrastructure as Code	37	Down 4 places-4	£56,500	-23.44%	11 2.06%
Observability	37	Down 2 places-2	£56,500	-23.44%	11 2.06%
Business Intelligence	38	No change0	£44,250	-	10 1.87%	4
Site Reliability Engineering	38	Down 2 places-2	£80,000	+8.39%	10 1.87%
Lean Manufacturing	39	New entry-	£40,314	-	9 1.69%
Data Protection	39	Down 2 places-2	£55,250	-21.07%	9 1.69%	1
Business Analysis	39	New entry-	£67,296	-	9 1.69%	2
Proactive Maintenance	39	New entry-	£54,675	-	9 1.69%	1
Kanban	40	New entry-	£56,500	-	8 1.50%
Business Process Improvement	40	New entry-	£57,500	-	8 1.50%	1