Process & Methodology Statistics in the East Midlands

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 10 May 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Cybersecurity	5	Up 50 places+50	£51,512	+44.08%	523 11.51%	85
Business Development	6	Up 95 places+95	£50,000	+36.98%	478 10.52%	80
AI	11	Up 20 places+20	£55,000	-12.00%	363 7.99%	85
Problem-Solving	13	Down -10 places-10	£35,000	-12.50%	351 7.73%	160
Mentoring	20	Down -16 places-16	£49,500	-17.50%	257 5.66%	77
Continuous Improvement	22	Up 16 places+16	£47,500	+18.75%	251 5.53%	131
Agile	23	No change0	£55,000	-8.33%	234 5.15%	112
Customer Service	26	Down -12 places-12	£28,500	+3.63%	222 4.89%	76
Business Intelligence	27	Up 42 places+42	£50,000	+1.52%	219 4.82%	58
Analytics	33	Up 26 places+26	£50,000	+3.09%	200 4.40%	98
User Experience	38	Up 51 places+51	£42,500	+21.42%	175 3.85%	19
CRM	38	Up 17 places+17	£42,500	-	175 3.85%	63
Software Engineering	39	Up 3 places+3	£65,000	+4.00%	170 3.74%	60
Machine Learning	47	Down -1 place-1	£52,500	-26.31%	145 3.19%	35
Web Development	56	Up 55 places+55	£35,000	-	131 2.88%	24
Process Improvement	57	Up 25 places+25	£34,500	-18.82%	130 2.86%	34
Service Delivery	58	Up 26 places+26	£42,500	-19.04%	128 2.82%	30
DevOps	60	Down -7 places-7	£70,000	+7.69%	125 2.75%	53
Full-Stack Development	61	No change0	£55,000	+15.78%	122 2.69%	50
Decision-Making	63	Down -4 places-4	£53,325	+12.26%	117 2.58%	98
Roadmaps	64	Down -1 place-1	£75,500	+16.60%	116 2.55%	58
Logistics	65	Up 8 places+8	£50,000	+11.11%	115 2.53%	40
ERP	68	Up 1 place+1	£55,500	+23.33%	112 2.47%	46
B2B	69	Up 20 places+20	£37,500	+25.00%	111 2.44%	41
ITIL	70	Down -22 places-22	£42,500	+21.42%	104 2.29%	22
Ethical Hacking	74	New entry-	£41,779	-	98 2.16%	6
CI/CD	79	Down -6 places-6	£67,500	+3.84%	91 2.00%	59
Stakeholder Management	83	Down -12 places-12	£55,000	-8.33%	86 1.89%	62
ITSM	84	Down -24 places-24	£32,500	+12.06%	83 1.83%	10
Project Delivery	87	Down -4 places-4	£55,000	+3.28%	77 1.70%	37
E-Commerce	88	Down -2 places-2	£45,000	+16.12%	76 1.67%	19
Collaborative Working	90	Down -11 places-11	£42,500	-10.52%	73 1.61%	35
Stakeholder Engagement	91	Up 29 places+29	£60,000	-	72 1.59%	33
Test Automation	92	Down -34 places-34	£61,250	+25.64%	70 1.54%	22
Coaching	93	Down -83 places-83	£38,500	-9.41%	69 1.52%	48
Service Management	99	Up 3 places+3	£35,000	+9.37%	63 1.39%	7
Project Management	100	Down -61 places-61	£55,000	+29.41%	62 1.37%	61
Infrastructure Engineering	100	Up 11 places+11	£45,000	-14.28%	62 1.37%	16
Customer Experience	101	Down -40 places-40	£50,750	+70.58%	60 1.32%	46
Root Cause Analysis	105	Down -5 places-5	£42,500	+13.33%	56 1.23%	19
Validation	107	Down -95 places-95	£30,000	-41.17%	53 1.17%	39
Risk Management	109	Down -17 places-17	£65,000	-13.33%	51 1.12%	29
Computer Science	109	Down -41 places-41	£28,750	-30.61%	51 1.12%	34
Collaborative Culture	110	Up 2 places+2	£47,500	+8.57%	49 1.08%	28
Information Security	112	Down -6 places-6	£45,000	-10.00%	47 1.03%	12
Actionable Insight	113	Up 1 place+1	£51,500	+35.52%	46 1.01%	23
Incident Management	113	Down -24 places-24	£28,500	+14.00%	46 1.01%	8
Data Science	115	Down -3 places-3	£65,000	-13.33%	44 0.97%	36
Infrastructure as Code	115	Up 2 places+2	£67,750	+4.23%	44 0.97%	15
Time Management	116	Down -36 places-36	£27,500	-37.14%	43 0.95%	15