Process & Methodology Statistics in the East Midlands

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 20 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Business Development	2	Up 54 places+54	£50,000	-	936 13.78%	55
Problem-Solving	8	Down 6 places-6	£42,500	+30.76%	690 10.16%	361
Continuous Improvement	10	Up 5 places+5	£54,000	+35.27%	562 8.27%	332
Cybersecurity	14	Up 47 places+47	£57,500	+53.33%	440 6.48%	119
Customer Service	15	Down 2 places-2	£30,000	+9.09%	425 6.26%	88
Software Engineering	16	Up 41 places+41	£57,500	-17.85%	405 5.96%	152
ERP	22	Up 18 places+18	£50,000	+53.84%	301 4.43%	77
AI	26	Down 20 places-20	£62,500	-3.84%	289 4.25%	194
Analytics	27	Up 24 places+24	£60,000	+33.33%	288 4.24%	104
Decision-Making	29	Up 21 places+21	£50,000	+25.00%	280 4.12%	144
CRM	30	Up 8 places+8	£40,000	+14.28%	278 4.09%	90
Logistics	32	Up 13 places+13	£40,000	+14.28%	271 3.99%	64
Agile	33	Down 6 places-6	£52,788	-8.19%	263 3.87%	191
Mentoring	35	Down 30 places-30	£45,325	+27.67%	232 3.41%	133
Stakeholder Management	36	Up 38 places+38	£55,000	-6.77%	226 3.33%	140
Roadmaps	37	Up 38 places+38	£68,500	+3.39%	225 3.31%	148
DevOps	43	Up 11 places+11	£57,500	+4.54%	193 2.84%	90
Preventative Maintenance	44	Up 80 places+80	£45,000	+33.33%	191 2.81%	64
Project Delivery	45	Up 32 places+32	£45,000	+5.88%	189 2.78%	89
Project Management	49	Up 9 places+9	£52,500	-	183 2.69%	98
Business Intelligence	56	Down 1 place-1	£47,500	+13.09%	169 2.49%	68
E-Commerce	57	Up 25 places+25	£45,000	+50.00%	168 2.47%	45
B2B	58	Up 51 places+51	£35,000	+20.68%	163 2.40%	68
Infrastructure Engineering	60	Up 31 places+31	£50,000	+42.85%	159 2.34%	40
Validation	61	Down 36 places-36	£50,000	+17.64%	157 2.31%	140
Service Delivery	63	Up 21 places+21	£48,500	+18.29%	155 2.28%	63
CI/CD	64	Down 5 places-5	£60,000	-5.88%	150 2.21%	80
Technical Leadership	66	Up 53 places+53	£70,000	-	141 2.08%	97
Customer Experience	67	Up 41 places+41	£36,500	-8.75%	136 2.00%	59
Coaching	68	Down 51 places-51	£45,750	-10.96%	135 1.99%	104
Full-Stack Development	69	Up 20 places+20	£55,000	+22.22%	133 1.96%	34
Computer Science	70	Up 8 places+8	£40,000	+2.73%	132 1.94%	54
Stakeholder Engagement	72	Up 37 places+37	£55,000	-8.33%	130 1.91%	52
ITIL	72	Down 11 places-11	£41,750	+19.28%	130 1.91%	62
Collaborative Working	77	Up 18 places+18	£40,000	-5.88%	120 1.77%	66
Line Management	80	Up 27 places+27	£46,950	-32.92%	116 1.71%	11
Process Improvement	83	Up 34 places+34	£45,000	+28.57%	113 1.66%	58
Commercial Awareness	87	Up 49 places+49	£47,500	+11.76%	108 1.59%	36
Actionable Insight	93	Up 33 places+33	£60,000	+41.17%	102 1.50%	25
Test Automation	93	Down 20 places-20	£52,788	-15.53%	102 1.50%	78
Collaborative Culture	94	Up 22 places+22	£62,500	+31.57%	99 1.46%	38
Digital Marketing	96	Up 29 places+29	£35,000	-17.64%	94 1.38%	15
SEO	98	Up 34 places+34	£35,000	-19.54%	91 1.34%	15
Data Science	101	Up 11 places+11	£70,000	+75.00%	87 1.28%	57
Risk Management	103	Down 19 places-19	£59,500	+13.33%	84 1.24%	52
Data Analysis	109	Down 9 places-9	£40,000	-	78 1.15%	26
Machine Learning	111	Down 90 places-90	£67,500	+3.84%	76 1.12%	56
User Experience	119	Down 13 places-13	£41,250	+3.12%	67 0.99%	52
Change Management	119	Down 24 places-24	£50,000	-9.09%	67 0.99%	32
Data Governance	119	Down 5 places-5	£65,000	+23.80%	67 0.99%	49