Process & Methodology Statistics in Lincoln

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 2 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Software Engineering	2	Up 9 places+9	£60,000	+60.00%	53 14.32%	4
Agile	8	Up 2 places+2	£50,000	-34.12%	32 8.65%	11
Business Development	9	Down 1 place-1	£40,000	+14.28%	29 7.84%	2
Customer Service	16	Down 9 places-9	£27,500	+1.97%	20 5.41%	8
Cybersecurity	19	Down 12 places-12	£65,000	+62.50%	17 4.59%	13
Software Testing	20	New entry-	£60,000	-	16 4.32%	3
Problem-Solving	20	Down 18 places-18	£30,000	-20.00%	16 4.32%	14
Mentoring	21	Down 9 places-9	£52,500	-34.66%	15 4.05%	7
Commercial Awareness	22	New entry-	-	-	14 3.78%
CI/CD	23	New entry-	£50,000	-	13 3.51%	2
Machine Learning	24	New entry-	£70,000	-	12 3.24%	3
DevOps	24	Down 11 places-11	£50,000	-41.65%	12 3.24%	5
Project Delivery	24	Down 17 places-17	£45,000	+12.50%	12 3.24%	2
Collaborative Culture	24	New entry-	£56,250	-	12 3.24%
Continuous Improvement	25	Down 15 places-15	£60,000	-20.94%	11 2.97%	11
Coaching	25	New entry-	£45,000	-	11 2.97%	5
Full-Stack Development	25	New entry-	£45,000	-	11 2.97%	5
AI	26	New entry-	£70,000	-	10 2.70%	6
SDLC	26	Down 13 places-13	£60,000	-29.98%	10 2.70%	2
Security Operations	27	New entry-	£65,000	-	9 2.43%
Lead Generation	27	Down 14 places-14	£35,000	-	9 2.43%
DevSecOps	27	New entry-	£70,000	-	9 2.43%	1
Computer Science	28	Down 18 places-18	-	-	8 2.16%
Contract Management	28	New entry-	£72,500	-	8 2.16%
Contract Negotiation	28	New entry-	£72,500	-	8 2.16%
Stakeholder Management	28	New entry-	£53,375	-	8 2.16%	2
Process Improvement	29	New entry-	£46,750	-	7 1.89%	2
Technical Leadership	29	Down 17 places-17	£60,000	-20.94%	7 1.89%	2
Collaborative Engineering	29	New entry-	£60,000	-	7 1.89%	1
Release Management	30	New entry-	-	-	6 1.62%	4
Performance Metrics	30	New entry-	£75,000	-	6 1.62%
Don't repeat yourself (DRY)	30	New entry-	£50,000	-	6 1.62%	1
Workflow Development	30	New entry-	£40,000	-	6 1.62%
Hardware Maintenance	30	New entry-	£75,000	-	6 1.62%
Cost Management	30	New entry-	£75,000	-	6 1.62%
OO	30	New entry-	£50,000	-	6 1.62%	1
ERP	30	New entry-	-	-	6 1.62%	1
Workflow	30	New entry-	£40,000	-	6 1.62%
Programme Management	30	New entry-	£75,000	-	6 1.62%	1
User Experience	31	New entry-	£30,000	-	5 1.35%
Software Delivery	31	New entry-	£45,000	-	5 1.35%
Systems Engineering	31	Down 21 places-21	-	-	5 1.35%	4
CRM	31	Down 20 places-20	£46,750	+33.57%	5 1.35%	4
Multithreading	32	New entry-	£40,000	-	4 1.08%
Customer Engagement	32	Down 20 places-20	-	-	4 1.08%
Software Architecture	32	New entry-	£60,000	-	4 1.08%
Customer Experience	32	New entry-	£35,000	-	4 1.08%
PRINCE2	32	Down 19 places-19	£28,000	-62.66%	4 1.08%	3
Business Intelligence	32	New entry-	-	-	4 1.08%	9
Project Management	32	New entry-	£36,500	-	4 1.08%	5