Process & Methodology Statistics in Manchester

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 26 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Business Development	4	Up 46 places+46	£50,000	+17.64%	910 11.70%	51
AI	5	Up 5 places+5	£70,000	+24.44%	832 10.69%	154
Software Engineering	7	Up 6 places+6	£70,000	-	763 9.81%	90
Problem-Solving	11	Down 2 places-2	£47,500	+10.46%	626 8.05%	129
Continuous Improvement	12	Up 10 places+10	£57,500	+9.52%	620 7.97%	123
Agile	14	Down 12 places-12	£65,000	+4.00%	613 7.88%	115
DevOps	17	Down 2 places-2	£70,000	+7.69%	558 7.17%	79
Stakeholder Management	21	Up 27 places+27	£65,000	+18.18%	466 5.99%	90
CI/CD	25	No change0	£70,000	+7.69%	430 5.53%	101
Decision-Making	27	Up 11 places+11	£55,000	+7.84%	394 5.06%	93
Cybersecurity	29	Up 29 places+29	£65,000	+18.18%	377 4.85%	88
Mentoring	31	Down 15 places-15	£65,538	+6.56%	367 4.72%	86
Customer Service	33	Up 1 place+1	£31,000	+5.08%	337 4.33%	52
Full-Stack Development	34	Up 28 places+28	£70,000	+7.69%	330 4.24%	46
Analytics	37	Down 1 place-1	£60,000	+14.28%	306 3.93%	60
Stakeholder Engagement	41	Up 45 places+45	£56,250	+12.50%	273 3.51%	40
Roadmaps	42	Down 1 place-1	£70,000	+0.88%	270 3.47%	45
Coaching	47	Up 13 places+13	£62,500	-	231 2.97%	56
CRM	48	Up 6 places+6	£42,500	-	230 2.96%	56
Infrastructure as Code	49	Up 39 places+39	£71,500	+10.00%	225 2.89%	55
Infrastructure Engineering	50	Up 12 places+12	£55,000	+15.78%	219 2.81%	25
Validation	56	Up 69 places+69	£55,000	+4.76%	200 2.57%	29
Collaborative Culture	58	Up 36 places+36	£57,500	-4.16%	195 2.51%	26
Collaborative Working	60	Up 34 places+34	£44,000	-2.22%	191 2.45%	38
Platform Engineering	61	Up 21 places+21	£70,000	+5.66%	190 2.44%	24
Business Intelligence	65	Down 13 places-13	£52,500	+5.00%	182 2.34%	31
Technical Leadership	66	Up 33 places+33	£75,000	+3.44%	178 2.29%	45
Customer Experience	67	Up 31 places+31	£45,272	-9.45%	175 2.25%	28
Project Delivery	69	Up 25 places+25	£50,000	-13.04%	172 2.21%	38
B2B	72	Up 18 places+18	£45,000	-10.00%	166 2.13%	39
Service Delivery	73	Up 12 places+12	£52,500	+23.52%	164 2.11%	26
Migration	75	Up 6 places+6	£65,000	+19.73%	158 2.03%	36
Microservices	77	Down 58 places-58	£81,250	+16.07%	155 1.99%	32
Risk Management	78	Down 16 places-16	£70,000	-3.03%	152 1.95%	18
ITIL	80	Down 12 places-12	£46,500	+16.25%	149 1.91%	33
Test Automation	81	Down 4 places-4	£65,000	-	148 1.90%	51
ERP	84	Down 13 places-13	£63,500	+27.00%	144 1.85%	17
Data Science	86	Up 24 places+24	£82,000	+33.87%	135 1.74%	21
Machine Learning	87	Down 50 places-50	£85,000	+30.76%	131 1.68%	29
Information Security	88	Up 23 places+23	£70,000	+12.00%	128 1.65%	9
Data Engineering	89	Down 43 places-43	£70,000	+16.66%	125 1.61%	15
Observability	89	Up 43 places+43	£70,400	-9.16%	125 1.61%	35
Data Analysis	89	Up 22 places+22	£45,037	+12.59%	125 1.61%	19
Project Management	90	Down 23 places-23	£51,500	+3.00%	123 1.58%	39
Cloud Security	93	Down 35 places-35	£75,000	+25.00%	120 1.54%	12
Workflow	96	Up 21 places+21	£56,250	+12.50%	117 1.50%	23
Digital Transformation Programme	97	Up 38 places+38	£57,500	-	116 1.49%	20
Change Management	99	Down 7 places-7	£50,000	+5.26%	113 1.45%	17
Containerisation	99	Down 43 places-43	£75,000	+17.64%	113 1.45%	25
Process Improvement	103	Down 30 places-30	£49,000	+15.29%	108 1.39%	18