Process & Methodology Statistics in Manchester

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 28 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
AI	3	Up 20 places+20	£70,000	-6.66%	751 14.47%	344
Cybersecurity	4	Up 22 places+22	£55,000	-15.38%	673 12.97%	231
User Experience	8	Up 29 places+29	£58,932	+7.14%	519 10.00%	193
Machine Learning	12	Up 92 places+92	£66,250	-19.69%	461 8.88%	213
Software Engineering	13	Down -1 place-1	£70,000	+3.70%	446 8.59%	129
Web Development	15	Up 108 places+108	£40,000	-27.27%	424 8.17%	157
Business Development	21	Up 63 places+63	£50,000	-33.33%	404 7.78%	136
Agile	23	Down -20 places-20	£65,000	-3.70%	396 7.63%	235
Problem-Solving	29	Down -24 places-24	£50,000	-4.30%	314 6.05%	176
DevOps	35	Down -21 places-21	£72,250	-0.34%	276 5.32%	141
Analytics	36	Down -17 places-17	£60,000	-	272 5.24%	137
Continuous Improvement	37	Down -21 places-21	£60,000	+2.56%	263 5.07%	152
Mentoring	39	Down -22 places-22	£53,750	-19.82%	249 4.80%	174
CI/CD	41	Down -16 places-16	£70,000	-	234 4.51%	137
Decision-Making	44	Down -10 places-10	£60,000	-	201 3.87%	134
Stakeholder Management	51	Down -18 places-18	£70,000	-	168 3.24%	79
Customer Service	53	Down -12 places-12	£33,750	+6.30%	155 2.99%	52
Roadmaps	54	Down -30 places-30	£75,000	+0.17%	143 2.76%	88
Full-Stack Development	55	Up 14 places+14	£70,000	+7.69%	142 2.74%	66
Stakeholder Engagement	58	Up 66 places+66	£67,883	+35.76%	131 2.52%	57
Coaching	58	Down -26 places-26	£61,250	-5.76%	131 2.52%	84
Business Intelligence	61	Down -26 places-26	£45,000	-18.18%	127 2.45%	57
Project Management	66	Down -29 places-29	£45,000	-18.18%	122 2.35%	50
Scrum	69	Down -13 places-13	£67,500	-10.00%	111 2.14%	54
ITIL	71	Down -17 places-17	£47,500	-6.86%	109 2.10%	29
B2B	74	Up 46 places+46	£40,000	-13.51%	104 2.00%	87
Microservices	75	Down -33 places-33	£67,374	-10.16%	103 1.98%	58
Fintech	78	Up 13 places+13	£70,000	-	97 1.87%	35
Project Delivery	80	Down -16 places-16	£55,000	-26.66%	94 1.81%	42
Infrastructure as Code	83	Down -7 places-7	£72,500	-3.16%	91 1.75%	63
TDD	85	Down -22 places-22	£70,000	+5.66%	88 1.70%	42
Infrastructure Engineering	86	Down -5 places-5	£50,000	-9.09%	87 1.68%	21
Data-Driven Decision Making	89	Up 20 places+20	£60,000	+6.66%	84 1.62%	22
Collaborative Culture	89	Up 4 places+4	£65,000	+18.18%	84 1.62%	111
Service Delivery	90	Down -18 places-18	£42,500	-26.08%	81 1.56%	30
CRM	91	Down -25 places-25	£50,000	-	80 1.54%	84
Data Engineering	95	Up 14 places+14	£90,000	+20.00%	75 1.45%	31
Collaborative Working	96	Down -36 places-36	£42,500	-15.00%	74 1.43%	39
Test Automation	96	Down -17 places-17	£62,000	-0.80%	74 1.43%	54
Migration	97	Down -39 places-39	£65,000	+18.18%	73 1.41%	59
Logistics	98	Up 37 places+37	£50,000	-12.28%	72 1.39%	19
Platform Engineering	99	Up 32 places+32	£70,400	+4.77%	71 1.37%	44
Process Improvement	99	Down -52 places-52	£50,000	+6.38%	71 1.37%	27
Containerisation	101	Down -10 places-10	£65,000	-	69 1.33%	31
Information Security	103	Down -17 places-17	£70,000	-6.66%	67 1.29%	23
Change Management	104	Down -3 places-3	£55,000	-	66 1.27%	24
Visualisation	104	Down -26 places-26	£40,000	-20.00%	66 1.27%	18
Clean Code	105	Up 12 places+12	£65,000	+23.80%	65 1.25%	22
Data Science	106	Up 8 places+8	£75,000	-0.16%	64 1.23%	49
Validation	107	Up 13 places+13	£60,000	+33.33%	63 1.21%	39