Process & Methodology Statistics in the Midlands

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 29 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Cybersecurity	2	Up 26 places+26	£47,500	-11.78%	1,899 15.01%	171
AI	4	Up 34 places+34	£52,500	-8.82%	1,677 13.25%	234
Business Development	8	Up 67 places+67	£50,000	+63.50%	1,360 10.75%	192
User Experience	11	Up 91 places+91	£45,000	-	1,222 9.66%	96
Machine Learning	13	Up 108 places+108	£62,500	-3.84%	1,132 8.95%	74
Web Development	17	Up 155 places+155	£35,000	-22.22%	1,088 8.60%	37
Problem-Solving	25	Down -22 places-22	£38,500	-14.44%	887 7.01%	407
Mentoring	27	Down -19 places-19	£55,000	-9.61%	844 6.67%	164
Continuous Improvement	33	Down -8 places-8	£53,500	+10.30%	654 5.17%	285
Agile	35	Down -25 places-25	£57,723	-0.69%	596 4.71%	263
Business Intelligence	39	Up 6 places+6	£47,085	-14.39%	556 4.39%	155
Analytics	45	Down -23 places-23	£51,000	-2.85%	479 3.79%	192
Customer Service	51	Down -33 places-33	£29,000	+1.75%	420 3.32%	133
CRM	52	Down -23 places-23	£45,000	+5.88%	411 3.25%	170
Software Engineering	57	Down -11 places-11	£65,000	+4.00%	356 2.81%	106
Logistics	58	Up 3 places+3	£50,000	+11.11%	348 2.75%	119
ERP	63	Down -3 places-3	£51,275	-2.33%	324 2.56%	106
Roadmaps	64	Down -17 places-17	£65,750	+3.54%	318 2.51%	119
Stakeholder Management	66	Down -33 places-33	£60,000	+3.44%	300 2.37%	136
DevOps	66	Down -23 places-23	£65,250	+8.75%	300 2.37%	100
ITIL	68	Down -44 places-44	£46,775	-1.52%	294 2.32%	78
Decision-Making	68	Down -33 places-33	£55,200	+5.14%	294 2.32%	230
Service Delivery	74	Down -38 places-38	£45,000	-14.10%	272 2.15%	74
B2B	77	Up 9 places+9	£40,000	+30.80%	255 2.02%	98
Coaching	78	Down -41 places-41	£63,076	+31.40%	254 2.01%	93
Project Management	81	Down -65 places-65	£52,500	-	249 1.97%	146
Full-Stack Development	82	Up 32 places+32	£55,000	+4.76%	245 1.94%	42
CI/CD	86	Up 3 places+3	£65,000	-	233 1.84%	112
Process Improvement	88	Down -13 places-13	£37,582	-18.30%	229 1.81%	74
Project Delivery	92	Down -44 places-44	£55,000	-	204 1.61%	96
Preventative Maintenance	93	Up 123 places+123	£35,000	+9.37%	202 1.60%	11
Stakeholder Engagement	94	Up 42 places+42	£57,500	-4.16%	199 1.57%	126
Ethical Hacking	96	Up 124 places+124	£30,500	-43.19%	195 1.54%	9
Inventory Management	96	Up 97 places+97	£65,000	+31.97%	195 1.54%	9
E-Commerce	99	Up 44 places+44	£48,750	+8.33%	191 1.51%	52
Infrastructure Engineering	102	Up 27 places+27	£50,000	+11.11%	186 1.47%	48
Migration	111	Down -35 places-35	£59,527	+8.23%	168 1.33%	64
Computer Science	112	Down -91 places-91	£40,000	-11.11%	166 1.31%	70
Risk Management	115	Down -30 places-30	£60,000	-	163 1.29%	63
Customer Experience	116	Down -45 places-45	£44,000	+17.33%	162 1.28%	72
ITSM	117	Down -13 places-13	£35,000	-	160 1.26%	37
Business Strategy	121	Up 6 places+6	£70,000	+8.10%	151 1.19%	54
Data Governance	123	Up 22 places+22	£63,500	+5.83%	148 1.17%	53
Validation	124	Down -69 places-69	£37,500	-33.33%	146 1.15%	82
Data Modelling	125	Down -7 places-7	£60,000	-1.97%	145 1.15%	98
Collaborative Working	128	Down -65 places-65	£42,500	-19.04%	142 1.12%	80
Test Automation	130	Down -27 places-27	£61,250	+6.52%	138 1.09%	65
Service Management	136	Up 15 places+15	£40,000	-5.88%	127 1.00%	35
Root Cause Analysis	138	Up 26 places+26	£42,500	-1.73%	122 0.96%	43
Data Analysis	139	Down -99 places-99	£40,000	-15.78%	121 0.96%	81