Process & Methodology Statistics in the Midlands

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 12 Sep 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Business Development	2	Up 34 places+34	£50,000	-	2,247 14.75%	291
Problem-Solving	10	Down -7 places-7	£42,500	+11.84%	1,297 8.51%	896
Continuous Improvement	11	Up 3 places+3	£51,928	+3.85%	1,197 7.86%	677
Cybersecurity	15	Up 15 places+15	£55,000	+23.47%	1,028 6.75%	326
AI	17	Down -10 places-10	£60,000	-	832 5.46%	507
Agile	19	Down -7 places-7	£55,000	-8.33%	732 4.80%	386
Customer Service	22	Down -4 places-4	£30,000	-	650 4.27%	349
Software Engineering	24	Up 41 places+41	£65,000	-	626 4.11%	236
Decision-Making	25	Up 29 places+29	£55,000	+21.17%	623 4.09%	408
Mentoring	26	Down -11 places-11	£60,000	+14.28%	620 4.07%	367
ERP	27	Up 16 places+16	£50,000	-	614 4.03%	226
Analytics	29	Up 19 places+19	£60,000	+14.28%	584 3.83%	319
CRM	32	Down -10 places-10	£42,500	+1.19%	566 3.72%	244
Business Intelligence	38	Up 11 places+11	£55,000	+5.26%	501 3.29%	242
Stakeholder Management	40	Down -3 places-3	£56,000	-6.66%	480 3.15%	461
Logistics	41	Up 36 places+36	£47,000	+17.50%	471 3.09%	232
DevOps	46	Down -20 places-20	£65,500	+0.76%	429 2.82%	194
Roadmaps	48	Up 31 places+31	£65,750	+1.15%	419 2.75%	288
CI/CD	55	Up 13 places+13	£65,000	+1.16%	368 2.42%	208
Service Delivery	56	Up 46 places+46	£50,000	+14.28%	366 2.40%	176
Project Delivery	58	Up 38 places+38	£54,500	-3.53%	352 2.31%	251
Stakeholder Engagement	65	Up 55 places+55	£58,000	+10.47%	320 2.10%	226
Coaching	67	Down -42 places-42	£60,000	+16.76%	308 2.02%	266
Project Management	68	Down -28 places-28	£52,500	-2.77%	307 2.02%	280
ITIL	69	Down -9 places-9	£50,000	+11.11%	306 2.01%	109
Full-Stack Development	70	Up 45 places+45	£55,000	-8.33%	297 1.95%	111
B2B	74	Up 20 places+20	£35,000	+14.45%	282 1.85%	120
Technical Leadership	75	Up 88 places+88	£69,305	-7.59%	279 1.83%	202
Collaborative Working	78	Up 2 places+2	£40,000	-5.88%	267 1.75%	145
E-Commerce	79	Up 37 places+37	£50,000	+11.11%	266 1.75%	71
Collaborative Culture	82	Up 61 places+61	£51,356	+8.11%	262 1.72%	76
Infrastructure Engineering	85	Up 23 places+23	£50,000	-5.82%	255 1.67%	89
Validation	86	Down -33 places-33	£48,750	-11.36%	250 1.64%	269
Process Improvement	87	Up 40 places+40	£45,000	+8.05%	247 1.62%	142
Customer Experience	87	Up 28 places+28	£42,500	-10.52%	247 1.62%	139
Risk Management	92	Up 9 places+9	£58,589	+6.52%	224 1.47%	173
Computer Science	95	Down -12 places-12	£40,000	-8.72%	217 1.42%	131
Commercial Awareness	96	Up 107 places+107	£45,000	+5.88%	216 1.42%	131
Test Automation	100	Up 2 places+2	£55,000	-9.46%	205 1.35%	113
Line Management	101	Up 31 places+31	£60,000	+2.74%	200 1.31%	89
Information Security	111	Up 47 places+47	£55,000	+12.82%	178 1.17%	74
Service Management	113	Up 25 places+25	£45,000	+12.50%	174 1.14%	110
User Experience	116	Down -9 places-9	£45,000	-16.18%	170 1.12%	100
ITSM	118	Up 21 places+21	£42,500	+11.84%	168 1.10%	54
Migration	118	Down -35 places-35	£62,500	-	168 1.10%	187
Presales	118	Up 73 places+73	£55,000	-10.20%	168 1.10%	60
Data Governance	120	Up 41 places+41	£62,500	+4.16%	166 1.09%	107
Data Protection	123	Up 56 places+56	£53,600	+4.07%	163 1.07%	115
Root Cause Analysis	126	Up 15 places+15	£45,000	-5.26%	158 1.04%	107
Business Strategy	128	Up 36 places+36	£70,000	+10.23%	156 1.02%	81