Process & Methodology Statistics in the Midlands

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 12 May 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Cybersecurity	2	Up 29 places+29	£50,000	-6.86%	1,889 14.58%	176
AI	4	Up 16 places+16	£52,500	-10.75%	1,674 12.92%	265
Business Development	7	Up 73 places+73	£50,000	+63.50%	1,423 10.98%	227
User Experience	11	Up 92 places+92	£45,000	-5.26%	1,159 8.94%	83
Machine Learning	18	Up 39 places+39	£60,000	-7.69%	1,076 8.30%	107
Web Development	20	Up 156 places+156	£36,250	-19.44%	1,026 7.92%	31
Problem-Solving	25	Down -22 places-22	£40,000	-11.11%	862 6.65%	415
Mentoring	26	Down -16 places-16	£60,000	-	820 6.33%	195
Continuous Improvement	32	Down -4 places-4	£53,500	+12.63%	651 5.02%	309
Agile	34	Down -25 places-25	£57,500	-2.33%	627 4.84%	268
Business Intelligence	37	Up 6 places+6	£47,500	-13.63%	568 4.38%	110
Analytics	41	Down -14 places-14	£55,000	+4.76%	496 3.83%	193
CRM	50	Down -20 places-20	£45,000	+5.88%	409 3.16%	166
Customer Service	51	Down -26 places-26	£29,000	+1.75%	405 3.13%	150
Logistics	53	Up 50 places+50	£50,000	+11.11%	380 2.93%	133
Software Engineering	58	Down -26 places-26	£65,000	+4.00%	353 2.72%	135
Decision-Making	62	Down -24 places-24	£55,000	+4.76%	320 2.47%	261
ERP	63	Down -3 places-3	£51,300	-2.28%	319 2.46%	107
Roadmaps	64	Down -16 places-16	£65,000	+0.38%	316 2.44%	132
DevOps	65	Down -36 places-36	£65,500	+9.16%	312 2.41%	105
Service Delivery	74	Down -20 places-20	£45,000	-14.28%	279 2.15%	76
Stakeholder Management	76	Down -42 places-42	£60,000	+3.44%	276 2.13%	165
ITIL	79	Down -40 places-40	£47,500	-	262 2.02%	67
Full-Stack Development	80	Up 6 places+6	£55,000	+4.76%	259 2.00%	79
B2B	81	Up 9 places+9	£40,000	+30.80%	257 1.98%	105
CI/CD	83	Down -27 places-27	£65,000	-	255 1.97%	124
Project Management	86	Down -67 places-67	£52,500	-	241 1.86%	143
Process Improvement	92	Up 34 places+34	£44,543	-1.01%	226 1.74%	71
Coaching	93	Down -70 places-70	£63,076	+31.40%	223 1.72%	106
Preventative Maintenance	98	Up 120 places+120	£35,000	+8.52%	203 1.57%	12
Stakeholder Engagement	99	Up 37 places+37	£58,250	+6.88%	202 1.56%	106
Project Delivery	100	Down -49 places-49	£57,500	+4.54%	201 1.55%	108
Inventory Management	104	Up 90 places+90	£65,000	+44.44%	193 1.49%	17
Ethical Hacking	106	Up 118 places+118	£30,500	-43.19%	190 1.47%	24
E-Commerce	108	Up 36 places+36	£52,500	+16.66%	186 1.44%	62
Infrastructure Engineering	109	Up 29 places+29	£50,000	+11.11%	184 1.42%	62
Computer Science	114	Down -79 places-79	£40,000	-11.81%	171 1.32%	89
Customer Experience	119	Up 1 place+1	£47,500	+26.66%	159 1.23%	96
Validation	121	Down -88 places-88	£40,000	-27.27%	157 1.21%	86
ITSM	123	Down -14 places-14	£35,000	-	154 1.19%	39
Migration	123	Down -46 places-46	£62,500	+4.16%	154 1.19%	70
Data Governance	125	Up 25 places+25	£63,076	+5.12%	150 1.16%	49
Risk Management	125	Down -37 places-37	£60,000	-4.00%	150 1.16%	59
Data Modelling	126	Up 1 place+1	£60,000	-4.00%	149 1.15%	76
Collaborative Working	126	Down -64 places-64	£42,500	-19.04%	149 1.15%	83
Test Automation	128	Down -56 places-56	£62,500	+8.69%	146 1.13%	62
Business Strategy	138	Up 4 places+4	£70,000	+10.23%	126 0.97%	52
Service Management	138	Up 19 places+19	£42,500	-	126 0.97%	35
Root Cause Analysis	139	Up 28 places+28	£42,500	-3.40%	125 0.96%	47
Actionable Insight	143	Up 6 places+6	£51,058	+7.49%	120 0.93%	52