Process & Methodology Statistics in the Midlands

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 29 Jul 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Business Development	2	Up 33 places+33	£52,500	+28.04%	1,903 13.76%	233
Problem-Solving	11	Down -8 places-8	£42,000	+5.00%	1,102 7.97%	479
Cybersecurity	12	Up 20 places+20	£57,500	+21.05%	1,049 7.58%	198
Continuous Improvement	13	Up 3 places+3	£52,500	+8.24%	1,013 7.32%	407
AI	17	Down -9 places-9	£57,500	-4.16%	801 5.79%	251
Agile	19	Down -9 places-9	£55,000	-7.94%	717 5.18%	264
Mentoring	21	Down -6 places-6	£57,500	+4.54%	686 4.96%	163
Analytics	22	Up 14 places+14	£60,000	+14.28%	614 4.44%	176
Business Intelligence	29	Up 27 places+27	£55,000	-	545 3.94%	145
Decision-Making	33	Up 22 places+22	£57,500	+15.00%	518 3.74%	231
Software Engineering	35	Up 23 places+23	£65,000	-	505 3.65%	138
CRM	36	Down -12 places-12	£44,543	+5.42%	497 3.59%	157
ERP	37	Up 16 places+16	£52,500	+5.00%	487 3.52%	165
Customer Service	38	Down -18 places-18	£29,000	-3.33%	480 3.47%	213
Logistics	46	Up 48 places+48	£50,000	+11.11%	397 2.87%	115
Roadmaps	47	Up 22 places+22	£65,000	-	396 2.86%	138
Stakeholder Management	49	Down -9 places-9	£57,500	-2.54%	383 2.77%	255
DevOps	49	Down -20 places-20	£65,000	-	383 2.77%	156
Service Delivery	51	Up 46 places+46	£45,000	-6.73%	359 2.60%	70
CI/CD	58	Up 6 places+6	£65,000	+0.77%	335 2.42%	150
ITIL	62	Up 8 places+8	£47,500	+4.64%	306 2.21%	57
B2B	63	Up 20 places+20	£40,000	+30.80%	302 2.18%	85
Full-Stack Development	64	Up 41 places+41	£55,000	-8.33%	295 2.13%	82
Coaching	66	Down -35 places-35	£63,076	+31.40%	290 2.10%	118
Stakeholder Engagement	68	Up 57 places+57	£59,527	+13.38%	287 2.07%	109
Project Delivery	71	Up 18 places+18	£55,000	-7.79%	280 2.02%	121
Collaborative Working	83	Down -10 places-10	£41,000	-13.68%	247 1.79%	121
Process Improvement	84	Up 38 places+38	£46,750	+8.72%	245 1.77%	82
Project Management	89	Down -54 places-54	£55,000	-	234 1.69%	155
Infrastructure Engineering	91	Up 17 places+17	£50,000	-	230 1.66%	60
Collaborative Culture	95	Up 48 places+48	£51,356	+8.11%	221 1.60%	83
Customer Experience	96	Up 33 places+33	£47,500	+5.55%	218 1.58%	82
E-Commerce	96	Up 36 places+36	£50,000	+11.11%	218 1.58%	35
Computer Science	99	Down -33 places-33	£40,000	-11.11%	207 1.50%	89
Risk Management	101	Down -6 places-6	£59,000	-5.60%	205 1.48%	69
Validation	105	Down -59 places-59	£42,500	-22.72%	186 1.34%	120
ITSM	108	Up 22 places+22	£40,000	+6.66%	182 1.32%	33
Test Automation	109	Down -16 places-16	£62,500	+4.16%	181 1.31%	65
Technical Leadership	112	Up 63 places+63	£70,079	+0.11%	177 1.28%	106
Ethical Hacking	112	Up 121 places+121	£31,500	-58.00%	177 1.28%	21
User Experience	113	No change0	£45,000	-16.18%	176 1.27%	57
Data Governance	122	Up 44 places+44	£62,500	+4.16%	164 1.19%	49
Service Management	124	Up 36 places+36	£43,500	+2.35%	162 1.17%	49
Root Cause Analysis	127	Up 23 places+23	£42,500	-	157 1.13%	54
Actionable Insight	127	Up 27 places+27	£51,300	+5.77%	157 1.13%	41
Data Protection	129	Up 49 places+49	£54,068	+9.22%	152 1.10%	69
Data Modelling	133	Down -6 places-6	£60,000	-5.51%	145 1.05%	67
Information Security	134	Up 1 place+1	£55,000	+2.14%	143 1.03%	42
Workflow	136	Up 23 places+23	£45,000	-18.18%	140 1.01%	68
Migration	136	Down -61 places-61	£57,500	-8.00%	140 1.01%	100