Process & Methodology Statistics in the North West

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 15 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Business Development	3	Up 81 places+81	£50,000	+25.00%	1,534 11.91%	67
Problem-Solving	9	Down -3 places-3	£46,587	-4.37%	1,092 8.48%	196
Continuous Improvement	10	Up 25 places+25	£52,500	+7.18%	1,051 8.16%	178
AI	11	Up 10 places+10	£67,445	+12.40%	999 7.76%	211
Software Engineering	15	Up 13 places+13	£70,000	-	944 7.33%	136
Agile	17	Down -14 places-14	£60,000	-	819 6.36%	138
DevOps	19	Up 1 place+1	£69,305	+6.62%	719 5.58%	94
Stakeholder Management	21	Up 81 places+81	£60,000	+9.09%	659 5.12%	135
Decision-Making	23	Up 55 places+55	£50,000	+4.71%	651 5.05%	152
Mentoring	24	Up 3 places+3	£63,076	+5.12%	649 5.04%	130
Customer Service	28	Up 28 places+28	£31,500	+10.52%	601 4.67%	84
Cybersecurity	29	Up 15 places+15	£60,000	+31.14%	587 4.56%	151
CI/CD	30	Up 13 places+13	£66,750	+2.69%	563 4.37%	128
Analytics	33	Up 58 places+58	£60,000	+20.00%	526 4.08%	95
Full-Stack Development	39	Up 50 places+50	£70,000	+7.69%	461 3.58%	58
CRM	42	Up 41 places+41	£40,000	+6.66%	447 3.47%	62
Roadmaps	48	Up 47 places+47	£65,288	-3.27%	394 3.06%	89
Coaching	50	Up 63 places+63	£62,500	+14.06%	373 2.90%	81
Stakeholder Engagement	51	Up 86 places+86	£57,500	+5.50%	369 2.87%	71
Infrastructure Engineering	54	Down -14 places-14	£54,500	+14.73%	334 2.59%	62
Collaborative Working	55	Up 92 places+92	£44,000	-2.22%	313 2.43%	44
Business Intelligence	56	Up 41 places+41	£50,000	-	307 2.38%	53
Validation	58	Up 108 places+108	£55,000	+9.88%	301 2.34%	38
ERP	59	Up 23 places+23	£57,500	+15.00%	300 2.33%	35
Project Delivery	64	Up 65 places+65	£50,000	-12.99%	291 2.26%	53
ITIL	66	Up 49 places+49	£45,497	+13.74%	278 2.16%	50
Service Delivery	69	Up 57 places+57	£41,125	-3.23%	271 2.10%	44
Infrastructure as Code	71	Up 96 places+96	£70,400	+8.30%	269 2.09%	66
B2B	72	Up 74 places+74	£45,000	+5.88%	268 2.08%	42
Customer Experience	74	Up 89 places+89	£39,722	-3.70%	260 2.02%	33
Platform Engineering	84	Down -22 places-22	£70,000	+7.69%	239 1.86%	28
Project Management	85	Up 14 places+14	£52,500	+5.00%	238 1.85%	52
Migration	86	Up 21 places+21	£62,500	+18.48%	235 1.82%	47
Collaborative Culture	86	Up 73 places+73	£55,000	-8.33%	235 1.82%	42
Technical Leadership	87	Up 69 places+69	£75,000	+7.14%	234 1.82%	67
Workflow	88	Up 68 places+68	£52,000	+22.35%	227 1.76%	33
Logistics	94	Up 72 places+72	£57,500	+15.00%	218 1.69%	12
User Experience	97	Down -61 places-61	£51,000	-7.27%	207 1.61%	44
Microservices	98	Down -64 places-64	£76,000	+8.57%	204 1.58%	33
Test Automation	100	Down -6 places-6	£60,000	-4.00%	199 1.55%	72
Risk Management	104	Down -61 places-61	£70,000	+21.73%	191 1.48%	40
E-Commerce	104	Up 48 places+48	£45,000	-18.18%	191 1.48%	24
Process Improvement	110	Up 12 places+12	£50,000	-	177 1.37%	34
Change Management	111	Up 33 places+33	£46,587	-3.21%	176 1.37%	42
Data Analysis	112	Up 58 places+58	£48,000	+9.71%	173 1.34%	32
Information Security	112	Up 69 places+69	£66,250	+20.45%	173 1.34%	29
Data Science	113	Up 62 places+62	£77,513	+34.80%	172 1.34%	40
Machine Learning	117	Down -63 places-63	£75,000	+16.73%	166 1.29%	48
Data Modelling	117	Up 61 places+61	£62,750	+4.58%	166 1.29%	32
Service Management	119	Up 70 places+70	£45,000	-	164 1.27%	35