Process & Methodology Statistics in the North West

Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 14 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Cybersecurity	2	Up 41 places+41	£45,000	-18.18%	1,994 20.75%	132
AI	3	Up 29 places+29	£62,500	-12.28%	1,962 20.42%	248
User Experience	6	Up 50 places+50	£57,500	+4.54%	1,646 17.13%	71
Machine Learning	8	Up 121 places+121	£65,000	-17.19%	1,558 16.21%	97
Web Development	10	Up 125 places+125	£40,000	+23.07%	1,526 15.88%	20
Problem-Solving	23	Down -18 places-18	£42,500	-13.26%	668 6.95%	334
Business Development	24	Up 69 places+69	£50,000	+25.00%	624 6.49%	141
Agile	26	Down -22 places-22	£62,500	-3.84%	560 5.83%	245
Mentoring	27	Down -8 places-8	£52,500	-19.23%	528 5.49%	196
Software Engineering	28	Down -11 places-11	£68,750	+5.76%	524 5.45%	149
Continuous Improvement	31	Down -9 places-9	£57,500	+2.67%	459 4.78%	231
Analytics	37	Down -17 places-17	£60,000	+9.09%	360 3.75%	200
Customer Service	39	Down -9 places-9	£32,000	-2.59%	351 3.65%	119
Decision-Making	42	Down -5 places-5	£54,500	-9.16%	333 3.47%	215
Stakeholder Management	43	Down -9 places-9	£60,000	-6.90%	327 3.40%	123
DevOps	44	Down -23 places-23	£70,000	+0.99%	323 3.36%	163
CI/CD	48	Down -14 places-14	£70,000	-	291 3.03%	179
Business Intelligence	51	Down -11 places-11	£50,000	-4.76%	281 2.92%	133
Project Management	57	Down -36 places-36	£45,000	-18.02%	248 2.58%	119
Coaching	60	Down -31 places-31	£62,498	+14.06%	243 2.53%	107
CRM	61	Up 30 places+30	£40,000	-11.11%	233 2.42%	137
Roadmaps	66	Down -32 places-32	£73,500	+1.37%	210 2.19%	110
Full-Stack Development	71	Up 20 places+20	£70,000	+16.66%	200 2.08%	69
B2B	73	Up 83 places+83	£41,000	-25.45%	196 2.04%	122
Service Delivery	76	Down -59 places-59	£42,500	-15.00%	190 1.98%	61
ITIL	78	Down -36 places-36	£42,000	-6.66%	185 1.93%	62
Stakeholder Engagement	79	Up 58 places+58	£62,500	+13.63%	176 1.83%	72
Project Delivery	85	Down -44 places-44	£58,000	+5.45%	156 1.62%	95
Infrastructure Engineering	87	Down -9 places-9	£50,000	-	154 1.60%	44
ERP	93	Down -21 places-21	£55,000	+8.22%	141 1.47%	74
Scrum	95	Down -22 places-22	£67,500	-	136 1.42%	46
Collaborative Working	97	Down -13 places-13	£50,000	-	132 1.37%	56
Infrastructure as Code	98	Down -1 place-1	£74,301	+2.48%	130 1.35%	79
Process Improvement	102	Down -36 places-36	£47,500	+1.06%	123 1.28%	65
Microservices	104	Down -42 places-42	£70,000	-1.75%	120 1.25%	65
Logistics	104	Up 51 places+51	£50,000	-4.76%	120 1.25%	50
Customer Experience	105	Down -17 places-17	£36,000	-31.42%	119 1.24%	61
Validation	108	Up 20 places+20	£60,000	+25.83%	116 1.21%	62
Change Management	113	Down -4 places-4	£44,000	-20.00%	108 1.12%	57
Data Governance	114	Up 47 places+47	£54,000	-18.63%	106 1.10%	54
Business Analysis	114	Up 2 places+2	£40,000	-27.27%	106 1.10%	32
Collaborative Culture	114	Up 8 places+8	£65,000	+27.45%	106 1.10%	77
Systems Engineering	116	Down -39 places-39	£49,950	-0.20%	103 1.07%	8
Migration	117	Down -37 places-37	£60,000	+9.09%	102 1.06%	94
Test Automation	118	Down -10 places-10	£60,000	+11.62%	101 1.05%	55
Data Analysis	118	Down -32 places-32	£42,500	+2.68%	101 1.05%	56
Fintech	121	Up 14 places+14	£80,000	+36.17%	98 1.02%	47
TDD	122	Down -27 places-27	£70,000	+7.69%	97 1.01%	47
Containerisation	126	Down -18 places-18	£65,000	+4.49%	93 0.97%	47
Risk Management	126	Down -72 places-72	£63,076	-1.29%	93 0.97%	50