Process & Methodology Statistics in the North West

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 30 Jun 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Business Development	5	Up 94 places+94	£50,000	+25.00%	1,172 10.57%	203
Software Engineering	13	Up 12 places+12	£70,000	+3.70%	767 6.92%	158
Problem-Solving	14	Down -7 places-7	£45,000	-2.17%	761 6.86%	358
AI	15	Up 32 places+32	£70,000	+13.01%	703 6.34%	358
Continuous Improvement	17	Up 29 places+29	£55,000	+10.00%	655 5.91%	264
Agile	19	Down -17 places-17	£63,076	-0.66%	649 5.85%	272
Cybersecurity	20	Up 32 places+32	£55,000	-	639 5.76%	224
DevOps	22	Down -1 place-1	£70,000	+4.41%	574 5.18%	152
Mentoring	23	Up 7 places+7	£60,000	-7.69%	569 5.13%	191
Analytics	26	Up 41 places+41	£60,000	+14.28%	535 4.83%	199
Decision-Making	29	Up 52 places+52	£55,000	+10.00%	510 4.60%	243
CI/CD	30	Up 19 places+19	£69,305	+2.48%	478 4.31%	162
Stakeholder Management	33	Up 50 places+50	£55,850	-6.91%	417 3.76%	204
Customer Service	34	Up 29 places+29	£32,500	+3.17%	416 3.75%	125
CRM	43	Up 77 places+77	£42,500	+13.33%	366 3.30%	142
Full-Stack Development	44	Up 36 places+36	£65,000	-	361 3.26%	79
Roadmaps	45	Up 40 places+40	£70,000	-	350 3.16%	138
Business Intelligence	47	Up 58 places+58	£50,000	-4.76%	326 2.94%	105
Coaching	58	Up 31 places+31	£63,076	+15.11%	253 2.28%	111
B2B	59	Up 131 places+131	£42,500	+7.93%	249 2.25%	94
Service Delivery	64	Up 32 places+32	£40,000	-20.00%	233 2.10%	65
Infrastructure Engineering	67	Down -23 places-23	£47,500	-11.62%	228 2.06%	61
Stakeholder Engagement	70	Up 101 places+101	£62,573	+25.14%	223 2.01%	118
ERP	71	Up 24 places+24	£60,000	+27.65%	219 1.98%	81
ITIL	72	Up 16 places+16	£45,497	+5.19%	218 1.97%	89
User Experience	73	Down -36 places-36	£55,000	-0.07%	217 1.96%	72
Project Management	75	Up 7 places+7	£55,000	+6.28%	213 1.92%	128
Infrastructure as Code	76	Up 77 places+77	£72,500	-	212 1.91%	72
Logistics	77	Up 105 places+105	£60,000	+53.84%	211 1.90%	42
Microservices	86	Down -53 places-53	£75,000	+3.44%	189 1.70%	64
Validation	88	Up 80 places+80	£55,000	+15.34%	183 1.65%	70
Migration	91	Up 12 places+12	£60,000	+9.09%	179 1.61%	80
Project Delivery	96	Up 22 places+22	£55,000	-3.02%	172 1.55%	107
Workflow	97	Up 104 places+104	£50,000	+0.50%	171 1.54%	60
Platform Engineering	98	Down -36 places-36	£70,400	+1.46%	164 1.48%	48
Scrum	99	Down -33 places-33	£66,000	-8.96%	163 1.47%	59
Test Automation	99	Down -6 places-6	£65,000	-	163 1.47%	54
E-Commerce	102	Up 57 places+57	£45,000	-14.28%	159 1.43%	45
Collaborative Working	104	Up 26 places+26	£45,497	-9.00%	157 1.42%	88
Customer Experience	105	Up 45 places+45	£36,220	+2.75%	156 1.41%	75
Machine Learning	109	Down -51 places-51	£67,500	+12.50%	146 1.32%	103
Data Engineering	110	Down -26 places-26	£90,000	+33.33%	144 1.30%	56
Fintech	111	Up 72 places+72	£80,000	+14.28%	141 1.27%	31
Data Modelling	113	Up 60 places+60	£60,500	+15.23%	139 1.25%	69
Collaborative Culture	113	Up 57 places+57	£60,000	+20.00%	139 1.25%	79
Data Science	116	Up 78 places+78	£75,000	+36.36%	135 1.22%	75
Information Security	118	Up 55 places+55	£75,000	+25.00%	133 1.20%	32
TDD	118	Up 8 places+8	£67,249	+3.45%	133 1.20%	29
Technical Leadership	120	Up 46 places+46	£75,000	-	130 1.17%	73
Data Governance	124	Up 84 places+84	£55,000	-2.22%	126 1.14%	53