Process & Methodology Statistics in the North West

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 25 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Cybersecurity	2	Up 30 places+30	£45,750	-16.81%	2,049 20.22%	284
AI	3	Up 42 places+42	£65,000	-11.86%	1,985 19.59%	352
User Experience	6	Up 57 places+57	£56,800	+3.27%	1,655 16.33%	228
Machine Learning	8	Up 118 places+118	£65,000	-18.75%	1,562 15.41%	242
Web Development	10	Up 126 places+126	£41,250	+26.92%	1,527 15.07%	187
Business Development	23	Up 70 places+70	£50,000	+25.00%	677 6.68%	135
Problem-Solving	24	Down -17 places-17	£42,500	-13.26%	664 6.55%	302
Agile	26	Down -23 places-23	£62,500	-3.84%	560 5.53%	210
Software Engineering	27	Up 7 places+7	£70,000	+7.69%	557 5.50%	142
Mentoring	28	Up 11 places+11	£53,750	-17.30%	554 5.47%	180
Continuous Improvement	31	Up 12 places+12	£55,000	-4.34%	487 4.81%	208
Analytics	36	Up 2 places+2	£60,000	+9.09%	395 3.90%	179
Decision-Making	39	Up 12 places+12	£52,500	-12.50%	359 3.54%	168
Stakeholder Management	44	Up 4 places+4	£57,500	-11.53%	345 3.40%	86
DevOps	45	Down -4 places-4	£70,000	+0.88%	344 3.39%	144
Customer Service	45	Up 1 place+1	£32,000	-1.53%	344 3.39%	100
Business Intelligence	49	Up 1 place+1	£47,000	-10.47%	298 2.94%	90
CI/CD	51	Down -2 places-2	£70,000	-	290 2.86%	149
Coaching	56	Down -10 places-10	£62,500	+14.06%	252 2.49%	71
Project Management	56	Down -14 places-14	£46,500	-13.88%	252 2.49%	96
CRM	57	Up 25 places+25	£40,000	-11.11%	248 2.45%	128
Roadmaps	60	Down -13 places-13	£73,500	+1.37%	226 2.23%	80
Full-Stack Development	64	Up 26 places+26	£67,500	+10.20%	212 2.09%	83
B2B	68	Up 88 places+88	£40,000	-13.51%	207 2.04%	94
ITIL	71	Down -15 places-15	£45,000	-4.25%	196 1.93%	45
Service Delivery	76	Down -36 places-36	£40,000	-20.04%	182 1.80%	49
Stakeholder Engagement	76	Up 58 places+58	£62,500	+25.00%	182 1.80%	73
Infrastructure Engineering	84	Down -4 places-4	£50,000	-	162 1.60%	40
Project Delivery	84	Down -30 places-30	£57,750	+5.00%	162 1.60%	62
ERP	86	Down -17 places-17	£55,000	+10.00%	159 1.57%	59
Collaborative Working	93	Down -6 places-6	£50,000	-	144 1.42%	56
Scrum	94	Down -15 places-15	£67,500	-	143 1.41%	42
Logistics	95	Up 57 places+57	£50,000	-4.76%	140 1.38%	46
Infrastructure as Code	97	No change0	£72,500	-	133 1.31%	65
Validation	102	Up 20 places+20	£59,000	+23.73%	127 1.25%	64
Microservices	103	Down -35 places-35	£70,000	-3.44%	126 1.24%	61
Process Improvement	107	Down -39 places-39	£47,271	+0.57%	122 1.20%	44
Customer Experience	114	Down -27 places-27	£36,000	-29.75%	114 1.12%	55
Migration	114	Down -32 places-32	£60,000	+9.09%	114 1.12%	76
Fintech	116	Up 12 places+12	£75,000	+7.14%	112 1.11%	22
Data Governance	117	Up 41 places+41	£55,000	-11.19%	111 1.10%	53
Data Analysis	118	Down -31 places-31	£42,500	+2.68%	109 1.08%	50
Change Management	120	Down -17 places-17	£42,500	-22.72%	107 1.06%	41
Test Automation	120	Down -17 places-17	£60,750	+10.45%	107 1.06%	60
Business Analysis	124	Down -9 places-9	£40,000	-27.27%	103 1.02%	38
Collaborative Culture	124	Down -9 places-9	£65,000	+28.71%	103 1.02%	83
Workflow	125	Up 6 places+6	£45,000	-35.71%	102 1.01%	51
E-Commerce	126	Down -21 places-21	£45,000	-7.69%	101 1.00%	44
TDD	128	Down -33 places-33	£68,750	+5.76%	98 0.97%	48
Systems Engineering	128	Down -57 places-57	£48,000	-4.10%	98 0.97%	9