Process & Methodology Statistics in the North West

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 12 Jun 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Business Development	6	Up 115 places+115	£50,000	+25.00%	1,045 9.77%	174
Software Engineering	12	Up 12 places+12	£70,000	+3.70%	706 6.60%	128
Problem-Solving	12	Down -5 places-5	£45,000	-3.22%	706 6.60%	334
AI	14	Up 33 places+33	£72,500	+11.53%	643 6.01%	280
Cybersecurity	15	Up 36 places+36	£55,000	-	618 5.78%	183
Agile	16	Down -15 places-15	£64,038	-1.48%	612 5.72%	234
Continuous Improvement	18	Up 30 places+30	£55,000	+8.91%	591 5.53%	254
Mentoring	20	Up 11 places+11	£57,946	-13.56%	559 5.23%	172
Analytics	23	Up 35 places+35	£60,000	+14.28%	504 4.71%	193
DevOps	24	Down -2 places-2	£70,000	+3.60%	502 4.69%	139
Decision-Making	27	Up 54 places+54	£55,000	+7.84%	464 4.34%	229
CI/CD	29	Up 20 places+20	£70,000	-	419 3.92%	158
Stakeholder Management	31	Up 49 places+49	£55,000	-11.58%	388 3.63%	162
Customer Service	34	Up 35 places+35	£33,750	+7.14%	379 3.54%	149
CRM	37	Up 86 places+86	£40,000	+6.66%	352 3.29%	152
Full-Stack Development	40	Up 46 places+46	£65,000	-	332 3.10%	64
Business Intelligence	41	Up 50 places+50	£50,000	-4.76%	319 2.98%	124
Roadmaps	42	Up 52 places+52	£67,500	-9.84%	313 2.93%	122
Coaching	52	Up 35 places+35	£63,076	+15.11%	251 2.35%	121
B2B	54	Up 146 places+146	£41,000	-3.52%	243 2.27%	119
Project Management	61	Up 18 places+18	£55,000	+7.58%	223 2.09%	105
Service Delivery	64	Up 31 places+31	£40,000	-20.00%	215 2.01%	62
Infrastructure Engineering	65	Down -20 places-20	£47,500	-9.52%	214 2.00%	44
User Experience	68	Down -29 places-29	£52,500	-4.61%	207 1.94%	83
ITIL	71	Up 22 places+22	£45,000	-1.98%	203 1.90%	68
Stakeholder Engagement	72	Up 106 places+106	£65,000	+30.00%	202 1.89%	98
Logistics	75	Up 113 places+113	£60,000	+71.42%	198 1.85%	52
ERP	75	Up 29 places+29	£60,000	+27.65%	198 1.85%	64
Infrastructure as Code	76	Up 79 places+79	£75,000	+3.44%	196 1.83%	57
Microservices	82	Down -48 places-48	£75,000	+5.26%	173 1.62%	61
Validation	83	Up 82 places+82	£55,000	+15.34%	172 1.61%	72
Project Delivery	86	Up 19 places+19	£55,000	-3.13%	167 1.56%	83
Migration	87	Up 22 places+22	£60,000	-	166 1.55%	76
E-Commerce	91	Up 73 places+73	£45,000	-12.19%	157 1.47%	46
Scrum	93	Down -30 places-30	£67,500	-10.00%	155 1.45%	40
Collaborative Working	94	Up 39 places+39	£47,500	-5.00%	154 1.44%	80
Test Automation	98	Down -2 places-2	£60,000	-7.69%	148 1.38%	58
Workflow	99	Up 103 places+103	£49,900	-26.07%	146 1.37%	49
Platform Engineering	100	Down -38 places-38	£71,500	+2.14%	145 1.36%	32
Customer Experience	101	Up 51 places+51	£37,440	+5.46%	143 1.34%	60
Fintech	103	Up 75 places+75	£80,000	+14.28%	140 1.31%	38
Collaborative Culture	107	Up 65 places+65	£60,000	+21.82%	130 1.22%	73
Data Engineering	111	Down -26 places-26	£90,000	+33.33%	126 1.18%	51
Data Modelling	111	Up 57 places+57	£62,500	+19.04%	126 1.18%	59
TDD	111	Up 15 places+15	£67,249	+1.50%	126 1.18%	29
Information Security	112	Up 59 places+59	£74,500	+24.16%	125 1.17%	34
Machine Learning	112	Down -53 places-53	£70,000	+7.69%	125 1.17%	83
Data Science	115	Up 82 places+82	£75,000	+33.33%	121 1.13%	67
Technical Leadership	116	Up 49 places+49	£75,000	-	120 1.12%	71
Data Governance	117	Up 92 places+92	£54,500	-3.11%	119 1.11%	50