Process & Methodology Statistics in the North West

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 27 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Business Development	3	Up 61 places+61	£50,000	+25.00%	1,470 11.39%	70
Problem-Solving	6	Down 5 places-5	£46,794	-3.95%	1,122 8.69%	249
Continuous Improvement	9	Up 14 places+14	£53,480	+9.18%	1,072 8.30%	201
AI	11	Up 1 place+1	£67,500	+12.50%	1,023 7.92%	213
Software Engineering	13	Up 4 places+4	£70,000	-	980 7.59%	139
Agile	17	Down 13 places-13	£60,000	-	853 6.61%	154
DevOps	19	Down 8 places-8	£67,500	+3.84%	732 5.67%	113
Stakeholder Management	22	Up 62 places+62	£60,000	+9.09%	673 5.21%	139
Decision-Making	24	Up 39 places+39	£52,250	+10.00%	647 5.01%	135
Mentoring	25	Down 11 places-11	£63,000	+5.00%	642 4.97%	136
Customer Service	28	Up 10 places+10	£32,000	+10.34%	615 4.76%	109
CI/CD	29	Down 2 places-2	£65,538	+0.82%	585 4.53%	132
Cybersecurity	29	Up 61 places+61	£57,500	+27.77%	585 4.53%	148
Analytics	33	Up 45 places+45	£60,000	+20.00%	509 3.94%	110
Full-Stack Development	38	Up 38 places+38	£70,000	+7.69%	472 3.66%	57
CRM	41	Up 29 places+29	£40,000	+6.66%	442 3.42%	71
Roadmaps	44	Up 44 places+44	£65,576	-2.85%	406 3.14%	86
Stakeholder Engagement	48	Up 77 places+77	£57,250	+2.65%	379 2.94%	57
Infrastructure Engineering	49	Down 21 places-21	£55,000	+10.00%	364 2.82%	49
Coaching	51	Up 40 places+40	£62,250	+13.60%	358 2.77%	79
Collaborative Working	56	Up 77 places+77	£44,000	-2.22%	299 2.32%	58
Validation	56	Up 96 places+96	£54,750	+4.28%	299 2.32%	59
Business Intelligence	57	Up 26 places+26	£50,000	-	297 2.30%	67
Project Delivery	58	Up 61 places+61	£50,000	-11.05%	295 2.28%	71
ERP	60	Up 11 places+11	£57,500	+15.00%	287 2.22%	29
Service Delivery	63	Up 45 places+45	£42,500	-	280 2.17%	45
Infrastructure as Code	65	Up 86 places+86	£70,000	+7.27%	274 2.12%	68
ITIL	69	Up 32 places+32	£46,500	+16.25%	267 2.07%	55
Customer Experience	70	Up 79 places+79	£39,000	-2.50%	266 2.06%	47
Technical Leadership	74	Up 75 places+75	£75,000	+7.14%	249 1.93%	69
B2B	75	Up 51 places+51	£45,000	+5.88%	248 1.92%	47
Project Management	79	Up 4 places+4	£52,000	+8.33%	239 1.85%	62
Collaborative Culture	80	Up 69 places+69	£57,500	-4.16%	238 1.84%	36
Workflow	84	Up 66 places+66	£52,000	+31.38%	233 1.80%	35
Platform Engineering	86	Down 40 places-40	£70,000	+5.66%	230 1.78%	30
Migration	87	Up 11 places+11	£64,500	+22.85%	228 1.77%	49
Risk Management	94	Down 64 places-64	£70,000	+13.82%	206 1.60%	27
User Experience	95	Down 71 places-71	£51,000	-7.27%	205 1.59%	41
Test Automation	95	Down 14 places-14	£60,000	-	205 1.59%	82
Logistics	96	Up 57 places+57	£55,000	+10.00%	204 1.58%	28
Microservices	99	Down 77 places-77	£80,000	+14.28%	196 1.52%	41
E-Commerce	100	Up 43 places+43	£42,500	-22.72%	191 1.48%	22
Process Improvement	101	Up 10 places+10	£50,000	-	189 1.46%	38
Change Management	102	Up 32 places+32	£47,044	-0.96%	184 1.43%	31
Data Analysis	108	Up 49 places+49	£50,000	+19.76%	174 1.35%	33
Data Science	109	Up 58 places+58	£75,026	+27.70%	170 1.32%	36
Data Engineering	109	Down 44 places-44	£75,000	+29.31%	170 1.32%	33
Machine Learning	110	Down 70 places-70	£75,000	+16.73%	169 1.31%	42
Data Modelling	112	Up 60 places+60	£63,000	+5.00%	166 1.29%	36
Information Security	112	Up 59 places+59	£62,500	+13.63%	166 1.29%	18