Process & Methodology Statistics in the North West

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 6 Jun 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Business Development	5	Up 116 places+116	£50,000	+25.00%	977 9.10%	250
AI	8	Up 38 places+38	£72,500	+11.53%	886 8.25%	456
Cybersecurity	9	Up 41 places+41	£55,000	-	868 8.09%	260
Problem-Solving	13	Down -6 places-6	£45,000	-3.22%	690 6.43%	393
Software Engineering	14	Up 10 places+10	£69,305	+2.67%	681 6.34%	295
Agile	19	Down -18 places-18	£65,000	-	590 5.50%	341
Continuous Improvement	20	Up 27 places+27	£55,000	+6.66%	578 5.38%	304
Mentoring	22	Up 9 places+9	£57,500	-14.22%	561 5.23%	265
Analytics	25	Up 31 places+31	£60,000	+14.28%	490 4.56%	246
DevOps	27	Down -5 places-5	£70,000	+0.88%	480 4.47%	196
User Experience	28	Up 12 places+12	£53,000	-3.71%	463 4.31%	110
Decision-Making	30	Up 55 places+55	£55,000	+4.76%	443 4.13%	290
CI/CD	33	Up 15 places+15	£70,000	-	395 3.68%	257
Machine Learning	35	Up 23 places+23	£70,000	+7.69%	381 3.55%	149
Stakeholder Management	37	Up 43 places+43	£55,000	-12.00%	374 3.48%	215
Customer Service	39	Up 36 places+36	£33,750	+8.87%	369 3.44%	149
CRM	45	Up 80 places+80	£40,000	+6.66%	330 3.07%	178
Business Intelligence	46	Up 46 places+46	£50,000	-4.76%	321 2.99%	136
Full-Stack Development	47	Up 37 places+37	£65,000	-	319 2.97%	111
Web Development	48	Up 149 places+149	£42,500	-10.52%	317 2.95%	21
Roadmaps	53	Up 42 places+42	£67,500	-9.84%	301 2.80%	193
Coaching	65	Up 21 places+21	£63,076	+15.11%	243 2.26%	177
B2B	68	Up 132 places+132	£40,000	-5.88%	233 2.17%	155
Project Management	71	Up 7 places+7	£55,000	+6.28%	226 2.11%	118
Service Delivery	80	Up 16 places+16	£41,000	-18.08%	210 1.96%	84
Infrastructure Engineering	82	Down -37 places-37	£47,500	-8.65%	207 1.93%	47
ITIL	84	Up 5 places+5	£45,000	-4.25%	203 1.89%	73
Stakeholder Engagement	85	Up 92 places+92	£64,875	+29.75%	201 1.87%	130
ERP	88	Up 17 places+17	£60,000	+27.65%	195 1.82%	81
Logistics	90	Up 101 places+101	£60,000	+76.47%	192 1.79%	64
Infrastructure as Code	91	Up 64 places+64	£74,651	+2.96%	189 1.76%	97
Validation	98	Up 62 places+62	£55,000	+15.34%	168 1.57%	91
Project Delivery	101	Up 2 places+2	£55,000	-1.78%	162 1.51%	97
Microservices	101	Down -67 places-67	£75,000	+5.26%	162 1.51%	105
Migration	102	Up 2 places+2	£60,000	-	159 1.48%	103
Collaborative Working	105	Up 31 places+31	£50,000	-	154 1.43%	76
Scrum	107	Down -47 places-47	£67,500	-3.57%	151 1.41%	61
E-Commerce	107	Up 57 places+57	£45,000	-10.00%	151 1.41%	56
Workflow	113	Up 87 places+87	£45,000	-33.33%	142 1.32%	74
Test Automation	113	Down -19 places-19	£60,000	-7.69%	142 1.32%	95
Platform Engineering	113	Down -50 places-50	£71,500	+2.14%	142 1.32%	73
Fintech	116	Up 64 places+64	£80,000	+14.28%	137 1.28%	51
Customer Experience	117	Up 32 places+32	£37,440	+7.72%	136 1.27%	87
Collaborative Culture	125	Up 46 places+46	£60,000	+20.00%	125 1.16%	100
Data Engineering	126	Down -40 places-40	£90,000	+33.33%	124 1.16%	72
TDD	128	Down -1 place-1	£67,374	-0.18%	122 1.14%	46
Data Modelling	128	Up 41 places+41	£63,000	+20.00%	122 1.14%	91
Process Improvement	129	Down -19 places-19	£45,000	-4.25%	121 1.13%	59
Information Security	131	Up 36 places+36	£74,500	+24.16%	119 1.11%	47
Data Science	131	Up 67 places+67	£75,000	+33.33%	119 1.11%	98