Process & Methodology Statistics in the North West

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 30 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Business Development	3	Up 56 places+56	£50,000	+25.00%	1,448 11.18%	65
Problem-Solving	6	Down 4 places-4	£47,000	-3.53%	1,131 8.73%	242
Continuous Improvement	9	Up 14 places+14	£53,500	+8.10%	1,087 8.39%	194
AI	11	Up 2 places+2	£67,500	+14.89%	1,029 7.95%	204
Software Engineering	13	Up 5 places+5	£70,000	-	984 7.60%	132
Agile	17	Down 12 places-12	£60,000	-	863 6.66%	162
DevOps	19	Down 7 places-7	£67,500	+3.84%	727 5.61%	107
Stakeholder Management	22	Up 57 places+57	£60,000	+9.09%	682 5.27%	138
Decision-Making	24	Up 36 places+36	£52,500	+10.52%	656 5.07%	131
Mentoring	25	Down 11 places-11	£62,500	+4.16%	641 4.95%	119
Customer Service	28	Up 8 places+8	£32,000	+10.34%	614 4.74%	99
Cybersecurity	29	Up 51 places+51	£57,500	+27.77%	592 4.57%	131
CI/CD	31	Down 4 places-4	£65,576	+0.88%	583 4.50%	119
Analytics	34	Up 36 places+36	£60,000	+14.28%	508 3.92%	105
Full-Stack Development	40	Up 32 places+32	£70,000	+7.69%	470 3.63%	50
CRM	43	Up 24 places+24	£40,000	+6.66%	436 3.37%	62
Roadmaps	46	Up 37 places+37	£65,576	-2.85%	405 3.13%	83
Stakeholder Engagement	50	Up 71 places+71	£57,000	+1.99%	384 2.97%	61
Infrastructure Engineering	51	Down 21 places-21	£55,000	+2.32%	367 2.83%	45
Coaching	53	Up 32 places+32	£62,500	+13.85%	363 2.80%	86
Validation	57	Up 91 places+91	£55,000	+7.26%	302 2.33%	75
Collaborative Working	57	Up 72 places+72	£44,000	-2.22%	302 2.33%	60
Business Intelligence	58	Up 17 places+17	£50,000	-	297 2.29%	58
Project Delivery	59	Up 54 places+54	£50,000	-11.05%	296 2.29%	67
ERP	60	Up 8 places+8	£57,500	+15.00%	291 2.25%	34
Service Delivery	65	Up 37 places+37	£44,447	+4.58%	282 2.18%	43
Infrastructure as Code	70	Up 75 places+75	£70,000	+7.69%	270 2.08%	72
Customer Experience	72	Up 70 places+70	£39,361	-1.59%	268 2.07%	49
ITIL	73	Up 21 places+21	£46,750	+16.87%	266 2.05%	43
Technical Leadership	77	Up 68 places+68	£75,000	+7.14%	250 1.93%	71
Project Management	79	Down 2 places-2	£52,000	+9.05%	247 1.91%	58
B2B	80	Up 41 places+41	£45,000	+5.88%	244 1.88%	42
Collaborative Culture	81	Up 60 places+60	£57,500	-4.16%	242 1.87%	31
Migration	88	Up 6 places+6	£62,500	+17.92%	232 1.79%	45
Workflow	89	Up 54 places+54	£52,000	+22.35%	231 1.78%	32
Platform Engineering	90	Down 45 places-45	£70,000	+5.66%	226 1.75%	30
Risk Management	97	Down 68 places-68	£70,000	+7.69%	208 1.61%	30
User Experience	99	Down 74 places-74	£51,000	-7.27%	204 1.58%	36
Test Automation	100	Down 26 places-26	£60,000	-	202 1.56%	68
Logistics	101	Up 48 places+48	£55,000	+10.00%	200 1.54%	29
Microservices	104	Down 80 places-80	£80,000	+14.28%	191 1.47%	38
E-Commerce	104	Up 34 places+34	£42,500	-22.72%	191 1.47%	16
Process Improvement	104	Up 1 place+1	£50,000	-	191 1.47%	38
Change Management	107	Up 21 places+21	£47,044	-0.96%	186 1.44%	30
Data Analysis	113	Up 37 places+37	£50,000	+17.64%	174 1.34%	33
Machine Learning	114	Down 75 places-75	£75,000	+16.73%	171 1.32%	46
Data Engineering	114	Down 50 places-50	£75,000	+29.87%	171 1.32%	38
Data Science	114	Up 49 places+49	£75,013	+27.68%	171 1.32%	33
Digital Transformation Programme	115	Up 82 places+82	£59,000	+2.60%	168 1.30%	21
Data Modelling	117	Up 49 places+49	£62,500	+4.16%	166 1.28%	37