Process & Methodology Statistics in the North West

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 3 May 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Cybersecurity	2	Up 33 places+33	£50,000	-9.09%	2,048 19.66%	151
AI	3	Up 48 places+48	£68,624	-6.95%	2,002 19.22%	320
User Experience	6	Up 63 places+63	£56,800	+3.27%	1,656 15.90%	90
Machine Learning	8	Up 136 places+136	£65,000	-17.19%	1,566 15.03%	109
Web Development	10	Up 147 places+147	£40,000	+23.07%	1,529 14.68%	30
Business Development	22	Up 89 places+89	£50,000	+25.00%	723 6.94%	195
Problem-Solving	23	Down -15 places-15	£42,500	-11.45%	658 6.32%	361
Software Engineering	25	Up 11 places+11	£70,000	+4.41%	583 5.60%	186
Agile	26	Down -23 places-23	£63,076	-2.96%	556 5.34%	279
Mentoring	27	Up 14 places+14	£55,000	-15.38%	542 5.20%	210
Continuous Improvement	34	Up 10 places+10	£55,000	-3.50%	486 4.67%	237
Analytics	37	Up 5 places+5	£60,000	+9.09%	406 3.90%	209
DevOps	41	Down -1 place-1	£70,400	+1.46%	365 3.50%	169
Decision-Making	42	Up 15 places+15	£52,500	-12.50%	358 3.44%	224
Stakeholder Management	44	Up 11 places+11	£57,500	-11.53%	350 3.36%	147
Customer Service	46	Up 6 places+6	£32,175	-1.00%	344 3.30%	119
CI/CD	51	Down -3 places-3	£70,000	-	302 2.90%	176
Business Intelligence	53	Up 3 places+3	£47,000	-10.47%	290 2.78%	150
CRM	58	Up 38 places+38	£40,000	-5.88%	260 2.50%	157
Coaching	62	Down -10 places-10	£62,500	+14.06%	241 2.31%	107
Roadmaps	62	Down -8 places-8	£73,500	+1.37%	241 2.31%	125
Project Management	62	Down -16 places-16	£47,136	-13.34%	241 2.31%	134
Full-Stack Development	65	Up 29 places+29	£67,500	+12.50%	228 2.19%	102
B2B	69	Up 104 places+104	£40,500	-19.00%	212 2.03%	142
ITIL	77	Down -18 places-18	£45,000	-5.26%	194 1.86%	57
Stakeholder Engagement	80	Up 71 places+71	£62,500	+25.00%	187 1.80%	91
Service Delivery	82	Down -35 places-35	£40,000	-20.00%	181 1.74%	60
Project Delivery	88	Down -28 places-28	£55,000	-	167 1.60%	92
ERP	90	Down -10 places-10	£55,000	+10.00%	163 1.56%	81
Infrastructure Engineering	90	Up 6 places+6	£50,000	-	163 1.56%	45
Logistics	95	Up 74 places+74	£50,000	-4.76%	154 1.48%	48
Collaborative Working	98	Up 4 places+4	£51,772	+3.54%	147 1.41%	63
Scrum	99	Down -1 place-1	£67,500	-	145 1.39%	48
Infrastructure as Code	100	Up 15 places+15	£74,651	+2.96%	143 1.37%	75
Microservices	102	Down -31 places-31	£70,000	-3.44%	137 1.32%	67
Validation	104	Up 32 places+32	£58,000	+21.63%	135 1.30%	73
Migration	115	Down -25 places-25	£60,000	+9.09%	117 1.12%	86
Customer Experience	116	Down -11 places-11	£37,440	-25.12%	116 1.11%	68
Fintech	117	Up 27 places+27	£75,000	+11.11%	115 1.10%	39
Process Improvement	121	Down -39 places-39	£45,497	-3.19%	111 1.07%	50
E-Commerce	122	Up 3 places+3	£45,000	-7.69%	109 1.05%	59
Data Governance	122	Up 53 places+53	£55,000	-4.34%	109 1.05%	46
Workflow	122	Up 29 places+29	£45,000	-34.54%	109 1.05%	59
Test Automation	123	Down -19 places-19	£60,750	+10.45%	107 1.03%	67
Collaborative Culture	126	Up 7 places+7	£65,000	+30.00%	104 1.00%	78
Change Management	127	Down -7 places-7	£45,000	-18.18%	103 0.99%	50
Data Analysis	128	Down -22 places-22	£42,500	+2.68%	102 0.98%	64
TDD	129	Down -17 places-17	£67,500	+3.84%	101 0.97%	40
Data Science	130	Up 33 places+33	£70,932	+18.21%	100 0.96%	67
Systems Engineering	132	Down -53 places-53	£48,000	-4.10%	98 0.94%	11