Process & Methodology Statistics in the North of England

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 30 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Cybersecurity	2	Up 29 places+29	£45,000	-13.46%	2,947 16.19%	236
AI	3	Up 40 places+40	£65,000	-	2,742 15.07%	373
User Experience	9	Up 69 places+69	£55,000	+4.76%	1,940 10.66%	103
Machine Learning	13	Up 139 places+139	£65,000	-15.58%	1,767 9.71%	154
Web Development	15	Up 153 places+153	£42,039	-11.49%	1,705 9.37%	47
Mentoring	22	Up 7 places+7	£55,000	-15.38%	1,367 7.51%	343
Business Development	23	Up 83 places+83	£45,000	+12.50%	1,338 7.35%	291
Problem-Solving	24	Down -19 places-19	£42,500	-7.60%	1,259 6.92%	542
Agile	29	Down -25 places-25	£62,500	-1.57%	1,136 6.24%	415
Continuous Improvement	30	Down -15 places-15	£55,500	+0.90%	1,127 6.19%	366
Software Engineering	34	Down -9 places-9	£68,403	+5.23%	997 5.48%	248
DevOps	39	Down -11 places-11	£70,000	+3.70%	743 4.08%	244
Analytics	41	Down -4 places-4	£60,000	+9.09%	718 3.95%	276
Business Intelligence	42	Up 17 places+17	£47,085	-10.31%	711 3.91%	186
Decision-Making	43	Up 19 places+19	£55,000	-8.33%	710 3.90%	309
CI/CD	52	Down -3 places-3	£69,310	+0.90%	643 3.53%	252
Stakeholder Management	55	No change0	£60,000	-4.00%	613 3.37%	191
Coaching	56	Down -8 places-8	£62,500	+8.69%	607 3.34%	152
Customer Service	58	Down -23 places-23	£30,000	-	580 3.19%	195
Project Management	60	Down -38 places-38	£47,000	-14.54%	533 2.93%	199
Roadmaps	65	Down -11 places-11	£73,500	+2.09%	478 2.63%	188
Full-Stack Development	68	Up 50 places+50	£70,000	+21.73%	438 2.41%	145
CRM	73	Up 22 places+22	£40,000	-5.88%	422 2.32%	239
ITIL	79	Down -20 places-20	£42,500	+0.89%	406 2.23%	103
Stakeholder Engagement	80	Up 69 places+69	£60,000	-	402 2.21%	142
B2B	85	Up 106 places+106	£40,000	-2.43%	370 2.03%	195
Project Delivery	86	Down -13 places-13	£55,000	-	366 2.01%	125
ERP	88	Up 5 places+5	£47,386	-0.24%	344 1.89%	116
Service Delivery	90	Down -38 places-38	£44,250	-11.50%	339 1.86%	93
Infrastructure Engineering	92	Up 2 places+2	£50,000	-3.84%	328 1.80%	75
Ethical Hacking	104	Up 139 places+139	£30,500	-59.33%	288 1.58%	15
Microservices	107	Down -28 places-28	£69,310	-3.72%	281 1.54%	98
Logistics	112	Up 80 places+80	£50,000	+11.11%	272 1.49%	82
Business Analysis	115	Up 59 places+59	£40,000	-27.27%	267 1.47%	71
Infrastructure as Code	117	Down -1 place-1	£67,374	-0.92%	263 1.45%	131
Process Improvement	123	Down -36 places-36	£45,497	-3.19%	251 1.38%	65
Migration	125	Down -35 places-35	£60,000	+9.09%	248 1.36%	112
Customer Experience	125	Down -10 places-10	£40,000	-23.80%	248 1.36%	95
Change Management	130	Down -9 places-9	£42,500	-21.65%	237 1.30%	86
Collaborative Working	133	Down -36 places-36	£53,200	+6.40%	233 1.28%	108
Data Analysis	136	Down -23 places-23	£42,500	-3.68%	228 1.25%	100
Data Governance	137	Up 57 places+57	£63,000	+3.71%	225 1.24%	62
Scrum	138	Down -37 places-37	£67,500	+17.39%	219 1.20%	96
Data Modelling	139	Up 11 places+11	£70,932	+26.10%	217 1.19%	108
Validation	140	Up 23 places+23	£55,000	+15.34%	215 1.18%	93
Test Automation	140	Down -33 places-33	£62,500	+13.63%	215 1.18%	117
E-Commerce	149	Down -17 places-17	£45,000	-	199 1.09%	59
Actionable Insight	150	Up 48 places+48	£50,000	-0.49%	198 1.09%	73
Fintech	151	Down -14 places-14	£75,000	+66.66%	197 1.08%	41
Computer Science	153	Down -102 places-102	£52,500	-	195 1.07%	83