Process & Methodology Statistics in Northern Ireland

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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
Continuous Improvement	2	Up 8 places+8	£41,250	-47.52%	386 23.02%	23
Problem-Solving	5	Up 7 places+7	£75,000	+25.00%	345 20.57%	33
Stakeholder Engagement	9	Up 35 places+35	£74,654	-	272 16.22%	8
Information Security	10	Up 23 places+23	£47,500	-37.57%	268 15.98%	7
Project Delivery	11	Up 29 places+29	£37,501	-34.78%	260 15.50%	6
ITIL	14	Down 8 places-8	£63,625	+57.09%	217 12.94%	6
Enterprise Architecture	18	Up 27 places+27	-	-	189 11.27%
Change Management	19	Up 13 places+13	£47,500	+17.28%	170 10.14%	3
Strategic Planning	20	Up 18 places+18	-	-	169 10.08%	1
Agile	21	Down 7 places-7	£74,830	-4.80%	168 10.02%	13
Logistics	21	Up 17 places+17	£40,000	+46.78%	168 10.02%	3
Risk Management	22	Up 21 places+21	£40,000	-47.43%	167 9.96%	3
Decision-Making	23	Up 12 places+12	£50,000	-61.53%	164 9.78%	10
Test Automation	24	Up 16 places+16	-	-	160 9.54%	6
AI	25	Up 8 places+8	£71,250	+1.78%	159 9.48%	17
Acceptance Criteria	26	Up 20 places+20	-	-	158 9.42%	1
Business Development	30	Down 8 places-8	£70,000	+55.55%	148 8.83%	4
Cybersecurity	32	Down 23 places-23	£70,422	+19.35%	143 8.53%	17
Mentoring	33	Down 1 place-1	£45,000	-29.06%	142 8.47%	13
Programme Management	36	New entry-	-	-	118 7.04%	1
Software Testing	37	New entry-	-	-	117 6.98%	5
DevOps	38	Down 7 places-7	£72,246	-6.43%	115 6.86%	11
User Experience	38	Down 5 places-5	£60,500	-	115 6.86%	4
Problem Management	39	Up 3 places+3	£63,750	+22.59%	114 6.80%	1
Business Strategy	40	New entry-	-	-	112 6.68%
Performance Management	40	Up 4 places+4	-	-	112 6.68%	2
Data Management	41	Up 5 places+5	-	-	111 6.62%	1
Service Design	43	New entry-	£74,830	-	108 6.44%	3
Analytics	44	Down 14 places-14	£65,000	+26.10%	105 6.26%	12
Root Cause Analysis	46	Down 7 places-7	£42,500	-2.29%	102 6.08%	12
Service Management	47	Down 14 places-14	-	-	101 6.02%	4
CRM	47	Down 9 places-9	£8,500	-79.01%	101 6.02%	12
ITSM	48	Down 36 places-36	£63,750	+29.44%	100 5.96%	3
Collaborative Working	48	New entry-	£27,501	-	100 5.96%	4
Identity Access Management	49	Down 5 places-5	-	-	99 5.90%	2
Release Management	50	New entry-	-	-	97 5.78%	7
Software Engineering	50	Down 11 places-11	£80,000	-38.46%	97 5.78%	7
Service Delivery	52	Down 37 places-37	£35,000	-19.54%	90 5.37%	9
Digital Marketing	53	Down 9 places-9	£39,500	-	88 5.25%	1
Workflow	54	New entry-	-	-	86 5.13%	8
IT Strategy	56	Down 22 places-22	£47,500	-63.46%	84 5.01%	8
Contact Management	57	New entry-	-	-	83 4.95%
Integrated Marketing	57	Down 11 places-11	-	-	83 4.95%
Email Marketing	57	New entry-	-	-	83 4.95%	1
Marketing Analytics	57	New entry-	-	-	83 4.95%
Technology Strategy	58	Down 17 places-17	-	-	82 4.89%	3
Roadmaps	60	Down 41 places-41	£47,500	-15.17%	80 4.77%	10
Microservices	62	Down 17 places-17	£60,000	+33.33%	75 4.47%	1
PRINCE2	63	Down 17 places-17	-	-	74 4.41%	1
Technical Architecture	66	Down 21 places-21	£74,830	-	70 4.17%