Process & Methodology Statistics in Scotland

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
Business Development	5	Up 72 places+72	£40,000	-20.00%	504 15.02%	64
Cybersecurity	8	Up 34 places+34	£37,000	-32.72%	352 10.49%	54
Continuous Improvement	11	Up 11 places+11	£46,750	-23.03%	296 8.82%	89
Problem-Solving	12	Down -5 places-5	£35,500	-29.00%	292 8.70%	115
Agile	15	Down -12 places-12	£60,000	-11.11%	283 8.44%	107
Mentoring	16	Down -3 places-3	£33,250	-39.54%	277 8.26%	84
Software Engineering	17	Down -11 places-11	£65,000	+4.00%	275 8.20%	81
Coaching	19	Up 1 place+1	£27,000	-60.00%	245 7.30%	55
AI	20	Up 6 places+6	£70,000	+55.55%	241 7.18%	98
DevOps	22	Down -8 places-8	£56,250	-19.64%	196 5.84%	63
CI/CD	25	Down -2 places-2	£60,000	-9.09%	172 5.13%	73
Analytics	28	Down -13 places-13	£65,000	-7.14%	165 4.92%	58
Roadmaps	32	Down -8 places-8	£75,000	-	150 4.47%	55
Business Intelligence	33	Up 19 places+19	£55,000	+10.00%	143 4.26%	37
Asset Management	36	Up 60 places+60	£53,750	-2.64%	136 4.05%	8
Customer Service	39	Down -6 places-6	£31,500	-19.23%	133 3.96%	60
ITIL	40	Up 31 places+31	£38,000	-15.55%	126 3.76%	28
B2B	49	Up 60 places+60	£34,000	+4.61%	108 3.22%	34
Telesales	50	Up 62 places+62	£36,500	-18.88%	107 3.19%	17
Test Automation	56	Down -15 places-15	£60,000	-	100 2.98%	31
Lead Generation	58	Up 59 places+59	£36,500	-18.88%	95 2.83%	15
Observability	72	Up 39 places+39	£72,500	+16.00%	79 2.35%	19
Ethical Hacking	73	Up 52 places+52	£30,500	-49.16%	77 2.30%	6
ERP	73	Up 22 places+22	£45,000	-28.00%	77 2.30%	25
Data Modelling	76	Down -7 places-7	£70,000	+13.13%	72 2.15%	20
Decision-Making	78	Down -53 places-53	£67,500	+11.80%	69 2.06%	55
Customer Experience	79	Down -50 places-50	£39,500	-47.24%	68 2.03%	37
Service Delivery	80	Down -12 places-12	£42,000	-26.95%	66 1.97%	18
Change Management	80	Down -3 places-3	£30,500	-49.16%	66 1.97%	23
Stakeholder Engagement	80	Up 19 places+19	£52,500	-22.22%	66 1.97%	40
Scrum	81	Down -8 places-8	£65,000	+13.04%	65 1.94%	18
Emotional Intelligence	81	New entry-	£27,000	-	65 1.94%	3
Stakeholder Management	84	Down -74 places-74	£72,500	-3.33%	62 1.85%	46
Migration	85	Down -9 places-9	£45,000	-28.00%	61 1.82%	28
Project Management	88	Down -70 places-70	£40,000	-27.27%	58 1.73%	31
Event-Driven	89	Up 18 places+18	£58,565	-8.49%	57 1.70%	4
Root Cause Analysis	89	Up 24 places+24	£38,000	-30.90%	57 1.70%	19
OO	94	Down -2 places-2	£37,500	-50.00%	52 1.55%	10
Line Management	95	Down -21 places-21	£30,500	-44.54%	51 1.52%	8
Technology Roadmap	95	Up 4 places+4	£65,000	-5.36%	51 1.52%	2
User Experience	97	Down -53 places-53	£56,875	+3.40%	49 1.46%	34
Data Integration	97	Up 4 places+4	£80,000	+39.13%	49 1.46%	3
Infrastructure as Code	99	Down -9 places-9	£60,000	-19.92%	47 1.40%	20
Data Pipeline	100	Up 6 places+6	£65,000	+44.44%	46 1.37%	18
Data Governance	100	Up 5 places+5	£90,000	+10.76%	46 1.37%	8
Process Improvement	100	Down -1 place-1	£90,000	+63.63%	46 1.37%	10
Project Delivery	100	Down -25 places-25	£52,500	-12.50%	46 1.37%	33
Identity Access Management	100	Up 20 places+20	£48,750	-22.00%	46 1.37%	7
Collaborative Culture	102	Down -4 places-4	£65,000	+30.00%	44 1.31%	17
Data Engineering	103	Down -7 places-7	£83,750	+45.65%	43 1.28%	19