Process & Methodology Statistics in Scotland

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 7 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Software Engineering	4	Up 13 places+13	£75,000	+16.27%	447 9.84%	74
Business Development	5	Up 17 places+17	£45,000	+18.42%	409 9.01%	27
Problem-Solving	8	Up 4 places+4	£40,000	+19.40%	379 8.35%	165
Continuous Improvement	9	Down 2 places-2	£55,000	-18.51%	356 7.84%	106
Agile	11	Down 7 places-7	£67,500	+3.84%	325 7.16%	82
AI	13	Down 8 places-8	£85,000	+22.74%	306 6.74%	123
Decision-Making	18	Up 7 places+7	£55,000	-2.09%	270 5.95%	69
Customer Service	20	Down 12 places-12	£30,000	-8.67%	253 5.57%	75
Cybersecurity	22	Up 28 places+28	£74,804	+99.47%	244 5.37%	95
Coaching	24	Down 22 places-22	£31,500	-4.11%	226 4.98%	101
Mentoring	28	Up 3 places+3	£55,000	+2.32%	196 4.32%	88
Project Delivery	30	Up 79 places+79	£65,000	+5.78%	185 4.07%	37
Stakeholder Management	31	Down 4 places-4	£67,500	-0.07%	183 4.03%	60
Infrastructure Engineering	40	Up 70 places+70	£56,000	+6.66%	149 3.28%	32
Customer Experience	44	Down 38 places-38	£26,250	-20.09%	135 2.97%	69
Analytics	45	Down 25 places-25	£75,000	+50.00%	133 2.93%	69
DevOps	47	Down 21 places-21	£65,000	-5.45%	129 2.84%	51
Validation	52	Up 64 places+64	£67,500	+12.50%	118 2.60%	44
Risk Management	53	Up 20 places+20	£85,000	+10.20%	117 2.58%	20
Roadmaps	54	Down 14 places-14	£77,500	+1.77%	116 2.55%	60
Project Management	56	Down 27 places-27	£60,000	+9.23%	111 2.44%	54
CI/CD	60	Down 44 places-44	£67,500	-3.67%	102 2.25%	64
CRM	61	Up 44 places+44	£60,000	+50.00%	101 2.22%	42
Collaborative Working	65	Up 34 places+34	£37,500	+20.96%	92 2.03%	34
Full-Stack Development	66	Up 17 places+17	£55,000	-18.51%	90 1.98%	25
Stakeholder Engagement	67	Up 47 places+47	£72,500	+23.40%	89 1.96%	31
ERP	68	Up 4 places+4	£47,500	-13.63%	88 1.94%	24
Data Analysis	69	Up 34 places+34	£65,000	+62.50%	85 1.87%	33
Machine Learning	71	Down 28 places-28	£70,000	+36.58%	83 1.83%	47
Business Continuity	73	Up 75 places+75	£54,500	-10.58%	81 1.78%	11
Technology Strategy	74	Up 60 places+60	£40,000	-36.00%	80 1.76%	8
Technical Leadership	74	Up 58 places+58	£75,000	-2.87%	80 1.76%	35
Service Delivery	76	Up 33 places+33	£33,000	-39.17%	78 1.72%	20
IT Strategy	82	Up 54 places+54	£40,000	-36.00%	71 1.56%	8
Commercial Awareness	83	Up 53 places+53	£67,500	-28.94%	70 1.54%	8
Line Management	83	Up 44 places+44	£52,923	+73.51%	70 1.54%	6
ITIL	84	Down 20 places-20	£33,000	-9.58%	69 1.52%	6
Collaborative Culture	84	Up 23 places+23	£80,000	+54.58%	69 1.52%	14
Capacity Planning	88	Up 44 places+44	£37,500	-61.53%	63 1.39%	3
B2B	90	Up 11 places+11	£34,000	-	61 1.34%	33
Test Automation	92	Down 38 places-38	£60,000	-22.29%	59 1.30%	35
Budget Management	92	Up 36 places+36	£67,500	+3.84%	59 1.30%	4
Business Intelligence	93	Down 38 places-38	£54,000	+8.00%	58 1.28%	57
Process Improvement	94	Up 38 places+38	£33,500	-34.31%	57 1.26%	11
Information Security	95	Up 21 places+21	£75,000	+42.85%	56 1.23%	18
Infrastructure as Code	95	Down 8 places-8	£71,991	+2.78%	56 1.23%	38
Verification and Validation	97	Up 51 places+51	£70,000	+20.62%	54 1.19%	14
Economics	98	Up 51 places+51	£67,500	+80.00%	53 1.17%	4
SDLC	98	Down 65 places-65	£75,000	+3.44%	53 1.17%	29
LLM	98	Up 45 places+45	£100,000	+25.00%	53 1.17%	20