Process & Methodology Statistics in the South East

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 16 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
AI	5	Up 29 places+29	£57,500	-17.85%	1,514 10.84%	754
Cybersecurity	6	Up 34 places+34	£50,000	-9.09%	1,474 10.56%	515
Problem-Solving	10	Down -7 places-7	£45,000	-10.00%	1,186 8.49%	778
Business Development	11	Up 130 places+130	£47,500	+26.66%	1,164 8.34%	301
Software Engineering	13	Up 19 places+19	£65,000	-	946 6.77%	340
Agile	15	Down -6 places-6	£62,500	-	883 6.32%	516
Continuous Improvement	18	Up 4 places+4	£60,000	+1.69%	841 6.02%	447
Machine Learning	23	Up 58 places+58	£67,500	-10.00%	751 5.38%	374
User Experience	24	Up 54 places+54	£52,500	+5.00%	743 5.32%	279
Customer Service	31	Down -8 places-8	£30,000	-7.69%	665 4.76%	256
Web Development	32	Up 155 places+155	£50,000	-4.76%	653 4.68%	220
Mentoring	44	Down -18 places-18	£50,500	-21.09%	562 4.02%	322
Analytics	49	Down -24 places-24	£55,000	-8.33%	501 3.59%	422
Business Intelligence	50	Down -8 places-8	£55,000	-4.34%	494 3.54%	260
Decision-Making	52	Up 2 places+2	£60,000	-14.28%	486 3.48%	458
DevOps	54	Down -36 places-36	£65,000	-	467 3.34%	294
CRM	61	Up 21 places+21	£40,000	-20.00%	435 3.11%	320
Project Management	65	Down -48 places-48	£50,001	-12.27%	394 2.82%	266
B2B	67	Up 73 places+73	£50,000	-20.00%	372 2.66%	224
CI/CD	68	Down -30 places-30	£67,500	+3.84%	362 2.59%	312
Roadmaps	72	Down -29 places-29	£80,000	+3.22%	351 2.51%	286
Customer Experience	73	Down -1 place-1	£37,500	+47.05%	340 2.43%	161
Stakeholder Management	74	Down -28 places-28	£70,000	+1.81%	338 2.42%	357
ERP	75	Down -8 places-8	£59,750	-0.41%	332 2.38%	147
Full-Stack Development	79	Down -19 places-19	£60,000	-	319 2.28%	170
Computer Science	80	Down -49 places-49	£55,000	-	314 2.25%	227
ITIL	87	Down -34 places-34	£55,000	+10.00%	278 1.99%	170
Infrastructure Engineering	89	Up 32 places+32	£55,000	+18.27%	274 1.96%	77
Logistics	90	Up 78 places+78	£43,000	-14.00%	272 1.95%	98
Validation	93	Up 30 places+30	£55,000	+8.91%	263 1.88%	209
Project Delivery	96	Down -49 places-49	£55,000	-8.33%	252 1.80%	247
Service Delivery	98	Down -92 places-92	£50,000	-3.38%	247 1.77%	160
Systems Engineering	106	Up 40 places+40	£60,000	-	225 1.61%	58
Technical Leadership	109	Down -16 places-16	£75,500	+0.66%	221 1.58%	132
Risk Management	110	Down -44 places-44	£65,000	-11.24%	219 1.57%	142
Collaborative Working	111	Down -36 places-36	£50,000	-14.16%	218 1.56%	134
Change Management	113	Down -29 places-29	£57,500	-	215 1.54%	132
ITSM	113	Up 20 places+20	£50,000	-3.84%	215 1.54%	73
Coaching	115	Down -79 places-79	£52,500	-25.00%	212 1.52%	131
Process Improvement	116	Down -31 places-31	£40,000	-26.60%	211 1.51%	97
Scrum	128	Down -49 places-49	£62,500	-7.40%	192 1.37%	113
Data Modelling	129	Down -42 places-42	£61,250	-5.76%	189 1.35%	182
Collaborative Culture	132	Up 28 places+28	£60,000	+4.34%	184 1.32%	150
Data Analysis	138	Down -41 places-41	£50,000	-4.76%	177 1.27%	135
Service Management	139	Down -60 places-60	£50,001	-16.66%	175 1.25%	99
Business Strategy	140	Down -32 places-32	£68,750	+1.27%	174 1.25%	98
E-Commerce	141	Down -55 places-55	£55,000	+7.31%	173 1.24%	70
Test Automation	143	Down -66 places-66	£57,500	+9.52%	170 1.22%	141
Data Governance	146	Down -48 places-48	£67,500	+3.84%	164 1.17%	113
Migration	150	Down -54 places-54	£65,000	+13.04%	158 1.13%	157