Process & Methodology Statistics in the South East

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 21 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
AI	5	Up 30 places+30	£60,000	-14.28%	1,540 10.84%	746
Cybersecurity	6	Up 34 places+34	£50,000	-9.09%	1,506 10.60%	507
Business Development	10	Up 135 places+135	£50,000	+33.33%	1,191 8.39%	285
Problem-Solving	11	Down -8 places-8	£45,000	-10.00%	1,182 8.32%	744
Software Engineering	13	Up 20 places+20	£65,000	-	986 6.94%	371
Agile	15	Down -6 places-6	£63,500	+1.60%	893 6.29%	513
Continuous Improvement	19	Up 3 places+3	£59,500	+3.47%	841 5.92%	457
Machine Learning	23	Up 59 places+59	£67,500	-10.00%	754 5.31%	368
User Experience	25	Up 61 places+61	£52,500	+5.00%	746 5.25%	278
Customer Service	30	Down -7 places-7	£30,000	-7.69%	669 4.71%	258
Web Development	32	Up 157 places+157	£50,000	-9.09%	655 4.61%	209
Mentoring	43	Down -15 places-15	£53,750	-16.01%	574 4.04%	342
Business Intelligence	48	Down -4 places-4	£55,000	-4.34%	509 3.58%	208
Analytics	49	Down -23 places-23	£55,000	-8.33%	505 3.56%	434
Decision-Making	50	Up 9 places+9	£60,000	-14.28%	488 3.44%	516
DevOps	53	Down -34 places-34	£65,000	-	469 3.30%	279
CRM	59	Up 26 places+26	£40,000	-20.00%	438 3.08%	314
Project Management	63	Down -46 places-46	£50,001	-12.27%	395 2.78%	273
CI/CD	65	Down -26 places-26	£65,000	-	367 2.58%	315
Roadmaps	66	Down -21 places-21	£80,000	+3.22%	366 2.58%	325
B2B	68	Up 73 places+73	£50,000	-20.00%	362 2.55%	226
Stakeholder Management	72	Down -26 places-26	£70,000	+7.69%	346 2.44%	364
Customer Experience	74	Down -1 place-1	£37,500	+47.05%	343 2.41%	203
ERP	77	Down -8 places-8	£59,114	-1.47%	331 2.33%	163
Full-Stack Development	78	Down -9 places-9	£60,000	-	330 2.32%	166
Computer Science	79	Down -48 places-48	£55,000	-	323 2.27%	217
ITIL	87	Down -32 places-32	£55,000	+10.00%	284 2.00%	167
Infrastructure Engineering	89	Up 35 places+35	£55,000	+19.56%	280 1.97%	90
Logistics	90	Up 82 places+82	£43,000	-14.00%	276 1.94%	90
Validation	96	Up 20 places+20	£55,000	+7.84%	257 1.81%	216
Service Delivery	97	Down -91 places-91	£50,000	-6.54%	256 1.80%	169
Project Delivery	98	Down -49 places-49	£55,000	-8.33%	255 1.80%	227
Systems Engineering	104	Up 40 places+40	£60,000	-	235 1.65%	56
Technical Leadership	107	Down -13 places-13	£75,000	-	231 1.63%	145
Change Management	112	Down -31 places-31	£57,500	-	221 1.56%	111
Risk Management	112	Down -44 places-44	£65,000	-11.24%	221 1.56%	150
Collaborative Working	113	Down -41 places-41	£50,000	-14.16%	218 1.53%	136
ITSM	114	Up 20 places+20	£50,000	-3.84%	216 1.52%	73
Process Improvement	117	Down -33 places-33	£40,000	-26.60%	212 1.49%	106
Coaching	118	Down -81 places-81	£53,750	-21.53%	211 1.49%	130
Scrum	127	Down -38 places-38	£65,000	-3.70%	197 1.39%	118
Data Modelling	128	Down -40 places-40	£62,500	-3.84%	195 1.37%	170
Collaborative Culture	135	Up 26 places+26	£60,000	+9.09%	180 1.27%	130
Service Management	137	Down -57 places-57	£50,001	-14.89%	177 1.25%	92
E-Commerce	139	Down -44 places-44	£55,000	+10.00%	175 1.23%	63
Business Strategy	139	Down -30 places-30	£70,000	+6.43%	175 1.23%	76
Data Analysis	142	Down -45 places-45	£50,000	-4.76%	171 1.20%	126
Test Automation	145	Down -69 places-69	£59,500	+8.18%	168 1.18%	137
Data Governance	146	Down -45 places-45	£65,000	-	167 1.18%	108
IT Strategy	150	Down -6 places-6	£75,000	+25.00%	160 1.13%	49