Process & Methodology Statistics in the South East

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 30 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
AI	5	Up 27 places+27	£60,000	-14.28%	1,537 10.60%	479
Cybersecurity	6	Up 29 places+29	£50,000	-9.09%	1,516 10.46%	294
Business Development	10	Up 134 places+134	£50,000	+33.33%	1,224 8.44%	232
Problem-Solving	12	Down -8 places-8	£45,000	-10.00%	1,155 7.97%	650
Software Engineering	13	Up 20 places+20	£65,000	-	1,050 7.24%	316
Agile	15	Down -6 places-6	£63,000	+0.80%	903 6.23%	461
Continuous Improvement	20	No change0	£59,250	+3.04%	830 5.72%	436
Machine Learning	23	Up 67 places+67	£67,500	-10.00%	759 5.23%	169
User Experience	25	Up 81 places+81	£52,500	+5.00%	751 5.18%	97
Customer Service	31	Down -7 places-7	£30,000	-6.25%	667 4.60%	237
Web Development	32	Up 170 places+170	£50,000	-4.76%	666 4.59%	44
Mentoring	44	Down -28 places-28	£53,750	-15.01%	567 3.91%	318
Analytics	49	Down -24 places-24	£55,000	-8.33%	516 3.56%	374
Business Intelligence	50	Down -11 places-11	£55,000	-4.34%	507 3.50%	237
Decision-Making	51	Up 8 places+8	£60,000	-14.28%	498 3.43%	442
DevOps	54	Down -35 places-35	£65,000	-	479 3.30%	262
CRM	60	Up 24 places+24	£40,000	-20.00%	438 3.02%	272
Project Management	63	Down -45 places-45	£50,000	-13.04%	384 2.65%	258
CI/CD	65	Down -28 places-28	£65,000	-	373 2.57%	279
Roadmaps	67	Down -24 places-24	£80,000	+3.22%	363 2.50%	250
B2B	69	Up 68 places+68	£50,000	-20.00%	356 2.46%	202
Full-Stack Development	70	Up 12 places+12	£60,000	-	350 2.41%	142
Computer Science	76	Down -47 places-47	£55,000	-	328 2.26%	182
Stakeholder Management	77	Down -36 places-36	£70,000	+8.52%	327 2.26%	307
ERP	78	Down -8 places-8	£58,728	-2.12%	326 2.25%	132
Customer Experience	79	Down -5 places-5	£37,875	+48.52%	323 2.23%	132
Logistics	85	Up 94 places+94	£42,750	-14.50%	286 1.97%	79
Infrastructure Engineering	86	Up 45 places+45	£55,000	+22.22%	285 1.97%	87
ITIL	87	Down -38 places-38	£50,000	-	284 1.96%	152
Validation	88	Down -28 places-28	£55,000	+7.84%	280 1.93%	181
Project Delivery	94	Down -49 places-49	£55,000	-8.33%	271 1.87%	180
Service Delivery	95	Down -88 places-88	£50,000	-6.54%	267 1.84%	149
Systems Engineering	102	Up 39 places+39	£63,500	+5.83%	245 1.69%	45
Technical Leadership	103	Down -14 places-14	£75,000	-	243 1.68%	142
Change Management	107	Down -24 places-24	£57,500	+4.54%	228 1.57%	95
Collaborative Working	112	Down -37 places-37	£50,000	-10.01%	216 1.49%	100
ITSM	117	Up 20 places+20	£50,000	-	209 1.44%	73
Risk Management	118	Down -41 places-41	£65,000	-9.09%	207 1.43%	119
Coaching	119	Down -98 places-98	£52,500	-21.64%	206 1.42%	131
Scrum	123	Down -14 places-14	£65,000	-1.88%	198 1.37%	102
Data Modelling	124	Down -39 places-39	£60,000	-7.69%	195 1.34%	163
Process Improvement	125	Down -38 places-38	£40,000	-23.07%	193 1.33%	106
Service Management	130	Down -49 places-49	£50,000	-13.04%	187 1.29%	75
Collaborative Culture	138	Up 23 places+23	£60,000	+14.28%	177 1.22%	136
E-Commerce	139	Down -27 places-27	£55,000	+10.00%	174 1.20%	61
Test Automation	141	Down -65 places-65	£60,000	+9.09%	171 1.18%	111
Data Analysis	143	Down -37 places-37	£50,000	-4.76%	169 1.17%	140
Data Governance	144	Down -40 places-40	£65,000	-	168 1.16%	107
Business Strategy	144	Down -32 places-32	£70,000	+7.27%	168 1.16%	63
Stakeholder Engagement	147	Down -27 places-27	£67,500	+14.89%	163 1.12%	200