Process & Methodology Statistics in the South East

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 8 May 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
AI	6	Up 21 places+21	£60,000	-14.28%	1,545 10.60%	554
Cybersecurity	7	Up 33 places+33	£50,000	-9.09%	1,510 10.36%	329
Business Development	10	Up 68 places+68	£50,000	+33.33%	1,250 8.58%	316
Problem-Solving	12	Down -9 places-9	£46,000	-8.00%	1,130 7.75%	744
Software Engineering	13	Up 26 places+26	£65,000	-	1,074 7.37%	404
Agile	14	Down -6 places-6	£62,500	-	934 6.41%	506
Continuous Improvement	21	Down -9 places-9	£58,000	+5.45%	840 5.76%	496
Machine Learning	23	Up 33 places+33	£66,000	-13.15%	767 5.26%	191
User Experience	26	Up 92 places+92	£52,500	+5.00%	750 5.15%	121
Web Development	30	Up 185 places+185	£50,000	+1.52%	668 4.58%	60
Customer Service	31	Down -5 places-5	£30,000	-6.25%	667 4.58%	279
Mentoring	44	Down -30 places-30	£54,500	-12.80%	564 3.87%	336
Analytics	49	Down -33 places-33	£55,000	-8.33%	517 3.55%	414
Decision-Making	50	Up 13 places+13	£60,000	-14.28%	516 3.54%	509
Business Intelligence	52	Down -6 places-6	£57,500	+2.22%	509 3.49%	271
DevOps	53	Down -29 places-29	£65,000	-	499 3.42%	311
CRM	61	Up 26 places+26	£40,000	-20.00%	431 2.96%	302
CI/CD	64	Down -17 places-17	£65,000	-	396 2.72%	323
Full-Stack Development	66	Up 28 places+28	£60,000	-	381 2.61%	173
Project Management	68	Down -43 places-43	£50,000	-13.04%	368 2.52%	292
Roadmaps	69	Down -22 places-22	£80,000	+3.22%	360 2.47%	281
B2B	70	Up 71 places+71	£50,000	-18.36%	355 2.44%	241
Computer Science	73	Down -39 places-39	£57,500	+4.54%	342 2.35%	208
Stakeholder Management	79	Down -34 places-34	£70,000	+12.00%	331 2.27%	345
ERP	81	Down -45 places-45	£59,500	+3.47%	320 2.20%	142
Customer Experience	83	Down -3 places-3	£37,875	+48.52%	308 2.11%	174
Infrastructure Engineering	86	Up 50 places+50	£55,000	+22.22%	298 2.04%	110
Logistics	87	Up 97 places+97	£42,500	-15.00%	295 2.02%	97
Validation	90	Down -47 places-47	£55,000	+7.84%	288 1.98%	204
ITIL	92	Down -37 places-37	£50,000	-	285 1.96%	172
Project Delivery	94	Down -42 places-42	£55,000	-8.33%	282 1.93%	232
Service Delivery	97	Down -88 places-88	£50,000	-6.54%	277 1.90%	158
Technical Leadership	103	Down -7 places-7	£75,000	-	249 1.71%	142
Systems Engineering	106	Up 43 places+43	£60,000	-	244 1.67%	66
Change Management	109	Down -25 places-25	£57,500	+2.22%	231 1.58%	110
Collaborative Working	118	Down -70 places-70	£52,500	-4.54%	215 1.48%	119
ITSM	122	Up 25 places+25	£50,000	-	210 1.44%	82
Scrum	124	Down -5 places-5	£65,000	-3.70%	205 1.41%	116
Coaching	126	Down -108 places-108	£55,000	-15.88%	201 1.38%	130
Data Modelling	130	Down -34 places-34	£60,000	-7.69%	193 1.32%	169
Service Management	131	Down -39 places-39	£50,000	-9.09%	192 1.32%	92
Risk Management	133	Down -43 places-43	£65,000	-7.80%	189 1.30%	136
Test Automation	139	Down -57 places-57	£60,000	+14.28%	180 1.24%	116
Process Improvement	141	Down -44 places-44	£40,000	-27.27%	178 1.22%	116
Collaborative Culture	148	Down -57 places-57	£60,000	+9.09%	170 1.17%	148
Business Strategy	148	Down -26 places-26	£70,000	+7.69%	170 1.17%	79
Data Governance	150	Down -37 places-37	£65,000	-	168 1.15%	99
Stakeholder Engagement	151	Down -31 places-31	£70,000	+12.90%	166 1.14%	197
E-Commerce	152	Down -28 places-28	£50,000	-	165 1.13%	62
Data Analysis	153	Down -41 places-41	£50,000	-0.99%	163 1.12%	152