Process & Methodology Statistics in the South East

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 17 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
AI	5	Up 28 places+28	£60,000	-14.28%	1,516 10.84%	698
Cybersecurity	6	Up 34 places+34	£50,000	-9.09%	1,471 10.52%	499
Problem-Solving	10	Down -7 places-7	£45,000	-10.00%	1,186 8.48%	747
Business Development	11	Up 127 places+127	£50,000	+33.33%	1,168 8.35%	289
Software Engineering	13	Up 18 places+18	£65,000	-	954 6.82%	355
Agile	15	Down -6 places-6	£62,500	-	886 6.33%	497
Continuous Improvement	18	Up 2 places+2	£60,000	+1.69%	841 6.01%	416
Machine Learning	23	Up 54 places+54	£67,500	-10.00%	752 5.38%	372
User Experience	24	Up 52 places+52	£52,500	+5.00%	744 5.32%	280
Customer Service	31	Down -8 places-8	£30,000	-7.69%	665 4.75%	247
Web Development	32	Up 154 places+154	£50,000	-4.76%	653 4.67%	223
Mentoring	44	Down -18 places-18	£52,500	-17.96%	569 4.07%	311
Analytics	49	Down -24 places-24	£55,000	-8.33%	501 3.58%	439
Business Intelligence	50	Down -9 places-9	£55,000	-4.34%	497 3.55%	266
Decision-Making	51	Up 4 places+4	£60,000	-14.28%	488 3.49%	456
DevOps	53	Down -35 places-35	£65,000	-	467 3.34%	282
CRM	59	Up 19 places+19	£40,000	-20.00%	436 3.12%	315
Project Management	63	Down -46 places-46	£50,001	-13.04%	393 2.81%	262
B2B	65	Up 73 places+73	£50,000	-20.00%	372 2.66%	226
CI/CD	66	Down -29 places-29	£67,250	+3.46%	363 2.59%	300
Roadmaps	70	Down -28 places-28	£80,000	+3.22%	352 2.52%	259
Stakeholder Management	72	Down -26 places-26	£70,000	+3.70%	341 2.44%	361
Customer Experience	73	Down -4 places-4	£37,500	+47.05%	340 2.43%	140
ERP	76	Down -9 places-9	£59,500	-0.83%	330 2.36%	161
Full-Stack Development	78	Down -16 places-16	£60,000	-	321 2.29%	161
Computer Science	80	Down -50 places-50	£55,000	-	316 2.26%	215
ITIL	87	Down -35 places-35	£55,000	+10.00%	277 1.98%	163
Infrastructure Engineering	88	Up 32 places+32	£55,000	+22.22%	275 1.97%	80
Logistics	89	Up 78 places+78	£43,000	-14.00%	273 1.95%	84
Validation	93	Up 24 places+24	£55,000	+7.84%	264 1.89%	210
Project Delivery	96	Down -49 places-49	£55,000	-8.33%	252 1.80%	227
Service Delivery	99	Down -93 places-93	£50,000	-6.54%	245 1.75%	155
Systems Engineering	104	Up 40 places+40	£60,000	-	227 1.62%	57
Technical Leadership	105	Down -15 places-15	£75,000	-	226 1.62%	135
Risk Management	109	Down -43 places-43	£65,000	-11.24%	220 1.57%	133
Collaborative Working	110	Down -37 places-37	£50,000	-15.25%	218 1.56%	132
Change Management	112	Down -31 places-31	£57,500	-	215 1.54%	122
ITSM	113	Up 17 places+17	£50,000	-3.84%	214 1.53%	75
Coaching	114	Down -79 places-79	£52,500	-25.00%	213 1.52%	125
Process Improvement	115	Down -34 places-34	£40,000	-26.94%	211 1.51%	98
Scrum	126	Down -49 places-49	£65,000	-3.70%	192 1.37%	116
Data Modelling	126	Down -44 places-44	£61,250	-5.76%	192 1.37%	182
Collaborative Culture	131	Up 27 places+27	£60,000	+9.09%	183 1.31%	126
Data Analysis	137	Down -44 places-44	£50,000	-4.76%	177 1.27%	136
Business Strategy	139	Down -36 places-36	£68,750	+4.53%	175 1.25%	86
Service Management	139	Down -64 places-64	£50,001	-16.66%	175 1.25%	84
E-Commerce	141	Down -57 places-57	£55,000	+10.00%	172 1.23%	69
Test Automation	142	Down -68 places-68	£57,500	+9.52%	171 1.22%	144
Data Governance	144	Down -48 places-48	£67,500	+3.84%	167 1.19%	116
Stakeholder Engagement	150	Down -35 places-35	£67,500	+22.72%	156 1.12%	192