Process & Methodology Statistics in the South East

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 19 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
AI	5	Up 29 places+29	£60,000	-14.28%	1,519 10.78%	534
Cybersecurity	6	Up 33 places+33	£50,000	-9.09%	1,479 10.50%	345
Problem-Solving	10	Down -7 places-7	£45,000	-10.89%	1,187 8.42%	751
Business Development	11	Up 126 places+126	£50,000	+33.33%	1,179 8.37%	279
Software Engineering	13	Up 18 places+18	£65,000	-	975 6.92%	359
Agile	15	Down -6 places-6	£63,000	+0.80%	894 6.34%	499
Continuous Improvement	19	Up 3 places+3	£60,000	+4.34%	840 5.96%	440
Machine Learning	23	Up 55 places+55	£67,500	-10.00%	756 5.37%	183
User Experience	25	Up 55 places+55	£52,500	+5.00%	744 5.28%	124
Customer Service	31	Down -8 places-8	£30,000	-7.69%	666 4.73%	243
Web Development	32	Up 147 places+147	£50,000	-9.09%	655 4.65%	77
Mentoring	45	Down -18 places-18	£52,500	-17.96%	566 4.02%	319
Analytics	49	Down -23 places-23	£55,000	-8.33%	504 3.58%	418
Business Intelligence	50	Down -8 places-8	£55,000	-4.34%	501 3.56%	249
Decision-Making	51	Up 4 places+4	£60,000	-14.28%	489 3.47%	480
DevOps	52	Down -33 places-33	£65,000	-	472 3.35%	293
CRM	59	Up 23 places+23	£40,000	-20.00%	440 3.12%	309
Project Management	63	Down -46 places-46	£50,001	-13.04%	396 2.81%	264
CI/CD	65	Down -27 places-27	£67,000	+3.07%	367 2.60%	318
B2B	67	Up 67 places+67	£50,000	-20.00%	361 2.56%	220
Roadmaps	68	Down -25 places-25	£80,000	+3.22%	359 2.55%	259
Stakeholder Management	72	Down -28 places-28	£70,000	+7.69%	344 2.44%	367
Customer Experience	73	Down -3 places-3	£37,500	+47.05%	340 2.41%	142
ERP	74	Down -8 places-8	£59,500	-0.83%	333 2.36%	168
Full-Stack Development	76	Down -14 places-14	£60,000	-	327 2.32%	173
Computer Science	77	Down -47 places-47	£55,000	-	324 2.30%	218
ITIL	85	Down -33 places-33	£55,000	+10.00%	280 1.99%	174
Infrastructure Engineering	86	Up 31 places+31	£55,000	+19.56%	278 1.97%	84
Logistics	87	Up 73 places+73	£42,750	-14.50%	277 1.97%	85
Validation	90	Up 20 places+20	£55,000	+7.84%	266 1.89%	206
Project Delivery	95	Down -49 places-49	£55,000	-8.33%	254 1.80%	231
Service Delivery	96	Down -90 places-90	£50,000	-6.54%	253 1.80%	160
Systems Engineering	102	Up 34 places+34	£60,000	-	231 1.64%	54
Technical Leadership	102	Down -12 places-12	£75,000	-	231 1.64%	137
Risk Management	106	Down -42 places-42	£65,000	-11.24%	222 1.58%	140
Collaborative Working	108	Down -40 places-40	£50,000	-14.16%	218 1.55%	140
Change Management	108	Down -29 places-29	£57,500	-	218 1.55%	127
ITSM	109	Up 19 places+19	£50,000	-3.84%	216 1.53%	76
Coaching	111	Down -75 places-75	£52,500	-21.64%	213 1.51%	129
Process Improvement	112	Down -32 places-32	£40,000	-26.60%	211 1.50%	104
Scrum	119	Down -36 places-36	£65,000	-3.70%	197 1.40%	126
Data Modelling	120	Down -35 places-35	£61,250	-5.76%	195 1.38%	170
Collaborative Culture	127	Up 24 places+24	£60,000	+9.09%	182 1.29%	128
Data Analysis	131	Down -40 places-40	£50,000	-4.76%	177 1.26%	128
Service Management	132	Down -56 places-56	£50,001	-14.89%	176 1.25%	93
Business Strategy	133	Down -30 places-30	£70,000	+6.43%	175 1.24%	89
E-Commerce	135	Down -47 places-47	£55,000	+10.00%	173 1.23%	69
Test Automation	138	Down -66 places-66	£59,500	+8.18%	170 1.21%	138
Data Governance	140	Down -45 places-45	£65,000	-	167 1.19%	112
IT Strategy	147	Down -10 places-10	£75,000	+25.00%	157 1.11%	55