Process & Methodology Statistics in the South East

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 3 May 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%	1,546 10.61%	581
Cybersecurity	7	Up 28 places+28	£50,000	-9.09%	1,513 10.38%	337
Business Development	10	Up 122 places+122	£50,000	+33.33%	1,243 8.53%	298
Problem-Solving	12	Down -8 places-8	£45,000	-10.00%	1,140 7.82%	749
Software Engineering	13	Up 21 places+21	£65,000	-	1,065 7.31%	401
Agile	15	Down -5 places-5	£63,000	+0.80%	907 6.22%	532
Continuous Improvement	21	Down -1 place-1	£58,750	+2.17%	833 5.71%	506
Machine Learning	24	Up 67 places+67	£67,500	-10.00%	764 5.24%	180
User Experience	26	Up 85 places+85	£52,500	+2.43%	752 5.16%	127
Customer Service	30	Down -5 places-5	£30,000	-6.25%	673 4.62%	276
Web Development	31	Up 182 places+182	£50,000	-2.43%	667 4.58%	40
Mentoring	40	Down -24 places-24	£53,750	-15.01%	573 3.93%	368
Analytics	46	Down -20 places-20	£55,000	-8.33%	516 3.54%	417
Business Intelligence	47	Down -9 places-9	£55,000	-4.34%	506 3.47%	286
Decision-Making	48	Up 11 places+11	£60,000	-14.28%	503 3.45%	523
DevOps	50	Down -26 places-26	£65,000	-	482 3.31%	307
CRM	59	Up 24 places+24	£40,000	-20.00%	432 2.96%	307
CI/CD	62	Down -19 places-19	£65,000	-	383 2.63%	328
Project Management	63	Down -42 places-42	£50,000	-13.04%	376 2.58%	273
Roadmaps	65	Down -23 places-23	£80,000	+3.22%	366 2.51%	293
Full-Stack Development	66	Up 22 places+22	£60,000	-	356 2.44%	140
B2B	66	Up 74 places+74	£50,000	-20.00%	356 2.44%	235
Stakeholder Management	73	Down -32 places-32	£70,000	+10.23%	333 2.28%	376
Computer Science	74	Down -43 places-43	£57,500	+4.54%	332 2.28%	216
ERP	76	Down -6 places-6	£58,728	+2.13%	325 2.23%	163
Customer Experience	78	Down -3 places-3	£40,000	+56.86%	318 2.18%	162
Logistics	82	Up 100 places+100	£42,500	-15.00%	289 1.98%	110
Infrastructure Engineering	83	Up 50 places+50	£55,000	+22.22%	288 1.98%	96
Validation	84	Down -35 places-35	£55,000	+7.84%	285 1.96%	213
ITIL	84	Down -32 places-32	£50,000	-	285 1.96%	191
Project Delivery	89	Down -41 places-41	£55,000	-8.33%	272 1.87%	224
Service Delivery	93	Down -85 places-85	£50,000	-6.54%	265 1.82%	171
Technical Leadership	97	Down -6 places-6	£75,000	-	248 1.70%	162
Systems Engineering	98	Up 44 places+44	£65,000	+8.33%	246 1.69%	63
Change Management	102	Down -19 places-19	£57,500	+2.22%	230 1.58%	115
Collaborative Working	107	Down -39 places-39	£50,000	-9.55%	216 1.48%	110
Coaching	114	Down -96 places-96	£55,000	-17.91%	207 1.42%	145
ITSM	114	Up 27 places+27	£50,000	-	207 1.42%	100
Risk Management	116	Down -36 places-36	£65,000	-7.47%	202 1.39%	142
Scrum	117	Down -4 places-4	£65,000	-2.98%	200 1.37%	113
Data Modelling	119	Down -30 places-30	£60,000	-7.69%	196 1.34%	197
Process Improvement	125	Down -35 places-35	£40,000	-26.94%	188 1.29%	125
Service Management	126	Down -41 places-41	£50,000	-9.09%	185 1.27%	94
Collaborative Culture	130	Up 25 places+25	£60,000	+9.09%	181 1.24%	162
E-Commerce	135	Down -16 places-16	£55,000	+10.00%	172 1.18%	69
Business Strategy	135	Down -18 places-18	£70,000	+7.27%	172 1.18%	69
Test Automation	136	Down -55 places-55	£60,000	+14.28%	171 1.17%	119
Data Governance	140	Down -32 places-32	£65,000	-	167 1.15%	113
Data Analysis	141	Down -35 places-35	£50,000	-0.99%	165 1.13%	158
Stakeholder Engagement	143	Down -19 places-19	£70,000	+19.14%	163 1.12%	222