Process & Methodology Statistics in the South East

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 24 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%	1,538 10.79%	540
Cybersecurity	6	Up 36 places+36	£48,768	-11.33%	1,507 10.57%	323
Business Development	10	Up 135 places+135	£50,000	+33.33%	1,200 8.42%	267
Problem-Solving	11	Down -8 places-8	£46,000	-8.00%	1,172 8.22%	697
Software Engineering	13	Up 19 places+19	£65,000	-	1,008 7.07%	345
Agile	15	Down -6 places-6	£63,000	+0.80%	889 6.23%	502
Continuous Improvement	19	Up 1 place+1	£59,500	+3.47%	844 5.92%	442
Machine Learning	25	Up 58 places+58	£67,500	-10.00%	753 5.28%	202
User Experience	26	Up 62 places+62	£52,500	+5.00%	746 5.23%	111
Customer Service	31	Down -9 places-9	£30,000	-6.97%	667 4.68%	260
Web Development	32	Up 164 places+164	£50,000	-6.97%	659 4.62%	53
Mentoring	43	Down -16 places-16	£52,500	-17.96%	565 3.96%	333
Analytics	48	Down -23 places-23	£55,000	-8.33%	508 3.56%	389
Business Intelligence	49	Down -9 places-9	£55,000	-4.34%	507 3.56%	227
Decision-Making	50	Up 10 places+10	£60,000	-14.28%	489 3.43%	462
DevOps	52	Down -33 places-33	£65,000	-	474 3.32%	281
CRM	60	Up 22 places+22	£40,000	-20.00%	431 3.02%	282
Project Management	62	Down -45 places-45	£50,000	-13.04%	394 2.76%	275
CI/CD	64	Down -27 places-27	£65,000	-	369 2.59%	340
Roadmaps	65	Down -20 places-20	£80,000	+3.22%	366 2.57%	292
B2B	67	Up 72 places+72	£50,000	-20.00%	354 2.48%	207
Stakeholder Management	73	Down -29 places-29	£70,000	+7.69%	335 2.35%	330
Full-Stack Development	74	Down -2 places-2	£60,000	-	333 2.34%	149
Customer Experience	74	No change0	£37,500	+47.05%	333 2.34%	156
ERP	76	Down -8 places-8	£58,728	-2.12%	326 2.29%	140
Computer Science	78	Down -49 places-49	£55,000	-	321 2.25%	189
ITIL	85	Down -32 places-32	£52,500	+5.00%	285 2.00%	160
Logistics	86	Up 89 places+89	£43,000	-14.00%	280 1.96%	88
Infrastructure Engineering	87	Up 36 places+36	£55,000	+22.22%	279 1.96%	92
Project Delivery	92	Down -45 places-45	£55,000	-8.33%	264 1.85%	208
Validation	93	Up 18 places+18	£55,000	+7.84%	263 1.84%	209
Service Delivery	95	Down -89 places-89	£50,000	-6.54%	260 1.82%	157
Systems Engineering	101	Up 42 places+42	£61,750	+2.91%	236 1.66%	44
Technical Leadership	103	Down -14 places-14	£72,500	-3.33%	231 1.62%	151
Change Management	109	Down -28 places-28	£57,500	-	220 1.54%	117
Risk Management	111	Down -37 places-37	£65,000	-10.79%	217 1.52%	128
Collaborative Working	112	Down -41 places-41	£50,000	-13.04%	216 1.51%	128
ITSM	113	Up 20 places+20	£50,000	-	215 1.51%	67
Process Improvement	118	Down -35 places-35	£40,000	-26.60%	207 1.45%	107
Coaching	119	Down -84 places-84	£52,500	-25.00%	206 1.44%	122
Scrum	124	Down -34 places-34	£65,000	-2.98%	198 1.39%	108
Data Modelling	126	Down -40 places-40	£62,500	-3.84%	194 1.36%	183
Service Management	133	Down -53 places-53	£50,000	-11.11%	180 1.26%	85
Collaborative Culture	135	Up 28 places+28	£60,000	+9.09%	178 1.25%	126
E-Commerce	137	Down -39 places-39	£52,500	+5.00%	176 1.23%	67
Business Strategy	142	Down -36 places-36	£70,000	+6.65%	170 1.19%	71
Data Analysis	143	Down -47 places-47	£50,000	-4.76%	169 1.19%	133
Data Governance	145	Down -45 places-45	£66,250	+1.92%	166 1.16%	114
Test Automation	146	Down -68 places-68	£59,500	+10.69%	165 1.16%	153
Ethical Hacking	152	Up 102 places+102	£31,500	-47.05%	158 1.11%	26