Process & Methodology Statistics in the South East

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 4 May 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
AI	5	Up 30 places+30	£60,000	-14.28%	1,546 10.61%	783
Cybersecurity	7	Up 29 places+29	£50,000	-9.09%	1,507 10.34%	476
Business Development	10	Up 67 places+67	£50,000	+33.33%	1,256 8.62%	295
Problem-Solving	12	Down -8 places-8	£46,000	-8.00%	1,129 7.75%	739
Software Engineering	13	Up 24 places+24	£65,000	-	1,065 7.31%	398
Agile	14	Down -4 places-4	£62,500	-	910 6.24%	570
Continuous Improvement	20	No change0	£58,750	+2.17%	825 5.66%	502
Machine Learning	22	Up 69 places+69	£66,000	-12.00%	767 5.26%	391
User Experience	24	Up 85 places+85	£52,500	+2.43%	752 5.16%	295
Web Development	29	Up 184 places+184	£50,000	-2.43%	668 4.58%	193
Customer Service	30	Down -5 places-5	£30,000	-6.25%	667 4.58%	274
Mentoring	42	Down -28 places-28	£53,750	-15.01%	571 3.92%	393
Analytics	48	Down -22 places-22	£55,000	-8.33%	517 3.55%	443
Decision-Making	49	Up 11 places+11	£60,000	-14.28%	508 3.49%	546
Business Intelligence	50	Down -9 places-9	£55,000	-4.34%	504 3.46%	274
DevOps	52	Down -28 places-28	£65,000	-	482 3.31%	305
CRM	60	Up 25 places+25	£40,000	-20.00%	433 2.97%	326
CI/CD	63	Down -18 places-18	£65,000	-	384 2.63%	342
Project Management	65	Down -43 places-43	£50,000	-13.04%	369 2.53%	278
Roadmaps	66	Down -24 places-24	£80,000	+3.22%	364 2.50%	369
B2B	67	Up 70 places+70	£50,000	-20.00%	359 2.46%	247
Full-Stack Development	68	Up 21 places+21	£60,000	-	358 2.46%	156
Computer Science	74	Down -41 places-41	£57,500	+4.54%	331 2.27%	209
Stakeholder Management	75	Down -35 places-35	£70,000	+12.00%	329 2.26%	386
ERP	76	Down -3 places-3	£58,728	+2.13%	325 2.23%	168
Customer Experience	78	No change0	£40,000	+56.86%	319 2.19%	212
Logistics	82	Up 101 places+101	£42,500	-15.00%	290 1.99%	98
Infrastructure Engineering	83	Up 49 places+49	£55,000	+22.22%	287 1.97%	98
Validation	86	Down -46 places-46	£55,000	+7.84%	284 1.95%	230
ITIL	90	Down -37 places-37	£50,000	-	279 1.91%	196
Project Delivery	92	Down -44 places-44	£55,000	-8.33%	272 1.87%	216
Service Delivery	95	Down -86 places-86	£50,000	-6.54%	268 1.84%	175
Technical Leadership	100	Down -8 places-8	£75,000	-	247 1.69%	182
Systems Engineering	101	Up 40 places+40	£65,000	+8.33%	245 1.68%	62
Change Management	105	Down -23 places-23	£57,500	+2.22%	230 1.58%	114
Collaborative Working	114	Down -70 places-70	£50,000	-9.55%	213 1.46%	109
ITSM	119	Up 21 places+21	£50,000	-	207 1.42%	98
Coaching	120	Down -103 places-103	£55,000	-17.14%	204 1.40%	140
Scrum	122	Down -12 places-12	£65,000	-2.98%	200 1.37%	115
Data Modelling	125	Down -36 places-36	£60,000	-7.69%	196 1.34%	195
Risk Management	127	Down -43 places-43	£65,000	-7.47%	194 1.33%	142
Service Management	131	Down -44 places-44	£50,000	-9.09%	186 1.28%	100
Process Improvement	133	Down -40 places-40	£40,000	-26.94%	183 1.26%	121
Collaborative Culture	137	Down -49 places-49	£60,000	+9.09%	177 1.21%	158
Test Automation	140	Down -57 places-57	£60,000	+14.28%	172 1.18%	121
E-Commerce	140	Down -23 places-23	£55,000	+10.00%	172 1.18%	68
Business Strategy	142	Down -28 places-28	£70,000	+7.27%	170 1.17%	73
Data Governance	145	Down -40 places-40	£66,250	+1.92%	166 1.14%	117
Data Analysis	146	Down -41 places-41	£50,000	-0.99%	165 1.13%	181
Stakeholder Engagement	148	Down -33 places-33	£70,000	+19.14%	162 1.11%	230