Process & Methodology Statistics in the South East

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 11 May 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Business Development	8	Up 73 places+73	£50,000	+33.33%	1,263 8.79%	299
AI	10	Up 15 places+15	£60,000	-14.28%	1,200 8.35%	611
Cybersecurity	11	Up 30 places+30	£50,000	-9.09%	1,162 8.09%	340
Problem-Solving	12	Down -9 places-9	£47,500	-5.00%	1,139 7.93%	761
Software Engineering	13	Up 29 places+29	£65,000	-	1,093 7.61%	385
Agile	15	Down -7 places-7	£62,500	-0.79%	937 6.52%	517
Continuous Improvement	20	Down -8 places-8	£57,500	+4.54%	851 5.92%	509
Customer Service	27	No change0	£30,000	-6.25%	669 4.66%	273
Mentoring	32	Down -18 places-18	£55,000	-12.00%	579 4.03%	382
Decision-Making	38	Up 22 places+22	£60,000	-7.69%	523 3.64%	529
DevOps	40	Down -17 places-17	£65,000	-	512 3.56%	303
Business Intelligence	41	Up 5 places+5	£57,500	+4.54%	510 3.55%	264
Analytics	43	Down -27 places-27	£55,000	-8.33%	496 3.45%	418
CRM	48	Up 39 places+39	£40,000	-20.00%	434 3.02%	329
Machine Learning	50	Up 7 places+7	£65,000	-13.33%	420 2.92%	235
Full-Stack Development	52	Up 46 places+46	£60,000	-	413 2.88%	160
CI/CD	53	Down -6 places-6	£64,375	-0.96%	410 2.85%	354
User Experience	54	Up 70 places+70	£52,500	-	402 2.80%	140
Project Management	57	Down -31 places-31	£50,000	-13.04%	367 2.55%	285
B2B	58	Up 87 places+87	£50,000	-16.66%	358 2.49%	245
Roadmaps	60	Down -14 places-14	£80,000	+3.22%	356 2.48%	367
Computer Science	65	Down -31 places-31	£57,500	+4.54%	340 2.37%	221
Stakeholder Management	67	Down -22 places-22	£70,000	+12.00%	334 2.33%	373
ERP	70	Down -33 places-33	£58,728	+2.13%	319 2.22%	132
Web Development	71	Up 148 places+148	£50,000	-	318 2.21%	58
Infrastructure Engineering	72	Up 73 places+73	£55,000	+22.22%	311 2.17%	105
Customer Experience	75	Up 11 places+11	£37,875	+48.52%	304 2.12%	217
Logistics	76	Up 117 places+117	£42,500	-15.00%	296 2.06%	92
ITIL	77	Down -21 places-21	£50,000	-	294 2.05%	160
Project Delivery	82	Down -28 places-28	£53,663	-10.56%	287 2.00%	234
Validation	84	Down -40 places-40	£55,000	+7.84%	284 1.98%	202
Service Delivery	85	Down -75 places-75	£50,000	-6.54%	283 1.97%	159
Systems Engineering	92	Up 64 places+64	£60,000	-	258 1.80%	67
Technical Leadership	94	Up 4 places+4	£75,000	-	255 1.78%	168
Change Management	102	Down -13 places-13	£57,500	+2.22%	231 1.61%	111
Collaborative Working	111	Down -63 places-63	£52,500	-4.54%	216 1.50%	126
ITSM	115	Up 42 places+42	£50,000	+3.09%	210 1.46%	77
Coaching	115	Down -96 places-96	£55,000	-15.38%	210 1.46%	128
Scrum	115	Up 12 places+12	£62,500	-7.40%	210 1.46%	121
Service Management	121	Down -21 places-21	£49,536	-9.93%	193 1.34%	88
Data Modelling	124	Down -24 places-24	£60,000	-7.69%	189 1.32%	164
Risk Management	125	Down -32 places-32	£65,000	-7.80%	187 1.30%	140
Test Automation	128	Down -41 places-41	£60,000	+11.62%	183 1.27%	108
Collaborative Culture	134	Down -37 places-37	£60,000	+9.09%	175 1.22%	145
Process Improvement	136	Down -27 places-27	£40,000	-27.27%	173 1.20%	121
Stakeholder Engagement	137	Down -8 places-8	£70,000	+12.90%	171 1.19%	212
Data Governance	138	Down -21 places-21	£65,000	-	170 1.18%	96
Business Strategy	139	Down -5 places-5	£70,000	+7.27%	169 1.18%	75
E-Commerce	143	Down -11 places-11	£50,000	-	161 1.12%	63
Infrastructure as Code	144	Up 32 places+32	£70,000	-6.66%	160 1.11%	166