Process & Methodology Statistics in the South East

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 25 May 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Business Development	8	Up 79 places+79	£50,000	+33.33%	1,271 8.76%	352
AI	10	Up 6 places+6	£60,000	-	1,182 8.14%	663
Problem-Solving	11	Down -8 places-8	£46,575	+0.16%	1,151 7.93%	722
Software Engineering	12	Up 35 places+35	£65,000	-	1,148 7.91%	361
Cybersecurity	13	Up 29 places+29	£50,000	-9.09%	1,127 7.77%	385
Agile	14	Down -7 places-7	£62,500	-3.84%	961 6.62%	497
Continuous Improvement	21	Down -9 places-9	£57,500	+4.54%	855 5.89%	488
Customer Service	27	Down -2 places-2	£30,000	-6.25%	682 4.70%	265
Mentoring	34	Down -21 places-21	£55,000	-11.29%	585 4.03%	312
DevOps	36	Down -13 places-13	£65,000	-	557 3.84%	253
Decision-Making	37	Up 25 places+25	£57,500	-	556 3.83%	524
Business Intelligence	42	Up 6 places+6	£57,500	+9.52%	496 3.42%	251
Analytics	43	Down -28 places-28	£55,000	-8.33%	491 3.38%	430
CRM	48	Up 43 places+43	£41,250	-10.81%	447 3.08%	339
CI/CD	49	Up 3 places+3	£65,000	-	443 3.05%	282
Full-Stack Development	51	Up 70 places+70	£60,000	-	425 2.93%	143
Machine Learning	54	Down -18 places-18	£64,375	-4.62%	403 2.78%	219
User Experience	59	Up 82 places+82	£52,500	+5.00%	383 2.64%	132
Project Management	60	Down -29 places-29	£50,000	-13.04%	372 2.56%	238
B2B	61	Up 88 places+88	£50,000	+5.26%	368 2.54%	248
Roadmaps	64	Down -18 places-18	£80,000	+3.22%	365 2.52%	299
Stakeholder Management	65	Down -22 places-22	£67,500	+10.20%	353 2.43%	390
Computer Science	67	Down -34 places-34	£58,000	+11.53%	348 2.40%	202
Infrastructure Engineering	71	Up 82 places+82	£55,000	+22.22%	322 2.22%	90
ITIL	76	Down -11 places-11	£50,000	+5.26%	313 2.16%	175
Web Development	77	Up 153 places+153	£50,000	-4.76%	310 2.14%	49
Project Delivery	78	Down -19 places-19	£50,000	-16.66%	309 2.13%	232
ERP	78	Down -44 places-44	£59,114	+8.96%	309 2.13%	137
Logistics	79	Up 119 places+119	£42,500	-10.52%	302 2.08%	93
Service Delivery	80	Down -69 places-69	£50,000	-6.54%	301 2.07%	174
Customer Experience	80	Up 8 places+8	£37,500	+49.08%	301 2.07%	178
Validation	84	Down -40 places-40	£55,000	+4.76%	291 2.01%	191
Technical Leadership	87	Up 11 places+11	£75,000	-	270 1.86%	159
Systems Engineering	89	Up 61 places+61	£60,000	-3.22%	264 1.82%	67
Change Management	100	Down -8 places-8	£57,500	+2.22%	233 1.61%	124
Collaborative Working	102	Down -47 places-47	£52,500	-3.66%	229 1.58%	128
Scrum	107	Up 36 places+36	£62,500	-10.71%	222 1.53%	116
Coaching	113	Down -95 places-95	£55,000	-	213 1.47%	131
ITSM	117	Up 54 places+54	£47,500	+11.76%	207 1.43%	96
Service Management	121	Down -5 places-5	£45,000	-15.88%	201 1.39%	110
Test Automation	121	Down -25 places-25	£60,000	+9.09%	201 1.39%	115
Risk Management	125	Down -21 places-21	£65,000	-9.55%	193 1.33%	160
Data Modelling	130	Down -24 places-24	£60,000	-7.69%	187 1.29%	131
Stakeholder Engagement	132	Down -5 places-5	£67,500	+8.87%	184 1.27%	242
Business Strategy	133	Up 11 places+11	£70,000	+7.69%	183 1.26%	75
Infrastructure as Code	136	Up 43 places+43	£70,000	-6.66%	178 1.23%	129
Collaborative Culture	137	Down -34 places-34	£60,000	-4.00%	177 1.22%	156
Data Governance	141	Down -20 places-20	£67,500	+4.65%	171 1.18%	93
Microservices	143	Down -61 places-61	£67,500	-	169 1.16%	91
Process Improvement	144	Down -19 places-19	£40,000	-30.43%	168 1.16%	124