Process & Methodology Statistics in the South East

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 6 May 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
AI	5	Up 31 places+31	£60,000	-14.28%	1,552 10.55%	791
Cybersecurity	6	Up 32 places+32	£51,249	-6.82%	1,517 10.31%	500
Business Development	9	Up 70 places+70	£50,000	+33.33%	1,264 8.59%	309
Problem-Solving	11	Down -7 places-7	£46,000	-8.00%	1,134 7.71%	807
Software Engineering	12	Up 25 places+25	£65,000	-	1,084 7.37%	423
Agile	13	Down -5 places-5	£62,500	-	927 6.30%	582
Continuous Improvement	20	Down -9 places-9	£59,250	+3.04%	835 5.68%	527
Machine Learning	22	Up 74 places+74	£67,250	-10.33%	768 5.22%	362
User Experience	25	Up 92 places+92	£52,500	+5.00%	755 5.13%	287
Web Development	29	Up 189 places+189	£50,000	-2.43%	672 4.57%	213
Customer Service	30	Down -5 places-5	£30,000	-6.25%	668 4.54%	284
Mentoring	42	Down -29 places-29	£53,750	-15.01%	572 3.89%	382
Analytics	47	Down -32 places-32	£55,000	-8.33%	523 3.56%	468
Decision-Making	48	Up 17 places+17	£60,000	-11.11%	516 3.51%	547
Business Intelligence	49	Down -4 places-4	£57,500	-	509 3.46%	292
DevOps	51	Down -28 places-28	£65,000	-	493 3.35%	313
CRM	58	Up 32 places+32	£40,000	-20.00%	436 2.96%	315
CI/CD	63	Down -14 places-14	£65,000	-	392 2.67%	355
Project Management	65	Down -43 places-43	£50,000	-13.04%	371 2.52%	310
Full-Stack Development	66	Up 28 places+28	£60,000	-	370 2.52%	184
Roadmaps	67	Down -20 places-20	£80,000	+3.22%	365 2.48%	330
B2B	68	Up 72 places+72	£50,000	-20.00%	361 2.45%	252
Computer Science	75	Down -43 places-43	£57,500	+4.54%	336 2.28%	233
Stakeholder Management	77	Down -33 places-33	£70,000	+12.00%	333 2.26%	384
ERP	79	Down -44 places-44	£59,114	+2.80%	325 2.21%	172
Customer Experience	81	Up 1 place+1	£38,250	+50.00%	314 2.13%	178
Infrastructure Engineering	85	Up 51 places+51	£55,000	+22.22%	295 2.01%	100
Logistics	86	Up 102 places+102	£42,500	-15.00%	292 1.99%	107
Validation	87	Down -45 places-45	£55,000	+7.84%	289 1.96%	233
ITIL	89	Down -32 places-32	£50,000	-	283 1.92%	184
Project Delivery	92	Down -39 places-39	£55,000	-8.33%	275 1.87%	236
Service Delivery	94	Down -85 places-85	£50,000	-6.54%	272 1.85%	174
Systems Engineering	100	Up 46 places+46	£65,000	+8.33%	245 1.67%	63
Technical Leadership	100	Down -5 places-5	£75,000	-	245 1.67%	161
Change Management	105	Down -18 places-18	£57,500	+2.22%	231 1.57%	130
Collaborative Working	112	Down -64 places-64	£51,250	-7.29%	215 1.46%	121
ITSM	116	Up 29 places+29	£50,000	-	210 1.43%	85
Coaching	118	Down -100 places-100	£55,000	-16.37%	204 1.39%	149
Scrum	119	No change0	£65,000	-3.34%	203 1.38%	128
Risk Management	125	Down -36 places-36	£65,000	-7.80%	194 1.32%	150
Data Modelling	126	Down -31 places-31	£60,000	-7.69%	193 1.31%	202
Service Management	128	Down -35 places-35	£50,000	-9.09%	189 1.29%	100
Process Improvement	133	Down -36 places-36	£40,000	-27.27%	181 1.23%	126
Test Automation	137	Down -53 places-53	£60,000	+14.28%	177 1.20%	130
Collaborative Culture	138	Down -46 places-46	£60,000	+9.09%	176 1.20%	177
Business Strategy	141	Down -20 places-20	£70,000	+7.27%	172 1.17%	90
E-Commerce	143	Down -20 places-20	£55,000	+10.00%	168 1.14%	67
Stakeholder Engagement	144	Down -24 places-24	£70,000	+16.66%	167 1.14%	215
Data Governance	144	Down -33 places-33	£66,250	+1.92%	167 1.14%	126
Data Analysis	145	Down -34 places-34	£50,000	-0.99%	165 1.12%	169