Process & Methodology Statistics in the South East

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 23 Apr 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%	1,538 10.80%	603
Cybersecurity	6	Up 36 places+36	£49,536	-9.93%	1,511 10.61%	355
Business Development	10	Up 135 places+135	£50,000	+33.33%	1,195 8.39%	273
Problem-Solving	11	Down -8 places-8	£45,000	-10.00%	1,177 8.26%	733
Software Engineering	13	Up 20 places+20	£65,000	-	1,001 7.03%	369
Agile	15	Down -6 places-6	£62,500	-	890 6.25%	491
Continuous Improvement	19	Up 1 place+1	£59,500	+3.47%	843 5.92%	442
Machine Learning	24	Up 58 places+58	£67,500	-10.00%	753 5.29%	205
User Experience	26	Up 58 places+58	£52,500	+5.00%	745 5.23%	118
Customer Service	30	Down -7 places-7	£30,000	-6.25%	668 4.69%	268
Web Development	31	Up 163 places+163	£48,750	-11.36%	656 4.61%	57
Mentoring	44	Down -15 places-15	£52,500	-19.23%	565 3.97%	362
Analytics	49	Down -23 places-23	£55,000	-8.33%	508 3.57%	416
Business Intelligence	50	Down -9 places-9	£55,000	-4.34%	507 3.56%	245
Decision-Making	51	Up 8 places+8	£60,000	-14.28%	492 3.45%	473
DevOps	53	Down -34 places-34	£65,000	-	474 3.33%	287
CRM	61	Up 19 places+19	£40,000	-20.00%	434 3.05%	297
Project Management	62	Down -45 places-45	£50,000	-12.28%	395 2.77%	268
CI/CD	64	Down -26 places-26	£65,000	-	370 2.60%	366
Roadmaps	65	Down -21 places-21	£80,000	+3.22%	368 2.58%	311
B2B	68	Up 71 places+71	£50,000	-20.00%	362 2.54%	224
Stakeholder Management	73	Down -30 places-30	£70,000	+8.52%	338 2.37%	344
Customer Experience	73	Down -3 places-3	£37,500	+47.05%	338 2.37%	167
Full-Stack Development	74	Down -9 places-9	£60,000	-	332 2.33%	154
ERP	75	Down -11 places-11	£58,728	-2.12%	327 2.30%	152
Computer Science	76	Down -45 places-45	£55,000	-	323 2.27%	199
ITIL	82	Down -31 places-31	£53,750	+7.50%	288 2.02%	160
Infrastructure Engineering	83	Up 41 places+41	£55,000	+22.22%	282 1.98%	92
Logistics	84	Up 89 places+89	£42,750	-14.50%	280 1.97%	86
Validation	88	Up 27 places+27	£55,000	+7.84%	261 1.83%	224
Service Delivery	89	Down -83 places-83	£50,000	-6.54%	259 1.82%	164
Project Delivery	91	Down -44 places-44	£55,000	-8.33%	257 1.80%	212
Systems Engineering	95	Up 50 places+50	£60,000	-	237 1.66%	55
Technical Leadership	98	Down -6 places-6	£72,500	-3.33%	231 1.62%	155
Change Management	104	Down -26 places-26	£57,500	-	220 1.54%	112
Collaborative Working	105	Down -36 places-36	£50,000	-14.16%	219 1.54%	132
Risk Management	106	Down -35 places-35	£65,000	-10.79%	217 1.52%	137
ITSM	107	Up 26 places+26	£50,000	-	216 1.52%	64
Process Improvement	109	Down -28 places-28	£40,000	-26.60%	213 1.50%	100
Coaching	114	Down -78 places-78	£52,500	-25.00%	206 1.45%	130
Scrum	119	Down -32 places-32	£65,000	-3.34%	197 1.38%	102
Data Modelling	120	Down -34 places-34	£62,500	-3.84%	194 1.36%	185
Service Management	128	Down -51 places-51	£50,001	-11.11%	180 1.26%	89
Collaborative Culture	130	Up 32 places+32	£60,000	+9.09%	178 1.25%	128
E-Commerce	132	Down -38 places-38	£55,000	+10.00%	176 1.24%	68
Business Strategy	135	Down -28 places-28	£70,000	+6.65%	173 1.21%	73
Data Analysis	136	Down -39 places-39	£50,000	-4.76%	171 1.20%	132
Test Automation	138	Down -63 places-63	£59,500	+8.18%	167 1.17%	160
Data Governance	139	Down -39 places-39	£66,250	+1.92%	166 1.17%	118
Stakeholder Engagement	144	Down -24 places-24	£67,500	+22.72%	158 1.11%	217