Process & Methodology Statistics in the South East

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 22 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
AI	5	Up 29 places+29	£60,000	-14.28%	1,540 10.84%	617
Cybersecurity	6	Up 34 places+34	£49,536	-9.93%	1,508 10.62%	363
Business Development	10	Up 134 places+134	£50,000	+33.33%	1,188 8.36%	294
Problem-Solving	11	Down -8 places-8	£45,000	-10.00%	1,177 8.29%	767
Software Engineering	13	Up 20 places+20	£65,000	-	995 7.01%	370
Agile	15	Down -6 places-6	£62,500	-	887 6.24%	529
Continuous Improvement	19	Up 1 place+1	£59,500	+3.47%	842 5.93%	484
Machine Learning	23	Up 60 places+60	£67,500	-10.00%	753 5.30%	210
User Experience	25	Up 62 places+62	£52,500	+5.00%	747 5.26%	145
Customer Service	31	Down -8 places-8	£30,000	-7.69%	667 4.70%	277
Web Development	32	Up 158 places+158	£50,000	-9.09%	655 4.61%	55
Mentoring	45	Down -18 places-18	£52,500	-19.23%	568 4.00%	384
Business Intelligence	49	Down -6 places-6	£55,000	-4.34%	507 3.57%	226
Analytics	50	Down -24 places-24	£55,000	-8.33%	506 3.56%	435
Decision-Making	52	Up 7 places+7	£60,000	-14.28%	491 3.46%	503
DevOps	54	Down -35 places-35	£65,000	-	471 3.32%	284
CRM	60	Up 22 places+22	£40,000	-20.00%	435 3.06%	312
Project Management	63	Down -46 places-46	£50,001	-12.66%	394 2.77%	278
CI/CD	65	Down -26 places-26	£65,000	-	367 2.58%	326
Roadmaps	66	Down -21 places-21	£80,000	+3.22%	366 2.58%	321
B2B	67	Up 71 places+71	£50,000	-20.00%	363 2.56%	229
Stakeholder Management	71	Down -27 places-27	£70,000	+7.69%	346 2.44%	365
Customer Experience	72	Up 1 place+1	£37,500	+47.05%	343 2.41%	199
Full-Stack Development	75	Down -7 places-7	£60,000	-	329 2.32%	160
ERP	75	Down -8 places-8	£58,728	-2.12%	329 2.32%	161
Computer Science	76	Down -45 places-45	£55,000	-	322 2.27%	207
ITIL	84	Down -30 places-30	£55,000	+10.00%	285 2.01%	175
Infrastructure Engineering	85	Up 38 places+38	£55,000	+22.22%	283 1.99%	90
Logistics	88	Up 84 places+84	£43,000	-14.00%	276 1.94%	95
Validation	92	Up 20 places+20	£55,000	+7.84%	259 1.82%	218
Service Delivery	93	Down -87 places-87	£50,000	-6.54%	256 1.80%	168
Project Delivery	94	Down -46 places-46	£55,000	-8.33%	254 1.79%	228
Systems Engineering	99	Up 44 places+44	£60,000	-	236 1.66%	57
Technical Leadership	102	Down -9 places-9	£71,250	-5.00%	230 1.62%	147
Change Management	107	Down -28 places-28	£57,500	-	220 1.55%	112
Risk Management	107	Down -41 places-41	£65,000	-11.24%	220 1.55%	152
Collaborative Working	109	Down -38 places-38	£50,000	-13.04%	217 1.53%	128
ITSM	110	Up 23 places+23	£50,000	-1.96%	216 1.52%	67
Process Improvement	112	Down -31 places-31	£40,000	-26.60%	212 1.49%	104
Coaching	115	Down -79 places-79	£52,500	-25.00%	209 1.47%	130
Scrum	122	Down -36 places-36	£65,000	-3.70%	196 1.38%	117
Data Modelling	125	Down -37 places-37	£62,500	-3.84%	193 1.36%	174
Collaborative Culture	134	Up 26 places+26	£60,000	+9.09%	178 1.25%	138
Service Management	136	Down -58 places-58	£50,001	-13.04%	176 1.24%	98
E-Commerce	136	Down -42 places-42	£55,000	+10.00%	176 1.24%	71
Business Strategy	138	Down -33 places-33	£70,000	+6.43%	174 1.23%	78
Data Analysis	141	Down -46 places-46	£50,000	-4.76%	170 1.20%	125
Test Automation	144	Down -67 places-67	£59,500	+8.18%	167 1.18%	137
Data Governance	144	Down -45 places-45	£67,500	+3.84%	167 1.18%	116
IT Strategy	148	Down -4 places-4	£75,000	+25.00%	160 1.13%	48