Process & Methodology Statistics in the South East

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 28 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%	1,537 10.63%	840
Cybersecurity	6	Up 31 places+31	£49,536	-9.93%	1,514 10.47%	418
Business Development	10	Up 125 places+125	£50,000	+33.33%	1,223 8.46%	341
Problem-Solving	12	Down -8 places-8	£45,000	-10.00%	1,158 8.01%	848
Software Engineering	13	Up 22 places+22	£65,000	-	1,038 7.18%	446
Agile	15	Down -5 places-5	£63,500	+1.60%	899 6.22%	714
Continuous Improvement	21	Up 1 place+1	£59,250	+3.04%	839 5.80%	572
Machine Learning	25	Up 56 places+56	£67,500	-11.18%	756 5.23%	272
User Experience	26	Up 70 places+70	£52,500	+5.00%	750 5.19%	179
Customer Service	32	Down -8 places-8	£30,000	-6.25%	667 4.61%	287
Web Development	33	Up 159 places+159	£50,000	-6.97%	666 4.61%	54
Mentoring	44	Down -26 places-26	£53,750	-16.01%	565 3.91%	458
Analytics	49	Down -24 places-24	£55,000	-8.33%	515 3.56%	651
Business Intelligence	50	Down -10 places-10	£55,000	-4.34%	509 3.52%	307
Decision-Making	51	Up 4 places+4	£60,000	-14.28%	497 3.44%	589
DevOps	54	Down -34 places-34	£65,000	-	477 3.30%	370
CRM	60	Up 20 places+20	£40,000	-20.00%	439 3.04%	329
Project Management	64	Down -47 places-47	£50,000	-13.04%	387 2.68%	340
CI/CD	66	Down -28 places-28	£65,000	-	373 2.58%	374
Roadmaps	67	Down -23 places-23	£80,000	+3.22%	365 2.52%	439
B2B	69	Up 59 places+59	£50,000	-20.00%	356 2.46%	254
Full-Stack Development	71	Up 8 places+8	£60,000	-	345 2.39%	176
Stakeholder Management	75	Down -33 places-33	£70,000	+10.23%	337 2.33%	432
ERP	77	Down -11 places-11	£58,728	-2.12%	331 2.29%	162
Customer Experience	78	Down -8 places-8	£39,125	+53.43%	328 2.27%	217
Computer Science	79	Down -47 places-47	£57,500	+4.54%	326 2.25%	268
Logistics	86	Up 83 places+83	£43,000	-14.00%	287 1.99%	96
ITIL	87	Down -35 places-35	£52,500	+5.00%	285 1.97%	187
Infrastructure Engineering	88	Up 32 places+32	£55,000	+22.22%	284 1.96%	104
Validation	92	Down -25 places-25	£55,000	+7.84%	274 1.90%	229
Project Delivery	94	Down -48 places-48	£55,000	-8.33%	270 1.87%	246
Service Delivery	96	Down -90 places-90	£50,000	-6.54%	266 1.84%	196
Systems Engineering	102	Up 29 places+29	£63,500	+5.83%	240 1.66%	51
Technical Leadership	103	Down -19 places-19	£73,750	-1.66%	239 1.65%	175
Change Management	109	Down -31 places-31	£57,500	+2.22%	228 1.58%	137
Collaborative Working	114	Down -45 places-45	£50,000	-10.01%	213 1.47%	184
ITSM	114	Up 12 places+12	£50,000	-	213 1.47%	86
Risk Management	115	Down -43 places-43	£65,000	-9.09%	212 1.47%	185
Coaching	119	Down -93 places-93	£52,500	-21.64%	207 1.43%	221
Scrum	124	Down -24 places-24	£65,000	-3.34%	199 1.38%	157
Process Improvement	127	Down -46 places-46	£40,000	-26.60%	196 1.36%	147
Data Modelling	128	Down -47 places-47	£60,000	-7.69%	194 1.34%	224
Service Management	133	Down -53 places-53	£50,000	-9.09%	184 1.27%	103
E-Commerce	135	Down -30 places-30	£55,000	+10.00%	179 1.24%	84
Collaborative Culture	137	Up 13 places+13	£60,000	+9.87%	176 1.22%	228
Business Strategy	141	Down -36 places-36	£70,000	+7.27%	171 1.18%	118
Data Governance	142	Down -45 places-45	£65,000	-	167 1.16%	141
Data Analysis	142	Down -45 places-45	£50,000	-2.91%	167 1.16%	189
Test Automation	143	Down -67 places-67	£60,000	+11.62%	166 1.15%	175
Stakeholder Engagement	146	Down -38 places-38	£67,500	+17.39%	162 1.12%	254