Process & Methodology Statistics in the South East

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 18 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
AI	5	Up 28 places+28	£58,750	-16.07%	1,518 10.80%	701
Cybersecurity	6	Up 35 places+35	£50,000	-9.09%	1,474 10.48%	497
Problem-Solving	10	Down -7 places-7	£45,000	-11.70%	1,189 8.46%	771
Business Development	11	Up 126 places+126	£50,000	+33.33%	1,176 8.36%	283
Software Engineering	13	Up 19 places+19	£65,000	-	965 6.86%	357
Agile	15	Down -6 places-6	£62,500	-	893 6.35%	505
Continuous Improvement	18	Up 2 places+2	£60,000	+4.34%	843 5.99%	443
Machine Learning	22	Up 57 places+57	£67,500	-10.00%	753 5.35%	338
User Experience	24	Up 57 places+57	£52,500	+5.00%	744 5.29%	277
Customer Service	30	Down -8 places-8	£30,000	-7.69%	666 4.74%	244
Web Development	31	Up 153 places+153	£47,500	-13.63%	653 4.64%	226
Mentoring	43	Down -17 places-17	£52,500	-18.60%	567 4.03%	324
Analytics	47	Down -23 places-23	£55,000	-8.33%	501 3.56%	420
Business Intelligence	48	Down -6 places-6	£55,000	-4.34%	500 3.56%	245
Decision-Making	49	Up 9 places+9	£60,000	-14.28%	487 3.46%	482
DevOps	51	Down -33 places-33	£65,000	-	470 3.34%	302
CRM	58	Up 23 places+23	£40,000	-20.00%	439 3.12%	313
Project Management	62	Down -45 places-45	£50,001	-13.04%	396 2.82%	278
CI/CD	64	Down -27 places-27	£67,250	+3.46%	367 2.61%	325
B2B	65	Up 68 places+68	£50,000	-20.00%	366 2.60%	220
Roadmaps	68	Down -25 places-25	£80,000	+3.22%	356 2.53%	259
Stakeholder Management	72	Down -27 places-27	£70,000	+5.66%	344 2.45%	371
Customer Experience	74	Down -2 places-2	£37,500	+47.05%	338 2.40%	143
ERP	75	Down -5 places-5	£60,000	-	334 2.38%	169
Full-Stack Development	78	Down -12 places-12	£60,000	-	323 2.30%	170
Computer Science	79	Down -49 places-49	£55,000	-	322 2.29%	222
ITIL	87	Down -33 places-33	£55,000	+10.00%	280 1.99%	181
Logistics	88	Up 78 places+78	£42,750	-14.50%	277 1.97%	87
Infrastructure Engineering	89	Up 29 places+29	£55,000	+20.21%	276 1.96%	82
Validation	91	Up 20 places+20	£55,000	+7.84%	267 1.90%	204
Project Delivery	94	Down -47 places-47	£55,000	-8.33%	256 1.82%	235
Service Delivery	98	Down -92 places-92	£50,000	-6.54%	249 1.77%	160
Systems Engineering	102	Up 37 places+37	£60,000	-	228 1.62%	57
Technical Leadership	102	Down -12 places-12	£75,000	-	228 1.62%	136
Risk Management	106	Down -37 places-37	£65,000	-11.24%	222 1.58%	142
Collaborative Working	107	Down -33 places-33	£50,000	-14.16%	219 1.56%	160
Change Management	108	Down -27 places-27	£57,500	-	218 1.55%	141
ITSM	110	Up 17 places+17	£50,000	-3.84%	214 1.52%	77
Coaching	110	Down -74 places-74	£52,500	-23.35%	214 1.52%	129
Process Improvement	112	Down -30 places-30	£40,000	-27.27%	211 1.50%	104
Scrum	120	Down -37 places-37	£65,000	-3.70%	197 1.40%	126
Data Modelling	122	Down -38 places-38	£60,000	-7.69%	193 1.37%	173
Collaborative Culture	128	Up 29 places+29	£60,000	+9.09%	182 1.29%	128
Data Analysis	132	Down -39 places-39	£50,000	-4.76%	178 1.27%	128
Business Strategy	134	Down -34 places-34	£70,000	+3.11%	176 1.25%	89
Service Management	136	Down -59 places-59	£50,001	-16.66%	174 1.24%	100
Test Automation	137	Down -62 places-62	£59,500	+10.69%	171 1.22%	138
E-Commerce	137	Down -49 places-49	£55,000	+10.00%	171 1.22%	69
Data Governance	140	Down -46 places-46	£66,250	+1.92%	167 1.19%	112
Stakeholder Engagement	145	Down -32 places-32	£67,500	+20.00%	158 1.12%	208