Process & Methodology Statistics in the South East

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 20 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%	1,521 10.76%	747
Cybersecurity	6	Up 34 places+34	£50,000	-9.09%	1,487 10.52%	506
Business Development	10	Up 133 places+133	£50,000	+33.33%	1,189 8.41%	286
Problem-Solving	11	Down -8 places-8	£45,000	-10.00%	1,188 8.40%	756
Software Engineering	13	Up 20 places+20	£65,000	-	980 6.93%	375
Agile	15	Down -6 places-6	£63,500	+1.60%	895 6.33%	531
Continuous Improvement	19	Up 2 places+2	£59,750	+3.91%	845 5.98%	457
Machine Learning	23	Up 55 places+55	£67,500	-10.00%	756 5.35%	390
User Experience	25	Up 57 places+57	£52,500	+5.00%	744 5.26%	304
Customer Service	30	Down -7 places-7	£30,000	-7.69%	669 4.73%	252
Web Development	32	Up 154 places+154	£50,000	-9.09%	655 4.63%	221
Mentoring	44	Down -17 places-17	£53,125	-16.99%	567 4.01%	331
Analytics	48	Down -22 places-22	£55,000	-8.33%	504 3.57%	459
Business Intelligence	49	Down -6 places-6	£55,000	-4.34%	499 3.53%	230
Decision-Making	50	Up 8 places+8	£60,000	-14.28%	487 3.44%	542
DevOps	51	Down -32 places-32	£65,000	-	473 3.35%	286
CRM	59	Up 22 places+22	£40,000	-20.00%	439 3.11%	308
Project Management	63	Down -46 places-46	£50,001	-12.27%	397 2.81%	274
CI/CD	65	Down -26 places-26	£66,000	+1.53%	370 2.62%	305
B2B	67	Up 72 places+72	£50,000	-20.00%	362 2.56%	222
Roadmaps	67	Down -23 places-23	£80,000	+3.22%	362 2.56%	367
Stakeholder Management	73	Down -28 places-28	£70,000	+7.69%	344 2.43%	382
Customer Experience	74	Down -1 place-1	£37,500	+47.05%	339 2.40%	223
ERP	75	Down -6 places-6	£59,500	-0.83%	333 2.36%	165
Full-Stack Development	78	Down -10 places-10	£60,000	-	328 2.32%	164
Computer Science	79	Down -48 places-48	£55,000	-	325 2.30%	213
ITIL	86	Down -32 places-32	£55,000	+10.00%	284 2.01%	165
Infrastructure Engineering	87	Up 35 places+35	£55,000	+19.56%	280 1.98%	87
Logistics	88	Up 79 places+79	£42,500	-15.00%	278 1.97%	92
Validation	92	Up 22 places+22	£55,000	+7.84%	265 1.87%	213
Service Delivery	95	Down -89 places-89	£50,000	-6.54%	256 1.81%	158
Project Delivery	96	Down -48 places-48	£55,000	-8.33%	255 1.80%	228
Systems Engineering	102	Up 40 places+40	£60,000	-	234 1.66%	59
Technical Leadership	104	Down -15 places-15	£75,000	-	231 1.63%	145
Risk Management	107	Down -40 places-40	£65,000	-11.24%	223 1.58%	148
Change Management	108	Down -30 places-30	£57,500	-	220 1.56%	116
Collaborative Working	109	Down -37 places-37	£50,000	-14.16%	219 1.55%	136
ITSM	111	Up 22 places+22	£50,000	-3.84%	215 1.52%	69
Process Improvement	113	Down -35 places-35	£40,000	-26.60%	213 1.51%	103
Coaching	113	Down -76 places-76	£52,500	-23.35%	213 1.51%	154
Scrum	123	Down -38 places-38	£65,000	-3.70%	197 1.39%	120
Data Modelling	124	Down -40 places-40	£61,250	-5.76%	195 1.38%	165
Collaborative Culture	133	Up 26 places+26	£60,000	+9.09%	181 1.28%	140
Service Management	136	Down -59 places-59	£50,001	-14.89%	176 1.25%	92
Data Analysis	137	Down -45 places-45	£50,000	-4.76%	175 1.24%	130
Business Strategy	137	Down -31 places-31	£70,000	+6.43%	175 1.24%	84
Test Automation	139	Down -64 places-64	£59,500	+8.18%	172 1.22%	142
E-Commerce	139	Down -48 places-48	£55,000	+10.00%	172 1.22%	67
Data Governance	142	Down -46 places-46	£65,000	-	167 1.18%	110
IT Strategy	149	Down -7 places-7	£75,000	+25.00%	158 1.12%	55