Process & Methodology Statistics in the South East

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 27 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
AI	5	Up 28 places+28	£60,000	-14.28%	1,541 10.68%	579
Cybersecurity	6	Up 31 places+31	£49,536	-9.93%	1,517 10.51%	327
Business Development	10	Up 126 places+126	£50,000	+33.33%	1,222 8.47%	279
Problem-Solving	11	Down -7 places-7	£45,000	-10.00%	1,162 8.05%	713
Software Engineering	13	Up 21 places+21	£65,000	-	1,033 7.16%	365
Agile	15	Down -6 places-6	£63,500	+1.60%	897 6.22%	539
Continuous Improvement	20	No change0	£59,500	+3.47%	843 5.84%	467
Machine Learning	24	Up 60 places+60	£67,500	-11.18%	756 5.24%	198
User Experience	25	Up 72 places+72	£52,500	+5.00%	749 5.19%	105
Customer Service	29	Down -7 places-7	£30,000	-6.25%	669 4.64%	267
Web Development	30	Up 166 places+166	£50,000	-6.97%	663 4.59%	53
Mentoring	42	Down -19 places-19	£53,750	-16.01%	565 3.91%	346
Analytics	46	Down -20 places-20	£55,000	-8.33%	513 3.55%	413
Business Intelligence	47	Down -7 places-7	£55,000	-4.34%	509 3.53%	234
Decision-Making	48	Up 6 places+6	£60,000	-14.28%	496 3.44%	486
DevOps	51	Down -32 places-32	£65,000	-	478 3.31%	315
CRM	58	Up 24 places+24	£40,000	-20.00%	438 3.03%	298
Project Management	60	Down -43 places-43	£50,000	-13.04%	391 2.71%	288
CI/CD	63	Down -25 places-25	£65,000	-	370 2.56%	320
Roadmaps	64	Down -20 places-20	£80,000	+3.22%	366 2.54%	262
B2B	66	Up 65 places+65	£50,000	-20.00%	354 2.45%	214
Full-Stack Development	68	Up 7 places+7	£60,000	-	343 2.38%	162
Stakeholder Management	72	Down -30 places-30	£70,000	+10.23%	337 2.34%	348
ERP	74	Down -6 places-6	£58,728	-2.12%	332 2.30%	149
Customer Experience	75	Down -4 places-4	£37,875	+48.52%	330 2.29%	145
Computer Science	77	Down -47 places-47	£57,500	+4.54%	322 2.23%	205
Logistics	83	Up 89 places+89	£43,000	-14.00%	288 2.00%	92
ITIL	84	Down -33 places-33	£52,500	+5.00%	286 1.98%	169
Infrastructure Engineering	85	Up 38 places+38	£55,000	+22.22%	283 1.96%	102
Validation	89	Up 2 places+2	£55,000	+7.84%	270 1.87%	193
Project Delivery	90	Down -45 places-45	£54,331	-9.44%	269 1.86%	219
Service Delivery	91	Down -85 places-85	£50,000	-6.54%	265 1.84%	171
Technical Leadership	95	Down -3 places-3	£72,500	-3.33%	240 1.66%	166
Systems Engineering	96	Up 38 places+38	£61,750	+2.91%	239 1.66%	49
Change Management	103	Down -24 places-24	£57,500	+2.22%	226 1.57%	106
ITSM	107	Up 22 places+22	£50,000	-	216 1.50%	79
Collaborative Working	108	Down -38 places-38	£50,000	-10.01%	215 1.49%	122
Risk Management	109	Down -37 places-37	£65,000	-9.09%	214 1.48%	140
Coaching	113	Down -82 places-82	£52,500	-21.64%	207 1.43%	147
Process Improvement	117	Down -34 places-34	£40,000	-26.60%	200 1.39%	104
Scrum	118	Down -19 places-19	£65,000	-3.34%	199 1.38%	127
Data Modelling	120	Down -33 places-33	£62,500	-3.84%	194 1.34%	171
Service Management	126	Down -45 places-45	£50,000	-9.09%	183 1.27%	96
E-Commerce	128	Down -24 places-24	£55,000	+10.00%	178 1.23%	67
Collaborative Culture	130	Up 22 places+22	£60,000	+9.87%	175 1.21%	145
Business Strategy	132	Down -24 places-24	£70,000	+7.27%	172 1.19%	79
Data Analysis	134	Down -34 places-34	£50,000	-2.91%	168 1.16%	148
Data Governance	134	Down -34 places-34	£66,250	+1.92%	168 1.16%	117
Stakeholder Engagement	137	Down -25 places-25	£67,500	+17.39%	163 1.13%	213
Test Automation	137	Down -60 places-60	£60,000	+11.62%	163 1.13%	129