Process & Methodology Statistics in the South East

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 7 May 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
AI	6	Up 24 places+24	£60,000	-14.28%	1,550 10.53%	676
Cybersecurity	7	Up 31 places+31	£50,000	-9.09%	1,515 10.29%	354
Business Development	10	Up 67 places+67	£50,000	+33.33%	1,266 8.60%	316
Problem-Solving	12	Down -8 places-8	£46,000	-8.00%	1,146 7.78%	840
Software Engineering	13	Up 24 places+24	£65,000	-	1,085 7.37%	435
Agile	14	Down -6 places-6	£62,500	-	934 6.34%	596
Continuous Improvement	21	Down -10 places-10	£58,500	+4.46%	838 5.69%	544
Machine Learning	23	Up 52 places+52	£66,000	-12.00%	769 5.22%	226
User Experience	26	Up 92 places+92	£52,500	+5.00%	755 5.13%	158
Web Development	31	Up 188 places+188	£50,000	-	671 4.56%	60
Customer Service	32	Down -7 places-7	£30,000	-6.25%	666 4.52%	286
Mentoring	42	Down -29 places-29	£54,125	-13.40%	573 3.89%	394
Analytics	46	Down -31 places-31	£55,000	-8.33%	526 3.57%	515
Decision-Making	48	Up 14 places+14	£60,000	-11.11%	515 3.50%	551
Business Intelligence	49	Down -4 places-4	£57,500	-	510 3.46%	330
DevOps	50	Down -26 places-26	£65,000	-	499 3.39%	363
CRM	57	Up 31 places+31	£40,000	-20.00%	434 2.95%	323
CI/CD	60	Down -13 places-13	£65,000	-	397 2.70%	392
Full-Stack Development	61	Up 31 places+31	£60,000	-	376 2.55%	193
Project Management	62	Down -40 places-40	£50,000	-13.04%	370 2.51%	304
Roadmaps	63	Down -17 places-17	£80,000	+3.22%	363 2.47%	338
B2B	64	Up 80 places+80	£50,000	-20.00%	360 2.44%	239
Computer Science	70	Down -37 places-37	£57,500	+4.54%	341 2.32%	216
Stakeholder Management	73	Down -29 places-29	£70,000	+12.00%	332 2.25%	418
ERP	75	Down -39 places-39	£58,728	+2.13%	326 2.21%	193
Customer Experience	77	Up 2 places+2	£37,500	+47.05%	315 2.14%	179
Infrastructure Engineering	80	Up 58 places+58	£55,000	+22.22%	300 2.04%	113
Logistics	82	Up 107 places+107	£42,500	-15.00%	294 2.00%	105
Validation	84	Down -42 places-42	£55,000	+7.84%	289 1.96%	236
ITIL	86	Down -31 places-31	£50,000	-	286 1.94%	201
Project Delivery	91	Down -39 places-39	£55,000	-8.33%	280 1.90%	260
Service Delivery	93	Down -84 places-84	£50,000	-6.54%	274 1.86%	182
Technical Leadership	99	Down -6 places-6	£75,000	-	248 1.68%	161
Systems Engineering	100	Up 50 places+50	£65,000	+8.33%	247 1.68%	65
Change Management	104	Down -19 places-19	£57,500	+4.54%	232 1.58%	149
Collaborative Working	112	Down -66 places-66	£52,500	-5.03%	215 1.46%	135
ITSM	114	Up 35 places+35	£50,000	-	212 1.44%	101
Scrum	117	Up 2 places+2	£65,000	-3.70%	206 1.40%	135
Coaching	118	Down -100 places-100	£55,000	-15.38%	205 1.39%	159
Data Modelling	125	Down -31 places-31	£60,000	-7.69%	195 1.32%	215
Risk Management	126	Down -40 places-40	£65,000	-7.47%	193 1.31%	153
Service Management	127	Down -36 places-36	£50,000	-9.09%	191 1.30%	99
Process Improvement	136	Down -41 places-41	£40,000	-27.27%	179 1.22%	123
Test Automation	137	Down -55 places-55	£60,000	+14.28%	177 1.20%	130
Collaborative Culture	138	Down -48 places-48	£60,000	+9.09%	176 1.20%	160
Business Strategy	140	Down -18 places-18	£70,000	+7.69%	172 1.17%	101
E-Commerce	142	Down -19 places-19	£50,000	-	170 1.15%	73
Stakeholder Engagement	143	Down -23 places-23	£70,000	+14.75%	168 1.14%	231
Data Governance	143	Down -30 places-30	£65,000	-	168 1.14%	124
Data Analysis	144	Down -33 places-33	£50,000	-0.99%	166 1.13%	158