Process & Methodology Statistics in the South West

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 23 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Software Engineering	7	Up 2 places+2	£65,000	+8.33%	670 9.01%	177
Cybersecurity	10	Up 25 places+25	£58,500	+30.00%	626 8.42%	124
Problem-Solving	11	Down -8 places-8	£43,500	-3.33%	549 7.38%	294
Business Development	16	Up 78 places+78	£40,000	+5.26%	494 6.64%	105
Continuous Improvement	17	Up 12 places+12	£60,000	+9.80%	484 6.51%	180
AI	20	Up 4 places+4	£62,500	+8.69%	433 5.82%	206
Agile	21	Down -16 places-16	£57,500	-4.16%	402 5.41%	209
Mentoring	24	Down -5 places-5	£45,000	-30.76%	381 5.12%	139
DevOps	29	Down -17 places-17	£60,000	-9.43%	342 4.60%	120
Customer Service	32	Down -16 places-16	£32,500	-	338 4.55%	113
Business Intelligence	39	Up 8 places+8	£48,000	-12.72%	290 3.90%	77
CI/CD	43	Down -18 places-18	£60,000	-12.44%	252 3.39%	170
Analytics	50	Down -28 places-28	£60,000	+9.09%	221 2.97%	109
Full-Stack Development	54	Up 12 places+12	£60,000	-4.00%	203 2.73%	75
Infrastructure Engineering	55	Up 48 places+48	£55,000	-18.21%	199 2.68%	39
ITIL	58	Down -27 places-27	£37,500	-18.91%	193 2.60%	50
Decision-Making	61	Down -7 places-7	£52,500	-8.69%	184 2.47%	130
Test Automation	62	Down -23 places-23	£55,000	-8.33%	172 2.31%	75
Customer Experience	63	Down -15 places-15	£48,998	+6.51%	171 2.30%	40
Roadmaps	64	Down -19 places-19	£63,225	-6.33%	169 2.27%	94
Project Management	65	Down -51 places-51	£45,000	-18.18%	166 2.23%	95
Collaborative Culture	69	Up 49 places+49	£71,250	+45.40%	160 2.15%	57
Service Delivery	72	Down -15 places-15	£42,500	-25.10%	153 2.06%	34
B2B	76	Up 13 places+13	£36,000	-20.00%	145 1.95%	50
Machine Learning	77	Down -17 places-17	£60,000	-7.69%	144 1.94%	76
Project Delivery	78	Down -19 places-19	£72,500	+26.08%	142 1.91%	74
User Experience	79	Down -7 places-7	£50,000	-9.09%	141 1.90%	47
Systems Engineering	81	Down -15 places-15	£70,000	+33.07%	137 1.84%	54
Root Cause Analysis	85	Up 50 places+50	£54,150	+8.30%	131 1.76%	31
Process Improvement	87	Up 19 places+19	£45,000	-14.28%	127 1.71%	32
CRM	88	Up 8 places+8	£42,500	-22.72%	126 1.69%	72
Data Analysis	89	Down -7 places-7	£40,000	-5.88%	125 1.68%	42
Risk Management	90	Down -56 places-56	£67,500	+25.00%	124 1.67%	43
Stakeholder Engagement	92	Up 17 places+17	£65,000	+20.37%	121 1.63%	100
Ethical Hacking	93	Up 64 places+64	£30,500	-54.81%	120 1.61%	9
Containerisation	93	Down -25 places-25	£55,000	-23.60%	120 1.61%	50
Coaching	93	Down -40 places-40	£47,500	-17.74%	120 1.61%	45
Migration	96	Down -6 places-6	£60,000	-5.06%	116 1.56%	59
Logistics	103	Up 26 places+26	£40,000	-37.25%	105 1.41%	28
Infrastructure as Code	104	Down -9 places-9	£65,000	-9.71%	104 1.40%	73
SDLC	107	Down -24 places-24	£55,000	-4.29%	101 1.36%	37
Stakeholder Management	107	Down -63 places-63	£65,000	+13.04%	101 1.36%	82
Computer Science	107	Down -75 places-75	£55,000	+57.14%	101 1.36%	45
ERP	108	Down -33 places-33	£45,000	-14.28%	100 1.35%	64
Service Management	114	Down -62 places-62	£37,500	-28.57%	94 1.26%	28
Data Science	116	Down -54 places-54	£60,000	-14.28%	92 1.24%	70
Information Security	119	Down -12 places-12	£70,000	+10.12%	89 1.20%	26
Digital Marketing	119	Up 8 places+8	£55,000	+20.87%	89 1.20%	6
Technical Leadership	120	Down -28 places-28	£80,000	+11.12%	88 1.18%	65
Validation	122	Down -41 places-41	£55,000	+0.91%	86 1.16%	92