Process & Methodology Statistics in the South West

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 19 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Software Engineering	7	Up 3 places+3	£65,000	+8.33%	664 9.05%	193
Cybersecurity	10	Up 25 places+25	£59,250	+31.66%	610 8.31%	138
Problem-Solving	11	Down -8 places-8	£43,500	-3.33%	555 7.56%	305
Business Development	14	Up 77 places+77	£40,000	+5.26%	495 6.74%	114
Continuous Improvement	18	Up 9 places+9	£60,000	+14.28%	472 6.43%	181
AI	20	Up 4 places+4	£62,500	+8.69%	417 5.68%	202
Agile	21	Down -16 places-16	£57,500	-4.16%	397 5.41%	209
Mentoring	24	Down -4 places-4	£45,000	-30.76%	371 5.05%	134
Customer Service	27	Down -9 places-9	£32,500	-	348 4.74%	110
DevOps	30	Down -16 places-16	£60,000	-9.43%	337 4.59%	147
Business Intelligence	39	Up 9 places+9	£47,500	-9.09%	284 3.87%	81
CI/CD	45	Down -19 places-19	£60,000	-13.04%	242 3.30%	171
Analytics	50	Down -28 places-28	£57,500	+6.09%	222 3.02%	132
Full-Stack Development	55	Up 8 places+8	£60,000	-4.00%	199 2.71%	78
Infrastructure Engineering	57	Up 42 places+42	£55,000	-18.21%	193 2.63%	50
ITIL	58	Down -27 places-27	£37,500	-21.05%	191 2.60%	50
Decision-Making	61	Down -9 places-9	£52,500	-8.69%	181 2.47%	160
Customer Experience	62	Down -12 places-12	£50,999	+10.86%	174 2.37%	37
Project Management	65	Down -50 places-50	£45,000	-18.18%	167 2.27%	90
Test Automation	66	Down -27 places-27	£55,000	-8.33%	166 2.26%	66
Roadmaps	67	Down -20 places-20	£61,845	-6.64%	163 2.22%	91
Collaborative Culture	69	Up 44 places+44	£71,250	+50.00%	158 2.15%	62
Service Delivery	72	Down -16 places-16	£42,500	-25.10%	154 2.10%	37
Machine Learning	78	Down -19 places-19	£60,000	-7.69%	146 1.99%	68
Project Delivery	82	Down -24 places-24	£72,500	+26.08%	141 1.92%	79
B2B	82	Up 6 places+6	£36,000	-20.00%	141 1.92%	58
Systems Engineering	82	Down -18 places-18	£70,000	+33.07%	141 1.92%	57
User Experience	83	Down -13 places-13	£50,000	-9.09%	139 1.89%	45
Root Cause Analysis	89	Up 42 places+42	£54,324	+8.64%	131 1.78%	20
Migration	91	Down -4 places-4	£57,500	-9.02%	126 1.72%	72
Process Improvement	92	Up 10 places+10	£44,250	-15.71%	125 1.70%	38
CRM	93	No change0	£42,500	-22.72%	124 1.69%	77
Data Analysis	93	Down -15 places-15	£40,000	-5.88%	124 1.69%	43
Risk Management	94	Down -60 places-60	£67,500	+25.00%	123 1.68%	55
Containerisation	95	Down -29 places-29	£55,000	-23.60%	122 1.66%	66
Coaching	97	Down -42 places-42	£47,500	-17.39%	118 1.61%	48
Stakeholder Engagement	97	Up 10 places+10	£65,000	+20.37%	118 1.61%	95
Ethical Hacking	101	Up 52 places+52	£30,500	-54.81%	113 1.54%	9
Logistics	107	Up 18 places+18	£37,500	-41.17%	104 1.42%	33
Infrastructure as Code	107	Down -14 places-14	£63,950	-11.16%	104 1.42%	74
Computer Science	111	Down -79 places-79	£55,000	+61.76%	100 1.36%	50
ERP	112	Down -37 places-37	£45,000	-14.28%	99 1.35%	63
Stakeholder Management	113	Down -67 places-67	£65,000	+13.04%	98 1.34%	94
SDLC	115	Down -34 places-34	£55,000	-4.25%	96 1.31%	38
Data Science	118	Down -56 places-56	£60,000	-14.28%	92 1.25%	60
Service Management	119	Down -66 places-66	£37,500	-28.57%	91 1.24%	27
Digital Marketing	120	Up 3 places+3	£55,000	+20.87%	90 1.23%	8
Validation	122	Down -42 places-42	£55,000	+0.91%	88 1.20%	81
Technical Leadership	122	Down -33 places-33	£80,000	+11.12%	88 1.20%	58
Cost Control	123	Up 25 places+25	£54,000	+5.98%	87 1.19%	7