Process & Methodology Statistics in the South West

Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 15 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Software Engineering	8	Up 2 places+2	£65,000	+8.33%	647 8.93%	181
Cybersecurity	10	Up 26 places+26	£59,250	+31.66%	612 8.45%	130
Problem-Solving	11	Down -8 places-8	£43,500	-5.43%	546 7.54%	269
Business Development	14	Up 82 places+82	£40,000	+5.26%	491 6.78%	107
Continuous Improvement	18	Up 7 places+7	£60,000	+12.37%	468 6.46%	164
AI	19	Up 9 places+9	£62,500	+4.16%	420 5.80%	163
Agile	20	Down -14 places-14	£57,500	-4.16%	402 5.55%	186
Mentoring	23	Down -2 places-2	£45,000	-30.76%	368 5.08%	108
Customer Service	26	Down -6 places-6	£32,000	-7.91%	341 4.71%	108
DevOps	28	Down -14 places-14	£60,000	-9.43%	330 4.55%	130
Business Intelligence	36	Up 12 places+12	£48,500	-3.96%	285 3.93%	62
CI/CD	44	Down -18 places-18	£60,000	-13.04%	234 3.23%	153
Analytics	48	Down -24 places-24	£56,350	+2.45%	217 2.99%	106
Full-Stack Development	53	Up 10 places+10	£60,000	-4.00%	193 2.66%	73
ITIL	54	Down -23 places-23	£37,000	-22.10%	191 2.64%	47
Infrastructure Engineering	57	Up 44 places+44	£55,000	-18.21%	181 2.50%	48
Decision-Making	58	Down -6 places-6	£52,500	-8.69%	179 2.47%	131
Customer Experience	60	Down -9 places-9	£53,150	+15.54%	172 2.37%	33
Project Management	63	Down -48 places-48	£45,564	-17.15%	168 2.32%	85
Roadmaps	64	Down -17 places-17	£61,845	-4.85%	164 2.26%	77
Test Automation	66	Down -28 places-28	£55,000	-8.33%	162 2.24%	60
Collaborative Culture	71	Up 48 places+48	£70,000	+38.61%	153 2.11%	51
Service Delivery	72	Down -17 places-17	£41,750	-24.09%	152 2.10%	36
Machine Learning	73	Down -17 places-17	£60,000	-	150 2.07%	70
User Experience	78	Down -4 places-4	£50,000	-9.09%	143 1.97%	40
Systems Engineering	79	Down -11 places-11	£70,000	+33.07%	142 1.96%	53
B2B	81	Up 9 places+9	£36,000	-20.00%	140 1.93%	44
Project Delivery	82	Down -21 places-21	£71,626	+24.56%	139 1.92%	67
Root Cause Analysis	88	Up 49 places+49	£54,150	+14.00%	132 1.82%	19
Migration	89	No change0	£55,000	-12.00%	131 1.81%	49
Process Improvement	90	Up 17 places+17	£43,500	-19.06%	130 1.79%	32
Data Analysis	92	Down -10 places-10	£40,000	-5.88%	126 1.74%	36
Risk Management	95	Down -61 places-61	£67,500	+26.76%	122 1.68%	40
CRM	96	Up 1 place+1	£42,500	-22.72%	121 1.67%	77
Containerisation	96	Down -28 places-28	£55,000	-24.13%	121 1.67%	68
Stakeholder Engagement	97	Up 15 places+15	£65,000	+19.26%	119 1.64%	83
Coaching	100	Down -44 places-44	£47,500	-17.39%	114 1.57%	41
Ethical Hacking	101	Up 56 places+56	£30,500	-54.81%	113 1.56%	9
Computer Science	109	Down -74 places-74	£55,000	+57.14%	105 1.45%	42
Infrastructure as Code	112	Down -20 places-20	£62,500	-13.18%	100 1.38%	67
Logistics	112	Up 16 places+16	£37,500	-41.17%	100 1.38%	29
ERP	114	Down -37 places-37	£45,000	-14.28%	98 1.35%	55
Stakeholder Management	115	Down -69 places-69	£62,500	+8.69%	97 1.34%	73
SDLC	115	Down -22 places-22	£55,000	-4.25%	97 1.34%	38
Digital Marketing	116	Up 11 places+11	£55,000	+20.87%	96 1.32%	6
Service Management	120	Down -66 places-66	£37,500	-28.57%	92 1.27%	25
Data Science	121	Down -57 places-57	£60,000	-14.28%	91 1.26%	57
Technical Leadership	123	Down -29 places-29	£80,000	+14.70%	88 1.21%	54
Cost Control	124	Up 28 places+28	£54,000	+5.98%	87 1.20%	4
Information Security	125	Down -18 places-18	£70,000	+8.31%	86 1.19%	33