Process & Methodology Statistics in the South West

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
Software Engineering	8	Up 2 places+2	£65,000	+8.33%	678 8.82%	197
Cybersecurity	10	Up 25 places+25	£58,500	+30.00%	625 8.13%	129
Problem-Solving	11	Down -8 places-8	£43,500	-2.24%	535 6.96%	320
Business Development	14	Up 58 places+58	£40,000	+5.26%	514 6.69%	140
Continuous Improvement	18	Up 8 places+8	£60,000	+9.09%	484 6.30%	254
AI	19	Up 6 places+6	£60,000	+4.40%	450 5.85%	218
Agile	23	Down -17 places-17	£55,600	-7.33%	394 5.13%	270
Mentoring	25	Down -4 places-4	£45,000	-30.36%	382 4.97%	157
DevOps	33	Down -19 places-19	£60,000	-7.69%	339 4.41%	128
Customer Service	37	Down -21 places-21	£32,500	+1.56%	324 4.22%	105
Business Intelligence	39	Up 10 places+10	£47,500	-13.63%	300 3.90%	93
CI/CD	42	Down -14 places-14	£60,000	-12.44%	263 3.42%	172
Analytics	47	Down -28 places-28	£57,500	+2.27%	233 3.03%	155
Full-Stack Development	50	Up 12 places+12	£60,000	-4.00%	217 2.82%	72
Infrastructure Engineering	52	Up 50 places+50	£55,000	-11.39%	214 2.78%	39
Decision-Making	57	Down -3 places-3	£52,500	-8.69%	189 2.46%	157
ITIL	59	Down -27 places-27	£37,500	-21.05%	184 2.39%	65
Customer Experience	62	Down -16 places-16	£46,774	+3.94%	178 2.32%	64
Roadmaps	64	Down -20 places-20	£62,500	-7.40%	172 2.24%	140
Test Automation	65	Down -24 places-24	£55,000	-8.33%	171 2.22%	70
Collaborative Culture	67	Up 41 places+41	£68,750	+52.77%	167 2.17%	51
Project Management	73	Down -58 places-58	£47,500	-13.63%	159 2.07%	115
Service Delivery	78	Down -23 places-23	£42,500	-25.10%	151 1.96%	51
Machine Learning	80	Down -19 places-19	£60,000	-9.43%	147 1.91%	78
Project Delivery	81	Down -19 places-19	£73,750	+29.06%	146 1.90%	99
User Experience	84	Down -12 places-12	£50,000	-9.09%	137 1.78%	70
B2B	85	Down -1 place-1	£40,000	-11.11%	136 1.77%	73
CRM	85	Up 8 places+8	£40,000	-27.27%	136 1.77%	63
Systems Engineering	86	Down -28 places-28	£70,000	+33.07%	135 1.76%	73
Root Cause Analysis	88	Up 42 places+42	£54,324	+3.47%	133 1.73%	32
Stakeholder Engagement	89	Up 15 places+15	£65,000	+18.18%	131 1.70%	94
Process Improvement	93	Up 6 places+6	£45,000	-14.28%	124 1.61%	44
Risk Management	94	Down -57 places-57	£67,500	+22.72%	123 1.60%	61
Containerisation	94	Down -27 places-27	£55,000	-23.60%	123 1.60%	67
Migration	95	Down -6 places-6	£70,000	+9.53%	122 1.59%	85
Data Analysis	96	Down -24 places-24	£40,000	-5.36%	120 1.56%	48
Ethical Hacking	99	Up 52 places+52	£30,500	-54.81%	117 1.52%	4
Coaching	100	Down -52 places-52	£47,500	-18.10%	116 1.51%	55
ERP	102	Down -46 places-46	£45,000	-14.28%	114 1.48%	72
SDLC	105	Down -26 places-26	£55,000	-4.29%	110 1.43%	35
Logistics	109	Up 14 places+14	£35,000	-46.15%	105 1.37%	33
Infrastructure as Code	111	Down -18 places-18	£66,250	-7.97%	102 1.33%	83
Technical Leadership	114	Down -25 places-25	£77,500	+14.81%	99 1.29%	67
Data Science	114	Down -55 places-55	£60,000	-14.28%	99 1.29%	56
Stakeholder Management	118	Down -71 places-71	£65,000	+13.04%	93 1.21%	129
Computer Science	118	Down -86 places-86	£55,000	+61.76%	93 1.21%	61
Service Management	121	Down -68 places-68	£37,500	-28.57%	90 1.17%	31
Validation	121	Down -53 places-53	£52,500	-3.66%	90 1.17%	101
Information Security	122	Down -21 places-21	£65,000	+4.00%	89 1.16%	40
Cost Control	123	Up 23 places+23	£54,000	+5.98%	86 1.12%	3