Process & Methodology Statistics in the South West

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 5 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%	679 8.88%	198
Cybersecurity	10	Up 26 places+26	£57,500	+27.77%	623 8.15%	154
Problem-Solving	11	Down -8 places-8	£43,500	-2.44%	536 7.01%	287
Business Development	14	Up 64 places+64	£40,000	+5.26%	516 6.75%	142
Continuous Improvement	18	Up 17 places+17	£57,500	+4.54%	481 6.29%	218
AI	19	Up 7 places+7	£60,000	+2.12%	449 5.87%	260
Agile	22	Down -16 places-16	£55,200	-8.00%	397 5.19%	261
Mentoring	25	Down -3 places-3	£45,000	-30.36%	376 4.92%	170
DevOps	32	Down -18 places-18	£60,000	-7.69%	341 4.46%	116
Customer Service	33	Down -16 places-16	£32,500	+1.56%	337 4.41%	103
Business Intelligence	39	Up 11 places+11	£47,500	-13.63%	299 3.91%	82
CI/CD	42	Down -14 places-14	£60,000	-12.44%	255 3.34%	154
Analytics	48	Down -25 places-25	£60,000	+6.72%	232 3.04%	140
Infrastructure Engineering	51	Up 58 places+58	£55,000	-11.39%	216 2.83%	39
Full-Stack Development	53	Up 12 places+12	£60,000	-4.00%	211 2.76%	69
Decision-Making	57	No change0	£50,000	-13.04%	188 2.46%	153
ITIL	59	Down -26 places-26	£37,500	-18.91%	186 2.43%	58
Customer Experience	61	Down -16 places-16	£46,774	+3.94%	178 2.33%	64
Roadmaps	64	Down -21 places-21	£62,500	-7.40%	172 2.25%	167
Test Automation	65	Down -24 places-24	£55,000	-8.33%	171 2.24%	60
Collaborative Culture	66	Up 48 places+48	£70,000	+55.55%	166 2.17%	52
Project Management	68	Down -52 places-52	£45,564	-17.15%	163 2.13%	119
Service Delivery	74	Down -19 places-19	£42,500	-25.10%	153 2.00%	52
Project Delivery	76	Down -13 places-13	£71,626	+26.13%	148 1.94%	92
Machine Learning	79	Down -17 places-17	£60,000	-9.43%	144 1.88%	125
B2B	80	Up 9 places+9	£35,000	-22.22%	143 1.87%	71
User Experience	84	Down -6 places-6	£50,000	-9.09%	137 1.79%	95
Systems Engineering	86	Down -27 places-27	£70,000	+33.07%	134 1.75%	70
CRM	87	Up 12 places+12	£40,000	-27.27%	133 1.74%	71
Root Cause Analysis	88	Up 49 places+49	£54,150	+3.14%	131 1.71%	41
Stakeholder Engagement	89	Up 22 places+22	£65,000	+18.18%	129 1.69%	100
Process Improvement	92	Up 14 places+14	£45,000	-14.28%	124 1.62%	40
Risk Management	92	Down -54 places-54	£66,250	+22.68%	124 1.62%	55
Containerisation	95	Down -23 places-23	£55,000	-23.60%	120 1.57%	53
Data Analysis	95	Down -16 places-16	£40,000	-5.36%	120 1.57%	59
Ethical Hacking	97	Up 61 places+61	£30,500	-54.81%	117 1.53%	5
Migration	97	Down -1 place-1	£67,500	+8.00%	117 1.53%	67
Coaching	99	Down -51 places-51	£47,500	-17.74%	115 1.50%	51
SDLC	104	Down -20 places-20	£55,000	-2.17%	108 1.41%	31
ERP	106	Down -32 places-32	£45,000	-14.28%	106 1.39%	75
Logistics	106	Up 24 places+24	£35,000	-46.15%	106 1.39%	38
Infrastructure as Code	108	Down -8 places-8	£65,000	-9.71%	104 1.36%	84
Data Science	112	Down -51 places-51	£60,000	-14.28%	98 1.28%	78
Stakeholder Management	114	Down -67 places-67	£65,000	+13.04%	96 1.26%	113
Computer Science	115	Down -84 places-84	£55,000	+61.76%	95 1.24%	55
Technical Leadership	115	Down -19 places-19	£77,500	+14.81%	95 1.24%	78
Information Security	119	Down -11 places-11	£65,000	+4.00%	90 1.18%	41
Service Management	120	Down -68 places-68	£37,500	-28.57%	89 1.16%	31
Validation	121	Down -47 places-47	£53,750	-1.37%	88 1.15%	98
Cost Control	123	Up 30 places+30	£54,000	+5.98%	86 1.13%	3