Process & Methodology Statistics in the South West

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 24 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%	672 9.01%	157
Cybersecurity	9	Up 25 places+25	£57,500	+27.77%	626 8.39%	105
Problem-Solving	10	Down -7 places-7	£43,500	-3.33%	551 7.39%	255
Business Development	15	Up 73 places+73	£40,000	+5.26%	492 6.59%	99
Continuous Improvement	16	Up 14 places+14	£60,000	+9.09%	487 6.53%	171
AI	19	Up 4 places+4	£62,500	+8.75%	435 5.83%	173
Agile	20	Down -14 places-14	£57,500	-4.16%	408 5.47%	197
Mentoring	23	Down -3 places-3	£45,000	-30.76%	381 5.11%	132
DevOps	28	Down -15 places-15	£60,000	-7.69%	345 4.62%	113
Customer Service	29	Down -12 places-12	£32,500	-	344 4.61%	106
Business Intelligence	37	Up 8 places+8	£47,500	-13.63%	289 3.87%	64
CI/CD	40	Down -16 places-16	£60,000	-12.44%	254 3.40%	139
Analytics	47	Down -25 places-25	£60,000	+9.09%	220 2.95%	103
Full-Stack Development	50	Up 12 places+12	£60,000	-4.00%	203 2.72%	58
Infrastructure Engineering	52	Up 46 places+46	£55,000	-18.21%	198 2.65%	34
ITIL	54	Down -24 places-24	£37,500	-18.91%	192 2.57%	55
Decision-Making	57	Down -5 places-5	£52,500	-8.69%	185 2.48%	124
Customer Experience	58	Down -13 places-13	£48,998	+6.51%	178 2.39%	42
Project Management	59	Down -44 places-44	£45,000	-17.43%	173 2.32%	91
Test Automation	59	Down -22 places-22	£55,000	-8.33%	173 2.32%	64
Roadmaps	61	Down -17 places-17	£63,950	-1.61%	170 2.28%	86
Collaborative Culture	66	Up 46 places+46	£71,250	+54.05%	160 2.14%	51
Service Delivery	70	Down -15 places-15	£42,500	-25.10%	153 2.05%	30
Project Delivery	73	Down -16 places-16	£72,500	+26.08%	149 2.00%	67
Machine Learning	76	Down -18 places-18	£60,000	-7.69%	144 1.93%	69
B2B	77	Up 8 places+8	£35,500	-21.11%	143 1.92%	45
User Experience	78	Down -8 places-8	£50,000	-9.09%	141 1.89%	51
Systems Engineering	81	Down -20 places-20	£70,000	+33.07%	138 1.85%	49
Root Cause Analysis	85	Up 44 places+44	£53,325	+6.65%	130 1.74%	30
CRM	87	Up 5 places+5	£41,250	-25.00%	127 1.70%	71
Process Improvement	87	Up 13 places+13	£45,000	-14.28%	127 1.70%	34
Coaching	88	Down -37 places-37	£47,500	-17.74%	126 1.69%	42
Data Analysis	89	Down -8 places-8	£40,000	-5.88%	125 1.68%	40
Risk Management	89	Down -57 places-57	£67,500	+25.00%	125 1.68%	47
Stakeholder Engagement	91	Up 12 places+12	£65,000	+20.37%	122 1.64%	98
Containerisation	93	Down -28 places-28	£55,000	-23.60%	120 1.61%	42
Ethical Hacking	94	Up 57 places+57	£30,500	-54.81%	119 1.60%	5
Migration	97	Down -10 places-10	£60,000	-4.00%	116 1.55%	42
Logistics	106	Up 17 places+17	£40,000	-37.25%	105 1.41%	26
Infrastructure as Code	107	Down -15 places-15	£65,000	-9.71%	104 1.39%	63
ERP	108	Down -35 places-35	£45,000	-14.28%	103 1.38%	56
Computer Science	109	Down -80 places-80	£55,000	+59.42%	102 1.37%	44
Stakeholder Management	110	Down -66 places-66	£65,000	+13.04%	101 1.35%	63
SDLC	110	Down -29 places-29	£55,000	-4.29%	101 1.35%	34
Service Management	115	Down -65 places-65	£37,500	-28.57%	95 1.27%	31
Data Science	118	Down -58 places-58	£60,000	-14.28%	92 1.23%	62
Information Security	120	Down -18 places-18	£70,000	+12.00%	90 1.21%	24
Technical Leadership	121	Down -32 places-32	£80,000	+14.70%	89 1.19%	63
Digital Marketing	122	Down -1 place-1	£55,000	+20.87%	88 1.18%	3
Validation	122	Down -43 places-43	£55,000	+0.91%	88 1.18%	83