Process & Methodology Statistics in the South West

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 10 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%	677 8.79%	168
Cybersecurity	10	Up 20 places+20	£58,500	+30.00%	602 7.82%	137
Problem-Solving	11	Down -8 places-8	£43,500	+2.35%	544 7.06%	279
Business Development	14	Up 67 places+67	£40,000	+5.26%	515 6.69%	108
Continuous Improvement	18	Up 8 places+8	£58,750	+6.81%	485 6.30%	208
AI	19	Up 6 places+6	£60,000	+4.45%	448 5.82%	187
Agile	23	Down -16 places-16	£57,500	-4.16%	402 5.22%	231
Mentoring	24	Down -3 places-3	£45,000	-28.00%	386 5.01%	139
DevOps	33	Down -18 places-18	£61,250	-5.76%	338 4.39%	116
Customer Service	39	Down -22 places-22	£32,500	+3.17%	321 4.17%	95
Business Intelligence	40	Up 12 places+12	£46,250	-19.56%	301 3.91%	65
CI/CD	43	Down -15 places-15	£60,000	-12.44%	264 3.43%	147
Analytics	50	Down -30 places-30	£57,500	+4.54%	225 2.92%	114
Full-Stack Development	51	Up 14 places+14	£60,000	-4.00%	218 2.83%	67
Infrastructure Engineering	52	Up 54 places+54	£55,000	-9.57%	217 2.82%	33
Decision-Making	57	Up 3 places+3	£52,500	-8.69%	195 2.53%	138
Customer Experience	60	Down -18 places-18	£46,774	+3.94%	181 2.35%	55
ITIL	62	Down -33 places-33	£37,500	-21.05%	179 2.32%	61
Roadmaps	64	Down -20 places-20	£65,000	-3.70%	177 2.30%	103
Test Automation	65	Down -24 places-24	£55,000	-8.33%	174 2.26%	68
Collaborative Culture	66	Up 47 places+47	£70,000	+55.55%	168 2.18%	48
Project Management	70	Down -54 places-54	£47,500	-13.63%	162 2.10%	98
Project Delivery	73	Down -8 places-8	£72,500	+26.08%	156 2.03%	85
Service Delivery	76	Down -19 places-19	£42,500	-25.10%	149 1.94%	47
CRM	84	Up 15 places+15	£40,000	-27.27%	139 1.81%	60
Machine Learning	85	Down -22 places-22	£60,000	-9.43%	138 1.79%	71
Systems Engineering	87	Down -30 places-30	£68,750	+30.70%	136 1.77%	60
Stakeholder Engagement	87	Up 24 places+24	£65,000	+18.18%	136 1.77%	91
Root Cause Analysis	88	Up 48 places+48	£53,325	+1.57%	134 1.74%	25
B2B	90	Down -1 place-1	£40,000	-11.11%	132 1.71%	71
User Experience	92	Down -10 places-10	£50,000	-9.09%	126 1.64%	52
Risk Management	92	Down -57 places-57	£67,500	+20.00%	126 1.64%	67
Migration	92	Up 2 places+2	£70,000	+6.53%	126 1.64%	67
Coaching	93	Down -43 places-43	£47,500	-18.10%	125 1.62%	48
Process Improvement	93	Up 16 places+16	£45,000	-14.28%	125 1.62%	46
Containerisation	94	Down -19 places-19	£55,000	-23.87%	124 1.61%	55
Data Analysis	97	Down -24 places-24	£40,000	-5.36%	121 1.57%	44
ERP	98	Down -39 places-39	£45,000	-14.28%	118 1.53%	46
Ethical Hacking	100	Up 57 places+57	£30,500	-54.81%	116 1.51%	5
SDLC	105	Down -20 places-20	£55,000	-4.25%	110 1.43%	25
Infrastructure as Code	110	Down -13 places-13	£66,250	-7.97%	105 1.36%	71
Logistics	110	Up 19 places+19	£35,000	-46.15%	105 1.36%	26
Technical Leadership	111	Down -16 places-16	£77,500	+14.81%	104 1.35%	75
Data Science	114	Down -53 places-53	£60,000	-14.28%	101 1.31%	61
Stakeholder Management	119	Down -70 places-70	£65,000	+13.04%	94 1.22%	99
Computer Science	119	Down -86 places-86	£55,000	+61.76%	94 1.22%	50
Validation	120	Down -47 places-47	£52,500	-2.77%	93 1.21%	89
Service Management	123	Down -66 places-66	£37,500	-28.57%	90 1.17%	27
Information Security	124	Down -16 places-16	£63,750	+4.08%	89 1.16%	24
Cost Control	127	Up 24 places+24	£54,000	+2.66%	86 1.12%	3