Process & Methodology Statistics in the South West

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 22 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Software Engineering	7	Up 2 places+2	£65,000	+8.33%	665 8.96%	194
Cybersecurity	9	Up 27 places+27	£59,250	+31.66%	627 8.45%	150
Problem-Solving	10	Down -7 places-7	£43,500	-3.33%	548 7.39%	312
Business Development	15	Up 75 places+75	£40,000	+5.26%	492 6.63%	116
Continuous Improvement	17	Up 12 places+12	£60,000	+12.37%	481 6.48%	215
AI	19	Up 6 places+6	£62,500	+8.75%	432 5.82%	233
Agile	20	Down -15 places-15	£57,500	-4.16%	402 5.42%	238
Mentoring	23	Down -2 places-2	£45,000	-30.76%	379 5.11%	158
DevOps	28	Down -15 places-15	£60,000	-7.69%	340 4.58%	147
Customer Service	31	Down -14 places-14	£32,500	-	337 4.54%	118
Business Intelligence	37	Up 12 places+12	£48,000	-8.57%	290 3.91%	78
CI/CD	41	Down -14 places-14	£60,000	-12.74%	248 3.34%	184
Analytics	49	Down -26 places-26	£60,000	+10.71%	222 2.99%	131
Full-Stack Development	53	Up 11 places+11	£60,000	-4.00%	201 2.71%	84
Infrastructure Engineering	54	Up 45 places+45	£55,000	-18.21%	198 2.67%	44
ITIL	57	Down -25 places-25	£37,500	-18.91%	193 2.60%	61
Decision-Making	60	Down -5 places-5	£52,500	-8.69%	183 2.47%	160
Customer Experience	62	Down -10 places-10	£53,000	+15.21%	171 2.31%	49
Test Automation	63	Down -23 places-23	£55,000	-8.33%	170 2.29%	71
Project Management	64	Down -49 places-49	£45,000	-18.18%	167 2.25%	99
Roadmaps	65	Down -18 places-18	£62,172	-6.15%	166 2.24%	110
Collaborative Culture	69	Up 45 places+45	£72,500	+47.95%	157 2.12%	65
Service Delivery	72	Down -13 places-13	£42,500	-25.10%	153 2.06%	36
Machine Learning	77	Down -16 places-16	£60,000	-7.69%	144 1.94%	81
Project Delivery	78	Down -17 places-17	£72,500	+26.08%	142 1.91%	86
B2B	78	Up 8 places+8	£36,000	-20.00%	142 1.91%	55
User Experience	79	Down -10 places-10	£50,000	-9.09%	141 1.90%	56
Systems Engineering	82	Down -18 places-18	£70,000	+33.07%	138 1.86%	54
Root Cause Analysis	86	Up 45 places+45	£54,150	+8.30%	132 1.78%	36
Process Improvement	87	Up 15 places+15	£44,250	-15.71%	128 1.73%	36
Data Analysis	89	Down -11 places-11	£40,000	-5.88%	126 1.70%	38
Risk Management	90	Down -55 places-55	£67,500	+25.00%	125 1.69%	53
CRM	90	Up 2 places+2	£42,500	-22.72%	125 1.69%	80
Stakeholder Engagement	92	Up 14 places+14	£65,000	+25.00%	122 1.64%	102
Containerisation	93	Down -26 places-26	£55,000	-23.87%	121 1.63%	61
Ethical Hacking	94	Up 59 places+59	£30,500	-54.81%	120 1.62%	9
Coaching	96	Down -39 places-39	£47,500	-17.39%	117 1.58%	52
Migration	97	Down -11 places-11	£60,000	-5.06%	116 1.56%	67
Infrastructure as Code	105	Down -13 places-13	£65,000	-9.71%	105 1.42%	78
Logistics	105	Up 20 places+20	£40,000	-37.25%	105 1.42%	33
ERP	107	Down -34 places-34	£45,000	-14.28%	103 1.39%	67
Computer Science	109	Down -76 places-76	£55,000	+59.42%	101 1.36%	46
Stakeholder Management	110	Down -63 places-63	£65,000	+13.04%	100 1.35%	92
SDLC	111	Down -30 places-30	£55,000	-4.25%	99 1.33%	33
Service Management	114	Down -60 places-60	£37,500	-28.57%	94 1.27%	38
Data Science	116	Down -54 places-54	£60,000	-14.28%	92 1.24%	71
Digital Marketing	118	Up 5 places+5	£55,000	+20.87%	90 1.21%	7
Technical Leadership	121	Down -32 places-32	£80,000	+11.12%	87 1.17%	63
Information Security	121	Down -18 places-18	£70,000	+10.12%	87 1.17%	32
Validation	122	Down -44 places-44	£55,000	+0.91%	86 1.16%	83