Process & Methodology Statistics in the South West

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 6 May 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%	682 8.88%	193
Cybersecurity	9	Up 27 places+27	£57,500	+27.77%	622 8.10%	126
Problem-Solving	10	Down -7 places-7	£43,500	-2.44%	533 6.94%	317
Business Development	13	Up 63 places+63	£40,000	+5.26%	516 6.72%	138
Continuous Improvement	17	Up 10 places+10	£60,000	+9.09%	482 6.28%	246
AI	18	Up 8 places+8	£60,000	+4.40%	449 5.85%	217
Agile	21	Down -15 places-15	£55,200	-8.00%	394 5.13%	263
Mentoring	24	Down -1 place-1	£45,000	-30.36%	377 4.91%	155
DevOps	31	Down -17 places-17	£60,000	-7.69%	342 4.45%	129
Customer Service	33	Down -16 places-16	£32,500	+1.56%	330 4.30%	99
Business Intelligence	39	Up 13 places+13	£47,500	-13.63%	299 3.89%	90
CI/CD	41	Down -12 places-12	£60,000	-12.44%	263 3.42%	169
Analytics	49	Down -29 places-29	£57,500	+2.27%	229 2.98%	153
Infrastructure Engineering	51	Up 55 places+55	£55,000	-10.77%	217 2.83%	38
Full-Stack Development	53	Up 12 places+12	£60,000	-4.00%	214 2.79%	72
Decision-Making	58	No change0	£52,500	-8.69%	188 2.45%	157
ITIL	61	Down -27 places-27	£37,500	-21.05%	184 2.40%	64
Customer Experience	62	Down -14 places-14	£46,774	+3.94%	179 2.33%	62
Roadmaps	64	Down -19 places-19	£62,500	-7.40%	172 2.24%	134
Test Automation	65	Down -24 places-24	£55,000	-8.33%	171 2.23%	68
Collaborative Culture	66	Up 47 places+47	£67,500	+50.00%	168 2.19%	51
Project Management	71	Down -55 places-55	£46,282	-15.85%	160 2.08%	114
Service Delivery	75	Down -17 places-17	£42,500	-25.10%	152 1.98%	52
Project Delivery	77	Down -13 places-13	£72,500	+26.87%	147 1.91%	97
Machine Learning	79	Down -16 places-16	£60,000	-9.43%	145 1.89%	78
B2B	82	Up 5 places+5	£40,000	-11.11%	140 1.82%	74
User Experience	85	Down -10 places-10	£50,000	-9.09%	136 1.77%	67
Systems Engineering	86	Down -25 places-25	£70,000	+33.07%	134 1.75%	71
CRM	87	Up 11 places+11	£40,000	-27.27%	133 1.73%	63
Root Cause Analysis	87	Up 48 places+48	£54,324	+3.47%	133 1.73%	33
Stakeholder Engagement	88	Up 22 places+22	£65,000	+19.26%	131 1.71%	93
Containerisation	93	Down -23 places-23	£55,000	-23.60%	124 1.61%	66
Process Improvement	94	Up 10 places+10	£45,000	-14.28%	123 1.60%	44
Risk Management	95	Down -57 places-57	£66,250	+21.55%	122 1.59%	63
Data Analysis	97	Down -21 places-21	£40,000	-5.36%	119 1.55%	45
Migration	97	Down -2 places-2	£72,500	+14.70%	119 1.55%	83
Ethical Hacking	99	Up 57 places+57	£30,500	-54.81%	117 1.52%	4
Coaching	101	Down -50 places-50	£47,500	-17.74%	114 1.48%	53
ERP	103	Down -44 places-44	£45,000	-14.28%	112 1.46%	71
SDLC	106	Down -24 places-24	£55,000	-4.25%	108 1.41%	35
Logistics	108	Up 20 places+20	£35,000	-46.15%	106 1.38%	32
Infrastructure as Code	109	Down -10 places-10	£65,000	-9.71%	105 1.37%	82
Data Science	113	Down -51 places-51	£60,000	-14.28%	99 1.29%	56
Technical Leadership	116	Down -23 places-23	£77,500	+14.81%	96 1.25%	67
Stakeholder Management	118	Down -68 places-68	£65,000	+13.04%	94 1.22%	127
Computer Science	119	Down -86 places-86	£55,000	+61.76%	93 1.21%	60
Information Security	122	Down -16 places-16	£65,000	+4.00%	90 1.17%	38
Service Management	123	Down -67 places-67	£37,500	-28.57%	89 1.16%	32
Validation	123	Down -52 places-52	£53,750	-1.37%	89 1.16%	99
Cost Control	124	Up 27 places+27	£54,000	+5.98%	86 1.12%	3