Process & Methodology Statistics in the South West

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 26 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Software Engineering	6	Up 4 places+4	£65,000	+8.33%	680 9.06%	164
Cybersecurity	9	Up 27 places+27	£57,500	+27.77%	624 8.31%	105
Problem-Solving	10	Down -7 places-7	£43,500	-3.33%	553 7.37%	274
Business Development	14	Up 74 places+74	£40,000	+5.26%	499 6.65%	98
Continuous Improvement	15	Up 17 places+17	£60,000	+9.09%	485 6.46%	169
AI	17	Up 7 places+7	£62,500	+8.75%	435 5.79%	177
Agile	18	Down -12 places-12	£57,500	-4.16%	405 5.39%	215
Mentoring	22	Down -2 places-2	£45,000	-30.76%	380 5.06%	112
DevOps	26	Down -13 places-13	£60,000	-11.11%	345 4.60%	119
Customer Service	27	Down -11 places-11	£32,500	-	343 4.57%	107
Business Intelligence	32	Up 17 places+17	£47,500	-13.63%	292 3.89%	73
CI/CD	35	Down -9 places-9	£60,000	-12.44%	253 3.37%	125
Analytics	41	Down -18 places-18	£60,000	+9.09%	223 2.97%	116
Full-Stack Development	45	Up 17 places+17	£60,000	-4.00%	207 2.76%	57
Infrastructure Engineering	47	Up 54 places+54	£55,000	-12.00%	200 2.66%	42
ITIL	50	Down -21 places-21	£37,500	-16.66%	193 2.57%	43
Decision-Making	53	Up 1 place+1	£52,500	-8.69%	188 2.50%	127
Customer Experience	56	Down -9 places-9	£48,998	+8.88%	181 2.41%	32
Test Automation	57	Down -18 places-18	£55,000	-6.38%	174 2.32%	54
Project Management	58	Down -43 places-43	£45,282	-16.14%	172 2.29%	96
Roadmaps	59	Down -15 places-15	£63,225	-2.73%	171 2.28%	73
Collaborative Culture	62	Up 55 places+55	£70,000	+51.35%	161 2.14%	52
Service Delivery	66	Down -9 places-9	£42,500	-25.10%	155 2.06%	31
Project Delivery	69	Down -11 places-11	£70,752	+23.81%	148 1.97%	74
B2B	71	Up 16 places+16	£35,500	-21.11%	145 1.93%	46
Machine Learning	71	Down -13 places-13	£60,000	-9.43%	145 1.93%	69
User Experience	75	Down -5 places-5	£50,000	-9.09%	140 1.86%	50
Systems Engineering	76	Down -16 places-16	£70,000	+33.07%	138 1.84%	55
Root Cause Analysis	79	Up 55 places+55	£53,325	+6.65%	130 1.73%	26
CRM	80	Up 16 places+16	£40,000	-27.27%	129 1.72%	66
Process Improvement	81	Up 22 places+22	£45,000	-14.28%	127 1.69%	37
Coaching	83	Down -30 places-30	£47,500	-17.74%	125 1.66%	45
Risk Management	84	Down -50 places-50	£67,500	+25.00%	124 1.65%	45
Stakeholder Engagement	85	Up 23 places+23	£65,000	+20.37%	123 1.64%	84
Data Analysis	85	Down -4 places-4	£40,000	-5.88%	123 1.64%	50
Containerisation	88	Down -22 places-22	£55,000	-23.60%	119 1.59%	42
Migration	89	Up 1 place+1	£65,000	+4.00%	118 1.57%	51
Ethical Hacking	89	Up 67 places+67	£30,500	-54.81%	118 1.57%	5
Logistics	99	Up 30 places+30	£40,000	-37.25%	105 1.40%	27
Infrastructure as Code	100	Down -4 places-4	£65,000	-9.71%	104 1.39%	62
SDLC	101	Down -20 places-20	£55,000	-4.29%	103 1.37%	31
ERP	101	Down -29 places-29	£45,000	-14.28%	103 1.37%	55
Stakeholder Management	104	Down -58 places-58	£65,000	+13.04%	100 1.33%	76
Computer Science	105	Down -75 places-75	£55,000	+62.96%	99 1.32%	41
Service Management	109	Down -56 places-56	£37,500	-28.57%	95 1.27%	25
Data Science	111	Down -52 places-52	£60,000	-14.28%	93 1.24%	66
Information Security	113	Down -7 places-7	£70,000	+12.00%	91 1.21%	26
Technical Leadership	115	Down -25 places-25	£80,000	+18.51%	89 1.19%	55
Validation	116	Down -40 places-40	£55,000	+0.91%	88 1.17%	72
Digital Marketing	116	Up 13 places+13	£55,000	+15.78%	88 1.17%	4