Process & Methodology Statistics in Southampton

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 4 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Software Engineering	2	Up 18 places+18	£65,000	+7.43%	130 12.42%	16
Business Development	7	Up 6 places+6	£45,000	-10.00%	94 8.98%	1
Problem-Solving	9	Down 5 places-5	£50,500	-12.17%	86 8.21%	28
Continuous Improvement	17	Up 12 places+12	£57,500	-17.85%	68 6.49%	14
AI	20	Down 11 places-11	£72,500	+90.78%	61 5.83%	27
Cybersecurity	21	Up 21 places+21	£65,000	+9.31%	60 5.73%	14
DevOps	22	Up 3 places+3	£72,500	+20.83%	58 5.54%	17
CI/CD	23	Up 1 place+1	£65,000	+13.04%	54 5.16%	12
Full-Stack Development	24	Up 17 places+17	£60,000	+9.09%	53 5.06%	5
Agile	25	Down 9 places-9	£63,002	+5.00%	52 4.97%	11
Decision-Making	26	Down 1 place-1	£55,000	+12.41%	50 4.78%	11
Technical Leadership	31	Up 13 places+13	£87,500	+36.55%	42 4.01%	10
Customer Service	32	Down 17 places-17	£40,000	+19.40%	40 3.82%	5
Logistics	32	Up 1 place+1	£60,000	+20.00%	40 3.82%	5
Validation	38	No change0	£70,000	+69.69%	33 3.15%	9
Infrastructure Engineering	39	Up 4 places+4	£65,000	-7.14%	32 3.06%	13
Mentoring	41	Down 20 places-20	£80,506	+235.44%	30 2.87%	17
ERP	41	Down 18 places-18	£60,000	+71.42%	30 2.87%	4
Microservices	42	Down 3 places-3	£80,000	+32.23%	29 2.77%	6
Project Delivery	43	Down 4 places-4	£62,500	+25.43%	28 2.67%	6
Collaborative Culture	43	No change0	£57,500	+43.75%	28 2.67%	4
Stakeholder Management	43	Down 7 places-7	£58,750	-2.08%	28 2.67%	13
E-Commerce	44	Down 2 places-2	£60,000	+4.34%	27 2.58%	5
Computer Science	47	Down 7 places-7	£90,000	+63.63%	24 2.29%	8
Systems Engineering	48	Down 3 places-3	£95,000	+50.43%	23 2.20%	5
Requirements Gathering	49	Down 7 places-7	£60,000	-5.88%	22 2.10%	6
Business Strategy	50	Down 9 places-9	£70,000	+15.70%	21 2.01%	1
Roadmaps	50	Down 20 places-20	£60,000	+20.00%	21 2.01%	8
Collaborative Working	51	Down 7 places-7	£85,000	+73.73%	20 1.91%	1
Stakeholder Engagement	52	Down 10 places-10	£55,000	-2.22%	19 1.81%	2
Generative AI	52	New entry-	£65,500	-	19 1.81%	2
Risk Management	52	Down 15 places-15	£95,000	+94.17%	19 1.81%	1
Test Automation	52	Down 17 places-17	£63,002	+14.54%	19 1.81%	7
Software Testing	52	Down 8 places-8	£37,500	-42.30%	19 1.81%	3
Digital Transformation Programme	53	Down 8 places-8	£73,500	+1.48%	18 1.72%	1
Infrastructure as Code	54	Down 10 places-10	£80,000	+23.07%	17 1.62%	11
CRM	54	Down 28 places-28	£70,000	+75.00%	17 1.62%
Clean Code	54	Down 16 places-16	£57,500	-14.81%	17 1.62%	3
Containerisation	54	Down 13 places-13	£65,000	-	17 1.62%	7
Asset Management	54	Down 9 places-9	£60,000	+41.17%	17 1.62%	2
Information Security	54	Down 24 places-24	£50,000	+2.19%	17 1.62%	4
Mathematics	55	Down 18 places-18	£26,000	-35.00%	16 1.53%	3
Verification and Validation	55	Down 10 places-10	£70,000	-22.22%	16 1.53%	2
Project Management	55	Down 24 places-24	£60,000	+14.28%	16 1.53%	3
Process Improvement	55	Down 15 places-15	£55,000	-	16 1.53%	6
Data Protection	55	Down 13 places-13	£56,000	+14.46%	16 1.53%
Analytics	55	Down 28 places-28	£60,000	+50.00%	16 1.53%	8
Signal Processing	56	Down 11 places-11	£70,000	+10.84%	15 1.43%	5
Budgeting	56	Down 17 places-17	£80,000	+45.45%	15 1.43%
Configuration Management	56	Down 11 places-11	-	-	15 1.43%	5