Process & Methodology Statistics in Southampton

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 13 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Software Engineering	2	Up 15 places+15	£65,000	+8.33%	142 12.96%	61
Problem-Solving	7	Down 4 places-4	£46,000	-20.00%	92 8.39%	88
Business Development	9	No change0	£45,000	-10.00%	89 8.12%	10
Continuous Improvement	15	Up 18 places+18	£57,500	-17.85%	70 6.39%	48
Cybersecurity	17	Up 24 places+24	£65,000	+9.31%	65 5.93%	34
AI	20	Down 10 places-10	£72,500	+90.78%	60 5.47%	72
DevOps	22	Up 7 places+7	£73,250	+22.08%	57 5.20%	37
CI/CD	24	Up 2 places+2	£65,000	+13.04%	55 5.02%	47
Full-Stack Development	25	Up 17 places+17	£60,000	+9.09%	53 4.84%	11
Agile	25	Down 4 places-4	£65,000	+10.63%	53 4.84%	30
Decision-Making	26	No change0	£55,000	+12.41%	50 4.56%	32
Technical Leadership	29	Up 16 places+16	£88,750	+38.50%	47 4.29%	26
Logistics	32	Up 2 places+2	£60,000	+20.00%	43 3.92%	8
Customer Service	35	Down 20 places-20	£40,000	+19.40%	39 3.56%	17
Infrastructure Engineering	37	Up 7 places+7	£65,000	-7.14%	37 3.38%	22
Mentoring	40	Down 17 places-17	£81,013	+237.55%	33 3.01%	50
Validation	41	Down 1 place-1	£70,000	+69.69%	32 2.92%	25
Stakeholder Management	42	Down 7 places-7	£62,500	+4.16%	31 2.83%	20
ERP	42	Down 15 places-15	£60,000	+69.01%	31 2.83%	7
Project Delivery	43	Down 3 places-3	£61,250	+22.92%	30 2.74%	17
Collaborative Culture	44	No change0	£57,500	+43.75%	29 2.65%	9
E-Commerce	45	Down 3 places-3	£60,000	+20.00%	28 2.55%	4
Microservices	47	Down 7 places-7	£87,500	+44.62%	26 2.37%	7
Computer Science	47	Down 6 places-6	£90,000	+63.63%	26 2.37%	27
Requirements Gathering	48	Down 4 places-4	£60,000	-33.33%	25 2.28%	6
Roadmaps	48	Down 18 places-18	£60,000	+20.00%	25 2.28%	23
Systems Engineering	51	Down 5 places-5	£95,000	+50.43%	22 2.01%	28
Collaborative Working	52	Down 7 places-7	£85,000	+73.73%	21 1.92%	7
Software Testing	53	Down 8 places-8	£35,000	-46.15%	20 1.82%	12
Business Strategy	53	Down 13 places-13	£70,000	+15.70%	20 1.82%	5
Risk Management	54	Down 17 places-17	£95,000	+94.17%	19 1.73%	13
Stakeholder Engagement	54	Down 11 places-11	£55,000	-2.22%	19 1.73%	4
Generative AI	54	New entry-	£65,500	-	19 1.73%	6
Project Management	55	Down 22 places-22	£57,500	+9.52%	18 1.64%	10
Digital Transformation Programme	55	Down 9 places-9	£73,500	+1.48%	18 1.64%	2
Analytics	55	Down 24 places-24	£60,000	+41.17%	18 1.64%	24
Signal Processing	55	Down 9 places-9	£80,000	+26.68%	18 1.64%	22
Test Automation	56	Down 18 places-18	£63,002	+14.54%	17 1.55%	26
Information Security	56	Down 24 places-24	£50,000	+2.19%	17 1.55%	15
CRM	56	Down 29 places-29	£70,000	+75.00%	17 1.55%	6
Clean Code	56	Down 17 places-17	£57,500	-14.81%	17 1.55%	8
Containerisation	56	Down 12 places-12	£65,000	-	17 1.55%	9
Data Protection	57	Down 14 places-14	£56,000	+14.46%	16 1.46%	5
Infrastructure as Code	57	Down 11 places-11	£80,000	+23.07%	16 1.46%	22
Verification and Validation	57	Down 11 places-11	£70,000	-22.22%	16 1.46%	11
Mathematics	57	Down 19 places-19	£26,000	-35.00%	16 1.46%	26
Budgeting	57	Down 18 places-18	£80,000	+39.55%	16 1.46%	1
Asset Management	57	Down 11 places-11	£60,000	+41.17%	16 1.46%	2
Configuration Management	58	Down 12 places-12	-	-	15 1.37%	13
Process Improvement	58	Down 17 places-17	£60,000	+9.09%	15 1.37%	12