Process & Methodology Statistics in Southampton

Use this option to select the period over which the statistics are calculated.

There is a choice between 3 and 6 months to 1 November 2026 with year-over-year comparisons.

Exclude

Use this option to exclude results with historical job ad aggregates falling below the selected threshold during the period.

When used in combination with column sorting, this option can be used to display results of greater statistical significance.

Results 1 - 50 of 344

Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 1 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Software Engineering	2	Up 19 places+19	£65,000	+7.43%	130 12.48%	22
Business Development	7	Up 8 places+8	£45,000	-10.00%	94 9.02%	4
Problem-Solving	9	Down 6 places-6	£50,500	-12.17%	86 8.25%	36
Continuous Improvement	17	Up 13 places+13	£57,500	-17.85%	66 6.33%	18
AI	19	Down 10 places-10	£72,500	+90.78%	61 5.85%	27
Cybersecurity	20	Up 23 places+23	£65,000	+9.31%	60 5.76%	16
DevOps	22	Up 3 places+3	£72,500	+20.83%	57 5.47%	22
CI/CD	23	Up 1 place+1	£65,000	+13.04%	53 5.09%	15
Full-Stack Development	24	Up 18 places+18	£60,000	+9.09%	51 4.89%	5
Agile	24	Down 10 places-10	£65,000	+7.88%	51 4.89%	17
Decision-Making	25	No change0	£55,000	+12.41%	50 4.80%	17
Customer Service	32	Down 16 places-16	£40,000	+19.40%	42 4.03%	5
Technical Leadership	32	Up 13 places+13	£87,500	+36.55%	42 4.03%	15
Logistics	33	Up 1 place+1	£60,000	+20.00%	39 3.74%	5
Validation	38	Up 1 place+1	£70,000	+69.69%	33 3.17%	19
Infrastructure Engineering	38	Up 6 places+6	£65,000	-7.14%	33 3.17%	13
ERP	40	Down 17 places-17	£60,000	+71.42%	30 2.88%	2
Project Delivery	41	Down 1 place-1	£62,500	+25.43%	29 2.78%	12
Mentoring	41	Down 19 places-19	£80,506	+235.44%	29 2.78%	21
Microservices	41	Down 1 place-1	£80,000	+32.23%	29 2.78%	8
E-Commerce	43	No change0	£60,000	+4.34%	27 2.59%	9
Collaborative Culture	43	Up 1 place+1	£57,500	+43.75%	27 2.59%	10
Stakeholder Management	43	Down 5 places-5	£58,750	-2.08%	27 2.59%	16
Computer Science	46	Down 5 places-5	£90,000	+63.63%	24 2.30%	12
Systems Engineering	47	Down 1 place-1	£95,000	+50.43%	23 2.21%	7
Requirements Gathering	48	Down 5 places-5	£60,000	-5.88%	22 2.11%	6
Business Strategy	49	Down 6 places-6	£70,000	+15.70%	21 2.02%	2
Roadmaps	50	Down 18 places-18	£60,000	+20.00%	20 1.92%	14
Collaborative Working	50	Down 5 places-5	£85,000	+73.73%	20 1.92%	2
Stakeholder Engagement	51	Down 8 places-8	£55,000	-2.22%	19 1.82%	1
Generative AI	51	New entry-	£65,500	-	19 1.82%	1
Risk Management	51	Down 12 places-12	£95,000	+94.17%	19 1.82%	3
Software Testing	51	Down 6 places-6	£37,500	-42.30%	19 1.82%	3
Digital Transformation Programme	52	Down 6 places-6	£73,500	+1.48%	18 1.73%
Test Automation	52	Down 16 places-16	£65,000	+18.18%	18 1.73%	10
CRM	53	Down 27 places-27	£70,000	+75.00%	17 1.63%	4
Containerisation	53	Down 11 places-11	£65,000	-	17 1.63%	6
Asset Management	53	Down 7 places-7	£60,000	+41.17%	17 1.63%	5
Information Security	53	Down 22 places-22	£50,000	+2.19%	17 1.63%	9
Infrastructure as Code	53	Down 8 places-8	£80,000	+23.07%	17 1.63%	11
Clean Code	54	Down 15 places-15	£57,500	-14.81%	16 1.54%	3
Verification and Validation	54	Down 8 places-8	£70,000	-22.22%	16 1.54%	5
Mathematics	54	Down 16 places-16	£26,000	-35.00%	16 1.54%	4
Project Management	54	Down 22 places-22	£60,000	+14.28%	16 1.54%	4
Process Improvement	54	Down 13 places-13	£55,000	-	16 1.54%	7
Data Protection	54	Down 11 places-11	£56,000	+14.46%	16 1.54%	3
Analytics	54	Down 27 places-27	£60,000	+50.00%	16 1.54%	10
Configuration Management	55	Down 9 places-9	-	-	15 1.44%	5
Disaster Recovery	55	Down 12 places-12	£54,521	-9.13%	15 1.44%	4
Platform Engineering	56	New entry-	£100,000	-	14 1.34%	8