Process & Methodology Statistics in Southampton

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 29 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Software Engineering	2	Up 16 places+16	£66,250	+5.57%	127 12.26%	14
Business Development	7	Up 6 places+6	£45,000	-10.00%	97 9.36%	2
Problem-Solving	9	Down 6 places-6	£51,750	-10.00%	86 8.30%	17
Continuous Improvement	16	Up 8 places+8	£57,500	-17.85%	68 6.56%	14
AI	20	Down 13 places-13	£71,250	+87.50%	62 5.98%	16
Cybersecurity	21	Up 16 places+16	£65,000	-	61 5.89%	9
DevOps	23	Down 3 places-3	£72,500	+20.83%	59 5.70%	15
CI/CD	25	Down 6 places-6	£65,000	+13.04%	54 5.21%	10
Full-Stack Development	26	Up 10 places+10	£60,000	+9.09%	53 5.12%	2
Agile	26	Down 14 places-14	£65,000	+7.43%	53 5.12%	9
Decision-Making	28	Down 7 places-7	£55,000	+12.41%	50 4.83%	12
Technical Leadership	33	Up 7 places+7	£84,256	+31.49%	43 4.15%	6
Customer Service	33	Down 19 places-19	£40,000	+19.40%	43 4.15%	4
Logistics	37	Down 8 places-8	£60,000	+20.00%	39 3.76%	3
Validation	40	Down 7 places-7	£70,000	+69.69%	34 3.28%	6
Infrastructure Engineering	41	Down 2 places-2	£65,000	-7.14%	33 3.19%	10
Mentoring	44	Down 26 places-26	£81,013	+237.55%	30 2.90%	11
Stakeholder Management	45	Down 11 places-11	£57,500	-4.16%	29 2.80%	5
Project Delivery	45	Down 10 places-10	£61,250	+22.92%	29 2.80%	8
ERP	45	Down 27 places-27	£60,000	+71.42%	29 2.80%	2
Microservices	45	Down 10 places-10	£80,000	+32.23%	29 2.80%	5
Collaborative Culture	46	Down 7 places-7	£57,500	+43.75%	28 2.70%	3
E-Commerce	47	Down 9 places-9	£60,000	+4.34%	27 2.61%	4
Systems Engineering	50	Down 9 places-9	£82,500	+30.64%	24 2.32%	5
Computer Science	51	Down 15 places-15	£90,000	+63.63%	23 2.22%	9
Requirements Gathering	52	Down 14 places-14	£60,000	-5.88%	22 2.12%	3
Business Strategy	52	Down 14 places-14	£70,000	+15.70%	22 2.12%
Roadmaps	53	Down 25 places-25	£60,000	+20.00%	21 2.03%	5
Test Automation	54	Down 24 places-24	£70,000	+27.27%	20 1.93%	2
Risk Management	55	Down 20 places-20	£95,000	+94.17%	19 1.83%	2
Collaborative Working	55	Down 15 places-15	£90,000	+83.95%	19 1.83%	1
Stakeholder Engagement	55	Down 17 places-17	£55,000	-2.22%	19 1.83%	2
Generative AI	55	New entry-	£65,500	-	19 1.83%
Digital Transformation Programme	56	Down 15 places-15	£73,500	+1.48%	18 1.74%	1
Software Testing	56	Down 16 places-16	£37,500	-42.30%	18 1.74%	2
CRM	56	Down 35 places-35	£75,000	+87.50%	18 1.74%	1
Project Management	57	Down 30 places-30	£58,750	+11.90%	17 1.64%	3
Information Security	57	Down 32 places-32	£50,000	+2.19%	17 1.64%	2
Containerisation	57	Down 21 places-21	£65,000	-	17 1.64%	5
Asset Management	57	Down 16 places-16	£60,000	+41.17%	17 1.64%	2
Data Protection	58	Down 20 places-20	£56,000	+14.46%	16 1.54%	1
Analytics	58	Down 36 places-36	£60,000	+50.00%	16 1.54%	8
Infrastructure as Code	58	Down 18 places-18	£80,000	+23.07%	16 1.54%	7
Clean Code	58	Down 24 places-24	£57,500	-14.81%	16 1.54%	2
Verification and Validation	58	Down 17 places-17	£70,000	-22.22%	16 1.54%	3
Mathematics	58	Down 25 places-25	£26,000	-35.00%	16 1.54%	2
Configuration Management	59	Down 18 places-18	-	-	15 1.45%	3
Process Improvement	59	Down 22 places-22	£60,000	+26.31%	15 1.45%	2
Disaster Recovery	59	Down 21 places-21	£54,521	-9.13%	15 1.45%	3
Signal Processing	59	Down 18 places-18	£70,000	+10.84%	15 1.45%	5