Process & Methodology Statistics in Southampton

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 10 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Software Engineering	2	Up 17 places+17	£65,000	+7.88%	138 12.81%	56
Problem-Solving	7	Down 4 places-4	£46,000	-20.00%	92 8.54%	73
Business Development	8	Up 3 places+3	£45,000	-10.00%	90 8.36%	9
Continuous Improvement	17	Up 15 places+15	£57,500	-17.85%	69 6.41%	35
Cybersecurity	19	Up 22 places+22	£65,000	+9.31%	62 5.76%	29
AI	20	Down 10 places-10	£72,500	+90.78%	59 5.48%	55
DevOps	22	Up 6 places+6	£73,250	+22.08%	55 5.11%	35
Full-Stack Development	23	Up 18 places+18	£60,000	+9.09%	54 5.01%	12
CI/CD	24	Up 1 place+1	£65,000	+13.04%	53 4.92%	36
Agile	24	Down 4 places-4	£65,000	+10.63%	53 4.92%	26
Decision-Making	28	Down 3 places-3	£55,000	+12.41%	49 4.55%	28
Technical Leadership	33	Up 11 places+11	£87,500	+36.55%	43 3.99%	23
Logistics	33	Up 1 place+1	£60,000	+20.00%	43 3.99%	7
Customer Service	36	Down 21 places-21	£40,000	+19.40%	40 3.71%	11
Infrastructure Engineering	42	Up 1 place+1	£65,000	-7.14%	34 3.16%	16
Validation	43	Down 4 places-4	£70,000	+69.69%	32 2.97%	26
ERP	44	Down 18 places-18	£60,000	+69.01%	31 2.88%	6
Stakeholder Management	45	Down 11 places-11	£60,000	-	30 2.79%	20
Mentoring	45	Down 23 places-23	£81,013	+237.55%	30 2.79%	43
Project Delivery	46	Down 7 places-7	£62,500	+25.43%	29 2.69%	18
E-Commerce	47	Down 5 places-5	£60,000	+4.34%	28 2.60%	5
Collaborative Culture	47	Down 4 places-4	£57,500	+43.75%	28 2.60%	10
Microservices	48	Down 9 places-9	£87,500	+44.62%	27 2.51%	9
Computer Science	50	Down 10 places-10	£90,000	+63.63%	25 2.32%	22
Requirements Gathering	51	Down 8 places-8	£60,000	-33.33%	24 2.23%	7
Roadmaps	52	Down 23 places-23	£60,000	+20.00%	23 2.14%	19
Systems Engineering	53	Down 8 places-8	£95,000	+50.43%	22 2.04%	25
Collaborative Working	54	Down 10 places-10	£85,000	+73.73%	21 1.95%	6
Software Testing	55	Down 11 places-11	£35,000	-46.15%	20 1.86%	9
Business Strategy	55	Down 16 places-16	£70,000	+15.70%	20 1.86%	5
Risk Management	56	Down 20 places-20	£95,000	+94.17%	19 1.76%	13
Stakeholder Engagement	56	Down 14 places-14	£55,000	-2.22%	19 1.76%	6
Generative AI	56	New entry-	£65,500	-	19 1.76%	5
Digital Transformation Programme	57	Down 12 places-12	£73,500	+1.48%	18 1.67%	3
Analytics	58	Down 28 places-28	£60,000	+41.17%	17 1.58%	19
Test Automation	58	Down 21 places-21	£63,002	+14.54%	17 1.58%	22
Information Security	58	Down 27 places-27	£50,000	+2.19%	17 1.58%	15
CRM	58	Down 32 places-32	£70,000	+75.00%	17 1.58%	4
Clean Code	58	Down 20 places-20	£57,500	-14.81%	17 1.58%	8
Containerisation	58	Down 15 places-15	£65,000	-	17 1.58%	11
Asset Management	58	Down 13 places-13	£60,000	+41.17%	17 1.58%	3
Project Management	58	Down 26 places-26	£58,750	+11.90%	17 1.58%	9
Infrastructure as Code	59	Down 14 places-14	£80,000	+23.07%	16 1.49%	19
Verification and Validation	59	Down 14 places-14	£70,000	-22.22%	16 1.49%	11
Mathematics	59	Down 22 places-22	£26,000	-35.00%	16 1.49%	13
Signal Processing	59	Down 14 places-14	£77,500	+22.72%	16 1.49%	15
Budgeting	59	Down 21 places-21	£80,000	+39.55%	16 1.49%	1
Data Protection	59	Down 17 places-17	£56,000	+14.46%	16 1.49%	7
Disaster Recovery	60	Down 18 places-18	£54,521	-9.13%	15 1.39%	7
Platform Engineering	60	New entry-	£100,000	-	15 1.39%	6