Process & Methodology Statistics in Southampton

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 26 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Software Engineering	2	Up 18 places+18	£66,250	+1.92%	127 12.41%	17
Business Development	6	Up 8 places+8	£45,000	-10.00%	98 9.58%	2
Problem-Solving	9	Down 5 places-5	£48,500	-15.65%	85 8.31%	20
Continuous Improvement	18	Up 7 places+7	£57,500	-17.85%	65 6.35%	16
AI	19	Down 12 places-12	£70,000	+84.21%	63 6.16%	16
Cybersecurity	20	Up 19 places+19	£65,000	-	61 5.96%	7
DevOps	22	Down 1 place-1	£72,500	+20.83%	57 5.57%	16
Agile	23	Down 10 places-10	£65,000	+7.43%	53 5.18%	10
Full-Stack Development	24	Up 14 places+14	£60,000	+9.09%	52 5.08%	4
CI/CD	24	Down 3 places-3	£65,000	+13.04%	52 5.08%	10
Decision-Making	25	Down 2 places-2	£55,000	+12.41%	50 4.89%	14
Technical Leadership	29	Up 13 places+13	£84,256	+31.49%	43 4.20%	4
Customer Service	29	Down 14 places-14	£40,000	+19.40%	43 4.20%	5
Logistics	34	Down 2 places-2	£60,000	+20.00%	38 3.71%	2
Validation	36	Down 1 place-1	£70,000	+69.69%	35 3.42%	9
Infrastructure Engineering	40	Up 1 place+1	£65,000	-7.14%	31 3.03%	6
Mentoring	41	Down 23 places-23	£81,013	+237.55%	30 2.93%	5
Stakeholder Management	42	Down 6 places-6	£57,500	-4.16%	29 2.83%	3
Project Delivery	42	Down 5 places-5	£61,250	+22.92%	29 2.83%	5
Microservices	42	Down 5 places-5	£80,000	+32.23%	29 2.83%	7
ERP	43	Down 24 places-24	£60,000	+71.42%	28 2.74%	3
Collaborative Culture	43	Down 2 places-2	£60,000	+50.00%	28 2.74%	2
Systems Engineering	46	Down 3 places-3	£70,000	+10.84%	25 2.44%	5
E-Commerce	46	Down 5 places-5	£60,000	-7.69%	25 2.44%	6
Business Strategy	48	Down 8 places-8	£70,000	+15.70%	23 2.25%	1
Computer Science	48	Down 10 places-10	£90,000	+63.63%	23 2.25%	10
Requirements Gathering	49	Down 9 places-9	£60,000	-5.88%	22 2.15%	4
Test Automation	50	Down 19 places-19	£70,000	+27.27%	21 2.05%	2
Roadmaps	50	Down 20 places-20	£60,000	+20.00%	21 2.05%	5
Risk Management	51	Down 14 places-14	£84,250	+72.20%	20 1.96%	2
Collaborative Working	51	Down 9 places-9	£85,000	+73.73%	20 1.96%	2
Stakeholder Engagement	52	Down 12 places-12	£55,000	-2.22%	19 1.86%	3
Generative AI	52	New entry-	£65,500	-	19 1.86%
Project Management	53	Down 24 places-24	£60,000	+14.28%	18 1.76%	2
Digital Transformation Programme	53	Down 10 places-10	£73,500	+1.48%	18 1.76%
Software Testing	53	Down 11 places-11	£37,500	-42.30%	18 1.76%	1
CRM	53	Down 30 places-30	£75,000	+87.50%	18 1.76%	1
Information Security	54	Down 27 places-27	£50,000	+2.19%	17 1.66%	1
Containerisation	54	Down 17 places-17	£65,000	-	17 1.66%	6
Asset Management	54	Down 11 places-11	£60,000	+41.17%	17 1.66%	2
Analytics	55	Down 31 places-31	£60,000	+50.00%	16 1.56%	9
Verification and Validation	55	Down 12 places-12	£70,000	-22.22%	16 1.56%	3
Signal Processing	55	Down 12 places-12	£70,000	+10.84%	16 1.56%	4
Configuration Management	56	Down 13 places-13	-	-	15 1.47%	4
Process Improvement	56	Down 17 places-17	£60,000	+26.31%	15 1.47%	1
Data Protection	56	Down 16 places-16	£56,000	+14.46%	15 1.47%
Clean Code	56	Down 20 places-20	£65,750	-2.59%	15 1.47%	3
Mathematics	56	Down 21 places-21	£26,000	-35.00%	15 1.47%	4
Digital Marketing	57	Down 22 places-22	£52,500	+55.55%	14 1.37%	2
Manufacturing Engineering	57	New entry-	£50,000	-	14 1.37%