Process & Methodology Statistics in Southampton

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 7 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Software Engineering	2	Up 16 places+16	£65,000	+7.43%	137 12.86%	25
Business Development	7	Up 4 places+4	£45,000	-10.00%	91 8.54%	6
Problem-Solving	9	Down 6 places-6	£46,000	-20.00%	88 8.26%	29
Continuous Improvement	16	Up 16 places+16	£57,500	-17.85%	67 6.29%	17
Cybersecurity	18	Up 23 places+23	£65,000	+9.31%	61 5.73%	16
AI	19	Down 10 places-10	£72,500	+90.78%	60 5.63%	25
DevOps	20	Up 5 places+5	£72,500	+20.83%	58 5.45%	15
Full-Stack Development	21	Up 20 places+20	£60,000	+9.09%	54 5.07%	8
CI/CD	21	Up 2 places+2	£65,000	+13.04%	54 5.07%	15
Agile	22	Down 8 places-8	£63,002	+5.00%	52 4.88%	11
Decision-Making	23	Up 1 place+1	£55,000	+12.41%	50 4.69%	9
Technical Leadership	28	Up 16 places+16	£87,500	+36.55%	42 3.94%	11
Logistics	29	Up 5 places+5	£60,000	+20.00%	41 3.85%	4
Customer Service	31	Down 18 places-18	£40,000	+19.40%	39 3.66%	10
Infrastructure Engineering	36	Up 7 places+7	£65,000	-7.14%	34 3.19%	14
Validation	37	Up 2 places+2	£70,000	+69.69%	33 3.10%	8
ERP	38	Down 13 places-13	£60,000	+69.01%	31 2.91%	3
Mentoring	39	Down 20 places-20	£80,506	+235.44%	30 2.82%	20
Stakeholder Management	40	Down 6 places-6	£60,000	-	29 2.72%	13
Project Delivery	40	Down 1 place-1	£62,500	+25.43%	29 2.72%	8
Microservices	40	Down 1 place-1	£80,000	+32.23%	29 2.72%	6
Collaborative Culture	41	Up 2 places+2	£57,500	+43.75%	28 2.63%	4
E-Commerce	42	No change0	£60,000	+4.34%	27 2.54%	5
Computer Science	45	Down 5 places-5	£90,000	+63.63%	24 2.25%	10
Systems Engineering	46	Down 1 place-1	£95,000	+50.43%	23 2.16%	5
Requirements Gathering	47	Down 4 places-4	£60,000	-33.33%	22 2.07%	5
Roadmaps	48	Down 20 places-20	£60,000	+20.00%	21 1.97%	8
Collaborative Working	49	Down 5 places-5	£85,000	+73.73%	20 1.88%	1
Software Testing	49	Down 5 places-5	£36,250	-44.23%	20 1.88%	4
Business Strategy	49	Down 10 places-10	£70,000	+15.70%	20 1.88%	1
Risk Management	50	Down 15 places-15	£95,000	+94.17%	19 1.78%	2
Test Automation	50	Down 14 places-14	£63,002	+14.54%	19 1.78%	8
Stakeholder Engagement	50	Down 8 places-8	£55,000	-2.22%	19 1.78%	4
Generative AI	50	New entry-	£65,500	-	19 1.78%	3
Digital Transformation Programme	51	Down 6 places-6	£73,500	+1.48%	18 1.69%	2
Analytics	52	Down 23 places-23	£60,000	+41.17%	17 1.60%	8
Information Security	52	Down 21 places-21	£50,000	+2.19%	17 1.60%	4
Infrastructure as Code	52	Down 8 places-8	£80,000	+23.07%	17 1.60%	9
CRM	52	Down 27 places-27	£70,000	+75.00%	17 1.60%
Clean Code	52	Down 14 places-14	£57,500	-14.81%	17 1.60%	3
Containerisation	52	Down 10 places-10	£65,000	-	17 1.60%	8
Asset Management	52	Down 7 places-7	£60,000	+41.17%	17 1.60%	2
Verification and Validation	53	Down 8 places-8	£70,000	-22.22%	16 1.50%	3
Mathematics	53	Down 16 places-16	£26,000	-35.00%	16 1.50%	5
Budgeting	53	Down 15 places-15	£80,000	+39.55%	16 1.50%
Project Management	53	Down 22 places-22	£60,000	+14.28%	16 1.50%	3
Process Improvement	53	Down 13 places-13	£55,000	-	16 1.50%	4
Data Protection	53	Down 11 places-11	£56,000	+14.46%	16 1.50%
Disaster Recovery	54	Down 12 places-12	£54,521	-9.13%	15 1.41%	3
Signal Processing	54	Down 9 places-9	£70,000	+10.84%	15 1.41%	7