Process & Methodology Statistics in Southampton

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 23 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Software Engineering	2	Up 17 places+17	£68,750	+5.76%	123 12.15%	41
Business Development	6	Up 8 places+8	£45,000	-10.00%	98 9.68%	2
Problem-Solving	9	Down 4 places-4	£47,250	-17.82%	84 8.30%	63
Continuous Improvement	17	Up 7 places+7	£57,500	-17.85%	64 6.32%	41
AI	18	Down 12 places-12	£70,000	+84.21%	63 6.23%	55
Cybersecurity	20	Up 18 places+18	£65,000	-	59 5.83%	19
DevOps	22	Down 2 places-2	£72,500	+20.83%	57 5.63%	35
Full-Stack Development	23	Up 14 places+14	£60,000	+9.09%	52 5.14%	6
CI/CD	23	Down 3 places-3	£65,000	+13.04%	52 5.14%	27
Agile	23	Down 10 places-10	£66,250	+9.50%	52 5.14%	39
Decision-Making	25	Down 2 places-2	£55,000	+12.41%	49 4.84%	29
Customer Service	29	Down 15 places-15	£40,000	+19.40%	44 4.35%	11
Technical Leadership	31	Up 10 places+10	£87,500	+36.55%	42 4.15%	15
Logistics	33	Down 2 places-2	£60,000	+20.00%	37 3.66%	7
Validation	35	Down 1 place-1	£70,000	+69.69%	35 3.46%	36
Infrastructure Engineering	39	Up 1 place+1	£65,000	-7.14%	31 3.06%	14
Project Delivery	40	Down 4 places-4	£60,000	+20.41%	30 2.96%	14
Stakeholder Management	41	Down 6 places-6	£57,500	-4.16%	29 2.87%	15
Mentoring	41	Down 24 places-24	£81,013	+237.55%	29 2.87%	34
Microservices	41	Down 5 places-5	£80,000	+32.23%	29 2.87%	15
ERP	42	Down 23 places-23	£60,000	+71.42%	28 2.77%	9
Collaborative Culture	42	Down 2 places-2	£60,000	+50.00%	28 2.77%	8
Systems Engineering	45	Down 3 places-3	£70,000	+10.84%	25 2.47%	24
E-Commerce	47	Down 7 places-7	£60,000	-7.69%	23 2.27%	7
Business Strategy	47	Down 8 places-8	£70,000	+15.70%	23 2.27%	2
Computer Science	47	Down 10 places-10	£90,000	+63.63%	23 2.27%	20
Requirements Gathering	48	Down 9 places-9	£60,000	-5.88%	22 2.17%	8
Risk Management	50	Down 14 places-14	£84,250	+72.20%	20 1.98%	8
Collaborative Working	50	Down 9 places-9	£85,000	+73.73%	20 1.98%	3
Test Automation	50	Down 20 places-20	£70,000	+27.27%	20 1.98%	19
Roadmaps	50	Down 21 places-21	£60,000	+20.00%	20 1.98%	19
Stakeholder Engagement	51	Down 12 places-12	£55,000	-2.22%	19 1.88%	8
Generative AI	51	New entry-	£65,500	-	19 1.88%	3
Digital Transformation Programme	52	Down 10 places-10	£73,500	+1.48%	18 1.78%	3
Software Testing	52	Down 11 places-11	£37,500	-42.30%	18 1.78%	10
CRM	52	Down 30 places-30	£75,000	+87.50%	18 1.78%	4
Project Management	52	Down 24 places-24	£60,000	+14.28%	18 1.78%	10
Information Security	53	Down 27 places-27	£50,000	+2.19%	17 1.68%	7
Containerisation	53	Down 17 places-17	£65,000	-	17 1.68%	11
Asset Management	53	Down 11 places-11	£60,000	+41.17%	17 1.68%	4
Analytics	54	Down 31 places-31	£60,000	+50.00%	16 1.58%	22
Verification and Validation	54	Down 12 places-12	£70,000	-22.22%	16 1.58%	15
Clean Code	55	Down 20 places-20	£65,750	-2.59%	15 1.48%	9
Mathematics	55	Down 22 places-22	£26,000	-35.00%	15 1.48%	12
Signal Processing	55	Down 13 places-13	£70,000	+10.84%	15 1.48%	7
Configuration Management	55	Down 13 places-13	-	-	15 1.48%	14
Process Improvement	55	Down 16 places-16	£60,000	+50.00%	15 1.48%	11
Data Protection	55	Down 16 places-16	£56,000	+14.46%	15 1.48%	7
Manufacturing Engineering	56	New entry-	£50,000	-	14 1.38%	3
Business Intelligence	56	Down 23 places-23	£60,000	+33.33%	14 1.38%	10