Process & Methodology Statistics in Stockport

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 8 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Software Engineering	6	Up 7 places+7	£70,000	+43.58%	23 20.18%	4
Systems Engineering	6	New entry-	-	-	23 20.18%	7
Agile	7	No change0	£57,500	+4.54%	21 18.42%	5
Validation	9	New entry-	£57,500	-	19 16.67%	10
DevOps	10	No change0	£70,000	+115.38%	18 15.79%	1
Problem-Solving	10	Down 6 places-6	£52,500	+61.53%	18 15.79%	15
CI/CD	11	Up 6 places+6	£70,000	-	17 14.91%
Verification and Validation	11	New entry-	-	-	17 14.91%	8
Software Delivery	13	New entry-	£70,000	-	14 12.28%	1
Cybersecurity	14	Down 6 places-6	£62,500	+108.33%	13 11.40%	5
Infrastructure as Code	14	New entry-	£75,000	-	13 11.40%
Stakeholder Management	14	No change0	£65,000	+116.66%	13 11.40%	2
Infrastructure Engineering	15	No change0	£70,000	+47.36%	12 10.53%	2
Business Case	15	Up 2 places+2	-	-	12 10.53%	4
Infrastructure Automation	16	New entry-	£75,000	-	11 9.65%
Strategic Thinking	16	Down 1 place-1	-	-	11 9.65%
Customer Requirements	16	New entry-	£50,000	-	11 9.65%	3
Project Management	16	Down 2 places-2	£55,000	+69.23%	11 9.65%	4
Requirements Management	17	New entry-	-	-	10 8.77%	4
Continuous Improvement	18	Down 2 places-2	£81,500	-	9 7.89%	4
Business Development	19	Down 3 places-3	£50,000	-	8 7.02%	4
Collaborative Working	19	Down 6 places-6	£27,000	-40.00%	8 7.02%
Signal Processing	19	New entry-	-	-	8 7.02%
Line Management	19	Down 5 places-5	£58,000	-	8 7.02%
Project Delivery	19	Down 2 places-2	£60,000	+9.09%	8 7.02%	3
Bill of Materials	19	New entry-	-	-	8 7.02%
SBOM	19	New entry-	-	-	8 7.02%
Customer Service	19	Down 2 places-2	£27,625	-27.77%	8 7.02%	4
Roadmaps	20	New entry-	£70,000	-	7 6.14%	1
Cloud Security	21	Down 6 places-6	£72,500	-6.45%	6 5.26%	2
Containerisation	21	Down 4 places-4	£75,000	-	6 5.26%
Mathematics	21	Down 14 places-14	-	-	6 5.26%	7
Stakeholder Engagement	21	New entry-	£55,000	-	6 5.26%	3
AI	21	Down 19 places-19	£70,000	-	6 5.26%	3
Change Management	22	Down 6 places-6	-	-	5 4.39%	2
ITIL	22	New entry-	-	-	5 4.39%	1
E-Commerce	22	Down 5 places-5	£35,750	+43.00%	5 4.39%
Impact Analysis	22	New entry-	-	-	5 4.39%
Platform Engineering	22	Down 6 places-6	£75,000	-	5 4.39%
Architectural Design	22	New entry-	-	-	5 4.39%	1
Mentoring	22	Down 8 places-8	£70,000	+83.00%	5 4.39%	5
Analytics	22	Down 5 places-5	£34,657	-	5 4.39%	4
Budget Responsibility	22	New entry-	-	-	5 4.39%
Collaborative Culture	23	New entry-	-	-	4 3.51%	1
User Experience	23	Down 16 places-16	£75,250	-	4 3.51%	3
People Management	23	New entry-	£70,000	-	4 3.51%
Microservices	23	Down 8 places-8	£70,000	-	4 3.51%	1
SDLC	23	Down 6 places-6	£55,000	-	4 3.51%
Commercial Awareness	23	New entry-	£27,000	-	4 3.51%
Decision-Making	23	New entry-	£43,750	-	4 3.51%	3