Process & Methodology Statistics in the Thames Valley

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 15 Sep 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Business Development	3	Up 65 places+65	£51,250	+25.00%	938 13.04%	248
Problem-Solving	9	Down -6 places-6	£43,000	+1.17%	652 9.07%	606
Continuous Improvement	11	Up 1 place+1	£54,000	-9.90%	570 7.93%	595
Software Engineering	13	Up 99 places+99	£65,000	-7.14%	483 6.72%	389
AI	15	Down -4 places-4	£70,000	+55.55%	466 6.48%	733
Decision-Making	22	Up 16 places+16	£50,000	-	371 5.16%	468
Customer Service	23	Up 11 places+11	£32,500	-6.47%	358 4.98%	196
Cybersecurity	25	Up 55 places+55	£51,250	+13.88%	340 4.73%	328
Agile	25	Down -9 places-9	£60,000	+4.34%	340 4.73%	381
CRM	32	Up 39 places+39	£42,500	-5.55%	274 3.81%	209
Stakeholder Management	33	Down -4 places-4	£57,500	-15.12%	270 3.75%	460
DevOps	34	Up 2 places+2	£67,500	+3.84%	262 3.64%	229
Mentoring	35	Down -21 places-21	£60,000	+14.28%	257 3.57%	316
Analytics	37	Down -32 places-32	£55,000	+12.24%	247 3.43%	341
CI/CD	42	Up 29 places+29	£62,500	-11.97%	212 2.95%	270
Roadmaps	43	Down -20 places-20	£65,000	-13.33%	211 2.93%	401
Full-Stack Development	45	Up 93 places+93	£65,000	+6.12%	208 2.89%	74
B2B	50	Up 53 places+53	£45,000	+12.50%	184 2.56%	156
Validation	52	Down -26 places-26	£65,000	-	178 2.48%	246
Computer Science	53	Down -16 places-16	£55,000	+3.64%	174 2.42%	264
ERP	54	Down -39 places-39	£60,000	+4.34%	173 2.41%	164
Collaborative Working	55	Up 84 places+84	£45,000	-	171 2.38%	115
ITIL	56	Up 24 places+24	£45,000	+8.43%	167 2.32%	88
Business Intelligence	57	Down -26 places-26	£55,000	-8.33%	165 2.29%	178
Project Delivery	65	Up 21 places+21	£52,500	-7.13%	146 2.03%	223
Infrastructure Engineering	66	Up 103 places+103	£57,500	+29.94%	142 1.97%	87
Service Management	67	Up 37 places+37	£42,500	-11.45%	141 1.96%	101
Logistics	69	Up 42 places+42	£55,000	+69.23%	137 1.90%	126
Process Improvement	70	Up 43 places+43	£45,000	-21.73%	135 1.88%	134
Project Management	72	Down -45 places-45	£52,500	-8.69%	133 1.85%	258
Technical Leadership	72	Down -23 places-23	£65,000	-13.33%	133 1.85%	214
Service Delivery	73	Up 57 places+57	£47,500	-12.44%	130 1.81%	124
Test Automation	74	Up 48 places+48	£62,500	+4.16%	129 1.79%	158
Stakeholder Engagement	75	Down -6 places-6	£60,000	-14.28%	127 1.77%	170
Migration	79	Up 35 places+35	£62,500	+8.69%	122 1.70%	155
Customer Experience	82	Up 32 places+32	£42,500	+25.00%	115 1.60%	168
ITSM	86	Up 65 places+65	£45,000	+30.43%	109 1.52%	53
User Experience	87	Up 26 places+26	£50,000	-9.09%	108 1.50%	98
Data Modelling	88	Down -48 places-48	£62,500	+2.88%	107 1.49%	110
Presales	91	Up 67 places+67	£62,500	+1.21%	104 1.45%	130
Root Cause Analysis	92	Up 85 places+85	£45,000	-18.18%	103 1.43%	79
Commercial Awareness	95	Up 95 places+95	£60,000	+37.93%	100 1.39%	103
Risk Management	100	Up 4 places+4	£70,000	-	95 1.32%	171
SIEM	100	Up 90 places+90	£54,000	-13.60%	95 1.32%	58
Machine Learning	101	Down -82 places-82	£62,500	-12.28%	94 1.31%	232
Platform Engineering	102	Up 44 places+44	£67,500	-10.00%	92 1.28%	95
Data Analysis	102	Down -9 places-9	£52,500	+3.44%	92 1.28%	103
Coaching	104	Down -82 places-82	£57,000	+35.71%	90 1.25%	187
Microservices	105	Down -11 places-11	£62,500	-23.07%	89 1.24%	74
Business Strategy	106	Down -43 places-43	£70,000	-7.28%	88 1.22%	112