Process & Methodology Statistics in the Thames Valley

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 27 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Business Development	4	Up 38 places+38	£55,000	+34.14%	927 11.96%	54
Problem-Solving	6	Down 2 places-2	£42,500	+6.25%	772 9.96%	193
Continuous Improvement	7	Down 1 place-1	£55,000	-1.78%	683 8.81%	157
AI	15	Down 5 places-5	£75,000	+22.44%	536 6.91%	135
Software Engineering	16	Up 81 places+81	£70,000	-	499 6.44%	75
Customer Service	17	Up 12 places+12	£32,500	-5.79%	462 5.96%	72
Decision-Making	18	Up 17 places+17	£54,521	+3.84%	450 5.80%	110
CRM	25	Up 23 places+23	£42,500	-	386 4.98%	63
Stakeholder Management	26	Up 20 places+20	£60,000	-7.69%	384 4.95%	102
Agile	28	Down 10 places-10	£60,000	+9.09%	351 4.53%	81
Cybersecurity	32	Up 35 places+35	£55,000	+12.24%	324 4.18%	109
Mentoring	38	Down 21 places-21	£62,500	+31.57%	284 3.66%	57
Analytics	40	Down 35 places-35	£62,500	+31.57%	274 3.53%	57
Roadmaps	41	Down 20 places-20	£70,000	-	272 3.51%	86
DevOps	42	Up 20 places+20	£70,000	+7.69%	267 3.44%	55
B2B	46	Up 35 places+35	£45,000	+12.50%	251 3.24%	33
CI/CD	51	Up 21 places+21	£65,000	-13.33%	223 2.88%	69
Validation	56	Down 28 places-28	£62,500	-3.84%	208 2.68%	57
Full-Stack Development	59	Up 55 places+55	£65,000	+4.00%	201 2.59%	11
Collaborative Working	62	Up 59 places+59	£45,000	+22.44%	198 2.55%	50
Logistics	65	Up 21 places+21	£47,500	+43.93%	185 2.39%	32
ERP	65	Down 53 places-53	£57,500	-	185 2.39%	22
Computer Science	66	Down 21 places-21	£60,000	+26.31%	183 2.36%	42
Process Improvement	67	Up 38 places+38	£45,000	-21.73%	180 2.32%	26
Project Delivery	67	Up 26 places+26	£55,000	-7.79%	180 2.32%	64
Project Management	69	Down 37 places-37	£54,500	-5.21%	176 2.27%	44
ITIL	69	Up 4 places+4	£45,000	+8.43%	176 2.27%	43
Business Intelligence	71	Down 34 places-34	£58,750	-2.08%	172 2.22%	39
Service Management	73	Up 66 places+66	£45,000	-	164 2.12%	42
Technical Leadership	74	Down 19 places-19	£68,750	-8.33%	163 2.10%	61
Infrastructure Engineering	78	Up 70 places+70	£60,000	+33.33%	152 1.96%	34
Stakeholder Engagement	78	Down 29 places-29	£60,000	-11.11%	152 1.96%	43
ITSM	81	Up 76 places+76	£47,500	+37.68%	145 1.87%	31
Customer Experience	83	Up 18 places+18	£42,500	-5.55%	142 1.83%	31
Test Automation	84	Up 20 places+20	£62,250	+8.26%	141 1.82%	36
Migration	85	Up 21 places+21	£62,500	+11.11%	140 1.81%	33
Service Delivery	86	Up 29 places+29	£42,500	-20.56%	139 1.79%	43
Commercial Awareness	87	Up 73 places+73	£57,500	+21.05%	138 1.78%	31
Data Modelling	95	Down 48 places-48	£62,500	-1.57%	126 1.63%	18
Coaching	96	Down 65 places-65	£57,000	+42.50%	122 1.57%	40
Root Cause Analysis	99	Up 57 places+57	£47,500	-13.63%	119 1.53%	29
Presales	100	Up 32 places+32	£60,000	+20.00%	118 1.52%	20
B2B Sales	100	Up 54 places+54	£45,000	+28.57%	118 1.52%	21
User Experience	105	Down 9 places-9	£50,000	-4.76%	110 1.42%	20
Line Management	106	Up 17 places+17	£54,500	+29.76%	109 1.41%	41
Preventative Maintenance	106	Up 55 places+55	£42,500	-16.66%	109 1.41%	29
Risk Management	110	Down 57 places-57	£72,500	+3.57%	102 1.32%	42
Workflow	112	Up 18 places+18	£62,500	+8.69%	99 1.28%	24
Data Protection	113	Up 42 places+42	£47,166	+5.98%	98 1.26%	23
Customer Requirements	115	Down 73 places-73	£31,375	-45.19%	95 1.23%	30