Process & Methodology Statistics in the Thames Valley

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 13 Jun 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Business Development	4	Up 101 places+101	£50,000	+33.33%	686 11.88%	120
Software Engineering	12	Up 61 places+61	£67,500	+3.84%	463 8.02%	89
Problem-Solving	13	Down -10 places-10	£45,000	-7.69%	449 7.77%	213
Continuous Improvement	16	Down -2 places-2	£55,000	-	376 6.51%	196
Agile	17	Down -4 places-4	£62,500	-0.39%	374 6.48%	119
AI	20	Down -8 places-8	£62,500	+13.63%	357 6.18%	137
Cybersecurity	21	Up 60 places+60	£45,000	+8.43%	342 5.92%	94
Decision-Making	24	Up 42 places+42	£50,000	-20.94%	324 5.61%	133
Analytics	30	Down -23 places-23	£50,000	-20.94%	252 4.36%	78
Customer Service	31	Up 17 places+17	£30,000	-14.28%	246 4.26%	95
DevOps	32	Down -6 places-6	£60,000	-6.61%	244 4.22%	59
CRM	33	Up 39 places+39	£47,500	-5.00%	224 3.88%	102
Mentoring	37	Down -26 places-26	£60,000	+4.34%	213 3.69%	74
CI/CD	44	Up 24 places+24	£62,500	-10.71%	187 3.24%	62
Business Intelligence	52	Down -5 places-5	£60,000	+17.07%	171 2.96%	55
Full-Stack Development	53	Up 63 places+63	£60,000	-	161 2.79%	37
Computer Science	57	Down -20 places-20	£60,000	+9.09%	151 2.61%	65
B2B	59	Up 51 places+51	£47,500	+35.71%	144 2.49%	86
ITIL	60	Up 9 places+9	£52,500	+26.50%	143 2.48%	65
Roadmaps	62	Down -29 places-29	£67,500	-20.58%	133 2.30%	78
ERP	66	Down -46 places-46	£67,500	+17.39%	127 2.20%	51
Project Management	72	Down -44 places-44	£50,001	+8.10%	117 2.03%	73
Service Management	73	Up 12 places+12	£45,000	-18.18%	114 1.97%	43
Validation	75	Down -48 places-48	£67,500	+12.50%	111 1.92%	67
Stakeholder Management	76	Down -42 places-42	£55,000	-8.33%	110 1.90%	113
User Experience	78	Up 44 places+44	£54,000	-1.81%	105 1.82%	27
Service Delivery	79	Down -47 places-47	£53,125	-11.45%	104 1.80%	57
Logistics	81	Up 72 places+72	£43,000	-9.47%	102 1.77%	24
Test Automation	83	Up 26 places+26	£62,250	+13.18%	99 1.71%	31
Collaborative Working	83	Up 44 places+44	£51,250	-7.76%	99 1.71%	37
Infrastructure Engineering	89	Up 52 places+52	£60,000	+33.33%	92 1.59%	16
Project Delivery	89	Down -16 places-16	£53,750	-9.89%	92 1.59%	66
Data Analysis	90	Up 14 places+14	£45,000	-14.28%	91 1.58%	24
Stakeholder Engagement	91	Up 19 places+19	£82,500	+26.92%	90 1.56%	69
Risk Management	95	Up 18 places+18	£65,000	-12.30%	86 1.49%	49
Machine Learning	96	Down -72 places-72	£57,000	-27.61%	85 1.47%	35
ITSM	98	Up 28 places+28	£37,500	-	83 1.44%	50
Containerisation	100	Up 47 places+47	£62,500	-	81 1.40%	17
Scrum	101	Up 7 places+7	£75,000	+7.14%	80 1.39%	28
Process Improvement	101	Up 1 place+1	£48,885	-14.98%	80 1.39%	44
Microservices	102	Down -35 places-35	£63,000	-23.63%	79 1.37%	16
Data Modelling	105	Down -30 places-30	£60,000	+6.19%	75 1.30%	28
Migration	106	Down -8 places-8	£70,000	+16.66%	74 1.28%	36
SIEM	107	Up 70 places+70	£62,500	+19.04%	73 1.26%	41
Data Governance	107	Down -27 places-27	£57,500	-17.66%	73 1.26%	24
Data Protection	107	Up 59 places+59	£42,500	-24.77%	73 1.26%	25
Lead Generation	108	Up 63 places+63	£29,000	-35.55%	72 1.25%	25
Change Management	108	Down -37 places-37	£49,625	-0.75%	72 1.25%	26
Infrastructure as Code	109	Up 20 places+20	£66,250	-14.51%	71 1.23%	31
Actionable Insight	109	Up 7 places+7	£50,000	-9.09%	71 1.23%	29