Process & Methodology Statistics in the Thames Valley

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 12 Sep 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Business Development	3	Up 68 places+68	£50,000	+21.95%	929 12.95%	175
Problem-Solving	9	Down -6 places-6	£43,000	+1.17%	649 9.05%	417
Continuous Improvement	11	No change0	£54,000	-6.08%	569 7.93%	347
Software Engineering	14	Up 102 places+102	£65,000	-7.14%	473 6.60%	210
AI	15	Down -3 places-3	£70,000	+55.55%	464 6.47%	425
Decision-Making	21	Up 18 places+18	£50,000	-4.76%	374 5.21%	291
Customer Service	23	Up 12 places+12	£32,500	-6.47%	355 4.95%	161
Agile	25	Down -9 places-9	£60,000	+4.34%	342 4.77%	224
Cybersecurity	27	Up 60 places+60	£50,000	+11.11%	338 4.71%	191
CRM	34	Up 42 places+42	£42,500	-5.55%	278 3.88%	134
Stakeholder Management	36	Down -5 places-5	£57,500	-15.12%	268 3.74%	305
DevOps	37	Down -3 places-3	£67,500	+3.84%	267 3.72%	120
Mentoring	38	Down -24 places-24	£60,000	+18.22%	255 3.56%	186
Analytics	39	Down -34 places-34	£55,000	+12.24%	249 3.47%	196
CI/CD	45	Up 31 places+31	£62,500	-11.97%	216 3.01%	154
Roadmaps	47	Down -23 places-23	£65,000	-13.33%	210 2.93%	251
Full-Stack Development	51	Up 91 places+91	£65,000	+6.12%	205 2.86%	58
B2B	55	Up 50 places+50	£45,000	+12.50%	182 2.54%	101
Validation	58	Down -31 places-31	£66,250	+1.92%	177 2.47%	150
ERP	58	Down -43 places-43	£60,000	+4.34%	177 2.47%	95
Computer Science	59	Down -19 places-19	£55,000	+3.64%	175 2.44%	148
Collaborative Working	62	Up 81 places+81	£45,000	-	171 2.38%	70
ITIL	63	Up 21 places+21	£45,625	+9.93%	169 2.36%	73
Business Intelligence	64	Down -32 places-32	£55,000	-8.33%	166 2.31%	114
Project Delivery	71	Up 20 places+20	£52,500	-5.51%	148 2.06%	138
Service Management	73	Up 33 places+33	£42,500	-13.26%	144 2.01%	70
Infrastructure Engineering	74	Up 99 places+99	£60,000	+33.33%	143 1.99%	49
Logistics	78	Up 36 places+36	£55,000	+69.23%	137 1.91%	86
Service Delivery	80	Up 52 places+52	£47,500	-13.63%	134 1.87%	82
Process Improvement	81	Up 36 places+36	£45,000	-21.73%	133 1.85%	77
Test Automation	82	Up 43 places+43	£62,500	+4.16%	132 1.84%	77
Technical Leadership	82	Down -32 places-32	£65,000	-13.33%	132 1.84%	150
Project Management	82	Down -54 places-54	£51,875	-9.78%	132 1.84%	148
Stakeholder Engagement	85	Down -12 places-12	£60,000	-14.28%	128 1.78%	112
Migration	91	Up 25 places+25	£62,500	+8.69%	121 1.69%	98
Customer Experience	93	Up 26 places+26	£42,500	+25.00%	116 1.62%	109
ITSM	96	Up 60 places+60	£45,000	+30.43%	110 1.53%	41
Data Modelling	97	Down -56 places-56	£62,500	+2.88%	109 1.52%	60
User Experience	98	Up 19 places+19	£50,000	-9.09%	108 1.51%	54
Presales	101	Up 62 places+62	£62,500	+1.21%	104 1.45%	77
Root Cause Analysis	102	Up 79 places+79	£45,000	-18.18%	102 1.42%	42
Commercial Awareness	104	Up 91 places+91	£60,000	+37.93%	99 1.38%	69
Platform Engineering	106	Up 45 places+45	£67,500	-10.00%	97 1.35%	57
Risk Management	107	No change0	£67,500	-3.57%	96 1.34%	107
SIEM	107	Up 89 places+89	£54,000	-13.60%	96 1.34%	41
Data Analysis	110	Down -11 places-11	£52,500	+3.44%	93 1.30%	68
Machine Learning	110	Down -90 places-90	£62,500	-12.28%	93 1.30%	140
Microservices	112	Down -13 places-13	£62,500	-24.24%	91 1.27%	37
Coaching	114	Down -91 places-91	£57,000	+35.71%	89 1.24%	112
Infrastructure as Code	115	Up 50 places+50	£65,000	-23.52%	88 1.23%	62