Process & Methodology Statistics in the Thames Valley

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 29 Jul 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Business Development	3	Up 61 places+61	£50,000	+25.00%	831 13.00%	95
Problem-Solving	10	Down -7 places-7	£45,000	+5.88%	537 8.40%	247
Continuous Improvement	12	Down -1 place-1	£56,750	-5.41%	481 7.53%	174
Software Engineering	13	Up 71 places+71	£70,000	-	461 7.21%	132
AI	16	Down -4 places-4	£63,750	+50.00%	414 6.48%	177
Cybersecurity	21	Up 51 places+51	£48,518	+16.91%	358 5.60%	91
Decision-Making	22	Up 29 places+29	£50,000	-13.04%	354 5.54%	145
Agile	23	Down -9 places-9	£60,000	+6.66%	350 5.48%	120
Customer Service	30	Up 7 places+7	£30,000	-14.28%	286 4.47%	102
DevOps	32	Down -4 places-4	£65,000	+2.36%	266 4.16%	85
CRM	34	Up 25 places+25	£40,000	-5.88%	257 4.02%	95
Analytics	37	Down -30 places-30	£52,500	-4.54%	236 3.69%	78
Mentoring	38	Down -28 places-28	£60,000	+4.34%	232 3.63%	113
CI/CD	42	Up 11 places+11	£62,500	-11.97%	209 3.27%	93
Full-Stack Development	50	Up 71 places+71	£62,500	+6.38%	183 2.86%	46
Business Intelligence	52	Down -9 places-9	£55,000	+2.32%	176 2.75%	41
B2B	53	Up 39 places+39	£45,000	+28.57%	173 2.71%	62
Stakeholder Management	55	Down -23 places-23	£57,500	-8.00%	167 2.61%	139
ITIL	56	Down -2 places-2	£49,536	+19.36%	162 2.53%	51
ERP	59	Down -38 places-38	£63,750	+10.86%	156 2.44%	46
Computer Science	60	Down -25 places-25	£56,250	+2.27%	153 2.39%	81
Roadmaps	62	Down -43 places-43	£65,000	-23.52%	150 2.35%	107
Collaborative Working	67	Up 60 places+60	£47,500	+5.55%	134 2.10%	59
Service Management	69	Up 10 places+10	£45,000	-10.00%	131 2.05%	30
Service Delivery	73	Up 3 places+3	£50,001	-15.25%	126 1.97%	61
Validation	73	Down -49 places-49	£63,500	+1.60%	126 1.97%	54
Infrastructure Engineering	76	Up 72 places+72	£59,000	+31.11%	119 1.86%	31
Process Improvement	77	Up 24 places+24	£48,885	-6.88%	118 1.85%	28
Project Management	82	Down -51 places-51	£50,001	-4.58%	112 1.75%	78
Stakeholder Engagement	83	Up 2 places+2	£67,500	-3.57%	111 1.74%	55
Project Delivery	84	Down -17 places-17	£52,500	-8.69%	110 1.72%	64
Logistics	87	Up 44 places+44	£43,000	-4.44%	107 1.67%	24
Test Automation	89	Up 8 places+8	£62,500	+6.38%	105 1.64%	47
User Experience	91	Up 9 places+9	£48,885	-11.11%	103 1.61%	34
Data Modelling	94	Down -34 places-34	£60,000	+6.19%	99 1.55%	28
ITSM	96	Up 33 places+33	£40,000	+6.66%	96 1.50%	26
Data Analysis	96	Up 1 place+1	£47,500	-9.52%	96 1.50%	29
SIEM	97	Up 80 places+80	£55,000	-8.33%	95 1.49%	35
Technical Leadership	98	Down -38 places-38	£65,000	-18.75%	94 1.47%	69
Microservices	100	Down -30 places-30	£62,250	-23.38%	92 1.44%	29
Platform Engineering	104	Up 23 places+23	£62,500	-21.87%	88 1.38%	27
Infrastructure as Code	105	Up 29 places+29	£65,000	-17.46%	87 1.36%	34
Customer Experience	106	Up 4 places+4	£42,500	+60.37%	86 1.35%	45
Risk Management	106	Up 15 places+15	£65,000	-10.34%	86 1.35%	36
Machine Learning	107	Down -89 places-89	£62,500	-20.63%	85 1.33%	59
Containerisation	107	Up 27 places+27	£62,500	-10.71%	85 1.33%	16
Workflow	110	Up 20 places+20	£65,000	+13.04%	81 1.27%	29
Coaching	111	Down -91 places-91	£57,000	+35.71%	80 1.25%	57
Scrum	111	Up 1 place+1	£75,000	+13.20%	80 1.25%	24
Actionable Insight	112	Down -19 places-19	£53,750	+10.25%	79 1.24%	14