Process & Methodology Statistics in Wales

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 16 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Cybersecurity	4	Up 22 places+22	£55,000	-	242 15.79%	40
AI	9	Up 25 places+25	£53,100	-15.04%	134 8.74%	44
Continuous Improvement	11	Up 8 places+8	£47,500	+5.55%	129 8.41%	39
Mentoring	14	Up 1 place+1	£45,000	-34.30%	119 7.76%	33
Business Development	16	Up 32 places+32	£40,000	-30.43%	115 7.50%	34
Problem-Solving	17	Down -13 places-13	£41,750	-16.82%	114 7.44%	72
Business Intelligence	22	Up 24 places+24	£41,250	-28.52%	86 5.61%	22
Software Engineering	24	Down -8 places-8	£50,000	-25.92%	82 5.35%	27
Customer Service	28	Down -2 places-2	£27,500	-21.42%	74 4.83%	23
Agile	29	Down -19 places-19	£57,500	+2.28%	73 4.76%	31
User Experience	34	Up 15 places+15	£42,934	-14.13%	65 4.24%	11
DevOps	35	Down -19 places-19	£54,085	-14.48%	64 4.17%	28
Service Delivery	41	Down -11 places-11	£60,000	+28.29%	51 3.33%	18
Decision-Making	42	Down -4 places-4	£42,500	-27.09%	50 3.26%	29
CI/CD	46	Down -24 places-24	£60,000	-7.69%	43 2.81%	20
Ethical Hacking	46	New entry-	£33,000	-	43 2.81%	6
ITIL	47	Down -13 places-13	£58,500	+53.56%	42 2.74%	18
CRM	48	Down -13 places-13	£42,500	+30.76%	41 2.67%	18
Machine Learning	50	Down -5 places-5	£53,100	+8.36%	39 2.54%	18
Analytics	51	Down -6 places-6	£40,000	-27.27%	38 2.48%	29
Test Automation	51	Down -11 places-11	£55,000	+4.57%	38 2.48%	19
Customer Experience	51	Up 1 place+1	£47,500	+17.28%	38 2.48%	11
Project Management	52	Down -47 places-47	£42,934	-25.33%	36 2.35%	26
Coaching	52	Down -11 places-11	£39,163	-34.57%	36 2.35%	16
Infrastructure Engineering	53	Down -7 places-7	£65,000	+28.58%	35 2.28%	12
Web Development	53	Down -22 places-22	£30,000	-53.84%	35 2.28%	14
Migration	54	Down -5 places-5	£60,000	+20.00%	34 2.22%	7
Stakeholder Engagement	55	Down -10 places-10	£67,586	+17.54%	33 2.15%	13
Process Improvement	56	No change0	£65,008	+36.85%	31 2.02%	11
B2B	58	Down -16 places-16	£35,000	+7.69%	28 1.83%	12
Technical Leadership	58	Down -28 places-28	£67,500	-12.90%	28 1.83%	12
Stakeholder Management	59	Down -10 places-10	£57,515	+13.89%	27 1.76%	17
Project Delivery	60	Down -18 places-18	£60,000	+14.08%	26 1.70%	20
Scrum	60	Down -26 places-26	£41,740	-20.63%	26 1.70%	11
Computer Science	60	Down -39 places-39	£72,500	+12.18%	26 1.70%	12
Root Cause Analysis	62	New entry-	£42,500	-	24 1.57%	11
Collaborative Working	62	Down -40 places-40	£43,370	+22.87%	24 1.57%	13
Infrastructure as Code	63	Down -10 places-10	£61,248	-3.16%	23 1.50%	7
Service Management	63	Down -12 places-12	£52,107	+36.78%	23 1.50%	12
Roadmaps	63	Down -21 places-21	£69,986	+34.58%	23 1.50%	17
IT Strategy	63	Down -14 places-14	£72,500	+11.53%	23 1.50%	6
PRINCE2	64	Down -9 places-9	£57,515	-10.13%	22 1.44%	5
Incident Response	65	Down -15 places-15	£74,463	-14.90%	21 1.37%	8
Business Strategy	66	Down -13 places-13	£80,000	+6.66%	20 1.30%	2
Data Protection	66	Down -15 places-15	£28,000	-68.00%	20 1.30%	7
ITSM	67	Down -11 places-11	£50,000	-28.57%	19 1.24%	6
Acceptance Criteria	68	Down -12 places-12	£41,740	-19.73%	18 1.17%	3
Time Management	69	Down -29 places-29	£39,250	-1.87%	17 1.11%	7
Performance Optimisation	70	Down -15 places-15	£41,740	-39.50%	16 1.04%	5
Change Management	70	Down -14 places-14	£52,500	+7.14%	16 1.04%	7