Process & Methodology Statistics in Wales

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 1 May 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Cybersecurity	4	Up 21 places+21	£55,000	-	250 15.13%	31
AI	9	Up 28 places+28	£53,171	-17.24%	144 8.72%	41
Continuous Improvement	10	Up 9 places+9	£52,250	+7.65%	133 8.05%	35
Mentoring	12	Up 4 places+4	£52,250	-23.72%	127 7.69%	35
Business Development	13	Up 35 places+35	£40,000	-46.66%	126 7.63%	25
Problem-Solving	16	Down -12 places-12	£42,500	-15.33%	114 6.90%	52
Business Intelligence	23	Up 25 places+25	£39,756	-31.11%	89 5.39%	23
Software Engineering	24	Down -6 places-6	£50,000	-25.92%	88 5.33%	29
Agile	25	Down -16 places-16	£55,000	-8.22%	84 5.08%	39
DevOps	32	Down -13 places-13	£53,171	-15.93%	74 4.48%	27
Customer Service	33	Down -12 places-12	£27,500	-17.91%	73 4.42%	17
User Experience	36	Up 17 places+17	£45,000	-14.28%	66 4.00%	7
Service Delivery	40	Down -8 places-8	£60,000	+23.62%	58 3.51%	22
CRM	43	Down -3 places-3	£42,500	+21.42%	47 2.85%	18
CI/CD	44	Down -19 places-19	£60,000	-11.27%	46 2.78%	22
Ethical Hacking	44	New entry-	£33,000	-	46 2.78%	6
ITIL	44	Down -11 places-11	£62,000	+62.75%	46 2.78%	16
Decision-Making	44	Down -7 places-7	£47,500	-11.70%	46 2.78%	27
Test Automation	46	Down -5 places-5	£55,000	+4.57%	44 2.66%	13
Infrastructure Engineering	46	Up 2 places+2	£55,000	+8.79%	44 2.66%	16
Stakeholder Engagement	48	No change0	£67,586	+17.54%	42 2.54%	10
Machine Learning	48	No change0	£53,171	+9.06%	42 2.54%	8
Coaching	50	Down -8 places-8	£47,500	-20.64%	39 2.36%	14
Customer Experience	52	Up 2 places+2	£47,500	+41.79%	37 2.24%	8
Technical Leadership	53	Down -23 places-23	£67,500	-10.00%	36 2.18%	13
Analytics	53	Down -7 places-7	£40,000	-20.00%	36 2.18%	32
Web Development	55	Down -22 places-22	£72,500	+11.53%	34 2.06%	9
Scrum	56	Down -22 places-22	£48,750	-7.66%	33 2.00%	14
Project Management	57	Down -52 places-52	£42,934	-32.91%	32 1.94%	29
Process Improvement	57	Up 2 places+2	£47,500	-	32 1.94%	5
Migration	58	Down -5 places-5	£62,551	+25.10%	31 1.88%	5
Project Delivery	59	Down -15 places-15	£55,343	+2.87%	30 1.82%	13
Stakeholder Management	59	Down -7 places-7	£53,171	+5.28%	30 1.82%	15
Collaborative Working	60	Down -34 places-34	£45,000	+18.12%	29 1.76%	14
Service Management	61	Down -9 places-9	£50,000	+31.25%	28 1.69%	10
Incident Response	62	Down -12 places-12	£55,000	-	27 1.63%	6
Roadmaps	62	Down -18 places-18	£69,973	+16.89%	27 1.63%	13
Root Cause Analysis	62	New entry-	£45,000	-	27 1.63%	12
B2B	62	Down -14 places-14	£35,000	+7.69%	27 1.63%	12
IT Strategy	63	Down -11 places-11	£72,500	+11.53%	26 1.57%
Computer Science	64	Down -42 places-42	£72,500	+11.53%	25 1.51%	9
Security Operations	65	Down -10 places-10	£24,500	-65.61%	24 1.45%	6
Infrastructure as Code	67	Down -11 places-11	£60,000	-5.13%	22 1.33%	6
ITSM	68	Down -9 places-9	£45,000	-35.71%	21 1.27%	11
Business Strategy	69	Down -13 places-13	£80,000	+6.66%	20 1.21%	1
PRINCE2	69	Down -11 places-11	£56,258	-12.09%	20 1.21%	7
SEO	70	Down -13 places-13	£53,171	-11.38%	19 1.15%	6
Acceptance Criteria	70	Down -11 places-11	£41,740	-19.73%	19 1.15%	5
Artificial Intelligence Engineering	71	New entry-	-	-	18 1.09%	4
Collaborative Culture	71	Down -21 places-21	£72,500	+45.00%	18 1.09%	12