Process & Methodology Statistics in Wales

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 18 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Cybersecurity	4	Up 24 places+24	£55,000	-	243 15.55%	43
AI	9	Up 28 places+28	£50,300	-19.52%	137 8.77%	40
Continuous Improvement	11	Up 9 places+9	£47,500	-	131 8.38%	37
Mentoring	13	Up 3 places+3	£45,000	-34.30%	121 7.74%	33
Business Development	14	Up 36 places+36	£40,000	-30.43%	120 7.68%	32
Problem-Solving	16	Down -12 places-12	£42,500	-15.00%	115 7.36%	80
Business Intelligence	23	Up 25 places+25	£42,500	-26.36%	85 5.44%	23
Software Engineering	24	Down -7 places-7	£50,000	-25.92%	83 5.31%	26
Agile	27	Down -17 places-17	£55,816	-6.41%	76 4.86%	30
Customer Service	28	Down -2 places-2	£27,000	-22.85%	73 4.67%	27
DevOps	32	Down -14 places-14	£53,171	-15.93%	66 4.22%	33
User Experience	33	Up 19 places+19	£42,934	-18.22%	65 4.16%	11
Service Delivery	38	Down -7 places-7	£60,000	+28.29%	52 3.33%	21
Decision-Making	39	Up 1 place+1	£45,000	-22.80%	48 3.07%	31
ITIL	42	Down -8 places-8	£61,625	+61.77%	45 2.88%	19
CRM	43	Down -5 places-5	£42,500	+30.76%	44 2.82%	19
Ethical Hacking	44	New entry-	£33,000	-	43 2.75%	6
CI/CD	44	Down -19 places-19	£60,000	-7.69%	43 2.75%	23
Machine Learning	46	Up 1 place+1	£53,100	+8.36%	41 2.62%	12
Test Automation	49	Down -8 places-8	£55,000	+4.57%	38 2.43%	17
Customer Experience	49	Up 5 places+5	£47,500	+17.28%	38 2.43%	11
Analytics	50	Down -3 places-3	£40,000	-27.27%	37 2.37%	32
Coaching	50	Down -8 places-8	£39,163	-34.57%	37 2.37%	15
Infrastructure Engineering	51	Down -3 places-3	£65,000	+28.58%	36 2.30%	13
Project Management	52	Down -47 places-47	£42,934	-25.33%	35 2.24%	27
Web Development	52	Down -18 places-18	£30,000	-53.84%	35 2.24%	14
Stakeholder Engagement	52	Down -5 places-5	£67,586	+17.54%	35 2.24%	15
Migration	53	Down -1 place-1	£60,000	+20.00%	34 2.18%	9
Process Improvement	53	Up 5 places+5	£52,508	+10.54%	34 2.18%	10
Technical Leadership	56	Down -24 places-24	£67,500	-12.90%	30 1.92%	12
Scrum	57	Down -22 places-22	£42,370	-19.43%	29 1.86%	12
B2B	58	Down -13 places-13	£35,000	+7.69%	28 1.79%	16
Stakeholder Management	58	Down -7 places-7	£55,008	+8.92%	28 1.79%	19
Project Delivery	59	Down -15 places-15	£58,758	+11.72%	27 1.73%	18
Computer Science	60	Down -38 places-38	£72,500	+11.53%	26 1.66%	12
Collaborative Working	61	Down -38 places-38	£45,000	+18.12%	25 1.60%	21
Root Cause Analysis	61	New entry-	£45,000	-	25 1.60%	13
Service Management	62	Down -11 places-11	£53,554	+40.58%	24 1.54%	10
Roadmaps	62	Down -19 places-19	£69,973	+25.11%	24 1.54%	15
Infrastructure as Code	63	Down -8 places-8	£61,248	-3.16%	23 1.47%	10
IT Strategy	63	Down -12 places-12	£72,500	+11.53%	23 1.47%	5
Incident Response	64	Down -12 places-12	£73,925	-15.51%	22 1.41%	5
PRINCE2	65	Down -8 places-8	£57,515	-10.13%	21 1.34%	5
Business Strategy	66	Down -11 places-11	£80,000	+6.66%	20 1.28%	2
Acceptance Criteria	67	Down -9 places-9	£41,740	-19.73%	19 1.22%	3
Data Protection	67	Down -14 places-14	£28,000	-68.00%	19 1.22%	7
ITSM	67	Down -9 places-9	£50,000	-28.57%	19 1.22%	9
Time Management	69	Down -27 places-27	£39,250	-1.87%	17 1.09%	7
Vulnerability Management	70	Down -11 places-11	£55,000	-	16 1.02%	2
Performance Optimisation	70	Down -13 places-13	£41,740	-39.50%	16 1.02%	5