Process & Methodology Statistics in Wales

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 29 Apr 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	-	251 15.30%	27
AI	10	Up 27 places+27	£53,171	-16.10%	143 8.71%	33
Continuous Improvement	11	Up 8 places+8	£52,250	+8.81%	131 7.98%	33
Mentoring	12	Up 3 places+3	£52,500	-23.35%	128 7.80%	28
Business Development	14	Up 35 places+35	£40,000	-30.43%	125 7.62%	22
Problem-Solving	16	Down -12 places-12	£42,500	-15.66%	116 7.07%	48
Business Intelligence	21	Up 27 places+27	£40,000	-30.69%	90 5.48%	19
Software Engineering	22	Down -5 places-5	£50,000	-25.92%	85 5.18%	21
Agile	24	Down -15 places-15	£55,000	-8.22%	82 5.00%	33
DevOps	32	Down -14 places-14	£53,171	-15.93%	72 4.39%	23
Customer Service	33	Down -9 places-9	£27,000	-19.40%	71 4.33%	18
User Experience	37	Up 16 places+16	£43,967	-16.25%	66 4.02%	6
Service Delivery	41	Down -7 places-7	£60,000	+23.62%	58 3.53%	19
CRM	44	Down -5 places-5	£42,500	+25.92%	47 2.86%	17
Decision-Making	44	Down -5 places-5	£47,500	-20.16%	47 2.86%	26
Ethical Hacking	45	New entry-	£33,000	-	46 2.80%	4
ITIL	45	Down -11 places-11	£63,500	+66.69%	46 2.80%	17
CI/CD	46	Down -21 places-21	£60,000	-11.27%	45 2.74%	17
Machine Learning	48	Down -1 place-1	£53,171	+8.51%	43 2.62%	8
Test Automation	48	Down -7 places-7	£55,000	+4.57%	43 2.62%	10
Infrastructure Engineering	50	Down -2 places-2	£57,500	+13.74%	41 2.50%	16
Stakeholder Engagement	50	Down -2 places-2	£67,586	+17.54%	41 2.50%	10
Coaching	51	Down -9 places-9	£47,500	-20.64%	40 2.44%	11
Customer Experience	53	Up 1 place+1	£47,500	+41.79%	38 2.32%	7
Analytics	54	Down -8 places-8	£40,000	-20.00%	37 2.25%	31
Technical Leadership	57	Down -26 places-26	£67,500	-10.00%	34 2.07%	5
Project Management	57	Down -52 places-52	£42,934	-32.91%	34 2.07%	23
Migration	58	Down -5 places-5	£60,000	+20.00%	33 2.01%	7
Web Development	58	Down -24 places-24	-	-	33 2.01%	8
Process Improvement	58	Up 1 place+1	£47,500	-	33 2.01%	4
Scrum	59	Down -24 places-24	£45,000	-14.76%	32 1.95%	10
Project Delivery	60	Down -16 places-16	£57,515	+6.91%	31 1.89%	10
Stakeholder Management	60	Down -8 places-8	£53,171	+5.28%	31 1.89%	14
Collaborative Working	62	Down -37 places-37	£45,000	+18.12%	29 1.77%	10
B2B	63	Down -16 places-16	£37,500	+15.38%	28 1.71%	11
Service Management	63	Down -11 places-11	£50,000	+31.25%	28 1.71%	13
Roadmaps	63	Down -19 places-19	£69,973	+16.89%	28 1.71%	9
Incident Response	64	Down -14 places-14	£55,000	-	27 1.65%	2
Computer Science	64	Down -41 places-41	£72,500	+11.53%	27 1.65%	6
Root Cause Analysis	65	New entry-	£45,000	-	26 1.58%	12
IT Strategy	65	Down -13 places-13	£72,500	+11.53%	26 1.58%	4
Security Operations	68	Down -13 places-13	£24,500	-65.61%	23 1.40%	4
Infrastructure as Code	69	Down -13 places-13	£60,000	-5.13%	22 1.34%	4
PRINCE2	70	Down -12 places-12	£57,515	-10.13%	21 1.28%	6
ITSM	70	Down -11 places-11	£45,000	-35.71%	21 1.28%	8
Business Strategy	70	Down -13 places-13	£80,000	+6.66%	21 1.28%	2
Acceptance Criteria	72	Down -13 places-13	£41,740	-19.73%	19 1.16%	5
SEO	72	Down -15 places-15	£53,171	-11.38%	19 1.16%	5
Vulnerability Management	73	Down -13 places-13	£55,000	-	18 1.10%	13
Artificial Intelligence Engineering	73	New entry-	-	-	18 1.10%	2