Process & Methodology Statistics in Wales

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 20 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	-	246 15.53%	46
AI	9	Up 28 places+28	£50,300	-19.52%	137 8.65%	50
Continuous Improvement	11	Up 9 places+9	£47,500	-	130 8.21%	43
Mentoring	13	Up 3 places+3	£45,000	-34.30%	123 7.77%	34
Business Development	16	Up 35 places+35	£40,000	-30.43%	120 7.58%	34
Problem-Solving	17	Down -13 places-13	£42,500	-15.00%	117 7.39%	81
Business Intelligence	24	Up 25 places+25	£41,250	-28.52%	86 5.43%	23
Software Engineering	26	Down -9 places-9	£50,000	-25.92%	84 5.30%	27
Agile	29	Down -20 places-20	£55,816	-6.75%	76 4.80%	37
Customer Service	30	Down -3 places-3	£27,000	-22.85%	74 4.67%	29
DevOps	35	Down -17 places-17	£53,171	-15.93%	69 4.36%	30
User Experience	37	Up 16 places+16	£42,934	-18.22%	65 4.10%	11
Service Delivery	42	Down -11 places-11	£60,000	+28.29%	54 3.41%	21
Decision-Making	43	Down -2 places-2	£45,000	-22.80%	48 3.03%	32
ITIL	45	Down -11 places-11	£61,250	+60.78%	46 2.90%	21
CRM	45	Down -6 places-6	£42,500	+30.76%	46 2.90%	19
CI/CD	46	Down -22 places-22	£58,750	-11.40%	44 2.78%	25
Ethical Hacking	47	New entry-	£33,000	-	43 2.71%	6
Machine Learning	49	Down -1 place-1	£53,100	+8.36%	41 2.59%	12
Test Automation	50	Down -9 places-9	£55,000	+4.57%	40 2.53%	16
Infrastructure Engineering	51	Down -2 places-2	£65,000	+28.58%	38 2.40%	13
Coaching	51	Down -8 places-8	£39,163	-34.57%	38 2.40%	14
Customer Experience	51	Up 4 places+4	£47,500	+17.28%	38 2.40%	13
Analytics	52	Down -4 places-4	£40,000	-27.27%	37 2.34%	33
Web Development	54	Down -20 places-20	£30,000	-53.84%	35 2.21%	12
Stakeholder Engagement	54	Down -6 places-6	£67,586	+17.54%	35 2.21%	16
Project Management	55	Down -50 places-50	£42,934	-25.33%	34 2.15%	27
Migration	55	Down -2 places-2	£60,000	+20.00%	34 2.15%	11
Process Improvement	55	Up 4 places+4	£52,508	+10.54%	34 2.15%	11
Technical Leadership	58	Down -28 places-28	£67,500	-10.00%	31 1.96%	12
Scrum	60	Down -25 places-25	£42,370	-19.43%	29 1.83%	16
B2B	61	Down -15 places-15	£35,000	+7.69%	28 1.77%	15
Stakeholder Management	61	Down -9 places-9	£55,008	+8.92%	28 1.77%	19
Project Delivery	62	Down -17 places-17	£58,758	+11.72%	27 1.70%	17
Root Cause Analysis	63	New entry-	£45,000	-	26 1.64%	14
Computer Science	63	Down -40 places-40	£72,500	+11.53%	26 1.64%	10
Collaborative Working	64	Down -40 places-40	£45,000	+18.12%	25 1.58%	16
Service Management	64	Down -12 places-12	£52,107	+36.78%	25 1.58%	12
Infrastructure as Code	65	Down -9 places-9	£61,000	-3.55%	24 1.52%	7
Incident Response	65	Down -12 places-12	£73,863	-15.58%	24 1.52%	5
Roadmaps	65	Down -21 places-21	£69,973	+25.11%	24 1.52%	16
IT Strategy	66	Down -14 places-14	£72,500	+11.53%	23 1.45%	3
PRINCE2	69	Down -11 places-11	£57,515	-10.13%	20 1.26%	5
ITSM	69	Down -10 places-10	£50,000	-28.57%	20 1.26%	9
Business Strategy	69	Down -13 places-13	£80,000	+6.66%	20 1.26%	2
Acceptance Criteria	70	Down -11 places-11	£41,740	-19.73%	19 1.20%	3
Vulnerability Management	71	Down -11 places-11	£55,000	-	18 1.14%	2
Data Protection	71	Down -17 places-17	£47,793	-45.37%	18 1.14%	9
Security Operations	71	Down -16 places-16	£25,000	-71.42%	18 1.14%	6
Time Management	72	Down -29 places-29	£39,250	-1.87%	17 1.07%	8