PDCA (Plan-Do-Check-Act)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for PDCA skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited PDCA over the 6 months to 30 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 885 987 1203
Rank change year-on-year +102 +216 -287
Permanent jobs citing PDCA 11 1 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.011% 0.001% 0.002%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.013% 0.001% 0.002%
Number of salaries quoted 10 1 3
10th Percentile £38,360 - £37,600
25th Percentile £55,000 - £40,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - +33.33% +50.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 - -
90th Percentile £65,681 - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - +33.33% +50.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

PDCA is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,682 99,385 149,003
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.98% 95.62% 95.60%
Number of salaries quoted 59,837 58,365 83,204
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

PDCA
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing PDCA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for PDCA in the UK

PDCA
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing PDCA.

Salary trend for PDCA in the UK

PDCA
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing PDCA over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Salary histogram for PDCA in the UK

PDCA
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PDCA within the UK over the 6 months to 30 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
UK excluding London -13 11 £60,000 - 3
England +136 10 £60,000 - 3
Work from Home - 9 £60,000 -
South West - 7 £60,000 - 1
South East - 2 £38,200 -
North of England +39 1 £71,812 +19.69% 1
Northern Ireland - 1 - -
North West - 1 £71,812 -

PDCA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Excel
General
1 6 (54.55%) Finance
1 6 (54.55%) Social Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Aerospace
3 1 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (9.09%) Manufacturing
3 1 (9.09%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (63.64%) Head of IT
1 7 (63.64%) Head of Support
1 7 (63.64%) IT Support
2 3 (27.27%) Head of IT Services
3 2 (18.18%) Budget Controller
4 1 (9.09%) Lead
4 1 (9.09%) Test Leader
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Driving Licence
2 1 (9.09%) Housing Association
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Customer Service
1 7 (63.64%) ITIL
1 7 (63.64%) Problem Management
1 7 (63.64%) Service Delivery
2 4 (36.36%) Co-Creation
3 3 (27.27%) Mentoring
3 3 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (18.18%) Budget Management
4 2 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (18.18%) Cost Management
4 2 (18.18%) Trend Analysis
5 1 (9.09%) Commercial Awareness
5 1 (9.09%) Lean Thinking
5 1 (9.09%) Line Management
5 1 (9.09%) Matrix Management
5 1 (9.09%) Performance Analysis
5 1 (9.09%) Proactive Management
5 1 (9.09%) Product Management
5 1 (9.09%) Systems Engineering
5 1 (9.09%) Systems Thinking
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) Degree
1 3 (27.27%) ITIL Certification
1 3 (27.27%) MCSE
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (9.09%) DBS Check
2 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (63.64%) SLA
2 4 (36.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.09%) Thales