Process Improvement
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Process Improvement skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Process Improvement over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 135 206 229
Rank change year-on-year +71 +23 +57
Permanent jobs citing Process Improvement 2,071 1,937 2,796
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.11% 1.85% 1.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.46% 1.94% 1.90%
Number of salaries quoted 1,058 963 1,475
10th Percentile £31,500 £36,985 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +15.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £71,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £52,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +0.96% +9.47%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Process Improvement 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 84,305 100,095 147,310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.99% 95.64% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 59,591 58,745 83,129
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +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%

Process Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Process Improvement in the UK

Process Improvement
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Process Improvement.

Salary trend for Process Improvement in the UK

Process Improvement
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Process Improvement over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Process Improvement in the UK

Process Improvement
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Process Improvement within the UK over the 6 months to 27 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
England +72 1,893 £55,000 -8.33% 686
UK excluding London +27 1,371 £50,000 -4.76% 480
Work from Home +47 764 £55,000 -4.35% 283
London +125 597 £70,000 +7.69% 234
Midlands +18 348 £52,500 +5.00% 96
North of England +51 326 £47,500 -5.00% 125
South East +5 320 £45,000 -18.18% 110
West Midlands +12 216 £54,000 +5.37% 67
South West +59 167 £52,396 -0.20% 56
North West +29 164 £47,500 -4.04% 82
Yorkshire +43 114 £45,000 -18.09% 28
East Midlands +24 111 £45,000 -10.00% 29
East of England +30 105 £50,000 +0.49% 62
Scotland -55 63 £56,440 +16.07% 28
North East +40 48 £47,500 -5.00% 18
Wales +24 26 £42,000 +20.00% 17
Northern Ireland +44 18 £36,250 -19.44% 8

Process Improvement
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:

Application Platforms
1 130 (6.28%) SharePoint
2 49 (2.37%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (0.77%) Confluence
4 12 (0.58%) SAS
5 11 (0.53%) Apache Spark
5 11 (0.53%) CMS
6 8 (0.39%) IIS
7 6 (0.29%) Apache
7 6 (0.29%) IBM Notes
8 5 (0.24%) OpenStack
8 5 (0.24%) WordPress
9 4 (0.19%) Umbraco
10 3 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
11 2 (0.097%) EPiServer
11 2 (0.097%) Luigi
11 2 (0.097%) Oracle Workflow
11 2 (0.097%) WebSphere
12 1 (0.048%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.048%) Drupal
Applications
1 365 (17.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 234 (11.30%) Microsoft Office
3 93 (4.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 26 (1.26%) Microsoft Project
5 25 (1.21%) MS Visio
6 13 (0.63%) Spreadsheet
7 6 (0.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 6 (0.29%) Chatbot
7 6 (0.29%) Simulink
8 4 (0.19%) InfoPath
9 3 (0.14%) Adobe Illustrator
9 3 (0.14%) InDesign
9 3 (0.14%) Photoshop
9 3 (0.14%) Trello
9 3 (0.14%) UserZoom
10 2 (0.097%) AutoCAD
10 2 (0.097%) SPSS
11 1 (0.048%) Adobe Premiere
Business Applications
1 36 (1.74%) SAP S/4HANA
2 26 (1.26%) NetSuite
3 16 (0.77%) SAP FI
4 14 (0.68%) Oracle Payables
4 14 (0.68%) Oracle Receivables
5 13 (0.63%) Oracle General Ledger
6 12 (0.58%) Oracle Cash Management
6 12 (0.58%) SAP CO
6 12 (0.58%) SAP FI/CO
7 11 (0.53%) Unit4 Business World
8 9 (0.43%) Dynamics CRM
8 9 (0.43%) SAP BPC
9 7 (0.34%) Primavera
9 7 (0.34%) Salesforce CRM
10 5 (0.24%) Fidessa
10 5 (0.24%) SAP WM
10 5 (0.24%) Teamcenter
11 4 (0.19%) SAP ERP
11 4 (0.19%) SAP GTS
11 4 (0.19%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 205 (9.90%) Power Platform
2 191 (9.22%) Azure
3 141 (6.81%) Microsoft 365
4 115 (5.55%) AWS
5 85 (4.10%) SaaS
6 67 (3.24%) GCP
7 41 (1.98%) Azure DevOps
8 38 (1.83%) PowerApps
9 33 (1.59%) Dynamics 365
10 29 (1.40%) Cloud Computing
10 29 (1.40%) Microsoft Purview
11 21 (1.01%) Power Automate
11 21 (1.01%) Serverless
12 20 (0.97%) Entra ID
13 19 (0.92%) Amazon S3
14 16 (0.77%) Azure Sentinel
14 16 (0.77%) OCI
15 13 (0.63%) Amazon ECS
15 13 (0.63%) Azure Logic Apps
16 12 (0.58%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 184 (8.88%) Broadband
2 55 (2.66%) Firewall
3 36 (1.74%) TCP/IP
4 30 (1.45%) WAN
5 25 (1.21%) DNS
5 25 (1.21%) LAN
6 24 (1.16%) Network Security
7 23 (1.11%) VPN
8 16 (0.77%) Internet
9 14 (0.68%) Wireshark
10 9 (0.43%) Remote Desktop
10 9 (0.43%) VoIP
11 7 (0.34%) SD-WAN
11 7 (0.34%) Wireless
12 6 (0.29%) HTTP
13 5 (0.24%) DHCP
13 5 (0.24%) FIX Connectivity
14 4 (0.19%) Cisco Firepower
14 4 (0.19%) Cisco ISE
14 4 (0.19%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 177 (8.55%) Power BI
2 81 (3.91%) SQL Server
3 51 (2.46%) Data Warehouse
4 48 (2.32%) Relational Database
5 40 (1.93%) Tableau
6 20 (0.97%) DynamoDB
6 20 (0.97%) NoSQL
7 19 (0.92%) Data Lake
8 18 (0.87%) Amazon Redshift
9 17 (0.82%) MySQL
10 15 (0.72%) Big Data
10 15 (0.72%) BigQuery
10 15 (0.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 14 (0.68%) SAP BW
12 12 (0.58%) Amazon QuickSight
12 12 (0.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 11 (0.53%) Data Mining
13 11 (0.53%) Hadoop
13 11 (0.53%) PostgreSQL
14 10 (0.48%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 112 (5.41%) JIRA
2 35 (1.69%) Jenkins
3 29 (1.40%) Git
4 20 (0.97%) Selenium
5 12 (0.58%) Cucumber
6 9 (0.43%) Postman
6 9 (0.43%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 8 (0.39%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 8 (0.39%) Cypress.io
7 8 (0.39%) Jaeger
7 8 (0.39%) Sonatype Nexus
7 8 (0.39%) TeamCity
7 8 (0.39%) WebDriver
7 8 (0.39%) webpack
8 7 (0.34%) Bitbucket
8 7 (0.34%) gulp
9 5 (0.24%) MSTest
9 5 (0.24%) SoapUI
10 4 (0.19%) Katalon Studio
10 4 (0.19%) Subversion
General
1 842 (40.66%) Social Skills
2 688 (33.22%) Finance
3 411 (19.85%) Analytical Skills
4 252 (12.17%) Marketing
5 244 (11.78%) Legal
6 207 (10.00%) Banking
7 187 (9.03%) Advertising
8 151 (7.29%) Law
9 106 (5.12%) Organisational Skills
10 100 (4.83%) Manufacturing
11 99 (4.78%) Retail
12 96 (4.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 87 (4.20%) Military
14 83 (4.01%) Influencing Skills
15 78 (3.77%) Public Sector
16 66 (3.19%) Presentation Skills
17 48 (2.32%) Pharmaceutical
18 40 (1.93%) Telecoms
19 39 (1.88%) Fire and Rescue
20 30 (1.45%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 458 (22.11%) Analyst
2 349 (16.85%) Lead
3 342 (16.51%) Senior
4 127 (6.13%) Senior Analyst
5 114 (5.50%) Business Analyst
6 112 (5.41%) Project Manager
7 93 (4.49%) IT Manager
8 89 (4.30%) Graduate
9 85 (4.10%) Consultant
10 61 (2.95%) Developer
11 59 (2.85%) Architect
12 43 (2.08%) Senior Manager
13 42 (2.03%) Business Manager
13 42 (2.03%) IT Analyst
14 40 (1.93%) IT Support
15 34 (1.64%) Team Leader
16 33 (1.59%) Change Manager
16 33 (1.59%) Data Analyst
16 33 (1.59%) Data Engineer
16 33 (1.59%) Engineering Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (3.48%) .NET
2 56 (2.70%) REST
3 38 (1.83%) Web Services
4 36 (1.74%) HTML
5 35 (1.69%) React
6 31 (1.50%) .NET Framework
7 30 (1.45%) JSON
8 29 (1.40%) XML
9 25 (1.21%) Node.js
10 24 (1.16%) CSS
11 17 (0.82%) .NET Core
11 17 (0.82%) AngularJS
12 16 (0.77%) SignalR
12 16 (0.77%) WCF
12 16 (0.77%) WF
13 15 (0.72%) FastAPI
13 15 (0.72%) Flask
14 14 (0.68%) Gherkin
15 13 (0.63%) Middleware
15 13 (0.63%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 190 (9.17%) Onboarding
2 184 (8.88%) Marketing Technology
3 154 (7.44%) Management Information System
4 98 (4.73%) Self-Motivation
5 40 (1.93%) Data Centre
6 39 (1.88%) Virtual Team
7 29 (1.40%) Legacy Systems
8 28 (1.35%) PMI
9 25 (1.21%) Product Ownership
10 24 (1.16%) Credit Risk
11 23 (1.11%) Mobile App
12 22 (1.06%) Robotics
13 19 (0.92%) Algorithms
13 19 (0.92%) Renewable Energy
13 19 (0.92%) Security Operations Centre
14 18 (0.87%) Distributed Systems
14 18 (0.87%) Greenfield Project
14 18 (0.87%) Taxonomies
15 15 (0.72%) Enterprise Software
16 13 (0.63%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 134 (6.47%) Windows
2 53 (2.56%) Linux
3 25 (1.21%) Android
3 25 (1.21%) Windows 10
4 24 (1.16%) Windows Server
5 18 (0.87%) Apple iOS
6 11 (0.53%) Unix
7 5 (0.24%) CentOS
8 4 (0.19%) VMS
9 3 (0.14%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.14%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.097%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 549 (26.51%) Problem-Solving
2 407 (19.65%) Continuous Improvement
3 365 (17.62%) Agile
4 339 (16.37%) Project Management
5 325 (15.69%) Matrix Organization
6 305 (14.73%) Analytics
7 274 (13.23%) Customer Service
8 237 (11.44%) Business Case
9 223 (10.77%) Data Collection
10 222 (10.72%) Data Analysis
11 219 (10.57%) Data Management
12 208 (10.04%) Regulatory Change
13 200 (9.66%) Use Case
14 199 (9.61%) Business Intelligence
15 196 (9.46%) Risk Management
16 192 (9.27%) Digital Marketing
17 190 (9.17%) Data Strategy
18 189 (9.13%) Coaching
19 179 (8.64%) Decision-Making
20 171 (8.26%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 260 (12.55%) SQL
2 129 (6.23%) Python
3 89 (4.30%) C#
4 61 (2.95%) Java
5 52 (2.51%) JavaScript
6 50 (2.41%) PowerShell
7 37 (1.79%) T-SQL
8 24 (1.16%) TypeScript
9 18 (0.87%) R
10 16 (0.77%) Scala
11 14 (0.68%) MATLAB
12 13 (0.63%) Bash
13 12 (0.58%) PL/SQL
14 9 (0.43%) VBA
15 8 (0.39%) Kusto Query Language
16 7 (0.34%) C
17 6 (0.29%) C++
17 6 (0.29%) Ruby
18 5 (0.24%) Perl
18 5 (0.24%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 522 (25.21%) Degree
2 66 (3.19%) Security Cleared
3 47 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
4 46 (2.22%) Master's Degree
4 46 (2.22%) PMI Certification
5 39 (1.88%) Cisco Certification
6 37 (1.79%) SC Cleared
7 27 (1.30%) Microsoft Certification
8 24 (1.16%) BPSS Clearance
9 23 (1.11%) Azure Certification
9 23 (1.11%) PMP
10 22 (1.06%) APMP
11 21 (1.01%) DBS Check
12 20 (0.97%) CISSP
12 20 (0.97%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 18 (0.87%) AWS Certification
13 18 (0.87%) CEH
13 18 (0.87%) ITIL Certification
14 16 (0.77%) HNC
14 16 (0.77%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 143 (6.90%) GDPR
2 131 (6.33%) QA
3 120 (5.79%) Data Quality
4 64 (3.09%) SLA
5 33 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 30 (1.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 24 (1.16%) PMO
8 23 (1.11%) Accessibility
9 22 (1.06%) Good Clinical Practice
10 19 (0.92%) NIST
11 15 (0.72%) PCI DSS
12 14 (0.68%) ISO 9001
13 12 (0.58%) ITGC
14 10 (0.48%) Actionable Recommendations
14 10 (0.48%) CDISC
15 9 (0.43%) 21 CFR Part 11
16 8 (0.39%) WCAG
17 7 (0.34%) ISO 14001
17 7 (0.34%) ISO 22301
17 7 (0.34%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 80 (3.86%) Active Directory
2 37 (1.79%) Docker
3 36 (1.74%) VMware Infrastructure
4 27 (1.30%) Virtual Desktop
5 21 (1.01%) Hyper-V
6 8 (0.39%) Virtual Servers
7 7 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
8 6 (0.29%) Firmware
9 4 (0.19%) VMware Server
9 4 (0.19%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 31 (1.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 28 (1.35%) Kubernetes
3 19 (0.92%) Terraform
4 16 (0.77%) Ansible
5 14 (0.68%) Nmap
6 8 (0.39%) Kiali
7 6 (0.29%) Failover Clustering
8 5 (0.24%) logstash
9 4 (0.19%) Cisco CUCM
9 4 (0.19%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 4 (0.19%) SCCM
9 4 (0.19%) Stealthwatch
10 3 (0.14%) Dell DRAC
10 3 (0.14%) ITRS Geneos
11 2 (0.097%) Argo
11 2 (0.097%) Autotask
12 1 (0.048%) Progress Chef
12 1 (0.048%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.048%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 396 (19.12%) Microsoft
2 87 (4.20%) SAP
3 66 (3.19%) Oracle
4 60 (2.90%) Google
5 48 (2.32%) Salesforce
6 43 (2.08%) VMware
7 30 (1.45%) Splunk
8 22 (1.06%) Cisco
9 20 (0.97%) IFS
10 17 (0.82%) Qualys
11 14 (0.68%) IBM
11 14 (0.68%) Rapid7
11 14 (0.68%) Thycotic
12 12 (0.58%) Apple
13 11 (0.53%) AppDynamics
14 9 (0.43%) Citrix
14 9 (0.43%) Workday
15 8 (0.39%) Adobe
15 8 (0.39%) Bloomberg
15 8 (0.39%) Dell