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 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 135 205 228
Rank change year-on-year +70 +23 +60
Permanent jobs citing Process Improvement 2,079 1,901 2,829
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.11% 1.84% 1.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.46% 1.92% 1.89%
Number of salaries quoted 1,066 964 1,470
10th Percentile £31,500 £37,500 £36,200
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +4.35% +15.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £71,063 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £88,750 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £51,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +2.94% +7.37%

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 84,624 98,922 149,770
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.89% 95.62% 95.60%
Number of salaries quoted 59,744 58,119 83,346
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 £81,500 £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 5 May 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 5 May 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 +70 1,899 £55,000 -8.33% 778
UK excluding London +31 1,382 £50,000 -4.76% 539
Work from Home +45 766 £55,000 -4.35% 323
London +121 593 £70,000 +7.69% 281
Midlands +24 354 £52,500 +5.00% 102
North of England +41 328 £47,500 -5.00% 134
South East -3 319 £45,000 -18.18% 130
West Midlands +11 219 £53,250 +3.90% 68
South West +37 170 £52,396 -0.20% 75
North West +25 166 £47,500 -4.04% 80
Yorkshire +47 114 £45,000 -18.01% 35
East Midlands +26 114 £44,000 -12.00% 34
East of England +35 105 £50,000 -13.04% 60
Scotland -57 63 £56,440 +20.56% 33
North East +36 48 £47,500 +5.56% 22
Wales +22 26 £42,000 +20.00% 20
Northern Ireland +39 19 £36,250 -19.44% 10

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 (6.25%) SharePoint
2 49 (2.36%) 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 (0.38%) 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 (0.096%) EPiServer
11 2 (0.096%) Luigi
11 2 (0.096%) Oracle Workflow
11 2 (0.096%) WebSphere
12 1 (0.048%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.048%) Drupal
Applications
1 364 (17.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 235 (11.30%) Microsoft Office
3 94 (4.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 25 (1.20%) Microsoft Project
4 25 (1.20%) MS Visio
5 13 (0.63%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 6 (0.29%) Chatbot
6 6 (0.29%) Simulink
7 4 (0.19%) InfoPath
8 3 (0.14%) Adobe Illustrator
8 3 (0.14%) InDesign
8 3 (0.14%) Photoshop
8 3 (0.14%) Trello
8 3 (0.14%) UserZoom
9 2 (0.096%) SPSS
10 1 (0.048%) Adobe Premiere
10 1 (0.048%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 37 (1.78%) SAP S/4HANA
2 25 (1.20%) NetSuite
3 16 (0.77%) SAP FI
4 14 (0.67%) Oracle Payables
4 14 (0.67%) 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 PP
Cloud Services
1 204 (9.81%) Power Platform
2 195 (9.38%) Azure
3 141 (6.78%) Microsoft 365
4 116 (5.58%) AWS
5 85 (4.09%) SaaS
6 66 (3.17%) GCP
7 44 (2.12%) Azure DevOps
8 37 (1.78%) PowerApps
9 32 (1.54%) Dynamics 365
10 29 (1.39%) Cloud Computing
10 29 (1.39%) Microsoft Purview
11 23 (1.11%) Entra ID
12 22 (1.06%) Serverless
13 21 (1.01%) Power Automate
14 19 (0.91%) Amazon S3
15 16 (0.77%) Azure Sentinel
15 16 (0.77%) OCI
16 13 (0.63%) Amazon ECS
17 12 (0.58%) Azure Data Factory
17 12 (0.58%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 184 (8.85%) Broadband
2 56 (2.69%) Firewall
3 36 (1.73%) TCP/IP
4 32 (1.54%) WAN
5 27 (1.30%) Network Security
6 26 (1.25%) LAN
7 25 (1.20%) DNS
8 24 (1.15%) VPN
9 16 (0.77%) Internet
10 14 (0.67%) Wireshark
11 9 (0.43%) Remote Desktop
11 9 (0.43%) VoIP
12 8 (0.38%) SD-WAN
13 7 (0.34%) Wireless
14 6 (0.29%) HTTP
15 5 (0.24%) DHCP
15 5 (0.24%) FIX Connectivity
16 4 (0.19%) Cisco Firepower
16 4 (0.19%) Cisco ISE
16 4 (0.19%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 176 (8.47%) Power BI
2 78 (3.75%) SQL Server
3 52 (2.50%) Data Warehouse
4 48 (2.31%) Relational Database
5 40 (1.92%) Tableau
6 22 (1.06%) NoSQL
7 20 (0.96%) DynamoDB
8 19 (0.91%) Amazon Redshift
8 19 (0.91%) Data Lake
8 19 (0.91%) MySQL
9 15 (0.72%) Big Data
9 15 (0.72%) BigQuery
9 15 (0.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 14 (0.67%) SAP BW
11 12 (0.58%) Amazon QuickSight
11 12 (0.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 11 (0.53%) Data Mining
12 11 (0.53%) Hadoop
12 11 (0.53%) PostgreSQL
13 10 (0.48%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 110 (5.29%) JIRA
2 32 (1.54%) Jenkins
3 31 (1.49%) Git
4 19 (0.91%) Selenium
5 12 (0.58%) Cucumber
6 9 (0.43%) Postman
6 9 (0.43%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 8 (0.38%) Jaeger
7 8 (0.38%) Sonatype Nexus
7 8 (0.38%) TeamCity
8 7 (0.34%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 7 (0.34%) Bitbucket
8 7 (0.34%) Cypress.io
8 7 (0.34%) gulp
8 7 (0.34%) WebDriver
8 7 (0.34%) webpack
9 5 (0.24%) MSTest
9 5 (0.24%) SoapUI
10 4 (0.19%) Katalon Studio
10 4 (0.19%) Subversion
General
1 843 (40.55%) Social Skills
2 687 (33.04%) Finance
3 412 (19.82%) Analytical Skills
4 253 (12.17%) Marketing
5 247 (11.88%) Legal
6 209 (10.05%) Banking
7 187 (8.99%) Advertising
8 151 (7.26%) Law
9 106 (5.10%) Organisational Skills
10 102 (4.91%) Manufacturing
11 101 (4.86%) Retail
12 98 (4.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 88 (4.23%) Military
14 81 (3.90%) Influencing Skills
15 78 (3.75%) Public Sector
16 67 (3.22%) Presentation Skills
17 49 (2.36%) Pharmaceutical
18 40 (1.92%) Telecoms
19 39 (1.88%) Fire and Rescue
20 29 (1.39%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 459 (22.08%) Analyst
2 353 (16.98%) Lead
3 340 (16.35%) Senior
4 128 (6.16%) Senior Analyst
5 115 (5.53%) Business Analyst
6 109 (5.24%) Project Manager
7 96 (4.62%) IT Manager
8 89 (4.28%) Graduate
9 84 (4.04%) Consultant
10 63 (3.03%) Developer
11 58 (2.79%) Architect
12 42 (2.02%) Business Manager
12 42 (2.02%) IT Analyst
12 42 (2.02%) Senior Manager
13 40 (1.92%) IT Support
14 35 (1.68%) Team Leader
15 34 (1.64%) Data Engineer
16 33 (1.59%) Change Manager
16 33 (1.59%) Data Analyst
17 32 (1.54%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (3.46%) .NET
2 53 (2.55%) REST
3 38 (1.83%) Web Services
4 35 (1.68%) HTML
5 34 (1.64%) React
6 32 (1.54%) .NET Framework
7 29 (1.39%) JSON
7 29 (1.39%) XML
8 24 (1.15%) Node.js
9 23 (1.11%) CSS
10 17 (0.82%) .NET Core
11 16 (0.77%) AngularJS
11 16 (0.77%) SignalR
11 16 (0.77%) WCF
11 16 (0.77%) WF
12 15 (0.72%) FastAPI
12 15 (0.72%) Flask
13 14 (0.67%) Gherkin
14 13 (0.63%) Middleware
14 13 (0.63%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 186 (8.95%) Onboarding
2 184 (8.85%) Marketing Technology
3 153 (7.36%) Management Information System
4 96 (4.62%) Self-Motivation
5 39 (1.88%) Data Centre
5 39 (1.88%) Virtual Team
6 28 (1.35%) PMI
7 27 (1.30%) Legacy Systems
8 25 (1.20%) Product Ownership
9 24 (1.15%) Credit Risk
10 23 (1.11%) Mobile App
11 20 (0.96%) Robotics
12 19 (0.91%) Algorithms
12 19 (0.91%) Renewable Energy
12 19 (0.91%) Security Operations Centre
13 18 (0.87%) Distributed Systems
13 18 (0.87%) Taxonomies
14 17 (0.82%) Greenfield Project
15 15 (0.72%) Enterprise Software
16 13 (0.63%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 133 (6.40%) Windows
2 49 (2.36%) Linux
3 26 (1.25%) Windows 10
4 24 (1.15%) Android
5 23 (1.11%) Windows Server
6 17 (0.82%) Apple iOS
7 11 (0.53%) Unix
8 5 (0.24%) CentOS
9 4 (0.19%) VMS
10 3 (0.14%) Mac OS
10 3 (0.14%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.096%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 549 (26.41%) Problem-Solving
2 401 (19.29%) Continuous Improvement
3 359 (17.27%) Agile
4 339 (16.31%) Project Management
5 325 (15.63%) Matrix Organization
6 307 (14.77%) Analytics
7 274 (13.18%) Customer Service
8 237 (11.40%) Business Case
9 223 (10.73%) Data Collection
10 220 (10.58%) Data Analysis
10 220 (10.58%) Data Management
11 210 (10.10%) Regulatory Change
12 200 (9.62%) Business Intelligence
12 200 (9.62%) Use Case
13 196 (9.43%) Risk Management
14 192 (9.24%) Digital Marketing
15 191 (9.19%) Coaching
16 190 (9.14%) Data Strategy
17 180 (8.66%) Decision-Making
18 170 (8.18%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 262 (12.60%) SQL
2 127 (6.11%) Python
3 89 (4.28%) C#
4 60 (2.89%) Java
5 51 (2.45%) JavaScript
6 50 (2.41%) PowerShell
7 38 (1.83%) T-SQL
8 24 (1.15%) TypeScript
9 18 (0.87%) R
10 16 (0.77%) Scala
11 14 (0.67%) MATLAB
12 13 (0.63%) Bash
13 11 (0.53%) PL/SQL
14 9 (0.43%) VBA
15 8 (0.38%) Kusto Query Language
16 7 (0.34%) C
17 6 (0.29%) C++
17 6 (0.29%) Ruby
18 5 (0.24%) Perl
19 4 (0.19%) PHP
Qualifications
1 526 (25.30%) Degree
2 65 (3.13%) Security Cleared
3 50 (2.41%) Computer Science Degree
4 46 (2.21%) Master's Degree
4 46 (2.21%) PMI Certification
5 40 (1.92%) Cisco Certification
6 37 (1.78%) SC Cleared
7 28 (1.35%) Microsoft Certification
8 25 (1.20%) Azure Certification
9 24 (1.15%) BPSS Clearance
10 23 (1.11%) PMP
11 22 (1.06%) APMP
12 21 (1.01%) CISSP
12 21 (1.01%) DBS Check
13 20 (0.96%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 19 (0.91%) AWS Certification
14 19 (0.91%) CEH
15 17 (0.82%) ITIL Certification
15 17 (0.82%) MCSE
16 16 (0.77%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 142 (6.83%) GDPR
2 128 (6.16%) QA
3 121 (5.82%) Data Quality
4 64 (3.08%) SLA
5 33 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 29 (1.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 24 (1.15%) PMO
8 22 (1.06%) Accessibility
8 22 (1.06%) Good Clinical Practice
9 19 (0.91%) NIST
10 15 (0.72%) PCI DSS
11 14 (0.67%) ISO 9001
12 12 (0.58%) ITGC
13 10 (0.48%) Actionable Recommendations
13 10 (0.48%) CDISC
14 9 (0.43%) 21 CFR Part 11
15 7 (0.34%) ISO 14001
15 7 (0.34%) ISO 22301
15 7 (0.34%) NEBOSH
15 7 (0.34%) WCAG
System Software
1 83 (3.99%) Active Directory
2 37 (1.78%) Docker
3 36 (1.73%) VMware Infrastructure
4 27 (1.30%) Virtual Desktop
5 21 (1.01%) Hyper-V
6 9 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
7 8 (0.38%) Virtual Servers
8 6 (0.29%) Firmware
9 4 (0.19%) VMware Server
9 4 (0.19%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 31 (1.49%) Microsoft Intune
2 28 (1.35%) Kubernetes
3 20 (0.96%) Terraform
4 16 (0.77%) Ansible
5 14 (0.67%) Nmap
6 8 (0.38%) Kiali
7 5 (0.24%) Failover Clustering
7 5 (0.24%) logstash
8 4 (0.19%) Cisco CUCM
8 4 (0.19%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 4 (0.19%) Stealthwatch
9 3 (0.14%) Dell DRAC
9 3 (0.14%) ITRS Geneos
9 3 (0.14%) SCCM
10 2 (0.096%) Argo
10 2 (0.096%) Autotask
11 1 (0.048%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.048%) Grafana
11 1 (0.048%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.048%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 398 (19.14%) Microsoft
2 87 (4.18%) SAP
3 66 (3.17%) Oracle
4 60 (2.89%) Google
5 49 (2.36%) Salesforce
6 43 (2.07%) VMware
7 31 (1.49%) Splunk
8 24 (1.15%) Cisco
9 20 (0.96%) IFS
10 17 (0.82%) Qualys
11 14 (0.67%) IBM
11 14 (0.67%) Rapid7
11 14 (0.67%) Thycotic
12 12 (0.58%) Apple
13 11 (0.53%) AppDynamics
14 9 (0.43%) Citrix
14 9 (0.43%) Workday
15 8 (0.38%) Adobe
15 8 (0.38%) Bloomberg
16 7 (0.34%) Sage