Business Process Improvement Job Trends in Durham

Business Process Improvement (BPI)
North East > Durham

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Durham citing Business Process Improvement skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 31 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	40	-	-
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	-
Permanent jobs citing Business Process Improvement	8	0	0
As % of all permanent jobs in Durham	1.50%	-	-
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	1.90%	-	-
Number of salaries quoted	6	0	0
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	£56,250	-	-
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£57,500	-	-
75^th Percentile	£58,750	-	-
90^th Percentile	£63,703	-	-
North East median annual salary	£57,500	-	-

All Process & Methodology Skills
Durham

Business Process Improvement falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies citing process or methodology skills in Durham.

	6 months to 31 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing process or methodology skills	421	193	191
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Durham	78.84%	73.38%	70.48%
Number of salaries quoted	280	101	81
10^th Percentile	£30,000	£25,087	£32,000
25^th Percentile	£35,000	£28,000	£46,250
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£52,500	£35,000	£59,000
Median % change year-on-year	+50.00%	-40.68%	+18.00%
75^th Percentile	£65,000	£52,500	£70,000
90^th Percentile	£80,000	£82,241	£80,000
North East median annual salary	£55,000	£43,375	£48,387
% change year-on-year	+26.80%	-10.36%	-3.23%

Business Process Improvement Job Vacancy Trend in Durham

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Business Process Improvement relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Durham.

Business Process Improvement Salary Trend in Durham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Durham citing Business Process Improvement.

Business Process Improvement Job Locations in Durham

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Process Improvement within the Durham region over the 6 months to 31 October 2026. 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Peterlee	-	7	£57,500	-
Darlington	-	1	£66,014	-	1
Business Process Improvement North East

Business Process Improvement Top 28 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Durham

For the 6 months to 31 October 2026, job vacancies citing Business Process Improvement also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Durham region citing Business Process Improvement.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Process Improvement	100.0%	8
2	ACCA	87.5%	7
2	Budgeting	87.5%	7
2	Budgeting and Forecasting	87.5%	7
2	Business Case	87.5%	7
2	Business Forecasting	87.5%	7
2	Business Strategy	87.5%	7
2	CIMA	87.5%	7
2	CIPD	87.5%	7
2	Commercial Awareness	87.5%	7
2	Cost Control	87.5%	7
2	Data Migration	87.5%	7
2	Decision-Making	87.5%	7
2	ERP	87.5%	7
2	Financial Analysis	87.5%	7
2	Migration	87.5%	7
2	Performance Analysis	87.5%	7
2	Stakeholder Management	87.5%	7
2	System Testing	87.5%	7
20	Agile	12.5%	1
20	AI	12.5%	1
20	Business Analysis	12.5%	1
20	Community of Practice	12.5%	1
20	Cybersecurity	12.5%	1
20	Mentoring	12.5%	1
20	SC Cleared	12.5%	1
20	Security Cleared	12.5%	1
20	Stakeholder Engagement	12.5%	1

Business Process Improvement Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Durham by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Process Improvement	100.0%	8
2	Budgeting	87.5%	7
2	Budgeting and Forecasting	87.5%	7
2	Business Case	87.5%	7
2	Business Forecasting	87.5%	7
2	Business Strategy	87.5%	7
2	Commercial Awareness	87.5%	7
2	Cost Control	87.5%	7
2	Data Migration	87.5%	7
2	Decision-Making	87.5%	7
2	ERP	87.5%	7
2	Financial Analysis	87.5%	7
2	Migration	87.5%	7
2	Performance Analysis	87.5%	7
2	Stakeholder Management	87.5%	7
2	System Testing	87.5%	7
17	Agile	12.5%	1
17	AI	12.5%	1
17	Business Analysis	12.5%	1
17	Community of Practice	12.5%	1