Process Improvement Job Trends in the East of England

Process Improvement
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Process Improvement skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 128 68
Rank change year-on-year +70 -60 +60
Permanent jobs citing Process Improvement 121 54 70
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 2.93% 1.51% 3.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.88% 1.74% 3.68%
Number of salaries quoted 84 22 23
10th Percentile - £38,890 £42,300
25th Percentile £26,250 £49,859 £44,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £70,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% +40.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £52,500 £80,000 £59,375
90th Percentile £60,000 £84,124 £70,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £59,430 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.45% -4.91% +8.70%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East of England

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 requiring process or methodology skills in the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,121 3,107 1,900
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 75.57% 86.72% 88.83%
Number of salaries quoted 1,817 1,233 1,375
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £42,500 £39,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Process Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Process Improvement job vacancy trend in the East of England

Process Improvement
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Process Improvement.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Process Improvement

Process Improvement
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Process Improvement in the East of England over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Process Improvement in the East of England

Process Improvement
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Process Improvement within the East of England region over the 6 months to 1 January 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
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hertfordshire +53 46 £35,000 -50.00% 21
Cambridgeshire +36 42 £27,500 -60.71% 8
Suffolk +9 26 £50,000 -29.58% 1
Essex -28 7 £44,500 +4.71% 6
Process Improvement
England

Process Improvement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.83%) Oracle Workflow
1 1 (0.83%) SharePoint
Applications
1 43 (35.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (10.74%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.65%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (2.48%) Infor M3
2 1 (0.83%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 29 (23.97%) Azure
2 27 (22.31%) Power Platform
3 8 (6.61%) Amazon Alexa
4 6 (4.96%) AWS
5 3 (2.48%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (1.65%) SaaS
7 1 (0.83%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.83%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.31%) SAN
2 1 (0.83%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (22.31%) Power BI
2 7 (5.79%) Crystal Reports
3 4 (3.31%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (1.65%) JIRA
2 1 (0.83%) Eclipse
2 1 (0.83%) Git
2 1 (0.83%) Rational DOORS
General
1 64 (52.89%) Social Skills
2 47 (38.84%) Analytical Skills
3 28 (23.14%) Finance
4 18 (14.88%) Aerospace
4 18 (14.88%) Aviation
5 8 (6.61%) French Language
5 8 (6.61%) German Language
5 8 (6.61%) Italian Language
6 4 (3.31%) Billing
6 4 (3.31%) Health Technology
6 4 (3.31%) Manufacturing
7 3 (2.48%) Games
8 2 (1.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.65%) Legal
8 2 (1.65%) Local Government
8 2 (1.65%) Online Betting
9 1 (0.83%) Electronics
9 1 (0.83%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.83%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.83%) Retail
Job Titles
1 23 (19.01%) Analyst
1 23 (19.01%) Coordinator
2 17 (14.05%) Support Analyst
3 16 (13.22%) Administrator
4 12 (9.92%) IT Administrator
5 9 (7.44%) IT Support
6 7 (5.79%) 1st Line Support
6 7 (5.79%) Accountant
6 7 (5.79%) Management Accountant
6 7 (5.79%) Systems Accountant
7 6 (4.96%) Business Analyst
7 6 (4.96%) Business Developer
7 6 (4.96%) Developer
7 6 (4.96%) Dynamics 365 Developer
7 6 (4.96%) Mechanical Engineer
7 6 (4.96%) QA Engineer
7 6 (4.96%) Quality Engineer
7 6 (4.96%) Systems Developer
8 5 (4.13%) Business Support Analyst
8 5 (4.13%) Systems Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.83%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 20 (16.53%) Management Information System
2 14 (11.57%) Analytical Mindset
3 9 (7.44%) Onboarding
4 5 (4.13%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (3.31%) Data Centre
5 4 (3.31%) Enterprise Storage
6 2 (1.65%) Driving Licence
6 2 (1.65%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.83%) FPGA
7 1 (0.83%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 17 (14.05%) Windows
2 7 (5.79%) Linux
3 6 (4.96%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.65%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (48.76%) Problem-Solving
2 35 (28.93%) ERP
3 29 (23.97%) Customer Service
4 27 (22.31%) Business Intelligence
5 24 (19.83%) Stakeholder Management
6 23 (19.01%) Data Analysis
7 20 (16.53%) Analytics
7 20 (16.53%) Data Analytics
7 20 (16.53%) Project Management
8 19 (15.70%) Data Management
8 19 (15.70%) Project Delivery
9 18 (14.88%) Collaborative Working
9 18 (14.88%) Cybersecurity
10 16 (13.22%) Budgeting
11 12 (9.92%) Budgeting and Forecasting
11 12 (9.92%) Data Protection
12 9 (7.44%) ITIL
12 9 (7.44%) Machine Learning
13 8 (6.61%) Coaching
13 8 (6.61%) Performance Metrics
Programming Languages
1 23 (19.01%) SQL
2 1 (0.83%) Java
2 1 (0.83%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.83%) Python
2 1 (0.83%) R
Qualifications
1 28 (23.14%) Degree
2 22 (18.18%) DBS Check
3 7 (5.79%) ACCA
3 7 (5.79%) CIMA
4 4 (3.31%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (3.31%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (3.31%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 1 (0.83%) Postgraduate
5 1 (0.83%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (23.14%) QA
2 1 (0.83%) Data Quality
2 1 (0.83%) MISRA
System Software
1 7 (5.79%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.31%) Hyper-V
2 4 (3.31%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (3.31%) vSphere
3 1 (0.83%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (3.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 32 (26.45%) Microsoft
2 7 (5.79%) Salesforce
3 4 (3.31%) CrowdStrike
3 4 (3.31%) Dell
3 4 (3.31%) Fortinet
3 4 (3.31%) Palo Alto
3 4 (3.31%) Veeam
3 4 (3.31%) VMware
4 1 (0.83%) Epicor
4 1 (0.83%) Oracle
4 1 (0.83%) SAP
4 1 (0.83%) ServiceNow