Process Improvement Job Trends in England

Process Improvement
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Process Improvement skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 91 105 143
Rank change year-on-year +14 +38 +44
Permanent jobs citing Process Improvement 1,351 1,238 1,384
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.26% 2.80% 2.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.84% 3.02% 2.37%
Number of salaries quoted 849 545 890
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £72,500 £76,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £92,750 £87,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,465 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.93% +6.30% -4.35%

All Process & Methodology Skills
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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 47,536 40,950 58,447
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 79.41% 92.48% 88.17%
Number of salaries quoted 29,120 20,127 46,241
10th Percentile £29,000 £35,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £39,000 £46,250 £40,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -12.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £103,300 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -12.00%

Process Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Process Improvement job vacancy trend in England

Process Improvement
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Process Improvement.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Process Improvement

Process Improvement
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Process Improvement in England over the 6 months to 18 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Process Improvement in England

Process Improvement
Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 18 February 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
London +13 425 £70,000 -6.67% 132
North of England 0 286 £50,000 - 87
South East +10 211 £40,500 -14.74% 133
Midlands -29 167 £35,000 -26.32% 63
North West +8 132 £50,000 - 53
South West +44 128 £43,500 -13.00% 34
Yorkshire -12 108 £45,497 -17.28% 29
East Midlands +3 102 £32,500 -18.75% 31
East of England +61 101 £40,678 -41.89% 36
West Midlands -51 64 £35,000 -39.13% 31
North East +14 46 £60,000 +30.60% 6
Process Improvement
UK

Process Improvement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 47 (3.48%) SharePoint
2 21 (1.55%) Confluence
3 16 (1.18%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (0.52%) Apache Spark
4 7 (0.52%) WordPress
5 6 (0.44%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (0.44%) IIS
6 4 (0.30%) CMS
7 1 (0.074%) Appian
7 1 (0.074%) Mendix
7 1 (0.074%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 187 (13.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 57 (4.22%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (1.18%) MS Visio
4 14 (1.04%) Microsoft Project
5 12 (0.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 11 (0.81%) Spreadsheet
7 8 (0.59%) AutoCAD
7 8 (0.59%) SOLIDWORKS
8 4 (0.30%) Adobe After Effects
8 4 (0.30%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 4 (0.30%) Adobe Illustrator
8 4 (0.30%) Adobe Premiere
8 4 (0.30%) Photoshop
9 3 (0.22%) Chatbot
10 2 (0.15%) Adobe Captivate
10 2 (0.15%) Elementor
10 2 (0.15%) InDesign
10 2 (0.15%) Trello
11 1 (0.074%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 25 (1.85%) Dynamics AX
2 20 (1.48%) NetSuite
3 14 (1.04%) SAP ERP
4 13 (0.96%) Dynamics CRM
5 12 (0.89%) iTrent
6 11 (0.81%) SAP HR
7 9 (0.67%) SAP S/4HANA
8 8 (0.59%) Visualfiles
9 6 (0.44%) Oracle Payables
9 6 (0.44%) Oracle Receivables
10 5 (0.37%) Shopify
11 3 (0.22%) Remedy ITSM
12 2 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
12 2 (0.15%) IBM Planning Analytics
12 2 (0.15%) Oracle Cash Management
12 2 (0.15%) Oracle General Ledger
12 2 (0.15%) Sage 200
12 2 (0.15%) SAP Business One
12 2 (0.15%) SAP Oil and Gas
12 2 (0.15%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 166 (12.29%) Azure
2 163 (12.07%) Power Platform
3 135 (9.99%) Microsoft 365
4 109 (8.07%) AWS
5 68 (5.03%) SaaS
6 43 (3.18%) Power Automate
7 41 (3.03%) Dynamics 365
8 40 (2.96%) Entra ID
9 34 (2.52%) GCP
10 28 (2.07%) Serverless
11 21 (1.55%) PowerApps
12 18 (1.33%) Azure DevOps
12 18 (1.33%) GitHub
13 17 (1.26%) AWS Lambda
14 16 (1.18%) Amazon S3
14 16 (1.18%) Azure Data Factory
14 16 (1.18%) Salesforce Service Cloud
15 15 (1.11%) Amazon SQS
16 14 (1.04%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 13 (0.96%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 51 (3.77%) Firewall
2 39 (2.89%) Wi-Fi
3 33 (2.44%) WAN
4 31 (2.29%) VPN
5 30 (2.22%) DNS
6 29 (2.15%) LAN
7 28 (2.07%) DHCP
8 18 (1.33%) TCP/IP
9 17 (1.26%) Broadband
10 16 (1.18%) Cisco ASA
10 16 (1.18%) Cisco Firepower
11 14 (1.04%) Multicast
12 13 (0.96%) SD-WAN
12 13 (0.96%) Wireless
13 10 (0.74%) Internet
13 10 (0.74%) VLAN
14 6 (0.44%) BGP
14 6 (0.44%) MPLS
14 6 (0.44%) Network Security
14 6 (0.44%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 147 (10.88%) Power BI
2 32 (2.37%) SQL Server
3 25 (1.85%) Tableau
4 19 (1.41%) Power Query
4 19 (1.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 18 (1.33%) Relational Database
6 17 (1.26%) Azure SQL Database
7 14 (1.04%) Metadata
8 12 (0.89%) Qlik Sense
9 11 (0.81%) Oracle Reports
10 10 (0.74%) Data Warehouse
11 9 (0.67%) PostgreSQL
12 8 (0.59%) BusinessObjects
12 8 (0.59%) Looker
12 8 (0.59%) PowerPivot
13 6 (0.44%) BigQuery
14 5 (0.37%) Data Mining
15 4 (0.30%) Data Lake
15 4 (0.30%) MySQL
15 4 (0.30%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 58 (4.29%) JIRA
2 22 (1.63%) Git
3 7 (0.52%) GitLab
4 6 (0.44%) Selenium
5 5 (0.37%) Visual Studio
6 4 (0.30%) Browser DevTools
7 3 (0.22%) Appcelerator Titanium
7 3 (0.22%) Cypress.io
7 3 (0.22%) Oracle APEX
7 3 (0.22%) Postman
8 2 (0.15%) Crashlytics
8 2 (0.15%) Eclipse
8 2 (0.15%) LabVIEW
8 2 (0.15%) XCTest
9 1 (0.074%) Bugzilla
9 1 (0.074%) Charles Proxy
9 1 (0.074%) JMeter
9 1 (0.074%) Katalon Studio
9 1 (0.074%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.074%) XCUITest
General
1 590 (43.67%) Social Skills
2 564 (41.75%) Finance
3 375 (27.76%) Analytical Skills
4 99 (7.33%) Banking
4 99 (7.33%) Organisational Skills
5 79 (5.85%) Legal
5 79 (5.85%) Marketing
6 73 (5.40%) Manufacturing
7 70 (5.18%) Law
8 40 (2.96%) Aviation
9 36 (2.66%) Influencing Skills
9 36 (2.66%) Public Sector
10 34 (2.52%) Retail
11 30 (2.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 29 (2.15%) Advertising
13 28 (2.07%) Documentation Skills
13 28 (2.07%) Telecoms
14 27 (2.00%) Aeronautics
15 26 (1.92%) German Language
16 24 (1.78%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 281 (20.80%) Analyst
2 165 (12.21%) Senior
3 93 (6.88%) IT Support
4 82 (6.07%) Business Analyst
5 79 (5.85%) Lead
6 74 (5.48%) Support Analyst
7 68 (5.03%) Business Manager
8 67 (4.96%) Systems Manager
9 58 (4.29%) Developer
10 57 (4.22%) Administrator
11 56 (4.15%) Finance Manager
12 51 (3.77%) Support Engineer
13 50 (3.70%) Business Systems Manager
14 45 (3.33%) Senior Analyst
15 37 (2.74%) IT Manager
16 36 (2.66%) IT Engineer
17 35 (2.59%) Senior Manager
18 34 (2.52%) IT Support Engineer
19 33 (2.44%) Accountant
20 31 (2.29%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (1.85%) CSS
2 23 (1.70%) .NET
3 17 (1.26%) React
4 16 (1.18%) HTML
4 16 (1.18%) REST
4 16 (1.18%) RESTful
5 14 (1.04%) FIX Protocol
6 13 (0.96%) pytest
7 12 (0.89%) Boost C++ Libraries
8 9 (0.67%) EDI
8 9 (0.67%) JSON
8 9 (0.67%) XML
9 7 (0.52%) AngularJS
10 6 (0.44%) Kafka
10 6 (0.44%) Middleware
10 6 (0.44%) Node.js
10 6 (0.44%) Oracle Fusion
11 5 (0.37%) ASP.NET
12 4 (0.30%) LAMP
12 4 (0.30%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 136 (10.07%) Onboarding
2 70 (5.18%) Management Information System
3 60 (4.44%) Self-Motivation
4 52 (3.85%) Analytical Mindset
5 50 (3.70%) Robotics
6 46 (3.40%) Driving Licence
7 28 (2.07%) Data Centre
8 24 (1.78%) Learning Management System
8 24 (1.78%) Product Ownership
9 23 (1.70%) Fixed Income
10 19 (1.41%) Renewable Energy
10 19 (1.41%) Security Posture
11 18 (1.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 16 (1.18%) Equities
12 16 (1.18%) Life Science
13 15 (1.11%) Algorithms
13 15 (1.11%) Low-Code
13 15 (1.11%) Social Media
14 14 (1.04%) Derivative
15 12 (0.89%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 125 (9.25%) Windows
2 50 (3.70%) Linux
3 38 (2.81%) Windows Server
4 20 (1.48%) Windows 10
5 13 (0.96%) Unix
6 9 (0.67%) Mac OS
7 6 (0.44%) Android
7 6 (0.44%) Apple iOS
7 6 (0.44%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.22%) AIX
9 3 (0.22%) CentOS
9 3 (0.22%) CoreOS
9 3 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 380 (28.13%) Problem-Solving
2 241 (17.84%) Project Management
3 234 (17.32%) Continuous Improvement
4 188 (13.92%) Agile
5 180 (13.32%) Decision-Making
6 165 (12.21%) Business Intelligence
7 160 (11.84%) Stakeholder Management
8 151 (11.18%) AI
9 144 (10.66%) Risk Management
10 143 (10.58%) ERP
11 126 (9.33%) Budgeting
12 125 (9.25%) Analytics
13 114 (8.44%) Mentoring
13 114 (8.44%) Roadmaps
14 113 (8.36%) Budgeting and Forecasting
15 112 (8.29%) Data Analysis
16 103 (7.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 98 (7.25%) Actionable Insight
18 97 (7.18%) Computer Science
19 94 (6.96%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 161 (11.92%) SQL
2 115 (8.51%) Python
3 46 (3.40%) PowerShell
4 35 (2.59%) JavaScript
5 25 (1.85%) C#
6 24 (1.78%) Java
7 23 (1.70%) C++
8 20 (1.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 16 (1.18%) Bash
10 10 (0.74%) C
10 10 (0.74%) VBA
11 8 (0.59%) Perl
12 7 (0.52%) PHP
12 7 (0.52%) TypeScript
13 6 (0.44%) Bicep
13 6 (0.44%) Scala
14 5 (0.37%) R
15 4 (0.30%) Kusto Query Language
16 3 (0.22%) Kotlin
16 3 (0.22%) Swift
Qualifications
1 234 (17.32%) Degree
2 113 (8.36%) ACCA
3 96 (7.11%) CIMA
4 83 (6.14%) Security Cleared
5 73 (5.40%) CISSP
6 67 (4.96%) SC Cleared
7 49 (3.63%) CISA
7 49 (3.63%) CRISC
8 46 (3.40%) Computer Science Degree
9 35 (2.59%) CIPD
10 28 (2.07%) Master's Degree
11 27 (2.00%) DBS Check
12 26 (1.92%) PMI Certification
13 25 (1.85%) PMP
14 24 (1.78%) CCNA
14 24 (1.78%) Cisco Certification
15 17 (1.26%) ICAEW
15 17 (1.26%) Microsoft Certification
16 16 (1.18%) CCSA
16 16 (1.18%) CCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 127 (9.40%) QA
2 61 (4.52%) Data Quality
3 59 (4.37%) NIST
4 53 (3.92%) PCI DSS
5 48 (3.55%) SLA
6 44 (3.26%) GDPR
7 34 (2.52%) Accessibility
8 31 (2.29%) IFRS
9 26 (1.92%) GAAP
10 25 (1.85%) Cyber Essentials
11 24 (1.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 22 (1.63%) PMO
13 17 (1.26%) Actionable Recommendations
14 9 (0.67%) ISO 9001
15 8 (0.59%) IEC 61131
16 7 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 6 (0.44%) MiFID
18 5 (0.37%) NCSC
19 4 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
20 3 (0.22%) GRC
System Software
1 94 (6.96%) Active Directory
2 16 (1.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (0.81%) Docker
4 10 (0.74%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.37%) vSphere
6 4 (0.30%) IAG
6 4 (0.30%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (0.30%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.15%) BitLocker
7 2 (0.15%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 39 (2.89%) Microsoft Intune
2 23 (1.70%) Terraform
3 14 (1.04%) FortiGate
4 11 (0.81%) Kubernetes
5 9 (0.67%) Ansible
5 9 (0.67%) SCCM
6 5 (0.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 5 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (0.37%) WSUS
7 4 (0.30%) Autotask
8 3 (0.22%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 3 (0.22%) CSIRT
8 3 (0.22%) McAfee ePO
8 3 (0.22%) Netcool
8 3 (0.22%) SCVMM
9 2 (0.15%) Nagios
9 2 (0.15%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.15%) RSA Archer
10 1 (0.074%) Argo
10 1 (0.074%) MOM
Vendors
1 270 (19.99%) Microsoft
2 70 (5.18%) SAP
3 53 (3.92%) ServiceNow
4 49 (3.63%) Oracle
5 45 (3.33%) Salesforce
6 26 (1.92%) Cisco
7 22 (1.63%) Workday
8 20 (1.48%) Google
9 17 (1.26%) CheckPoint
9 17 (1.26%) Fortinet
10 16 (1.18%) VMware
11 15 (1.11%) HubSpot
11 15 (1.11%) Xero
12 12 (0.89%) Splunk
13 10 (0.74%) Epicor
14 9 (0.67%) Databricks
15 8 (0.59%) Allen-Bradley
15 8 (0.59%) JD Edwards
15 8 (0.59%) Siemens
15 8 (0.59%) Toshiba