Process Improvement Job Trends in Essex

Process Improvement
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Essex requiring Process Improvement skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 32 32
Rank change year-on-year -20 0 +33
Permanent jobs citing Process Improvement 7 23 23
As % of all permanent jobs in Essex 1.01% 5.04% 5.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.27% 6.35% 5.79%
Number of salaries quoted 2 5 4
10th Percentile £39,875 - £69,300
25th Percentile £45,313 £38,890 £69,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £42,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +32.35% -39.29% +47.37%
75th Percentile £67,813 £95,000 £70,750
90th Percentile £73,625 - £72,100
East of England median annual salary £35,000 £70,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -50.00% +40.00% -4.76%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Essex

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 Essex.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 552 362 397
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 79.42% 79.39% 86.87%
Number of salaries quoted 317 132 312
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £39,938 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,250 £49,161
Median % change year-on-year -13.88% +6.28% -6.36%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £87,500
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +1.85% -1.82%

Process Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Process Improvement job vacancy trend in Essex

Process Improvement
Salary Trend in Essex

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Process Improvement.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Process Improvement

Process Improvement
Salary Histogram in Essex

Salary distribution for jobs citing Process Improvement in Essex over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Process Improvement in Essex

Process Improvement
Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Process Improvement within the Essex region over the 6 months to 14 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
Colchester +1 4 - - 1
Chelmsford -1 2 £37,500 -
Process Improvement
East of England

Process Improvement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex 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 (14.29%) Oracle Workflow
1 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
1 1 (14.29%) Entra ID
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (14.29%) OneDrive
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 7 (100.00%) Finance
2 6 (85.71%) Social Skills
3 4 (57.14%) Billing
4 1 (14.29%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Accounts Assistant
2 1 (14.29%) Deskside Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) ERP Specialist
2 1 (14.29%) ERP Support
2 1 (14.29%) Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Senior
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (14.29%) Onboarding
1 1 (14.29%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Windows
1 2 (28.57%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Budget Management
1 4 (57.14%) Cost Management
1 4 (57.14%) Mathematics
2 1 (14.29%) Agile
2 1 (14.29%) CRM
2 1 (14.29%) ERP
2 1 (14.29%) Inventory Control
2 1 (14.29%) Inventory Management
2 1 (14.29%) ITIL
2 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2
2 1 (14.29%) Programme Management
2 1 (14.29%) Project Delivery
2 1 (14.29%) Project Management
2 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
2 1 (14.29%) Service Management
2 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (14.29%) Target Operating Model
2 1 (14.29%) User Experience
2 1 (14.29%) Wealth Management
2 1 (14.29%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) PMI Certification
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Epicor
2 1 (14.29%) Oracle
2 1 (14.29%) SAP
2 1 (14.29%) ServiceNow