Process Improvement Job Trends in Manchester

Process Improvement
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester 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 67 77 95
Rank change year-on-year +10 +18 +57
Permanent jobs citing Process Improvement 69 81 57
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 2.37% 3.04% 2.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.97% 3.23% 2.48%
Number of salaries quoted 51 40 41
10th Percentile £30,000 £41,475 £52,500
25th Percentile £43,125 £45,000 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -23.08% +9.60%
75th Percentile £72,000 £65,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £90,000
North West median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% -23.08% +36.84%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,325 2,507 2,301
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 79.71% 94.00% 90.95%
Number of salaries quoted 1,407 1,181 1,840
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,988 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £84,056
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,084 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% -0.79% -4.55%

Process Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Process Improvement job vacancy trend in Manchester

Process Improvement
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Process Improvement.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Process Improvement

Process Improvement
Salary Histogram in Manchester

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

Salary histogram for Process Improvement in Manchester

Process Improvement
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Process Improvement within the Manchester 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
Altrincham - 6 £27,500 - 1
Bolton +20 5 £50,000 +100.32% 1
Salford +7 4 £63,442 +6.75%
Stockport - 3 £30,000 - 2
Process Improvement
North West

Process Improvement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 6 (8.70%) SharePoint
2 5 (7.25%) WordPress
Applications
1 7 (10.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.90%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 13 (18.84%) Azure
1 13 (18.84%) Microsoft 365
1 13 (18.84%) Power Platform
2 10 (14.49%) Entra ID
3 6 (8.70%) Azure Sentinel
3 6 (8.70%) Dynamics 365
4 5 (7.25%) AWS
4 5 (7.25%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (7.25%) Cloud Computing
4 5 (7.25%) OneDrive
4 5 (7.25%) Power Automate
5 3 (4.35%) Microsoft Copilot
6 2 (2.90%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (2.90%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (1.45%) dbt
7 1 (1.45%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.80%) DHCP
1 4 (5.80%) DNS
1 4 (5.80%) Firewall
1 4 (5.80%) VLAN
1 4 (5.80%) VPN
2 1 (1.45%) Internet
2 1 (1.45%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (17.39%) Power BI
2 3 (4.35%) Data Lake
2 3 (4.35%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (4.35%) Tableau
3 2 (2.90%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (2.90%) SQL Server
3 2 (2.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (1.45%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 1 (1.45%) JIRA
General
1 31 (44.93%) Social Skills
2 20 (28.99%) Finance
3 10 (14.49%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (8.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 6 (8.70%) Law
4 6 (8.70%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (5.80%) Billing
5 4 (5.80%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (4.35%) Banking
6 3 (4.35%) Legal
7 2 (2.90%) Electronics
7 2 (2.90%) Manufacturing
7 2 (2.90%) Marketing
7 2 (2.90%) Public Sector
7 2 (2.90%) Retail
7 2 (2.90%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.45%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.45%) Military
Job Titles
1 11 (15.94%) Senior
2 9 (13.04%) IT Support
3 8 (11.59%) Analyst
4 7 (10.14%) Programmer
5 6 (8.70%) Project Manager
5 6 (8.70%) Senior PMO
6 5 (7.25%) Administrator
6 5 (7.25%) Business Analyst
6 5 (7.25%) Commercial Manager
6 5 (7.25%) Commercial Project Manager
6 5 (7.25%) Salesforce Administrator
6 5 (7.25%) Support Officer
6 5 (7.25%) Technical Manager
7 4 (5.80%) C# Software Engineer
7 4 (5.80%) IT Engineer
7 4 (5.80%) IT Support Engineer
7 4 (5.80%) Senior C# Software Engineer
7 4 (5.80%) Senior Software Engineer
7 4 (5.80%) Software Engineer
7 4 (5.80%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (7.25%) .NET
1 5 (7.25%) HTML
2 4 (5.80%) AngularJS
2 4 (5.80%) React
3 1 (1.45%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 8 (11.59%) Onboarding
2 6 (8.70%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (7.25%) Social Media
3 5 (7.25%) Video Conferencing
4 4 (5.80%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (5.80%) Driving Licence
5 3 (4.35%) Operational Technology
5 3 (4.35%) Taxonomies
6 2 (2.90%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (2.90%) Product Ownership
7 1 (1.45%) Contactless
7 1 (1.45%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (1.45%) EMV
7 1 (1.45%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 14 (20.29%) Windows
2 5 (7.25%) Windows 10
3 4 (5.80%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (27.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 17 (24.64%) Agile
4 14 (20.29%) AI
4 14 (20.29%) Business Intelligence
4 14 (20.29%) Cybersecurity
5 13 (18.84%) Project Delivery
5 13 (18.84%) Project Management
6 11 (15.94%) Project Governance
7 9 (13.04%) Decision-Making
7 9 (13.04%) PRINCE2
7 9 (13.04%) Stakeholder Management
8 8 (11.59%) Collaborative Working
8 8 (11.59%) Continuous Improvement
8 8 (11.59%) Data Analysis
9 7 (10.14%) Business Transformation
9 7 (10.14%) CAD
9 7 (10.14%) Change Management
9 7 (10.14%) CRM
9 7 (10.14%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 6 (8.70%) SQL
2 4 (5.80%) C#
3 2 (2.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (1.45%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (1.45%) Python
4 1 (1.45%) VBA
Qualifications
1 6 (8.70%) PMI Certification
1 6 (8.70%) PMP
2 5 (7.25%) A+ Certification
2 5 (7.25%) DBS Check
2 5 (7.25%) Degree
3 4 (5.80%) Network+ Certification
4 3 (4.35%) AAT
4 3 (4.35%) ACCA
4 3 (4.35%) CIMA
5 2 (2.90%) DV Cleared
5 2 (2.90%) Security Cleared
6 1 (1.45%) CISA
6 1 (1.45%) CISM
6 1 (1.45%) CISSP
6 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.45%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (14.49%) Cyber Essentials
1 10 (14.49%) QA
2 6 (8.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 6 (8.70%) PMO
3 4 (5.80%) Data Quality
4 2 (2.90%) NIST
5 1 (1.45%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (1.45%) NCSC
5 1 (1.45%) PCI DSS
5 1 (1.45%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (7.25%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (13.04%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 17 (24.64%) Microsoft
2 5 (7.25%) Cisco
2 5 (7.25%) Salesforce
3 3 (4.35%) Sage
4 2 (2.90%) SAP
5 1 (1.45%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (1.45%) ServiceNow