Process Improvement Job Trends in the North of England

Process Improvement
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England 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 83 86 138
Rank change year-on-year +3 +52 -4
Permanent jobs citing Process Improvement 253 248 159
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.35% 2.73% 1.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.93% 3.00% 2.12%
Number of salaries quoted 143 105 118
10th Percentile £30,000 £41,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £43,290 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -11.50% +18.95%
75th Percentile £66,992 £71,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £74,125
England median annual salary £55,000 £58,465 £60,118
% change year-on-year -5.93% -2.75% +4.55%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North 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 North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,623 8,255 7,516
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 80.03% 90.79% 88.33%
Number of salaries quoted 4,624 3,681 5,913
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £29,010
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £38,856
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -0.71%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,100 £82,500
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 North of England

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

Process Improvement job vacancy trend in the North of England

Process Improvement
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

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

Process Improvement
Salary Histogram in the North of England

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

Salary histogram for Process Improvement in the North of England

Process Improvement
Job Locations in the North 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 North of England 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
North West +14 123 £60,000 +20.00% 41
Yorkshire -14 97 £45,497 -9.01% 35
North East +19 33 £32,500 -45.31% 13
Process Improvement
England

Process Improvement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North 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 12 (4.74%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.98%) WordPress
3 2 (0.79%) Confluence
4 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 36 (14.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (5.53%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (3.16%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (2.37%) AutoCAD
4 6 (2.37%) MS Visio
4 6 (2.37%) SOLIDWORKS
5 5 (1.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.79%) Adobe After Effects
6 2 (0.79%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (0.79%) Adobe Premiere
6 2 (0.79%) InDesign
6 2 (0.79%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.79%) PTC Creo
6 2 (0.79%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.40%) Trello
Business Applications
1 14 (5.53%) SAP ERP
2 7 (2.77%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (2.77%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (2.77%) Shopify
3 2 (0.79%) SAP Business One
3 2 (0.79%) SAP IBP
3 2 (0.79%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.40%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.40%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.40%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 44 (17.39%) Azure
2 35 (13.83%) Power Platform
3 32 (12.65%) Microsoft 365
4 20 (7.91%) Salesforce Service Cloud
5 11 (4.35%) Entra ID
5 11 (4.35%) Microsoft Copilot
6 10 (3.95%) Azure Data Factory
6 10 (3.95%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 10 (3.95%) Dynamics 365
7 8 (3.16%) AWS
8 7 (2.77%) Power Automate
9 6 (2.37%) Azure Sentinel
9 6 (2.37%) OneDrive
10 5 (1.98%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (1.98%) Cloud Computing
11 2 (0.79%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 2 (0.79%) PowerApps
11 2 (0.79%) SaaS
11 2 (0.79%) Serverless
12 1 (0.40%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.77%) Firewall
2 6 (2.37%) DHCP
2 6 (2.37%) DNS
2 6 (2.37%) VLAN
3 5 (1.98%) VPN
4 4 (1.58%) Network Security
5 3 (1.19%) Internet
6 2 (0.79%) Broadband
6 2 (0.79%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.40%) LAN
7 1 (0.40%) WAN
7 1 (0.40%) Wireless
7 1 (0.40%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (13.04%) Power BI
2 10 (3.95%) Azure SQL Database
2 10 (3.95%) SQL Server
2 10 (3.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 5 (1.98%) BusinessObjects
4 3 (1.19%) Data Lake
4 3 (1.19%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (1.19%) Tableau
5 2 (0.79%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (0.40%) Qlik Sense
6 1 (0.40%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (1.19%) JIRA
2 2 (0.79%) Git
3 1 (0.40%) SonarQube
3 1 (0.40%) TeamCity
General
1 102 (40.32%) Social Skills
2 69 (27.27%) Finance
3 49 (19.37%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (13.04%) Manufacturing
5 24 (9.49%) Marketing
6 23 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
7 12 (4.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (4.74%) Legal
8 11 (4.35%) Law
9 10 (3.95%) Public Sector
10 8 (3.16%) Billing
10 8 (3.16%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (1.58%) Telecoms
12 3 (1.19%) Banking
12 3 (1.19%) Retail
13 2 (0.79%) Electronics
13 2 (0.79%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.79%) Pharmaceutical
14 1 (0.40%) Documentation Skills
14 1 (0.40%) Military
Job Titles
1 43 (17.00%) Analyst
1 43 (17.00%) Senior
2 23 (9.09%) Developer
3 21 (8.30%) Salesforce Developer
3 21 (8.30%) Senior Developer
3 21 (8.30%) Senior Salesforce Developer
4 20 (7.91%) Development Manager
4 20 (7.91%) IT Support
5 19 (7.51%) Project Manager
6 17 (6.72%) Business Analyst
7 16 (6.32%) Lead
8 12 (4.74%) Automation Engineer
9 11 (4.35%) IT Analyst
10 10 (3.95%) Administrator
11 9 (3.56%) QA Manager
12 8 (3.16%) IT Support Analyst
12 8 (3.16%) Support Analyst
13 7 (2.77%) Business Manager
13 7 (2.77%) Programmer
13 7 (2.77%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (5.53%) CSS
2 7 (2.77%) HTML
3 6 (2.37%) React
4 5 (1.98%) .NET
5 4 (1.58%) AngularJS
6 2 (0.79%) Django
6 2 (0.79%) EDI
6 2 (0.79%) JSON
6 2 (0.79%) XML
7 1 (0.40%) Bootstrap
7 1 (0.40%) CSS3
7 1 (0.40%) Express.js
7 1 (0.40%) Flask
7 1 (0.40%) HTML5
7 1 (0.40%) Node.js
7 1 (0.40%) RESTful
7 1 (0.40%) Sass
7 1 (0.40%) SQLAlchemy
7 1 (0.40%) Visualforce
7 1 (0.40%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 26 (10.28%) Onboarding
2 20 (7.91%) Learning Management System
3 14 (5.53%) Analytical Mindset
4 13 (5.14%) Management Information System
5 11 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (2.77%) Renewable Energy
7 6 (2.37%) Driving Licence
8 5 (1.98%) Social Media
8 5 (1.98%) Video Conferencing
9 4 (1.58%) Life Science
10 3 (1.19%) Operational Technology
10 3 (1.19%) Taxonomies
11 2 (0.79%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (0.79%) FMCG
11 2 (0.79%) Private Cloud
11 2 (0.79%) Product Ownership
11 2 (0.79%) Virtual Team
12 1 (0.40%) Contactless
12 1 (0.40%) Cyber Defence
12 1 (0.40%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 27 (10.67%) Windows
2 7 (2.77%) Linux
3 6 (2.37%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.98%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.79%) Android
6 1 (0.40%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (24.11%) Problem-Solving
2 57 (22.53%) Decision-Making
3 56 (22.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 53 (20.95%) Agile
5 51 (20.16%) Mentoring
6 50 (19.76%) Project Management
7 43 (17.00%) Project Delivery
8 42 (16.60%) Business Intelligence
8 42 (16.60%) Continuous Improvement
9 37 (14.62%) Actionable Insight
10 36 (14.23%) Business Analysis
11 32 (12.65%) Stakeholder Management
12 31 (12.25%) ERP
12 31 (12.25%) Logistics
13 28 (11.07%) Business Transformation
14 26 (10.28%) DevOps
15 24 (9.49%) Change Management
16 23 (9.09%) CI/CD
16 23 (9.09%) Test Automation
17 20 (7.91%) AI
Programming Languages
1 28 (11.07%) SQL
2 10 (3.95%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 10 (3.95%) Python
3 6 (2.37%) C
3 6 (2.37%) Java
3 6 (2.37%) Perl
4 4 (1.58%) C#
5 2 (0.79%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.40%) Apex Code
6 1 (0.40%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.40%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.40%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.40%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.40%) VBA
Qualifications
1 41 (16.21%) Degree
2 27 (10.67%) DBS Check
3 20 (7.91%) CIPD
4 9 (3.56%) PMI Certification
4 9 (3.56%) PMP
5 8 (3.16%) ACCA
5 8 (3.16%) CIMA
5 8 (3.16%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (2.77%) Master's Degree
7 6 (2.37%) HND
8 5 (1.98%) A+ Certification
8 5 (1.98%) CISSP
8 5 (1.98%) Six Sigma Green Belt
9 4 (1.58%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (1.58%) Network+ Certification
9 4 (1.58%) Security Cleared
10 3 (1.19%) AAT
10 3 (1.19%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 3 (1.19%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 2 (0.79%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (11.46%) QA
2 15 (5.93%) Accessibility
2 15 (5.93%) Cyber Essentials
2 15 (5.93%) Data Quality
2 15 (5.93%) PMO
3 8 (3.16%) GDPR
4 7 (2.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (2.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 6 (2.37%) IEC 61131
6 5 (1.98%) Actionable Recommendations
6 5 (1.98%) NCSC
6 5 (1.98%) SLA
7 2 (0.79%) NIST
8 1 (0.40%) GRC
8 1 (0.40%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 10 (3.95%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.40%) Docker
Systems Management
1 12 (4.74%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.19%) Terraform
3 2 (0.79%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.40%) Ansible
4 1 (0.40%) Argo
4 1 (0.40%) Nagios
Vendors
1 68 (26.88%) Microsoft
2 29 (11.46%) SAP
3 27 (10.67%) Salesforce
4 6 (2.37%) Allen-Bradley
4 6 (2.37%) Siemens
4 6 (2.37%) Toshiba
5 5 (1.98%) Cisco
6 3 (1.19%) Sage
6 3 (1.19%) ServiceNow
7 2 (0.79%) Adobe
7 2 (0.79%) Sophos
8 1 (0.40%) CrowdStrike
8 1 (0.40%) Google
8 1 (0.40%) Oracle
8 1 (0.40%) Workday