Process Improvement Jobs in the North West

Process Improvement
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring Process Improvement skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Process Improvement over the 6 months leading up to 19 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 141 143 161
Rank change year-on-year +2 +18 +6
Permanent jobs citing Process Improvement 194 165 149
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 2.41% 1.65% 1.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.51% 2.01% 2.02%
Number of salaries quoted 104 88 51
10th Percentile £25,480 £28,889 £32,500
25th Percentile £32,375 £36,750 £44,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 £47,500 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.05% -4.04% -7.91%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £53,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.64% -8.33% +4.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7,723 8,221 7,368
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 95.81% 82.40% 95.55%
Number of salaries quoted 4,001 6,231 3,872
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,500 £31,064
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £61,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £81,475
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Process Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Process Improvement as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Process Improvement in the North West

Process Improvement
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Process Improvement in the North West.

Salary trend for Process Improvement in the North West

Process Improvement
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Process Improvement in the North West over the 6 months to 19 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Process Improvement in the North West

Process Improvement
Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 19 May 2025. 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
Manchester +84 137 £47,000 -1.05% 90
Cumbria -50 34 £40,000 +1.27% 2
Cheshire -16 13 £35,000 -12.50% 36
Merseyside +10 4 £65,000 +21.50% 17
Lancashire -77 4 £60,000 +55.84% 46
Process Improvement
England

Process Improvement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 32 (16.49%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.52%) CMS
2 1 (0.52%) Moodle
Applications
1 51 (26.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (10.31%) Microsoft Project
2 20 (10.31%) Trello
3 6 (3.09%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 32 (16.49%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.03%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.52%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.52%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.52%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 35 (18.04%) Power Platform
2 23 (11.86%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (6.70%) Azure
4 9 (4.64%) AWS
5 4 (2.06%) SaaS
6 3 (1.55%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.52%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.52%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (0.52%) Cloudflare
7 1 (0.52%) Cloudflare Workers
7 1 (0.52%) Datadog
7 1 (0.52%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.52%) DNS
1 1 (0.52%) Internet
1 1 (0.52%) Unified Communications
1 1 (0.52%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (18.04%) Power BI
2 4 (2.06%) Tableau
3 2 (1.03%) GIS
3 2 (1.03%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.52%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 20 (10.31%) JIRA
2 1 (0.52%) Git
2 1 (0.52%) Jasmine
2 1 (0.52%) Karma Test Runner
2 1 (0.52%) Visual Studio
General
1 110 (56.70%) Finance
2 95 (48.97%) Social Skills
3 47 (24.23%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (5.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 10 (5.15%) Legal
5 6 (3.09%) Manufacturing
5 6 (3.09%) Organisational Skills
5 6 (3.09%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (2.06%) Law
7 3 (1.55%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (1.55%) Local Government
7 3 (1.55%) Public Sector
8 2 (1.03%) Automotive
8 2 (1.03%) Banking
9 1 (0.52%) Health Technology
9 1 (0.52%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 86 (44.33%) Analyst
2 35 (18.04%) Administrator
3 30 (15.46%) Financial Analyst
4 29 (14.95%) Data Analyst
5 26 (13.40%) Procurement Analyst
6 18 (9.28%) IT Administrator
7 17 (8.76%) Systems Administrator
8 16 (8.25%) Finance Systems Analyst
8 16 (8.25%) Head of IT
8 16 (8.25%) Systems Analyst
9 14 (7.22%) Head of Delivery
10 11 (5.67%) Applications Support
11 10 (5.15%) Lead
12 9 (4.64%) IT Support
12 9 (4.64%) Support Team Leader
12 9 (4.64%) Team Leader
13 8 (4.12%) Principal Engineer
13 8 (4.12%) Report Analyst
14 7 (3.61%) Project Manager
15 6 (3.09%) Applications Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.03%) .NET
2 1 (0.52%) AngularJS
2 1 (0.52%) COM+
2 1 (0.52%) CSS
2 1 (0.52%) HTML
2 1 (0.52%) Jest
2 1 (0.52%) React
2 1 (0.52%) Sass
2 1 (0.52%) Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 49 (25.26%) Management Information System
2 36 (18.56%) Social Media
3 16 (8.25%) Data Protection Act
4 5 (2.58%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (1.55%) Client/Server
6 2 (1.03%) Housing Association
7 1 (0.52%) Distributed Architecture
7 1 (0.52%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.52%) Interest Rate Derivative
7 1 (0.52%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.52%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.52%) PropTech
7 1 (0.52%) Smart Meter
7 1 (0.52%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 11 (5.67%) Windows
2 6 (3.09%) Windows Vista
3 3 (1.55%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (42.27%) ERP
2 72 (37.11%) Problem-Solving
3 64 (32.99%) Continuous Improvement
4 47 (24.23%) Data Management
5 44 (22.68%) Decision-Making
6 34 (17.53%) Project Management
7 33 (17.01%) Agile
8 32 (16.49%) Analytics
8 32 (16.49%) Visualisation
9 31 (15.98%) Data Analysis
10 30 (15.46%) Data Analytics
10 30 (15.46%) Project Delivery
11 29 (14.95%) Customer Service
12 27 (13.92%) Data Protection
12 27 (13.92%) PRINCE2
13 26 (13.40%) Economics
13 26 (13.40%) Indirect Procurement
13 26 (13.40%) ITIL
13 26 (13.40%) Source to Pay
14 25 (12.89%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (2.58%) SQL
2 4 (2.06%) Python
3 2 (1.03%) C#
4 1 (0.52%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.52%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 101 (52.06%) Degree
2 40 (20.62%) DBS Check
3 34 (17.53%) BPSS Clearance
4 32 (16.49%) ACCA
4 32 (16.49%) CIMA
5 20 (10.31%) PMI Certification
5 20 (10.31%) PMP
6 16 (8.25%) CCAB
7 9 (4.64%) HNC
8 7 (3.61%) Master's Degree
9 4 (2.06%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (1.03%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
11 1 (0.52%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 1 (0.52%) Six Sigma Black Belt
11 1 (0.52%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (34.02%) Data Quality
2 23 (11.86%) SLA
3 14 (7.22%) QA
4 2 (1.03%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.52%) GRC
5 1 (0.52%) IFRS
System Software
1 16 (8.25%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.55%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.52%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (1.55%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.03%) Terraform
3 1 (0.52%) Ansible
3 1 (0.52%) Grafana
3 1 (0.52%) Kibana
3 1 (0.52%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 68 (35.05%) SAP
2 29 (14.95%) Microsoft
3 5 (2.58%) Facebook
3 5 (2.58%) Liquidlogic
3 5 (2.58%) Oracle
4 4 (2.06%) Salesforce
5 3 (1.55%) Veeam
5 3 (1.55%) VMware
6 2 (1.03%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.52%) Genesys
7 1 (0.52%) Siebel
7 1 (0.52%) Zoho