Process Improvement Jobs in Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Process Improvement skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Process Improvement over the 3 months to 25 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Process Improvement UK / Scotland
Location	3 months to 25 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	111	116	90
Rank change year-on-year	+5	-26
Permanent jobs citing Process Improvement	38	47	81
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in Scotland	1.44%	1.66%	2.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	1.57%	1.81%	2.87%
Number of salaries quoted	26	22	52
Median salary	£38,750	£35,000	£45,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	+10.71%	-22.22%
90% offered a salary of more than	£30,000	£30,150	£31,400
10% offered a salary of more than	£66,250	£59,000	£59,000
UK excluding London median salary	£45,000	£45,000	£45,000

Process Improvement is in the process and methodology skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for process and methodology skills.

Process & Methodology Skills Scotland
Permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process and methodology skills	2422	2591	2825
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Scotland	91.47%	91.43%	89.83%
Number of salaries quoted	1543	1456	1769
Median salary	£45,000	£45,000	£44,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	-	+2.27%
90% offered a salary of more than	£32,000	£30,000	£32,000
10% offered a salary of more than	£69,500	£60,000	£65,000
UK excluding London median salary	£45,000	£45,000	£44,000
% change year-on-year	-	+2.27%

Process Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

The job posting trend of jobs advertised in Scotland citing Process Improvement as a proportion of all permanent or contract IT jobs with a match in the Processes & Methodologies category.

Job vacancy trend for Process Improvement in Scotland

Process Improvement
Salary Trend in Scotland

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Process Improvement in Scotland.

Salary trend for Process Improvement in Scotland

Process Improvement
Salary Histogram in Scotland

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing Process Improvement in Scotland over the 3 months to 25 June 2017.

Salary histogram for Process Improvement in Scotland

Process Improvement
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Process Improvement within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 25 June 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Median Salary Last 3 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
Glasgow	+22	33	£37,500	+7.14%	1
Edinburgh	-10	4	£70,000	+40.00%	7
Process Improvement UK

Process Improvement
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in Scotland

For the 6 months to 25 June 2017, IT jobs citing Process Improvement also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all job ads across the Scotland region with a requirement for Process Improvement.

1	28 (34.57%)	Finance
2	24 (29.63%)	Stakeholder Management
3	23 (28.40%)	Analytical Skills
4	22 (27.16%)	Banking
5	18 (22.22%)	Agile Software Development
6	17 (20.99%)	SQL
7	15 (18.52%)	Business Analysis
8	12 (14.81%)	Microsoft
9	11 (13.58%)	Microsoft Excel
9	11 (13.58%)	Service Delivery
9	11 (13.58%)	Degree
10	10 (12.35%)	ITSM
10	10 (12.35%)	ITIL
11	9 (11.11%)	Project Management
11	9 (11.11%)	Workflow

11	9 (11.11%)	SDLC
12	8 (9.88%)	SLA
12	8 (9.88%)	Oracle
13	7 (8.64%)	HTML
13	7 (8.64%)	Microsoft Office
13	7 (8.64%)	CRM
14	6 (7.41%)	User Acceptance Testing
14	6 (7.41%)	SQL Server Integration Services
14	6 (7.41%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
14	6 (7.41%)	Data Analysis
14	6 (7.41%)	MVC
14	6 (7.41%)	Change Management
14	6 (7.41%)	Service Management
14	6 (7.41%)	MS Access
14	6 (7.41%)	PRINCE2

Process Improvement
Co-occurring IT Skills in Scotland by Category

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

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	4 (4.94%)	Oracle SOA Suite
2	1 (1.23%)	Apache Spark
2	1 (1.23%)	CMS

Applications
1	11 (13.58%)	Microsoft Excel
2	7 (8.64%)	Microsoft Office
3	2 (2.47%)	Microsoft Project

Business Applications
1	1 (1.23%)	Dynamics NAV
1	1 (1.23%)	HFM
1	1 (1.23%)	Hyperion Planning

Cloud Services
1	2 (2.47%)	Office 365

Communications & Networking
1	2 (2.47%)	Firewall
1	2 (2.47%)	Internet
1	2 (2.47%)	TCP/IP
2	1 (1.23%)	2.5G
2	1 (1.23%)	DWDM
2	1 (1.23%)	Ethernet
2	1 (1.23%)	SAN
2	1 (1.23%)	SDH

Database & Business Intelligence
1	6 (7.41%)	MS Access
1	6 (7.41%)	SQL Server
1	6 (7.41%)	SQL Server Integration Services
1	6 (7.41%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
2	5 (6.17%)	RDBMS
2	5 (6.17%)	Relational Database
3	4 (4.94%)	Data Warehouse
3	4 (4.94%)	Oracle Database
4	3 (3.70%)	Star Schema
5	2 (2.47%)	Data Mining
6	1 (1.23%)	Big Data
6	1 (1.23%)	Essbase
6	1 (1.23%)	Hadoop
6	1 (1.23%)	Oracle Smart View

General
1	28 (34.57%)	Finance
2	22 (27.16%)	Banking
3	4 (4.94%)	Investment Banking
4	3 (3.70%)	Telecoms
5	2 (2.47%)	Billing
5	2 (2.47%)	Financial Institution
5	2 (2.47%)	Manufacturing
5	2 (2.47%)	Marketing
5	2 (2.47%)	Publishing
6	1 (1.23%)	General Ledger
6	1 (1.23%)	Legal
6	1 (1.23%)	Retail

Job Titles
1	26 (32.10%)	Analyst
2	15 (18.52%)	Developer
3	11 (13.58%)	Business Analyst
4	8 (9.88%)	Consultant
5	7 (8.64%)	Analyst Developer
5	7 (8.64%)	Technology Consultant
6	5 (6.17%)	C# Developer
6	5 (6.17%)	Problem Manager
7	4 (4.94%)	Applications Developer
7	4 (4.94%)	Java Applications Developer
7	4 (4.94%)	Java Developer
7	4 (4.94%)	Lead Developer
7	4 (4.94%)	Lead Java Developer
7	4 (4.94%)	Payments Consultant
7	4 (4.94%)	Project Manager
7	4 (4.94%)	Team Leader
8	3 (3.70%)	Data Engineer
8	3 (3.70%)	Incident and Problem Manager
8	3 (3.70%)	Service Management Manager
8	3 (3.70%)	SQL Analyst

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	7 (8.64%)	HTML
2	4 (4.94%)	CSS
2	4 (4.94%)	CSS3
2	4 (4.94%)	Ext JS
2	4 (4.94%)	Hibernate
2	4 (4.94%)	HTML5
2	4 (4.94%)	J2EE
2	4 (4.94%)	jQuery
2	4 (4.94%)	JSON
2	4 (4.94%)	React
2	4 (4.94%)	REST
2	4 (4.94%)	SOAP
2	4 (4.94%)	Spring
2	4 (4.94%)	Struts
2	4 (4.94%)	Vaadin
2	4 (4.94%)	Web Services
2	4 (4.94%)	WSDL
2	4 (4.94%)	XML
2	4 (4.94%)	XSD
3	3 (3.70%)	.NET

Miscellaneous
1	23 (28.40%)	Analytical Skills
2	5 (6.17%)	Management Information System
3	4 (4.94%)	Data Centre
3	4 (4.94%)	Enterprise Software
3	4 (4.94%)	Virtual Team
4	3 (3.70%)	Credit Risk
4	3 (3.70%)	User Experience
5	2 (2.47%)	Computer Science
5	2 (2.47%)	Hedge funds
5	2 (2.47%)	Mobile Banking
5	2 (2.47%)	Online Banking
6	1 (1.23%)	Client/Server
6	1 (1.23%)	SCADA
6	1 (1.23%)	Smart City
6	1 (1.23%)	SWIFT

Operating Systems
1	4 (4.94%)	Windows
2	3 (3.70%)	Linux
2	3 (3.70%)	Unix
3	1 (1.23%)	Windows XP

Processes & Methodologies
1	24 (29.63%)	Stakeholder Management
2	18 (22.22%)	Agile Software Development
3	15 (18.52%)	Business Analysis
4	11 (13.58%)	Service Delivery
5	10 (12.35%)	ITIL
5	10 (12.35%)	ITSM
6	9 (11.11%)	Project Management
6	9 (11.11%)	SDLC
6	9 (11.11%)	Workflow
7	7 (8.64%)	CRM
8	6 (7.41%)	Change Management
8	6 (7.41%)	Data Analysis
8	6 (7.41%)	MVC
8	6 (7.41%)	PRINCE2
8	6 (7.41%)	Service Management
8	6 (7.41%)	User Acceptance Testing
9	5 (6.17%)	Continuous Improvement
9	5 (6.17%)	Problem Management
9	5 (6.17%)	Scrum
10	4 (4.94%)	Data Modelling

Programming Languages
1	17 (20.99%)	SQL
2	6 (7.41%)	C#
3	5 (6.17%)	Java
4	4 (4.94%)	PL/SQL
5	3 (3.70%)	JavaScript
5	3 (3.70%)	Python
5	3 (3.70%)	R
5	3 (3.70%)	VB
6	1 (1.23%)	C
6	1 (1.23%)	PHP

Qualifications
1	11 (13.58%)	Degree
2	4 (4.94%)	ITIL Certification
3	3 (3.70%)	ISEB
3	3 (3.70%)	Numerate Degree
4	2 (2.47%)	CCNA
4	2 (2.47%)	Cisco Certification
4	2 (2.47%)	CISSP
4	2 (2.47%)	Computer Science Degree
4	2 (2.47%)	Master's Degree
4	2 (2.47%)	MCITP
4	2 (2.47%)	MCTS
4	2 (2.47%)	Microsoft Certification
4	2 (2.47%)	PMP
5	1 (1.23%)	ACCA
5	1 (1.23%)	MBA
5	1 (1.23%)	PRINCE2 Certification
5	1 (1.23%)	Six Sigma Black Belt

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	8 (9.88%)	SLA
2	3 (3.70%)	PMO
3	2 (2.47%)	Basel III
4	1 (1.23%)	Data Quality

System Software
1	3 (3.70%)	Active Directory

Systems Management
1	2 (2.47%)	AirWatch
1	2 (2.47%)	SCCM

Vendors
1	12 (14.81%)	Microsoft
2	8 (9.88%)	Oracle
3	3 (3.70%)	CyberArk
3	3 (3.70%)	Informatica
3	3 (3.70%)	Vertica
4	2 (2.47%)	Apple
4	2 (2.47%)	MobileIron
4	2 (2.47%)	Pega
4	2 (2.47%)	Sophos
5	1 (1.23%)	CA
5	1 (1.23%)	Ciena
5	1 (1.23%)	CODA
5	1 (1.23%)	Huawei
5	1 (1.23%)	Hyperion
5	1 (1.23%)	IBM
5	1 (1.23%)	Nokia
5	1 (1.23%)	Salesforce Marketing Cloud
5	1 (1.23%)	Salesforce.com