Process Improvement Job Trends in Scotland

Process Improvement
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Process Improvement skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 133 89 130
Rank change year-on-year -44 +41 +34
Permanent jobs citing Process Improvement 20 65 27
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.73% 1.98% 1.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.83% 2.33% 1.19%
Number of salaries quoted 10 36 25
10th Percentile £43,350 £39,375 £43,000
25th Percentile £45,087 - £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £50,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -16.67% +33.33%
75th Percentile £55,061 £57,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £58,000 £58,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £50,721 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.78% -15.38% +16.07%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,421 2,792 2,276
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 87.81% 84.86% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1,160 1,303 1,792
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,750 £40,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -30.91% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £61,250 £70,000 £69,013
90th Percentile £79,775 £82,500 £82,548
UK median annual salary £54,793 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.68% - -

Process Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Process Improvement job vacancy trend in Scotland

Process Improvement
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Process Improvement.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Process Improvement

Process Improvement
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Process Improvement in Scotland over the 6 months to 14 November 2025.

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 6 months to 14 November 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
Glasgow -15 8 £44,000 +10.00% 19
Edinburgh -21 4 £55,000 - 8
Highlands - 3 £52,500 - 1
South Ayrshire - 2 £52,048 -
Aberdeen - 2 - - 2
West Dunbartonshire - 1 £60,000 -
Process Improvement
UK

Process Improvement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 2 (10.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (5.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (25.00%) Oracle Payables
1 5 (25.00%) Oracle Receivables
2 3 (15.00%) Oracle Assets
2 3 (15.00%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (15.00%) Oracle Financials
2 3 (15.00%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (5.00%) SAP ERP
3 1 (5.00%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (5.00%) SAP SCM
3 1 (5.00%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 4 (20.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (10.00%) Azure
2 2 (10.00%) Azure Data Factory
2 2 (10.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 1 (5.00%) AWS
3 1 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (5.00%) Power Automate
3 1 (5.00%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.00%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (20.00%) Power BI
2 3 (15.00%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 2 (10.00%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (10.00%) SQL Server
3 2 (10.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (5.00%) Power Query
4 1 (5.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (15.00%) JIRA
1 3 (15.00%) Oracle Forms
2 2 (10.00%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (10.00%) Rational Rhapsody
2 2 (10.00%) Rational Statemate
General
1 8 (40.00%) Finance
2 7 (35.00%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (35.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (10.00%) General Ledger
3 2 (10.00%) Military
3 2 (10.00%) Tech for Good
4 1 (5.00%) Avionics
4 1 (5.00%) Billing
4 1 (5.00%) Law
4 1 (5.00%) Manufacturing
4 1 (5.00%) Marketing
4 1 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (60.00%) Analyst
2 4 (20.00%) Business Analyst
2 4 (20.00%) Senior
3 3 (15.00%) ERP Analyst
3 3 (15.00%) Oracle Analyst
3 3 (15.00%) Senior Analyst
3 3 (15.00%) Senior Oracle Analyst
4 2 (10.00%) Accountant
4 2 (10.00%) Project Accountant
4 2 (10.00%) Report Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) Business Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Client Director
5 1 (5.00%) Insight Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Lead
5 1 (5.00%) SAP Support
5 1 (5.00%) SAP Support Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) Senior Software Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Services Director
5 1 (5.00%) Team Leader
5 1 (5.00%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.00%) SAP TM
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (10.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (10.00%) Mobile App
3 1 (5.00%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (5.00%) Low-Code
3 1 (5.00%) Onboarding
3 1 (5.00%) Public Cloud
3 1 (5.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (45.00%) Business Intelligence
2 8 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 7 (35.00%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (30.00%) Actionable Insight
4 6 (30.00%) Analytics
4 6 (30.00%) Data Analysis
5 5 (25.00%) Collaborative Culture
5 5 (25.00%) ERP
5 5 (25.00%) GAP Analysis
6 4 (20.00%) Asset Management
6 4 (20.00%) Coaching
6 4 (20.00%) Decision-Making
6 4 (20.00%) Mentoring
6 4 (20.00%) Migration
6 4 (20.00%) Roadmaps
6 4 (20.00%) Translating Business Requirements
7 3 (15.00%) Data Migration
7 3 (15.00%) Enterprise Data Management
7 3 (15.00%) Root Cause Analysis
7 3 (15.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 8 (40.00%) SQL
2 2 (10.00%) Ada
2 2 (10.00%) C
2 2 (10.00%) C#
2 2 (10.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (5.00%) C++
3 1 (5.00%) MATLAB
3 1 (5.00%) Python
3 1 (5.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 3 (15.00%) Degree
2 2 (10.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (5.00%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.00%) SLA
2 1 (5.00%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (5.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (5.00%) PMO
2 1 (5.00%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (30.00%) Oracle
2 2 (10.00%) Green Hills
2 2 (10.00%) SAP
3 1 (5.00%) Alteryx
3 1 (5.00%) Microsoft