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 18 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 141 92 130
Rank change year-on-year -49 +38 +45
Permanent jobs citing Process Improvement 11 64 31
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.42% 1.93% 1.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.46% 2.29% 1.28%
Number of salaries quoted 6 32 30
10th Percentile £44,000 £38,875 £42,500
25th Percentile £45,625 - £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,750 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.50% -13.04% +27.78%
75th Percentile £56,563 £57,500 £68,125
90th Percentile £60,000 - £85,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% -12.00% +8.70%

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 2,372 2,792 2,431
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 90.60% 84.00% 95.82%
Number of salaries quoted 1,025 1,339 1,957
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £32,000 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -30.91% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £60,000 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £81,600 £82,548
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

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 18 October 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 18 October 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 -9 5 £44,000 +10.00% 10
Edinburgh -11 3 £55,000 - 10
Aberdeen - 1 - - 1
West Dunbartonshire - 1 £60,000 -
Highlands - 1 £52,500 -
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 3 (27.27%) SharePoint
2 1 (9.09%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Oracle Payables
1 2 (18.18%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (9.09%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (9.09%) SAP SCM
2 1 (9.09%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 3 (27.27%) Power Platform
2 1 (9.09%) AWS
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (9.09%) Power Automate
2 1 (9.09%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (27.27%) Power BI
2 1 (9.09%) Power Query
2 1 (9.09%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (18.18%) JIRA
General
1 5 (45.45%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (45.45%) Finance
2 2 (18.18%) General Ledger
2 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Banking
3 1 (9.09%) Law
3 1 (9.09%) Legal
3 1 (9.09%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Analyst
2 3 (27.27%) Business Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Accountant
3 2 (18.18%) Project Accountant
4 1 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Digital Transformation
4 1 (9.09%) Digital Transformation Specialist
4 1 (9.09%) Product Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) SAP Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) SAP Support
4 1 (9.09%) SAP Support Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Support Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) SAP TM
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Management Information System
2 1 (9.09%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (9.09%) Low-Code
2 1 (9.09%) Market Risk
2 1 (9.09%) Mobile App
2 1 (9.09%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (36.36%) Project Management
3 3 (27.27%) Agile
3 3 (27.27%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (27.27%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (27.27%) Validation
4 2 (18.18%) Actionable Insight
4 2 (18.18%) AI
4 2 (18.18%) Analytics
4 2 (18.18%) Business Analysis
4 2 (18.18%) Change Management
4 2 (18.18%) Collaborative Culture
4 2 (18.18%) Lean Six Sigma
4 2 (18.18%) Logistics
4 2 (18.18%) Six Sigma
4 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (18.18%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (18.18%) User Experience
5 1 (9.09%) Data Cleansing
Programming Languages
1 3 (27.27%) SQL
2 1 (9.09%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) Degree
1 1 (9.09%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) QA
1 1 (9.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Oracle
2 1 (9.09%) Alteryx
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.09%) SAP