Process Improvement Job Trends in the South West

Process Improvement
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Process Improvement skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 124 138
Rank change year-on-year +16 +14 +46
Permanent jobs citing Process Improvement 125 40 166
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 1.51% 1.22% 1.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.11% 1.43% 2.16%
Number of salaries quoted 82 27 99
10th Percentile £29,750 £29,000 £36,078
25th Percentile £35,000 £39,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £52,396
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +0.20% +2.24%
75th Percentile £56,000 £67,405 £78,750
90th Percentile £62,475 £81,011 £92,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -11.06%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South 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 South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,920 2,796 7,695
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 71.54% 85.06% 78.64%
Number of salaries quoted 3,905 1,812 5,614
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -3.83%
75th Percentile £72,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -12.00%

Process Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Process Improvement job vacancy trend in the South West

Process Improvement
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Process Improvement.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Process Improvement

Process Improvement
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Process Improvement in the South West over the 6 months to 11 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Process Improvement in the South West

Process Improvement
Job Locations in the South 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 South West region over the 6 months to 11 July 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
Gloucestershire -1 38 £36,000 -22.16% 12
Wiltshire 0 26 £55,000 +4.76% 12
Bristol -22 18 £38,750 -38.00% 13
Somerset -21 17 £45,000 -23.17% 3
Dorset +1 12 £43,500 +13.73% 2
Devon -18 10 £47,500 -13.64% 4
Process Improvement
England

Process Improvement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 10 (8.00%) Confluence
2 6 (4.80%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.60%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 29 (23.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.40%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.60%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (6.40%) NetSuite
2 6 (4.80%) Dynamics AX
3 3 (2.40%) Workday HCM
4 2 (1.60%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.80%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.80%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.80%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.80%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 27 (21.60%) Power Platform
2 18 (14.40%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (10.40%) SaaS
4 12 (9.60%) Dynamics 365
5 9 (7.20%) Power Automate
5 9 (7.20%) PowerApps
6 8 (6.40%) AWS
6 8 (6.40%) Azure
7 4 (3.20%) GCP
7 4 (3.20%) Google Workspace
8 2 (1.60%) ChatGPT
8 2 (1.60%) Entra ID
8 2 (1.60%) Lucidchart
8 2 (1.60%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.80%) Firewall
2 4 (3.20%) VPN
3 3 (2.40%) DNS
3 3 (2.40%) LAN
3 3 (2.40%) WAN
4 2 (1.60%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.80%) DHCP
5 1 (0.80%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.80%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (16.80%) Power BI
2 9 (7.20%) Power Query
3 6 (4.80%) PowerPivot
4 3 (2.40%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (2.40%) Metadata
4 3 (2.40%) SQL Server
4 3 (2.40%) Star Schema
5 2 (1.60%) Tableau
6 1 (0.80%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 10 (8.00%) JIRA
2 1 (0.80%) Git
General
1 62 (49.60%) Social Skills
2 55 (44.00%) Finance
3 35 (28.00%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (20.80%) Organisational Skills
5 22 (17.60%) Manufacturing
6 11 (8.80%) Legal
7 10 (8.00%) Retail
8 7 (5.60%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (4.80%) Agriculture
9 6 (4.80%) Electronics
10 4 (3.20%) Environmental Health
10 4 (3.20%) Marketing
10 4 (3.20%) Public Sector
11 3 (2.40%) Billing
12 2 (1.60%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (1.60%) Publishing
12 2 (1.60%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.80%) Aviation
13 1 (0.80%) Back Office
13 1 (0.80%) Law
Job Titles
1 33 (26.40%) Analyst
2 15 (12.00%) Lead
3 14 (11.20%) Financial Analyst
4 11 (8.80%) Consultant
4 11 (8.80%) Financial Controller
5 10 (8.00%) Administrator
5 10 (8.00%) Business Analyst
5 10 (8.00%) Workday Consultant
6 7 (5.60%) Project Leader
6 7 (5.60%) Support Analyst
7 6 (4.80%) Data Administrator
7 6 (4.80%) Data Analyst
7 6 (4.80%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
7 6 (4.80%) Finance Manager
8 5 (4.00%) Automation Engineer
8 5 (4.00%) Junior
8 5 (4.00%) Junior Analyst
8 5 (4.00%) Junior Financial Analyst
8 5 (4.00%) Project Engineer
9 4 (3.20%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.60%) EDI
1 2 (1.60%) JSON
1 2 (1.60%) Middleware
1 2 (1.60%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (14.40%) Management Information System
2 17 (13.60%) Analytical Mindset
3 7 (5.60%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (4.80%) Renewable Energy
5 5 (4.00%) Cloud Native
5 5 (4.00%) Data Structures
5 5 (4.00%) Onboarding
6 4 (3.20%) GNSS
6 4 (3.20%) IoT
6 4 (3.20%) Mobile App
6 4 (3.20%) Satnav
6 4 (3.20%) Video\Live Streaming
7 3 (2.40%) Reference Data
8 2 (1.60%) Manufacturing Execution System
8 2 (1.60%) Product Ownership
8 2 (1.60%) Reinsurance
8 2 (1.60%) Replication
9 1 (0.80%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.80%) Mainframe
9 1 (0.80%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (4.80%) Linux
1 6 (4.80%) Windows
2 3 (2.40%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.80%) CentOS
3 1 (0.80%) CoreOS
3 1 (0.80%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (0.80%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (0.80%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (33.60%) Continuous Improvement
2 28 (22.40%) Problem-Solving
3 23 (18.40%) Budgeting
3 23 (18.40%) Decision-Making
4 22 (17.60%) Business Intelligence
4 22 (17.60%) ERP
5 20 (16.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 20 (16.00%) Workflow
6 17 (13.60%) Budgeting and Forecasting
7 16 (12.80%) Stakeholder Management
8 12 (9.60%) AI
8 12 (9.60%) Data Governance
8 12 (9.60%) Requirements Gathering
8 12 (9.60%) User Experience
9 11 (8.80%) CRM
9 11 (8.80%) Project Delivery
9 11 (8.80%) Revenue Recognition
10 10 (8.00%) Business Analysis
10 10 (8.00%) Data Analysis
10 10 (8.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 14 (11.20%) SQL
2 3 (2.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (0.80%) Bash
3 1 (0.80%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.80%) Python
Qualifications
1 24 (19.20%) ACCA
2 21 (16.80%) CIMA
3 17 (13.60%) Degree
4 7 (5.60%) Security Cleared
5 5 (4.00%) AAT
6 4 (3.20%) Six Sigma Green Belt
7 3 (2.40%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (2.40%) CIPD
8 2 (1.60%) HND
8 2 (1.60%) SC Cleared
9 1 (0.80%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.80%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.80%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (8.00%) Accessibility
1 10 (8.00%) ISO 9001
2 9 (7.20%) Data Quality
3 7 (5.60%) ISO 19650
3 7 (5.60%) QA
4 6 (4.80%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (4.00%) GDPR
5 5 (4.00%) SLA
6 3 (2.40%) GAAP
6 3 (2.40%) IFRS
7 2 (1.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 3 (2.40%) Active Directory
1 3 (2.40%) Hyper-V
2 2 (1.60%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (1.60%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (6.40%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.60%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.80%) McAfee ePO
3 1 (0.80%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 32 (25.60%) Microsoft
2 9 (7.20%) Sage
2 9 (7.20%) Xero
3 6 (4.80%) Oracle
3 6 (4.80%) Workday
4 4 (3.20%) Google
5 3 (2.40%) HubSpot
5 3 (2.40%) Talend
6 2 (1.60%) Fortinet
6 2 (1.60%) Veeam
6 2 (1.60%) VMware
7 1 (0.80%) DocuSign
7 1 (0.80%) Freshdesk
7 1 (0.80%) McAfee
7 1 (0.80%) Red Hat
7 1 (0.80%) Salesforce