Process Improvement Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

Process Improvement
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear requiring Process Improvement skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 71 49
Rank change year-on-year +17 -22 +21
Permanent jobs citing Process Improvement 17 5 7
As % of all permanent jobs in Tyne and Wear 2.12% 0.69% 1.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.63% 0.76% 1.67%
Number of salaries quoted 10 1 7
10th Percentile £29,900 - £33,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £72,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,500 £75,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -52.67% +87.50% -3.05%
75th Percentile £79,006 £77,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £100,125 - £75,500
North East median annual salary £35,500 £59,430 £40,000
% change year-on-year -40.27% +48.58% -3.05%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 646 658 420
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 80.45% 91.14% 87.87%
Number of salaries quoted 477 299 371
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £31,750 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.09%
75th Percentile £66,250 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,500 £95,000 £77,500
North East median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £47,896
% change year-on-year -5.00% +4.39% -4.21%

Process Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

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

Process Improvement job vacancy trend in Tyne and Wear

Process Improvement
Salary Trend in Tyne and Wear

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Process Improvement.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Process Improvement

Process Improvement
Salary Histogram in Tyne and Wear

Salary distribution for jobs citing Process Improvement in Tyne and Wear over the 6 months to 7 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Process Improvement in Tyne and Wear

Process Improvement
Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Process Improvement within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 7 January 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
Newcastle upon Tyne +17 9 £45,497 - 12
Gateshead - 5 £32,500 -
Sunderland -5 3 - - 1
Process Improvement
North East

Process Improvement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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 1 (5.88%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (29.41%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 5 (29.41%) Power Platform
2 4 (23.53%) Azure
2 4 (23.53%) Azure Data Factory
2 4 (23.53%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Copilot
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (23.53%) Azure SQL Database
1 4 (23.53%) Power BI
1 4 (23.53%) SQL Server
1 4 (23.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 11 (64.71%) Analytical Skills
2 10 (58.82%) Social Skills
3 7 (41.18%) Finance
4 3 (17.65%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (11.76%) Billing
5 2 (11.76%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (5.88%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (5.88%) Law
6 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (29.41%) Analyst
2 2 (11.76%) Business Manager
2 2 (11.76%) Change Manager
2 2 (11.76%) Commercial Analyst
2 2 (11.76%) Insight Analyst
2 2 (11.76%) Insight Manager
2 2 (11.76%) Junior
3 1 (5.88%) Change Coordinator
3 1 (5.88%) Governance Manager
3 1 (5.88%) IT Analyst
3 1 (5.88%) IT Manager
3 1 (5.88%) Oracle Analyst
3 1 (5.88%) PMO Manager
3 1 (5.88%) PMO Planning Manager
3 1 (5.88%) Portfolio Manager
3 1 (5.88%) Project Coordinator
3 1 (5.88%) Senior
3 1 (5.88%) Senior Oracle Analyst
3 1 (5.88%) Service Manager
3 1 (5.88%) Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 5 (29.41%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (11.76%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (5.88%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (52.94%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (35.29%) Actionable Insight
2 6 (35.29%) Decision-Making
3 5 (29.41%) Change Management
4 4 (23.53%) Agile
4 4 (23.53%) Analytics
4 4 (23.53%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (23.53%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (23.53%) Data Analysis
4 4 (23.53%) ITIL
4 4 (23.53%) Visual Analytics
4 4 (23.53%) Visualisation
4 4 (23.53%) WFM
5 3 (17.65%) AI
5 3 (17.65%) Budgeting
5 3 (17.65%) Budgeting and Forecasting
5 3 (17.65%) PRINCE2
5 3 (17.65%) Project Management
5 3 (17.65%) Risk Management
5 3 (17.65%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 4 (23.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 4 (23.53%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (29.41%) Degree
2 3 (17.65%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 3 (17.65%) PMI Certification
2 3 (17.65%) PMP
2 3 (17.65%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 2 (11.76%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (29.41%) PMO
2 3 (17.65%) Data Quality
2 3 (17.65%) QA
3 2 (11.76%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (5.88%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 6 (35.29%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.88%) Oracle