Business Process Improvement Job Trends

Business Process Improvement (BPI)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Business Process Improvement skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 634 682 696
Rank change year-on-year +48 +14 +227
Permanent jobs citing Business Process Improvement 17 30 41
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.028% 0.056% 0.073%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.035% 0.062% 0.081%
Number of salaries quoted 14 14 29
10th Percentile £49,750 £48,950 £43,721
25th Percentile £60,313 £50,313 £51,997
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £71,409
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -12.48% +19.02%
75th Percentile £72,500 £74,688 £95,000
90th Percentile £76,750 £81,250 £111,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £71,409
% change year-on-year +14.29% -26.48% +19.02%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Business 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 48,315 48,345 50,335
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.00% 90.62% 89.96%
Number of salaries quoted 28,473 23,469 38,401
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £78,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +5.77% -5.45%

Business Process Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Business Process Improvement job vacancy trend in the UK

Business Process Improvement
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Business Process Improvement.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Business Process Improvement

Business Process Improvement
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Process Improvement over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Business Process Improvement in the UK

Business Process Improvement
Top 9 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Process Improvement within the UK over the 6 months to 13 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
England +62 16 £65,000 +4.00% 3
London +49 9 £65,000 -16.13% 1
UK excluding London +58 6 £60,000 +14.29% 4
East Midlands - 3 £55,000 -
Midlands - 3 £55,000 - 1
Work from Home +59 2 £60,000 -22.58% 2
South East - 2 £52,500 - 1
North West +28 1 £70,000 +7.69%
North of England +22 1 £70,000 +33.33%

Business Process Improvement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (5.88%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 4 (23.53%) Power Platform
2 3 (17.65%) Dynamics 365
2 3 (17.65%) Power Automate
3 2 (11.76%) Azure
4 1 (5.88%) AWS
4 1 (5.88%) Azure AI
4 1 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (5.88%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (5.88%) Boomi
4 1 (5.88%) GitHub
4 1 (5.88%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (5.88%) PowerApps
4 1 (5.88%) Zapier
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (23.53%) Power BI
2 1 (5.88%) SQL Server
General
1 8 (47.06%) Finance
2 7 (41.18%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (41.18%) Social Skills
3 4 (23.53%) Banking
3 4 (23.53%) Retail Banking
4 3 (17.65%) Law
5 1 (5.88%) Advertising
5 1 (5.88%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (5.88%) Legal
5 1 (5.88%) Manufacturing
5 1 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (29.41%) Analyst
1 5 (29.41%) Business Analyst
2 4 (23.53%) Business Change Analyst
2 4 (23.53%) Business Change Business Analyst
2 4 (23.53%) Transformation Analyst
3 3 (17.65%) IT Manager
3 3 (17.65%) Operations Manager
4 2 (11.76%) Business Manager
4 2 (11.76%) Business Operations Manager
4 2 (11.76%) Developer
4 2 (11.76%) Lead
5 1 (5.88%) Business Process Support
5 1 (5.88%) Finance Manager
5 1 (5.88%) Head of IT
5 1 (5.88%) Mortgage Business Analyst
5 1 (5.88%) Senior
5 1 (5.88%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (5.88%) Senior Business Analyst
5 1 (5.88%) Systems Developer
5 1 (5.88%) Workflow Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.76%) JSON
1 2 (11.76%) REST
2 1 (5.88%) .NET
2 1 (5.88%) ASP.NET
2 1 (5.88%) EDI
2 1 (5.88%) Middleware
2 1 (5.88%) Next.js
2 1 (5.88%) React
2 1 (5.88%) RESTful
2 1 (5.88%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.88%) AI Agents
1 1 (5.88%) Low-Code
1 1 (5.88%) Onboarding
1 1 (5.88%) Renewable Energy
1 1 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (5.88%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (100.00%) Process Improvement
2 8 (47.06%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (35.29%) Agile
3 6 (35.29%) Data Analysis
4 5 (29.41%) Change Management
4 5 (29.41%) Lean Six Sigma
4 5 (29.41%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (29.41%) Project Delivery
4 5 (29.41%) Project Management
4 5 (29.41%) Six Sigma
5 4 (23.53%) AI
5 4 (23.53%) Business Case
5 4 (23.53%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (23.53%) Financial Analysis
5 4 (23.53%) Impact Analysis
5 4 (23.53%) Waterfall
6 3 (17.65%) Roadmaps
6 3 (17.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (17.65%) Strategic Thinking
6 3 (17.65%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 5 (29.41%) SQL
2 1 (5.88%) C#
2 1 (5.88%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 1 (5.88%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (23.53%) Degree
2 1 (5.88%) PMI Certification
2 1 (5.88%) PMP
2 1 (5.88%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 1 (5.88%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Vendors
1 3 (17.65%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.76%) HubSpot
3 1 (5.88%) Intapp
3 1 (5.88%) Oracle