PDCA (Plan-Do-Check-Act)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring PDCA skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited PDCA over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 682 885 978
Rank change year-on-year +203 +93 +251
Permanent jobs citing PDCA 29 10 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.052% 0.010% 0.001%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.056% 0.012% 0.001%
Number of salaries quoted 1 9 1
10th Percentile - £38,320 -
25th Percentile £175,000 £55,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £200,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +233.33% - +33.33%
75th Percentile £225,000 £62,500 -
90th Percentile - £63,000 -
UK excluding London median annual salary - £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - +33.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

PDCA 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 52,098 84,818 95,320
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.84% 85.52% 95.60%
Number of salaries quoted 26,512 59,706 56,022
10th Percentile £29,750 £29,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,750 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,180
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -10.10% +1.97%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -9.09% +4.76%

PDCA
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing PDCA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for PDCA in the UK

PDCA
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing PDCA.

Salary trend for PDCA in the UK

PDCA
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PDCA within the UK over the 6 months to 16 May 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
England +172 29 £200,000 +233.33% 1
UK excluding London +206 28 - -
North of England - 28 - -
North East - 22 - -
Yorkshire - 6 - -
Work from Home +116 1 £200,000 +233.33%
London - 1 £200,000 - 1

PDCA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 1 (3.45%) SaaS
General
1 28 (96.55%) Finance
1 28 (96.55%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 28 (96.55%) Project Manager
2 1 (3.45%) Account Executive
Miscellaneous
1 28 (96.55%) FMCG
1 28 (96.55%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.45%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (96.55%) Budget Management
1 28 (96.55%) Budgeting
1 28 (96.55%) Budgeting and Forecasting
1 28 (96.55%) Coaching
1 28 (96.55%) Lean Manufacturing
1 28 (96.55%) Project Management
1 28 (96.55%) Quality Management
2 1 (3.45%) Business Model Canvas
2 1 (3.45%) Business Process Analysis
2 1 (3.45%) Compliance Management
2 1 (3.45%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (3.45%) Lean Six Sigma
2 1 (3.45%) Process Management
2 1 (3.45%) Six Sigma
2 1 (3.45%) TQM
2 1 (3.45%) Value Proposition
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.45%) COSO