Process Improvement Job Trends

Process Improvement
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Process Improvement skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 113 132 125
Rank change year-on-year +19 -7 +79
Permanent jobs citing Process Improvement 1,518 1,102 2,141
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.66% 2.52% 2.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.25% 2.70% 2.60%
Number of salaries quoted 945 634 1,052
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,825 £31,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £55,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% +2.80% -10.83%
75th Percentile £73,750 £73,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -4.76%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

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 67,346 40,822 82,196
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.74% 93.29% 85.15%
Number of salaries quoted 43,359 22,211 59,550
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -9.97%
75th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -9.09%

Process Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Process Improvement job vacancy trend in the UK

Process Improvement
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Process Improvement

Process Improvement
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Process Improvement over the 6 months to 16 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Process Improvement in the UK

Process Improvement
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Process Improvement within the UK over the 6 months to 16 May 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 +15 1,372 £54,500 +2.83% 542
UK excluding London +20 924 £45,000 -5.26% 392
London +36 509 £70,000 -5.65% 198
Work from Home +41 461 £55,000 -1.79% 312
North of England -9 249 £45,000 - 89
Midlands +45 217 £44,543 -1.02% 82
South East -21 171 £40,000 -30.43% 120
East Midlands +28 119 £34,500 -18.82% 38
North West -17 114 £45,000 -4.26% 42
South West +3 104 £45,000 -16.28% 46
East of England +8 103 £57,500 +26.37% 37
West Midlands -5 97 £47,500 -1.04% 43
Yorkshire -18 90 £45,000 +1.21% 39
North East -9 45 £60,000 +70.21% 8
Scotland +16 43 £90,000 +56.52% 17
Wales -1 30 £47,500 +27.52% 4
Northern Ireland -35 8 £55,000 +69.23% 5

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:

Application Platforms
1 59 (3.89%) SharePoint
2 24 (1.58%) Apache Airflow
2 24 (1.58%) Microsoft Exchange
3 21 (1.38%) Confluence
4 7 (0.46%) IIS
5 6 (0.40%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.20%) CMS
7 2 (0.13%) SAS
8 1 (0.066%) Apache
8 1 (0.066%) Appian
8 1 (0.066%) Mendix
Applications
1 171 (11.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 57 (3.75%) Microsoft Office
3 26 (1.71%) MS Visio
4 12 (0.79%) Spreadsheet
5 10 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 7 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.13%) Weka
8 1 (0.066%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.066%) Camtasia
8 1 (0.066%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.066%) Trello
Business Applications
1 31 (2.04%) NetSuite
2 21 (1.38%) Dynamics AX
2 21 (1.38%) Dynamics CRM
3 17 (1.12%) SAP HR
4 15 (0.99%) iTrent
4 15 (0.99%) SAP ERP
5 12 (0.79%) SAP S/4HANA
6 8 (0.53%) SAP CO
6 8 (0.53%) SAP FI
6 8 (0.53%) SAP FI/CO
7 7 (0.46%) Oracle ERP
7 7 (0.46%) Oracle General Ledger
7 7 (0.46%) Oracle Payables
7 7 (0.46%) Oracle Receivables
8 6 (0.40%) Oracle Assets
8 6 (0.40%) Oracle Financials
8 6 (0.40%) SAP Business One
9 5 (0.33%) Elite 3E
10 4 (0.26%) Dynamics NAV
11 3 (0.20%) BambooHR
Cloud Services
1 175 (11.53%) Azure
2 155 (10.21%) Microsoft 365
3 137 (9.03%) Power Platform
4 109 (7.18%) AWS
5 84 (5.53%) SaaS
6 60 (3.95%) GCP
7 55 (3.62%) Dynamics 365
8 43 (2.83%) Power Automate
9 39 (2.57%) GitHub
10 35 (2.31%) PowerApps
10 35 (2.31%) Serverless
11 31 (2.04%) Azure DevOps
11 31 (2.04%) Entra ID
12 19 (1.25%) Amazon S3
12 19 (1.25%) AWS Lambda
12 19 (1.25%) GitHub Actions
13 18 (1.19%) Amazon SQS
14 16 (1.05%) Stripe
15 13 (0.86%) OneDrive
15 13 (0.86%) TestFlight
Communications & Networking
1 50 (3.29%) VPN
2 44 (2.90%) Firewall
3 41 (2.70%) WAN
4 39 (2.57%) DNS
5 36 (2.37%) Wi-Fi
6 35 (2.31%) LAN
7 32 (2.11%) DHCP
8 24 (1.58%) TCP/IP
9 17 (1.12%) Multicast
10 13 (0.86%) SD-WAN
11 12 (0.79%) Cisco ASA
11 12 (0.79%) Cisco Firepower
12 11 (0.72%) Broadband
12 11 (0.72%) VoIP
13 10 (0.66%) VLAN
14 9 (0.59%) Network Security
15 7 (0.46%) Internet
16 6 (0.40%) BGP
16 6 (0.40%) MPLS
16 6 (0.40%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 109 (7.18%) Power BI
2 25 (1.65%) SQL Server
3 24 (1.58%) BigQuery
4 19 (1.25%) Tableau
5 16 (1.05%) Metadata
5 16 (1.05%) Power Query
6 14 (0.92%) Data Lake
6 14 (0.92%) Semantic Layer
7 13 (0.86%) PostgreSQL
8 12 (0.79%) DynamoDB
8 12 (0.79%) Oracle Reports
8 12 (0.79%) Relational Database
9 10 (0.66%) Data Warehouse
10 9 (0.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 9 (0.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 8 (0.53%) PowerPivot
12 7 (0.46%) Crystal Reports
13 6 (0.40%) Oracle BI Publisher
14 4 (0.26%) Azure SQL Database
14 4 (0.26%) DB2 UDB
Development Applications
1 70 (4.61%) JIRA
2 31 (2.04%) Git
3 13 (0.86%) Crashlytics
3 13 (0.86%) XCTest
4 9 (0.59%) Visual Studio
5 6 (0.40%) GitLab
5 6 (0.40%) Oracle Forms
5 6 (0.40%) Visual Studio Code
6 5 (0.33%) LabVIEW
7 4 (0.26%) Eclipse
7 4 (0.26%) Oracle APEX
8 3 (0.20%) Jenkins
8 3 (0.20%) Selenium
9 2 (0.13%) Postman
9 2 (0.13%) SoapUI
10 1 (0.066%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.066%) gulp
10 1 (0.066%) MLflow
10 1 (0.066%) TeamCity
10 1 (0.066%) webpack
General
1 612 (40.32%) Finance
2 553 (36.43%) Social Skills
3 359 (23.65%) Analytical Skills
4 104 (6.85%) Legal
5 102 (6.72%) Organisational Skills
6 96 (6.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 96 (6.32%) Law
7 94 (6.19%) Banking
8 90 (5.93%) Manufacturing
9 79 (5.20%) Marketing
10 75 (4.94%) Retail
11 69 (4.55%) Influencing Skills
12 57 (3.75%) Public Sector
13 39 (2.57%) Advertising
14 33 (2.17%) Presentation Skills
15 31 (2.04%) Billing
16 30 (1.98%) Electronics
17 26 (1.71%) Aviation
18 24 (1.58%) Telecoms
19 21 (1.38%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 388 (25.56%) Analyst
2 169 (11.13%) Senior
3 134 (8.83%) Business Analyst
4 91 (5.99%) Support Analyst
5 85 (5.60%) IT Support
6 72 (4.74%) Lead
7 67 (4.41%) Finance Manager
8 59 (3.89%) Administrator
9 56 (3.69%) Senior Analyst
10 51 (3.36%) Accountant
11 50 (3.29%) Support Engineer
12 43 (2.83%) Senior Manager
13 40 (2.64%) Report Analyst
14 37 (2.44%) Consultant
14 37 (2.44%) Financial Controller
14 37 (2.44%) IT Engineer
15 34 (2.24%) Developer
15 34 (2.24%) IT Analyst
15 34 (2.24%) IT Support Engineer
16 30 (1.98%) Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (1.45%) .NET
2 19 (1.25%) React
3 18 (1.19%) pytest
4 17 (1.12%) FIX Protocol
5 16 (1.05%) Boost C++ Libraries
5 16 (1.05%) Node.js
6 13 (0.86%) SwiftUI
6 13 (0.86%) UIKit
7 9 (0.59%) CSS
7 9 (0.59%) HTML
7 9 (0.59%) RESTful
8 7 (0.46%) EDI
8 7 (0.46%) REST
9 6 (0.40%) AngularJS
9 6 (0.40%) JSON
9 6 (0.40%) Kafka
10 4 (0.26%) ASP.NET
10 4 (0.26%) OpenTelemetry
11 3 (0.20%) .NET Framework
11 3 (0.20%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 119 (7.84%) Onboarding
2 100 (6.59%) Management Information System
3 46 (3.03%) Analytical Mindset
4 45 (2.96%) Product Ownership
5 44 (2.90%) Data Centre
6 40 (2.64%) Self-Motivation
7 34 (2.24%) Data Structures
8 33 (2.17%) Security Posture
9 30 (1.98%) Greenfield Project
10 28 (1.84%) Cyber Defence
10 28 (1.84%) Fixed Income
11 26 (1.71%) Derivative
12 24 (1.58%) Driving Licence
13 22 (1.45%) Learning Management System
14 21 (1.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 19 (1.25%) Equities
15 19 (1.25%) Social Media
16 18 (1.19%) Mobile App
17 17 (1.12%) Algorithms
18 15 (0.99%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 134 (8.83%) Windows
2 59 (3.89%) Linux
3 41 (2.70%) Windows Server
4 20 (1.32%) Windows 10
5 15 (0.99%) Apple iOS
6 11 (0.72%) Unix
7 6 (0.40%) Android
8 5 (0.33%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (0.26%) VMS
10 3 (0.20%) CentOS
10 3 (0.20%) CoreOS
10 3 (0.20%) Mac OS
10 3 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.066%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 375 (24.70%) Problem-Solving
2 331 (21.81%) Continuous Improvement
3 247 (16.27%) Agile
4 192 (12.65%) Decision-Making
5 179 (11.79%) Stakeholder Management
6 158 (10.41%) ERP
7 144 (9.49%) Mentoring
8 143 (9.42%) Project Management
9 133 (8.76%) Budgeting
10 131 (8.63%) AI
11 130 (8.56%) Coaching
12 129 (8.50%) Roadmaps
13 127 (8.37%) Business Intelligence
14 125 (8.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 119 (7.84%) Analytics
16 117 (7.71%) Budgeting and Forecasting
17 105 (6.92%) Business Analysis
17 105 (6.92%) Service Delivery
18 100 (6.59%) Customer Service
19 94 (6.19%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 166 (10.94%) SQL
2 116 (7.64%) Python
3 47 (3.10%) PowerShell
4 30 (1.98%) C++
5 24 (1.58%) C#
5 24 (1.58%) Java
6 20 (1.32%) Bash
7 15 (0.99%) TypeScript
8 14 (0.92%) VBA
9 13 (0.86%) Kotlin
9 13 (0.86%) Swift
10 11 (0.72%) JavaScript
11 9 (0.59%) C
12 7 (0.46%) PHP
12 7 (0.46%) Rust
13 6 (0.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 6 (0.40%) Scala
13 6 (0.40%) T-SQL
14 5 (0.33%) Go
15 4 (0.26%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 242 (15.94%) Degree
2 157 (10.34%) ACCA
3 136 (8.96%) CIMA
4 52 (3.43%) Security Cleared
5 50 (3.29%) CISSP
6 47 (3.10%) CIPD
7 36 (2.37%) Computer Science Degree
7 36 (2.37%) SC Cleared
8 31 (2.04%) DBS Check
9 27 (1.78%) PMI Certification
10 26 (1.71%) CISA
11 25 (1.65%) PMP
12 23 (1.52%) Cisco Certification
13 22 (1.45%) CCNA
14 19 (1.25%) CRISC
15 16 (1.05%) Master's Degree
16 14 (0.92%) HND
17 13 (0.86%) DV Cleared
17 13 (0.86%) Microsoft Certification
18 12 (0.79%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 118 (7.77%) QA
2 81 (5.34%) Data Quality
3 71 (4.68%) SLA
4 50 (3.29%) Accessibility
4 50 (3.29%) GDPR
5 44 (2.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 44 (2.90%) NIST
6 37 (2.44%) IFRS
7 33 (2.17%) GAAP
7 33 (2.17%) PCI DSS
8 30 (1.98%) PMO
9 28 (1.84%) Cyber Essentials
10 17 (1.12%) ISO 9001
11 15 (0.99%) Actionable Recommendations
12 13 (0.86%) COREP
12 13 (0.86%) FINREP
13 12 (0.79%) NCSC
14 8 (0.53%) GRC
15 7 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 6 (0.40%) NIST 800
System Software
1 96 (6.32%) Active Directory
2 23 (1.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (1.32%) Docker
4 19 (1.25%) Hyper-V
5 7 (0.46%) vSphere
6 6 (0.40%) IAG
6 6 (0.40%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.26%) VMware NSX
8 3 (0.20%) Firmware
9 2 (0.13%) BitLocker
9 2 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.066%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 32 (2.11%) Microsoft Intune
2 26 (1.71%) Terraform
3 20 (1.32%) Kubernetes
4 15 (0.99%) Ansible
5 12 (0.79%) FortiGate
6 9 (0.59%) SCCM
7 6 (0.40%) Packer
7 6 (0.40%) WSUS
8 4 (0.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (0.20%) Autotask
9 3 (0.20%) CSIRT
9 3 (0.20%) Grafana
9 3 (0.20%) McAfee ePO
9 3 (0.20%) Prometheus
9 3 (0.20%) SCVMM
10 2 (0.13%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 2 (0.13%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.13%) Nagios
10 2 (0.13%) RSA Archer
10 2 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 316 (20.82%) Microsoft
2 76 (5.01%) SAP
3 59 (3.89%) ServiceNow
4 49 (3.23%) Google
5 48 (3.16%) Oracle
6 32 (2.11%) Salesforce
7 24 (1.58%) Workday
8 23 (1.52%) VMware
9 21 (1.38%) Cisco
10 19 (1.25%) Xero
11 15 (0.99%) HubSpot
12 14 (0.92%) Fortinet
12 14 (0.92%) Sage
13 13 (0.86%) Adobe
13 13 (0.86%) Amplitude
13 13 (0.86%) Braze
13 13 (0.86%) CheckPoint
13 13 (0.86%) Freshdesk
14 12 (0.79%) Nintex
15 11 (0.72%) Citrix