Process Improvement Jobs

Process Improvement
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Process Improvement skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Process Improvement over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 114 218 188
Rank change year-on-year +104 -30 +93
Permanent jobs citing Process Improvement 2,046 1,370 3,932
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.26% 1.70% 2.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.77% 1.78% 2.33%
Number of salaries quoted 779 833 1,502
10th Percentile £31,500 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,891 £43,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +6.40% +6.74%
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £73,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +7.84% +7.37%

All Process and 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 73,969 76,929 168,958
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.84% 95.34% 96.40%
Number of salaries quoted 48,628 50,249 85,709
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +6.06%

Process Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Process Improvement in the UK

Process Improvement
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Process Improvement.

Salary trend for Process Improvement in the UK

Process Improvement
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Process Improvement over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

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 26 July 2024. 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 +100 1,880 £55,000 -12.00% 317
UK excluding London +91 1,429 £50,000 -9.09% 277
Work from Home +92 673 £60,000 - 132
Midlands +74 615 £55,000 +4.76% 40
London +99 528 £65,000 -3.70% 84
West Midlands +61 389 £55,000 - 23
North of England +55 279 £47,500 -13.64% 70
South East +18 250 £45,000 -21.74% 73
East Midlands +62 206 £40,000 -20.00% 16
North West +19 148 £50,000 -13.04% 45
South West +61 132 £58,750 +17.50% 33
Yorkshire +60 91 £43,750 -16.67% 17
Scotland -36 61 £55,190 -1.88% 12
East of England -24 55 £55,000 +4.76% 33
North East +24 40 £52,500 +66.67% 10
Northern Ireland +36 21 £37,500 -16.67% 19
Wales +31 18 £40,600 -3.33% 6

Process Improvement
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:

Application Platforms
1 99 (4.84%) SharePoint
2 28 (1.37%) Microsoft Exchange
3 21 (1.03%) SAS
4 10 (0.49%) CMS
5 8 (0.39%) Confluence
6 5 (0.24%) Oracle Workflow
7 4 (0.20%) IIS
7 4 (0.20%) Umbraco
7 4 (0.20%) WordPress
8 3 (0.15%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.15%) IBM Notes
8 3 (0.15%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.098%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.098%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.098%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 2 (0.098%) Red Hat Fuse
9 2 (0.098%) WebSphere
10 1 (0.049%) Apache
10 1 (0.049%) EPiServer
10 1 (0.049%) Luigi
Applications
1 519 (25.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 408 (19.94%) Microsoft Office
3 41 (2.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 28 (1.37%) Microsoft Project
5 14 (0.68%) MS Visio
6 8 (0.39%) Simulink
6 8 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
7 7 (0.34%) AutoCAD
8 4 (0.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 4 (0.20%) InfoPath
8 4 (0.20%) SPSS
9 3 (0.15%) Chatbot
10 2 (0.098%) Adobe Illustrator
10 2 (0.098%) CANalyzer
10 2 (0.098%) InDesign
10 2 (0.098%) Photoshop
10 2 (0.098%) Trello
11 1 (0.049%) SketchUp
11 1 (0.049%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 29 (1.42%) Oracle Payables
1 29 (1.42%) Oracle Receivables
2 28 (1.37%) Oracle General Ledger
3 27 (1.32%) Oracle Cash Management
4 25 (1.22%) SAP S/4HANA
5 14 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
6 13 (0.64%) SAP FI
7 12 (0.59%) Oracle Assets
8 10 (0.49%) NetSuite
8 10 (0.49%) Unit4 Business World
9 9 (0.44%) SAP CO
9 9 (0.44%) SAP FI/CO
10 5 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
11 4 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
11 4 (0.20%) Primavera
11 4 (0.20%) SAP BPC
11 4 (0.20%) SAP ERP
11 4 (0.20%) SAP PP
11 4 (0.20%) SAP WM
12 3 (0.15%) Oracle iProcurement
Cloud Services
1 167 (8.16%) Power Platform
2 143 (6.99%) Azure
3 78 (3.81%) AWS
4 74 (3.62%) Microsoft 365
5 72 (3.52%) SaaS
6 49 (2.39%) GCP
7 38 (1.86%) Azure DevOps
8 25 (1.22%) Dynamics 365
9 21 (1.03%) OCI
10 20 (0.98%) Amazon S3
11 19 (0.93%) Entra ID
11 19 (0.93%) PowerApps
12 16 (0.78%) Amazon EC2
13 11 (0.54%) Power Automate
13 11 (0.54%) Serverless
14 8 (0.39%) Salesforce Service Cloud
15 7 (0.34%) IaaS
15 7 (0.34%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
16 6 (0.29%) AWS CloudFormation
16 6 (0.29%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 184 (8.99%) Broadband
2 37 (1.81%) Firewall
3 21 (1.03%) WAN
4 16 (0.78%) VPN
5 13 (0.64%) LAN
5 13 (0.64%) Network Security
6 10 (0.49%) DNS
6 10 (0.49%) Internet
7 8 (0.39%) VoIP
8 7 (0.34%) TCP/IP
9 6 (0.29%) HTTP
10 5 (0.24%) Wireless
11 4 (0.20%) FTP
11 4 (0.20%) Remote Desktop
11 4 (0.20%) SD-WAN
11 4 (0.20%) Unified Communications
11 4 (0.20%) WLAN
12 3 (0.15%) DHCP
12 3 (0.15%) Radio Access Network
13 2 (0.098%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 149 (7.28%) Power BI
2 55 (2.69%) SQL Server
3 42 (2.05%) Tableau
4 39 (1.91%) Data Warehouse
5 29 (1.42%) Relational Database
6 26 (1.27%) Amazon QuickSight
7 25 (1.22%) DynamoDB
8 21 (1.03%) Data Mining
8 21 (1.03%) NoSQL
9 18 (0.88%) Amazon Redshift
10 17 (0.83%) Data Lake
11 15 (0.73%) BigQuery
12 12 (0.59%) MySQL
13 11 (0.54%) Looker
14 10 (0.49%) Azure SQL Database
14 10 (0.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 9 (0.44%) Crystal Reports
16 8 (0.39%) Metadata
17 7 (0.34%) Amazon RDS
17 7 (0.34%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 96 (4.69%) JIRA
2 31 (1.52%) Git
3 12 (0.59%) Cucumber
3 12 (0.59%) Jenkins
4 10 (0.49%) Selenium
5 8 (0.39%) Postman
5 8 (0.39%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 8 (0.39%) TeamCity
6 6 (0.29%) SoapUI
7 5 (0.24%) eggPlant
7 5 (0.24%) Jaeger
7 5 (0.24%) MSTest
7 5 (0.24%) Sonatype Nexus
8 4 (0.20%) Toad
9 2 (0.098%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 2 (0.098%) InstallShield
9 2 (0.098%) Maven
9 2 (0.098%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (0.098%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.098%) Wise Package Studio
General
1 659 (32.21%) Social Skills
2 536 (26.20%) Finance
3 401 (19.60%) Analytical Skills
4 334 (16.32%) Military
5 299 (14.61%) Legal
6 218 (10.65%) Marketing
7 201 (9.82%) Banking
8 185 (9.04%) Advertising
9 159 (7.77%) Retail
10 125 (6.11%) Law
11 95 (4.64%) Manufacturing
12 79 (3.86%) Pharmaceutical
13 72 (3.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 55 (2.69%) Organisational Skills
15 51 (2.49%) Presentation Skills
15 51 (2.49%) Public Sector
16 48 (2.35%) Influencing Skills
17 27 (1.32%) Automotive
18 26 (1.27%) Telecoms
19 20 (0.98%) Games
Job Titles
1 474 (23.17%) Analyst
2 345 (16.86%) Lead
3 339 (16.57%) Graduate
4 295 (14.42%) Senior
5 133 (6.50%) Senior Analyst
6 132 (6.45%) Business Analyst
7 99 (4.84%) Project Manager
8 71 (3.47%) IT Manager
9 65 (3.18%) Consultant
10 53 (2.59%) Team Leader
11 49 (2.39%) Data Analyst
12 40 (1.96%) Lead Business Analyst
13 39 (1.91%) Architect
13 39 (1.91%) Developer
13 39 (1.91%) Senior Manager
14 34 (1.66%) Business Analyst Team Leader
15 30 (1.47%) Business Manager
16 29 (1.42%) Data Engineer
17 28 (1.37%) Systems Analyst
17 28 (1.37%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (2.93%) .NET
2 31 (1.52%) .NET Framework
3 28 (1.37%) REST
4 20 (0.98%) XML
5 17 (0.83%) .NET Core
5 17 (0.83%) Oracle Fusion
5 17 (0.83%) React
6 16 (0.78%) SignalR
6 16 (0.78%) WCF
6 16 (0.78%) WF
7 14 (0.68%) AngularJS
7 14 (0.68%) HTML
7 14 (0.68%) JSON
8 12 (0.59%) FastAPI
8 12 (0.59%) Flask
8 12 (0.59%) Gherkin
9 11 (0.54%) Web Services
10 10 (0.49%) SOAP
11 8 (0.39%) BAPI
11 8 (0.39%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 435 (21.26%) Onboarding
2 184 (8.99%) Marketing Technology
3 93 (4.55%) Management Information System
4 69 (3.37%) Self-Motivation
5 56 (2.74%) Algorithms
6 53 (2.59%) Life Science
7 20 (0.98%) PMI
8 19 (0.93%) Data Centre
8 19 (0.93%) Robotics
9 18 (0.88%) Renewable Energy
10 17 (0.83%) Product Ownership
11 16 (0.78%) FMCG
11 16 (0.78%) Virtual Team
12 14 (0.68%) Analytical Mindset
13 13 (0.64%) CMDB
14 10 (0.49%) Cyberattack
14 10 (0.49%) Enterprise Software
14 10 (0.49%) Mobile App
15 9 (0.44%) Data Structures
15 9 (0.44%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 101 (4.94%) Windows
2 40 (1.96%) Linux
3 24 (1.17%) Windows Server
4 16 (0.78%) Windows 10
5 11 (0.54%) Unix
6 6 (0.29%) Apple iOS
7 5 (0.24%) Windows Server 2008
8 4 (0.20%) VMS
8 4 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.15%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.15%) Windows 7
9 3 (0.15%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.098%) Android
10 2 (0.098%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.098%) Windows Vista
11 1 (0.049%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 538 (26.30%) Continuous Improvement
2 479 (23.41%) Logistics
3 469 (22.92%) Customer Service
4 435 (21.26%) Problem-Solving
5 423 (20.67%) Data Analysis
6 382 (18.67%) Customer Experience
7 362 (17.69%) Performance Metrics
8 344 (16.81%) Creative Thinking
9 342 (16.72%) Contingency Planning
10 339 (16.57%) Matrix Organization
11 303 (14.81%) Analytics
12 291 (14.22%) Project Management
13 236 (11.53%) Agile
14 231 (11.29%) Coaching
15 226 (11.05%) Business Case
16 212 (10.36%) ITIL
17 210 (10.26%) Data Collection
18 202 (9.87%) Regulatory Change
19 200 (9.78%) Data Management
20 192 (9.38%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 228 (11.14%) SQL
2 104 (5.08%) Python
3 63 (3.08%) C#
4 44 (2.15%) Java
5 30 (1.47%) JavaScript
6 25 (1.22%) MATLAB
7 23 (1.12%) R
8 21 (1.03%) PowerShell
9 20 (0.98%) T-SQL
10 16 (0.78%) Scala
11 13 (0.64%) PL/SQL
12 11 (0.54%) Bash
13 9 (0.44%) C
14 8 (0.39%) C++
14 8 (0.39%) VBA
15 6 (0.29%) Perl
15 6 (0.29%) PHP
16 5 (0.24%) TypeScript
17 4 (0.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 4 (0.20%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 806 (39.39%) Degree
2 74 (3.62%) Master's Degree
3 53 (2.59%) Security Cleared
4 47 (2.30%) PhD
5 39 (1.91%) PMI Certification
6 38 (1.86%) Computer Science Degree
7 34 (1.66%) SC Cleared
8 24 (1.17%) Microsoft Certification
9 23 (1.12%) PMP
10 21 (1.03%) Cisco Certification
11 15 (0.73%) ISEB
12 14 (0.68%) DBS Check
12 14 (0.68%) ITIL Certification
12 14 (0.68%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 14 (0.68%) MCSE
12 14 (0.68%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 13 (0.64%) APMP
13 13 (0.64%) CCNP
14 12 (0.59%) HNC
15 11 (0.54%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 169 (8.26%) QA
2 164 (8.02%) GDPR
3 118 (5.77%) Data Quality
4 37 (1.81%) SLA
5 24 (1.17%) PMO
6 21 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 14 (0.68%) Accessibility
8 13 (0.64%) ISO 9001
8 13 (0.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 12 (0.59%) Good Clinical Practice
10 9 (0.44%) ISO 9002
11 8 (0.39%) GRC
11 8 (0.39%) ISO 14001
11 8 (0.39%) ISO 22301
12 7 (0.34%) NEBOSH
12 7 (0.34%) NIST
13 6 (0.29%) ITGC
14 4 (0.20%) PCI DSS
15 3 (0.15%) CDISC
15 3 (0.15%) GMP
System Software
1 59 (2.88%) Active Directory
2 37 (1.81%) Docker
3 23 (1.12%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (0.73%) Hyper-V
5 11 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (0.24%) vSphere
7 4 (0.20%) Firmware
7 4 (0.20%) Lustre
7 4 (0.20%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 3 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.098%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.098%) VMware Server
10 1 (0.049%) VirtualBox
10 1 (0.049%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 28 (1.37%) Kubernetes
2 20 (0.98%) Terraform
3 13 (0.64%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (0.49%) Ansible
5 5 (0.24%) Failover Clustering
5 5 (0.24%) Kiali
5 5 (0.24%) logstash
5 5 (0.24%) SCCM
6 4 (0.20%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 4 (0.20%) ServiceCenter
7 3 (0.15%) Grafana
7 3 (0.15%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.098%) Dell DRAC
8 2 (0.098%) Nessus
8 2 (0.098%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.049%) CFEngine
9 1 (0.049%) Control-M
9 1 (0.049%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.049%) Puppet
9 1 (0.049%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 265 (12.95%) Microsoft
2 83 (4.06%) Oracle
3 65 (3.18%) SAP
4 55 (2.69%) Google
5 30 (1.47%) Salesforce
6 28 (1.37%) VMware
7 18 (0.88%) IFS
8 16 (0.78%) Cisco
9 10 (0.49%) ServiceNow
9 10 (0.49%) Workday
10 9 (0.44%) Apple
10 9 (0.44%) Meraki
10 9 (0.44%) Splunk
11 8 (0.39%) Alteryx
11 8 (0.39%) Dell
11 8 (0.39%) IBM
12 7 (0.34%) AppDynamics
12 7 (0.34%) Minitab
12 7 (0.34%) PeopleSoft
13 6 (0.29%) Sage