Workforce Productivity Job Trends

Workforce Productivity
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Workforce Productivity skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 637 706 724
Rank change year-on-year +69 +18 -
Permanent jobs citing Workforce Productivity 13 1 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.022% 0.002% 0.002%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.027% 0.002% 0.002%
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £90,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +56.52% -
75th Percentile - - £58,750
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary - - £57,500

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Workforce Productivity 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 48,249 48,920 48,231
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.52% 90.19% 90.95%
Number of salaries quoted 28,284 23,965 36,703
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,000 £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 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%

Workforce Productivity
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Workforce Productivity job vacancy trend in the UK

Workforce Productivity
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Workforce Productivity.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Workforce Productivity

Workforce Productivity
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Workforce Productivity within the UK over the 6 months to 5 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
Work from Home +85 12 - - 2
UK excluding London - 11 - -
England +84 8 - - 2
North of England - 5 - -
Northern Ireland - 2 - -
North East - 2 - -
North West - 2 - -
London +56 1 - - 2
Yorkshire - 1 - -
Midlands - 1 - -
South West - 1 - -
Wales - 1 - -
West Midlands - 1 - -
Scotland - 1 - -

Workforce Productivity
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 12 (92.31%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 12 (92.31%) Azure
1 12 (92.31%) Azure Data Factory
1 12 (92.31%) Azure Synapse Analytics
1 12 (92.31%) Power Platform
2 1 (7.69%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (92.31%) Azure SQL Database
1 12 (92.31%) Power BI
1 12 (92.31%) SQL Server
1 12 (92.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 13 (100.00%) Finance
2 12 (92.31%) Analytical Skills
2 12 (92.31%) Presentation Skills
2 12 (92.31%) Social Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 12 (92.31%) Business Manager
1 12 (92.31%) Insight Manager
2 1 (7.69%) Sales Director
Miscellaneous
1 12 (92.31%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (100.00%) AI
2 12 (92.31%) Actionable Insight
2 12 (92.31%) Analytics
2 12 (92.31%) Business Intelligence
2 12 (92.31%) Continuous Improvement
2 12 (92.31%) Customer Insight
2 12 (92.31%) Data Analysis
2 12 (92.31%) Data Modelling
2 12 (92.31%) Decision-Making
2 12 (92.31%) Proactive Monitoring
2 12 (92.31%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (92.31%) Process Improvement
2 12 (92.31%) Six Sigma
2 12 (92.31%) Storytelling
2 12 (92.31%) Visual Analytics
2 12 (92.31%) Visualisation
2 12 (92.31%) WFM
3 1 (7.69%) Business Strategy
3 1 (7.69%) Customer Retention
3 1 (7.69%) People Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (92.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 12 (92.31%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (92.31%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (92.31%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 1 (7.69%) Google
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft