Process Improvement Jobs

Process Improvement
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Process Improvement skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Process Improvement over the 6 months to 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 130 212 229
Rank change year-on-year +82 +17 +53
Permanent jobs citing Process Improvement 2,260 1,644 3,143
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.08% 1.77% 1.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.51% 1.85% 1.91%
Number of salaries quoted 1,034 892 1,447
10th Percentile £31,500 £37,500 £36,144
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,000 £58,611
Median % change year-on-year -10.83% +2.37% +11.64%
75th Percentile £72,281 £71,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £88,400 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +10.53%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Process Improvement is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 89,994 88,841 164,871
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 82.98% 95.43% 95.92%
Number of salaries quoted 62,089 53,798 83,455
10th Percentile £29,500 £33,848 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

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 9 June 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 9 June 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 +82 2,071 £55,000 -8.75% 667
UK excluding London +44 1,558 £50,000 -4.76% 472
Work from Home +57 789 £55,000 -1.33% 284
London +115 605 £70,000 +7.69% 210
Midlands +59 520 £53,250 +1.43% 92
North of England +40 337 £47,500 -5.00% 121
West Midlands +54 331 £55,000 +4.76% 61
South East -4 315 £45,000 -20.00% 109
South West +54 174 £52,396 -0.20% 52
North West +16 172 £47,500 -4.04% 62
East Midlands +39 167 £42,000 -16.00% 31
Yorkshire +46 117 £45,000 -14.29% 45
East of England +5 94 £50,000 -4.76% 60
Scotland -53 71 £55,380 +13.89% 29
North East +26 48 £47,500 +11.76% 19
Wales +22 25 £44,302 +16.20% 19
Northern Ireland +37 24 £37,500 -16.67% 8

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
1 132 (5.84%) SharePoint
2 45 (1.99%) Microsoft Exchange
3 19 (0.84%) Confluence
3 19 (0.84%) SAS
4 12 (0.53%) CMS
5 7 (0.31%) Apache Spark
6 6 (0.27%) IBM Notes
7 5 (0.22%) OpenStack
7 5 (0.22%) WordPress
8 4 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (0.18%) IIS
8 4 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
8 4 (0.18%) Umbraco
9 3 (0.13%) Apache
9 3 (0.13%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.13%) Luigi
10 2 (0.088%) EPiServer
10 2 (0.088%) WebSphere
11 1 (0.044%) Drupal
11 1 (0.044%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 460 (20.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 332 (14.69%) Microsoft Office
3 75 (3.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 29 (1.28%) Microsoft Project
5 24 (1.06%) MS Visio
6 14 (0.62%) Spreadsheet
7 6 (0.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 6 (0.27%) Chatbot
7 6 (0.27%) Simulink
8 4 (0.18%) InfoPath
8 4 (0.18%) SPSS
9 3 (0.13%) Adobe Illustrator
9 3 (0.13%) AutoCAD
9 3 (0.13%) InDesign
9 3 (0.13%) Photoshop
9 3 (0.13%) Trello
9 3 (0.13%) UserZoom
10 1 (0.044%) Adobe Premiere
Business Applications
1 36 (1.59%) SAP S/4HANA
2 20 (0.88%) NetSuite
3 16 (0.71%) Oracle Payables
3 16 (0.71%) Oracle Receivables
3 16 (0.71%) SAP FI
4 15 (0.66%) Oracle General Ledger
5 14 (0.62%) Oracle Cash Management
6 12 (0.53%) SAP CO
6 12 (0.53%) SAP FI/CO
7 11 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
7 11 (0.49%) Unit4 Business World
8 8 (0.35%) Primavera
8 8 (0.35%) SAP BPC
9 7 (0.31%) Salesforce CRM
10 5 (0.22%) Fidessa
10 5 (0.22%) SAP ERP
10 5 (0.22%) Teamcenter
11 4 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
11 4 (0.18%) SAP PP
11 4 (0.18%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 206 (9.12%) Azure
1 206 (9.12%) Power Platform
2 136 (6.02%) Microsoft 365
3 117 (5.18%) AWS
4 86 (3.81%) SaaS
5 62 (2.74%) GCP
6 54 (2.39%) Azure DevOps
7 34 (1.50%) PowerApps
8 33 (1.46%) Dynamics 365
9 27 (1.19%) Microsoft Purview
10 25 (1.11%) Entra ID
11 24 (1.06%) Cloud Computing
12 21 (0.93%) OCI
12 21 (0.93%) Power Automate
13 20 (0.88%) Amazon S3
13 20 (0.88%) Serverless
14 13 (0.58%) Amazon ECS
14 13 (0.58%) Azure Sentinel
15 12 (0.53%) AWS CloudFormation
15 12 (0.53%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 184 (8.14%) Broadband
2 52 (2.30%) Firewall
3 30 (1.33%) TCP/IP
4 25 (1.11%) WAN
5 24 (1.06%) DNS
5 24 (1.06%) Network Security
6 21 (0.93%) LAN
7 14 (0.62%) VPN
8 12 (0.53%) Internet
9 11 (0.49%) Wireshark
10 9 (0.40%) VoIP
11 7 (0.31%) Remote Desktop
11 7 (0.31%) Wireless
12 6 (0.27%) DHCP
12 6 (0.27%) HTTP
13 5 (0.22%) FIX Connectivity
14 4 (0.18%) FTP
14 4 (0.18%) SD-WAN
14 4 (0.18%) Unified Communications
14 4 (0.18%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 180 (7.96%) Power BI
2 75 (3.32%) SQL Server
3 54 (2.39%) Data Warehouse
4 47 (2.08%) Tableau
5 39 (1.73%) Relational Database
6 26 (1.15%) NoSQL
7 25 (1.11%) DynamoDB
8 21 (0.93%) Amazon QuickSight
8 21 (0.93%) Data Lake
9 20 (0.88%) MySQL
10 18 (0.80%) Amazon Redshift
10 18 (0.80%) Data Mining
11 15 (0.66%) BigQuery
12 13 (0.58%) PostgreSQL
12 13 (0.58%) SAP BW
13 12 (0.53%) Big Data
13 12 (0.53%) Metadata
13 12 (0.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 11 (0.49%) Crystal Reports
15 10 (0.44%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 115 (5.09%) JIRA
2 34 (1.50%) Jenkins
3 32 (1.42%) Git
4 18 (0.80%) Selenium
5 12 (0.53%) Cucumber
6 9 (0.40%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 9 (0.40%) Postman
6 9 (0.40%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 8 (0.35%) Jaeger
7 8 (0.35%) Sonatype Nexus
7 8 (0.35%) TeamCity
8 7 (0.31%) Bitbucket
8 7 (0.31%) Cypress.io
8 7 (0.31%) gulp
8 7 (0.31%) WebDriver
9 5 (0.22%) eggPlant
9 5 (0.22%) MSTest
9 5 (0.22%) SoapUI
10 4 (0.18%) Katalon Studio
10 4 (0.18%) webpack
General
1 816 (36.11%) Social Skills
2 670 (29.65%) Finance
3 422 (18.67%) Analytical Skills
4 312 (13.81%) Legal
5 247 (10.93%) Marketing
6 223 (9.87%) Banking
7 212 (9.38%) Military
8 186 (8.23%) Advertising
9 157 (6.95%) Retail
10 155 (6.86%) Law
11 106 (4.69%) Organisational Skills
12 103 (4.56%) Manufacturing
13 98 (4.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 77 (3.41%) Influencing Skills
15 66 (2.92%) Pharmaceutical
16 65 (2.88%) Presentation Skills
16 65 (2.88%) Public Sector
17 38 (1.68%) Fire and Rescue
18 32 (1.42%) Telecoms
19 28 (1.24%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 521 (23.05%) Analyst
2 389 (17.21%) Lead
3 357 (15.80%) Senior
4 217 (9.60%) Graduate
5 157 (6.95%) Business Analyst
6 147 (6.50%) Senior Analyst
7 109 (4.82%) Project Manager
8 98 (4.34%) IT Manager
9 83 (3.67%) Consultant
10 67 (2.96%) Developer
11 57 (2.52%) Architect
12 56 (2.48%) Team Leader
13 52 (2.30%) Data Analyst
14 48 (2.12%) Senior Manager
15 42 (1.86%) Business Manager
16 36 (1.59%) IT Analyst
17 30 (1.33%) Data Engineer
17 30 (1.33%) IT Support
17 30 (1.33%) Technical Analyst
18 29 (1.28%) Lead Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 76 (3.36%) .NET
2 49 (2.17%) REST
3 36 (1.59%) .NET Framework
4 35 (1.55%) React
5 34 (1.50%) Web Services
6 29 (1.28%) JSON
6 29 (1.28%) XML
7 28 (1.24%) HTML
8 20 (0.88%) CSS
9 19 (0.84%) AngularJS
10 17 (0.75%) .NET Core
10 17 (0.75%) Node.js
11 16 (0.71%) SignalR
11 16 (0.71%) WCF
11 16 (0.71%) WF
12 15 (0.66%) FastAPI
12 15 (0.66%) Flask
13 14 (0.62%) Gherkin
14 13 (0.58%) Middleware
14 13 (0.58%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 310 (13.72%) Onboarding
2 184 (8.14%) Marketing Technology
3 129 (5.71%) Management Information System
4 74 (3.27%) Self-Motivation
5 38 (1.68%) Data Centre
5 38 (1.68%) Virtual Team
6 32 (1.42%) Algorithms
7 28 (1.24%) PMI
8 27 (1.19%) Life Science
9 25 (1.11%) Product Ownership
10 24 (1.06%) Mobile App
11 22 (0.97%) Legacy Systems
12 19 (0.84%) Renewable Energy
12 19 (0.84%) Security Operations Centre
13 18 (0.80%) Credit Risk
14 17 (0.75%) Robotics
15 15 (0.66%) Enterprise Software
16 14 (0.62%) Distributed Systems
16 14 (0.62%) Greenfield Project
17 13 (0.58%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 126 (5.58%) Windows
2 51 (2.26%) Linux
3 26 (1.15%) Windows Server
4 23 (1.02%) Windows 10
5 20 (0.88%) Android
6 13 (0.58%) Apple iOS
7 12 (0.53%) Unix
8 5 (0.22%) CentOS
8 5 (0.22%) Windows Server 2008
9 4 (0.18%) VMS
9 4 (0.18%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (0.13%) Mac OS
10 3 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.044%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.044%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 527 (23.32%) Problem-Solving
2 508 (22.48%) Continuous Improvement
3 395 (17.48%) Customer Service
4 351 (15.53%) Agile
5 347 (15.35%) Project Management
6 346 (15.31%) Matrix Organization
7 345 (15.27%) Logistics
8 337 (14.91%) Data Analysis
9 307 (13.58%) Analytics
10 267 (11.81%) Customer Experience
11 254 (11.24%) Performance Metrics
12 238 (10.53%) Business Case
13 237 (10.49%) Coaching
14 228 (10.09%) Creative Thinking
15 225 (9.96%) Contingency Planning
15 225 (9.96%) Data Management
16 223 (9.87%) Data Collection
17 218 (9.65%) ITIL
18 209 (9.25%) Regulatory Change
19 202 (8.94%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 264 (11.68%) SQL
2 123 (5.44%) Python
3 84 (3.72%) C#
4 58 (2.57%) Java
5 54 (2.39%) JavaScript
6 37 (1.64%) PowerShell
7 35 (1.55%) T-SQL
8 21 (0.93%) R
8 21 (0.93%) TypeScript
9 19 (0.84%) MATLAB
10 15 (0.66%) Scala
11 13 (0.58%) Bash
12 12 (0.53%) PL/SQL
13 10 (0.44%) VBA
14 6 (0.27%) C
14 6 (0.27%) C++
14 6 (0.27%) Perl
14 6 (0.27%) Ruby
15 5 (0.22%) Groovy
15 5 (0.22%) PHP
Qualifications
1 720 (31.86%) Degree
2 70 (3.10%) Security Cleared
3 53 (2.35%) Master's Degree
4 46 (2.04%) PMI Certification
5 41 (1.81%) SC Cleared
6 40 (1.77%) Computer Science Degree
7 33 (1.46%) Cisco Certification
8 29 (1.28%) Microsoft Certification
9 26 (1.15%) DBS Check
10 24 (1.06%) BPSS Clearance
11 23 (1.02%) PMP
12 22 (0.97%) CISSP
13 21 (0.93%) APMP
13 21 (0.93%) Azure Certification
13 21 (0.93%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 20 (0.88%) PhD
15 19 (0.84%) AWS Certification
16 17 (0.75%) CEH
16 17 (0.75%) ITIL Certification
16 17 (0.75%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 177 (7.83%) QA
2 169 (7.48%) GDPR
3 120 (5.31%) Data Quality
4 62 (2.74%) SLA
5 33 (1.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 28 (1.24%) Good Clinical Practice
7 23 (1.02%) Accessibility
8 22 (0.97%) PMO
9 21 (0.93%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 17 (0.75%) NIST
11 15 (0.66%) ISO 9001
12 14 (0.62%) PCI DSS
13 12 (0.53%) ITGC
14 10 (0.44%) Actionable Recommendations
14 10 (0.44%) CDISC
15 9 (0.40%) 21 CFR Part 11
16 8 (0.35%) ISO 9002
17 7 (0.31%) ISO 14001
17 7 (0.31%) ISO 22301
17 7 (0.31%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 76 (3.36%) Active Directory
2 41 (1.81%) Docker
3 34 (1.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 24 (1.06%) Virtual Desktop
5 18 (0.80%) Hyper-V
6 11 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
7 8 (0.35%) Virtual Servers
8 7 (0.31%) Firmware
9 4 (0.18%) VMware Server
9 4 (0.18%) vSphere
10 1 (0.044%) VirtualBox
10 1 (0.044%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 32 (1.42%) Kubernetes
2 28 (1.24%) Microsoft Intune
3 25 (1.11%) Terraform
4 17 (0.75%) Ansible
5 11 (0.49%) Nmap
6 8 (0.35%) Kiali
7 5 (0.22%) Failover Clustering
7 5 (0.22%) logstash
8 4 (0.18%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 3 (0.13%) Dell DRAC
9 3 (0.13%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.13%) SCCM
10 2 (0.088%) Argo
10 2 (0.088%) Autotask
10 2 (0.088%) Grafana
10 2 (0.088%) ITRS Geneos
11 1 (0.044%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.044%) FTK
11 1 (0.044%) Prometheus
11 1 (0.044%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 372 (16.46%) Microsoft
2 85 (3.76%) SAP
3 73 (3.23%) Oracle
4 62 (2.74%) Google
5 42 (1.86%) Salesforce
5 42 (1.86%) VMware
6 24 (1.06%) Splunk
7 21 (0.93%) IFS
8 20 (0.88%) Cisco
9 14 (0.62%) IBM
9 14 (0.62%) Qualys
10 12 (0.53%) Apple
11 11 (0.49%) AppDynamics
11 11 (0.49%) Rapid7
11 11 (0.49%) Thycotic
12 10 (0.44%) Workday
13 9 (0.40%) Citrix
14 8 (0.35%) Adobe
14 8 (0.35%) Dell
14 8 (0.35%) Sage