Continuous Improvement Jobs

Continual Improvement
UK

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 35 66 61
Rank change year-on-year +31 -5 +15
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 5,923 4,489 9,350
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.63% 4.74% 5.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.73% 4.96% 5.76%
Number of salaries quoted 3,244 2,612 3,871
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,569 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,992 £41,619 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Continuous 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 87,980 90,493 162,202
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.59% 95.46% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 61,356 54,578 82,967
10th Percentile £29,284 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +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%

Continuous Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Continuous Improvement in the UK

Continuous Improvement
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Continuous Improvement in the UK

Continuous Improvement
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Continuous Improvement over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Continuous Improvement in the UK

Continuous 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 Continuous Improvement within the UK over the 6 months to 2 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
UK excluding London +31 4,609 £52,500 - 1,657
England +25 4,476 £57,500 -4.17% 2,242
Work from Home +5 1,626 £60,000 +4.35% 784
London +13 1,055 £73,000 +0.69% 683
Scotland +41 1,028 £55,000 -15.38% 123
North of England +45 973 £52,500 +5.00% 412
Midlands +12 966 £52,500 - 334
South East +8 746 £52,500 -12.50% 378
West Midlands +16 729 £53,500 +1.90% 219
North West +44 535 £51,325 -2.24% 234
South West +22 460 £52,396 +4.90% 206
Yorkshire +37 328 £60,000 +17.07% 130
East of England -6 240 £55,000 +18.92% 166
East Midlands +14 226 £47,500 -5.00% 115
Wales +54 164 £52,249 +23.42% 55
North East +24 110 £45,000 +20.00% 55
Northern Ireland +47 37 £63,750 +41.67% 24

Continuous 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
1 207 (3.49%) Apache Spark
2 163 (2.75%) SharePoint
3 127 (2.14%) Microsoft Exchange
4 124 (2.09%) Confluence
5 79 (1.33%) Apache
6 35 (0.59%) FileNet
6 35 (0.59%) SAS
7 25 (0.42%) CMS
8 22 (0.37%) IIS
9 17 (0.29%) Skype for Business
10 14 (0.24%) nginx
11 10 (0.17%) WordPress
12 9 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
12 9 (0.15%) Drupal
13 7 (0.12%) Appian
13 7 (0.12%) OpenStack
14 5 (0.084%) ArcGIS
14 5 (0.084%) Cloud Foundry
14 5 (0.084%) Tomcat
15 2 (0.034%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 663 (11.19%) Microsoft Office
2 542 (9.15%) Microsoft Excel
3 138 (2.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 55 (0.93%) Microsoft Project
5 50 (0.84%) MS Visio
6 42 (0.71%) AutoCAD
7 15 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
8 9 (0.15%) Simulink
9 5 (0.084%) Solid Edge
9 5 (0.084%) SOLIDWORKS
9 5 (0.084%) SPSS
10 4 (0.068%) Chatbot
10 4 (0.068%) Photoshop
10 4 (0.068%) Trello
11 3 (0.051%) Adobe After Effects
11 3 (0.051%) Camtasia
11 3 (0.051%) Siemens NX
12 2 (0.034%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 2 (0.034%) Adobe Premiere
12 2 (0.034%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 40 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
2 28 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
3 27 (0.46%) NEC Housing
4 17 (0.29%) iTrent
4 17 (0.29%) NetSuite
5 15 (0.25%) SAP CO
5 15 (0.25%) SAP FI
5 15 (0.25%) SAP FI/CO
6 13 (0.22%) Infor SunSystems
7 11 (0.19%) Dynamics NAV
7 11 (0.19%) Remedy ITSM
8 10 (0.17%) Oracle ERP
8 10 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
9 8 (0.14%) Magento
9 8 (0.14%) Sage 200
9 8 (0.14%) SAP ERP
9 8 (0.14%) Shopify
10 5 (0.084%) Oracle Financial Analyzer
11 4 (0.068%) ResourceLink
11 4 (0.068%) SAP IS-U
Cloud Services
1 912 (15.40%) Azure
2 834 (14.08%) AWS
3 387 (6.53%) Power Platform
4 348 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
5 193 (3.26%) GCP
6 175 (2.95%) SaaS
7 164 (2.77%) Azure DevOps
8 123 (2.08%) Cloud Computing
9 111 (1.87%) Dynamics 365
9 111 (1.87%) Serverless
10 100 (1.69%) Entra ID
11 78 (1.32%) PowerApps
12 72 (1.22%) GitHub
13 70 (1.18%) AWS Lambda
14 69 (1.16%) Power Automate
15 63 (1.06%) Amazon EC2
16 62 (1.05%) Amazon S3
17 55 (0.93%) Amazon SQS
18 52 (0.88%) Amazon EKS
19 50 (0.84%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 142 (2.40%) Firewall
2 88 (1.49%) DNS
3 85 (1.44%) WAN
4 77 (1.30%) LAN
5 71 (1.20%) SAN
6 63 (1.06%) VoIP
7 57 (0.96%) Internet
8 53 (0.89%) Wi-Fi
9 52 (0.88%) Network Security
10 51 (0.86%) VLAN
10 51 (0.86%) VPN
11 47 (0.79%) DHCP
11 47 (0.79%) TCP/IP
12 41 (0.69%) Broadband
13 33 (0.56%) Wireless
14 29 (0.49%) SNMP
15 28 (0.47%) HTTP
15 28 (0.47%) Intranet
16 26 (0.44%) MPLS
17 25 (0.42%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 350 (5.91%) NoSQL
2 318 (5.37%) Power BI
3 229 (3.87%) SQL Server
4 188 (3.17%) Big Data
5 153 (2.58%) Hadoop
6 119 (2.01%) Relational Database
7 115 (1.94%) Data Lake
8 102 (1.72%) Apache Hive
9 98 (1.65%) MySQL
10 93 (1.57%) Tableau
11 84 (1.42%) HBase
12 78 (1.32%) Data Warehouse
13 67 (1.13%) MongoDB
14 60 (1.01%) Elasticsearch
15 52 (0.88%) Electronic Patient Records
16 50 (0.84%) Apache Cassandra
17 45 (0.76%) Qlik Sense
18 43 (0.73%) Power Query
18 43 (0.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
19 39 (0.66%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 288 (4.86%) Git
2 287 (4.85%) JIRA
3 220 (3.71%) Jenkins
4 98 (1.65%) JUnit
5 84 (1.42%) Bitbucket Server
6 71 (1.20%) Selenium
7 53 (0.89%) Cypress.io
8 43 (0.73%) GitLab
9 34 (0.57%) WebDriver
10 30 (0.51%) Android Studio
10 30 (0.51%) Jasmine
10 30 (0.51%) TeamCity
10 30 (0.51%) Visual Studio
11 28 (0.47%) Bitbucket
12 21 (0.35%) Karma Test Runner
12 21 (0.35%) Protractor
13 19 (0.32%) Maven
14 15 (0.25%) Cucumber
14 15 (0.25%) PHPUnit
14 15 (0.25%) SonarQube
General
1 2,277 (38.44%) Social Skills
2 2,078 (35.08%) Finance
3 1,176 (19.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1,135 (19.16%) Analytical Skills
5 1,120 (18.91%) Law
6 835 (14.10%) Legal
7 401 (6.77%) Marketing
8 382 (6.45%) Influencing Skills
9 361 (6.09%) Manufacturing
10 339 (5.72%) Banking
11 330 (5.57%) Organisational Skills
12 279 (4.71%) Retail
13 250 (4.22%) Presentation Skills
14 239 (4.04%) Public Sector
15 214 (3.61%) Military
16 131 (2.21%) Telecoms
17 127 (2.14%) Investment Banking
18 83 (1.40%) Pharmaceutical
19 80 (1.35%) Local Government
20 67 (1.13%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 852 (14.38%) Software Engineer
2 728 (12.29%) Analyst
3 601 (10.15%) Lead
4 598 (10.10%) Senior
5 526 (8.88%) Developer
6 326 (5.50%) Graduate
7 313 (5.28%) Java Engineer
8 299 (5.05%) Java Software Engineer
9 246 (4.15%) Project Manager
10 224 (3.78%) Architect
11 210 (3.55%) AWS Engineer
12 198 (3.34%) IT Engineer
13 193 (3.26%) AWS Software Engineer
14 190 (3.21%) Data Engineer
15 186 (3.14%) IT Manager
16 134 (2.26%) Product Analyst
17 133 (2.25%) Full Stack Engineer
18 130 (2.19%) Senior Manager
19 129 (2.18%) Senior Developer
20 127 (2.14%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 332 (5.61%) React
2 285 (4.81%) Spring
3 267 (4.51%) AngularJS
4 263 (4.44%) .NET
5 262 (4.42%) HTML
6 234 (3.95%) CSS
7 191 (3.22%) Node.js
8 158 (2.67%) JSON
9 153 (2.58%) Twitter Bootstrap
10 152 (2.57%) Kafka
11 143 (2.41%) RESTful
12 132 (2.23%) Web Services
13 120 (2.03%) J2EE
13 120 (2.03%) XML
14 113 (1.91%) JMS
15 104 (1.76%) Spring Boot
16 99 (1.67%) jQuery
16 99 (1.67%) REST
17 96 (1.62%) Hibernate
18 78 (1.32%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 774 (13.07%) Algorithms
2 483 (8.15%) Onboarding
3 397 (6.70%) Management Information System
4 237 (4.00%) Product Ownership
5 233 (3.93%) Self-Motivation
6 224 (3.78%) Cloud Native
7 143 (2.41%) FMCG
8 108 (1.82%) Data Centre
9 90 (1.52%) Data Structures
10 82 (1.38%) Driving Licence
11 81 (1.37%) Analytical Mindset
12 73 (1.23%) Virtual Team
13 68 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
14 66 (1.11%) Public Cloud
15 60 (1.01%) Mobile App
16 58 (0.98%) Clustering
17 49 (0.83%) Operational Technology
18 47 (0.79%) Legacy Code
19 46 (0.78%) Data Protection Act
20 45 (0.76%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 433 (7.31%) Windows
2 256 (4.32%) Linux
3 190 (3.21%) Windows Server
4 152 (2.57%) Unix
5 89 (1.50%) Android
5 89 (1.50%) Windows 10
6 58 (0.98%) Apple iOS
7 36 (0.61%) Windows Server 2012
8 26 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 24 (0.41%) Windows Server 2016
10 18 (0.30%) Windows 7
11 17 (0.29%) Ubuntu
12 15 (0.25%) Windows Server 2019
13 14 (0.24%) AIX
13 14 (0.24%) VMS
14 13 (0.22%) Mac OS
14 13 (0.22%) Windows 8
15 12 (0.20%) CentOS
15 12 (0.20%) Oracle Linux
16 10 (0.17%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,197 (37.09%) Agile
2 1,714 (28.94%) Problem-Solving
3 1,103 (18.62%) CI/CD
4 1,092 (18.44%) Software Engineering
5 956 (16.14%) SDLC
6 919 (15.52%) Visualisation
7 860 (14.52%) Project Management
8 799 (13.49%) Artificial Intelligence
9 782 (13.20%) Risk Management
10 741 (12.51%) Machine Learning
11 716 (12.09%) Customer Service
12 713 (12.04%) Community of Practice
13 687 (11.60%) Operational Stability
14 648 (10.94%) Mentoring
15 594 (10.03%) DevOps
16 531 (8.97%) Coaching
17 511 (8.63%) Project Delivery
18 487 (8.22%) Process Improvement
19 480 (8.10%) Stakeholder Management
20 476 (8.04%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 949 (16.02%) SQL
2 774 (13.07%) Java
3 680 (11.48%) Python
4 381 (6.43%) JavaScript
5 299 (5.05%) C#
6 185 (3.12%) PowerShell
7 172 (2.90%) TypeScript
8 134 (2.26%) PL/SQL
9 99 (1.67%) T-SQL
10 74 (1.25%) Scala
11 65 (1.10%) Bash
12 61 (1.03%) Kotlin
13 60 (1.01%) PHP
14 52 (0.88%) C
15 44 (0.74%) C++
16 37 (0.62%) Bicep
17 29 (0.49%) VB
18 24 (0.41%) R
18 24 (0.41%) VBA
19 21 (0.35%) Go
Qualifications
1 1,526 (25.76%) Degree
2 226 (3.82%) Security Cleared
3 191 (3.22%) Computer Science Degree
4 135 (2.28%) Master's Degree
5 124 (2.09%) SC Cleared
6 119 (2.01%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
7 105 (1.77%) PMI Certification
8 87 (1.47%) Azure Certification
9 74 (1.25%) PMP
10 72 (1.22%) DBS Check
11 62 (1.05%) HNC
12 61 (1.03%) Cisco Certification
13 59 (1.00%) CISSP
14 57 (0.96%) ITIL Certification
15 55 (0.93%) HND
15 55 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
16 41 (0.69%) AWS Certification
17 39 (0.66%) BPSS Clearance
17 39 (0.66%) CISM
18 37 (0.62%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 455 (7.68%) QA
2 159 (2.68%) SLA
3 156 (2.63%) GDPR
4 148 (2.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 109 (1.84%) PMO
6 105 (1.77%) Accessibility
7 89 (1.50%) Data Quality
8 75 (1.27%) ISO 9001
9 69 (1.16%) NIST
10 56 (0.95%) Cyber Essentials
11 36 (0.61%) ISO 14001
12 34 (0.57%) IFRS
13 27 (0.46%) NEBOSH
14 23 (0.39%) NCSC
15 21 (0.35%) Good Clinical Practice
16 20 (0.34%) GRC
16 20 (0.34%) PCI DSS
17 18 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 16 (0.27%) COBIT
19 15 (0.25%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 289 (4.88%) Active Directory
2 222 (3.75%) Docker
3 128 (2.16%) VMware Infrastructure
4 91 (1.54%) HDFS
5 56 (0.95%) Hyper-V
6 38 (0.64%) VMware ESXi
7 32 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
8 31 (0.52%) vSphere
9 25 (0.42%) Firmware
10 15 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
11 9 (0.15%) vCloud
12 5 (0.084%) DFS Replication
12 5 (0.084%) Virtual Servers
12 5 (0.084%) XenApp
13 4 (0.068%) pfSense
14 3 (0.051%) Embedded Firmware
15 2 (0.034%) Apache ZooKeeper
15 2 (0.034%) Ceph
15 2 (0.034%) IAG
15 2 (0.034%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 311 (5.25%) Kubernetes
2 267 (4.51%) Terraform
3 91 (1.54%) Grafana
4 77 (1.30%) Ansible
5 75 (1.27%) Microsoft Intune
6 45 (0.76%) Prometheus
7 44 (0.74%) SCCM
8 40 (0.68%) vCenter Server
9 33 (0.56%) Functional Safety
10 25 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
11 20 (0.34%) Microsoft Clustering
11 20 (0.34%) Nagios
11 20 (0.34%) Puppet
12 17 (0.29%) NetBackup
13 14 (0.24%) ZABBIX
14 13 (0.22%) FortiGate
15 12 (0.20%) Backup Exec
15 12 (0.20%) Progress Chef
16 11 (0.19%) Jamf Pro
17 10 (0.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 1,028 (17.36%) Microsoft
2 285 (4.81%) Oracle
3 260 (4.39%) Databricks
4 205 (3.46%) SAP
5 191 (3.22%) VMware
6 149 (2.52%) Cisco
7 139 (2.35%) Google
8 116 (1.96%) ServiceNow
9 110 (1.86%) Salesforce
10 84 (1.42%) Informatica
11 65 (1.10%) Citrix
12 61 (1.03%) Cloudera
13 58 (0.98%) Splunk
14 55 (0.93%) Dynatrace
15 52 (0.88%) Alteryx
16 45 (0.76%) Veeam
17 41 (0.69%) HP
18 32 (0.54%) Commvault
19 29 (0.49%) Meraki
19 29 (0.49%) NEC