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 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 34 67 60
Rank change year-on-year +33 -7 +15
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 5,878 4,629 9,194
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.73% 4.75% 5.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.80% 4.98% 5.74%
Number of salaries quoted 3,243 2,659 3,886
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,569 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,000 £41,750 £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 £96,250 £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 86,445 93,025 160,114
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.24% 95.56% 95.90%
Number of salaries quoted 60,550 54,985 83,280
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +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 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Continuous Improvement in the UK

Continuous Improvement
Top 18 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 28 May 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 +33 4,579 £52,500 - 1,695
England +28 4,425 £57,500 -4.17% 2,195
Work from Home +7 1,626 £62,000 +7.83% 784
London +9 1,045 £73,000 +0.69% 570
Scotland +46 1,042 £55,000 -12.36% 127
North of England +41 958 £52,500 +5.00% 434
Midlands +15 958 £52,500 +2.44% 342
South East +5 736 £52,500 -12.50% 362
West Midlands +16 729 £53,500 +1.90% 216
North West +42 524 £51,500 -1.90% 241
South West +13 454 £52,396 -0.20% 211
Yorkshire +37 325 £60,000 +14.29% 145
East of England -3 239 £55,000 +22.22% 179
East Midlands +16 218 £47,500 -5.00% 126
Wales +53 160 £51,997 +22.83% 64
North East +27 109 £45,000 +20.00% 57
Northern Ireland +46 36 £67,500 +50.00% 22
Channel Islands - 1 £85,000 -

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
1 211 (3.59%) Apache Spark
2 161 (2.74%) SharePoint
3 129 (2.19%) Microsoft Exchange
4 123 (2.09%) Confluence
5 80 (1.36%) Apache
6 35 (0.60%) FileNet
6 35 (0.60%) SAS
7 25 (0.43%) CMS
8 21 (0.36%) 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 (0.085%) ArcGIS
14 5 (0.085%) Cloud Foundry
14 5 (0.085%) Tomcat
15 2 (0.034%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 656 (11.16%) Microsoft Office
2 533 (9.07%) Microsoft Excel
3 136 (2.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 55 (0.94%) Microsoft Project
5 50 (0.85%) MS Visio
6 42 (0.71%) AutoCAD
7 15 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
8 9 (0.15%) Simulink
9 5 (0.085%) Solid Edge
9 5 (0.085%) SOLIDWORKS
9 5 (0.085%) SPSS
10 4 (0.068%) Chatbot
10 4 (0.068%) Oracle Smart View
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%) Revit
Business Applications
1 40 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
2 28 (0.48%) SAP S/4HANA
3 26 (0.44%) NEC Housing
4 17 (0.29%) NetSuite
5 16 (0.27%) iTrent
6 13 (0.22%) Infor SunSystems
7 11 (0.19%) Dynamics NAV
8 10 (0.17%) Oracle ERP
8 10 (0.17%) Remedy ITSM
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 (0.085%) Oracle Financial Analyzer
11 4 (0.068%) HFM
11 4 (0.068%) ResourceLink
11 4 (0.068%) SAP IS-U
11 4 (0.068%) SAP Oil and Gas
11 4 (0.068%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 904 (15.38%) Azure
2 842 (14.32%) AWS
3 387 (6.58%) Power Platform
4 346 (5.89%) Microsoft 365
5 197 (3.35%) GCP
6 171 (2.91%) SaaS
7 162 (2.76%) Azure DevOps
8 122 (2.08%) Cloud Computing
9 113 (1.92%) Serverless
10 111 (1.89%) Dynamics 365
11 99 (1.68%) Entra ID
12 78 (1.33%) PowerApps
13 74 (1.26%) GitHub
14 72 (1.22%) AWS Lambda
15 69 (1.17%) Power Automate
16 65 (1.11%) Amazon EC2
17 64 (1.09%) Amazon S3
18 56 (0.95%) Amazon SQS
19 53 (0.90%) Amazon EKS
20 51 (0.87%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 140 (2.38%) Firewall
2 91 (1.55%) DNS
3 81 (1.38%) WAN
4 75 (1.28%) LAN
5 72 (1.22%) SAN
6 62 (1.05%) VoIP
7 57 (0.97%) Internet
8 54 (0.92%) VPN
9 51 (0.87%) VLAN
9 51 (0.87%) Wi-Fi
10 48 (0.82%) Network Security
11 47 (0.80%) DHCP
12 46 (0.78%) TCP/IP
13 41 (0.70%) Broadband
14 33 (0.56%) Wireless
15 30 (0.51%) SNMP
16 28 (0.48%) Intranet
17 27 (0.46%) HTTP
18 25 (0.43%) MPLS
18 25 (0.43%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 354 (6.02%) NoSQL
2 317 (5.39%) Power BI
3 227 (3.86%) SQL Server
4 193 (3.28%) Big Data
5 156 (2.65%) Hadoop
6 118 (2.01%) Relational Database
7 116 (1.97%) Data Lake
8 104 (1.77%) Apache Hive
9 97 (1.65%) MySQL
10 92 (1.57%) Tableau
11 85 (1.45%) HBase
12 78 (1.33%) Data Warehouse
13 68 (1.16%) MongoDB
14 62 (1.05%) Elasticsearch
15 53 (0.90%) Electronic Patient Records
16 50 (0.85%) Apache Cassandra
17 45 (0.77%) Qlik Sense
18 44 (0.75%) Power Query
19 42 (0.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
20 40 (0.68%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 286 (4.87%) JIRA
2 285 (4.85%) Git
3 224 (3.81%) Jenkins
4 98 (1.67%) JUnit
5 85 (1.45%) Bitbucket Server
6 71 (1.21%) Selenium
7 54 (0.92%) Cypress.io
8 43 (0.73%) GitLab
9 34 (0.58%) WebDriver
10 30 (0.51%) Android Studio
10 30 (0.51%) Jasmine
11 29 (0.49%) Bitbucket
11 29 (0.49%) TeamCity
12 28 (0.48%) Visual Studio
13 21 (0.36%) Karma Test Runner
13 21 (0.36%) Protractor
14 20 (0.34%) Maven
15 16 (0.27%) Subversion
16 15 (0.26%) Cucumber
16 15 (0.26%) SonarQube
General
1 2,255 (38.36%) Social Skills
2 2,063 (35.10%) Finance
3 1,187 (20.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1,132 (19.26%) Law
5 1,123 (19.11%) Analytical Skills
6 836 (14.22%) Legal
7 406 (6.91%) Marketing
8 380 (6.46%) Influencing Skills
9 356 (6.06%) Manufacturing
10 351 (5.97%) Banking
11 328 (5.58%) Organisational Skills
12 271 (4.61%) Retail
13 249 (4.24%) Presentation Skills
14 236 (4.01%) Public Sector
15 214 (3.64%) Military
16 130 (2.21%) Telecoms
17 126 (2.14%) Investment Banking
18 80 (1.36%) Pharmaceutical
19 77 (1.31%) Local Government
20 66 (1.12%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 866 (14.73%) Software Engineer
2 706 (12.01%) Analyst
3 605 (10.29%) Lead
4 593 (10.09%) Senior
5 517 (8.80%) Developer
6 325 (5.53%) Graduate
7 317 (5.39%) Java Engineer
8 303 (5.15%) Java Software Engineer
9 242 (4.12%) Project Manager
10 214 (3.64%) Architect
10 214 (3.64%) AWS Engineer
11 198 (3.37%) IT Engineer
12 196 (3.33%) AWS Software Engineer
13 192 (3.27%) Data Engineer
14 186 (3.16%) IT Manager
15 137 (2.33%) Full Stack Engineer
16 134 (2.28%) Product Analyst
17 130 (2.21%) Big Data Engineer
17 130 (2.21%) Full Stack Software Engineer
17 130 (2.21%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 330 (5.61%) React
2 289 (4.92%) Spring
3 265 (4.51%) AngularJS
4 259 (4.41%) HTML
5 258 (4.39%) .NET
6 230 (3.91%) CSS
7 191 (3.25%) Node.js
8 160 (2.72%) JSON
9 155 (2.64%) Kafka
10 151 (2.57%) Twitter Bootstrap
11 141 (2.40%) RESTful
12 132 (2.25%) Web Services
13 121 (2.06%) J2EE
13 121 (2.06%) XML
14 114 (1.94%) JMS
15 106 (1.80%) Spring Boot
16 100 (1.70%) REST
17 99 (1.68%) jQuery
18 97 (1.65%) Hibernate
19 77 (1.31%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 786 (13.37%) Algorithms
2 484 (8.23%) Onboarding
3 395 (6.72%) Management Information System
4 235 (4.00%) Product Ownership
5 234 (3.98%) Cloud Native
6 231 (3.93%) Self-Motivation
7 142 (2.42%) FMCG
8 108 (1.84%) Data Centre
9 91 (1.55%) Data Structures
10 82 (1.40%) Driving Licence
11 80 (1.36%) Analytical Mindset
12 74 (1.26%) Virtual Team
13 69 (1.17%) Enterprise Software
14 65 (1.11%) Public Cloud
15 59 (1.00%) Clustering
15 59 (1.00%) Mobile App
16 48 (0.82%) Legacy Code
17 45 (0.77%) NHS
18 44 (0.75%) Data Protection Act
18 44 (0.75%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 432 (7.35%) Windows
2 256 (4.36%) Linux
3 191 (3.25%) Windows Server
4 150 (2.55%) Unix
5 92 (1.57%) Windows 10
6 90 (1.53%) Android
7 59 (1.00%) Apple iOS
8 38 (0.65%) Windows Server 2012
9 26 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 24 (0.41%) Windows Server 2016
11 18 (0.31%) Ubuntu
11 18 (0.31%) Windows 7
12 15 (0.26%) VMS
12 15 (0.26%) Windows Server 2019
13 13 (0.22%) AIX
13 13 (0.22%) Mac OS
13 13 (0.22%) Windows 8
14 12 (0.20%) CentOS
14 12 (0.20%) Oracle Linux
15 10 (0.17%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,209 (37.58%) Agile
2 1,689 (28.73%) Problem-Solving
3 1,114 (18.95%) CI/CD
4 1,105 (18.80%) Software Engineering
5 965 (16.42%) SDLC
6 932 (15.86%) Visualisation
7 853 (14.51%) Project Management
8 808 (13.75%) Artificial Intelligence
9 785 (13.35%) Risk Management
10 747 (12.71%) Machine Learning
11 722 (12.28%) Community of Practice
12 716 (12.18%) Customer Service
13 697 (11.86%) Operational Stability
14 649 (11.04%) Mentoring
15 594 (10.11%) DevOps
16 524 (8.91%) Coaching
17 500 (8.51%) Project Delivery
18 487 (8.29%) Process Improvement
19 478 (8.13%) Stakeholder Management
20 473 (8.05%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 954 (16.23%) SQL
2 781 (13.29%) Java
3 683 (11.62%) Python
4 378 (6.43%) JavaScript
5 295 (5.02%) C#
6 191 (3.25%) PowerShell
7 170 (2.89%) TypeScript
8 137 (2.33%) PL/SQL
9 101 (1.72%) T-SQL
10 75 (1.28%) Scala
11 64 (1.09%) Bash
12 62 (1.05%) Kotlin
13 59 (1.00%) PHP
14 51 (0.87%) C
15 41 (0.70%) C++
16 37 (0.63%) Bicep
17 29 (0.49%) VB
18 24 (0.41%) R
18 24 (0.41%) VBA
19 23 (0.39%) Go
Qualifications
1 1,508 (25.65%) Degree
2 221 (3.76%) Security Cleared
3 188 (3.20%) Computer Science Degree
4 130 (2.21%) Master's Degree
5 122 (2.08%) SC Cleared
6 119 (2.02%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
7 104 (1.77%) PMI Certification
8 85 (1.45%) Azure Certification
9 73 (1.24%) PMP
10 70 (1.19%) DBS Check
11 60 (1.02%) HNC
12 57 (0.97%) ITIL Certification
13 56 (0.95%) Cisco Certification
14 55 (0.94%) HND
14 55 (0.94%) Microsoft Certification
15 54 (0.92%) CISSP
16 41 (0.70%) AWS Certification
17 37 (0.63%) ACCA
17 37 (0.63%) BPSS Clearance
18 36 (0.61%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 445 (7.57%) QA
2 160 (2.72%) SLA
3 153 (2.60%) GDPR
4 146 (2.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 107 (1.82%) PMO
6 104 (1.77%) Accessibility
7 88 (1.50%) Data Quality
8 75 (1.28%) ISO 9001
9 66 (1.12%) NIST
10 56 (0.95%) Cyber Essentials
11 36 (0.61%) ISO 14001
12 34 (0.58%) IFRS
13 27 (0.46%) NEBOSH
14 23 (0.39%) NCSC
15 21 (0.36%) GRC
16 20 (0.34%) PCI DSS
17 19 (0.32%) Good Clinical Practice
18 17 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
19 15 (0.26%) COBIT
19 15 (0.26%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 291 (4.95%) Active Directory
2 227 (3.86%) Docker
3 131 (2.23%) VMware Infrastructure
4 92 (1.57%) HDFS
5 57 (0.97%) Hyper-V
6 41 (0.70%) VMware ESXi
7 32 (0.54%) vSphere
8 31 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
9 25 (0.43%) Firmware
10 17 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
11 10 (0.17%) vCloud
12 5 (0.085%) DFS Replication
12 5 (0.085%) Virtual Servers
12 5 (0.085%) 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 Workstation
Systems Management
1 317 (5.39%) Kubernetes
2 271 (4.61%) Terraform
3 93 (1.58%) Grafana
4 77 (1.31%) Ansible
5 76 (1.29%) Microsoft Intune
6 45 (0.77%) Prometheus
7 44 (0.75%) SCCM
8 42 (0.71%) vCenter Server
9 33 (0.56%) Functional Safety
10 25 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
11 22 (0.37%) Puppet
12 21 (0.36%) Nagios
13 20 (0.34%) Microsoft Clustering
14 17 (0.29%) NetBackup
15 14 (0.24%) ZABBIX
16 13 (0.22%) FortiGate
16 13 (0.22%) Progress Chef
17 12 (0.20%) Backup Exec
17 12 (0.20%) Jamf Pro
18 10 (0.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 1,017 (17.30%) Microsoft
2 287 (4.88%) Oracle
3 260 (4.42%) Databricks
4 193 (3.28%) SAP
5 192 (3.27%) VMware
6 147 (2.50%) Cisco
7 145 (2.47%) Google
8 116 (1.97%) ServiceNow
9 109 (1.85%) Salesforce
10 85 (1.45%) Informatica
11 65 (1.11%) Citrix
12 62 (1.05%) Cloudera
13 58 (0.99%) Splunk
14 55 (0.94%) Dynatrace
15 52 (0.88%) Alteryx
16 46 (0.78%) Veeam
17 42 (0.71%) HP
18 32 (0.54%) Commvault
19 28 (0.48%) IBM
19 28 (0.48%) NEC