Continuous Improvement Jobs with Work from Home Options

Continual Improvement
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 54 61 68
Rank change year-on-year +7 +7 +46
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 1,626 2,011 3,760
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 4.73% 5.06% 5.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.23% 5.26% 5.28%
Number of salaries quoted 1,225 1,397 2,011
10th Percentile £33,750 £30,500 £36,500
25th Percentile £43,000 £41,728 £46,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.83% -4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,100 38,207 71,189
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 90.53% 96.06% 97.13%
Number of salaries quoted 23,476 26,508 41,843
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,621 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.18% +4.37% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%

Continuous Improvement
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Continuous Improvement as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Continuous Improvement trend for jobs with a WFH option

Continuous Improvement
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Continuous Improvement.

Continuous Improvement salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Continuous Improvement
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Continuous Improvement over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Continuous Improvement salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Continuous Improvement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 59 (3.63%) SharePoint
2 45 (2.77%) Microsoft Exchange
3 30 (1.85%) SAS
4 25 (1.54%) Confluence
5 14 (0.86%) CMS
5 14 (0.86%) IIS
6 12 (0.74%) nginx
7 8 (0.49%) WordPress
8 5 (0.31%) Appian
9 4 (0.25%) Apache
10 2 (0.12%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.12%) Apache Spark
10 2 (0.12%) BizTalk Server
10 2 (0.12%) Drupal
11 1 (0.062%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.062%) Luigi
11 1 (0.062%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 117 (7.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 103 (6.33%) Microsoft Office
3 48 (2.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (0.92%) Microsoft Project
5 11 (0.68%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.25%) AutoCAD
7 4 (0.25%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.25%) Trello
8 1 (0.062%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.062%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.062%) Notion
8 1 (0.062%) Oracle Smart View
8 1 (0.062%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.062%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 20 (1.23%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (1.05%) NEC Housing
3 12 (0.74%) iTrent
4 10 (0.62%) Infor SunSystems
4 10 (0.62%) Remedy ITSM
4 10 (0.62%) SAP S/4HANA
5 8 (0.49%) Oracle ERP
5 8 (0.49%) Salesforce CRM
6 5 (0.31%) NetSuite
6 5 (0.31%) Oracle Financial Analyzer
6 5 (0.31%) Sage 200
7 4 (0.25%) Dynamics NAV
7 4 (0.25%) Shopify
7 4 (0.25%) Visualfiles
8 3 (0.18%) Oracle Receivables
8 3 (0.18%) SAP Business ByDesign
9 2 (0.12%) SAP CX
9 2 (0.12%) SAP ERP
9 2 (0.12%) SAP MII
9 2 (0.12%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 372 (22.88%) Azure
2 185 (11.38%) Power Platform
3 171 (10.52%) AWS
4 144 (8.86%) Microsoft 365
5 80 (4.92%) GCP
6 73 (4.49%) Azure DevOps
7 72 (4.43%) SaaS
8 56 (3.44%) Dynamics 365
9 48 (2.95%) Serverless
10 46 (2.83%) Entra ID
11 39 (2.40%) PowerApps
12 36 (2.21%) Power Automate
13 33 (2.03%) Azure Data Factory
14 32 (1.97%) Matillion
15 25 (1.54%) Azure Monitor
15 25 (1.54%) Snowflake
16 24 (1.48%) Amazon S3
17 22 (1.35%) GitHub
18 19 (1.17%) Azure Synapse Analytics
19 18 (1.11%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 42 (2.58%) DNS
2 35 (2.15%) Firewall
3 29 (1.78%) TCP/IP
4 27 (1.66%) Broadband
5 26 (1.60%) LAN
6 25 (1.54%) Wi-Fi
7 22 (1.35%) HTTP
7 22 (1.35%) WAN
8 15 (0.92%) Internet
9 12 (0.74%) Remote Desktop
10 11 (0.68%) DHCP
10 11 (0.68%) tcpdump
11 10 (0.62%) 5G
11 10 (0.62%) SAN
11 10 (0.62%) SNMP
12 9 (0.55%) Ethernet
12 9 (0.55%) RS-232
12 9 (0.55%) VPN
13 8 (0.49%) FTP
13 8 (0.49%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 148 (9.10%) Power BI
2 100 (6.15%) SQL Server
3 50 (3.08%) Tableau
4 47 (2.89%) Data Warehouse
5 43 (2.64%) Data Lake
6 36 (2.21%) MySQL
7 35 (2.15%) Relational Database
8 28 (1.72%) MongoDB
9 23 (1.41%) Metadata
10 20 (1.23%) NoSQL
11 15 (0.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 14 (0.86%) Elasticsearch
13 13 (0.80%) Amazon RDS
13 13 (0.80%) InfluxDB
14 12 (0.74%) PostgreSQL
14 12 (0.74%) RDBMS
15 11 (0.68%) Azure SQL Database
16 10 (0.62%) BusinessObjects
16 10 (0.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 8 (0.49%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 76 (4.67%) JIRA
2 71 (4.37%) Git
3 54 (3.32%) Jenkins
4 22 (1.35%) TeamCity
5 14 (0.86%) Visual Studio
6 13 (0.80%) Cypress.io
7 12 (0.74%) Selenium
8 11 (0.68%) MLflow
9 10 (0.62%) Eclipse
10 9 (0.55%) Bitbucket
10 9 (0.55%) GitLab
10 9 (0.55%) Postman
11 6 (0.37%) Mocha
11 6 (0.37%) Octopus Deploy
11 6 (0.37%) SoapUI
11 6 (0.37%) webpack
12 5 (0.31%) Android Studio
13 4 (0.25%) Jasmine
13 4 (0.25%) JMeter
13 4 (0.25%) Moq
General
1 694 (42.68%) Social Skills
2 462 (28.41%) Finance
3 299 (18.39%) Analytical Skills
4 159 (9.78%) Legal
5 119 (7.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 112 (6.89%) Public Sector
7 111 (6.83%) Retail
8 74 (4.55%) Banking
9 64 (3.94%) Marketing
10 60 (3.69%) Law
11 49 (3.01%) Presentation Skills
12 46 (2.83%) Organisational Skills
13 39 (2.40%) Manufacturing
14 33 (2.03%) Local Government
15 31 (1.91%) Electronics
15 31 (1.91%) Influencing Skills
16 27 (1.66%) Telecoms
17 24 (1.48%) Pharmaceutical
18 22 (1.35%) Fire and Rescue
19 20 (1.23%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 265 (16.30%) Senior
2 248 (15.25%) Developer
3 247 (15.19%) Lead
4 241 (14.82%) Analyst
5 76 (4.67%) Senior Developer
6 65 (4.00%) Architect
7 60 (3.69%) Project Manager
8 56 (3.44%) Software Developer
9 50 (3.08%) IT Manager
10 49 (3.01%) Senior Manager
11 45 (2.77%) Lead Developer
12 43 (2.64%) DevOps Engineer
13 39 (2.40%) Delivery Manager
14 38 (2.34%) Consultant
14 38 (2.34%) Data Engineer
14 38 (2.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 37 (2.28%) Azure Engineer
16 35 (2.15%) C# Developer
16 35 (2.15%) Software Engineer
17 30 (1.85%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 120 (7.38%) .NET
2 77 (4.74%) HTML
3 72 (4.43%) CSS
4 71 (4.37%) RESTful
5 67 (4.12%) React
6 49 (3.01%) AngularJS
7 44 (2.71%) Web Services
8 35 (2.15%) XML
9 34 (2.09%) Node.js
10 31 (1.91%) .NET Framework
11 30 (1.85%) JSON
12 27 (1.66%) PySpark
13 26 (1.60%) Twitter Bootstrap
14 22 (1.35%) JWT
15 21 (1.29%) ASP.NET
16 20 (1.23%) Entity Framework
16 20 (1.23%) Kafka
17 19 (1.17%) RabbitMQ
18 18 (1.11%) Oracle Fusion
18 18 (1.11%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 110 (6.77%) Management Information System
2 87 (5.35%) Product Ownership
3 68 (4.18%) Self-Motivation
4 47 (2.89%) Cloud Native
5 36 (2.21%) Mobile App
5 36 (2.21%) Onboarding
6 35 (2.15%) Clustering
6 35 (2.15%) CMDB
7 31 (1.91%) Data Centre
7 31 (1.91%) Enterprise Software
8 30 (1.85%) Social Media
9 27 (1.66%) Public Cloud
10 26 (1.60%) Virtual Team
11 22 (1.35%) Data Structures
11 22 (1.35%) Legacy Systems
12 20 (1.23%) Algorithms
12 20 (1.23%) Driving Licence
13 19 (1.17%) Greenfield Project
14 17 (1.05%) Client/Server
14 17 (1.05%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 162 (9.96%) Windows
2 68 (4.18%) Linux
3 66 (4.06%) Windows Server
4 33 (2.03%) Android
5 32 (1.97%) Apple iOS
6 25 (1.54%) Windows 10
7 17 (1.05%) Windows Server 2012
8 14 (0.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 14 (0.86%) Unix
9 13 (0.80%) Windows 7
9 13 (0.80%) Windows 8
10 10 (0.62%) Oracle Linux
10 10 (0.62%) Solaris
11 8 (0.49%) VMS
12 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
13 1 (0.062%) CentOS
13 1 (0.062%) Mac OS
13 1 (0.062%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.062%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 573 (35.24%) Agile
2 493 (30.32%) Problem-Solving
3 299 (18.39%) Mentoring
4 271 (16.67%) Project Management
5 260 (15.99%) DevOps
6 220 (13.53%) Coaching
7 215 (13.22%) Stakeholder Management
8 188 (11.56%) Project Delivery
9 180 (11.07%) Scrum
10 166 (10.21%) CI/CD
11 159 (9.78%) Customer Service
12 152 (9.35%) Business Intelligence
13 145 (8.92%) Analytics
14 143 (8.79%) Decision-Making
15 135 (8.30%) Change Management
15 135 (8.30%) Service Delivery
16 124 (7.63%) ITIL
17 123 (7.56%) Collaborative Culture
18 119 (7.32%) Software Engineering
19 115 (7.07%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 256 (15.74%) SQL
2 132 (8.12%) C#
3 131 (8.06%) Python
4 96 (5.90%) JavaScript
5 88 (5.41%) PowerShell
6 78 (4.80%) Java
7 59 (3.63%) T-SQL
8 50 (3.08%) TypeScript
9 34 (2.09%) Bash
10 26 (1.60%) PHP
11 25 (1.54%) Kotlin
12 18 (1.11%) VBA
13 14 (0.86%) RPG
14 13 (0.80%) C
15 12 (0.74%) Swift
16 11 (0.68%) C++
17 10 (0.62%) Perl
18 9 (0.55%) PL/SQL
18 9 (0.55%) R
19 8 (0.49%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 334 (20.54%) Degree
2 92 (5.66%) Security Cleared
3 57 (3.51%) Computer Science Degree
4 52 (3.20%) PMI Certification
5 47 (2.89%) SC Cleared
6 38 (2.34%) PMP
7 33 (2.03%) Master's Degree
8 31 (1.91%) DBS Check
9 22 (1.35%) AWS Certification
9 22 (1.35%) Azure Certification
10 21 (1.29%) BPSS Clearance
11 14 (0.86%) Cisco Certification
11 14 (0.86%) CISSP
11 14 (0.86%) ISTQB
12 12 (0.74%) APMG
12 12 (0.74%) Microsoft Certification
13 10 (0.62%) HND
13 10 (0.62%) ITIL Certification
14 8 (0.49%) ACCA
14 8 (0.49%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 196 (12.05%) QA
2 68 (4.18%) GDPR
3 52 (3.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 49 (3.01%) PMO
5 38 (2.34%) SLA
6 37 (2.28%) Accessibility
7 25 (1.54%) IFRS
8 23 (1.41%) ISO 9001
9 22 (1.35%) Cyber Essentials
10 21 (1.29%) Data Quality
11 15 (0.92%) NIST
12 13 (0.80%) ISO 14001
13 12 (0.74%) Good Clinical Practice
14 11 (0.68%) ISO 22301
15 9 (0.55%) PCI DSS
16 7 (0.43%) NEBOSH
17 6 (0.37%) IFRS 9
18 5 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
18 5 (0.31%) GRC
18 5 (0.31%) SOC 2
System Software
1 98 (6.03%) Docker
2 83 (5.10%) Active Directory
3 30 (1.85%) VMware ESXi
3 30 (1.85%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (1.29%) Virtual Machines
5 13 (0.80%) Virtual Desktop
6 10 (0.62%) vSphere
7 5 (0.31%) DFS Replication
7 5 (0.31%) Firmware
8 3 (0.18%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.062%) Ceph
9 1 (0.062%) Snort
9 1 (0.062%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 102 (6.27%) Kubernetes
2 70 (4.31%) Terraform
3 44 (2.71%) Ansible
4 39 (2.40%) Microsoft Intune
5 36 (2.21%) Grafana
6 29 (1.78%) vCenter Server
7 18 (1.11%) Puppet
7 18 (1.11%) Single Sign-On
8 17 (1.05%) Prometheus
9 16 (0.98%) Microsoft Clustering
10 15 (0.92%) Nagios
11 9 (0.55%) Graphite
11 9 (0.55%) HAProxy
11 9 (0.55%) SCCM
12 8 (0.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 6 (0.37%) FortiGate
14 5 (0.31%) NetBackup
14 5 (0.31%) vRealize Orchestrator
15 4 (0.25%) Istio
16 3 (0.18%) WSUS
Vendors
1 372 (22.88%) Microsoft
2 68 (4.18%) Oracle
3 66 (4.06%) ServiceNow
4 60 (3.69%) Google
5 58 (3.57%) SAP
6 51 (3.14%) Databricks
7 48 (2.95%) VMware
8 37 (2.28%) Salesforce
9 19 (1.17%) Commvault
9 19 (1.17%) Sun
10 17 (1.05%) NEC
11 14 (0.86%) Cisco
12 13 (0.80%) Remedy
13 11 (0.68%) Veeam
13 11 (0.68%) Xamarin
14 10 (0.62%) IBM
14 10 (0.62%) Infor
14 10 (0.62%) Serena
14 10 (0.62%) Virgin Media
15 9 (0.55%) BT