Continuous Improvement Jobs in the North of England

Continual Improvement
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 31 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 32 79 49
Rank change year-on-year +47 -30 +28
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 963 727 1,107
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 5.16% 4.47% 6.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.34% 4.62% 6.39%
Number of salaries quoted 694 485 568
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,855 £36,750 £41,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,070 £64,063
90th Percentile £84,964 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

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 advertised in the North of England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,198 15,726 17,333
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 81.41% 96.69% 94.13%
Number of salaries quoted 11,514 7,797 10,675
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,000 £40,000 £38,386
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £79,600 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Continuous Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Continuous Improvement as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Continuous Improvement in the North of England

Continuous Improvement
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Continuous Improvement in the North of England.

Salary trend for Continuous Improvement in the North of England

Continuous Improvement
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Continuous Improvement in the North of England over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Continuous Improvement in the North of England

Continuous Improvement
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Continuous Improvement within the North of England region over the 6 months to 31 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
North West +44 528 £51,150 -2.57% 239
Yorkshire +38 325 £60,000 +20.00% 131
North East +24 110 £45,000 +20.00% 53
Continuous Improvement
England

Continuous Improvement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 29 (3.01%) Microsoft Exchange
2 25 (2.60%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.25%) Confluence
4 9 (0.93%) SAS
5 7 (0.73%) IIS
6 3 (0.31%) CMS
7 2 (0.21%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.10%) Jetty
8 1 (0.10%) WordPress
Applications
1 72 (7.48%) Microsoft Office
2 61 (6.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 25 (2.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 22 (2.28%) AutoCAD
5 8 (0.83%) MS Visio
6 6 (0.62%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.42%) Solid Edge
7 4 (0.42%) SOLIDWORKS
8 2 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.10%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.10%) Revit
Business Applications
1 13 (1.35%) Infor SunSystems
1 13 (1.35%) iTrent
2 9 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (0.93%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.73%) Magento
3 7 (0.73%) NEC Housing
4 5 (0.52%) Sage 200
4 5 (0.52%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.42%) NetSuite
5 4 (0.42%) SAP APO
5 4 (0.42%) SAP MM
5 4 (0.42%) SAP PP
5 4 (0.42%) SAP SD
5 4 (0.42%) SAP WM
6 2 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.21%) Primavera
6 2 (0.21%) SAP MII
6 2 (0.21%) SAP PLM
6 2 (0.21%) SAP PM
7 1 (0.10%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 183 (19.00%) Azure
2 94 (9.76%) AWS
3 74 (7.68%) Microsoft 365
4 72 (7.48%) Power Platform
5 39 (4.05%) SaaS
6 35 (3.63%) Azure DevOps
7 26 (2.70%) GitHub
8 18 (1.87%) GCP
9 17 (1.77%) Dynamics 365
10 14 (1.45%) AWS CloudFormation
10 14 (1.45%) Azure Data Factory
11 13 (1.35%) Cloud Computing
12 12 (1.25%) Azure App Service
12 12 (1.25%) Azure Service Bus
12 12 (1.25%) PowerApps
13 10 (1.04%) Entra ID
13 10 (1.04%) Google Play
14 8 (0.83%) Azure AKS
14 8 (0.83%) OCI
15 7 (0.73%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 39 (4.05%) Firewall
2 26 (2.70%) DNS
3 24 (2.49%) VoIP
4 19 (1.97%) DHCP
5 15 (1.56%) Wi-Fi
6 14 (1.45%) Network Security
6 14 (1.45%) SAN
7 13 (1.35%) Broadband
7 13 (1.35%) WAN
8 12 (1.25%) LAN
9 8 (0.83%) NAS
9 8 (0.83%) TCP/IP
9 8 (0.83%) VLAN
10 7 (0.73%) FTP
10 7 (0.73%) HTTP
10 7 (0.73%) PPP
11 5 (0.52%) Internet
11 5 (0.52%) VPN
12 4 (0.42%) Ethernet
12 4 (0.42%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (6.13%) Power BI
2 52 (5.40%) SQL Server
3 33 (3.43%) Tableau
4 25 (2.60%) MySQL
5 19 (1.97%) PostgreSQL
5 19 (1.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 18 (1.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 15 (1.56%) Relational Database
8 13 (1.35%) BusinessObjects
9 12 (1.25%) Azure SQL Database
10 11 (1.14%) Data Warehouse
11 10 (1.04%) Crystal Reports
11 10 (1.04%) RDBMS
12 5 (0.52%) Data Lake
12 5 (0.52%) MaxDB
12 5 (0.52%) SAP HANA
13 3 (0.31%) Amazon RDS
13 3 (0.31%) NoSQL
13 3 (0.31%) Oracle Reports
14 2 (0.21%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 66 (6.85%) Git
2 23 (2.39%) JIRA
3 18 (1.87%) Jenkins
4 17 (1.77%) Bitbucket
5 14 (1.45%) PHPUnit
6 11 (1.14%) Visual Studio
7 10 (1.04%) Appium
8 7 (0.73%) Cypress.io
8 7 (0.73%) GitLab
9 6 (0.62%) Selenium
10 5 (0.52%) Android Studio
10 5 (0.52%) Postman
11 4 (0.42%) Subversion
11 4 (0.42%) TeamCity
12 3 (0.31%) SonarQube
12 3 (0.31%) Terragrunt
13 2 (0.21%) Jasmine
13 2 (0.21%) Spinnaker
14 1 (0.10%) LoadUI
14 1 (0.10%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 395 (41.02%) Social Skills
2 225 (23.36%) Finance
3 208 (21.60%) Analytical Skills
4 92 (9.55%) Legal
5 73 (7.58%) Public Sector
6 64 (6.65%) Retail
7 53 (5.50%) Manufacturing
8 37 (3.84%) Organisational Skills
9 34 (3.53%) Marketing
10 33 (3.43%) Law
11 32 (3.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 27 (2.80%) Banking
13 16 (1.66%) Influencing Skills
13 16 (1.66%) Presentation Skills
14 15 (1.56%) Automotive
15 12 (1.25%) Telecoms
16 11 (1.14%) Advertising
17 10 (1.04%) Games
17 10 (1.04%) Local Government
18 8 (0.83%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 118 (12.25%) Analyst
2 113 (11.73%) Developer
3 111 (11.53%) Lead
4 110 (11.42%) Senior
5 63 (6.54%) IT Manager
6 43 (4.47%) Project Manager
7 42 (4.36%) Senior Developer
8 33 (3.43%) Cloud Engineer
9 29 (3.01%) Head of IT
10 28 (2.91%) Coordinator
10 28 (2.91%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 27 (2.80%) Architect
11 27 (2.80%) Delivery Manager
11 27 (2.80%) Support Engineer
12 26 (2.70%) Software Developer
12 26 (2.70%) Team Leader
13 23 (2.39%) Financial Analyst
13 23 (2.39%) Service Manager
14 21 (2.18%) Senior Manager
15 20 (2.08%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (6.13%) .NET
2 48 (4.98%) CSS
3 47 (4.88%) RESTful
4 45 (4.67%) React
5 41 (4.26%) HTML
6 38 (3.95%) AngularJS
7 29 (3.01%) .NET Framework
8 23 (2.39%) ASP.NET Web API
8 23 (2.39%) Entity Framework
9 21 (2.18%) Twitter Bootstrap
10 20 (2.08%) ASP.NET
10 20 (2.08%) XML
11 19 (1.97%) JSON
11 19 (1.97%) Laravel
11 19 (1.97%) REST
12 17 (1.77%) .NET Core
12 17 (1.77%) Vue
12 17 (1.77%) Web Services
13 15 (1.56%) Sass
14 14 (1.45%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 50 (5.19%) Management Information System
2 32 (3.32%) Onboarding
3 31 (3.22%) Self-Motivation
4 28 (2.91%) Product Ownership
5 26 (2.70%) Cloud Native
6 25 (2.60%) Data Centre
7 22 (2.28%) Driving Licence
7 22 (2.28%) Housing Association
8 19 (1.97%) NHS
9 14 (1.45%) Fat Client
9 14 (1.45%) Thin Client
10 13 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
10 13 (1.35%) Security Posture
11 11 (1.14%) Public Cloud
12 10 (1.04%) Legacy Systems
12 10 (1.04%) Mobile App
12 10 (1.04%) Podcast
13 9 (0.93%) Cyber Threat
14 8 (0.83%) Greenfield Project
15 7 (0.73%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 76 (7.89%) Windows
2 49 (5.09%) Windows Server
3 35 (3.63%) Linux
4 21 (2.18%) Android
5 11 (1.14%) Windows 10
6 9 (0.93%) Apple iOS
7 7 (0.73%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (0.31%) Unix
8 3 (0.31%) VMS
8 3 (0.31%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 287 (29.80%) Problem-Solving
2 250 (25.96%) Agile
3 145 (15.06%) ITIL
4 138 (14.33%) Mentoring
5 125 (12.98%) Project Management
6 110 (11.42%) DevOps
7 108 (11.21%) Coaching
7 108 (11.21%) Stakeholder Management
8 99 (10.28%) Customer Service
9 92 (9.55%) Decision-Making
10 90 (9.35%) Service Delivery
11 84 (8.72%) Project Delivery
12 82 (8.52%) Business Intelligence
13 80 (8.31%) CI/CD
14 78 (8.10%) Roadmaps
15 76 (7.89%) Change Management
16 74 (7.68%) ERP
17 68 (7.06%) Risk Management
18 67 (6.96%) Cybersecurity
19 66 (6.85%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 128 (13.29%) SQL
2 78 (8.10%) C#
3 66 (6.85%) JavaScript
4 49 (5.09%) Python
5 35 (3.63%) T-SQL
6 32 (3.32%) Java
7 31 (3.22%) PowerShell
8 26 (2.70%) PHP
9 21 (2.18%) TypeScript
10 14 (1.45%) Kotlin
11 7 (0.73%) Bash
12 6 (0.62%) Bicep
12 6 (0.62%) VB
13 5 (0.52%) ABAP
13 5 (0.52%) C
13 5 (0.52%) VB.NET
14 4 (0.42%) Delphi
14 4 (0.42%) Swift
14 4 (0.42%) VBA
15 3 (0.31%) C++
Qualifications
1 187 (19.42%) Degree
2 38 (3.95%) Computer Science Degree
3 29 (3.01%) Security Cleared
4 26 (2.70%) HND
5 21 (2.18%) Azure Certification
5 21 (2.18%) HNC
6 20 (2.08%) PMI Certification
7 17 (1.77%) Cisco Certification
7 17 (1.77%) PMP
8 16 (1.66%) Master's Degree
9 15 (1.56%) SC Cleared
10 14 (1.45%) CISSP
11 11 (1.14%) Microsoft Certification
12 9 (0.93%) CISM
13 8 (0.83%) ITIL Certification
13 8 (0.83%) Network+ Certification
14 7 (0.73%) CCNA
15 6 (0.62%) AWS Certification
15 6 (0.62%) CCIE
16 5 (0.52%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (8.93%) QA
2 51 (5.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 45 (4.67%) SLA
4 35 (3.63%) GDPR
5 30 (3.12%) Cyber Essentials
5 30 (3.12%) PMO
6 20 (2.08%) Accessibility
6 20 (2.08%) ISO 9001
7 19 (1.97%) NIST
8 9 (0.93%) ISO 14001
9 8 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 8 (0.83%) NEBOSH
10 7 (0.73%) COSHH
10 7 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 6 (0.62%) Data Quality
11 6 (0.62%) NCSC
12 5 (0.52%) PCI DSS
12 5 (0.52%) SOC 2
13 4 (0.42%) ISO 22301
13 4 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 60 (6.23%) Active Directory
2 32 (3.32%) Docker
3 14 (1.45%) Hyper-V
4 10 (1.04%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (0.83%) vSphere
6 5 (0.52%) Firmware
6 5 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (0.31%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.10%) Snort
8 1 (0.10%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 34 (3.53%) Kubernetes
1 34 (3.53%) Terraform
2 14 (1.45%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (1.45%) SCCM
3 9 (0.93%) Ansible
4 6 (0.62%) FortiGate
4 6 (0.62%) Nagios
5 4 (0.42%) Grafana
6 3 (0.31%) Functional Safety
6 3 (0.31%) Jamf Pro
6 3 (0.31%) Progress Chef
6 3 (0.31%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.31%) SCOM
7 2 (0.21%) Host Intrusion Detection System
7 2 (0.21%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.10%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.10%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 230 (23.88%) Microsoft
2 67 (6.96%) SAP
3 30 (3.12%) Cisco
4 26 (2.70%) Google
5 25 (2.60%) Citrix
5 25 (2.60%) VMware
6 19 (1.97%) ServiceNow
7 17 (1.77%) Oracle
7 17 (1.77%) Veeam
8 13 (1.35%) Infor
9 11 (1.14%) Epicor
10 10 (1.04%) Commvault
11 9 (0.93%) Meraki
12 8 (0.83%) BT
13 7 (0.73%) Juniper
13 7 (0.73%) NEC
13 7 (0.73%) Sage
14 6 (0.62%) CheckPoint
14 6 (0.62%) Databricks
14 6 (0.62%) IBM