Continuous Improvement Jobs in the North of England

Continual Improvement
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England requiring Continuous Improvement skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Continuous Improvement over the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 23 60 35
Rank change year-on-year +37 -25 +16
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 841 417 1,300
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 5.93% 4.84% 7.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.21% 5.08% 7.92%
Number of salaries quoted 402 305 589
10th Percentile £33,875 £30,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £37,618 £41,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +15.79%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £73,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £85,857
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% +0.13%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

Continuous Improvement falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,666 8,213 16,419
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 82.27% 95.23% 96.28%
Number of salaries quoted 5,404 5,662 9,853
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £82,548 £83,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - +3.45%

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 October 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 October 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 +29 508 £56,000 +6.67% 146
Yorkshire +38 210 £49,493 -15.44% 70
North East +19 123 £37,500 -30.10% 27
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 25 (2.97%) SharePoint
2 24 (2.85%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (1.31%) CMS
4 3 (0.36%) Oracle Workflow
5 2 (0.24%) Appian
5 2 (0.24%) IIS
5 2 (0.24%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.12%) nginx
6 1 (0.12%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.12%) SAS
Applications
1 96 (11.41%) Microsoft Office
2 90 (10.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (1.55%) Simulink
4 7 (0.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.59%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.48%) Trello
7 3 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.12%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 29 (3.45%) iTrent
2 13 (1.55%) Teamcenter
3 6 (0.71%) Remedy ITSM
4 5 (0.59%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (0.48%) Oracle ERP
5 4 (0.48%) SAP CO
5 4 (0.48%) SAP FI
5 4 (0.48%) SAP FI/CO
6 3 (0.36%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
7 2 (0.24%) Infor M3
7 2 (0.24%) NEC Housing
7 2 (0.24%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.24%) Oracle EBS R12
8 1 (0.12%) CA PPM
8 1 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.12%) Exchequer
8 1 (0.12%) Magento
8 1 (0.12%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 138 (16.41%) Azure
2 84 (9.99%) AWS
3 64 (7.61%) Microsoft 365
4 30 (3.57%) Power Platform
5 29 (3.45%) SaaS
5 29 (3.45%) SuccessFactors
6 16 (1.90%) Entra ID
7 15 (1.78%) Azure DevOps
8 13 (1.55%) GCP
9 12 (1.43%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 10 (1.19%) Cloud Computing
10 10 (1.19%) Dynamics 365
11 9 (1.07%) Azure Storage
12 8 (0.95%) Azure Monitor
12 8 (0.95%) Google Analytics
12 8 (0.95%) PowerApps
13 6 (0.71%) OCI
13 6 (0.71%) Snowflake
14 5 (0.59%) Azure Data Factory
14 5 (0.59%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 28 (3.33%) Firewall
2 27 (3.21%) DNS
3 26 (3.09%) DHCP
4 10 (1.19%) WAN
5 8 (0.95%) Broadband
5 8 (0.95%) LAN
5 8 (0.95%) TCP/IP
5 8 (0.95%) Wi-Fi
6 7 (0.83%) 5G
6 7 (0.83%) Wireless
7 5 (0.59%) Bluetooth
7 5 (0.59%) DSL
7 5 (0.59%) GSM
7 5 (0.59%) LTE
7 5 (0.59%) UMTS
7 5 (0.59%) VoIP
8 4 (0.48%) Internet
9 3 (0.36%) SSL
9 3 (0.36%) VPN
10 2 (0.24%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (2.62%) SQL Server
2 15 (1.78%) Power BI
3 10 (1.19%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (0.59%) Big Data
4 5 (0.59%) Elasticsearch
4 5 (0.59%) Metadata
4 5 (0.59%) Metadata Repository
4 5 (0.59%) NoSQL
4 5 (0.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 4 (0.48%) Data Hub
5 4 (0.48%) MySQL
5 4 (0.48%) Oracle Reports
5 4 (0.48%) SQLite
5 4 (0.48%) Tableau
6 3 (0.36%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (0.36%) DB2
6 3 (0.36%) Event Store
7 2 (0.24%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.24%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.24%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 13 (1.55%) Rational DOORS
2 12 (1.43%) JIRA
3 9 (1.07%) Jenkins
4 8 (0.95%) Git
5 6 (0.71%) Octopus Deploy
5 6 (0.71%) Vagrant
6 4 (0.48%) GitLab
6 4 (0.48%) Visual Studio
6 4 (0.48%) Visual Studio Code
7 3 (0.36%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.36%) SonarQube
7 3 (0.36%) Subversion
7 3 (0.36%) Terragrunt
8 2 (0.24%) LoadUI
9 1 (0.12%) Postman
9 1 (0.12%) Selenium
9 1 (0.12%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.12%) TestComplete
General
1 317 (37.69%) Social Skills
2 150 (17.84%) Finance
3 129 (15.34%) Retail
4 104 (12.37%) Analytical Skills
5 88 (10.46%) Legal
6 64 (7.61%) Manufacturing
7 53 (6.30%) Law
8 46 (5.47%) Aerospace
9 23 (2.73%) Marketing
10 17 (2.02%) Electronics
10 17 (2.02%) Telecoms
11 16 (1.90%) Influencing Skills
12 15 (1.78%) Automotive
12 15 (1.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 14 (1.66%) Pharmaceutical
13 14 (1.66%) Public Sector
14 8 (0.95%) Local Government
15 6 (0.71%) Billing
15 6 (0.71%) Presentation Skills
16 5 (0.59%) Games
Job Titles
1 140 (16.65%) Analyst
2 92 (10.94%) Lead
2 92 (10.94%) Senior
3 80 (9.51%) Project Manager
4 59 (7.02%) Business IT Analyst
4 59 (7.02%) IT Analyst
5 58 (6.90%) Business Analyst
6 55 (6.54%) IT Business Analyst
7 47 (5.59%) Delivery Project Manager
8 41 (4.88%) Developer
9 39 (4.64%) Cloud Engineer
10 31 (3.69%) Azure Engineer
11 30 (3.57%) Senior Manager
12 29 (3.45%) HR Analyst
13 28 (3.33%) Graduate
14 24 (2.85%) Software Engineer
15 23 (2.73%) IT Manager
15 23 (2.73%) Junior
15 23 (2.73%) Senior Systems Engineer
16 19 (2.26%) Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (4.28%) .NET
2 23 (2.73%) React
3 20 (2.38%) Node.js
4 16 (1.90%) HTML
5 11 (1.31%) CSS
6 9 (1.07%) .NET Core
6 9 (1.07%) Next.js
7 8 (0.95%) REST
7 8 (0.95%) Spring
8 7 (0.83%) .NET Framework
8 7 (0.83%) GraphQL
8 7 (0.83%) Web Services
9 6 (0.71%) EDI
9 6 (0.71%) JSON
10 5 (0.59%) ARM Templates
11 4 (0.48%) AngularJS
11 4 (0.48%) ASP.NET Web API
11 4 (0.48%) Entity Framework
11 4 (0.48%) LINQ
11 4 (0.48%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 48 (5.71%) Management Information System
2 25 (2.97%) Self-Motivation
3 22 (2.62%) Product Ownership
4 20 (2.38%) Cloud Native
5 18 (2.14%) Security Posture
6 14 (1.66%) Mobile App
7 13 (1.55%) Cloud Security Posture
8 10 (1.19%) Data Centre
8 10 (1.19%) Linux Command Line
9 9 (1.07%) Analytical Mindset
9 9 (1.07%) Public Cloud
10 8 (0.95%) Onboarding
11 6 (0.71%) e-Learning
11 6 (0.71%) EPoS
11 6 (0.71%) IoT
11 6 (0.71%) Legacy Systems
11 6 (0.71%) Operational Technology
12 5 (0.59%) Satnav
13 4 (0.48%) Embedded Systems
13 4 (0.48%) Hackathon
Operating Systems
1 41 (4.88%) Windows
2 28 (3.33%) Linux
3 12 (1.43%) Windows 10
4 9 (1.07%) Windows Server
5 7 (0.83%) Unix
6 6 (0.71%) Mac OS
7 4 (0.48%) AIX
7 4 (0.48%) CentOS
7 4 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.48%) Solaris
7 4 (0.48%) SUSE
7 4 (0.48%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.48%) Windows Server 2012
7 4 (0.48%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (0.36%) Android
8 3 (0.36%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.24%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.12%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.12%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 161 (19.14%) Problem-Solving
2 153 (18.19%) Project Management
3 148 (17.60%) Agile
4 145 (17.24%) Customer Service
5 107 (12.72%) Analytics
6 104 (12.37%) Project Delivery
7 92 (10.94%) Logistics
8 91 (10.82%) Line Management
9 85 (10.11%) DevOps
10 75 (8.92%) Roadmaps
11 67 (7.97%) Collaborative Culture
11 67 (7.97%) Data Analysis
11 67 (7.97%) Decision-Making
11 67 (7.97%) Mentoring
12 66 (7.85%) Customer Experience
12 66 (7.85%) ITIL
13 65 (7.73%) Process Improvement
14 63 (7.49%) Business Analysis
14 63 (7.49%) Change Control
15 59 (7.02%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 141 (16.77%) SQL
2 48 (5.71%) VBA
3 41 (4.88%) Java
4 34 (4.04%) Python
5 29 (3.45%) C#
6 24 (2.85%) JavaScript
7 21 (2.50%) TypeScript
8 16 (1.90%) PowerShell
9 14 (1.66%) Bash
10 13 (1.55%) MATLAB
11 9 (1.07%) C++
12 5 (0.59%) C
12 5 (0.59%) Scala
13 4 (0.48%) Shell Script
14 3 (0.36%) Delphi
14 3 (0.36%) RPG
14 3 (0.36%) RPG IV
15 2 (0.24%) PL/SQL
16 1 (0.12%) PHP
16 1 (0.12%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 222 (26.40%) Degree
2 31 (3.69%) Azure Certification
3 21 (2.50%) Security Cleared
4 17 (2.02%) PMI Certification
4 17 (2.02%) SC Cleared
5 16 (1.90%) AWS Certification
6 13 (1.55%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 13 (1.55%) PMP
7 12 (1.43%) Chartered Engineer
8 10 (1.19%) Computer Science Degree
9 9 (1.07%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 8 (0.95%) CISSP
11 7 (0.83%) HND
11 7 (0.83%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 5 (0.59%) DBS Check
12 5 (0.59%) NVQ Level 3
13 4 (0.48%) CTC Cleared
13 4 (0.48%) DV Cleared
13 4 (0.48%) ITIL Certification
13 4 (0.48%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (8.44%) QA
2 26 (3.09%) GDPR
3 20 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 17 (2.02%) Data Quality
5 12 (1.43%) ISO 9001
6 10 (1.19%) SLA
7 9 (1.07%) Cyber Essentials
8 8 (0.95%) PMO
9 5 (0.59%) NEBOSH
10 4 (0.48%) Accessibility
10 4 (0.48%) NCSC
10 4 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.36%) GRC
11 3 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 17025
12 2 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 2 (0.24%) ISO 14001
12 2 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 2 (0.24%) NIST
12 2 (0.24%) P3O
13 1 (0.12%) HIPAA
System Software
1 50 (5.95%) Active Directory
2 21 (2.50%) Docker
3 5 (0.59%) Hyper-V
3 5 (0.59%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (0.24%) VMware Server
5 2 (0.24%) vSphere
6 1 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 28 (3.33%) Terraform
2 19 (2.26%) Microsoft Intune
3 16 (1.90%) Kubernetes
4 10 (1.19%) Ansible
5 7 (0.83%) Autotask
6 6 (0.71%) Packer
6 6 (0.71%) Progress Chef
7 5 (0.59%) SCCM
8 4 (0.48%) Grafana
8 4 (0.48%) Prometheus
9 3 (0.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.24%) Nessus
11 1 (0.12%) CloudForms
11 1 (0.12%) Kibana
11 1 (0.12%) logstash
11 1 (0.12%) Puppet
11 1 (0.12%) Salt
11 1 (0.12%) vRealize
Vendors
1 179 (21.28%) Microsoft
2 48 (5.71%) SAP
3 42 (4.99%) Oracle
4 34 (4.04%) IFS
5 26 (3.09%) VMware
6 19 (2.26%) JDA
7 18 (2.14%) Citrix
7 18 (2.14%) IBM
8 16 (1.90%) Remedy
9 14 (1.66%) Google
10 10 (1.19%) Arqiva
10 10 (1.19%) BT
11 9 (1.07%) Cisco
11 9 (1.07%) EMC
11 9 (1.07%) ServiceNow
12 7 (0.83%) Datto
13 6 (0.71%) BMC
14 5 (0.59%) Red Hat
15 4 (0.48%) HP
15 4 (0.48%) New Relic