Continuous Improvement Jobs in the South East

Continual Improvement
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 1 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 51 48
Rank change year-on-year +28 -3 +2
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 572 686 935
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 7.26% 4.40% 5.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.96% 5.15% 6.34%
Number of salaries quoted 310 388 428
10th Percentile £37,500 £31,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,313 £43,047
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £51,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.01% -13.75% -
75th Percentile £73,833 £72,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £88,875 £85,375 £87,500
England median annual salary £57,560 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.10% -4.17% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7,183 13,318 14,755
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 91.18% 85.38% 94.49%
Number of salaries quoted 3,766 9,540 8,478
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,500 £30,265
25th Percentile £42,500 £36,250 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £77,500 £86,250
England median annual salary £59,000 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +7.27% -12.00% +4.17%

Continuous Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Continuous Improvement in the South East

Continuous Improvement
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Continuous Improvement in the South East

Continuous Improvement
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Continuous Improvement in the South East over the 6 months to 1 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Continuous Improvement in the South East

Continuous Improvement
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Continuous Improvement within the South East region over the 6 months to 1 April 2025. 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
Thames Valley +30 224 £60,000 +33.33% 194
Hampshire +19 137 £65,000 +8.33% 110
Berkshire +23 136 £58,750 +37.56% 101
Surrey +57 94 £55,000 +14.58% 71
Buckinghamshire +38 60 £60,000 +14.29% 58
Kent -1 48 £44,000 -2.22% 49
Oxfordshire +2 28 £57,500 +29.40% 49
West Sussex +17 21 £55,000 -18.52% 34
East Sussex +39 20 £82,500 +67.51% 23
Middlesex - 17 - - 16
Isle of Wight - 14 £40,101 - 2
Continuous Improvement
England

Continuous Improvement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 8 (1.40%) Microsoft Exchange
1 8 (1.40%) SharePoint
2 5 (0.87%) Apache Solr
2 5 (0.87%) nginx
3 4 (0.70%) Confluence
4 1 (0.17%) Apache
4 1 (0.17%) CMS
4 1 (0.17%) IIS
4 1 (0.17%) Umbraco
4 1 (0.17%) WordPress
Applications
1 42 (7.34%) Microsoft Office
2 35 (6.12%) Simulink
3 26 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
4 24 (4.20%) Microsoft Project
5 9 (1.57%) Acrobat
6 6 (1.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 3 (0.52%) Productboard
8 2 (0.35%) Trello
9 1 (0.17%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.17%) MicroStation
9 1 (0.17%) MS Visio
9 1 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 35 (6.12%) Teamcenter
2 6 (1.05%) Oracle ERP
3 4 (0.70%) Salesforce CRM
3 4 (0.70%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.17%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.17%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.17%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.17%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.17%) SAP WM
4 1 (0.17%) TrackWise
Cloud Services
1 78 (13.64%) Azure
2 47 (8.22%) Microsoft 365
3 36 (6.29%) AWS
4 27 (4.72%) Power Platform
5 21 (3.67%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
6 19 (3.32%) SaaS
7 14 (2.45%) Azure DevOps
7 14 (2.45%) Google Workspace
8 11 (1.92%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 9 (1.57%) Azure Data Factory
9 9 (1.57%) GCP
9 9 (1.57%) PowerApps
10 8 (1.40%) Entra ID
10 8 (1.40%) GitHub
10 8 (1.40%) GitHub Actions
10 8 (1.40%) Serverless
11 7 (1.22%) Smartsheet
12 6 (1.05%) Azure Functions
12 6 (1.05%) Cloud Computing
13 5 (0.87%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 17 (2.97%) LAN
1 17 (2.97%) WAN
2 15 (2.62%) Firewall
3 13 (2.27%) SD-WAN
4 11 (1.92%) TCP/IP
5 10 (1.75%) Intranet
6 8 (1.40%) MPLS
7 7 (1.22%) DNS
7 7 (1.22%) Intrusion Detection
7 7 (1.22%) VPN
8 6 (1.05%) NAS
8 6 (1.05%) SAN
8 6 (1.05%) VLAN
9 5 (0.87%) 3G
9 5 (0.87%) BGP
9 5 (0.87%) HTTPS
9 5 (0.87%) LTE
9 5 (0.87%) Modbus
9 5 (0.87%) OSPF
9 5 (0.87%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (4.20%) Power BI
2 12 (2.10%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (1.92%) NoSQL
4 7 (1.22%) Data Lake
5 6 (1.05%) Azure SQL Database
5 6 (1.05%) Couchbase
5 6 (1.05%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 5 (0.87%) MongoDB
6 5 (0.87%) MySQL
6 5 (0.87%) SQL Server
7 3 (0.52%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (0.52%) Power Query
8 2 (0.35%) Amazon Aurora
8 2 (0.35%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (0.35%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (0.35%) DynamoDB
8 2 (0.35%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.35%) Tableau
9 1 (0.17%) Big Data
9 1 (0.17%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 35 (6.12%) Rational DOORS
2 24 (4.20%) JIRA
3 8 (1.40%) Jenkins
4 7 (1.22%) Git
5 6 (1.05%) Selenium
6 4 (0.70%) GitLab
7 3 (0.52%) Cucumber
7 3 (0.52%) JUnit
7 3 (0.52%) TestNG
8 2 (0.35%) CircleCI
8 2 (0.35%) TestRail
8 2 (0.35%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.17%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.17%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.17%) Jasmine
9 1 (0.17%) Karma Test Runner
9 1 (0.17%) Postman
9 1 (0.17%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.17%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.17%) TeamCity
General
1 297 (51.92%) Social Skills
2 94 (16.43%) Analytical Skills
3 85 (14.86%) Law
4 84 (14.69%) Finance
5 76 (13.29%) Manufacturing
6 50 (8.74%) Marketing
7 43 (7.52%) Electronics
8 42 (7.34%) Aerospace
9 31 (5.42%) Influencing Skills
10 28 (4.90%) Legal
11 23 (4.02%) Telecoms
12 21 (3.67%) Retail
13 17 (2.97%) Public Sector
14 13 (2.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 13 (2.27%) Organisational Skills
15 11 (1.92%) Advertising
16 8 (1.40%) Automotive
16 8 (1.40%) Local Government
17 7 (1.22%) Financial Institution
17 7 (1.22%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 96 (16.78%) Lead
2 55 (9.62%) Senior
3 51 (8.92%) Analyst
4 49 (8.57%) Technical Manager
5 38 (6.64%) Architect
5 38 (6.64%) Junior
6 36 (6.29%) Systems Engineer
7 35 (6.12%) Junior Systems Engineer
8 29 (5.07%) Project Manager
9 28 (4.90%) Product Manager
10 27 (4.72%) Business Change Analyst
10 27 (4.72%) Change Analyst
10 27 (4.72%) Enterprise Architect
11 22 (3.85%) Salesforce Architect
11 22 (3.85%) Support Engineer
12 21 (3.67%) Developer
13 16 (2.80%) Senior Manager
14 15 (2.62%) Team Leader
15 14 (2.45%) Vulnerability Manager
16 13 (2.27%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (4.55%) Middleware
2 22 (3.85%) REST
3 21 (3.67%) Lightning Web Components
3 21 (3.67%) SOAP
4 11 (1.92%) CSS
4 11 (1.92%) HTML
4 11 (1.92%) React
5 6 (1.05%) React Native
5 6 (1.05%) Redux
6 5 (0.87%) .NET
6 5 (0.87%) Elastic Stack
6 5 (0.87%) Kafka
6 5 (0.87%) RabbitMQ
7 4 (0.70%) AngularJS
8 3 (0.52%) EDI
8 3 (0.52%) Node.js
9 2 (0.35%) ASP.NET
9 2 (0.35%) ASP.NET Core
9 2 (0.35%) Oracle Fusion
10 1 (0.17%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 50 (8.74%) Product Ownership
2 26 (4.55%) Enterprise Software
3 25 (4.37%) Data Centre
4 23 (4.02%) Management Information System
5 22 (3.85%) FMCG
6 21 (3.67%) PMI
7 17 (2.97%) Acoustics
8 14 (2.45%) IoT
9 12 (2.10%) Driving Licence
10 11 (1.92%) Onboarding
11 10 (1.75%) Data Protection Act
11 10 (1.75%) Digital Media
11 10 (1.75%) Marketing Technology
12 9 (1.57%) e-Learning
13 8 (1.40%) Virtual Team
14 7 (1.22%) Housing Association
15 6 (1.05%) Analytical Mindset
15 6 (1.05%) Clustering
16 5 (0.87%) Robotics
16 5 (0.87%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 18 (3.15%) Windows
2 6 (1.05%) Mac OS
3 4 (0.70%) Linux
3 4 (0.70%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.52%) Android
5 2 (0.35%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.35%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 243 (42.48%) Problem-Solving
2 145 (25.35%) Project Management
3 134 (23.43%) Agile
4 96 (16.78%) Coaching
5 93 (16.26%) Computer Science
6 88 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
7 87 (15.21%) Strategic Thinking
8 80 (13.99%) Process Improvement
9 78 (13.64%) DevOps
10 76 (13.29%) Service Management
11 73 (12.76%) Mentoring
12 70 (12.24%) Change Management
12 70 (12.24%) Service Delivery
13 63 (11.01%) Business Strategy
13 63 (11.01%) Decision-Making
14 58 (10.14%) Information Security
15 56 (9.79%) Collaborative Working
16 55 (9.62%) Customer Service
16 55 (9.62%) Systems Engineering
17 54 (9.44%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 35 (6.12%) MATLAB
2 33 (5.77%) Python
3 21 (3.67%) Apex Code
4 20 (3.50%) PowerShell
5 19 (3.32%) SQL
6 16 (2.80%) C#
7 13 (2.27%) JavaScript
8 8 (1.40%) Java
9 7 (1.22%) PHP
9 7 (1.22%) TypeScript
10 6 (1.05%) Bash
10 6 (1.05%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 6 (1.05%) R
11 5 (0.87%) Go
12 4 (0.70%) C++
12 4 (0.70%) Ruby
13 3 (0.52%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.52%) Uniface
14 1 (0.17%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.17%) VBA
Qualifications
1 182 (31.82%) Degree
2 45 (7.87%) NVQ Level 3
2 45 (7.87%) NVQ Level 4
3 39 (6.82%) BPSS Clearance
4 34 (5.94%) Computer Science Degree
5 31 (5.42%) PMI Certification
6 29 (5.07%) CBAP
7 26 (4.55%) Security Cleared
8 23 (4.02%) Master's Degree
9 18 (3.15%) Azure Certification
10 14 (2.45%) CISSP
11 12 (2.10%) PMP
12 11 (1.92%) HND
12 11 (1.92%) SC Cleared
13 10 (1.75%) CISM
13 10 (1.75%) CRISC
14 7 (1.22%) DV Cleared
14 7 (1.22%) MRICS
15 5 (0.87%) AWS Certification
16 4 (0.70%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (5.94%) Data Quality
2 32 (5.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 21 (3.67%) QA
4 17 (2.97%) GDPR
5 13 (2.27%) Cyber Essentials
6 11 (1.92%) PCI DSS
7 10 (1.75%) SOC 2
8 9 (1.57%) PERC
9 6 (1.05%) PMO
9 6 (1.05%) SLA
10 5 (0.87%) GMP
10 5 (0.87%) NIST
11 4 (0.70%) Accessibility
12 3 (0.52%) COBIT
12 3 (0.52%) Def Stans
12 3 (0.52%) GRC
13 2 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
13 2 (0.35%) COSHH
13 2 (0.35%) HIPAA
13 2 (0.35%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 18 (3.15%) Active Directory
1 18 (3.15%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (2.27%) Virtual Machines
3 8 (1.40%) Docker
3 8 (1.40%) Virtual Desktop
4 6 (1.05%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.17%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.17%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 16 (2.80%) Kubernetes
2 15 (2.62%) Ansible
2 15 (2.62%) Terraform
3 3 (0.52%) Grafana
3 3 (0.52%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (0.52%) Prometheus
4 2 (0.35%) Argo
5 1 (0.17%) Backup Exec
5 1 (0.17%) Consul
5 1 (0.17%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.17%) Puppet
5 1 (0.17%) vRealize
5 1 (0.17%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 113 (19.76%) Microsoft
2 36 (6.29%) Salesforce
3 35 (6.12%) IBM
4 25 (4.37%) VMware
5 21 (3.67%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
6 20 (3.50%) SAP
7 19 (3.32%) Google
8 18 (3.15%) Oracle
9 13 (2.27%) Databricks
9 13 (2.27%) Qualys
9 13 (2.27%) Tenable
10 9 (1.57%) Adobe
10 9 (1.57%) OneTrust
11 8 (1.40%) Citrix
12 7 (1.22%) Cisco
13 5 (0.87%) PeopleSoft
14 4 (0.70%) Infor
14 4 (0.70%) Meraki
15 3 (0.52%) ServiceNow
16 2 (0.35%) Aruba