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 6 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 48 46
Rank change year-on-year +25 -2 +4
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 577 695 929
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 7.28% 4.40% 5.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.98% 5.17% 6.32%
Number of salaries quoted 317 393 433
10th Percentile £37,500 £31,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £41,860 £40,625 £43,162
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,250 £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 7,228 13,445 14,706
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 91.17% 85.21% 94.55%
Number of salaries quoted 3,821 9,630 8,457
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,500 £30,259
25th Percentile £42,000 £36,250 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £78,268 £86,250
England median annual salary £58,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +6.36% -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 6 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 6 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 +23 226 £57,500 +24.32% 206
Berkshire +26 136 £55,000 +28.15% 114
Hampshire +24 136 £65,000 +8.33% 105
Surrey +51 96 £55,000 +15.18% 68
Buckinghamshire +32 61 £60,000 +14.29% 59
Kent +1 46 £45,000 - 41
Oxfordshire +4 29 £57,500 +29.40% 54
East Sussex +45 23 £70,000 +42.13% 21
West Sussex +17 22 £54,610 -15.99% 32
Middlesex - 17 - - 17
Isle of Wight - 14 £40,101 -
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 (1.39%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.21%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (0.87%) Apache Solr
3 5 (0.87%) nginx
4 4 (0.69%) Confluence
5 1 (0.17%) Apache
5 1 (0.17%) CMS
5 1 (0.17%) IIS
5 1 (0.17%) Umbraco
5 1 (0.17%) WordPress
Applications
1 41 (7.11%) Microsoft Office
2 35 (6.07%) Simulink
3 25 (4.33%) Microsoft Excel
4 24 (4.16%) Microsoft Project
5 9 (1.56%) Acrobat
6 6 (1.04%) 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 (6.07%) Teamcenter
2 6 (1.04%) Oracle ERP
3 4 (0.69%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.52%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.17%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.17%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.17%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.17%) SAP GRC
5 1 (0.17%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.17%) SAP WM
5 1 (0.17%) TrackWise
Cloud Services
1 77 (13.34%) Azure
2 47 (8.15%) Microsoft 365
3 37 (6.41%) AWS
4 27 (4.68%) Power Platform
5 21 (3.64%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
6 20 (3.47%) SaaS
7 14 (2.43%) Google Workspace
8 13 (2.25%) Azure DevOps
9 11 (1.91%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 10 (1.73%) GCP
11 9 (1.56%) Azure Data Factory
11 9 (1.56%) PowerApps
12 8 (1.39%) GitHub
12 8 (1.39%) GitHub Actions
13 7 (1.21%) Serverless
13 7 (1.21%) Smartsheet
14 6 (1.04%) Cloud Computing
14 6 (1.04%) Entra ID
15 5 (0.87%) Azure Functions
16 4 (0.69%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 19 (3.29%) LAN
1 19 (3.29%) WAN
2 14 (2.43%) Firewall
2 14 (2.43%) SD-WAN
3 11 (1.91%) TCP/IP
4 10 (1.73%) Intranet
5 9 (1.56%) MPLS
6 7 (1.21%) Intrusion Detection
7 6 (1.04%) DNS
7 6 (1.04%) NAS
7 6 (1.04%) SAN
7 6 (1.04%) VLAN
7 6 (1.04%) VPN
8 5 (0.87%) GPRS
8 5 (0.87%) HTTPS
8 5 (0.87%) IPsec
8 5 (0.87%) LTE
8 5 (0.87%) Modbus
8 5 (0.87%) OSPF
8 5 (0.87%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (4.16%) Power BI
2 11 (1.91%) Data Warehouse
2 11 (1.91%) NoSQL
3 7 (1.21%) Data Lake
4 6 (1.04%) Azure SQL Database
4 6 (1.04%) Couchbase
4 6 (1.04%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 5 (0.87%) MongoDB
5 5 (0.87%) MySQL
5 5 (0.87%) SQL Server
6 3 (0.52%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.35%) Amazon Aurora
7 2 (0.35%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (0.35%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (0.35%) DynamoDB
7 2 (0.35%) Power Query
7 2 (0.35%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.35%) Tableau
8 1 (0.17%) Big Data
8 1 (0.17%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 35 (6.07%) Rational DOORS
2 24 (4.16%) JIRA
3 8 (1.39%) Jenkins
4 6 (1.04%) Git
5 5 (0.87%) Selenium
6 4 (0.69%) 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
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
9 1 (0.17%) Visual Studio
General
1 297 (51.47%) Social Skills
2 90 (15.60%) Analytical Skills
3 86 (14.90%) Law
4 80 (13.86%) Finance
5 70 (12.13%) Manufacturing
6 48 (8.32%) Marketing
7 42 (7.28%) Aerospace
7 42 (7.28%) Electronics
8 31 (5.37%) Influencing Skills
9 29 (5.03%) Legal
10 22 (3.81%) Telecoms
11 21 (3.64%) Retail
12 15 (2.60%) Public Sector
13 13 (2.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 13 (2.25%) Organisational Skills
14 10 (1.73%) Advertising
15 8 (1.39%) Automotive
15 8 (1.39%) Financial Institution
15 8 (1.39%) Local Government
16 7 (1.21%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 96 (16.64%) Lead
2 58 (10.05%) Senior
3 51 (8.84%) Analyst
4 49 (8.49%) Technical Manager
5 38 (6.59%) Junior
6 37 (6.41%) Architect
7 36 (6.24%) Systems Engineer
8 35 (6.07%) Junior Systems Engineer
9 28 (4.85%) Product Manager
10 27 (4.68%) Business Change Analyst
10 27 (4.68%) Change Analyst
10 27 (4.68%) Enterprise Architect
11 26 (4.51%) Project Manager
12 22 (3.81%) Salesforce Architect
13 21 (3.64%) Support Engineer
14 20 (3.47%) Developer
15 18 (3.12%) Vulnerability Manager
16 16 (2.77%) Senior Manager
17 15 (2.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 15 (2.60%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (4.51%) Middleware
2 22 (3.81%) REST
3 21 (3.64%) Lightning Web Components
3 21 (3.64%) SOAP
4 11 (1.91%) React
5 10 (1.73%) CSS
5 10 (1.73%) HTML
6 6 (1.04%) React Native
6 6 (1.04%) Redux
7 5 (0.87%) .NET
7 5 (0.87%) Elastic Stack
7 5 (0.87%) Kafka
7 5 (0.87%) RabbitMQ
8 4 (0.69%) EDI
9 3 (0.52%) AngularJS
10 2 (0.35%) ASP.NET
10 2 (0.35%) ASP.NET Core
10 2 (0.35%) Node.js
10 2 (0.35%) Oracle Fusion
11 1 (0.17%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 48 (8.32%) Product Ownership
2 29 (5.03%) Data Centre
3 26 (4.51%) Enterprise Software
4 24 (4.16%) Management Information System
5 22 (3.81%) FMCG
6 21 (3.64%) PMI
7 17 (2.95%) Acoustics
7 17 (2.95%) Driving Licence
8 13 (2.25%) IoT
9 10 (1.73%) Data Protection Act
9 10 (1.73%) Digital Media
9 10 (1.73%) Marketing Technology
9 10 (1.73%) Onboarding
10 9 (1.56%) e-Learning
11 8 (1.39%) Virtual Team
12 7 (1.21%) Housing Association
13 6 (1.04%) Analytical Mindset
13 6 (1.04%) Clustering
14 5 (0.87%) Robotics
14 5 (0.87%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 18 (3.12%) Windows
2 7 (1.21%) Mac OS
3 4 (0.69%) Linux
3 4 (0.69%) 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
1 240 (41.59%) Problem-Solving
2 141 (24.44%) Project Management
3 130 (22.53%) Agile
4 96 (16.64%) Coaching
5 93 (16.12%) Computer Science
6 89 (15.42%) Stakeholder Management
7 87 (15.08%) Strategic Thinking
8 77 (13.34%) Service Delivery
9 76 (13.17%) DevOps
9 76 (13.17%) Process Improvement
9 76 (13.17%) Service Management
10 73 (12.65%) Mentoring
11 70 (12.13%) Change Management
12 63 (10.92%) Business Strategy
12 63 (10.92%) Decision-Making
13 57 (9.88%) Information Security
14 56 (9.71%) Collaborative Working
14 56 (9.71%) Customer Service
15 55 (9.53%) Systems Engineering
16 54 (9.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 35 (6.07%) MATLAB
2 33 (5.72%) Python
3 21 (3.64%) Apex Code
4 20 (3.47%) PowerShell
5 18 (3.12%) SQL
6 16 (2.77%) C#
7 12 (2.08%) JavaScript
8 8 (1.39%) Java
9 7 (1.21%) TypeScript
10 6 (1.04%) Bash
10 6 (1.04%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 6 (1.04%) PHP
10 6 (1.04%) R
11 5 (0.87%) Go
12 4 (0.69%) C++
12 4 (0.69%) Ruby
13 3 (0.52%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.52%) Uniface
14 1 (0.17%) RPG
14 1 (0.17%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 180 (31.20%) Degree
2 45 (7.80%) NVQ Level 3
2 45 (7.80%) NVQ Level 4
3 39 (6.76%) BPSS Clearance
4 34 (5.89%) Computer Science Degree
5 31 (5.37%) PMI Certification
6 29 (5.03%) CBAP
7 26 (4.51%) Security Cleared
8 23 (3.99%) Master's Degree
9 17 (2.95%) Azure Certification
10 14 (2.43%) CISSP
11 12 (2.08%) PMP
12 11 (1.91%) HND
12 11 (1.91%) SC Cleared
13 10 (1.73%) CISM
13 10 (1.73%) CRISC
14 7 (1.21%) DV Cleared
14 7 (1.21%) MRICS
15 5 (0.87%) AWS Certification
16 4 (0.69%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (5.89%) Data Quality
2 32 (5.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 21 (3.64%) QA
4 18 (3.12%) GDPR
5 13 (2.25%) Cyber Essentials
6 11 (1.91%) PCI DSS
7 10 (1.73%) SOC 2
8 9 (1.56%) PERC
9 7 (1.21%) PMO
10 6 (1.04%) SLA
11 5 (0.87%) GMP
11 5 (0.87%) NIST
12 4 (0.69%) Accessibility
12 4 (0.69%) GRC
13 3 (0.52%) COBIT
13 3 (0.52%) Def Stans
14 2 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
14 2 (0.35%) COSHH
14 2 (0.35%) HIPAA
14 2 (0.35%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 18 (3.12%) VMware Infrastructure
2 17 (2.95%) Virtual Machines
3 16 (2.77%) Active Directory
4 9 (1.56%) Virtual Desktop
5 8 (1.39%) Docker
6 6 (1.04%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.17%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.17%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 16 (2.77%) Kubernetes
2 15 (2.60%) Ansible
2 15 (2.60%) 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%) Consul
5 1 (0.17%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.17%) Puppet
5 1 (0.17%) vRealize
5 1 (0.17%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 114 (19.76%) Microsoft
2 35 (6.07%) IBM
2 35 (6.07%) Salesforce
3 25 (4.33%) VMware
4 21 (3.64%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
5 19 (3.29%) Google
6 17 (2.95%) Qualys
6 17 (2.95%) SAP
6 17 (2.95%) Tenable
7 15 (2.60%) Oracle
8 13 (2.25%) Databricks
9 9 (1.56%) Adobe
9 9 (1.56%) Citrix
9 9 (1.56%) OneTrust
10 7 (1.21%) Cisco
10 7 (1.21%) Sun
11 5 (0.87%) PeopleSoft
12 4 (0.69%) Meraki
13 3 (0.52%) ServiceNow
14 2 (0.35%) Alteryx