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

6 months to
6 Mar 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 52 47
Rank change year-on-year +30 -5 0
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 700 585 954
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 7.99% 4.28% 6.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.74% 4.96% 6.54%
Number of salaries quoted 292 348 420
10th Percentile £37,574 £31,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £40,882 £42,700
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £74,625
90th Percentile £87,500 £83,950 £87,500
England median annual salary £58,000 £57,500 £61,000
% change year-on-year +0.87% -5.74% +1.67%

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 8,007 11,783 14,595
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 91.45% 86.19% 94.67%
Number of salaries quoted 3,713 8,513 8,563
10th Percentile £32,500 £27,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,125 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.25% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,600 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £77,500 £86,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -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 March 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 March 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 +46 286 £60,000 +25.65% 97
Hampshire +13 161 £65,000 +8.33% 52
Buckinghamshire +42 150 £60,000 +9.09% 27
Berkshire +37 98 £58,750 +38.24% 54
Surrey +41 82 £65,000 - 33
Kent +2 64 £45,000 - 18
Oxfordshire +11 38 £65,500 +52.33% 25
East Sussex +40 33 £83,750 +67.50% 6
West Sussex +20 31 £55,000 -15.38% 17
Isle of Wight - 24 £40,101 - 4
Middlesex - 15 - - 2
Sussex +18 7 - - 8
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 14 (2.00%) SharePoint
2 9 (1.29%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (0.71%) Apache
3 5 (0.71%) Apache Solr
3 5 (0.71%) Confluence
3 5 (0.71%) nginx
4 2 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.14%) CMS
5 1 (0.14%) IIS
5 1 (0.14%) Umbraco
5 1 (0.14%) WordPress
Applications
1 47 (6.71%) Microsoft Office
2 36 (5.14%) Microsoft Excel
3 30 (4.29%) Simulink
4 24 (3.43%) Microsoft Project
5 11 (1.57%) Acrobat
6 9 (1.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 3 (0.43%) Productboard
7 3 (0.43%) Sketch
8 2 (0.29%) Trello
9 1 (0.14%) MS Visio
9 1 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 30 (4.29%) Teamcenter
2 7 (1.00%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.71%) Oracle ERP
4 4 (0.57%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.29%) Primavera
5 2 (0.29%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.14%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.14%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.14%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.14%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.14%) SAP WM
6 1 (0.14%) TrackWise
Cloud Services
1 102 (14.57%) Azure
2 55 (7.86%) Microsoft 365
3 50 (7.14%) AWS
4 31 (4.43%) Power Platform
5 22 (3.14%) Azure DevOps
5 22 (3.14%) SaaS
6 16 (2.29%) GCP
7 15 (2.14%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 15 (2.14%) Google Workspace
8 13 (1.86%) Azure Data Factory
8 13 (1.86%) PowerApps
9 11 (1.57%) GitHub
9 11 (1.57%) GitHub Actions
10 9 (1.29%) Serverless
11 8 (1.14%) Azure Sentinel
12 7 (1.00%) Azure Functions
12 7 (1.00%) Cloud Computing
12 7 (1.00%) Entra ID
13 6 (0.86%) IaaS
13 6 (0.86%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 108 (15.43%) Wireless
2 106 (15.14%) LTE
3 100 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
4 99 (14.14%) Bluetooth
5 98 (14.00%) 5G
5 98 (14.00%) GSM
5 98 (14.00%) UMTS
6 27 (3.86%) Firewall
7 22 (3.14%) WAN
8 20 (2.86%) LAN
9 15 (2.14%) Intranet
10 13 (1.86%) DNS
10 13 (1.86%) TCP/IP
11 11 (1.57%) SD-WAN
12 9 (1.29%) VPN
13 8 (1.14%) 3G
13 8 (1.14%) GPRS
13 8 (1.14%) Modbus
13 8 (1.14%) Network Security
14 7 (1.00%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (4.14%) Power BI
2 12 (1.71%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (1.57%) NoSQL
3 11 (1.57%) SQL Server
4 10 (1.43%) Azure SQL Database
5 7 (1.00%) Data Lake
5 7 (1.00%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 7 (1.00%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (0.86%) Couchbase
6 6 (0.86%) MySQL
6 6 (0.86%) Power Query
6 6 (0.86%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.29%) Amazon Aurora
7 2 (0.29%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (0.29%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (0.29%) Apache Cassandra
7 2 (0.29%) DynamoDB
7 2 (0.29%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.29%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 33 (4.71%) JIRA
2 30 (4.29%) Rational DOORS
3 18 (2.57%) Git
4 14 (2.00%) Selenium
5 13 (1.86%) Jenkins
6 7 (1.00%) GitLab
7 5 (0.71%) Artifactory
7 5 (0.71%) JUnit
7 5 (0.71%) SonarQube
7 5 (0.71%) TestNG
8 4 (0.57%) NUnit
9 3 (0.43%) Cucumber
9 3 (0.43%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.29%) Appium
10 2 (0.29%) CircleCI
10 2 (0.29%) TestRail
10 2 (0.29%) Visual Studio
11 1 (0.14%) Postman
11 1 (0.14%) SoapUI
11 1 (0.14%) TeamCity
General
1 325 (46.43%) Social Skills
2 117 (16.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 112 (16.00%) Automotive
4 110 (15.71%) Analytical Skills
5 76 (10.86%) Manufacturing
6 64 (9.14%) Finance
7 43 (6.14%) Marketing
8 37 (5.29%) Aerospace
8 37 (5.29%) Electronics
9 35 (5.00%) Retail
10 34 (4.86%) Influencing Skills
11 32 (4.57%) Legal
12 30 (4.29%) Telecoms
13 26 (3.71%) Law
14 24 (3.43%) Organisational Skills
15 19 (2.71%) Advertising
15 19 (2.71%) Public Sector
16 8 (1.14%) Local Government
17 7 (1.00%) Financial Institution
17 7 (1.00%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 106 (15.14%) Lead
2 101 (14.43%) Test Engineer
3 97 (13.86%) EMC Engineer
3 97 (13.86%) EMC Test Engineer
4 89 (12.71%) Senior
5 64 (9.14%) Analyst
6 48 (6.86%) Technical Manager
7 33 (4.71%) Developer
7 33 (4.71%) Senior Manager
8 31 (4.43%) Junior
9 30 (4.29%) Junior Systems Engineer
9 30 (4.29%) Systems Engineer
10 28 (4.00%) Engineering Manager
11 27 (3.86%) Business Change Analyst
11 27 (3.86%) Change Analyst
11 27 (3.86%) Project Manager
12 18 (2.57%) Architect
12 18 (2.57%) Full-Stack Developer
12 18 (2.57%) Product Manager
12 18 (2.57%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (3.29%) CSS
1 23 (3.29%) HTML
2 20 (2.86%) React
3 15 (2.14%) Redux
4 13 (1.86%) .NET
5 11 (1.57%) React Native
6 9 (1.29%) RESTful
7 8 (1.14%) Middleware
8 7 (1.00%) RabbitMQ
9 6 (0.86%) ASP.NET
9 6 (0.86%) ASP.NET Core
9 6 (0.86%) EDI
9 6 (0.86%) Web Services
10 5 (0.71%) AngularJS
10 5 (0.71%) Elastic Stack
10 5 (0.71%) HTML5
10 5 (0.71%) Node.js
11 4 (0.57%) CSS3
11 4 (0.57%) Jest
11 4 (0.57%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 98 (14.00%) Satnav
2 41 (5.86%) Product Ownership
3 36 (5.14%) Management Information System
4 18 (2.57%) Digital Media
5 17 (2.43%) Acoustics
5 17 (2.43%) IoT
6 16 (2.29%) Data Protection Act
7 14 (2.00%) Data Centre
8 12 (1.71%) Self-Motivation
9 11 (1.57%) Driving Licence
9 11 (1.57%) FMCG
10 10 (1.43%) Enterprise Software
10 10 (1.43%) Marketing Technology
11 9 (1.29%) e-Learning
11 9 (1.29%) Onboarding
11 9 (1.29%) Security Posture
11 9 (1.29%) Virtual Team
12 8 (1.14%) Blog
12 8 (1.14%) Mobile App
12 8 (1.14%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 34 (4.86%) Windows
2 15 (2.14%) Linux
2 15 (2.14%) Windows Server
3 4 (0.57%) Android
4 2 (0.29%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.29%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.29%) Mac OS X
4 2 (0.29%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 251 (35.86%) Problem-Solving
2 140 (20.00%) Project Management
3 124 (17.71%) Agile
4 123 (17.57%) Data Management
5 119 (17.00%) Test Automation
6 101 (14.43%) Test Scripting
7 99 (14.14%) Coaching
8 98 (14.00%) Mentoring
9 88 (12.57%) Process Improvement
9 88 (12.57%) Service Delivery
10 82 (11.71%) Computer Science
11 79 (11.29%) Service Management
12 73 (10.43%) Strategic Thinking
13 72 (10.29%) Customer Service
14 64 (9.14%) Collaborative Working
15 62 (8.86%) DevOps
16 61 (8.71%) Change Management
17 57 (8.14%) Systems Engineering
18 56 (8.00%) Project Delivery
19 54 (7.71%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 52 (7.43%) Python
2 40 (5.71%) SQL
3 30 (4.29%) MATLAB
4 29 (4.14%) PowerShell
5 28 (4.00%) C#
6 26 (3.71%) JavaScript
7 19 (2.71%) Java
8 12 (1.71%) Bash
9 11 (1.57%) TypeScript
10 7 (1.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 7 (1.00%) PHP
11 6 (0.86%) R
12 5 (0.71%) C++
12 5 (0.71%) Go
13 4 (0.57%) Ruby
14 3 (0.43%) Uniface
15 2 (0.29%) PL/SQL
16 1 (0.14%) Delphi
16 1 (0.14%) Google Apps Script
16 1 (0.14%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 306 (43.71%) Degree
2 45 (6.43%) NVQ Level 3
2 45 (6.43%) NVQ Level 4
3 34 (4.86%) BPSS Clearance
4 30 (4.29%) Azure Certification
5 29 (4.14%) CBAP
6 20 (2.86%) Chartered Engineer
6 20 (2.86%) Security Cleared
7 18 (2.57%) Computer Science Degree
8 17 (2.43%) PMI Certification
9 12 (1.71%) CISSP
9 12 (1.71%) PMP
10 11 (1.57%) SC Cleared
11 10 (1.43%) Microsoft Certification
12 8 (1.14%) CISM
12 8 (1.14%) CRISC
12 8 (1.14%) HND
13 7 (1.00%) ITIL Certification
13 7 (1.00%) MRICS
14 5 (0.71%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (4.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 26 (3.71%) QA
3 24 (3.43%) GDPR
4 21 (3.00%) Cyber Essentials
5 13 (1.86%) PCI DSS
6 12 (1.71%) Data Quality
6 12 (1.71%) SLA
7 11 (1.57%) PERC
8 8 (1.14%) PMO
9 7 (1.00%) SOC 2
10 5 (0.71%) GMP
10 5 (0.71%) Solvency II
11 4 (0.57%) NIST
11 4 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (0.43%) Accessibility
12 3 (0.43%) COBIT
12 3 (0.43%) GRC
12 3 (0.43%) ISO 9001
13 2 (0.29%) HIPAA
13 2 (0.29%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 21 (3.00%) Active Directory
2 19 (2.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (1.71%) Docker
4 10 (1.43%) Hyper-V
5 8 (1.14%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (0.57%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.57%) VMware NSX
6 4 (0.57%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 24 (3.43%) Kubernetes
2 23 (3.29%) Terraform
3 18 (2.57%) Ansible
4 7 (1.00%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (0.86%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.71%) Grafana
7 4 (0.57%) vRealize
7 4 (0.57%) vRealize Orchestrator
8 2 (0.29%) Argo
8 2 (0.29%) McAfee ePO
8 2 (0.29%) QRadar
9 1 (0.14%) Backup Exec
9 1 (0.14%) Consul
9 1 (0.14%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.14%) Puppet
Vendors
1 122 (17.43%) Microsoft
2 98 (14.00%) EMC
3 32 (4.57%) IBM
4 30 (4.29%) Google
5 26 (3.71%) SAP
6 22 (3.14%) VMware
7 16 (2.29%) Databricks
7 16 (2.29%) Oracle
8 13 (1.86%) Salesforce
9 11 (1.57%) Adobe
10 9 (1.29%) Cisco
10 9 (1.29%) OneTrust
11 8 (1.14%) Dynatrace
12 6 (0.86%) HP
13 5 (0.71%) Aruba
13 5 (0.71%) Dell
13 5 (0.71%) Meraki
13 5 (0.71%) PeopleSoft
13 5 (0.71%) Veracode
14 4 (0.57%) Citrix