Continuous Improvement Jobs in the Thames Valley

Continual Improvement
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 44 68 49
Rank change year-on-year +24 -19 +44
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 316 272 394
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 4.70% 4.55% 5.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.54% 4.81% 6.12%
Number of salaries quoted 153 130 182
10th Percentile £32,500 £30,500 £32,825
25th Percentile £39,380 £41,613 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% -15.38% +18.18%
75th Percentile £68,750 £69,438 £78,438
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,625 £85,000
South East median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,701 5,658 6,443
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 84.81% 94.69% 92.77%
Number of salaries quoted 3,924 3,080 3,875
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £41,939
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £71,290
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £82,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Continuous Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Continuous Improvement in the Thames Valley

Continuous Improvement
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Continuous Improvement in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Continuous Improvement in the Thames Valley

Continuous Improvement
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Continuous Improvement in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Continuous Improvement in the Thames Valley

Continuous Improvement
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Continuous Improvement within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 10 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
Berkshire +23 160 £42,920 -28.47% 61
Oxfordshire +21 85 £46,250 -12.32% 52
Buckinghamshire +8 71 £51,000 -3.77% 41
Continuous Improvement
South East

Continuous Improvement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 22 (6.96%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.22%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.27%) CMS
4 2 (0.63%) SAS
Applications
1 42 (13.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (8.54%) Microsoft Office
3 19 (6.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (3.48%) MS Visio
5 8 (2.53%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.95%) Siemens NX
6 3 (0.95%) Simulink
7 2 (0.63%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (0.95%) Oracle ERP
1 3 (0.95%) Teamcenter
2 2 (0.63%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 44 (13.92%) Power Platform
2 24 (7.59%) Azure
2 24 (7.59%) Microsoft 365
3 21 (6.65%) AWS
4 20 (6.33%) PowerApps
5 12 (3.80%) OneDrive
6 11 (3.48%) Power Automate
6 11 (3.48%) ShareGate
7 10 (3.16%) SaaS
8 9 (2.85%) Cloud Computing
8 9 (2.85%) Serverless
9 8 (2.53%) AWS Lambda
9 8 (2.53%) GCP
10 7 (2.22%) GitHub
11 5 (1.58%) Amazon SQS
11 5 (1.58%) AWS Step Functions
11 5 (1.58%) Datadog
11 5 (1.58%) SuccessFactors
11 5 (1.58%) WhatsApp
12 4 (1.27%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 16 (5.06%) Firewall
1 16 (5.06%) Intranet
2 14 (4.43%) Internet
2 14 (4.43%) SNMP
3 7 (2.22%) Broadband
4 6 (1.90%) OSPF
5 5 (1.58%) 5G
5 5 (1.58%) MPLS
5 5 (1.58%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (1.27%) DNS
7 3 (0.95%) Network Security
7 3 (0.95%) SSL
8 2 (0.63%) BGP
8 2 (0.63%) DHCP
8 2 (0.63%) IPsec
8 2 (0.63%) VPN
9 1 (0.32%) Intrusion Detection
9 1 (0.32%) SAN
9 1 (0.32%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.32%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (11.39%) Power BI
2 5 (1.58%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (1.58%) DynamoDB
3 3 (0.95%) Amazon Athena
3 3 (0.95%) Big Data
3 3 (0.95%) Data Mining
4 2 (0.63%) Data Lake
4 2 (0.63%) DTS
5 1 (0.32%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.32%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
5 1 (0.32%) GIS
5 1 (0.32%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 9 (2.85%) JIRA
2 5 (1.58%) Git
3 1 (0.32%) Bugzilla
3 1 (0.32%) Selenium
3 1 (0.32%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.32%) Visual Studio Code
3 1 (0.32%) Zephyr
General
1 149 (47.15%) Social Skills
2 109 (34.49%) Analytical Skills
3 63 (19.94%) Finance
4 41 (12.97%) Legal
5 35 (11.08%) Retail
6 34 (10.76%) Pharmaceutical
7 30 (9.49%) Telecoms
8 29 (9.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 28 (8.86%) Marketing
10 25 (7.91%) Public Sector
11 21 (6.65%) Organisational Skills
12 19 (6.01%) Presentation Skills
13 18 (5.70%) Manufacturing
14 14 (4.43%) Brand Awareness
15 13 (4.11%) Influencing Skills
16 11 (3.48%) Billing
17 8 (2.53%) Publishing
18 6 (1.90%) Banking
19 5 (1.58%) Military
20 4 (1.27%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 50 (15.82%) Analyst
1 50 (15.82%) Lead
2 22 (6.96%) Architect
2 22 (6.96%) Project Manager
3 21 (6.65%) Solutions Architect
4 20 (6.33%) Business Analyst
5 19 (6.01%) Senior
5 19 (6.01%) Team Leader
6 14 (4.43%) Customer Experience Manager
7 13 (4.11%) Quality Manager
8 12 (3.80%) Associate Director
9 10 (3.16%) Operations Analyst
9 10 (3.16%) Operations Business Analyst
9 10 (3.16%) Principal Architect
9 10 (3.16%) Principal Solutions Architect
9 10 (3.16%) Senior Manager
9 10 (3.16%) Software Engineer
10 9 (2.85%) Network Manager
10 9 (2.85%) PMO Analyst
10 9 (2.85%) Project Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.58%) NETCONF
1 5 (1.58%) React
1 5 (1.58%) RESTful
2 4 (1.27%) .NET
2 4 (1.27%) 802.1X
2 4 (1.27%) CSS
2 4 (1.27%) HTML
2 4 (1.27%) Spring
3 3 (0.95%) AngularJS
3 3 (0.95%) Oracle Fusion
3 3 (0.95%) Web Services
4 2 (0.63%) EDI
4 2 (0.63%) Software Packaging
4 2 (0.63%) Twitter Bootstrap
5 1 (0.32%) ADO
5 1 (0.32%) ASP.NET
5 1 (0.32%) jQuery
5 1 (0.32%) Laravel
5 1 (0.32%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 45 (14.24%) Management Information System
2 26 (8.23%) Product Ownership
3 21 (6.65%) Self-Motivation
4 17 (5.38%) Analytical Mindset
4 17 (5.38%) Biopharmaceutical
5 16 (5.06%) Virtual Team
6 15 (4.75%) Onboarding
7 11 (3.48%) PMI
8 10 (3.16%) Enterprise Software
9 9 (2.85%) Data Protection Act
9 9 (2.85%) Fibre Optics
10 8 (2.53%) Legacy Systems
11 7 (2.22%) Cyber Threat
11 7 (2.22%) Data Centre
11 7 (2.22%) Driving Licence
12 6 (1.90%) Cyber Defence
12 6 (1.90%) Mobile App
13 5 (1.58%) Hackathon
14 3 (0.95%) Embedded Systems
14 3 (0.95%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.58%) Windows
2 4 (1.27%) Linux
3 3 (0.95%) FreeRTOS
4 2 (0.63%) Android
4 2 (0.63%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.63%) VMS
4 2 (0.63%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.63%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (31.65%) Problem-Solving
2 90 (28.48%) Project Management
3 84 (26.58%) Agile
4 59 (18.67%) Mentoring
5 58 (18.35%) Coaching
6 56 (17.72%) Decision-Making
7 52 (16.46%) Roadmaps
8 48 (15.19%) Customer Experience
9 47 (14.87%) Project Delivery
10 39 (12.34%) Stakeholder Management
11 35 (11.08%) Service Management
12 31 (9.81%) Change Management
12 31 (9.81%) Collaborative Working
12 31 (9.81%) DevOps
12 31 (9.81%) ITIL
12 31 (9.81%) Process Improvement
13 29 (9.18%) Enterprise Architecture
14 28 (8.86%) Customer-Centricity
15 27 (8.54%) SDLC
16 25 (7.91%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 22 (6.96%) C
2 15 (4.75%) Python
3 10 (3.16%) SQL
4 6 (1.90%) JavaScript
4 6 (1.90%) MATLAB
5 5 (1.58%) Java
5 5 (1.58%) PowerShell
5 5 (1.58%) TypeScript
6 4 (1.27%) C++
7 2 (0.63%) Bash
7 2 (0.63%) Bicep
7 2 (0.63%) C#
8 1 (0.32%) PHP
Qualifications
1 97 (30.70%) Degree
2 27 (8.54%) Security Cleared
3 23 (7.28%) Master's Degree
4 18 (5.70%) PMI Certification
5 11 (3.48%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (3.48%) ITIL Certification
6 10 (3.16%) SC Cleared
7 7 (2.22%) Azure Certification
7 7 (2.22%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (2.22%) PMP
8 4 (1.27%) DV Cleared
8 4 (1.27%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 3 (0.95%) AWS Certification
9 3 (0.95%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 3 (0.95%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.63%) GCFA
10 2 (0.63%) GCFE
10 2 (0.63%) MBA
10 2 (0.63%) OSCP
10 2 (0.63%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (8.54%) QA
2 21 (6.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (5.38%) PMO
4 13 (4.11%) SLA
5 11 (3.48%) GDPR
5 11 (3.48%) ISO 9001
5 11 (3.48%) NIST
6 8 (2.53%) GRC
6 8 (2.53%) ISO 14001
7 7 (2.22%) ISO 22301
7 7 (2.22%) NEBOSH
8 6 (1.90%) Data Quality
8 6 (1.90%) GxP
8 6 (1.90%) NCSC
8 6 (1.90%) NIST 800
8 6 (1.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 5 (1.58%) Accessibility
9 5 (1.58%) HIPAA
10 3 (0.95%) IEC 62304
10 3 (0.95%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 13 (4.11%) Active Directory
2 11 (3.48%) Hyper-V
2 11 (3.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (2.53%) Docker
4 4 (1.27%) Firmware
5 2 (0.63%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.32%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 4 (1.27%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.95%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.63%) Grafana
3 2 (0.63%) Nessus
3 2 (0.63%) SolarWinds Orion
3 2 (0.63%) WSUS
Vendors
1 54 (17.09%) Microsoft
2 17 (5.38%) SAP
3 14 (4.43%) Salesforce
4 11 (3.48%) Nintex
4 11 (3.48%) VMware
5 10 (3.16%) MuleSoft
6 9 (2.85%) Cisco
7 8 (2.53%) ServiceNow
8 6 (1.90%) Juniper
9 5 (1.58%) Oracle
9 5 (1.58%) Sage
9 5 (1.58%) Virgin Media
10 4 (1.27%) Aruba
10 4 (1.27%) BT
10 4 (1.27%) Extreme Networks
10 4 (1.27%) HP
11 3 (0.95%) Cadence
11 3 (0.95%) Google
11 3 (0.95%) Reuters
11 3 (0.95%) Siemens