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 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 48 63 50
Rank change year-on-year +15 -13 +41
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 312 278 378
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 4.65% 4.53% 5.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.46% 4.79% 5.87%
Number of salaries quoted 152 131 176
10th Percentile £32,500 £30,500 £32,375
25th Percentile £39,208 £40,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,250 £55,000 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year -15.91% -13.73% +15.91%
75th Percentile £69,063 £69,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £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 5,716 5,807 6,439
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 85.12% 94.68% 92.90%
Number of salaries quoted 3,994 3,148 3,909
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,338 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,000 £38,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £71,250
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 3 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 3 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 +16 156 £42,920 -28.47% 58
Oxfordshire +20 83 £46,250 -11.90% 41
Buckinghamshire +12 73 £51,250 -3.30% 34
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 (7.05%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.24%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.28%) CMS
4 2 (0.64%) SAS
Applications
1 41 (13.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
3 19 (6.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (3.53%) MS Visio
5 8 (2.56%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.96%) Siemens NX
6 3 (0.96%) Simulink
7 2 (0.64%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (0.96%) Oracle ERP
1 3 (0.96%) Teamcenter
2 2 (0.64%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 42 (13.46%) Power Platform
2 24 (7.69%) Azure
2 24 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
3 21 (6.73%) AWS
4 20 (6.41%) PowerApps
5 12 (3.85%) OneDrive
6 11 (3.53%) Power Automate
6 11 (3.53%) ShareGate
7 10 (3.21%) SaaS
8 9 (2.88%) Cloud Computing
8 9 (2.88%) Serverless
9 8 (2.56%) AWS Lambda
9 8 (2.56%) GCP
10 7 (2.24%) GitHub
11 5 (1.60%) Amazon SQS
11 5 (1.60%) AWS Step Functions
11 5 (1.60%) Datadog
11 5 (1.60%) SuccessFactors
11 5 (1.60%) WhatsApp
12 4 (1.28%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 16 (5.13%) Firewall
1 16 (5.13%) Intranet
2 15 (4.81%) Internet
3 14 (4.49%) SNMP
4 7 (2.24%) Broadband
5 6 (1.92%) 5G
5 6 (1.92%) OSPF
6 5 (1.60%) MPLS
6 5 (1.60%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (1.28%) DNS
8 3 (0.96%) Network Security
8 3 (0.96%) SSL
9 2 (0.64%) BGP
9 2 (0.64%) DHCP
9 2 (0.64%) IPsec
9 2 (0.64%) VPN
10 1 (0.32%) Intrusion Detection
10 1 (0.32%) SAN
10 1 (0.32%) TCP/IP
10 1 (0.32%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (10.90%) Power BI
2 5 (1.60%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (1.60%) DynamoDB
3 4 (1.28%) Big Data
4 3 (0.96%) Amazon Athena
4 3 (0.96%) Data Mining
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 (2.88%) JIRA
2 5 (1.60%) 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
1 150 (48.08%) Social Skills
2 106 (33.97%) Analytical Skills
3 64 (20.51%) Finance
4 39 (12.50%) Legal
5 35 (11.22%) Retail
6 33 (10.58%) Pharmaceutical
7 31 (9.94%) Telecoms
8 29 (9.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 26 (8.33%) Marketing
10 25 (8.01%) Public Sector
11 19 (6.09%) Organisational Skills
11 19 (6.09%) Presentation Skills
12 18 (5.77%) Manufacturing
13 14 (4.49%) Brand Awareness
14 13 (4.17%) Influencing Skills
15 11 (3.53%) Billing
16 8 (2.56%) Publishing
17 6 (1.92%) Banking
18 4 (1.28%) Automotive
18 4 (1.28%) Military
Job Titles
1 49 (15.71%) Lead
2 47 (15.06%) Analyst
3 22 (7.05%) Architect
4 21 (6.73%) Project Manager
4 21 (6.73%) Solutions Architect
5 19 (6.09%) Business Analyst
5 19 (6.09%) Senior
5 19 (6.09%) Team Leader
6 14 (4.49%) Customer Experience Manager
7 13 (4.17%) Quality Manager
8 12 (3.85%) Associate Director
9 10 (3.21%) Principal Architect
9 10 (3.21%) Principal Solutions Architect
9 10 (3.21%) Senior Manager
9 10 (3.21%) Software Engineer
10 9 (2.88%) Developer
10 9 (2.88%) Network Manager
10 9 (2.88%) Operations Analyst
10 9 (2.88%) Operations Business Analyst
10 9 (2.88%) Project Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.60%) NETCONF
1 5 (1.60%) React
1 5 (1.60%) RESTful
2 4 (1.28%) .NET
2 4 (1.28%) 802.1X
2 4 (1.28%) CSS
2 4 (1.28%) HTML
2 4 (1.28%) Spring
3 3 (0.96%) AngularJS
3 3 (0.96%) Oracle Fusion
3 3 (0.96%) Web Services
4 2 (0.64%) EDI
4 2 (0.64%) Software Packaging
4 2 (0.64%) 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 (14.42%) Management Information System
2 26 (8.33%) Product Ownership
3 21 (6.73%) Self-Motivation
4 17 (5.45%) Analytical Mindset
5 16 (5.13%) Biopharmaceutical
6 14 (4.49%) Onboarding
7 13 (4.17%) Virtual Team
8 11 (3.53%) PMI
9 10 (3.21%) Enterprise Software
10 9 (2.88%) Data Protection Act
10 9 (2.88%) Fibre Optics
11 8 (2.56%) Legacy Systems
12 7 (2.24%) Cyber Threat
12 7 (2.24%) Data Centre
12 7 (2.24%) Driving Licence
13 6 (1.92%) Cyber Defence
13 6 (1.92%) Mobile App
14 5 (1.60%) Hackathon
15 3 (0.96%) Cloud Native
15 3 (0.96%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.60%) Windows
2 4 (1.28%) Linux
3 3 (0.96%) FreeRTOS
4 2 (0.64%) Android
4 2 (0.64%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.64%) VMS
4 2 (0.64%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.64%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (31.41%) Problem-Solving
2 86 (27.56%) Project Management
3 83 (26.60%) Agile
4 59 (18.91%) Mentoring
5 58 (18.59%) Coaching
6 55 (17.63%) Decision-Making
7 52 (16.67%) Roadmaps
8 47 (15.06%) Customer Experience
9 46 (14.74%) Project Delivery
10 39 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
11 36 (11.54%) Service Management
12 31 (9.94%) Change Management
12 31 (9.94%) DevOps
13 30 (9.62%) Collaborative Working
13 30 (9.62%) Process Improvement
14 29 (9.29%) Enterprise Architecture
14 29 (9.29%) ITIL
15 28 (8.97%) Customer-Centricity
16 27 (8.65%) SDLC
17 24 (7.69%) QMS
Programming Languages
1 22 (7.05%) C
2 15 (4.81%) Python
3 8 (2.56%) SQL
4 6 (1.92%) JavaScript
4 6 (1.92%) MATLAB
5 5 (1.60%) Java
5 5 (1.60%) PowerShell
5 5 (1.60%) TypeScript
6 4 (1.28%) C++
7 2 (0.64%) Bash
7 2 (0.64%) Bicep
7 2 (0.64%) C#
8 1 (0.32%) PHP
Qualifications
1 94 (30.13%) Degree
2 26 (8.33%) Security Cleared
3 23 (7.37%) Master's Degree
4 17 (5.45%) PMI Certification
5 11 (3.53%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (3.53%) ITIL Certification
6 9 (2.88%) SC Cleared
7 7 (2.24%) Azure Certification
7 7 (2.24%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (1.92%) PMP
9 4 (1.28%) DV Cleared
9 4 (1.28%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 3 (0.96%) AWS Certification
10 3 (0.96%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 3 (0.96%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.64%) GCFA
11 2 (0.64%) GCFE
11 2 (0.64%) MBA
11 2 (0.64%) OSCP
11 2 (0.64%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (7.69%) QA
2 21 (6.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (5.45%) PMO
4 13 (4.17%) SLA
5 11 (3.53%) ISO 9001
5 11 (3.53%) NIST
6 9 (2.88%) GDPR
7 8 (2.56%) ISO 14001
8 7 (2.24%) ISO 22301
8 7 (2.24%) NEBOSH
9 6 (1.92%) GRC
9 6 (1.92%) NCSC
9 6 (1.92%) NIST 800
10 5 (1.60%) Accessibility
10 5 (1.60%) GxP
10 5 (1.60%) HIPAA
10 5 (1.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 4 (1.28%) Data Quality
12 3 (0.96%) IEC 62304
12 3 (0.96%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 13 (4.17%) Active Directory
2 11 (3.53%) Hyper-V
2 11 (3.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (2.56%) Docker
4 4 (1.28%) Firmware
5 2 (0.64%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.32%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 4 (1.28%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.96%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.64%) Grafana
3 2 (0.64%) Nessus
3 2 (0.64%) SolarWinds Orion
3 2 (0.64%) WSUS
Vendors
1 54 (17.31%) Microsoft
2 16 (5.13%) SAP
3 14 (4.49%) Salesforce
4 11 (3.53%) Nintex
4 11 (3.53%) VMware
5 10 (3.21%) MuleSoft
6 9 (2.88%) Cisco
7 6 (1.92%) Juniper
7 6 (1.92%) ServiceNow
8 5 (1.60%) Oracle
8 5 (1.60%) Sage
8 5 (1.60%) Virgin Media
9 4 (1.28%) Aruba
9 4 (1.28%) BT
9 4 (1.28%) Extreme Networks
9 4 (1.28%) HP
10 3 (0.96%) Cadence
10 3 (0.96%) Google
10 3 (0.96%) Samsung
10 3 (0.96%) Siemens