Continuous Improvement Jobs in the UK excluding London

Continual Improvement
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 31 58 44
Rank change year-on-year +27 -14 +38
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 4,445 3,179 4,171
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 6.30% 5.19% 5.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.47% 5.42% 6.23%
Number of salaries quoted 2,320 1,773 2,007
10th Percentile £31,045 £30,500 £32,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £53,000 £53,300
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% -0.56% +6.60%
75th Percentile £68,750 £69,650 £68,750
90th Percentile £84,964 £85,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 59,507 58,626 66,961
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.34% 95.62% 94.03%
Number of salaries quoted 41,180 30,153 41,508
10th Percentile £27,117 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%

Continuous Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Continuous Improvement as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Continuous Improvement in the UK excluding London

Continuous Improvement
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Continuous Improvement in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Continuous Improvement in the UK excluding London

Continuous Improvement
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Continuous Improvement in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Continuous Improvement in the UK excluding London

Continuous Improvement
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Continuous Improvement within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 6 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
Scotland +40 1,041 £55,000 -8.73% 127
North of England +43 965 £52,500 - 482
Midlands +15 841 £52,500 - 295
South East 0 717 £52,500 -12.50% 366
West Midlands +15 633 £53,500 +1.90% 186
North West +48 525 £51,000 -7.07% 274
South West +13 466 £52,396 +4.79% 199
Yorkshire +38 338 £60,000 +12.15% 157
East of England +3 234 £55,000 +10.00% 183
East Midlands +6 197 £47,500 -5.00% 109
Wales +47 156 £51,997 +16.41% 68
North East +23 102 £45,000 +18.42% 63
Northern Ireland +37 28 £67,500 +50.00% 19
Channel Islands - 1 £85,000 -
Continuous Improvement
UK

Continuous Improvement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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
1 205 (4.61%) Apache Spark
2 135 (3.04%) SharePoint
3 98 (2.20%) Confluence
4 92 (2.07%) Microsoft Exchange
5 71 (1.60%) Apache
6 35 (0.79%) FileNet
7 26 (0.58%) SAS
8 21 (0.47%) IIS
9 13 (0.29%) CMS
9 13 (0.29%) Skype for Business
10 9 (0.20%) WordPress
11 7 (0.16%) nginx
12 6 (0.13%) Appian
12 6 (0.13%) OpenStack
13 5 (0.11%) ArcGIS
13 5 (0.11%) Tomcat
14 2 (0.045%) Apache Solr
14 2 (0.045%) BizTalk Server
14 2 (0.045%) Sitecore CMS
14 2 (0.045%) Umbraco
Applications
1 496 (11.16%) Microsoft Office
2 358 (8.05%) Microsoft Excel
3 129 (2.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 44 (0.99%) Microsoft Project
5 42 (0.94%) AutoCAD
6 38 (0.85%) MS Visio
7 14 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
8 9 (0.20%) Simulink
9 5 (0.11%) Solid Edge
9 5 (0.11%) SOLIDWORKS
10 4 (0.090%) Chatbot
10 4 (0.090%) Trello
11 3 (0.067%) Adobe XD
11 3 (0.067%) Siemens NX
12 2 (0.045%) Gliffy
12 2 (0.045%) Revit
12 2 (0.045%) Sketch
13 1 (0.022%) Acrobat
13 1 (0.022%) Adobe Captivate
13 1 (0.022%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 30 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 19 (0.43%) NEC Housing
3 16 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
4 14 (0.31%) iTrent
5 13 (0.29%) Infor SunSystems
6 12 (0.27%) NetSuite
7 11 (0.25%) Oracle ERP
8 10 (0.22%) Dynamics NAV
8 10 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
9 8 (0.18%) Magento
9 8 (0.18%) Sage 200
9 8 (0.18%) Shopify
10 7 (0.16%) SAP ERP
11 5 (0.11%) SAP MM
11 5 (0.11%) SAP SD
11 5 (0.11%) SAP WM
12 4 (0.090%) Primavera
12 4 (0.090%) SAP APO
12 4 (0.090%) SAP IS-U
12 4 (0.090%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 643 (14.47%) AWS
2 564 (12.69%) Azure
3 289 (6.50%) Power Platform
4 248 (5.58%) Microsoft 365
5 120 (2.70%) SaaS
6 111 (2.50%) GCP
7 92 (2.07%) Serverless
8 90 (2.02%) Azure DevOps
9 85 (1.91%) Dynamics 365
10 78 (1.75%) Cloud Computing
11 65 (1.46%) AWS Lambda
12 57 (1.28%) Amazon SQS
12 57 (1.28%) PowerApps
13 55 (1.24%) Amazon EC2
14 52 (1.17%) Amazon EKS
15 51 (1.15%) Amazon ECS
15 51 (1.15%) Amazon EMR
16 48 (1.08%) Entra ID
16 48 (1.08%) Power Automate
17 46 (1.03%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 103 (2.32%) Firewall
2 75 (1.69%) WAN
3 68 (1.53%) LAN
4 67 (1.51%) VoIP
5 61 (1.37%) DNS
6 57 (1.28%) SAN
7 49 (1.10%) Wi-Fi
8 40 (0.90%) Internet
9 39 (0.88%) VLAN
10 36 (0.81%) DHCP
10 36 (0.81%) Network Security
11 32 (0.72%) Broadband
12 30 (0.67%) VPN
13 26 (0.58%) Intranet
13 26 (0.58%) NAS
14 23 (0.52%) TCP/IP
14 23 (0.52%) Wireless
15 19 (0.43%) HTTP
16 18 (0.40%) SNMP
17 17 (0.38%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 314 (7.06%) NoSQL
2 246 (5.53%) Power BI
3 174 (3.91%) Big Data
4 157 (3.53%) SQL Server
5 151 (3.40%) Hadoop
6 99 (2.23%) Apache Hive
7 95 (2.14%) Relational Database
8 86 (1.93%) HBase
9 83 (1.87%) MySQL
10 81 (1.82%) Data Lake
11 70 (1.57%) Tableau
12 54 (1.21%) Electronic Patient Records
13 52 (1.17%) Elasticsearch
14 50 (1.12%) Apache Cassandra
15 47 (1.06%) Power Query
16 45 (1.01%) Qlik Sense
17 40 (0.90%) RDBMS
18 35 (0.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
19 34 (0.76%) Metadata
20 31 (0.70%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 239 (5.38%) Git
2 207 (4.66%) JIRA
3 153 (3.44%) Jenkins
4 96 (2.16%) JUnit
5 86 (1.93%) Bitbucket Server
6 48 (1.08%) Selenium
7 40 (0.90%) Cypress.io
8 30 (0.67%) Android Studio
9 27 (0.61%) Jasmine
10 26 (0.58%) WebDriver
11 25 (0.56%) Bitbucket
12 23 (0.52%) Visual Studio
13 21 (0.47%) Karma Test Runner
13 21 (0.47%) Protractor
14 20 (0.45%) Maven
15 18 (0.40%) GitLab
16 16 (0.36%) Subversion
17 15 (0.34%) PHPUnit
18 12 (0.27%) Cucumber
19 11 (0.25%) Moq
General
1 1,689 (38.00%) Finance
2 1,647 (37.05%) Social Skills
3 1,064 (23.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1,039 (23.37%) Law
5 895 (20.13%) Analytical Skills
6 723 (16.27%) Legal
7 339 (7.63%) Marketing
8 290 (6.52%) Manufacturing
9 288 (6.48%) Organisational Skills
10 284 (6.39%) Banking
11 278 (6.25%) Influencing Skills
12 213 (4.79%) Retail
13 168 (3.78%) Public Sector
14 145 (3.26%) Presentation Skills
15 117 (2.63%) Investment Banking
16 108 (2.43%) Military
17 92 (2.07%) Telecoms
18 64 (1.44%) Electronics
19 54 (1.21%) Local Government
20 48 (1.08%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 849 (19.10%) Software Engineer
2 594 (13.36%) Analyst
3 426 (9.58%) Lead
4 399 (8.98%) Developer
5 341 (7.67%) Senior
6 302 (6.79%) Java Engineer
7 296 (6.66%) Java Software Engineer
8 208 (4.68%) AWS Engineer
9 197 (4.43%) AWS Software Engineer
10 177 (3.98%) Project Manager
11 171 (3.85%) Graduate
12 155 (3.49%) Data Engineer
13 150 (3.37%) IT Manager
14 143 (3.22%) IT Engineer
15 138 (3.10%) Full Stack Engineer
16 134 (3.01%) Product Analyst
17 133 (2.99%) Big Data Engineer
17 133 (2.99%) Big Data Software Engineer
18 132 (2.97%) Architect
18 132 (2.97%) Full Stack Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 277 (6.23%) React
2 275 (6.19%) Spring
3 240 (5.40%) AngularJS
4 225 (5.06%) HTML
5 199 (4.48%) CSS
6 161 (3.62%) .NET
7 157 (3.53%) Node.js
8 146 (3.28%) Twitter Bootstrap
9 130 (2.92%) JSON
10 120 (2.70%) J2EE
11 115 (2.59%) Kafka
12 114 (2.56%) JMS
13 111 (2.50%) RESTful
14 107 (2.41%) Web Services
15 100 (2.25%) Spring Boot
16 97 (2.18%) jQuery
17 91 (2.05%) XML
18 89 (2.00%) Hibernate
19 69 (1.55%) REST
20 61 (1.37%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 775 (17.44%) Algorithms
2 328 (7.38%) Onboarding
3 324 (7.29%) Management Information System
4 198 (4.45%) Cloud Native
5 182 (4.09%) Self-Motivation
6 164 (3.69%) Product Ownership
7 85 (1.91%) FMCG
8 76 (1.71%) Data Structures
9 75 (1.69%) Data Centre
9 75 (1.69%) Driving Licence
10 54 (1.21%) Analytical Mindset
11 49 (1.10%) Mobile App
12 46 (1.03%) Legacy Code
13 43 (0.97%) Enterprise Software
14 40 (0.90%) Virtual Team
15 39 (0.88%) Legacy Systems
16 37 (0.83%) NHS
17 34 (0.76%) Public Cloud
18 30 (0.67%) CMDB
18 30 (0.67%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 302 (6.79%) Windows
2 159 (3.58%) Linux
3 124 (2.79%) Windows Server
4 113 (2.54%) Unix
5 79 (1.78%) Android
6 69 (1.55%) Windows 10
7 48 (1.08%) Apple iOS
8 27 (0.61%) Windows Server 2012
9 18 (0.40%) Windows 7
10 13 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 13 (0.29%) VMS
10 13 (0.29%) Windows 8
10 13 (0.29%) Windows Server 2016
11 12 (0.27%) AIX
11 12 (0.27%) Windows Server 2019
12 8 (0.18%) Mac OS
13 7 (0.16%) Ubuntu
14 6 (0.13%) Debian
14 6 (0.13%) Windows Server 2008
15 3 (0.067%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,739 (39.12%) Agile
2 1,221 (27.47%) Problem-Solving
3 1,012 (22.77%) Software Engineering
4 946 (21.28%) CI/CD
5 905 (20.36%) Visualisation
6 904 (20.34%) SDLC
7 749 (16.85%) Artificial Intelligence
8 702 (15.79%) Community of Practice
9 701 (15.77%) Operational Stability
10 698 (15.70%) Machine Learning
11 664 (14.94%) Risk Management
12 641 (14.42%) Project Management
13 544 (12.24%) Customer Service
14 387 (8.71%) Mentoring
15 386 (8.68%) Coaching
16 366 (8.23%) DevOps
17 363 (8.17%) Project Delivery
18 358 (8.05%) Stakeholder Management
19 348 (7.83%) Decision-Making
20 347 (7.81%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 770 (17.32%) SQL
2 687 (15.46%) Java
3 499 (11.23%) Python
4 315 (7.09%) JavaScript
5 196 (4.41%) C#
6 137 (3.08%) TypeScript
7 131 (2.95%) PL/SQL
8 103 (2.32%) PowerShell
9 75 (1.69%) T-SQL
10 53 (1.19%) Kotlin
10 53 (1.19%) Scala
11 52 (1.17%) PHP
12 49 (1.10%) C
13 33 (0.74%) C++
14 31 (0.70%) VB
15 20 (0.45%) Bash
16 18 (0.40%) R
17 16 (0.36%) Bicep
18 14 (0.31%) Go
18 14 (0.31%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1,061 (23.87%) Degree
2 158 (3.55%) Security Cleared
3 115 (2.59%) Computer Science Degree
4 76 (1.71%) Master's Degree
5 74 (1.66%) PMI Certification
6 72 (1.62%) SC Cleared
7 70 (1.57%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
8 50 (1.12%) Cisco Certification
9 49 (1.10%) HNC
9 49 (1.10%) HND
10 48 (1.08%) PMP
11 47 (1.06%) Azure Certification
12 44 (0.99%) ITIL Certification
13 40 (0.90%) DBS Check
14 37 (0.83%) Microsoft Certification
15 31 (0.70%) DV Cleared
16 30 (0.67%) CISSP
17 29 (0.65%) BPSS Clearance
18 24 (0.54%) CCNA
19 22 (0.49%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 315 (7.09%) QA
2 150 (3.37%) SLA
3 127 (2.86%) GDPR
4 120 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 100 (2.25%) PMO
6 73 (1.64%) Accessibility
7 66 (1.48%) ISO 9001
8 49 (1.10%) Data Quality
9 41 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials
10 38 (0.85%) NIST
11 31 (0.70%) ISO 14001
12 21 (0.47%) NEBOSH
13 19 (0.43%) Actionable Recommendations
14 17 (0.38%) NCSC
15 16 (0.36%) GRC
16 14 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 13 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 20000
18 12 (0.27%) ISO 22301
19 11 (0.25%) IFRS
19 11 (0.25%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 204 (4.59%) Active Directory
2 110 (2.47%) Docker
3 106 (2.38%) VMware Infrastructure
4 86 (1.93%) HDFS
5 49 (1.10%) Hyper-V
6 22 (0.49%) Firmware
6 22 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
7 21 (0.47%) vSphere
8 18 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
9 11 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
10 5 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
10 5 (0.11%) XenApp
11 4 (0.090%) pfSense
12 3 (0.067%) Embedded Firmware
13 2 (0.045%) Apache ZooKeeper
13 2 (0.045%) Microsoft App-V
13 2 (0.045%) VMware Workstation
14 1 (0.022%) Snort
14 1 (0.022%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 181 (4.07%) Kubernetes
2 173 (3.89%) Terraform
3 53 (1.19%) Grafana
4 43 (0.97%) Microsoft Intune
5 33 (0.74%) SCCM
6 20 (0.45%) Prometheus
7 16 (0.36%) Functional Safety
8 14 (0.31%) Ansible
9 13 (0.29%) vCenter Server
9 13 (0.29%) ZABBIX
10 12 (0.27%) Backup Exec
10 12 (0.27%) NetBackup
11 11 (0.25%) Nagios
12 8 (0.18%) Jamf Pro
12 8 (0.18%) Progress Chef
13 7 (0.16%) FortiGate
13 7 (0.16%) SCOM
14 5 (0.11%) Cisco Prime
14 5 (0.11%) EMC VPLEX
14 5 (0.11%) Opsview
Vendors
1 779 (17.53%) Microsoft
2 229 (5.15%) Oracle
3 224 (5.04%) Databricks
4 155 (3.49%) SAP
5 137 (3.08%) VMware
6 117 (2.63%) Google
7 109 (2.45%) Cisco
8 91 (2.05%) Salesforce
9 86 (1.93%) Informatica
10 71 (1.60%) ServiceNow
11 56 (1.26%) Cloudera
12 55 (1.24%) Dynatrace
13 54 (1.21%) Citrix
14 49 (1.10%) Splunk
15 45 (1.01%) Alteryx
16 31 (0.70%) Veeam
17 23 (0.52%) Dell
17 23 (0.52%) HP
17 23 (0.52%) Meraki
18 21 (0.47%) IBM