Continuous Improvement Jobs in the West Midlands

Continual Improvement
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 31 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 14 30 32
Rank change year-on-year +16 +2 +27
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 508 244 664
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 9.29% 6.96% 8.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.27% 7.47% 8.33%
Number of salaries quoted 137 205 265
10th Percentile £32,000 £29,250 £36,687
25th Percentile £45,000 £44,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% - -
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% +0.13%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,507 3,267 7,972
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 82.46% 93.13% 97.01%
Number of salaries quoted 2,076 2,575 4,722
10th Percentile £31,250 £26,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -
75th Percentile £70,000 £64,250 £66,250
90th Percentile £81,250 £77,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - +3.45%

Continuous Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Continuous Improvement in the West Midlands

Continuous Improvement
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Continuous Improvement in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Continuous Improvement in the West Midlands

Continuous Improvement
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Continuous Improvement in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Salary histogram for Continuous Improvement in the West Midlands

Continuous Improvement
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Continuous Improvement within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 31 October 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
Warwickshire +11 199 £50,500 +1.00% 18
Birmingham +4 129 £59,750 +8.64% 45
Staffordshire +21 61 £45,000 +20.00% 20
Coventry +21 36 £45,000 -40.00% 6
Solihull +15 21 £65,000 +18.18% 2
Wolverhampton +3 15 £60,000 -25.93% 1
Worcestershire -5 15 £43,457 -8.51% 5
Sutton Coldfield - 14 - -
Herefordshire 0 6 £70,000 +43.59% 5
Shropshire -1 4 £40,000 -18.37% 14
Walsall -6 2 £38,750 -39.22% 2
Continuous Improvement
England

Continuous Improvement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 (1.57%) Microsoft Exchange
1 8 (1.57%) Skype for Business
2 5 (0.98%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.39%) Confluence
3 2 (0.39%) IIS
4 1 (0.20%) Appian
4 1 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.20%) SAS
Applications
1 239 (47.05%) Microsoft Office
2 223 (43.90%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.98%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.79%) Trello
5 1 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.20%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (1.57%) Oracle Payables
1 8 (1.57%) Oracle Receivables
2 6 (1.18%) Oracle Assets
2 6 (1.18%) Oracle Cash Management
2 6 (1.18%) Oracle General Ledger
3 2 (0.39%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.20%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.20%) SAP Business ByDesign
4 1 (0.20%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.20%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.20%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.20%) SAP IS-U
4 1 (0.20%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.20%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 67 (13.19%) Azure
2 29 (5.71%) Power Platform
3 25 (4.92%) AWS
4 22 (4.33%) GCP
5 19 (3.74%) Azure DevOps
5 19 (3.74%) PowerApps
6 17 (3.35%) Power Automate
7 12 (2.36%) Microsoft 365
7 12 (2.36%) SaaS
8 9 (1.77%) Cloud Computing
9 8 (1.57%) Entra ID
10 5 (0.98%) Azure Stack
11 4 (0.79%) OneDrive
12 3 (0.59%) Azure Data Factory
12 3 (0.59%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 3 (0.59%) Boomi
12 3 (0.59%) PaaS
12 3 (0.59%) Serverless
13 2 (0.39%) dbt
13 2 (0.39%) Fivetran
Communications & Networking
1 27 (5.31%) Broadband
2 8 (1.57%) Skype
3 6 (1.18%) Firewall
4 5 (0.98%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (0.98%) Wireless
5 4 (0.79%) Network Security
6 3 (0.59%) 5G
6 3 (0.59%) Bluetooth
6 3 (0.59%) DHCP
6 3 (0.59%) DNS
6 3 (0.59%) DSL
6 3 (0.59%) GSM
6 3 (0.59%) LAN
6 3 (0.59%) LTE
6 3 (0.59%) UMTS
6 3 (0.59%) VLAN
6 3 (0.59%) WAN
7 2 (0.39%) SAN
7 2 (0.39%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.20%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (5.71%) SQL Server
2 26 (5.12%) Data Hub
2 26 (5.12%) Power BI
3 8 (1.57%) MySQL
4 6 (1.18%) NoSQL
5 5 (0.98%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (0.98%) Tableau
6 4 (0.79%) Big Data
6 4 (0.79%) BusinessObjects
6 4 (0.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 4 (0.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (0.59%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 3 (0.59%) Oracle Database
7 3 (0.59%) Spark SQL
8 2 (0.39%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (0.39%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.39%) Oracle ODI
8 2 (0.39%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.20%) Amazon QuickSight
9 1 (0.20%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 10 (1.97%) Git
2 5 (0.98%) JIRA
3 3 (0.59%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.39%) Burp Suite
4 2 (0.39%) Metasploit
4 2 (0.39%) sqlmap
5 1 (0.20%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.20%) GitLab
5 1 (0.20%) LabVIEW
5 1 (0.20%) LSMW
5 1 (0.20%) Oracle Forms
General
1 187 (36.81%) Military
2 152 (29.92%) Social Skills
3 56 (11.02%) Finance
4 51 (10.04%) Analytical Skills
5 28 (5.51%) Influencing Skills
6 27 (5.31%) Law
7 21 (4.13%) Organisational Skills
8 18 (3.54%) Legal
9 13 (2.56%) Retail
10 11 (2.17%) Manufacturing
11 10 (1.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 9 (1.77%) Public Sector
13 8 (1.57%) Automotive
14 6 (1.18%) Banking
14 6 (1.18%) Marketing
14 6 (1.18%) Pharmaceutical
15 5 (0.98%) Presentation Skills
16 4 (0.79%) Billing
16 4 (0.79%) Telecoms
17 3 (0.59%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 225 (44.29%) Graduate
2 48 (9.45%) Analyst
3 47 (9.25%) Senior
4 33 (6.50%) Developer
5 28 (5.51%) Senior Analyst
6 22 (4.33%) Lead
7 20 (3.94%) IT Analyst
8 18 (3.54%) Audit Analyst
8 18 (3.54%) IT Support
9 15 (2.95%) Head of IT
9 15 (2.95%) Project Manager
10 12 (2.36%) IT Support Specialist
10 12 (2.36%) Power Platform Developer
10 12 (2.36%) Service Manager
10 12 (2.36%) Support Specialist
11 11 (2.17%) Data Manager
11 11 (2.17%) Head of IT Operations
11 11 (2.17%) Head of Operations
12 10 (1.97%) Data Analyst
12 10 (1.97%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (6.10%) .NET
2 11 (2.17%) .NET Framework
2 11 (2.17%) Entity Framework
3 8 (1.57%) Oracle Fusion
4 7 (1.38%) CSS
4 7 (1.38%) HTML
5 3 (0.59%) ASP.NET
5 3 (0.59%) Web Services
5 3 (0.59%) XML
5 3 (0.59%) XSLT
6 2 (0.39%) Ajax
6 2 (0.39%) jQuery
6 2 (0.39%) REST
6 2 (0.39%) Twitter Bootstrap
7 1 (0.20%) AngularJS
7 1 (0.20%) ASP.NET Web Forms
7 1 (0.20%) Kendo UI
7 1 (0.20%) RabbitMQ
7 1 (0.20%) React
7 1 (0.20%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 195 (38.39%) Onboarding
2 19 (3.74%) Product Ownership
3 13 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
4 12 (2.36%) Management Information System
5 11 (2.17%) SCADA
6 10 (1.97%) FMCG
7 8 (1.57%) Video Conferencing
8 7 (1.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 4 (0.79%) PMI
9 4 (0.79%) Robotics
9 4 (0.79%) Virtual Team
10 3 (0.59%) Algorithms
10 3 (0.59%) EPoS
10 3 (0.59%) Satnav
10 3 (0.59%) Security Posture
10 3 (0.59%) Smart Energy
11 2 (0.39%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (0.39%) Operational Technology
12 1 (0.20%) Distributed Architecture
12 1 (0.20%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 19 (3.74%) Windows
2 15 (2.95%) Windows 10
3 9 (1.77%) Mac OS
4 8 (1.57%) Android
4 8 (1.57%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.79%) Linux
6 1 (0.20%) FreeRTOS
6 1 (0.20%) Unix
6 1 (0.20%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 261 (51.38%) Customer Experience
2 247 (48.62%) Customer Service
3 244 (48.03%) Process Improvement
4 242 (47.64%) Data Analysis
5 225 (44.29%) Logistics
6 219 (43.11%) Contingency Planning
6 219 (43.11%) Creative Thinking
6 219 (43.11%) Performance Metrics
7 101 (19.88%) Problem-Solving
8 60 (11.81%) Analytics
9 53 (10.43%) Data Management
10 52 (10.24%) Project Management
11 51 (10.04%) Agile
12 45 (8.86%) Data Governance
13 40 (7.87%) Stakeholder Management
14 37 (7.28%) Roadmaps
15 35 (6.89%) DevOps
16 32 (6.30%) Data Transformation
17 29 (5.71%) Business Intelligence
17 29 (5.71%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 36 (7.09%) C#
2 34 (6.69%) SQL
3 14 (2.76%) Python
4 9 (1.77%) JavaScript
4 9 (1.77%) T-SQL
5 7 (1.38%) Java
5 7 (1.38%) VBA
6 4 (0.79%) C++
7 3 (0.59%) Bash
7 3 (0.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 3 (0.59%) PowerShell
7 3 (0.59%) Shell Script
7 3 (0.59%) VB
8 1 (0.20%) C
8 1 (0.20%) Embedded C
8 1 (0.20%) Embedded C++
8 1 (0.20%) MATLAB
8 1 (0.20%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 257 (50.59%) Degree
2 30 (5.91%) Security Cleared
3 29 (5.71%) CISA
4 25 (4.92%) SC Cleared
5 8 (1.57%) CISSP
5 8 (1.57%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (1.57%) PMI Certification
5 8 (1.57%) PMP
6 7 (1.38%) Azure Certification
6 7 (1.38%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (1.18%) DV Cleared
8 5 (0.98%) CISM
9 3 (0.59%) CEH
9 3 (0.59%) GIAC
9 3 (0.59%) MCP
10 2 (0.39%) CCNA
10 2 (0.39%) CCNP
10 2 (0.39%) HNC
10 2 (0.39%) HND
10 2 (0.39%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (5.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 21 (4.13%) QA
3 18 (3.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (2.36%) SLA
5 10 (1.97%) Data Quality
6 8 (1.57%) NEBOSH
7 6 (1.18%) GDPR
8 5 (0.98%) NIST
9 4 (0.79%) COBIT
10 3 (0.59%) GRC
10 3 (0.59%) ISO 14001
10 3 (0.59%) ISO 9001
10 3 (0.59%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.59%) PMO
11 2 (0.39%) Accessibility
11 2 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 1 (0.20%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 15 (2.95%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.39%) Firmware
2 2 (0.39%) Hyper-V
2 2 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.20%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (0.98%) Terraform
2 3 (0.59%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.59%) Kustomize
3 1 (0.20%) Grafana
3 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.20%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.20%) SCCM
Vendors
1 77 (15.16%) Microsoft
2 23 (4.53%) Google
3 20 (3.94%) Oracle
4 12 (2.36%) SAP
5 7 (1.38%) IFS
6 4 (0.79%) Dell
6 4 (0.79%) ServiceNow
7 3 (0.59%) CrowdStrike
7 3 (0.59%) CyberArk
7 3 (0.59%) EMC
8 2 (0.39%) EqualLogic
8 2 (0.39%) IBM
8 2 (0.39%) Informatica
8 2 (0.39%) Snow
8 2 (0.39%) SolarWinds
8 2 (0.39%) Splunk
8 2 (0.39%) VMware
8 2 (0.39%) Workday
9 1 (0.20%) iManage
9 1 (0.20%) Pega