Continuous Improvement Job Trends in Yorkshire

Continual Improvement
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Yorkshire requiring Continuous Improvement skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 6 31
Rank change year-on-year -10 +25 +38
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 467 439 331
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 7.66% 18.02% 5.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.92% 19.11% 7.09%
Number of salaries quoted 344 114 249
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,375 £32,900
25th Percentile £38,772 £36,375 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% +13.21%
75th Percentile £72,908 £74,721 £72,433
90th Percentile £97,500 £93,778 £84,964
England median annual salary £61,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +1.67% +4.35% -4.17%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,276 2,297 4,669
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 70.17% 94.29% 83.15%
Number of salaries quoted 2,756 1,269 3,715
10th Percentile £29,500 £25,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £31,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £49,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% -2.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,645 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%

Continuous Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Continuous Improvement relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

Continuous Improvement job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Continuous Improvement
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Continuous Improvement.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Continuous Improvement

Continuous Improvement
Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Continuous Improvement in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 8 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Continuous Improvement in Yorkshire

Continuous Improvement
Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Continuous Improvement within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 8 May 2026. 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
West Yorkshire -6 246 £60,425 -0.52% 75
South Yorkshire -14 69 £48,750 +6.56% 47
North Yorkshire -6 68 £47,500 -19.15% 11
East Yorkshire -19 23 £35,000 -22.22% 7
Humberside - 9 £24,500 - 5
Continuous Improvement
England

Continuous Improvement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 22 (4.71%) SharePoint
2 15 (3.21%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.50%) Moodle
4 3 (0.64%) Confluence
5 2 (0.43%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.43%) CMS
5 2 (0.43%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.21%) Apache
6 1 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.21%) OpenStack
Applications
1 34 (7.28%) Microsoft Office
2 33 (7.07%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.21%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.21%) Navisworks
4 1 (0.21%) Revit
Business Applications
1 6 (1.28%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.64%) iTrent
2 3 (0.64%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.43%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.43%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.21%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.21%) Oracle SCM
4 1 (0.21%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 78 (16.70%) Azure
2 75 (16.06%) Microsoft 365
3 68 (14.56%) AWS
4 45 (9.64%) Entra ID
5 44 (9.42%) SaaS
6 39 (8.35%) Power Platform
7 23 (4.93%) Microsoft Purview
8 18 (3.85%) Power Automate
9 12 (2.57%) Serverless
10 10 (2.14%) Azure Monitor
10 10 (2.14%) PowerApps
11 7 (1.50%) Amazon ECS
11 7 (1.50%) AWS Lambda
11 7 (1.50%) Google Workspace
12 6 (1.28%) Amazon S3
12 6 (1.28%) GitHub
12 6 (1.28%) SuccessFactors
13 5 (1.07%) Apigee
13 5 (1.07%) OneDrive
14 4 (0.86%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 31 (6.64%) Firewall
2 17 (3.64%) DHCP
2 17 (3.64%) DNS
3 15 (3.21%) TCP/IP
4 14 (3.00%) Network Security
5 7 (1.50%) Wi-Fi
6 6 (1.28%) LAN
6 6 (1.28%) WAN
7 5 (1.07%) VPN
8 4 (0.86%) Broadband
8 4 (0.86%) Internet
8 4 (0.86%) VLAN
9 3 (0.64%) VoIP
10 2 (0.43%) HTTP
10 2 (0.43%) Intranet
10 2 (0.43%) Wireless
11 1 (0.21%) Cisco ASA
11 1 (0.21%) Cisco Firepower
11 1 (0.21%) Unified Communications
11 1 (0.21%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (7.71%) Power BI
2 25 (5.35%) SQL Server
3 9 (1.93%) Power Query
4 7 (1.50%) PowerPivot
4 7 (1.50%) Tableau
5 6 (1.28%) MySQL
5 6 (1.28%) Relational Database
6 4 (0.86%) DynamoDB
6 4 (0.86%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (0.64%) ClickHouse
7 3 (0.64%) Elasticsearch
7 3 (0.64%) Semantic Layer
7 3 (0.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.43%) Metadata
8 2 (0.43%) Neo4j
8 2 (0.43%) Spark SQL
8 2 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.21%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.21%) Electronic Patient Records
9 1 (0.21%) Looker
Development Applications
1 23 (4.93%) JIRA
2 17 (3.64%) Git
3 9 (1.93%) Jenkins
4 6 (1.28%) GitLab
5 5 (1.07%) SonarQube
6 4 (0.86%) Cypress.io
6 4 (0.86%) Maven
7 3 (0.64%) JUnit
7 3 (0.64%) Selenium
8 2 (0.43%) Postman
9 1 (0.21%) JMeter
9 1 (0.21%) LoadRunner
General
1 208 (44.54%) Social Skills
2 95 (20.34%) Analytical Skills
3 82 (17.56%) Finance
4 41 (8.78%) Public Sector
5 33 (7.07%) Retail
6 24 (5.14%) Marketing
7 21 (4.50%) Organisational Skills
8 19 (4.07%) Legal
8 19 (4.07%) Manufacturing
9 18 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
10 17 (3.64%) Law
11 8 (1.71%) Automotive
12 6 (1.28%) Advertising
13 5 (1.07%) Electronics
14 4 (0.86%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (0.86%) Health Technology
14 4 (0.86%) Presentation Skills
15 3 (0.64%) Aviation
15 3 (0.64%) Fire and Rescue
15 3 (0.64%) Police
Job Titles
1 57 (12.21%) Analyst
2 55 (11.78%) Senior
3 50 (10.71%) Lead
4 44 (9.42%) Developer
5 32 (6.85%) Senior Manager
5 32 (6.85%) Support Engineer
6 30 (6.42%) Development Manager
7 28 (6.00%) IT Support
8 26 (5.57%) Full-Stack Developer
9 23 (4.93%) Product Manager
10 22 (4.71%) Technical Support
11 21 (4.50%) Data Analyst
11 21 (4.50%) Software Engineer
11 21 (4.50%) Software Manager
12 17 (3.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 16 (3.43%) Software Development Manager
14 14 (3.00%) .NET Development Manager
14 14 (3.00%) Security Engineer
14 14 (3.00%) Technical Engineer
14 14 (3.00%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (6.64%) .NET
2 17 (3.64%) CSS
3 16 (3.43%) HTML
3 16 (3.43%) React
4 12 (2.57%) Vue
5 10 (2.14%) Node.js
5 10 (2.14%) Spring
6 9 (1.93%) Spring Boot
7 8 (1.71%) REST
8 6 (1.28%) AngularJS
8 6 (1.28%) PySpark
9 5 (1.07%) GraphQL
10 4 (0.86%) Flask
10 4 (0.86%) Gherkin
10 4 (0.86%) Jest
10 4 (0.86%) Lightning Web Components
10 4 (0.86%) Middleware
11 3 (0.64%) OAuth
11 3 (0.64%) OAuth2
11 3 (0.64%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 31 (6.64%) Management Information System
2 22 (4.71%) Data Protection Act
3 18 (3.85%) Driving Licence
4 15 (3.21%) e-Learning
4 15 (3.21%) Product Ownership
5 11 (2.36%) Distributed Systems
6 9 (1.93%) FMCG
6 9 (1.93%) NHS
7 8 (1.71%) Data Structures
7 8 (1.71%) Operational Technology
8 7 (1.50%) Analytical Mindset
8 7 (1.50%) Cloud Native
8 7 (1.50%) CMDB
8 7 (1.50%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (1.28%) Onboarding
9 6 (1.28%) Renewable Energy
9 6 (1.28%) Security Posture
10 4 (0.86%) Educational Technology
10 4 (0.86%) Mobile App
10 4 (0.86%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 45 (9.64%) Windows
2 17 (3.64%) Windows Server
3 15 (3.21%) Windows 10
4 7 (1.50%) Android
4 7 (1.50%) Linux
5 6 (1.28%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.64%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (0.64%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.64%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.21%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (26.98%) Problem-Solving
2 92 (19.70%) Agile
3 88 (18.84%) Stakeholder Management
4 82 (17.56%) Decision-Making
5 76 (16.27%) Mentoring
6 70 (14.99%) Coaching
7 61 (13.06%) ITIL
8 60 (12.85%) Cybersecurity
9 52 (11.13%) Software Engineering
10 49 (10.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 48 (10.28%) Analytics
12 46 (9.85%) Disaster Recovery
12 46 (9.85%) User Experience
13 43 (9.21%) Incident Response
14 41 (8.78%) DevOps
14 41 (8.78%) Roadmaps
15 38 (8.14%) Product Vision
15 38 (8.14%) Service Delivery
16 37 (7.92%) Business Intelligence
17 36 (7.71%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 50 (10.71%) SQL
2 33 (7.07%) JavaScript
3 32 (6.85%) Python
4 30 (6.42%) C#
5 27 (5.78%) PowerShell
6 16 (3.43%) Bash
7 13 (2.78%) Java
7 13 (2.78%) TypeScript
8 5 (1.07%) T-SQL
9 4 (0.86%) Groovy
10 3 (0.64%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (0.64%) PL/SQL
10 3 (0.64%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.43%) PHP
11 2 (0.43%) VBA
12 1 (0.21%) Bicep
12 1 (0.21%) R
12 1 (0.21%) Scala
Qualifications
1 53 (11.35%) Degree
2 18 (3.85%) Security Cleared
3 13 (2.78%) SC Cleared
4 12 (2.57%) Computer Science Degree
4 12 (2.57%) DBS Check
5 9 (1.93%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 8 (1.71%) CISSP
7 6 (1.28%) IRCA
7 6 (1.28%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (1.28%) PMI Certification
8 5 (1.07%) Azure Certification
9 4 (0.86%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 4 (0.86%) AWS Certification
9 4 (0.86%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 4 (0.86%) CCSP
9 4 (0.86%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (0.64%) A+ Certification
10 3 (0.64%) CISM
10 3 (0.64%) GIAC
10 3 (0.64%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (11.13%) GDPR
2 42 (8.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 37 (7.92%) Data Quality
4 36 (7.71%) Cyber Essentials
5 32 (6.85%) QA
6 30 (6.42%) NIST
7 14 (3.00%) Accessibility
8 10 (2.14%) SLA
9 8 (1.71%) GMP
10 6 (1.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 6 (1.28%) ISO 9001
10 6 (1.28%) NCSC
11 5 (1.07%) PCI DSS
12 4 (0.86%) P3O
13 3 (0.64%) WCAG
14 2 (0.43%) GRC
14 2 (0.43%) PMO
15 1 (0.21%) Actionable Recommendations
15 1 (0.21%) ISO 22301
15 1 (0.21%) SOC 2
System Software
1 42 (8.99%) Active Directory
2 15 (3.21%) Docker
3 10 (2.14%) Hyper-V
4 7 (1.50%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.64%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (0.64%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.21%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 24 (5.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (3.21%) Terraform
3 6 (1.28%) Kubernetes
4 5 (1.07%) HP Fortify
5 3 (0.64%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 3 (0.64%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (0.43%) Ansible
6 2 (0.43%) Kibana
6 2 (0.43%) SCCM
Vendors
1 128 (27.41%) Microsoft
2 19 (4.07%) Oracle
3 15 (3.21%) VMware
4 11 (2.36%) ServiceNow
5 9 (1.93%) SAP
5 9 (1.93%) Workday
6 8 (1.71%) Citrix
6 8 (1.71%) Salesforce
7 7 (1.50%) Apple
7 7 (1.50%) Freshdesk
7 7 (1.50%) Google
8 6 (1.28%) Atlassian
8 6 (1.28%) Databricks
9 5 (1.07%) IFS
10 4 (0.86%) Adobe
10 4 (0.86%) Hotjar
11 3 (0.64%) IBM
12 2 (0.43%) Cisco
12 2 (0.43%) Fortinet
12 2 (0.43%) Juniper