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 13 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 7 33
Rank change year-on-year -9 +26 +22
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 515 489 311
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 7.46% 14.20% 5.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.96% 15.71% 6.49%
Number of salaries quoted 417 115 211
10th Percentile £31,250 £26,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £32,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% -4.17% +20.00%
75th Percentile £65,640 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,200 £93,267 £84,964
England median annual salary £60,000 £56,500 £58,250
% change year-on-year +6.19% -3.00% -2.14%

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 4,698 3,113 4,791
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 68.02% 90.39% 79.48%
Number of salaries quoted 3,362 1,494 3,507
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,250 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -8.41%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,216 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £79,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -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 13 July 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 13 July 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 -7 235 £55,000 -21.43% 105
South Yorkshire +3 120 £46,000 +9.52% 52
North Yorkshire 0 73 £47,500 +5.56% 27
East Yorkshire -12 27 £35,000 -39.66% 6
Humberside - 9 £24,500 - 3
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 48 (9.32%) SharePoint
2 23 (4.47%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.36%) Confluence
4 4 (0.78%) Moodle
5 3 (0.58%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.19%) Apache
6 1 (0.19%) CICS
Applications
1 41 (7.96%) Microsoft Office
2 35 (6.80%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.78%) Chatbot
4 3 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.39%) Trello
6 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.19%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.19%) Navisworks
6 1 (0.19%) Revit
6 1 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (0.97%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.78%) iTrent
3 2 (0.39%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.39%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.39%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.39%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.19%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.19%) Oracle SCM
4 1 (0.19%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 95 (18.45%) Microsoft 365
2 83 (16.12%) Azure
3 53 (10.29%) AWS
3 53 (10.29%) Power Platform
4 50 (9.71%) Entra ID
5 28 (5.44%) SaaS
6 26 (5.05%) Power Automate
7 24 (4.66%) Microsoft Purview
8 22 (4.27%) OneDrive
9 20 (3.88%) Dynamics 365
9 20 (3.88%) PowerApps
10 9 (1.75%) Azure Monitor
10 9 (1.75%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 9 (1.75%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 9 (1.75%) Serverless
11 8 (1.55%) GitHub
12 7 (1.36%) Azure DevOps
12 7 (1.36%) Mimecast
13 5 (0.97%) AWS Lambda
13 5 (0.97%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 39 (7.57%) Firewall
2 22 (4.27%) DNS
3 20 (3.88%) DHCP
4 16 (3.11%) TCP/IP
5 11 (2.14%) Network Security
6 10 (1.94%) VPN
7 9 (1.75%) LAN
7 9 (1.75%) WAN
8 7 (1.36%) Wireless
9 6 (1.17%) VoIP
10 5 (0.97%) VLAN
10 5 (0.97%) Wi-Fi
11 4 (0.78%) CTI
11 4 (0.78%) Internet
12 3 (0.58%) HTTP
13 2 (0.39%) Broadband
13 2 (0.39%) Cisco ASA
13 2 (0.39%) Cisco Firepower
14 1 (0.19%) Profibus
14 1 (0.19%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (9.51%) Power BI
2 13 (2.52%) SQL Server
3 9 (1.75%) MySQL
4 5 (0.97%) Power Query
4 5 (0.97%) PowerPivot
4 5 (0.97%) Semantic Layer
5 4 (0.78%) Relational Database
5 4 (0.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (0.58%) ClickHouse
6 3 (0.58%) Elasticsearch
6 3 (0.58%) Neo4j
6 3 (0.58%) Tableau
7 2 (0.39%) Big Data
8 1 (0.19%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.19%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.19%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.19%) NonStop SQL
8 1 (0.19%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.19%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 29 (5.63%) JIRA
2 13 (2.52%) Git
3 7 (1.36%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.58%) GitLab
5 2 (0.39%) JUnit
5 2 (0.39%) Postman
5 2 (0.39%) Selenium
6 1 (0.19%) Cypress.io
General
1 213 (41.36%) Social Skills
2 108 (20.97%) Finance
3 99 (19.22%) Analytical Skills
4 55 (10.68%) Public Sector
5 40 (7.77%) Manufacturing
6 39 (7.57%) Law
7 32 (6.21%) Influencing Skills
8 27 (5.24%) Retail
9 24 (4.66%) Organisational Skills
10 22 (4.27%) Marketing
11 14 (2.72%) Legal
12 8 (1.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 7 (1.36%) Advertising
14 6 (1.17%) Automotive
15 5 (0.97%) Presentation Skills
16 4 (0.78%) Banking
16 4 (0.78%) Health Technology
16 4 (0.78%) Local Government
17 3 (0.58%) Documentation Skills
17 3 (0.58%) Police
Job Titles
1 69 (13.40%) Analyst
2 59 (11.46%) Senior
3 49 (9.51%) Lead
4 37 (7.18%) IT Support
5 35 (6.80%) Developer
6 29 (5.63%) Senior Manager
6 29 (5.63%) Software Engineer
7 28 (5.44%) Product Manager
8 24 (4.66%) Support Engineer
9 21 (4.08%) Data Analyst
9 21 (4.08%) Full-Stack Developer
9 21 (4.08%) Support Analyst
10 20 (3.88%) Service Manager
11 19 (3.69%) Applications Support
12 18 (3.50%) IT Manager
13 17 (3.30%) .NET Software Engineer
13 17 (3.30%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 17 (3.30%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
14 15 (2.91%) Infrastructure Support
14 15 (2.91%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (5.05%) .NET
2 18 (3.50%) CSS
3 17 (3.30%) HTML
4 15 (2.91%) Vue
5 14 (2.72%) React
6 9 (1.75%) Node.js
7 7 (1.36%) PySpark
8 6 (1.17%) RESTful
9 5 (0.97%) REST
10 4 (0.78%) Spring
10 4 (0.78%) Spring Boot
10 4 (0.78%) Web Services
11 3 (0.58%) AngularJS
11 3 (0.58%) Flask
11 3 (0.58%) GraphQL
11 3 (0.58%) Kafka
11 3 (0.58%) Middleware
11 3 (0.58%) OAuth
11 3 (0.58%) OAuth2
11 3 (0.58%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 25 (4.85%) Product Ownership
2 24 (4.66%) Management Information System
3 21 (4.08%) Data Protection Act
4 13 (2.52%) Driving Licence
4 13 (2.52%) Onboarding
5 11 (2.14%) e-Learning
6 10 (1.94%) Operational Technology
7 8 (1.55%) Data Structures
7 8 (1.55%) Distributed Systems
8 7 (1.36%) Analytical Mindset
8 7 (1.36%) Cloud Native
8 7 (1.36%) Replication
9 6 (1.17%) FMCG
9 6 (1.17%) Manufacturing Execution System
10 5 (0.97%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (0.97%) NHS
10 5 (0.97%) Renewable Energy
10 5 (0.97%) Robotics
11 4 (0.78%) IVR
11 4 (0.78%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 55 (10.68%) Windows
2 26 (5.05%) Windows Server
3 16 (3.11%) Windows 10
4 11 (2.14%) Linux
5 7 (1.36%) Android
5 7 (1.36%) Windows Server 2019
6 5 (0.97%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.39%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (0.39%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.19%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 148 (28.74%) Problem-Solving
2 95 (18.45%) Agile
3 88 (17.09%) Stakeholder Management
4 87 (16.89%) Mentoring
5 82 (15.92%) Decision-Making
6 80 (15.53%) Coaching
7 77 (14.95%) ITIL
8 66 (12.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 58 (11.26%) Analytics
9 58 (11.26%) User Experience
10 57 (11.07%) Roadmaps
11 56 (10.87%) Cybersecurity
12 55 (10.68%) Business Continuity
13 54 (10.49%) Disaster Recovery
13 54 (10.49%) Service Delivery
14 52 (10.10%) Service Management
15 50 (9.71%) Business Intelligence
16 49 (9.51%) Software Engineering
17 48 (9.32%) ERP
18 47 (9.13%) AI
Programming Languages
1 69 (13.40%) SQL
2 37 (7.18%) Python
3 28 (5.44%) C#
4 18 (3.50%) PowerShell
5 13 (2.52%) JavaScript
6 10 (1.94%) Bash
6 10 (1.94%) Java
6 10 (1.94%) TypeScript
7 7 (1.36%) Shell Script
8 4 (0.78%) T-SQL
9 3 (0.58%) ABAP
9 3 (0.58%) Bicep
9 3 (0.58%) PHP
9 3 (0.58%) PL/SQL
9 3 (0.58%) VB.NET
10 2 (0.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.39%) Groovy
10 2 (0.39%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.19%) JCL
11 1 (0.19%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 54 (10.49%) Degree
2 26 (5.05%) Security Cleared
3 19 (3.69%) SC Cleared
4 16 (3.11%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (2.72%) DBS Check
6 6 (1.17%) CISSP
6 6 (1.17%) IRCA
7 5 (0.97%) Azure Certification
7 5 (0.97%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (0.97%) PMI Certification
8 4 (0.78%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 4 (0.78%) CCSP
8 4 (0.78%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 3 (0.58%) AWS Certification
9 3 (0.58%) CISM
9 3 (0.58%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (0.39%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.39%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (0.39%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.19%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (7.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 39 (7.57%) GDPR
3 36 (6.99%) QA
4 34 (6.60%) Cyber Essentials
4 34 (6.60%) Data Quality
5 24 (4.66%) NIST
6 14 (2.72%) Accessibility
7 10 (1.94%) SLA
8 9 (1.75%) ISO 9001
9 8 (1.55%) GMP
10 7 (1.36%) PMO
11 5 (0.97%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 4 (0.78%) P3O
12 4 (0.78%) PCI DSS
13 3 (0.58%) NCSC
14 2 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 1 (0.19%) Actionable Recommendations
15 1 (0.19%) AQAP
15 1 (0.19%) ISO 22301
15 1 (0.19%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 47 (9.13%) Active Directory
2 11 (2.14%) Docker
3 4 (0.78%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.39%) Firmware
4 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 2 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.39%) Virtual Servers
4 2 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.19%) Embedded Firmware
5 1 (0.19%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 22 (4.27%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (3.69%) Terraform
3 7 (1.36%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.39%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (0.39%) Ansible
4 2 (0.39%) Kibana
4 2 (0.39%) Progress Chef
4 2 (0.39%) Proxmox
5 1 (0.19%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 163 (31.65%) Microsoft
2 14 (2.72%) Cisco
3 13 (2.52%) Oracle
3 13 (2.52%) VMware
4 11 (2.14%) Salesforce
4 11 (2.14%) SAP
5 10 (1.94%) ServiceNow
6 9 (1.75%) Workday
7 8 (1.55%) Citrix
8 7 (1.36%) Apple
8 7 (1.36%) Freshdesk
9 6 (1.17%) Meraki
9 6 (1.17%) Siemens
10 5 (0.97%) Databricks
10 5 (0.97%) iManage
11 4 (0.78%) Adobe
11 4 (0.78%) CheckPoint
11 4 (0.78%) Google
11 4 (0.78%) Hotjar
11 4 (0.78%) IFS