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 7 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 23 39
Rank change year-on-year +9 +16 +20
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 533 261 228
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 7.04% 7.84% 4.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.52% 9.02% 5.72%
Number of salaries quoted 404 124 127
10th Percentile £29,750 £30,250 £33,250
25th Percentile £38,767 £35,000 £44,869
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,692 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.65% -4.35% +15.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £72,500 £72,245
90th Percentile £79,625 £82,125 £84,964
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% -4.00%

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 5,066 2,893 3,983
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 66.92% 86.93% 78.42%
Number of salaries quoted 3,739 1,469 2,164
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -7.27%

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 7 September 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 7 September 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 +1 245 £55,000 -11.65% 226
South Yorkshire +17 129 £48,500 +38.57% 102
North Yorkshire +10 71 £45,000 +11.11% 39
East Yorkshire +4 41 £42,500 -22.73% 30
Humberside - 4 £56,250 - 23
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 54 (10.13%) SharePoint
2 20 (3.75%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (0.94%) Confluence
4 3 (0.56%) Moodle
5 2 (0.38%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.38%) CICS
5 2 (0.38%) CMS
5 2 (0.38%) WordPress
Applications
1 35 (6.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (4.50%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.75%) Chatbot
4 3 (0.56%) Navisworks
4 3 (0.56%) Revit
5 2 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.38%) Trello
6 1 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (1.50%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.13%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.75%) iTrent
4 2 (0.38%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.38%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.19%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 75 (14.07%) Microsoft 365
2 72 (13.51%) Azure
3 58 (10.88%) Power Platform
4 53 (9.94%) AWS
5 34 (6.38%) SaaS
6 31 (5.82%) Dynamics 365
6 31 (5.82%) Power Automate
7 29 (5.44%) Entra ID
7 29 (5.44%) PowerApps
8 26 (4.88%) OneDrive
9 14 (2.63%) Serverless
10 10 (1.88%) Amazon EC2
10 10 (1.88%) AWS CloudFormation
10 10 (1.88%) AWS Lambda
10 10 (1.88%) Azure DevOps
11 9 (1.69%) Amazon ECS
12 8 (1.50%) Amazon EKS
12 8 (1.50%) GitHub
12 8 (1.50%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
12 8 (1.50%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 26 (4.88%) Firewall
2 15 (2.81%) Network Security
3 14 (2.63%) DNS
4 11 (2.06%) DHCP
5 9 (1.69%) VPN
6 8 (1.50%) LAN
6 8 (1.50%) WAN
6 8 (1.50%) Wi-Fi
6 8 (1.50%) Wireless
7 6 (1.13%) TCP/IP
8 4 (0.75%) ATM
8 4 (0.75%) CTI
8 4 (0.75%) VoIP
9 3 (0.56%) Internet
9 3 (0.56%) VLAN
10 2 (0.38%) Cisco ASA
10 2 (0.38%) Cisco Firepower
10 2 (0.38%) HTTP
10 2 (0.38%) Profibus
10 2 (0.38%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (9.19%) Power BI
2 16 (3.00%) SQL Server
3 12 (2.25%) MySQL
4 8 (1.50%) Electronic Patient Records
5 7 (1.31%) Amazon RDS
6 6 (1.13%) Semantic Layer
7 3 (0.56%) ClickHouse
7 3 (0.56%) Elasticsearch
7 3 (0.56%) Metadata
7 3 (0.56%) Neo4j
7 3 (0.56%) NonStop SQL
7 3 (0.56%) Relational Database
7 3 (0.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.38%) Big Data
8 2 (0.38%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.38%) Delta Lake
8 2 (0.38%) Tableau
9 1 (0.19%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.19%) Power Query
9 1 (0.19%) Redis
Development Applications
1 19 (3.56%) JIRA
2 13 (2.44%) Git
3 6 (1.13%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.75%) GitLab
5 3 (0.56%) Selenium
6 2 (0.38%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.38%) MLflow
7 1 (0.19%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.19%) JUnit
7 1 (0.19%) Postman
General
1 202 (37.90%) Social Skills
2 110 (20.64%) Finance
3 89 (16.70%) Analytical Skills
4 65 (12.20%) Manufacturing
5 57 (10.69%) Public Sector
6 50 (9.38%) Law
7 32 (6.00%) Organisational Skills
8 29 (5.44%) Retail
9 26 (4.88%) Influencing Skills
10 23 (4.32%) Legal
11 21 (3.94%) Marketing
12 11 (2.06%) Electronics
12 11 (2.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 11 (2.06%) Presentation Skills
13 7 (1.31%) Advertising
14 5 (0.94%) Agriculture
14 5 (0.94%) Automotive
14 5 (0.94%) Back Office
14 5 (0.94%) Banking
14 5 (0.94%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 59 (11.07%) Senior
2 57 (10.69%) Analyst
3 36 (6.75%) Developer
4 33 (6.19%) Lead
5 31 (5.82%) Consultant
6 27 (5.07%) IT Support
7 23 (4.32%) Support Engineer
8 21 (3.94%) Support Analyst
9 20 (3.75%) Applications Support
10 19 (3.56%) Product Manager
11 18 (3.38%) IT Manager
11 18 (3.38%) Software Engineer
12 17 (3.19%) Full-Stack Developer
13 16 (3.00%) Service Manager
14 14 (2.63%) Senior Manager
15 13 (2.44%) Administrator
15 13 (2.44%) Architect
15 13 (2.44%) Business Analyst
15 13 (2.44%) Technical Support
16 12 (2.25%) Operations Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (4.32%) .NET
1 23 (4.32%) Terraform
2 17 (3.19%) CSS
2 17 (3.19%) HTML
3 11 (2.06%) Vue
4 10 (1.88%) React
5 9 (1.69%) Node.js
6 7 (1.31%) REST
6 7 (1.31%) RESTful
7 5 (0.94%) Kafka
7 5 (0.94%) Spring
8 4 (0.75%) PySpark
8 4 (0.75%) RabbitMQ
8 4 (0.75%) Web Services
9 3 (0.56%) LangChain
9 3 (0.56%) LangGraph
9 3 (0.56%) Next.js
9 3 (0.56%) OAuth
9 3 (0.56%) OpenID
9 3 (0.56%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 27 (5.07%) Onboarding
2 26 (4.88%) Product Ownership
3 14 (2.63%) Management Information System
4 13 (2.44%) NHS
5 12 (2.25%) Driving Licence
5 12 (2.25%) Replication
5 12 (2.25%) SystemC
6 10 (1.88%) CCTV
6 10 (1.88%) Operational Technology
7 9 (1.69%) AI Agents
7 9 (1.69%) Cloud Native
7 9 (1.69%) Distributed Systems
8 8 (1.50%) Data Structures
8 8 (1.50%) Robotics
8 8 (1.50%) SCADA
8 8 (1.50%) Security Posture
9 7 (1.31%) Analytical Mindset
9 7 (1.31%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (1.13%) Hybrid Cloud
10 6 (1.13%) Manufacturing Execution System
Operating Systems
1 55 (10.32%) Windows
2 25 (4.69%) Windows Server
3 21 (3.94%) Linux
4 13 (2.44%) Windows 10
5 7 (1.31%) Android
6 6 (1.13%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (0.75%) Mac OS
7 4 (0.75%) Unix
8 2 (0.38%) zOS
9 1 (0.19%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 199 (37.34%) Problem-Solving
2 103 (19.32%) Agile
3 81 (15.20%) ITIL
4 75 (14.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 69 (12.95%) Stakeholder Management
6 68 (12.76%) Mentoring
7 65 (12.20%) Coaching
8 63 (11.82%) AI
9 62 (11.63%) Decision-Making
10 58 (10.88%) Service Management
11 57 (10.69%) ERP
11 57 (10.69%) Process Improvement
11 57 (10.69%) Roadmaps
12 52 (9.76%) CI/CD
12 52 (9.76%) User Experience
13 50 (9.38%) Business Intelligence
13 50 (9.38%) Customer Service
14 49 (9.19%) Analytics
15 46 (8.63%) Project Delivery
16 41 (7.69%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 84 (15.76%) SQL
2 40 (7.50%) Python
3 26 (4.88%) C#
4 19 (3.56%) JavaScript
5 16 (3.00%) PowerShell
6 11 (2.06%) Shell Script
6 11 (2.06%) TypeScript
7 10 (1.88%) Java
8 8 (1.50%) Bash
9 5 (0.94%) PHP
10 4 (0.75%) Bicep
10 4 (0.75%) COBOL
10 4 (0.75%) T-SQL
11 3 (0.56%) ABAP
11 3 (0.56%) VB.NET
12 2 (0.38%) Groovy
12 2 (0.38%) JCL
12 2 (0.38%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.38%) Ladder Logic
12 2 (0.38%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 47 (8.82%) Degree
2 25 (4.69%) Security Cleared
3 21 (3.94%) SC Cleared
4 18 (3.38%) DBS Check
5 15 (2.81%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (1.69%) NVQ Level 3
7 8 (1.50%) City & Guilds
8 7 (1.31%) CISSP
9 6 (1.13%) Azure Certification
10 5 (0.94%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (0.94%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (0.94%) PMI Certification
10 5 (0.94%) PMP
11 4 (0.75%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 4 (0.75%) CCSP
12 3 (0.56%) AWS Certification
12 3 (0.56%) CISM
12 3 (0.56%) IRCA
12 3 (0.56%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 2 (0.38%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (6.94%) QA
2 30 (5.63%) Data Quality
3 16 (3.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (2.81%) Cyber Essentials
5 14 (2.63%) GDPR
6 13 (2.44%) Accessibility
7 11 (2.06%) SLA
8 7 (1.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 7 (1.31%) PMO
9 6 (1.13%) ISO 19650
9 6 (1.13%) ISO 9001
9 6 (1.13%) WCAG
10 5 (0.94%) NIST
11 4 (0.75%) GRC
12 3 (0.56%) ISO 8583
12 3 (0.56%) NCSC
12 3 (0.56%) PCI DSS
13 2 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
13 2 (0.38%) IEC 61131
14 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 34 (6.38%) Active Directory
2 15 (2.81%) Docker
3 9 (1.69%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.56%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.19%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.19%) Firmware
6 1 (0.19%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 23 (4.32%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (1.31%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.38%) Ansible
3 2 (0.38%) Kibana
3 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
3 2 (0.38%) Progress Chef
3 2 (0.38%) Proxmox
3 2 (0.38%) SCCM
3 2 (0.38%) SCOM
3 2 (0.38%) WSUS
4 1 (0.19%) VxRail
Vendors
1 135 (25.33%) Microsoft
2 19 (3.56%) SAP
3 17 (3.19%) Oracle
4 16 (3.00%) Cisco
5 11 (2.06%) Salesforce
5 11 (2.06%) ServiceNow
6 8 (1.50%) Workday
7 7 (1.31%) Siemens
7 7 (1.31%) SonicWALL
7 7 (1.31%) VMware
8 6 (1.13%) Meraki
8 6 (1.13%) NEC
8 6 (1.13%) Sage
9 5 (0.94%) iManage
10 4 (0.75%) Avaya
10 4 (0.75%) CheckPoint
10 4 (0.75%) Databricks
10 4 (0.75%) Fortinet
10 4 (0.75%) Genesys
10 4 (0.75%) Juniper