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 9 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 19 43
Rank change year-on-year +7 +24 +9
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 373 224 217
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 9.76% 8.57% 4.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.67% 9.35% 5.57%
Number of salaries quoted 209 116 168
10th Percentile £32,950 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,188 £45,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,445 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.32% -12.50% +4.35%
75th Percentile £77,500 £74,164 £72,500
90th Percentile £98,000 £97,500 £92,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £60,408 £59,556
% change year-on-year +3.46% +1.43% -2.36%

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 2,945 2,396 3,896
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 77.07% 91.66% 87.06%
Number of salaries quoted 1,735 1,035 3,131
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,994 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% -8.90%
75th Percentile £66,250 £73,750 £67,070
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £83,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.29% +12.73% -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 9 February 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 9 February 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 +6 223 £67,500 +11.12% 68
North Yorkshire +16 55 £47,500 -25.49% 17
South Yorkshire -16 29 £51,500 -16.26% 31
East Yorkshire -26 10 £45,000 - 7
Humberside - 4 £24,500 - 7
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 9 (2.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (2.14%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.07%) Confluence
4 3 (0.80%) CMS
4 3 (0.80%) Moodle
5 2 (0.54%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.54%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.27%) Apache
6 1 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.27%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.27%) WordPress
Applications
1 23 (6.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (4.83%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (1.88%) MS Visio
4 6 (1.61%) AutoCAD
4 6 (1.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.61%) SOLIDWORKS
5 1 (0.27%) Navisworks
5 1 (0.27%) Revit
5 1 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (3.22%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.61%) SAP CO
2 6 (1.61%) SAP FI
2 6 (1.61%) SAP FI/CO
2 6 (1.61%) SAP PS
3 4 (1.07%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.80%) SAP GRC
4 3 (0.80%) SAP MDG
4 3 (0.80%) SAP MM
5 2 (0.54%) FLEXCUBE
5 2 (0.54%) Markit EDM
5 2 (0.54%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle SCM
6 1 (0.27%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.27%) SAP Payroll
6 1 (0.27%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 71 (19.03%) AWS
2 67 (17.96%) Azure
3 50 (13.40%) Microsoft 365
4 39 (10.46%) SaaS
5 28 (7.51%) Entra ID
6 27 (7.24%) Power Platform
7 21 (5.63%) Microsoft Purview
8 14 (3.75%) Serverless
9 12 (3.22%) Power Automate
10 8 (2.14%) Google Workspace
10 8 (2.14%) PowerApps
11 7 (1.88%) Amazon S3
11 7 (1.88%) GitHub
12 6 (1.61%) Amazon ECS
12 6 (1.61%) AWS CloudFormation
12 6 (1.61%) AWS Lambda
12 6 (1.61%) Azure Monitor
12 6 (1.61%) GCP
13 5 (1.34%) Apigee
13 5 (1.34%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 27 (7.24%) Firewall
2 12 (3.22%) DHCP
2 12 (3.22%) DNS
3 11 (2.95%) Network Security
4 8 (2.14%) Broadband
4 8 (2.14%) Internet
4 8 (2.14%) TCP/IP
5 7 (1.88%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (1.34%) LAN
6 5 (1.34%) WAN
7 4 (1.07%) VoIP
7 4 (1.07%) VPN
8 3 (0.80%) VLAN
8 3 (0.80%) WPA
9 2 (0.54%) Intranet
10 1 (0.27%) MPLS
10 1 (0.27%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (7.51%) SQL Server
2 27 (7.24%) Power BI
3 9 (2.41%) Tableau
4 6 (1.61%) Power Query
5 5 (1.34%) DynamoDB
5 5 (1.34%) MySQL
5 5 (1.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (1.07%) BusinessObjects
6 4 (1.07%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (1.07%) PowerPivot
6 4 (1.07%) Spark SQL
6 4 (1.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (0.80%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (0.80%) SAP HANA
8 2 (0.54%) Metadata
8 2 (0.54%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.54%) Semantic Layer
8 2 (0.54%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 1 (0.27%) Data Vault
9 1 (0.27%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 34 (9.12%) JIRA
2 16 (4.29%) Git
3 7 (1.88%) Jenkins
3 7 (1.88%) SonarQube
4 5 (1.34%) GitLab
5 4 (1.07%) Cypress.io
5 4 (1.07%) Maven
6 3 (0.80%) JMeter
6 3 (0.80%) LoadRunner
6 3 (0.80%) Selenium
7 1 (0.27%) JUnit
General
1 171 (45.84%) Social Skills
2 64 (17.16%) Analytical Skills
3 60 (16.09%) Finance
4 24 (6.43%) Retail
5 23 (6.17%) Marketing
6 21 (5.63%) Manufacturing
6 21 (5.63%) Public Sector
7 17 (4.56%) Organisational Skills
8 15 (4.02%) Legal
9 7 (1.88%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (1.61%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (1.34%) Automotive
11 5 (1.34%) Electronics
12 4 (1.07%) Advertising
12 4 (1.07%) Banking
12 4 (1.07%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (1.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (1.07%) Telecoms
13 3 (0.80%) Games
13 3 (0.80%) Law
Job Titles
1 59 (15.82%) Developer
2 53 (14.21%) Lead
3 41 (10.99%) Senior
4 36 (9.65%) Analyst
4 36 (9.65%) Development Manager
5 24 (6.43%) IT Support
6 23 (6.17%) JIRA Developer
7 19 (5.09%) IT Manager
8 18 (4.83%) Software Development Manager
8 18 (4.83%) Software Manager
8 18 (4.83%) Support Engineer
9 16 (4.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 15 (4.02%) Consultant
10 15 (4.02%) Full-Stack Developer
10 15 (4.02%) Principal Consultant
10 15 (4.02%) Principal SAP Consultant
10 15 (4.02%) SAP Consultant
10 15 (4.02%) Senior Manager
10 15 (4.02%) Software Engineer
10 15 (4.02%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (7.51%) .NET
2 26 (6.97%) React
3 21 (5.63%) CSS
4 13 (3.49%) Node.js
5 12 (3.22%) HTML
6 10 (2.68%) REST
7 9 (2.41%) Django
7 9 (2.41%) FastAPI
7 9 (2.41%) Flask
7 9 (2.41%) GraphQL
7 9 (2.41%) Spring
7 9 (2.41%) Vue
8 8 (2.14%) Spring Boot
9 7 (1.88%) Lightning Web Components
10 6 (1.61%) PySpark
10 6 (1.61%) SAP Basis
10 6 (1.61%) SAP Fiori
10 6 (1.61%) SAPUI5
11 5 (1.34%) Kafka
12 4 (1.07%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 22 (5.90%) Data Protection Act
2 19 (5.09%) Management Information System
3 15 (4.02%) FMCG
4 14 (3.75%) Cloud Native
4 14 (3.75%) Driving Licence
5 13 (3.49%) Onboarding
6 10 (2.68%) Distributed Systems
7 9 (2.41%) CMDB
7 9 (2.41%) NHS
7 9 (2.41%) Renewable Energy
8 7 (1.88%) Data Structures
8 7 (1.88%) e-Learning
8 7 (1.88%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (1.88%) Operational Technology
9 6 (1.61%) Product Ownership
9 6 (1.61%) Public Cloud
10 4 (1.07%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (1.07%) PMI
10 4 (1.07%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (0.80%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 36 (9.65%) Windows
2 14 (3.75%) Windows Server
3 11 (2.95%) Linux
4 7 (1.88%) Mac OS
5 5 (1.34%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.80%) SUSE
6 3 (0.80%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
6 3 (0.80%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (0.80%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.80%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.54%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (28.15%) Problem-Solving
2 84 (22.52%) Agile
3 70 (18.77%) Decision-Making
4 64 (17.16%) ITIL
4 64 (17.16%) Mentoring
4 64 (17.16%) Stakeholder Management
5 52 (13.94%) Cybersecurity
6 48 (12.87%) Software Engineering
7 47 (12.60%) Service Management
8 45 (12.06%) Incident Management
8 45 (12.06%) ITSM
9 44 (11.80%) Change Management
10 41 (10.99%) Computer Science
11 39 (10.46%) Disaster Recovery
12 37 (9.92%) Incident Response
12 37 (9.92%) Project Management
13 35 (9.38%) CI/CD
13 35 (9.38%) DevOps
14 34 (9.12%) Coaching
15 31 (8.31%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 59 (15.82%) JavaScript
2 43 (11.53%) SQL
3 39 (10.46%) PowerShell
4 31 (8.31%) Python
5 27 (7.24%) C#
6 16 (4.29%) TypeScript
7 15 (4.02%) Java
8 13 (3.49%) Bash
9 4 (1.07%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 4 (1.07%) Groovy
10 3 (0.80%) ABAP
11 2 (0.54%) Bicep
11 2 (0.54%) C++
11 2 (0.54%) PHP
11 2 (0.54%) R
11 2 (0.54%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.54%) VBA
12 1 (0.27%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.27%) Scala
Qualifications
1 71 (19.03%) Degree
2 25 (6.70%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 12 (3.22%) Computer Science Degree
4 9 (2.41%) Security Cleared
5 8 (2.14%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (1.88%) ITIL Certification
7 6 (1.61%) AWS Certification
8 5 (1.34%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 5 (1.34%) Azure Certification
8 5 (1.34%) CISSP
8 5 (1.34%) PMI Certification
8 5 (1.34%) SC Cleared
9 3 (0.80%) GIAC
9 3 (0.80%) SANS
10 2 (0.54%) A+ Certification
10 2 (0.54%) ACCA
10 2 (0.54%) CCSP
10 2 (0.54%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.54%) CISMP
10 2 (0.54%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (11.26%) GDPR
1 42 (11.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 35 (9.38%) Cyber Essentials
3 32 (8.58%) NIST
4 19 (5.09%) Data Quality
5 16 (4.29%) QA
6 11 (2.95%) PMO
7 9 (2.41%) Accessibility
7 9 (2.41%) SLA
8 8 (2.14%) P3O
9 7 (1.88%) GRC
10 6 (1.61%) IEC 61131
11 5 (1.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 3 (0.80%) NCSC
12 3 (0.80%) SOC 2
13 2 (0.54%) Actionable Recommendations
13 2 (0.54%) PCI DSS
13 2 (0.54%) WCAG
14 1 (0.27%) GMP
14 1 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 21 (5.63%) Active Directory
2 19 (5.09%) Docker
3 11 (2.95%) Hyper-V
4 8 (2.14%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (1.07%) Virtual Servers
6 3 (0.80%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 22 (5.90%) Terraform
2 10 (2.68%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (1.88%) HP Fortify
4 6 (1.61%) Kubernetes
5 3 (0.80%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 3 (0.80%) Ansible
6 2 (0.54%) Control-M
6 2 (0.54%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (0.54%) SCCM
7 1 (0.27%) Grafana
7 1 (0.27%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 88 (23.59%) Microsoft
2 26 (6.97%) SAP
3 23 (6.17%) Atlassian
4 17 (4.56%) Oracle
5 13 (3.49%) VMware
6 11 (2.95%) ServiceNow
7 9 (2.41%) Google
8 8 (2.14%) Salesforce
9 6 (1.61%) Ariba
9 6 (1.61%) Databricks
10 5 (1.34%) Citrix
11 4 (1.07%) Freshdesk
11 4 (1.07%) IFS
12 3 (0.80%) Concur
12 3 (0.80%) IBM
12 3 (0.80%) Openreach
13 2 (0.54%) Apple
13 2 (0.54%) Genesys
13 2 (0.54%) Nexthink
13 2 (0.54%) Verint