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 26 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 22 46
Rank change year-on-year +11 +24 +10
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 363 220 191
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 10.14% 7.25% 4.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.11% 7.95% 5.39%
Number of salaries quoted 199 112 147
10th Percentile £32,950 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £40,938 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,111 £47,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +24.44% -20.83% +0.80%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £87,500 £95,616
England median annual salary £60,100 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.17% - -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 2,769 2,769 3,546
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 77.35% 91.30% 87.69%
Number of salaries quoted 1,637 1,079 2,839
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,650 £27,500
25th Percentile £30,625 £41,177 £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 £67,500 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £83,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -8.00%

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 26 January 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 26 January 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 +15 219 £67,500 +28.57% 78
North Yorkshire +18 55 £47,500 -26.92% 28
South Yorkshire -11 27 £47,500 -22.76% 34
East Yorkshire -24 11 £50,000 +11.11% 11
Humberside - 2 £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 8 (2.20%) Microsoft Exchange
1 8 (2.20%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.10%) CMS
2 4 (1.10%) Confluence
3 3 (0.83%) Moodle
3 3 (0.83%) Umbraco
4 2 (0.55%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.28%) Apache
5 1 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.28%) Drupal
5 1 (0.28%) EPiServer
5 1 (0.28%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.28%) WordPress
Applications
1 22 (6.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (4.41%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (2.20%) SOLIDWORKS
4 6 (1.65%) AutoCAD
4 6 (1.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.65%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.55%) Autodesk Inventor
6 1 (0.28%) Navisworks
6 1 (0.28%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.28%) Revit
6 1 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (3.31%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.65%) SAP CO
2 6 (1.65%) SAP FI
2 6 (1.65%) SAP FI/CO
2 6 (1.65%) SAP PS
3 4 (1.10%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.83%) SAP GRC
4 3 (0.83%) SAP MDG
4 3 (0.83%) SAP MM
5 2 (0.55%) FLEXCUBE
5 2 (0.55%) Markit EDM
5 2 (0.55%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.55%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.28%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.28%) SAP Payroll
6 1 (0.28%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 70 (19.28%) AWS
2 60 (16.53%) Azure
3 43 (11.85%) Microsoft 365
4 37 (10.19%) SaaS
5 26 (7.16%) Power Platform
6 23 (6.34%) Entra ID
7 18 (4.96%) Microsoft Purview
8 14 (3.86%) Serverless
9 12 (3.31%) Power Automate
10 8 (2.20%) AWS CloudFormation
10 8 (2.20%) Google Workspace
10 8 (2.20%) PowerApps
11 7 (1.93%) Amazon ECS
11 7 (1.93%) Amazon S3
11 7 (1.93%) GitHub
12 6 (1.65%) AWS Lambda
12 6 (1.65%) GCP
13 5 (1.38%) SuccessFactors
14 4 (1.10%) Apigee
14 4 (1.10%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 24 (6.61%) Firewall
2 11 (3.03%) Network Security
3 9 (2.48%) DHCP
3 9 (2.48%) DNS
4 7 (1.93%) Broadband
4 7 (1.93%) Internet
4 7 (1.93%) Wi-Fi
5 5 (1.38%) LAN
5 5 (1.38%) TCP/IP
5 5 (1.38%) WAN
6 4 (1.10%) VoIP
6 4 (1.10%) VPN
7 3 (0.83%) VLAN
7 3 (0.83%) WPA
8 2 (0.55%) Intranet
9 1 (0.28%) MPLS
9 1 (0.28%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (7.99%) SQL Server
2 25 (6.89%) Power BI
3 9 (2.48%) Tableau
4 6 (1.65%) MySQL
4 6 (1.65%) Power Query
5 5 (1.38%) DynamoDB
5 5 (1.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (1.10%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (1.10%) PowerPivot
6 4 (1.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (0.83%) BusinessObjects
7 3 (0.83%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (0.83%) Metadata
7 3 (0.83%) SAP HANA
7 3 (0.83%) Spark SQL
8 2 (0.55%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.55%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 1 (0.28%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.28%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.28%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 31 (8.54%) JIRA
2 17 (4.68%) Git
3 9 (2.48%) Jenkins
4 7 (1.93%) SonarQube
5 6 (1.65%) GitLab
6 4 (1.10%) Cypress.io
6 4 (1.10%) Maven
6 4 (1.10%) Selenium
7 3 (0.83%) JMeter
7 3 (0.83%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.28%) Grunt
8 1 (0.28%) gulp
8 1 (0.28%) JUnit
8 1 (0.28%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (0.28%) webpack
General
1 165 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 62 (17.08%) Finance
3 60 (16.53%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (7.16%) Manufacturing
4 26 (7.16%) Marketing
5 24 (6.61%) Retail
6 22 (6.06%) Public Sector
7 16 (4.41%) Organisational Skills
8 15 (4.13%) Legal
9 6 (1.65%) Law
9 6 (1.65%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (1.38%) Automotive
10 5 (1.38%) Electronics
11 4 (1.10%) Advertising
11 4 (1.10%) Banking
11 4 (1.10%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (1.10%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.10%) Telecoms
12 3 (0.83%) Games
Job Titles
1 56 (15.43%) Developer
2 49 (13.50%) Lead
3 38 (10.47%) Development Manager
3 38 (10.47%) Senior
4 35 (9.64%) Analyst
5 23 (6.34%) JIRA Developer
6 20 (5.51%) IT Support
7 19 (5.23%) Support Engineer
8 18 (4.96%) IT Manager
8 18 (4.96%) Software Development Manager
8 18 (4.96%) Software Manager
9 16 (4.41%) Product Manager
9 16 (4.41%) Technical Support
10 15 (4.13%) Consultant
10 15 (4.13%) Principal Consultant
10 15 (4.13%) Principal SAP Consultant
10 15 (4.13%) Product Development Manager
10 15 (4.13%) SAP Consultant
10 15 (4.13%) Software Engineer
11 14 (3.86%) .NET Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (7.16%) .NET
1 26 (7.16%) React
2 20 (5.51%) CSS
3 15 (4.13%) Node.js
4 11 (3.03%) HTML
5 9 (2.48%) Django
5 9 (2.48%) FastAPI
5 9 (2.48%) Flask
5 9 (2.48%) GraphQL
5 9 (2.48%) REST
5 9 (2.48%) Spring
6 8 (2.20%) Spring Boot
7 7 (1.93%) Vue
8 6 (1.65%) Lightning Web Components
8 6 (1.65%) PySpark
8 6 (1.65%) SAP Basis
8 6 (1.65%) SAP Fiori
8 6 (1.65%) SAPUI5
9 5 (1.38%) ASP.NET
9 5 (1.38%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 19 (5.23%) Data Protection Act
2 18 (4.96%) FMCG
2 18 (4.96%) Management Information System
3 13 (3.58%) Cloud Native
3 13 (3.58%) Onboarding
4 12 (3.31%) Driving Licence
5 9 (2.48%) CMDB
5 9 (2.48%) Distributed Systems
5 9 (2.48%) NHS
5 9 (2.48%) Renewable Energy
6 7 (1.93%) Data Structures
6 7 (1.93%) Operational Technology
7 6 (1.65%) e-Learning
7 6 (1.65%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (1.65%) Public Cloud
7 6 (1.65%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (1.38%) Product Ownership
9 4 (1.10%) PMI
10 3 (0.83%) Private Cloud
10 3 (0.83%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 33 (9.09%) Windows
2 13 (3.58%) Linux
3 11 (3.03%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.93%) Mac OS
5 5 (1.38%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.83%) SUSE
6 3 (0.83%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
6 3 (0.83%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (0.83%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.83%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.28%) Android
7 1 (0.28%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (30.30%) Problem-Solving
2 81 (22.31%) Agile
3 69 (19.01%) Decision-Making
4 60 (16.53%) Mentoring
5 59 (16.25%) ITIL
6 58 (15.98%) Stakeholder Management
7 50 (13.77%) Software Engineering
8 47 (12.95%) Cybersecurity
9 45 (12.40%) Computer Science
9 45 (12.40%) ITSM
10 44 (12.12%) Change Management
11 43 (11.85%) Service Management
12 40 (11.02%) Incident Management
12 40 (11.02%) Project Management
13 35 (9.64%) CI/CD
13 35 (9.64%) DevOps
14 34 (9.37%) Coaching
15 33 (9.09%) Disaster Recovery
15 33 (9.09%) Incident Response
16 31 (8.54%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 60 (16.53%) JavaScript
2 44 (12.12%) SQL
3 38 (10.47%) PowerShell
4 31 (8.54%) Python
5 28 (7.71%) C#
6 18 (4.96%) TypeScript
7 16 (4.41%) Java
8 12 (3.31%) Bash
9 4 (1.10%) Groovy
9 4 (1.10%) PHP
10 3 (0.83%) ABAP
10 3 (0.83%) C++
10 3 (0.83%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.55%) Bicep
11 2 (0.55%) Delphi
11 2 (0.55%) R
11 2 (0.55%) Ruby
11 2 (0.55%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.55%) VBA
12 1 (0.28%) Scala
Qualifications
1 77 (21.21%) Degree
2 25 (6.89%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 14 (3.86%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (2.20%) AWS Certification
4 8 (2.20%) ITIL Certification
4 8 (2.20%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (1.93%) Security Cleared
6 5 (1.38%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 5 (1.38%) Azure Certification
6 5 (1.38%) CISSP
6 5 (1.38%) PMI Certification
7 4 (1.10%) SC Cleared
8 3 (0.83%) GIAC
8 3 (0.83%) SANS
9 2 (0.55%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 2 (0.55%) CIMA
9 2 (0.55%) CIPD
9 2 (0.55%) CISMP
9 2 (0.55%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (0.55%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (10.47%) GDPR
2 37 (10.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 32 (8.82%) Cyber Essentials
4 29 (7.99%) NIST
5 18 (4.96%) Data Quality
6 16 (4.41%) QA
7 11 (3.03%) PMO
8 9 (2.48%) Accessibility
8 9 (2.48%) P3O
9 8 (2.20%) SLA
10 7 (1.93%) GRC
11 6 (1.65%) IEC 61131
12 5 (1.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 3 (0.83%) NCSC
13 3 (0.83%) SOC 2
14 2 (0.55%) Actionable Recommendations
14 2 (0.55%) ISO 9001
14 2 (0.55%) PCI DSS
14 2 (0.55%) WCAG
15 1 (0.28%) GMP
System Software
1 19 (5.23%) Docker
2 15 (4.13%) Active Directory
3 11 (3.03%) Hyper-V
4 8 (2.20%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (1.10%) Virtual Servers
6 3 (0.83%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 23 (6.34%) Terraform
2 8 (2.20%) Kubernetes
2 8 (2.20%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (1.93%) HP Fortify
4 4 (1.10%) Ansible
5 3 (0.83%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.55%) Control-M
6 2 (0.55%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (0.55%) SCCM
7 1 (0.28%) Argo
7 1 (0.28%) Grafana
7 1 (0.28%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 78 (21.49%) Microsoft
2 26 (7.16%) SAP
3 23 (6.34%) Atlassian
4 16 (4.41%) Oracle
5 10 (2.75%) ServiceNow
5 10 (2.75%) VMware
6 9 (2.48%) Google
7 8 (2.20%) Salesforce
8 6 (1.65%) Ariba
8 6 (1.65%) Databricks
9 4 (1.10%) IBM
9 4 (1.10%) IFS
10 3 (0.83%) Concur
10 3 (0.83%) Openreach
11 2 (0.55%) Autodesk
11 2 (0.55%) Citrix
11 2 (0.55%) Genesys
11 2 (0.55%) Nexthink
11 2 (0.55%) Sage
11 2 (0.55%) Verint