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 2 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 6 29
Rank change year-on-year -10 +23 +37
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 472 444 336
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 7.81% 18.64% 6.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.02% 19.80% 7.22%
Number of salaries quoted 342 119 251
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,000 £33,000
25th Percentile £38,829 £36,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £74,688 £74,443 £72,433
90th Percentile £97,500 £93,778 £84,964
England median annual salary £60,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +0.83% +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 4,282 2,242 4,656
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 70.87% 94.12% 83.43%
Number of salaries quoted 2,740 1,271 3,701
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £49,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.01% -1.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,125 £65,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £87,500 £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 2 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 2 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 -6 250 £62,500 +2.89% 76
North Yorkshire -4 69 £47,500 -13.64% 16
South Yorkshire -14 67 £50,000 +9.29% 47
East Yorkshire -23 23 £35,000 -22.22% 9
Humberside - 9 £24,500 - 6
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 (4.66%) SharePoint
2 16 (3.39%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.48%) Moodle
4 3 (0.64%) Confluence
5 2 (0.42%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.42%) CMS
5 2 (0.42%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.21%) Apache
6 1 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.21%) OpenStack
Applications
1 33 (6.99%) Microsoft Excel
1 33 (6.99%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.21%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.21%) Navisworks
3 1 (0.21%) Revit
Business Applications
1 6 (1.27%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.85%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.64%) iTrent
4 2 (0.42%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.42%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.21%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.21%) Oracle SCM
5 1 (0.21%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 80 (16.95%) Azure
2 76 (16.10%) Microsoft 365
3 72 (15.25%) AWS
4 45 (9.53%) Entra ID
4 45 (9.53%) SaaS
5 39 (8.26%) Power Platform
6 23 (4.87%) Microsoft Purview
7 17 (3.60%) Power Automate
8 13 (2.75%) Serverless
9 10 (2.12%) Azure Monitor
10 9 (1.91%) PowerApps
11 7 (1.48%) Amazon ECS
11 7 (1.48%) AWS Lambda
11 7 (1.48%) GitHub
11 7 (1.48%) Google Workspace
12 6 (1.27%) Amazon S3
12 6 (1.27%) SuccessFactors
13 5 (1.06%) Apigee
14 4 (0.85%) Adobe Analytics
14 4 (0.85%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 32 (6.78%) Firewall
2 17 (3.60%) DHCP
2 17 (3.60%) DNS
3 15 (3.18%) TCP/IP
4 14 (2.97%) Network Security
5 7 (1.48%) Wi-Fi
6 6 (1.27%) LAN
6 6 (1.27%) WAN
7 5 (1.06%) VPN
8 4 (0.85%) Broadband
8 4 (0.85%) Internet
8 4 (0.85%) VLAN
9 3 (0.64%) VoIP
10 2 (0.42%) HTTP
10 2 (0.42%) Intranet
10 2 (0.42%) Wireless
11 1 (0.21%) Cisco ASA
11 1 (0.21%) Unified Communications
11 1 (0.21%) Wireshark
11 1 (0.21%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (7.63%) Power BI
2 25 (5.30%) SQL Server
3 9 (1.91%) Power Query
4 7 (1.48%) PowerPivot
4 7 (1.48%) Tableau
5 6 (1.27%) Relational Database
6 5 (1.06%) MySQL
7 4 (0.85%) DynamoDB
7 4 (0.85%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (0.64%) ClickHouse
8 3 (0.64%) Elasticsearch
8 3 (0.64%) Semantic Layer
8 3 (0.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.42%) Metadata
9 2 (0.42%) Neo4j
9 2 (0.42%) Spark SQL
9 2 (0.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.21%) BusinessObjects
10 1 (0.21%) NoSQL
10 1 (0.21%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 24 (5.08%) JIRA
2 17 (3.60%) Git
3 9 (1.91%) Jenkins
4 6 (1.27%) GitLab
5 5 (1.06%) SonarQube
6 4 (0.85%) Cypress.io
6 4 (0.85%) Maven
7 3 (0.64%) JUnit
7 3 (0.64%) Selenium
8 2 (0.42%) Postman
9 1 (0.21%) JMeter
9 1 (0.21%) LoadRunner
General
1 211 (44.70%) Social Skills
2 95 (20.13%) Analytical Skills
3 80 (16.95%) Finance
4 41 (8.69%) Public Sector
5 34 (7.20%) Retail
6 25 (5.30%) Marketing
7 23 (4.87%) Organisational Skills
8 19 (4.03%) Legal
9 18 (3.81%) Influencing Skills
9 18 (3.81%) Manufacturing
10 14 (2.97%) Law
11 8 (1.69%) Automotive
12 5 (1.06%) Advertising
12 5 (1.06%) Electronics
13 4 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (0.85%) Health Technology
13 4 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (0.64%) Aviation
14 3 (0.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 3 (0.64%) Police
Job Titles
1 58 (12.29%) Analyst
2 57 (12.08%) Senior
3 50 (10.59%) Lead
4 45 (9.53%) Developer
5 33 (6.99%) Support Engineer
6 32 (6.78%) Senior Manager
7 30 (6.36%) Development Manager
7 30 (6.36%) IT Support
8 25 (5.30%) Full-Stack Developer
9 23 (4.87%) Product Manager
9 23 (4.87%) Technical Support
10 21 (4.45%) Data Analyst
10 21 (4.45%) Software Engineer
10 21 (4.45%) Software Manager
11 18 (3.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 16 (3.39%) Software Development Manager
13 15 (3.18%) Security Engineer
13 15 (3.18%) Technical Engineer
13 15 (3.18%) Technical Support Engineer
14 14 (2.97%) .NET Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (6.36%) .NET
2 20 (4.24%) React
3 17 (3.60%) CSS
4 16 (3.39%) HTML
5 12 (2.54%) Node.js
5 12 (2.54%) Vue
6 10 (2.12%) Spring
7 9 (1.91%) REST
7 9 (1.91%) Spring Boot
8 6 (1.27%) AngularJS
8 6 (1.27%) Flask
8 6 (1.27%) GraphQL
8 6 (1.27%) PySpark
9 4 (0.85%) Gherkin
9 4 (0.85%) Jest
9 4 (0.85%) Lightning Web Components
9 4 (0.85%) Middleware
10 3 (0.64%) Elastic Stack
10 3 (0.64%) FastAPI
10 3 (0.64%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 32 (6.78%) Management Information System
2 22 (4.66%) Data Protection Act
3 18 (3.81%) Driving Licence
4 15 (3.18%) e-Learning
4 15 (3.18%) Product Ownership
5 11 (2.33%) Distributed Systems
6 9 (1.91%) Data Structures
6 9 (1.91%) FMCG
6 9 (1.91%) NHS
7 8 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
7 8 (1.69%) Cloud Native
7 8 (1.69%) CMDB
7 8 (1.69%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (1.69%) Operational Technology
8 7 (1.48%) Renewable Energy
8 7 (1.48%) Security Posture
9 6 (1.27%) Onboarding
10 5 (1.06%) Robotics
11 4 (0.85%) Educational Technology
11 4 (0.85%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 46 (9.75%) Windows
2 17 (3.60%) Windows Server
3 14 (2.97%) Windows 10
4 7 (1.48%) Android
5 6 (1.27%) Linux
5 6 (1.27%) 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
1 127 (26.91%) Problem-Solving
2 94 (19.92%) Agile
3 89 (18.86%) Stakeholder Management
4 83 (17.58%) Decision-Making
5 79 (16.74%) Mentoring
6 70 (14.83%) Coaching
7 61 (12.92%) ITIL
8 60 (12.71%) Cybersecurity
9 53 (11.23%) Software Engineering
10 47 (9.96%) Analytics
10 47 (9.96%) Disaster Recovery
10 47 (9.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 45 (9.53%) User Experience
12 43 (9.11%) DevOps
12 43 (9.11%) Incident Response
13 42 (8.90%) Roadmaps
14 40 (8.47%) CI/CD
15 39 (8.26%) Service Delivery
16 38 (8.05%) Product Vision
17 37 (7.84%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 50 (10.59%) SQL
2 36 (7.63%) JavaScript
3 33 (6.99%) Python
4 29 (6.14%) C#
4 29 (6.14%) PowerShell
5 16 (3.39%) Bash
6 14 (2.97%) TypeScript
7 13 (2.75%) Java
8 5 (1.06%) T-SQL
9 4 (0.85%) Groovy
10 3 (0.64%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (0.64%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.42%) Bicep
11 2 (0.42%) PHP
11 2 (0.42%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.42%) VBA
12 1 (0.21%) R
12 1 (0.21%) Scala
Qualifications
1 54 (11.44%) Degree
2 18 (3.81%) Security Cleared
3 13 (2.75%) SC Cleared
4 12 (2.54%) DBS Check
5 11 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (2.12%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 7 (1.48%) CISSP
8 6 (1.27%) IRCA
8 6 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (1.27%) PMI Certification
9 5 (1.06%) Azure Certification
10 4 (0.85%) AWS Certification
10 4 (0.85%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 3 (0.64%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 3 (0.64%) A+ Certification
11 3 (0.64%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (0.64%) CISM
11 3 (0.64%) CompTIA Security+
11 3 (0.64%) GIAC
11 3 (0.64%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (11.23%) GDPR
2 42 (8.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 38 (8.05%) Data Quality
4 37 (7.84%) Cyber Essentials
5 32 (6.78%) QA
6 30 (6.36%) NIST
7 14 (2.97%) Accessibility
8 10 (2.12%) SLA
9 8 (1.69%) GMP
10 7 (1.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 6 (1.27%) ISO 9001
11 6 (1.27%) NCSC
12 5 (1.06%) PCI DSS
13 4 (0.85%) P3O
14 3 (0.64%) GRC
14 3 (0.64%) PMO
14 3 (0.64%) WCAG
15 2 (0.42%) SOC 2
16 1 (0.21%) ISO 19650
16 1 (0.21%) JSP 440
System Software
1 42 (8.90%) Active Directory
2 17 (3.60%) Docker
3 10 (2.12%) Hyper-V
4 7 (1.48%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.64%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (0.64%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.21%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 24 (5.08%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (4.03%) Terraform
3 6 (1.27%) Kubernetes
4 5 (1.06%) HP Fortify
5 3 (0.64%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 3 (0.64%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (0.42%) Ansible
6 2 (0.42%) Kibana
6 2 (0.42%) SCCM
Vendors
1 129 (27.33%) Microsoft
2 20 (4.24%) Oracle
3 15 (3.18%) VMware
4 12 (2.54%) ServiceNow
5 9 (1.91%) SAP
5 9 (1.91%) Workday
6 8 (1.69%) Citrix
6 8 (1.69%) Salesforce
7 7 (1.48%) Apple
7 7 (1.48%) Atlassian
7 7 (1.48%) Freshdesk
7 7 (1.48%) Google
8 6 (1.27%) Databricks
8 6 (1.27%) IFS
9 4 (0.85%) Adobe
9 4 (0.85%) Hotjar
10 3 (0.64%) IBM
11 2 (0.42%) Cisco
11 2 (0.42%) Fortinet
11 2 (0.42%) Juniper