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 16 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 36 67
Rank change year-on-year +15 +31 -33
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 313 206 137
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 8.79% 4.94% 4.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.23% 6.11% 4.42%
Number of salaries quoted 162 84 96
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,500 £41,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,305 £47,500 £59,556
Median % change year-on-year +22.75% -20.24% +0.05%
75th Percentile £77,500 £65,938 £70,313
90th Percentile £89,875 £86,250 £84,056
England median annual salary £59,527 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -0.79% -7.69% +8.33%

All Process and 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 3,060 3,374 3,099
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 85.98% 80.85% 94.97%
Number of salaries quoted 1,579 1,412 2,270
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,025 £29,000
25th Percentile £30,500 £41,250 £38,827
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,750 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.95% +0.48% -
75th Percentile £67,875 £69,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £81,250 £84,006
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -0.83%

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 16 November 2025.

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 16 November 2025. 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 +26 200 £67,500 +22.73% 107
North Yorkshire +4 44 £47,500 -42.42% 8
South Yorkshire -1 28 £39,000 -35.00% 22
East Yorkshire -15 19 £53,000 +17.78% 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 7 (2.24%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.96%) CMS
3 2 (0.64%) Confluence
3 2 (0.64%) Drupal
3 2 (0.64%) EPiServer
3 2 (0.64%) Umbraco
4 1 (0.32%) Apache
4 1 (0.32%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.32%) Cloud Foundry
4 1 (0.32%) IIS
4 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.32%) WordPress
Applications
1 13 (4.15%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (3.19%) SOLIDWORKS
3 7 (2.24%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (1.92%) AutoCAD
4 6 (1.92%) MS Visio
5 4 (1.28%) Autodesk Inventor
6 3 (0.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 2 (0.64%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.64%) Photoshop
7 2 (0.64%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 12 (3.83%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.92%) SAP CO
2 6 (1.92%) SAP FI
2 6 (1.92%) SAP FI/CO
2 6 (1.92%) SAP PS
3 4 (1.28%) Sage 200
4 3 (0.96%) SAP GRC
4 3 (0.96%) SAP MDG
4 3 (0.96%) SAP MM
5 2 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.64%) FLEXCUBE
5 2 (0.64%) Markit EDM
5 2 (0.64%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.32%) Primavera
6 1 (0.32%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.32%) SAP Payroll
6 1 (0.32%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 58 (18.53%) Azure
2 55 (17.57%) AWS
3 33 (10.54%) SaaS
4 22 (7.03%) Microsoft 365
5 17 (5.43%) GCP
6 10 (3.19%) Power Platform
7 9 (2.88%) GitHub
8 8 (2.56%) Serverless
9 6 (1.92%) OCI
10 5 (1.60%) AWS CloudFormation
10 5 (1.60%) SuccessFactors
11 3 (0.96%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (0.96%) Dynamics 365
11 3 (0.96%) Power Automate
12 2 (0.64%) Amazon ECS
12 2 (0.64%) Amazon EKS
12 2 (0.64%) Amazon GuardDuty
12 2 (0.64%) Figma
12 2 (0.64%) npm
12 2 (0.64%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 15 (4.79%) Firewall
2 11 (3.51%) VLAN
3 8 (2.56%) DNS
4 7 (2.24%) DHCP
4 7 (2.24%) Network Security
4 7 (2.24%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (1.92%) BGP
5 6 (1.92%) Broadband
5 6 (1.92%) Internet
5 6 (1.92%) VPN
6 5 (1.60%) OSPF
6 5 (1.60%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.96%) WPA
8 2 (0.64%) AMQP
8 2 (0.64%) LAN
8 2 (0.64%) WAN
9 1 (0.32%) MPLS
9 1 (0.32%) VoIP
9 1 (0.32%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (4.47%) SQL Server
2 10 (3.19%) MySQL
3 9 (2.88%) Power BI
4 5 (1.60%) MongoDB
4 5 (1.60%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (1.28%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (1.28%) SAP HANA
5 4 (1.28%) Tableau
6 3 (0.96%) BusinessObjects
6 3 (0.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.64%) Metadata
7 2 (0.64%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.64%) Spark SQL
7 2 (0.64%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 2 (0.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.32%) Amazon Aurora
8 1 (0.32%) Apache Iceberg
8 1 (0.32%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.32%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.32%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 23 (7.35%) JIRA
2 8 (2.56%) Git
3 5 (1.60%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.96%) Selenium
5 2 (0.64%) GitLab
5 2 (0.64%) Grunt
5 2 (0.64%) gulp
5 2 (0.64%) JMeter
5 2 (0.64%) LoadRunner
5 2 (0.64%) SonarQube
5 2 (0.64%) webpack
6 1 (0.32%) Rational DOORS
General
1 111 (35.46%) Social Skills
2 93 (29.71%) Finance
3 70 (22.36%) Manufacturing
4 36 (11.50%) Marketing
5 29 (9.27%) Analytical Skills
6 17 (5.43%) Retail
7 11 (3.51%) Law
7 11 (3.51%) Public Sector
8 9 (2.88%) Presentation Skills
9 8 (2.56%) Legal
10 7 (2.24%) Organisational Skills
11 6 (1.92%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.28%) Banking
12 4 (1.28%) Electronics
12 4 (1.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (1.28%) Telecoms
13 3 (0.96%) Advertising
14 2 (0.64%) Agriculture
14 2 (0.64%) Tech for Good
15 1 (0.32%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 53 (16.93%) Developer
2 42 (13.42%) Automation Engineer
2 42 (13.42%) Systems Engineer
3 39 (12.46%) Lead
4 24 (7.67%) Development Manager
5 20 (6.39%) JIRA Developer
5 20 (6.39%) Senior
6 17 (5.43%) Consultant
7 16 (5.11%) Product Manager
7 16 (5.11%) Support Engineer
8 15 (4.79%) Principal Consultant
8 15 (4.79%) Principal SAP Consultant
8 15 (4.79%) SAP Consultant
9 14 (4.47%) Product Development Manager
10 13 (4.15%) Analyst
10 13 (4.15%) IT Manager
11 11 (3.51%) IT Support
11 11 (3.51%) Python Developer
11 11 (3.51%) Software Developer
11 11 (3.51%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (8.31%) React
2 22 (7.03%) .NET
3 21 (6.71%) CSS
4 14 (4.47%) Node.js
5 10 (3.19%) HTML
6 8 (2.56%) Django
6 8 (2.56%) FastAPI
6 8 (2.56%) Flask
6 8 (2.56%) RESTful
7 7 (2.24%) ASP.NET
7 7 (2.24%) SAP Basis
7 7 (2.24%) SAP Fiori
7 7 (2.24%) Vue
8 6 (1.92%) GraphQL
8 6 (1.92%) Redux
8 6 (1.92%) REST
8 6 (1.92%) SAPUI5
9 5 (1.60%) jQuery
9 5 (1.60%) Lightning Web Components
10 4 (1.28%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 59 (18.85%) FMCG
2 42 (13.42%) Management Information System
3 36 (11.50%) Manufacturing Execution System
3 36 (11.50%) Operational Technology
4 22 (7.03%) Onboarding
5 14 (4.47%) Cloud Native
6 12 (3.83%) Product Ownership
7 10 (3.19%) Distributed Systems
8 8 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (1.92%) Data Structures
9 6 (1.92%) Public Cloud
10 5 (1.60%) Marketing Technology
11 4 (1.28%) NHS
11 4 (1.28%) Private Cloud
12 3 (0.96%) Analytical Mindset
12 3 (0.96%) CMDB
12 3 (0.96%) Renewable Energy
12 3 (0.96%) Replication
12 3 (0.96%) Virtual Team
13 2 (0.64%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 23 (7.35%) Windows
2 9 (2.88%) Linux
2 9 (2.88%) Windows Server
3 3 (0.96%) SUSE
3 3 (0.96%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
4 2 (0.64%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.32%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (41.21%) Problem-Solving
2 68 (21.73%) Agile
3 50 (15.97%) Mentoring
4 42 (13.42%) ITIL
5 41 (13.10%) Computer Science
6 40 (12.78%) Change Management
6 40 (12.78%) Project Management
6 40 (12.78%) Software Engineering
7 37 (11.82%) Budgeting
7 37 (11.82%) ITSM
8 36 (11.50%) Data Collection
8 36 (11.50%) Energy Management
8 36 (11.50%) Quality Management
9 34 (10.86%) Decision-Making
9 34 (10.86%) Project Delivery
9 34 (10.86%) Service Management
10 30 (9.58%) CI/CD
11 29 (9.27%) Incident Management
12 28 (8.95%) DevOps
12 28 (8.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 46 (14.70%) JavaScript
2 34 (10.86%) SQL
3 33 (10.54%) Python
4 32 (10.22%) PowerShell
5 26 (8.31%) C#
6 13 (4.15%) Java
6 13 (4.15%) TypeScript
7 6 (1.92%) PHP
8 5 (1.60%) C++
9 4 (1.28%) Bash
9 4 (1.28%) Delphi
9 4 (1.28%) Ruby
10 3 (0.96%) ABAP
11 2 (0.64%) Bicep
12 1 (0.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.32%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.32%) R
12 1 (0.32%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.32%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 70 (22.36%) Degree
2 36 (11.50%) HNC
3 20 (6.39%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 14 (4.47%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (2.24%) ITIL Certification
6 6 (1.92%) AWS Certification
7 5 (1.60%) SC Cleared
7 5 (1.60%) Security Cleared
8 4 (1.28%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.64%) ACCA
9 2 (0.64%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 2 (0.64%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.64%) CIMA
9 2 (0.64%) CIPD
9 2 (0.64%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.64%) MBA
9 2 (0.64%) PMP
10 1 (0.32%) APMP
10 1 (0.32%) CRISC
10 1 (0.32%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.15%) PMO
2 11 (3.51%) GDPR
3 9 (2.88%) Cyber Essentials
3 9 (2.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (2.56%) Data Quality
5 7 (2.24%) GRC
5 7 (2.24%) NIST
6 6 (1.92%) IEC 61131
6 6 (1.92%) QA
7 5 (1.60%) P3O
8 4 (1.28%) Accessibility
8 4 (1.28%) ISO 9001
9 3 (0.96%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (0.96%) SLA
9 3 (0.96%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.64%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.32%) GMP
11 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 12207
11 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 15288
System Software
1 19 (6.07%) Docker
2 8 (2.56%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.64%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.32%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 21 (6.71%) Terraform
2 9 (2.88%) Ansible
3 8 (2.56%) Kubernetes
3 8 (2.56%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.64%) Control-M
4 2 (0.64%) HP Fortify
5 1 (0.32%) Argo
5 1 (0.32%) Grafana
5 1 (0.32%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.32%) QRadar
Vendors
1 43 (13.74%) Microsoft
2 36 (11.50%) Rockwell
2 36 (11.50%) Siemens
3 26 (8.31%) SAP
4 20 (6.39%) Atlassian
5 10 (3.19%) Salesforce
6 6 (1.92%) Ariba
6 6 (1.92%) Oracle
6 6 (1.92%) ServiceNow
6 6 (1.92%) Sophos
7 4 (1.28%) Autodesk
7 4 (1.28%) Sage
8 3 (0.96%) Concur
8 3 (0.96%) Google
8 3 (0.96%) IBM
8 3 (0.96%) Openreach
9 2 (0.64%) Databricks
9 2 (0.64%) Nexthink
9 2 (0.64%) Qualtrics
9 2 (0.64%) VMware