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

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 22 42
Rank change year-on-year +9 +20 +15
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 571 270 209
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 7.45% 8.06% 4.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.07% 9.26% 5.45%
Number of salaries quoted 421 117 106
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,772 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 £55,000 £53,750
Median % change year-on-year -14.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £62,500 £73,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £85,000 £84,982
England median annual salary £56,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.61% -4.17% -7.55%

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 5,157 2,917 3,833
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 67.29% 87.07% 79.84%
Number of salaries quoted 3,810 1,387 1,813
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,154 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -9.52% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,483 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £59,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -7.56% -4.03%

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 28 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 28 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 +2 246 £54,730 -12.59% 258
South Yorkshire +16 141 £45,000 +17.65% 103
North Yorkshire +15 78 £45,000 -5.26% 40
East Yorkshire +2 45 £42,500 -22.73% 26
Humberside - 4 £56,250 - 13
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 56 (9.81%) SharePoint
2 22 (3.85%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (0.88%) Confluence
4 2 (0.35%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.35%) CICS
4 2 (0.35%) CMS
4 2 (0.35%) nginx
4 2 (0.35%) WordPress
Applications
1 41 (7.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (4.20%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.05%) Navisworks
3 6 (1.05%) Revit
4 4 (0.70%) Chatbot
4 4 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.53%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.35%) Trello
7 1 (0.18%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 8 (1.40%) NetSuite
1 8 (1.40%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.70%) iTrent
3 2 (0.35%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.35%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.18%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 77 (13.49%) Microsoft 365
2 72 (12.61%) Azure
3 60 (10.51%) Power Platform
4 51 (8.93%) AWS
5 32 (5.60%) Dynamics 365
5 32 (5.60%) SaaS
6 30 (5.25%) Entra ID
7 29 (5.08%) Power Automate
7 29 (5.08%) PowerApps
8 26 (4.55%) OneDrive
9 13 (2.28%) Serverless
10 12 (2.10%) Amazon EC2
10 12 (2.10%) AWS CloudFormation
11 11 (1.93%) Amazon ECS
11 11 (1.93%) Amazon S3
12 10 (1.75%) AWS Lambda
12 10 (1.75%) Azure DevOps
13 9 (1.58%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 8 (1.40%) Amazon EKS
14 8 (1.40%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 27 (4.73%) Firewall
2 16 (2.80%) DNS
3 15 (2.63%) Network Security
4 13 (2.28%) DHCP
5 9 (1.58%) VPN
5 9 (1.58%) Wi-Fi
6 8 (1.40%) LAN
6 8 (1.40%) WAN
6 8 (1.40%) Wireless
7 6 (1.05%) TCP/IP
8 4 (0.70%) ATM
8 4 (0.70%) CTI
8 4 (0.70%) Internet
8 4 (0.70%) VoIP
9 3 (0.53%) Remote Desktop
9 3 (0.53%) VLAN
10 2 (0.35%) Cisco ASA
10 2 (0.35%) Cisco Firepower
10 2 (0.35%) Profibus
10 2 (0.35%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (8.93%) Power BI
2 18 (3.15%) SQL Server
3 12 (2.10%) MySQL
4 8 (1.40%) Electronic Patient Records
5 7 (1.23%) Amazon RDS
6 6 (1.05%) Semantic Layer
7 4 (0.70%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.53%) ClickHouse
8 3 (0.53%) Elasticsearch
8 3 (0.53%) Metadata
8 3 (0.53%) NonStop SQL
8 3 (0.53%) Relational Database
8 3 (0.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.35%) Amazon Athena
9 2 (0.35%) Delta Lake
9 2 (0.35%) Geospatial Data
9 2 (0.35%) GIS
9 2 (0.35%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (0.35%) SAP Data Services
9 2 (0.35%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 18 (3.15%) JIRA
2 12 (2.10%) Git
3 8 (1.40%) GitLab
4 5 (0.88%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.70%) Selenium
6 3 (0.53%) Appium
7 2 (0.35%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.35%) JMeter
7 2 (0.35%) MLflow
7 2 (0.35%) Ranorex
8 1 (0.18%) Bitbucket
General
1 217 (38.00%) Social Skills
2 106 (18.56%) Finance
3 103 (18.04%) Analytical Skills
4 88 (15.41%) Manufacturing
5 65 (11.38%) Public Sector
6 52 (9.11%) Law
7 40 (7.01%) Organisational Skills
8 30 (5.25%) Influencing Skills
9 24 (4.20%) Legal
10 22 (3.85%) Marketing
10 22 (3.85%) Retail
11 21 (3.68%) Electronics
12 13 (2.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 11 (1.93%) Presentation Skills
14 10 (1.75%) Advertising
15 7 (1.23%) Aerospace
15 7 (1.23%) Banking
16 5 (0.88%) Automotive
16 5 (0.88%) Back Office
16 5 (0.88%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 69 (12.08%) Senior
2 63 (11.03%) Analyst
3 37 (6.48%) Lead
4 31 (5.43%) Consultant
5 29 (5.08%) IT Support
6 28 (4.90%) Developer
7 24 (4.20%) Support Engineer
8 23 (4.03%) Support Analyst
9 22 (3.85%) Applications Support
10 21 (3.68%) IT Manager
11 18 (3.15%) Service Manager
12 16 (2.80%) Product Manager
12 16 (2.80%) Technical Support
13 15 (2.63%) Business Analyst
13 15 (2.63%) Compliance Manager
13 15 (2.63%) Quality Manager
14 14 (2.45%) Senior Manager
14 14 (2.45%) Software Engineer
15 13 (2.28%) Architect
15 13 (2.28%) Operations Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (4.20%) Terraform
2 21 (3.68%) .NET
3 11 (1.93%) CSS
3 11 (1.93%) HTML
4 10 (1.75%) React
5 9 (1.58%) Node.js
6 7 (1.23%) Kafka
6 7 (1.23%) REST
6 7 (1.23%) RESTful
7 6 (1.05%) Vue
8 5 (0.88%) PySpark
8 5 (0.88%) Spring
9 4 (0.70%) Playwright
9 4 (0.70%) RabbitMQ
9 4 (0.70%) Web Services
10 3 (0.53%) AngularJS
10 3 (0.53%) Next.js
10 3 (0.53%) Spring Boot
11 2 (0.35%) pytest
11 2 (0.35%) Semantic HTML
Miscellaneous
1 32 (5.60%) Onboarding
2 20 (3.50%) Product Ownership
3 19 (3.33%) Driving Licence
4 17 (2.98%) SCADA
5 15 (2.63%) Management Information System
6 13 (2.28%) Robotics
6 13 (2.28%) Self-Motivation
7 12 (2.10%) Replication
7 12 (2.10%) SystemC
8 11 (1.93%) Operational Technology
9 10 (1.75%) NHS
10 9 (1.58%) CCTV
10 9 (1.58%) Cloud Native
10 9 (1.58%) Distributed Systems
11 8 (1.40%) AI Agents
11 8 (1.40%) FMCG
11 8 (1.40%) Security Posture
12 6 (1.05%) Linux Command Line
12 6 (1.05%) Manufacturing Execution System
12 6 (1.05%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 59 (10.33%) Windows
2 28 (4.90%) Windows Server
3 23 (4.03%) Linux
4 13 (2.28%) Windows 10
5 9 (1.58%) Android
6 6 (1.05%) Windows Server 2019
7 5 (0.88%) Mac OS
7 5 (0.88%) Unix
8 2 (0.35%) zOS
9 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.18%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 212 (37.13%) Problem-Solving
2 101 (17.69%) Agile
3 84 (14.71%) ITIL
4 77 (13.49%) Stakeholder Management
5 72 (12.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 71 (12.43%) Coaching
7 69 (12.08%) AI
7 69 (12.08%) Decision-Making
7 69 (12.08%) Mentoring
8 65 (11.38%) Process Improvement
9 62 (10.86%) Service Management
10 58 (10.16%) Customer Service
11 54 (9.46%) ERP
12 52 (9.11%) Business Intelligence
12 52 (9.11%) CI/CD
13 51 (8.93%) Roadmaps
14 49 (8.58%) Project Delivery
15 47 (8.23%) Analytics
16 44 (7.71%) Collaborative Working
17 42 (7.36%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 83 (14.54%) SQL
2 43 (7.53%) Python
3 24 (4.20%) C#
4 15 (2.63%) JavaScript
5 14 (2.45%) PowerShell
6 11 (1.93%) Shell Script
6 11 (1.93%) TypeScript
7 10 (1.75%) Java
8 9 (1.58%) Bash
9 5 (0.88%) PHP
10 4 (0.70%) Bicep
10 4 (0.70%) COBOL
11 3 (0.53%) ABAP
11 3 (0.53%) T-SQL
11 3 (0.53%) VB.NET
12 2 (0.35%) Groovy
12 2 (0.35%) JCL
12 2 (0.35%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.35%) Ladder Logic
12 2 (0.35%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 58 (10.16%) Degree
2 27 (4.73%) Security Cleared
3 23 (4.03%) SC Cleared
4 16 (2.80%) NVQ Level 3
5 15 (2.63%) DBS Check
6 13 (2.28%) City & Guilds
6 13 (2.28%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (1.40%) HNC
8 7 (1.23%) CISSP
8 7 (1.23%) HND
9 5 (0.88%) Azure Certification
9 5 (0.88%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (0.70%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 4 (0.70%) CCSP
10 4 (0.70%) PMI Certification
10 4 (0.70%) PMP
11 3 (0.53%) Chartered Engineer
11 3 (0.53%) CISM
11 3 (0.53%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (6.48%) QA
2 26 (4.55%) Data Quality
3 16 (2.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (2.63%) Cyber Essentials
5 14 (2.45%) Accessibility
5 14 (2.45%) SLA
6 9 (1.58%) GDPR
7 8 (1.40%) ISO 19650
8 7 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 7 (1.23%) PMO
9 6 (1.05%) ISO 9001
9 6 (1.05%) WCAG
10 5 (0.88%) GRC
10 5 (0.88%) NIST
11 3 (0.53%) ISO 8583
11 3 (0.53%) NCSC
12 2 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.35%) IEC 61131
12 2 (0.35%) NEBOSH
13 1 (0.18%) AQAP
System Software
1 35 (6.13%) Active Directory
2 12 (2.10%) Docker
3 10 (1.75%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.70%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.18%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.18%) Firmware
6 1 (0.18%) Time Sharing Option
6 1 (0.18%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.18%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 22 (3.85%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (1.23%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.88%) Ansible
4 2 (0.35%) Grafana
4 2 (0.35%) Kibana
4 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
4 2 (0.35%) Progress Chef
4 2 (0.35%) Prometheus
4 2 (0.35%) Proxmox
4 2 (0.35%) SCCM
4 2 (0.35%) SCOM
4 2 (0.35%) WSUS
5 1 (0.18%) BMC PATROL
5 1 (0.18%) Functional Safety
5 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Satellite
5 1 (0.18%) VxRail
Vendors
1 143 (25.04%) Microsoft
2 20 (3.50%) SAP
3 17 (2.98%) Oracle
4 16 (2.80%) Cisco
5 15 (2.63%) ServiceNow
6 12 (2.10%) Siemens
7 11 (1.93%) NEC
7 11 (1.93%) Salesforce
8 8 (1.40%) SonicWALL
8 8 (1.40%) VMware
9 7 (1.23%) Databricks
10 6 (1.05%) Allen-Bradley
10 6 (1.05%) Autodesk
10 6 (1.05%) Meraki
10 6 (1.05%) Sage
11 5 (0.88%) iManage
11 5 (0.88%) Workday
12 4 (0.70%) CheckPoint
12 4 (0.70%) Informatica
12 4 (0.70%) Juniper