Continuous Improvement Jobs in Bedfordshire

Continual Improvement
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Bedfordshire requiring Continuous Improvement skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Continuous Improvement over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 33 59
Rank change year-on-year +9 +26 -46
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 42 19 18
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 7.34% 4.08% 2.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.71% 5.46% 2.99%
Number of salaries quoted 16 15 12
10th Percentile £35,225 £31,250 -
25th Percentile - £36,250 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,967 £55,000 £38,508
Median % change year-on-year -7.33% +42.83% -26.65%
75th Percentile £52,438 £60,625 £74,688
90th Percentile £55,250 £96,000 £85,000
East of England median annual salary £50,967 £55,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -7.33% +22.22% -18.18%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bedfordshire

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 Bedfordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 545 348 602
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 95.28% 74.68% 98.69%
Number of salaries quoted 93 241 279
10th Percentile £31,250 £26,000 £36,153
25th Percentile £40,400 £33,152 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -13.04% +15.00%
75th Percentile £66,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £73,500 £93,750 £83,750
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +10.00%

Continuous Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

Job postings citing Continuous Improvement as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire.

Job vacancy trend for Continuous Improvement in Bedfordshire

Continuous Improvement
Salary Trend in Bedfordshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Continuous Improvement in Bedfordshire.

Salary trend for Continuous Improvement in Bedfordshire

Continuous Improvement
Salary Histogram in Bedfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Continuous Improvement in Bedfordshire over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Continuous Improvement in Bedfordshire

Continuous Improvement
Job Locations in Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Continuous Improvement within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 30 May 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
Bedford +11 8 £45,234 +20.62% 108
Luton +8 8 £53,500 -8.94% 104
Leighton Buzzard -3 4 £50,967 +22.81%
Shefford - 4 £50,967 -
Biggleswade - 3 £50,967 -
Dunstable - 3 £50,967 - 1
Arlesey - 2 £50,967 -
Henlow - 1 - -
Continuous Improvement
East of England

Continuous Improvement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bedfordshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 10 (23.81%) Confluence
2 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.38%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (9.52%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.76%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (4.76%) Primavera
2 1 (2.38%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 15 (35.71%) Azure
2 13 (30.95%) AWS
3 10 (23.81%) GCP
4 2 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (2.38%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (2.38%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (2.38%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.38%) OneDrive
5 1 (2.38%) PaaS
5 1 (2.38%) Power Platform
5 1 (2.38%) PowerApps
5 1 (2.38%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.76%) DHCP
2 1 (2.38%) DNS
2 1 (2.38%) Ethernet
2 1 (2.38%) Firewall
2 1 (2.38%) GSM
2 1 (2.38%) IPsec
2 1 (2.38%) LAN
2 1 (2.38%) LTE
2 1 (2.38%) MPLS
2 1 (2.38%) Network Security
2 1 (2.38%) OSPF
2 1 (2.38%) SAN
2 1 (2.38%) SD-WAN
2 1 (2.38%) Software-Defined Networking
2 1 (2.38%) VLAN
2 1 (2.38%) VoIP
2 1 (2.38%) VPN
2 1 (2.38%) VRRP
2 1 (2.38%) VXLAN
2 1 (2.38%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (26.19%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.38%) Power BI
2 1 (2.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 13 (30.95%) JIRA
2 10 (23.81%) Bitbucket
2 10 (23.81%) Cucumber
2 10 (23.81%) GitLab
2 10 (23.81%) Maven
2 10 (23.81%) Selenium
2 10 (23.81%) SonarQube
2 10 (23.81%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 23 (54.76%) Social Skills
2 19 (45.24%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (38.10%) Finance
4 14 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
5 12 (28.57%) Banking
6 11 (26.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (11.90%) Marketing
8 3 (7.14%) Aviation
8 3 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (4.76%) Advertising
9 2 (4.76%) Aerospace
9 2 (4.76%) Games
9 2 (4.76%) Law
9 2 (4.76%) Legal
9 2 (4.76%) Manufacturing
10 1 (2.38%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 15 (35.71%) Analyst
2 14 (33.33%) Business Change Analyst
2 14 (33.33%) Change Analyst
3 10 (23.81%) Software Engineer
4 4 (9.52%) Auditor
4 4 (9.52%) Consultant
5 3 (7.14%) Digital Product Manager
5 3 (7.14%) Product Manager
6 2 (4.76%) Account Manager
6 2 (4.76%) Programme Manager
6 2 (4.76%) Resource Manager
6 2 (4.76%) Strategic Account Manager
6 2 (4.76%) Systems Manager
7 1 (2.38%) Data Analyst
7 1 (2.38%) Network Engineer
7 1 (2.38%) RF Engineer
7 1 (2.38%) Senior
7 1 (2.38%) Senior Manager
7 1 (2.38%) Senior Product Manager
7 1 (2.38%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (23.81%) CSS
1 10 (23.81%) Hibernate
1 10 (23.81%) HTML
1 10 (23.81%) JPA
1 10 (23.81%) Kafka
1 10 (23.81%) React
1 10 (23.81%) Redux
1 10 (23.81%) Spring
1 10 (23.81%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 15 (35.71%) Product Ownership
2 10 (23.81%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (9.52%) Driving Licence
4 3 (7.14%) Life Science
5 2 (4.76%) Digital Media
5 2 (4.76%) Marketing Technology
6 1 (2.38%) Client/Server
6 1 (2.38%) Data Structures
6 1 (2.38%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.38%) Linux
1 1 (2.38%) SUSE
1 1 (2.38%) Windows
1 1 (2.38%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (42.86%) Change Management
2 17 (40.48%) Business Case
3 16 (38.10%) Collaborative Working
3 16 (38.10%) Problem-Solving
3 16 (38.10%) Strategic Thinking
4 15 (35.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 14 (33.33%) Business Analysis
5 14 (33.33%) MoSCoW
5 14 (33.33%) Use Case
5 14 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
6 13 (30.95%) Agile
7 11 (26.19%) Performance Optimisation
8 10 (23.81%) Clean Code
8 10 (23.81%) DevOps
8 10 (23.81%) Front End Development
8 10 (23.81%) Full-Stack Development
8 10 (23.81%) Microservices
8 10 (23.81%) SDLC
8 10 (23.81%) Software Engineering
8 10 (23.81%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 12 (28.57%) SQL
2 10 (23.81%) Java
2 10 (23.81%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 14 (33.33%) CBAP
2 6 (14.29%) Degree
3 2 (4.76%) HND
3 2 (4.76%) PMI Certification
3 2 (4.76%) PMP
4 1 (2.38%) CCNA
4 1 (2.38%) CCNP
4 1 (2.38%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (2.38%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (28.57%) QA
2 2 (4.76%) IEC 62304
2 2 (4.76%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 10 (23.81%) Docker
2 2 (4.76%) Active Directory
2 2 (4.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.38%) Firmware
3 1 (2.38%) Hyper-V
3 1 (2.38%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 10 (23.81%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.38%) SCCM
2 1 (2.38%) SCOM
Vendors
1 10 (23.81%) Solace
2 5 (11.90%) Microsoft
3 3 (7.14%) Google
3 3 (7.14%) Sun
4 2 (4.76%) Aruba
4 2 (4.76%) Cisco
4 2 (4.76%) JD Edwards
4 2 (4.76%) SAP
4 2 (4.76%) VMware
5 1 (2.38%) Ab Initio
5 1 (2.38%) arcserve
5 1 (2.38%) Avaya
5 1 (2.38%) Citrix
5 1 (2.38%) Fortinet
5 1 (2.38%) HP
5 1 (2.38%) Infor
5 1 (2.38%) Linksys
5 1 (2.38%) Meru Networks
5 1 (2.38%) Palo Alto