Continuous Improvement Job Trends in Berkshire

Continual Improvement
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring Continuous Improvement skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 16 60
Rank change year-on-year -3 +44 -5
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 201 212 82
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 11.06% 9.71% 4.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.49% 11.65% 4.76%
Number of salaries quoted 34 44 46
10th Percentile £27,000 £35,000 £38,420
25th Percentile £50,688 £40,013 £46,894
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £52,550
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +14.18% -19.15%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £78,438
90th Percentile £80,250 £80,000 £80,875
South East median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% -7.69% +8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire

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 Berkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,609 1,819 1,724
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 88.55% 83.33% 91.41%
Number of salaries quoted 685 891 1,131
10th Percentile £28,000 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £33,500 £47,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.00% +13.64% -5.17%
75th Percentile £68,750 £80,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £88,750
South East median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% - -

Continuous Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Continuous Improvement relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Continuous Improvement job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Continuous Improvement
Salary Trend in Berkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Continuous Improvement.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Continuous Improvement

Continuous Improvement
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Continuous Improvement in Berkshire over the 6 months to 9 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Continuous Improvement in Berkshire

Continuous Improvement
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Continuous Improvement within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 9 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
Slough -1 67 £75,000 +11.11% 383
Maidenhead - 51 £27,750 - 7
Windsor -4 46 - -
Reading -23 19 £61,434 -1.71% 63
Bracknell +34 5 £65,000 +1.96% 8
Wokingham - 3 - - 8
Thatcham -1 2 £51,000 +56.92% 1
Continuous Improvement
South East

Continuous Improvement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire 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 3 (1.49%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.00%) Confluence
3 1 (0.50%) Anypoint
3 1 (0.50%) Oracle Workflow
3 1 (0.50%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (1.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.50%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 41 (20.40%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (3.98%) JDE EnterpriseOne
3 6 (2.99%) Oracle Assets
3 6 (2.99%) Oracle Payables
3 6 (2.99%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (1.00%) SAP GRC
5 1 (0.50%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.50%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.50%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.50%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 68 (33.83%) GCP
2 55 (27.36%) Azure
3 48 (23.88%) AWS
4 40 (19.90%) Azure DevOps
5 15 (7.46%) Azure AI
5 15 (7.46%) Vertex AI
6 13 (6.47%) Azure Monitor
7 5 (2.49%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (1.49%) Boomi
8 3 (1.49%) Power Platform
9 2 (1.00%) Entra ID
9 2 (1.00%) iPaaS
9 2 (1.00%) SaaS
10 1 (0.50%) Copilot Studio
10 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (0.50%) OCI
10 1 (0.50%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.50%) Smartsheet
10 1 (0.50%) Snowflake
10 1 (0.50%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.49%) Firewall
2 1 (0.50%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (0.50%) Network Security
2 1 (0.50%) Structured Cabling
2 1 (0.50%) VPN
2 1 (0.50%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (9.95%) BigQuery
2 19 (9.45%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.00%) Power BI
3 2 (1.00%) Qlik Sense
4 1 (0.50%) DTS
Development Applications
1 42 (20.90%) JIRA
2 40 (19.90%) eCATT
3 12 (5.97%) NeoLoad
4 1 (0.50%) Selenium
General
1 104 (51.74%) Finance
2 86 (42.79%) Marketing
3 75 (37.31%) Law
4 61 (30.35%) Social Skills
5 57 (28.36%) Manufacturing
6 52 (25.87%) Analytical Skills
7 43 (21.39%) Influencing Skills
7 43 (21.39%) Presentation Skills
8 31 (15.42%) Legal
9 6 (2.99%) Retail
10 3 (1.49%) Telecoms
11 2 (1.00%) Advertising
11 2 (1.00%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.00%) Electronics
11 2 (1.00%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (1.00%) Public Sector
12 1 (0.50%) Billing
12 1 (0.50%) Humanities
12 1 (0.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.50%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 71 (35.32%) Senior
2 48 (23.88%) Analyst
3 44 (21.89%) Architect
4 43 (21.39%) Lead
5 21 (10.45%) Test Analyst
6 20 (9.95%) Cloud Architect
6 20 (9.95%) GCP Architect
6 20 (9.95%) Platform Architect
7 19 (9.45%) Data Architect
7 19 (9.45%) Senior Architect
7 19 (9.45%) Senior Data Architect
8 15 (7.46%) Product Delivery Manager
8 15 (7.46%) Product Manager
9 13 (6.47%) Senior Manager
10 12 (5.97%) Performance Analyst
10 12 (5.97%) Performance Test Analyst
10 12 (5.97%) Testing Analyst
11 9 (4.48%) Automation Test Analyst
11 9 (4.48%) Support Specialist
12 7 (3.48%) Workstream Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (6.47%) Hugging Face
1 13 (6.47%) LangChain
1 13 (6.47%) PyTorch
1 13 (6.47%) TensorFlow
2 6 (2.99%) EDI
3 2 (1.00%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.50%) JSON
4 1 (0.50%) REST
4 1 (0.50%) SOAP
4 1 (0.50%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 32 (15.92%) Data Centre
2 29 (14.43%) Analytical Mindset
3 20 (9.95%) Cloud Native
4 15 (7.46%) AI Agents
5 10 (4.98%) Management Information System
6 7 (3.48%) Product Ownership
7 6 (2.99%) FMCG
8 3 (1.49%) SCADA
9 2 (1.00%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (1.00%) Legacy Applications
10 1 (0.50%) Biopharmaceutical
10 1 (0.50%) Cyber Defence
10 1 (0.50%) Cyber Threat
10 1 (0.50%) Driving Licence
10 1 (0.50%) e-Learning
10 1 (0.50%) Low-Code
10 1 (0.50%) Onboarding
10 1 (0.50%) Public Cloud
10 1 (0.50%) Renewable Energy
10 1 (0.50%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.49%) Windows
2 1 (0.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (46.77%) Roadmaps
2 79 (39.30%) ERP
3 75 (37.31%) Change Management
4 73 (36.32%) Data Science
5 72 (35.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 54 (26.87%) AI
7 53 (26.37%) Generative AI
7 53 (26.37%) Machine Learning
8 52 (25.87%) Analytics
8 52 (25.87%) Risk Management
9 51 (25.37%) Problem-Solving
10 48 (23.88%) Use Case
11 47 (23.38%) Stakeholder Management
12 46 (22.89%) Visualisation
13 43 (21.39%) Mentoring
13 43 (21.39%) Strategic Roadmap
14 42 (20.90%) Test Management
15 40 (19.90%) Project Management
15 40 (19.90%) Source to Pay
16 39 (19.40%) Architectural Design
Programming Languages
1 21 (10.45%) Java
2 20 (9.95%) Go
2 20 (9.95%) Python
3 8 (3.98%) SQL
4 1 (0.50%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.50%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (0.50%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 33 (16.42%) Degree
2 19 (9.45%) Master's Degree
3 14 (6.97%) Computer Science Degree
4 9 (4.48%) Security Cleared
5 8 (3.98%) PMI Certification
5 8 (3.98%) PMP
6 7 (3.48%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 5 (2.49%) SC Cleared
8 3 (1.49%) CISSP
9 2 (1.00%) CGEIT
9 2 (1.00%) CRISC
9 2 (1.00%) ISTQB
9 2 (1.00%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 2 (1.00%) NVQ Level 3
10 1 (0.50%) APMP
10 1 (0.50%) CISM
10 1 (0.50%) CREST Certified
10 1 (0.50%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.50%) GIAC
10 1 (0.50%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (10.45%) QA
2 19 (9.45%) Data Quality
3 6 (2.99%) GDPR
4 3 (1.49%) GRC
4 3 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.00%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.00%) NIST
5 2 (1.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.50%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.50%) PMO
6 1 (0.50%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 40 (19.90%) HP ALM
2 20 (9.95%) Kubernetes
3 13 (6.47%) Grafana
3 13 (6.47%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 49 (24.38%) SAP
2 42 (20.90%) Google
3 40 (19.90%) HP
4 15 (7.46%) Foundry
4 15 (7.46%) Microsoft
5 13 (6.47%) OpenAI
5 13 (6.47%) Oracle
6 9 (4.48%) ServiceNow
7 8 (3.98%) JD Edwards
8 4 (1.99%) ConnectWise
9 3 (1.49%) Dell
9 3 (1.49%) IBM
9 3 (1.49%) Salesforce
9 3 (1.49%) Workday
10 2 (1.00%) HubSpot
11 1 (0.50%) IFS
11 1 (0.50%) Jitterbit
11 1 (0.50%) Meraki
11 1 (0.50%) MuleSoft
11 1 (0.50%) SnapLogic