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 16 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 10 27
Rank change year-on-year -2 +17 +21
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 209 285 211
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 7.32% 15.93% 6.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.33% 17.88% 8.49%
Number of salaries quoted 125 37 54
10th Percentile £36,750 £30,750 £32,675
25th Percentile £43,000 £42,500 £40,166
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £50,250
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +24.38% -4.38%
75th Percentile £71,535 £75,000 £79,859
90th Percentile £82,000 £78,000 £112,500
South East median annual salary £57,500 £54,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +6.48% -6.09% -

All Process & 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 2,024 1,594 2,486
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 70.87% 89.10% 81.45%
Number of salaries quoted 1,349 659 1,653
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £30,450
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,375 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £70,000 £74,375 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%

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 16 July 2026.

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 16 July 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
Reading +20 85 £60,000 +12.15% 27
Slough -6 20 £43,000 -42.67% 10
Maidenhead -3 12 £80,000 - 7
Bracknell -4 9 £60,000 -7.69% 13
Hungerford - 7 £49,000 -
Wokingham -9 3 £83,750 - 1
Thatcham -3 2 - - 5
Windsor +1 1 £52,500 - 10
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 2 (0.96%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.48%) JBoss
2 1 (0.48%) OpenStack
2 1 (0.48%) Red Hat Fuse
2 1 (0.48%) SharePoint
Applications
1 32 (15.31%) Microsoft Office
2 26 (12.44%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 16 (7.66%) Primavera
2 10 (4.78%) NetSuite
3 4 (1.91%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.48%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.48%) SAP HR
4 1 (0.48%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 37 (17.70%) Azure
2 20 (9.57%) AWS
3 16 (7.66%) GCP
4 11 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
5 10 (4.78%) Azure DevOps
5 10 (4.78%) SaaS
6 8 (3.83%) Power Platform
7 4 (1.91%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (1.44%) Amazon ECS
8 3 (1.44%) Amazon EKS
8 3 (1.44%) OpenShift
8 3 (1.44%) Serverless
9 2 (0.96%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (0.96%) Entra ID
9 2 (0.96%) Google Ads
9 2 (0.96%) Meta Ads
9 2 (0.96%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.48%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.48%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 1 (0.48%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 13 (6.22%) Firewall
2 10 (4.78%) DNS
3 6 (2.87%) VPN
4 4 (1.91%) WAN
5 3 (1.44%) HTTP
5 3 (1.44%) LAN
5 3 (1.44%) Remote Desktop
5 3 (1.44%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.96%) DHCP
6 2 (0.96%) Network Security
6 2 (0.96%) VLAN
6 2 (0.96%) Wireless
7 1 (0.48%) Cisco ISE
7 1 (0.48%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.48%) SMTP
7 1 (0.48%) SSL
7 1 (0.48%) Unified Communications
7 1 (0.48%) VoIP
7 1 (0.48%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.48%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.83%) Power BI
2 4 (1.91%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.44%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.96%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.48%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 5 (2.39%) Git
2 3 (1.44%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.96%) GitLab
3 2 (0.96%) Subversion
4 1 (0.48%) JIRA
4 1 (0.48%) JUnit
General
1 85 (40.67%) Social Skills
2 67 (32.06%) Analytical Skills
3 63 (30.14%) Finance
4 27 (12.92%) Influencing Skills
5 21 (10.05%) Organisational Skills
6 20 (9.57%) Legal
7 16 (7.66%) Pharmaceutical
8 12 (5.74%) Telecoms
9 10 (4.78%) Retail
10 9 (4.31%) Manufacturing
11 7 (3.35%) Aerospace
12 6 (2.87%) Documentation Skills
13 5 (2.39%) Public Sector
14 4 (1.91%) Marketing
15 2 (0.96%) Advertising
15 2 (0.96%) Automotive
15 2 (0.96%) Law
15 2 (0.96%) Mandarin Language
15 2 (0.96%) Presentation Skills
16 1 (0.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 39 (18.66%) Analyst
2 30 (14.35%) Lead
2 30 (14.35%) Senior
3 16 (7.66%) Applications Support
4 14 (6.70%) Software Engineer
5 13 (6.22%) Support Analyst
6 11 (5.26%) Applications Support Analyst
7 10 (4.78%) Auditor
7 10 (4.78%) Financial Analyst
7 10 (4.78%) QA Leader
8 9 (4.31%) Team Leader
9 8 (3.83%) Logistics Analyst
9 8 (3.83%) Procurement Analyst
10 7 (3.35%) Report Analyst
11 6 (2.87%) Account Manager
11 6 (2.87%) Associate Director
11 6 (2.87%) Consultant
11 6 (2.87%) IT Support
12 5 (2.39%) IT Analyst
12 5 (2.39%) Python Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (5.26%) Middleware
2 4 (1.91%) .NET
2 4 (1.91%) REST
2 4 (1.91%) Spring
3 3 (1.44%) AngularJS
3 3 (1.44%) ASP.NET
3 3 (1.44%) Elastic Stack
3 3 (1.44%) Java EE
3 3 (1.44%) JSON
3 3 (1.44%) JSON Schema
3 3 (1.44%) LDAP
3 3 (1.44%) Regular Expression
3 3 (1.44%) Spring Boot
3 3 (1.44%) Web Services
3 3 (1.44%) XML
3 3 (1.44%) XMPP
4 2 (0.96%) JMS
4 2 (0.96%) Loki
4 2 (0.96%) React
4 2 (0.96%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 19 (9.09%) Life Science
2 16 (7.66%) Pharmacovigilance
3 15 (7.18%) Distributed Systems
4 11 (5.26%) Client/Server
4 11 (5.26%) Onboarding
5 7 (3.35%) Analytical Mindset
5 7 (3.35%) Hackathon
5 7 (3.35%) Low-Code
5 7 (3.35%) Management Information System
6 6 (2.87%) Driving Licence
7 5 (2.39%) Cyber Threat
7 5 (2.39%) PKI
8 4 (1.91%) Cyber Defence
8 4 (1.91%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.44%) Cloud Native
10 2 (0.96%) Distributed Architecture
10 2 (0.96%) Smart Home
10 2 (0.96%) Video Conferencing
11 1 (0.48%) Manufacturing Execution System
11 1 (0.48%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 29 (13.88%) Linux
2 9 (4.31%) Windows
3 5 (2.39%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.48%) FreeBSD
5 1 (0.48%) OpenBSD
5 1 (0.48%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.48%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (31.58%) Problem-Solving
2 33 (15.79%) CAPA
3 27 (12.92%) Collaborative Working
4 26 (12.44%) Change Management
5 24 (11.48%) Cybersecurity
6 22 (10.53%) Line Management
7 21 (10.05%) Decision-Making
7 21 (10.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 20 (9.57%) CRM
8 20 (9.57%) ERP
8 20 (9.57%) Roadmaps
9 19 (9.09%) Actionable Insight
9 19 (9.09%) Agile
9 19 (9.09%) Computer Science
9 19 (9.09%) DevOps
9 19 (9.09%) Performance Management
9 19 (9.09%) Project Delivery
10 17 (8.13%) Software Engineering
11 16 (7.66%) ITIL
11 16 (7.66%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 24 (11.48%) Python
2 23 (11.00%) SQL
3 12 (5.74%) C
3 12 (5.74%) C++
3 12 (5.74%) PowerShell
4 11 (5.26%) Rust
5 4 (1.91%) C#
5 4 (1.91%) Java
6 3 (1.44%) Shell Script
7 2 (0.96%) Bash
7 2 (0.96%) Kusto Query Language
7 2 (0.96%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.48%) ABAP
8 1 (0.48%) Bicep
8 1 (0.48%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.48%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 60 (28.71%) Degree
2 26 (12.44%) Security Cleared
3 17 (8.13%) ACCA
3 17 (8.13%) CIMA
4 14 (6.70%) SC Cleared
5 12 (5.74%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (2.87%) Master's Degree
7 5 (2.39%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 5 (2.39%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (1.91%) DV Cleared
9 3 (1.44%) GIAC
9 3 (1.44%) Postgraduate
10 2 (0.96%) CISA
10 2 (0.96%) CISSP
10 2 (0.96%) CREST Certified
10 2 (0.96%) CRISC
10 2 (0.96%) CTC Cleared
10 2 (0.96%) GCIA
10 2 (0.96%) GCIH
10 2 (0.96%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (20.10%) QA
2 39 (18.66%) Accessibility
3 30 (14.35%) Good Clinical Practice
4 20 (9.57%) GxP
5 7 (3.35%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 7 (3.35%) Data Quality
5 7 (3.35%) GLP
5 7 (3.35%) GMP
6 6 (2.87%) PMO
7 5 (2.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (1.91%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (1.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (1.44%) Def Stans
9 3 (1.44%) SLA
10 2 (0.96%) COBIT
10 2 (0.96%) COSO
11 1 (0.48%) GDPR
11 1 (0.48%) MISRA
System Software
1 13 (6.22%) Hyper-V
1 13 (6.22%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (5.74%) KVM
3 8 (3.83%) Active Directory
4 4 (1.91%) vSphere
5 3 (1.44%) Docker
6 2 (0.96%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.48%) Terminal Server
7 1 (0.48%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 8 (3.83%) Kubernetes
2 6 (2.87%) Terraform
3 5 (2.39%) Kibana
4 4 (1.91%) Ansible
5 2 (0.96%) Argo
5 2 (0.96%) Grafana
5 2 (0.96%) Kustomize
5 2 (0.96%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.96%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.96%) SCCM
6 1 (0.48%) Autotask
6 1 (0.48%) Proxmox
6 1 (0.48%) SCOM
6 1 (0.48%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 57 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 19 (9.09%) Oracle
3 17 (8.13%) VMware
4 8 (3.83%) SAP
5 7 (3.35%) MuleSoft
6 6 (2.87%) Sage
7 5 (2.39%) CA Agile Central
8 4 (1.91%) HubSpot
8 4 (1.91%) McAfee
8 4 (1.91%) Red Hat
9 3 (1.44%) Databricks
9 3 (1.44%) Splunk
10 2 (0.96%) AppDynamics
10 2 (0.96%) BMC
10 2 (0.96%) CrowdStrike
10 2 (0.96%) Google
10 2 (0.96%) IBM
10 2 (0.96%) Remedy
10 2 (0.96%) ServiceNow
11 1 (0.48%) Juniper