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 21 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 14 35
Rank change year-on-year -2 +21 +18
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 178 215 165
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 6.91% 13.36% 5.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.76% 14.41% 6.77%
Number of salaries quoted 103 30 47
10th Percentile £31,625 £27,000 £27,750
25th Percentile £39,000 £39,000 £37,690
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £54,250 £42,920
Median % change year-on-year -9.68% +26.40% -28.47%
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,500 £70,625
90th Percentile £81,000 £82,625 £100,500
South East median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% +4.76% -12.50%

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 1,823 1,492 2,437
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 70.74% 92.73% 84.71%
Number of salaries quoted 1,177 556 1,787
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,375 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,500 £38,603
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +13.21% -11.67%
75th Percentile £70,000 £78,750 £71,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £89,375 £85,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £53,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.80% +7.00% -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 21 May 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 21 May 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 +12 84 £52,500 -1.87% 37
Slough +2 27 £43,000 -21.82% 6
Maidenhead 0 14 £80,000 - 3
Hungerford - 13 £49,000 -
Bracknell -3 6 £57,500 -11.54% 8
Wokingham -10 2 £60,000 - 5
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 (1.12%) OpenStack
1 2 (1.12%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.56%) JBoss
2 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.56%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 22 (12.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (6.74%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (2.25%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.56%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.56%) SAP HR
2 1 (0.56%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 47 (26.40%) Azure
2 27 (15.17%) AWS
3 21 (11.80%) Microsoft 365
4 19 (10.67%) GCP
5 9 (5.06%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (3.93%) Power Platform
6 7 (3.93%) SaaS
7 4 (2.25%) Amazon ECS
7 4 (2.25%) Amazon EKS
7 4 (2.25%) Serverless
8 3 (1.69%) Benchling
9 2 (1.12%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (1.12%) Google Ads
9 2 (1.12%) Meta Ads
9 2 (1.12%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.56%) Amazon S3
10 1 (0.56%) Amazon SQS
10 1 (0.56%) Entra ID
10 1 (0.56%) Nutanix
10 1 (0.56%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 10 (5.62%) Firewall
2 7 (3.93%) DNS
3 6 (3.37%) VPN
4 3 (1.69%) Modbus
4 3 (1.69%) MQTT
4 3 (1.69%) WAN
5 2 (1.12%) Cisco ISE
5 2 (1.12%) HTTP
5 2 (1.12%) LAN
5 2 (1.12%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.12%) VLAN
6 1 (0.56%) DHCP
6 1 (0.56%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.56%) Network Security
6 1 (0.56%) RS-232
6 1 (0.56%) SMTP
6 1 (0.56%) SSL
6 1 (0.56%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.56%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.93%) Power BI
2 4 (2.25%) Relational Database
3 3 (1.69%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.12%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.56%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 7 (3.93%) Git
2 4 (2.25%) GitLab
2 4 (2.25%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.69%) Subversion
4 2 (1.12%) JIRA
4 2 (1.12%) JUnit
General
1 58 (32.58%) Finance
2 56 (31.46%) Analytical Skills
3 54 (30.34%) Social Skills
4 12 (6.74%) Manufacturing
4 12 (6.74%) Organisational Skills
4 12 (6.74%) Telecoms
5 10 (5.62%) Influencing Skills
6 9 (5.06%) Retail
7 6 (3.37%) Aerospace
7 6 (3.37%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (3.37%) Legal
7 6 (3.37%) Pharmaceutical
7 6 (3.37%) Public Sector
8 5 (2.81%) Marketing
9 2 (1.12%) Advertising
9 2 (1.12%) Automotive
9 2 (1.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.12%) Law
9 2 (1.12%) Mandarin Language
10 1 (0.56%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 46 (25.84%) Analyst
2 16 (8.99%) Lead
2 16 (8.99%) Software Engineer
3 13 (7.30%) Report Analyst
4 12 (6.74%) Applications Support
5 10 (5.62%) Financial Analyst
5 10 (5.62%) Senior
6 9 (5.06%) Associate Director
6 9 (5.06%) Service Analyst
6 9 (5.06%) Service Desk Analyst
7 8 (4.49%) Logistics Analyst
7 8 (4.49%) Procurement Analyst
7 8 (4.49%) Team Leader
8 7 (3.93%) Applications Support Analyst
8 7 (3.93%) IT Manager
8 7 (3.93%) Support Analyst
9 6 (3.37%) Consultant
9 6 (3.37%) Developer
9 6 (3.37%) Product Owner
10 5 (2.81%) Python Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (6.18%) Middleware
2 5 (2.81%) REST
2 5 (2.81%) Spring
3 4 (2.25%) Elastic Stack
3 4 (2.25%) Spring Boot
4 3 (1.69%) .NET
4 3 (1.69%) AngularJS
4 3 (1.69%) Java EE
4 3 (1.69%) React
4 3 (1.69%) Web Services
5 2 (1.12%) ASP.NET
5 2 (1.12%) JMS
5 2 (1.12%) JPA
5 2 (1.12%) Mustache
5 2 (1.12%) Node.js
5 2 (1.12%) RabbitMQ
5 2 (1.12%) RESTful
5 2 (1.12%) SOAP
6 1 (0.56%) Apache Camel
6 1 (0.56%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 18 (10.11%) Distributed Systems
1 18 (10.11%) Life Science
2 14 (7.87%) Client/Server
3 11 (6.18%) Onboarding
4 10 (5.62%) Low-Code
5 9 (5.06%) Hackathon
6 7 (3.93%) Analytical Mindset
6 7 (3.93%) Cloud Native
7 6 (3.37%) Pharmacovigilance
7 6 (3.37%) Product Ownership
8 5 (2.81%) Cyber Defence
9 4 (2.25%) Management Information System
9 4 (2.25%) Manufacturing Execution System
9 4 (2.25%) SCADA
9 4 (2.25%) Security Posture
10 3 (1.69%) Biopharmaceutical
10 3 (1.69%) Cloud Security Posture
10 3 (1.69%) IoT
10 3 (1.69%) LIMS
10 3 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 24 (13.48%) Linux
2 15 (8.43%) Windows
3 4 (2.25%) Android
3 4 (2.25%) Apple iOS
3 4 (2.25%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.12%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.56%) FreeBSD
5 1 (0.56%) OpenBSD
5 1 (0.56%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (32.02%) Problem-Solving
2 29 (16.29%) Agile
3 25 (14.04%) Computer Science
4 24 (13.48%) Decision-Making
5 20 (11.24%) Business Intelligence
5 20 (11.24%) Change Management
5 20 (11.24%) Project Delivery
5 20 (11.24%) Validation
6 19 (10.67%) DevOps
7 18 (10.11%) Software Engineering
7 18 (10.11%) System Testing
8 17 (9.55%) Collaborative Working
8 17 (9.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 17 (9.55%) Test Automation
9 16 (8.99%) Actionable Insight
9 16 (8.99%) Code Quality
9 16 (8.99%) Service Delivery
10 15 (8.43%) ERP
10 15 (8.43%) Service Management
10 15 (8.43%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 31 (17.42%) Python
2 22 (12.36%) SQL
3 16 (8.99%) C++
4 15 (8.43%) C
5 14 (7.87%) Rust
6 5 (2.81%) Java
6 5 (2.81%) PowerShell
7 3 (1.69%) C#
8 2 (1.12%) JavaScript
8 2 (1.12%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.56%) ABAP
9 1 (0.56%) Bash
9 1 (0.56%) Bicep
9 1 (0.56%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 46 (25.84%) Degree
2 23 (12.92%) ACCA
2 23 (12.92%) CIMA
3 22 (12.36%) Security Cleared
4 15 (8.43%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (6.18%) SC Cleared
6 9 (5.06%) Master's Degree
7 4 (2.25%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (1.12%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (1.12%) DV Cleared
8 2 (1.12%) GIAC
8 2 (1.12%) ISTQB
8 2 (1.12%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (0.56%) A+ Certification
9 1 (0.56%) CCIE
9 1 (0.56%) CCNA
9 1 (0.56%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.56%) GCIA
9 1 (0.56%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.56%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (11.80%) QA
2 17 (9.55%) Accessibility
3 9 (5.06%) Good Clinical Practice
3 9 (5.06%) PMO
4 8 (4.49%) Data Quality
5 6 (3.37%) GxP
5 6 (3.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (2.81%) SLA
7 3 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (1.69%) Def Stans
7 3 (1.69%) NCSC
8 1 (0.56%) GDPR
8 1 (0.56%) MISRA
System Software
1 17 (9.55%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (8.99%) Hyper-V
3 15 (8.43%) KVM
4 5 (2.81%) Active Directory
5 4 (2.25%) Docker
6 2 (1.12%) Terminal Server
6 2 (1.12%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.56%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 8 (4.49%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.25%) Ansible
2 4 (2.25%) Kibana
2 4 (2.25%) Terraform
3 2 (1.12%) SCCM
3 2 (1.12%) SCOM
4 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.56%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 35 (19.66%) Microsoft
2 17 (9.55%) VMware
3 7 (3.93%) MuleSoft
4 6 (3.37%) SAP
5 3 (1.69%) CA Agile Central
5 3 (1.69%) Databricks
5 3 (1.69%) LabVantage
5 3 (1.69%) Oracle
5 3 (1.69%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.12%) AppDynamics
6 2 (1.12%) BMC
6 2 (1.12%) Cisco
6 2 (1.12%) Google
6 2 (1.12%) IBM
6 2 (1.12%) IFS
6 2 (1.12%) Juniper
6 2 (1.12%) McAfee
6 2 (1.12%) Remedy
6 2 (1.12%) Splunk
7 1 (0.56%) Veeam