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 5 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 20 74
Rank change year-on-year +4 +54 -31
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 196 163 70
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 9.83% 9.55% 3.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.92% 10.34% 3.95%
Number of salaries quoted 52 37 38
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £41,700
25th Percentile £28,750 £35,000 £48,825
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £52,550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.66% -15.24%
75th Percentile £70,313 £66,250 £78,438
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £80,375
South East median annual salary £57,750 £63,250 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.70% +10.00% -4.17%

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 1,644 1,576 1,772
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 82.49% 92.38% 88.91%
Number of salaries quoted 746 695 1,237
10th Percentile £29,000 £36,875 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £47,500 £39,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +18.18% -6.38%
75th Percentile £70,000 £81,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £93,250 £87,200
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £52,550
% change year-on-year -13.04% +9.42% -4.45%

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 5 January 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 5 January 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
Slough +6 58 £70,000 +3.70% 40
Maidenhead - 44 £27,750 - 2
Windsor -4 36 - - 1
Reading -11 30 £52,500 -12.50% 31
Bracknell +32 5 £65,000 +85.71% 6
Hungerford - 5 £49,000 -
Wokingham - 3 - -
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 4 (2.04%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.02%) Confluence
3 1 (0.51%) Anypoint
3 1 (0.51%) OpenStack
3 1 (0.51%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (3.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.04%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.51%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 41 (20.92%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (4.08%) JDE EnterpriseOne
3 6 (3.06%) Oracle Assets
3 6 (3.06%) Oracle Payables
3 6 (3.06%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (1.02%) SAP GRC
5 1 (0.51%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.51%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 45 (22.96%) GCP
2 44 (22.45%) Azure
3 41 (20.92%) Azure DevOps
4 31 (15.82%) AWS
5 17 (8.67%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (3.57%) Power Platform
7 4 (2.04%) SaaS
8 3 (1.53%) Azure AI
8 3 (1.53%) Boomi
8 3 (1.53%) Vertex AI
9 2 (1.02%) Benchling
9 2 (1.02%) Entra ID
10 1 (0.51%) Amazon ECS
10 1 (0.51%) Amazon EKS
10 1 (0.51%) Copilot Studio
10 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (0.51%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.51%) Smartsheet
10 1 (0.51%) Snowflake
10 1 (0.51%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.04%) Firewall
1 4 (2.04%) Modbus
1 4 (2.04%) MQTT
2 3 (1.53%) Wireless
3 2 (1.02%) LAN
3 2 (1.02%) VPN
3 2 (1.02%) WAN
4 1 (0.51%) Cisco ISE
4 1 (0.51%) DNS
4 1 (0.51%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (10.20%) BigQuery
2 19 (9.69%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (3.57%) Power BI
4 2 (1.02%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (1.02%) Qlik Sense
4 2 (1.02%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.51%) Metadata
5 1 (0.51%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 43 (21.94%) JIRA
2 40 (20.41%) eCATT
3 12 (6.12%) NeoLoad
4 5 (2.55%) Git
5 2 (1.02%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.51%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.51%) GitLab
6 1 (0.51%) JUnit
6 1 (0.51%) Selenium
6 1 (0.51%) Subversion
General
1 92 (46.94%) Finance
2 86 (43.88%) Marketing
3 59 (30.10%) Social Skills
4 56 (28.57%) Manufacturing
5 53 (27.04%) Analytical Skills
6 44 (22.45%) Law
7 43 (21.94%) Influencing Skills
7 43 (21.94%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (3.06%) Legal
9 4 (2.04%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.53%) Public Sector
10 3 (1.53%) Telecoms
11 2 (1.02%) Back Office
11 2 (1.02%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.02%) Electronics
11 2 (1.02%) Retail
12 1 (0.51%) Billing
12 1 (0.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.51%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 61 (31.12%) Analyst
2 52 (26.53%) Senior
3 45 (22.96%) Architect
4 33 (16.84%) Lead
5 21 (10.71%) Test Analyst
6 20 (10.20%) Cloud Architect
6 20 (10.20%) GCP Architect
6 20 (10.20%) Platform Architect
7 19 (9.69%) Data Architect
7 19 (9.69%) Senior Architect
7 19 (9.69%) Senior Data Architect
8 13 (6.63%) Service Analyst
8 13 (6.63%) Service Desk Analyst
9 12 (6.12%) Performance Analyst
9 12 (6.12%) Performance Test Analyst
9 12 (6.12%) Testing Analyst
10 9 (4.59%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
10 9 (4.59%) Automation Test Analyst
11 8 (4.08%) Support Specialist
12 5 (2.55%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.57%) EDI
2 2 (1.02%) Node.js
2 2 (1.02%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (1.02%) React
2 2 (1.02%) REST
3 1 (0.51%) CSS
3 1 (0.51%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (0.51%) Express.js
3 1 (0.51%) Kafka
3 1 (0.51%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (0.51%) Middleware
3 1 (0.51%) Mustache
3 1 (0.51%) Next.js
3 1 (0.51%) RESTful
3 1 (0.51%) Sequelize
3 1 (0.51%) SOAP
3 1 (0.51%) Spring
3 1 (0.51%) Spring Boot
3 1 (0.51%) Tailwind CSS
3 1 (0.51%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 32 (16.33%) Data Centre
2 29 (14.80%) Analytical Mindset
3 23 (11.73%) Cloud Native
4 6 (3.06%) FMCG
5 5 (2.55%) Life Science
5 5 (2.55%) Product Ownership
6 4 (2.04%) IoT
6 4 (2.04%) Manufacturing Execution System
6 4 (2.04%) SCADA
7 3 (1.53%) AI Agents
7 3 (1.53%) Hackathon
7 3 (1.53%) Low-Code
7 3 (1.53%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.02%) Biopharmaceutical
8 2 (1.02%) Cloud Security Posture
8 2 (1.02%) Data Structures
8 2 (1.02%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.02%) Legacy Applications
8 2 (1.02%) Security Posture
8 2 (1.02%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 10 (5.10%) Windows
2 4 (2.04%) Android
2 4 (2.04%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.51%) Linux
3 1 (0.51%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.51%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (39.29%) ERP
2 69 (35.20%) Roadmaps
3 59 (30.10%) Problem-Solving
4 54 (27.55%) Analytics
5 47 (23.98%) Risk Management
6 45 (22.96%) Change Management
6 45 (22.96%) Data Science
7 44 (22.45%) Stakeholder Management
7 44 (22.45%) Visualisation
8 43 (21.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 42 (21.43%) Test Management
10 41 (20.92%) Mentoring
10 41 (20.92%) Strategic Roadmap
11 40 (20.41%) Architectural Design
11 40 (20.41%) Source to Pay
12 34 (17.35%) Project Management
13 33 (16.84%) Use Case
14 27 (13.78%) Digital Enablement
14 27 (13.78%) Matrix Management
14 27 (13.78%) Revenue Management
Programming Languages
1 25 (12.76%) Python
2 22 (11.22%) Java
3 20 (10.20%) Go
4 14 (7.14%) SQL
5 3 (1.53%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.02%) C++
6 2 (1.02%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.51%) Apex Code
7 1 (0.51%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 12 (6.12%) Security Cleared
2 11 (5.61%) Degree
3 5 (2.55%) ACCA
3 5 (2.55%) CIMA
3 5 (2.55%) SC Cleared
4 3 (1.53%) ISTQB
4 3 (1.53%) Master's Degree
5 2 (1.02%) CGEIT
5 2 (1.02%) CISSP
5 2 (1.02%) CRISC
5 2 (1.02%) DV Cleared
5 2 (1.02%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
5 2 (1.02%) PMI Certification
5 2 (1.02%) PMP
5 2 (1.02%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (0.51%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.51%) HND
6 1 (0.51%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 1 (0.51%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (11.22%) Data Quality
2 21 (10.71%) QA
3 4 (2.04%) GDPR
3 4 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.53%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.02%) GRC
5 2 (1.02%) NCSC
5 2 (1.02%) NIST
5 2 (1.02%) PMO
5 2 (1.02%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (1.02%) SLA
6 1 (0.51%) WCAG
System Software
1 3 (1.53%) Active Directory
1 3 (1.53%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (1.02%) Docker
2 2 (1.02%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.51%) Terminal Server
3 1 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 40 (20.41%) HP ALM
2 22 (11.22%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.02%) Ansible
3 2 (1.02%) Terraform
4 1 (0.51%) SCCM
4 1 (0.51%) SCOM
Vendors
1 49 (25.00%) SAP
2 40 (20.41%) HP
3 24 (12.24%) Google
4 17 (8.67%) Microsoft
5 11 (5.61%) Oracle
6 9 (4.59%) ServiceNow
7 8 (4.08%) JD Edwards
8 4 (2.04%) ConnectWise
9 3 (1.53%) Dell
9 3 (1.53%) Foundry
9 3 (1.53%) IBM
9 3 (1.53%) Salesforce
9 3 (1.53%) VMware
9 3 (1.53%) Workday
10 2 (1.02%) Cisco
10 2 (1.02%) IFS
10 2 (1.02%) LabVantage
11 1 (0.51%) Databricks
11 1 (0.51%) HubSpot
11 1 (0.51%) Meraki