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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 16 54
Rank change year-on-year +3 +38 +4
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 303 234 103
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 14.83% 9.72% 5.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.65% 11.98% 5.40%
Number of salaries quoted 40 48 52
10th Percentile £27,000 £38,066 £45,000
25th Percentile £39,688 £40,013 £48,825
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £62,500 £55,207
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +13.21% -18.21%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £82,625 £112,500 £83,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 1,820 1,954 1,906
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 89.08% 81.18% 94.22%
Number of salaries quoted 689 1,032 1,263
10th Percentile £26,750 £35,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £74,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £90,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -

Continuous Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Continuous Improvement 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 September 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 16 September 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 -2 80 £75,000 +87.50% 92
Maidenhead -5 69 £28,000 - 5
Windsor -10 62 - - 4
Reading -29 23 £57,500 +6.98% 24
Bracknell +22 5 £65,000 -18.75% 5
Thatcham -2 5 £51,000 +56.92%
Wokingham +1 2 - - 3
Continuous Improvement
South East

Continuous Improvement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 2 (0.66%) CMS
2 1 (0.33%) Anypoint
2 1 (0.33%) Confluence
2 1 (0.33%) Oracle Workflow
2 1 (0.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (1.65%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.99%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 8 (2.64%) JDE EnterpriseOne
2 7 (2.31%) Oracle Payables
3 6 (1.98%) Oracle Assets
3 6 (1.98%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.66%) Shopify
5 1 (0.33%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.33%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.33%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.33%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 67 (22.11%) GCP
2 52 (17.16%) Azure
3 48 (15.84%) AWS
4 18 (5.94%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
5 15 (4.95%) Azure AI
5 15 (4.95%) Vertex AI
6 14 (4.62%) Salsify
7 13 (4.29%) Azure Monitor
8 3 (0.99%) Boomi
8 3 (0.99%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (0.66%) iPaaS
9 2 (0.66%) Power Platform
9 2 (0.66%) SaaS
10 1 (0.33%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (0.33%) IaaS
10 1 (0.33%) OCI
10 1 (0.33%) PaaS
10 1 (0.33%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.99%) Firewall
1 3 (0.99%) Network Security
2 1 (0.33%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (0.33%) LAN
2 1 (0.33%) VPN
2 1 (0.33%) WAN
2 1 (0.33%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (6.60%) BigQuery
2 19 (6.27%) Data Warehouse
3 14 (4.62%) Metadata
4 2 (0.66%) MongoDB
4 2 (0.66%) Qlik Sense
5 1 (0.33%) DTS
5 1 (0.33%) GIS
5 1 (0.33%) Power BI
5 1 (0.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.33%) JIRA
1 1 (0.33%) Selenium
General
1 161 (53.14%) Law
2 147 (48.51%) Social Skills
3 130 (42.90%) Finance
4 79 (26.07%) Marketing
5 63 (20.79%) Analytical Skills
6 43 (14.19%) Legal
7 17 (5.61%) Manufacturing
8 15 (4.95%) Retail
9 4 (1.32%) Advertising
9 4 (1.32%) Telecoms
10 2 (0.66%) Aerospace
10 2 (0.66%) Electronics
10 2 (0.66%) German Language
10 2 (0.66%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (0.66%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (0.66%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.33%) Humanities
11 1 (0.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 95 (31.35%) Senior
2 82 (27.06%) Lead
3 60 (19.80%) Architect
4 54 (17.82%) Systems Manager
5 53 (17.49%) Resource Manager
6 30 (9.90%) Senior Manager
7 28 (9.24%) Product Manager
8 20 (6.60%) Cloud Architect
8 20 (6.60%) GCP Architect
8 20 (6.60%) Platform Architect
9 19 (6.27%) Data Architect
9 19 (6.27%) Senior Architect
9 19 (6.27%) Senior Data Architect
10 18 (5.94%) Enterprise Architect
10 18 (5.94%) Salesforce Architect
11 15 (4.95%) Product Delivery Manager
12 10 (3.30%) Support Specialist
13 7 (2.31%) Analyst
13 7 (2.31%) Workstream Lead
14 5 (1.65%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (6.27%) REST
1 19 (6.27%) SOAP
2 18 (5.94%) Lightning Web Components
2 18 (5.94%) Middleware
3 13 (4.29%) Hugging Face
3 13 (4.29%) LangChain
3 13 (4.29%) PyTorch
3 13 (4.29%) TensorFlow
4 6 (1.98%) EDI
5 2 (0.66%) Kafka
6 1 (0.33%) JSON
6 1 (0.33%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 32 (10.56%) Data Centre
2 29 (9.57%) Analytical Mindset
3 24 (7.92%) Management Information System
3 24 (7.92%) Product Ownership
4 20 (6.60%) Cloud Native
5 19 (6.27%) FMCG
6 18 (5.94%) Enterprise Software
7 15 (4.95%) AI Agents
8 14 (4.62%) Taxonomies
9 13 (4.29%) PMI
10 4 (1.32%) SCADA
11 3 (0.99%) CMDB
11 3 (0.99%) Driving Licence
12 2 (0.66%) Legacy Applications
12 2 (0.66%) Marketing Technology
12 2 (0.66%) Onboarding
13 1 (0.33%) Biopharmaceutical
13 1 (0.33%) Cyber Threat
13 1 (0.33%) Legacy Systems
13 1 (0.33%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.32%) Windows
2 1 (0.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 133 (43.89%) Analytics
2 127 (41.91%) Change Management
3 94 (31.02%) Problem-Solving
4 91 (30.03%) Data Management
5 90 (29.70%) ERP
6 88 (29.04%) Stakeholder Management
7 87 (28.71%) Roadmaps
8 82 (27.06%) Data Science
9 76 (25.08%) Artificial Intelligence
10 74 (24.42%) Agile
11 67 (22.11%) Business Strategy
11 67 (22.11%) Generative AI
12 66 (21.78%) Business Transformation
13 62 (20.46%) Machine Learning
14 60 (19.80%) Data Privacy
14 60 (19.80%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 60 (19.80%) Strategic Thinking
15 57 (18.81%) Strategic Roadmap
16 53 (17.49%) Architectural Design
17 48 (15.84%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 21 (6.93%) Java
2 20 (6.60%) Go
2 20 (6.60%) Python
3 18 (5.94%) Apex Code
4 7 (2.31%) SQL
5 1 (0.33%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.33%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (0.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 66 (21.78%) Degree
2 41 (13.53%) Master's Degree
3 31 (10.23%) Computer Science Degree
4 21 (6.93%) PMI Certification
5 8 (2.64%) PMP
6 7 (2.31%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 6 (1.98%) Security Cleared
8 4 (1.32%) CISSP
9 3 (0.99%) SC Cleared
9 3 (0.99%) Six Sigma Black Belt
9 3 (0.99%) Six Sigma Green Belt
9 3 (0.99%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
10 2 (0.66%) NVQ Level 3
10 2 (0.66%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (0.33%) APMP
11 1 (0.33%) CGEIT
11 1 (0.33%) CISM
11 1 (0.33%) CREST Certified
11 1 (0.33%) CRISC
11 1 (0.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (18.48%) Data Quality
2 5 (1.65%) GDPR
3 3 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (0.99%) QA
4 2 (0.66%) Def Stans
4 2 (0.66%) GRC
4 2 (0.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.33%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.33%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.33%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 20 (6.60%) Kubernetes
2 13 (4.29%) Grafana
2 13 (4.29%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 41 (13.53%) Google
2 22 (7.26%) Salesforce
3 18 (5.94%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
4 15 (4.95%) Foundry
4 15 (4.95%) Microsoft
5 13 (4.29%) OpenAI
6 12 (3.96%) Oracle
7 8 (2.64%) JD Edwards
7 8 (2.64%) ServiceNow
8 7 (2.31%) SAP
9 4 (1.32%) ConnectWise
10 3 (0.99%) Cisco
10 3 (0.99%) Dell
10 3 (0.99%) IBM
11 2 (0.66%) VMware
12 1 (0.33%) Informatica
12 1 (0.33%) NEC
12 1 (0.33%) Software AG
12 1 (0.33%) Sophos
12 1 (0.33%) TIBCO