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 11 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 12 16
Rank change year-on-year 0 +4 +31
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 246 304 235
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 7.25% 14.77% 9.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.30% 16.64% 11.92%
Number of salaries quoted 157 39 45
10th Percentile £37,500 £27,000 £39,380
25th Percentile £43,000 £35,125 £40,013
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £71,535 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,750 £112,500
South East median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.48% -10.83% -

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 2,389 1,827 1,972
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 70.37% 88.78% 81.09%
Number of salaries quoted 1,615 697 1,055
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,900 £35,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -16.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £85,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £54,125
% change year-on-year +10.00% -7.62% -1.59%

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 11 September 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 11 September 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 +29 97 £60,000 +8.11% 68
Slough -5 19 £43,000 -42.67% 13
Maidenhead 0 14 £80,000 +185.71% 9
Bracknell -7 10 £61,250 -5.77% 16
Wokingham -8 6 £72,500 - 9
Windsor +3 5 £52,500 - 8
Thatcham -3 4 - - 3
Ascot - 2 - -
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 5 (2.03%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (2.03%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.81%) Apache
2 2 (0.81%) nginx
3 1 (0.41%) JBoss
3 1 (0.41%) OpenStack
3 1 (0.41%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 37 (15.04%) Microsoft Office
2 34 (13.82%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (3.25%) AutoCAD
3 8 (3.25%) Revit
4 3 (1.22%) Solid Edge
4 3 (1.22%) SOLIDWORKS
5 1 (0.41%) Mathcad
5 1 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.41%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 16 (6.50%) Primavera
2 14 (5.69%) NetSuite
3 7 (2.85%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.81%) Eloqua
5 1 (0.41%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.41%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 31 (12.60%) Azure
2 21 (8.54%) Power Platform
3 16 (6.50%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (5.69%) AWS
5 12 (4.88%) SaaS
6 8 (3.25%) GCP
7 6 (2.44%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (2.03%) Entra ID
8 5 (2.03%) IaaS
9 4 (1.63%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (1.63%) OpenShift
10 3 (1.22%) Amazon ECS
10 3 (1.22%) Amazon EKS
10 3 (1.22%) Serverless
11 2 (0.81%) AWS Lambda
11 2 (0.81%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 2 (0.81%) Azure Sentinel
11 2 (0.81%) Google Ads
11 2 (0.81%) Meta Ads
11 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 15 (6.10%) Firewall
2 12 (4.88%) DNS
3 5 (2.03%) DHCP
4 4 (1.63%) 5G
4 4 (1.63%) VPN
4 4 (1.63%) WAN
5 3 (1.22%) LAN
5 3 (1.22%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (0.81%) HTTP
6 2 (0.81%) Network Security
6 2 (0.81%) SMS
6 2 (0.81%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.41%) 3G
7 1 (0.41%) 4G
7 1 (0.41%) Diameter Protocol
7 1 (0.41%) RS-485
7 1 (0.41%) Unified Communications
7 1 (0.41%) VoIP
7 1 (0.41%) Wireless
7 1 (0.41%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (8.54%) Power BI
2 3 (1.22%) Relational Database
3 2 (0.81%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.81%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.41%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 5 (2.03%) JIRA
2 3 (1.22%) Git
2 3 (1.22%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.81%) GitLab
3 2 (0.81%) Terragrunt
4 1 (0.41%) JUnit
4 1 (0.41%) Zephyr
General
1 125 (50.81%) Social Skills
2 74 (30.08%) Finance
3 61 (24.80%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (15.04%) Influencing Skills
5 30 (12.20%) Organisational Skills
6 24 (9.76%) Legal
7 22 (8.94%) Pharmaceutical
8 15 (6.10%) Manufacturing
8 15 (6.10%) Marketing
9 13 (5.28%) Retail
10 12 (4.88%) Telecoms
11 11 (4.47%) Aerospace
11 11 (4.47%) Electronics
12 4 (1.63%) Automotive
12 4 (1.63%) Avionics
12 4 (1.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (1.63%) Law
13 3 (1.22%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (1.22%) Public Sector
14 2 (0.81%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 36 (14.63%) Senior
2 33 (13.41%) Analyst
3 29 (11.79%) Lead
4 14 (5.69%) Support Analyst
5 11 (4.47%) QA Leader
6 10 (4.07%) Account Manager
6 10 (4.07%) Auditor
6 10 (4.07%) IT Manager
7 9 (3.66%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 9 (3.66%) IT Support
8 8 (3.25%) Azure Engineer
8 8 (3.25%) CAD Design Engineer
8 8 (3.25%) CAD Engineer
8 8 (3.25%) Design Engineer
8 8 (3.25%) Senior Analyst
9 7 (2.85%) Applications Support Analyst
9 7 (2.85%) Business Support Analyst
9 7 (2.85%) Business Systems Analyst
9 7 (2.85%) Systems Analyst
9 7 (2.85%) Systems Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.85%) Middleware
1 7 (2.85%) Terraform
2 4 (1.63%) Jakarta EE
2 4 (1.63%) LDAP
2 4 (1.63%) REST
2 4 (1.63%) Spring
3 3 (1.22%) AngularJS
3 3 (1.22%) Elastic Stack
3 3 (1.22%) JSON
3 3 (1.22%) JSON Schema
3 3 (1.22%) Loki
3 3 (1.22%) Regular Expression
3 3 (1.22%) Spring Boot
3 3 (1.22%) Web Services
3 3 (1.22%) XML
3 3 (1.22%) XMPP
4 2 (0.81%) RabbitMQ
4 2 (0.81%) React
4 2 (0.81%) RESTful
4 2 (0.81%) Smarty
Miscellaneous
1 24 (9.76%) Life Science
2 22 (8.94%) Pharmacovigilance
3 19 (7.72%) Driving Licence
4 13 (5.28%) Onboarding
5 10 (4.07%) Management Information System
6 8 (3.25%) Data Centre
7 7 (2.85%) Analytical Mindset
7 7 (2.85%) Cyber Threat
7 7 (2.85%) Distributed Systems
8 6 (2.44%) Embedded Systems
9 5 (2.03%) Analogue Electronics
9 5 (2.03%) Cloud Native
10 4 (1.63%) Cyber Defence
10 4 (1.63%) PKI
10 4 (1.63%) Product Ownership
10 4 (1.63%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (1.22%) Client/Server
11 3 (1.22%) Hackathon
11 3 (1.22%) Low-Code
11 3 (1.22%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 25 (10.16%) Linux
2 10 (4.07%) Windows
3 5 (2.03%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.81%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (28.05%) Problem-Solving
2 49 (19.92%) Collaborative Working
3 41 (16.67%) Customer Service
4 40 (16.26%) CAPA
5 38 (15.45%) CRM
6 35 (14.23%) Roadmaps
7 32 (13.01%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 32 (13.01%) Stakeholder Management
8 30 (12.20%) Change Management
9 28 (11.38%) ERP
10 26 (10.57%) Process Improvement
11 25 (10.16%) Decision-Making
12 24 (9.76%) Business Intelligence
13 23 (9.35%) Resource Allocation
14 21 (8.54%) Customer Experience
14 21 (8.54%) Performance Management
15 20 (8.13%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
15 20 (8.13%) DevOps
15 20 (8.13%) Service Delivery
16 19 (7.72%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (8.54%) SQL
2 19 (7.72%) PowerShell
3 13 (5.28%) Python
4 7 (2.85%) C
5 5 (2.03%) C++
6 4 (1.63%) Java
7 3 (1.22%) Rust
7 3 (1.22%) Shell Script
8 2 (0.81%) C#
8 2 (0.81%) Kusto Query Language
8 2 (0.81%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.41%) Bash
9 1 (0.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.41%) Embedded C
9 1 (0.41%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 66 (26.83%) Degree
2 29 (11.79%) Security Cleared
3 16 (6.50%) SC Cleared
4 12 (4.88%) Microsoft Certification
5 11 (4.47%) ACCA
5 11 (4.47%) CIMA
6 9 (3.66%) HNC
6 9 (3.66%) HND
7 5 (2.03%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 4 (1.63%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.63%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (1.63%) DBS Check
8 4 (1.63%) DV Cleared
9 3 (1.22%) GIAC
9 3 (1.22%) Postgraduate
10 2 (0.81%) CISA
10 2 (0.81%) CISSP
10 2 (0.81%) CTC Cleared
10 2 (0.81%) GCIA
10 2 (0.81%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (18.29%) QA
2 41 (16.67%) Accessibility
3 37 (15.04%) Good Clinical Practice
4 27 (10.98%) GxP
5 8 (3.25%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 8 (3.25%) GLP
5 8 (3.25%) GMP
5 8 (3.25%) SLA
6 7 (2.85%) Data Quality
7 6 (2.44%) Cyber Essentials
8 5 (2.03%) GDPR
9 4 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 4 (1.63%) PMO
10 2 (0.81%) COBIT
10 2 (0.81%) COSO
10 2 (0.81%) Def Stans
10 2 (0.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.41%) ARP4754
11 1 (0.41%) ARP4761
11 1 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 16 (6.50%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.44%) vSphere
3 5 (2.03%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.22%) Docker
4 3 (1.22%) Hyper-V
4 3 (1.22%) KVM
5 2 (0.81%) Firmware
5 2 (0.81%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.81%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 10 (4.07%) Kubernetes
1 10 (4.07%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (2.03%) Kibana
3 3 (1.22%) Ansible
3 3 (1.22%) Argo
3 3 (1.22%) Grafana
3 3 (1.22%) Kustomize
3 3 (1.22%) Prometheus
3 3 (1.22%) SCCM
3 3 (1.22%) vCenter Server
4 2 (0.81%) HAProxy
5 1 (0.41%) Autotask
Vendors
1 73 (29.67%) Microsoft
2 24 (9.76%) Oracle
3 14 (5.69%) Sage
4 12 (4.88%) CA Agile Central
5 11 (4.47%) VMware
6 10 (4.07%) Salesforce
7 8 (3.25%) SAP
8 4 (1.63%) HubSpot
8 4 (1.63%) Red Hat
9 3 (1.22%) Databricks
9 3 (1.22%) McAfee
9 3 (1.22%) MuleSoft
9 3 (1.22%) Splunk
10 2 (0.81%) Adobe
10 2 (0.81%) AppDynamics
10 2 (0.81%) EMC
10 2 (0.81%) Google
10 2 (0.81%) IBM
10 2 (0.81%) Remedy
10 2 (0.81%) Veeam