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 6 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 32 74
Rank change year-on-year +21 +42 -31
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 198 97 91
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 9.44% 7.09% 3.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.24% 7.44% 3.95%
Number of salaries quoted 88 26 39
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,500 £27,750
25th Percentile £39,000 £35,000 £38,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £58,750 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.60% +38.24% -29.17%
75th Percentile £68,750 £66,188 £65,875
90th Percentile £80,750 £71,375 £82,500
South East median annual salary £60,000 £63,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +20.00% -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 1,617 1,304 2,305
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 77.11% 95.25% 86.33%
Number of salaries quoted 885 523 1,752
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +13.64% -4.35%
75th Percentile £68,750 £81,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £95,000 £88,675
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% -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 6 March 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 6 March 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 +14 60 £56,000 -10.40% 52
Slough +8 44 £43,000 -36.30% 20
Maidenhead - 27 £75,000 - 3
Windsor -7 18 - - 4
Hungerford - 14 £49,000 -
Bracknell +21 8 £62,500 +31.58% 5
Wokingham - 3 - - 7
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 (2.02%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.01%) Confluence
3 1 (0.51%) Anypoint
3 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.51%) OpenStack
3 1 (0.51%) WordPress
Applications
1 16 (8.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.54%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.51%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 41 (20.71%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.52%) JDE EnterpriseOne
2 3 (1.52%) Oracle Assets
2 3 (1.52%) Oracle Payables
2 3 (1.52%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (1.01%) Unit4 Business World
4 1 (0.51%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.51%) SAP GRC
4 1 (0.51%) SAP HR
4 1 (0.51%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 46 (23.23%) Azure DevOps
2 42 (21.21%) Azure
3 23 (11.62%) Microsoft 365
4 21 (10.61%) AWS
5 13 (6.57%) GCP
6 9 (4.55%) Power Platform
7 7 (3.54%) SaaS
8 3 (1.52%) Benchling
8 3 (1.52%) Entra ID
9 2 (1.01%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.51%) Amazon ECS
10 1 (0.51%) Amazon EKS
10 1 (0.51%) Boomi
10 1 (0.51%) iPaaS
10 1 (0.51%) Nutanix
10 1 (0.51%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.51%) Smartsheet
10 1 (0.51%) Snowflake
10 1 (0.51%) SuccessFactors
10 1 (0.51%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.54%) Firewall
2 5 (2.53%) Modbus
2 5 (2.53%) MQTT
2 5 (2.53%) VPN
3 4 (2.02%) DNS
4 3 (1.52%) WAN
4 3 (1.52%) Wireless
5 2 (1.01%) Cisco ISE
5 2 (1.01%) LAN
5 2 (1.01%) VLAN
6 1 (0.51%) DHCP
6 1 (0.51%) HTTP
6 1 (0.51%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.51%) RS-232
6 1 (0.51%) SMTP
6 1 (0.51%) SSL
6 1 (0.51%) Structured Cabling
6 1 (0.51%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.51%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.55%) Power BI
2 2 (1.01%) MySQL
2 2 (1.01%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (1.01%) Relational Database
2 2 (1.01%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.51%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 44 (22.22%) JIRA
2 40 (20.20%) eCATT
3 12 (6.06%) NeoLoad
4 7 (3.54%) Git
5 3 (1.52%) Subversion
6 2 (1.01%) GitLab
6 2 (1.01%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.51%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.51%) JUnit
7 1 (0.51%) Selenium
General
1 95 (47.98%) Finance
2 62 (31.31%) Analytical Skills
3 59 (29.80%) Social Skills
4 52 (26.26%) Manufacturing
5 46 (23.23%) Influencing Skills
6 45 (22.73%) Marketing
7 41 (20.71%) Presentation Skills
8 9 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (3.54%) Retail
10 6 (3.03%) Telecoms
11 5 (2.53%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (2.02%) Legal
13 3 (1.52%) Public Sector
14 2 (1.01%) Aerospace
14 2 (1.01%) Automotive
14 2 (1.01%) Back Office
14 2 (1.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 2 (1.01%) Law
15 1 (0.51%) Aeronautics
15 1 (0.51%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 78 (39.39%) Analyst
2 24 (12.12%) Lead
2 24 (12.12%) Senior
3 21 (10.61%) Test Analyst
4 14 (7.07%) Report Analyst
5 12 (6.06%) Performance Analyst
5 12 (6.06%) Performance Test Analyst
5 12 (6.06%) Testing Analyst
6 10 (5.05%) Software Engineer
7 9 (4.55%) Applications Support
7 9 (4.55%) Automation Test Analyst
7 9 (4.55%) Service Analyst
7 9 (4.55%) Service Desk Analyst
8 7 (3.54%) Associate Director
9 6 (3.03%) Implementation Engineer
9 6 (3.03%) Product Owner
10 5 (2.53%) Administrator
10 5 (2.53%) Financial Analyst
10 5 (2.53%) Procurement Analyst
10 5 (2.53%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.53%) Middleware
2 4 (2.02%) EDI
3 2 (1.01%) .NET
3 2 (1.01%) CSS
3 2 (1.01%) Node.js
3 2 (1.01%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (1.01%) React
3 2 (1.01%) REST
4 1 (0.51%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.51%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.51%) Express.js
4 1 (0.51%) HTML
4 1 (0.51%) Kafka
4 1 (0.51%) Lightning Web Components
4 1 (0.51%) Mustache
4 1 (0.51%) Next.js
4 1 (0.51%) Qt
4 1 (0.51%) Sequelize
4 1 (0.51%) Spring Boot
4 1 (0.51%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 18 (9.09%) Analytical Mindset
2 16 (8.08%) Data Centre
3 10 (5.05%) Distributed Systems
3 10 (5.05%) Life Science
4 9 (4.55%) Client/Server
5 7 (3.54%) Hackathon
5 7 (3.54%) Low-Code
5 7 (3.54%) Product Ownership
6 5 (2.53%) Cloud Native
6 5 (2.53%) IoT
6 5 (2.53%) Manufacturing Execution System
6 5 (2.53%) SCADA
7 4 (2.02%) Onboarding
7 4 (2.02%) Security Posture
8 3 (1.52%) Biopharmaceutical
8 3 (1.52%) Cloud Security Posture
8 3 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.52%) FMCG
8 3 (1.52%) LIMS
9 2 (1.01%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 16 (8.08%) Linux
2 14 (7.07%) Windows
3 4 (2.02%) Android
3 4 (2.02%) Apple iOS
3 4 (2.02%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.01%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.51%) FreeBSD
5 1 (0.51%) OpenBSD
5 1 (0.51%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (34.34%) ERP
2 67 (33.84%) Problem-Solving
3 45 (22.73%) Visualisation
4 44 (22.22%) Risk Management
5 42 (21.21%) Test Management
6 41 (20.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 40 (20.20%) Source to Pay
8 32 (16.16%) Roadmaps
9 31 (15.66%) Stakeholder Management
10 29 (14.65%) Agile
11 27 (13.64%) Change Management
12 25 (12.63%) Test Automation
12 25 (12.63%) Use Case
13 24 (12.12%) Analytics
13 24 (12.12%) Decision-Making
14 23 (11.62%) Business Intelligence
15 21 (10.61%) Product Roadmap
15 21 (10.61%) Programme Management
16 20 (10.10%) Project Management
16 20 (10.10%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 21 (10.61%) Python
1 21 (10.61%) SQL
2 12 (6.06%) C++
3 10 (5.05%) C
4 9 (4.55%) Rust
5 4 (2.02%) JavaScript
5 4 (2.02%) PowerShell
6 2 (1.01%) C#
6 2 (1.01%) Java
7 1 (0.51%) ABAP
7 1 (0.51%) Apex Code
7 1 (0.51%) Bash
7 1 (0.51%) Bicep
7 1 (0.51%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 26 (13.13%) Degree
2 19 (9.60%) ACCA
2 19 (9.60%) CIMA
3 17 (8.59%) Security Cleared
4 10 (5.05%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (3.54%) Master's Degree
5 7 (3.54%) SC Cleared
6 4 (2.02%) ISTQB
7 3 (1.52%) DV Cleared
8 2 (1.01%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 2 (1.01%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 2 (1.01%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.51%) CCIE
9 1 (0.51%) CCNA
9 1 (0.51%) CGEIT
9 1 (0.51%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.51%) CISSP
9 1 (0.51%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.51%) CRISC
9 1 (0.51%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (14.65%) QA
2 7 (3.54%) Accessibility
2 7 (3.54%) Data Quality
3 6 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (3.03%) PMO
4 5 (2.53%) SLA
5 3 (1.52%) GDPR
5 3 (1.52%) NCSC
6 2 (1.01%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (1.01%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (1.01%) Def Stans
7 1 (0.51%) GRC
7 1 (0.51%) MISRA
7 1 (0.51%) NIST
7 1 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.51%) WCAG
System Software
1 14 (7.07%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (6.57%) Hyper-V
3 10 (5.05%) KVM
4 7 (3.54%) Active Directory
5 2 (1.01%) Docker
5 2 (1.01%) Terminal Server
6 1 (0.51%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 40 (20.20%) HP ALM
2 4 (2.02%) Terraform
3 3 (1.52%) Ansible
3 3 (1.52%) Kubernetes
4 2 (1.01%) SCCM
4 2 (1.01%) SCOM
5 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.51%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 49 (24.75%) SAP
2 41 (20.71%) HP
3 30 (15.15%) Microsoft
4 14 (7.07%) VMware
5 6 (3.03%) Oracle
5 6 (3.03%) ServiceNow
6 5 (2.53%) MuleSoft
7 3 (1.52%) CA Agile Central
7 3 (1.52%) IFS
7 3 (1.52%) JD Edwards
7 3 (1.52%) LabVantage
7 3 (1.52%) Workday
8 2 (1.01%) Cisco
8 2 (1.01%) Juniper
8 2 (1.01%) McAfee
8 2 (1.01%) Remedy
8 2 (1.01%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.51%) HubSpot
9 1 (0.51%) Jitterbit
9 1 (0.51%) SnapLogic