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

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 13 15
Rank change year-on-year +1 +2 +29
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 232 292 237
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 7.09% 14.64% 9.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.15% 16.61% 11.90%
Number of salaries quoted 149 38 46
10th Percentile £37,500 £27,000 £37,190
25th Percentile £44,463 £33,188 £40,013
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,250 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.04% +2.08% +14.18%
75th Percentile £71,535 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £86,500 £82,875 £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 2,285 1,758 1,991
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 69.88% 88.12% 81.23%
Number of salaries quoted 1,557 694 1,101
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,825 £35,000
25th Percentile £40,500 £35,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,402 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.12% -16.00% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £72,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £53,050
% change year-on-year +10.00% -5.75% -3.55%

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 4 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 4 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 94 £60,000 +12.15% 89
Slough -6 19 £43,000 -42.67% 9
Maidenhead +1 14 £80,000 +185.71% 14
Bracknell -9 10 £61,250 -5.77% 23
Wokingham -7 6 £72,500 - 7
Windsor +3 5 £52,500 - 10
Thatcham -3 4 - - 1
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 (2.16%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (2.16%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.86%) Apache
2 2 (0.86%) nginx
3 1 (0.43%) JBoss
3 1 (0.43%) OpenStack
3 1 (0.43%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 35 (15.09%) Microsoft Office
2 33 (14.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (3.02%) AutoCAD
3 7 (3.02%) Revit
4 3 (1.29%) Solid Edge
4 3 (1.29%) SOLIDWORKS
5 1 (0.43%) Mathcad
5 1 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.43%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 16 (6.90%) Primavera
2 12 (5.17%) NetSuite
3 6 (2.59%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.43%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 32 (13.79%) Azure
2 19 (8.19%) Power Platform
3 16 (6.90%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (6.03%) AWS
5 11 (4.74%) SaaS
6 9 (3.88%) GCP
7 6 (2.59%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (2.16%) Entra ID
8 5 (2.16%) IaaS
9 4 (1.72%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (1.72%) OpenShift
10 3 (1.29%) Amazon ECS
10 3 (1.29%) Amazon EKS
10 3 (1.29%) Serverless
11 2 (0.86%) AWS Lambda
11 2 (0.86%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 2 (0.86%) Azure Sentinel
11 2 (0.86%) Google Ads
11 2 (0.86%) Meta Ads
11 2 (0.86%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 15 (6.47%) Firewall
2 12 (5.17%) DNS
3 5 (2.16%) DHCP
4 4 (1.72%) VPN
4 4 (1.72%) WAN
5 3 (1.29%) LAN
5 3 (1.29%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (0.86%) HTTP
6 2 (0.86%) Network Security
6 2 (0.86%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.43%) RS-485
7 1 (0.43%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.43%) SMS
7 1 (0.43%) Unified Communications
7 1 (0.43%) VoIP
7 1 (0.43%) Wireless
7 1 (0.43%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (8.19%) Power BI
2 3 (1.29%) Relational Database
3 2 (0.86%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.86%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.43%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 3 (1.29%) Git
1 3 (1.29%) Jenkins
1 3 (1.29%) JIRA
2 2 (0.86%) GitLab
2 2 (0.86%) Terragrunt
3 1 (0.43%) JUnit
3 1 (0.43%) Zephyr
General
1 119 (51.29%) Social Skills
2 67 (28.88%) Finance
3 58 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (15.52%) Influencing Skills
5 27 (11.64%) Organisational Skills
6 21 (9.05%) Legal
6 21 (9.05%) Pharmaceutical
7 13 (5.60%) Manufacturing
7 13 (5.60%) Retail
8 11 (4.74%) Marketing
9 10 (4.31%) Aerospace
10 8 (3.45%) Electronics
10 8 (3.45%) Telecoms
11 4 (1.72%) Automotive
12 3 (1.29%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (1.29%) Law
12 3 (1.29%) Public Sector
13 2 (0.86%) Advertising
13 2 (0.86%) Mandarin Language
13 2 (0.86%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 31 (13.36%) Analyst
1 31 (13.36%) Senior
2 29 (12.50%) Lead
3 12 (5.17%) Support Analyst
4 11 (4.74%) QA Leader
5 10 (4.31%) Account Manager
5 10 (4.31%) Auditor
5 10 (4.31%) IT Manager
6 9 (3.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 9 (3.88%) IT Support
7 8 (3.45%) Azure Engineer
7 8 (3.45%) Software Engineer
8 7 (3.02%) Applications Support
8 7 (3.02%) Applications Support Analyst
8 7 (3.02%) CAD Design Engineer
8 7 (3.02%) CAD Engineer
8 7 (3.02%) Design Engineer
8 7 (3.02%) Senior Analyst
9 6 (2.59%) Financial Analyst
9 6 (2.59%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.02%) Middleware
1 7 (3.02%) Terraform
2 4 (1.72%) Jakarta EE
2 4 (1.72%) REST
2 4 (1.72%) Spring
3 3 (1.29%) AngularJS
3 3 (1.29%) Elastic Stack
3 3 (1.29%) JSON
3 3 (1.29%) JSON Schema
3 3 (1.29%) LDAP
3 3 (1.29%) Loki
3 3 (1.29%) Regular Expression
3 3 (1.29%) Spring Boot
3 3 (1.29%) Web Services
3 3 (1.29%) XML
3 3 (1.29%) XMPP
4 2 (0.86%) ASP.NET
4 2 (0.86%) RabbitMQ
4 2 (0.86%) React
4 2 (0.86%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 25 (10.78%) Life Science
2 21 (9.05%) Pharmacovigilance
3 16 (6.90%) Driving Licence
4 12 (5.17%) Onboarding
5 10 (4.31%) Management Information System
6 8 (3.45%) Distributed Systems
7 7 (3.02%) Analytical Mindset
7 7 (3.02%) Cyber Threat
7 7 (3.02%) Data Centre
8 5 (2.16%) Cloud Native
8 5 (2.16%) Embedded Systems
8 5 (2.16%) Hackathon
8 5 (2.16%) Low-Code
9 4 (1.72%) Client/Server
9 4 (1.72%) Cyber Defence
9 4 (1.72%) PKI
9 4 (1.72%) Product Ownership
9 4 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (1.29%) Analogue Electronics
11 2 (0.86%) Distributed Architecture
Operating Systems
1 24 (10.34%) Linux
2 10 (4.31%) Windows
3 5 (2.16%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.86%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (28.02%) Problem-Solving
2 45 (19.40%) Collaborative Working
3 39 (16.81%) CAPA
4 37 (15.95%) Customer Service
5 31 (13.36%) Roadmaps
6 30 (12.93%) CRM
7 29 (12.50%) Change Management
7 29 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 25 (10.78%) Stakeholder Management
9 24 (10.34%) ERP
10 23 (9.91%) Process Improvement
11 22 (9.48%) Resource Allocation
12 21 (9.05%) Business Intelligence
12 21 (9.05%) Decision-Making
13 20 (8.62%) Agile
13 20 (8.62%) DevOps
13 20 (8.62%) Service Delivery
14 19 (8.19%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
14 19 (8.19%) Project Delivery
14 19 (8.19%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 19 (8.19%) SQL
2 17 (7.33%) PowerShell
3 15 (6.47%) Python
4 7 (3.02%) C
5 6 (2.59%) C++
6 4 (1.72%) Java
6 4 (1.72%) Rust
7 3 (1.29%) Shell Script
8 2 (0.86%) C#
8 2 (0.86%) Kusto Query Language
8 2 (0.86%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.43%) Bash
9 1 (0.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.43%) Embedded C
9 1 (0.43%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 66 (28.45%) Degree
2 29 (12.50%) Security Cleared
3 16 (6.90%) SC Cleared
4 12 (5.17%) ACCA
4 12 (5.17%) CIMA
4 12 (5.17%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (3.02%) HNC
5 7 (3.02%) HND
6 5 (2.16%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (2.16%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 4 (1.72%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.72%) DV Cleared
7 4 (1.72%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.29%) GIAC
8 3 (1.29%) Postgraduate
9 2 (0.86%) CISA
9 2 (0.86%) CISSP
9 2 (0.86%) CTC Cleared
9 2 (0.86%) GCIA
9 2 (0.86%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (18.97%) QA
2 39 (16.81%) Accessibility
3 36 (15.52%) Good Clinical Practice
4 26 (11.21%) GxP
5 8 (3.45%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 8 (3.45%) GLP
5 8 (3.45%) GMP
6 7 (3.02%) SLA
7 6 (2.59%) Cyber Essentials
7 6 (2.59%) Data Quality
8 4 (1.72%) GDPR
8 4 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (1.72%) PMO
9 2 (0.86%) COBIT
9 2 (0.86%) COSO
9 2 (0.86%) Def Stans
9 2 (0.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.43%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.43%) ARP4761
10 1 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 16 (6.90%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.59%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (2.59%) vSphere
3 4 (1.72%) Hyper-V
3 4 (1.72%) KVM
4 3 (1.29%) Docker
5 2 (0.86%) Firmware
5 2 (0.86%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.86%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 10 (4.31%) Kubernetes
1 10 (4.31%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (2.16%) Kibana
3 3 (1.29%) Ansible
3 3 (1.29%) Argo
3 3 (1.29%) Grafana
3 3 (1.29%) Kustomize
3 3 (1.29%) Prometheus
3 3 (1.29%) SCCM
3 3 (1.29%) vCenter Server
4 2 (0.86%) HAProxy
5 1 (0.43%) Autotask
Vendors
1 71 (30.60%) Microsoft
2 22 (9.48%) Oracle
3 12 (5.17%) VMware
4 11 (4.74%) CA Agile Central
5 9 (3.88%) Sage
6 7 (3.02%) SAP
7 5 (2.16%) Salesforce
8 4 (1.72%) HubSpot
8 4 (1.72%) Red Hat
9 3 (1.29%) Databricks
9 3 (1.29%) McAfee
9 3 (1.29%) MuleSoft
9 3 (1.29%) Splunk
10 2 (0.86%) AppDynamics
10 2 (0.86%) CrowdStrike
10 2 (0.86%) Google
10 2 (0.86%) IBM
10 2 (0.86%) Remedy
10 2 (0.86%) Veeam
11 1 (0.43%) Carbon Black