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

6 months to
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 15 34
Rank change year-on-year -1 +19 +25
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 173 222 172
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 6.70% 13.84% 5.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.44% 15.05% 6.81%
Number of salaries quoted 97 25 47
10th Percentile £36,250 £30,000 £27,750
25th Percentile £41,750 £39,000 £37,690
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £53,500 £42,920
Median % change year-on-year -8.41% +24.65% -25.62%
75th Percentile £68,750 £66,000 £70,625
90th Percentile £81,750 £83,250 £100,500
South East median annual salary £55,040 £53,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +2.88% +1.90% -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 1,833 1,475 2,525
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 70.96% 91.96% 83.11%
Number of salaries quoted 1,195 539 1,795
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,841 £38,676
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £52,550
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +9.42% -12.42%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,625 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -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 4 June 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 June 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 +15 80 £55,000 +2.80% 50
Slough -2 25 £43,000 -21.82% 10
Maidenhead -1 14 £80,000 - 8
Hungerford - 11 £49,000 - 1
Bracknell -10 6 £57,500 -11.54% 9
Wokingham -8 2 £60,000 - 7
Windsor +8 1 £52,500 - 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 3 (1.73%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.16%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.58%) JBoss
3 1 (0.58%) OpenStack
3 1 (0.58%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 22 (12.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (6.36%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (2.31%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.58%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.58%) SAP HR
2 1 (0.58%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 46 (26.59%) Azure
2 26 (15.03%) AWS
3 20 (11.56%) GCP
4 19 (10.98%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (5.20%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (4.05%) SaaS
7 6 (3.47%) Power Platform
8 3 (1.73%) Amazon ECS
8 3 (1.73%) Amazon EKS
8 3 (1.73%) Benchling
8 3 (1.73%) Serverless
9 2 (1.16%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (1.16%) Entra ID
9 2 (1.16%) Google Ads
9 2 (1.16%) Meta Ads
9 2 (1.16%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.58%) IaaS
10 1 (0.58%) Nutanix
10 1 (0.58%) OpenShift
10 1 (0.58%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 11 (6.36%) Firewall
2 8 (4.62%) DNS
3 6 (3.47%) VPN
4 3 (1.73%) WAN
5 2 (1.16%) DHCP
5 2 (1.16%) HTTP
5 2 (1.16%) LAN
5 2 (1.16%) Modbus
5 2 (1.16%) MQTT
5 2 (1.16%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.16%) VLAN
6 1 (0.58%) Cisco ISE
6 1 (0.58%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.58%) Network Security
6 1 (0.58%) RS-232
6 1 (0.58%) SMTP
6 1 (0.58%) SSL
6 1 (0.58%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.58%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.47%) Power BI
2 3 (1.73%) Relational Database
2 3 (1.73%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.16%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.58%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 5 (2.89%) Git
2 4 (2.31%) GitLab
3 3 (1.73%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.16%) Subversion
5 1 (0.58%) JIRA
5 1 (0.58%) JUnit
General
1 58 (33.53%) Social Skills
2 56 (32.37%) Finance
3 55 (31.79%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (6.94%) Influencing Skills
4 12 (6.94%) Organisational Skills
4 12 (6.94%) Telecoms
5 11 (6.36%) Manufacturing
6 10 (5.78%) Retail
7 8 (4.62%) Legal
7 8 (4.62%) Pharmaceutical
8 6 (3.47%) Aerospace
8 6 (3.47%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (2.89%) Marketing
9 5 (2.89%) Public Sector
10 2 (1.16%) Advertising
10 2 (1.16%) Automotive
10 2 (1.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.16%) Law
10 2 (1.16%) Mandarin Language
11 1 (0.58%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 42 (24.28%) Analyst
2 16 (9.25%) Lead
2 16 (9.25%) Software Engineer
3 12 (6.94%) Applications Support
4 11 (6.36%) Report Analyst
5 10 (5.78%) Financial Analyst
6 9 (5.20%) Associate Director
6 9 (5.20%) Senior
7 8 (4.62%) Logistics Analyst
7 8 (4.62%) Procurement Analyst
7 8 (4.62%) Team Leader
8 7 (4.05%) Applications Support Analyst
8 7 (4.05%) Service Analyst
8 7 (4.05%) Support Analyst
9 6 (3.47%) Consultant
9 6 (3.47%) IT Manager
9 6 (3.47%) Service Desk Analyst
10 5 (2.89%) Auditor
10 5 (2.89%) Delivery Manager
10 5 (2.89%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (6.36%) Middleware
2 4 (2.31%) REST
2 4 (2.31%) Spring
3 3 (1.73%) .NET
3 3 (1.73%) AngularJS
3 3 (1.73%) Elastic Stack
3 3 (1.73%) Java EE
3 3 (1.73%) Spring Boot
3 3 (1.73%) Web Services
4 2 (1.16%) ASP.NET
4 2 (1.16%) JMS
4 2 (1.16%) JPA
4 2 (1.16%) RabbitMQ
4 2 (1.16%) React
4 2 (1.16%) RESTful
4 2 (1.16%) SOAP
5 1 (0.58%) Apache Camel
5 1 (0.58%) Loki
5 1 (0.58%) Mustache
5 1 (0.58%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 20 (11.56%) Life Science
2 18 (10.40%) Distributed Systems
3 14 (8.09%) Client/Server
4 12 (6.94%) Onboarding
5 10 (5.78%) Hackathon
5 10 (5.78%) Low-Code
6 8 (4.62%) Pharmacovigilance
7 7 (4.05%) Analytical Mindset
7 7 (4.05%) Cloud Native
8 5 (2.89%) Cyber Defence
8 5 (2.89%) Product Ownership
9 4 (2.31%) Management Information System
10 3 (1.73%) Biopharmaceutical
10 3 (1.73%) LIMS
10 3 (1.73%) Manufacturing Execution System
10 3 (1.73%) SCADA
10 3 (1.73%) Security Posture
10 3 (1.73%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (1.16%) Cloud Security Posture
11 2 (1.16%) Distributed Architecture
Operating Systems
1 24 (13.87%) Linux
2 11 (6.36%) Windows
3 3 (1.73%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.16%) Android
4 2 (1.16%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.58%) FreeBSD
5 1 (0.58%) OpenBSD
5 1 (0.58%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.58%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (31.79%) Problem-Solving
2 27 (15.61%) Agile
3 25 (14.45%) Computer Science
4 22 (12.72%) Change Management
4 22 (12.72%) Decision-Making
5 20 (11.56%) Project Delivery
6 18 (10.40%) DevOps
6 18 (10.40%) Software Engineering
7 17 (9.83%) Business Intelligence
7 17 (9.83%) Collaborative Working
7 17 (9.83%) Line Management
7 17 (9.83%) Roadmaps
7 17 (9.83%) Service Delivery
7 17 (9.83%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 17 (9.83%) Validation
8 16 (9.25%) Actionable Insight
8 16 (9.25%) Code Quality
8 16 (9.25%) Service Management
8 16 (9.25%) System Testing
8 16 (9.25%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 32 (18.50%) Python
2 19 (10.98%) SQL
3 15 (8.67%) C
3 15 (8.67%) C++
4 14 (8.09%) Rust
5 6 (3.47%) PowerShell
6 4 (2.31%) Java
7 3 (1.73%) C#
8 2 (1.16%) Bash
8 2 (1.16%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.58%) ABAP
9 1 (0.58%) Bicep
9 1 (0.58%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.58%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 50 (28.90%) Degree
2 21 (12.14%) ACCA
2 21 (12.14%) CIMA
2 21 (12.14%) Security Cleared
3 15 (8.67%) Computer Science Degree
4 11 (6.36%) SC Cleared
5 9 (5.20%) Master's Degree
6 5 (2.89%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 2 (1.16%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (1.16%) GIAC
8 1 (0.58%) A+ Certification
8 1 (0.58%) CCIE
8 1 (0.58%) CCNA
8 1 (0.58%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.58%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.58%) GCIA
8 1 (0.58%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.58%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.58%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (14.45%) QA
2 21 (12.14%) Accessibility
3 13 (7.51%) Good Clinical Practice
4 9 (5.20%) PMO
5 8 (4.62%) GxP
6 7 (4.05%) Data Quality
7 5 (2.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (2.89%) SLA
8 4 (2.31%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (1.73%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (1.73%) Def Stans
10 2 (1.16%) NCSC
11 1 (0.58%) GDPR
11 1 (0.58%) MISRA
System Software
1 16 (9.25%) Hyper-V
1 16 (9.25%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (8.67%) KVM
3 5 (2.89%) Active Directory
4 3 (1.73%) Docker
5 2 (1.16%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.58%) Terminal Server
6 1 (0.58%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 8 (4.62%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.31%) Ansible
2 4 (2.31%) Kibana
2 4 (2.31%) Terraform
3 2 (1.16%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.58%) Argo
4 1 (0.58%) Autotask
4 1 (0.58%) Grafana
4 1 (0.58%) Kustomize
4 1 (0.58%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.58%) Proxmox
4 1 (0.58%) SCCM
4 1 (0.58%) SCOM
Vendors
1 34 (19.65%) Microsoft
2 16 (9.25%) VMware
3 7 (4.05%) MuleSoft
3 7 (4.05%) SAP
4 3 (1.73%) CA Agile Central
4 3 (1.73%) Databricks
4 3 (1.73%) LabVantage
4 3 (1.73%) Oracle
4 3 (1.73%) ServiceNow
5 2 (1.16%) AppDynamics
5 2 (1.16%) BMC
5 2 (1.16%) Google
5 2 (1.16%) IBM
5 2 (1.16%) IFS
5 2 (1.16%) Remedy
5 2 (1.16%) Splunk
6 1 (0.58%) 3PAR
6 1 (0.58%) Carbon Black
6 1 (0.58%) Palo Alto
6 1 (0.58%) Zscaler