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

6 months to
19 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 25 75
Rank change year-on-year +10 +50 -35
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 182 149 76
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 9.16% 9.13% 3.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.21% 9.83% 3.91%
Number of salaries quoted 57 35 36
10th Percentile £27,300 £32,500 £40,625
25th Percentile £28,750 £35,000 £44,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £55,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.91% +3.77% -11.67%
75th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £81,875
South East median annual salary £57,500 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.00% +13.64% -8.33%

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 1,623 1,515 1,942
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 81.72% 92.83% 88.31%
Number of salaries quoted 747 641 1,408
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,750 £31,025
25th Percentile £35,000 £47,500 £38,130
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +18.18% -6.38%
75th Percentile £70,000 £81,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £83,750 £95,000 £87,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £58,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.53% +11.43% -4.55%

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 19 January 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 19 January 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
Slough +1 49 £70,000 +3.70% 60
Reading -2 41 £52,500 -16.00% 38
Maidenhead - 35 £27,750 - 3
Windsor -11 26 - - 1
Hungerford - 7 £49,000 -
Bracknell +33 5 £65,000 +85.71% 3
Wokingham - 3 - - 1
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 (2.75%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.10%) Confluence
3 1 (0.55%) Anypoint
3 1 (0.55%) OpenStack
3 1 (0.55%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (4.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.75%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.55%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 41 (22.53%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (4.40%) JDE EnterpriseOne
3 6 (3.30%) Oracle Assets
3 6 (3.30%) Oracle Payables
3 6 (3.30%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (1.10%) SAP GRC
5 1 (0.55%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.55%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 41 (22.53%) Azure DevOps
2 35 (19.23%) Azure
3 20 (10.99%) AWS
4 19 (10.44%) GCP
4 19 (10.44%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (4.95%) Power Platform
6 5 (2.75%) SaaS
7 3 (1.65%) Benchling
7 3 (1.65%) Boomi
8 2 (1.10%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.55%) Copilot Studio
9 1 (0.55%) iPaaS
9 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (0.55%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.55%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.55%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 1 (0.55%) Serverless
9 1 (0.55%) Smartsheet
9 1 (0.55%) Snowflake
9 1 (0.55%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.30%) Firewall
2 5 (2.75%) Modbus
2 5 (2.75%) MQTT
3 3 (1.65%) VPN
3 3 (1.65%) Wireless
4 2 (1.10%) Cisco ISE
4 2 (1.10%) DNS
4 2 (1.10%) LAN
4 2 (1.10%) WAN
5 1 (0.55%) Structured Cabling
5 1 (0.55%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.95%) Power BI
2 6 (3.30%) BigQuery
2 6 (3.30%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.10%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (1.10%) Qlik Sense
3 2 (1.10%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.55%) Metadata
4 1 (0.55%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 44 (24.18%) JIRA
2 40 (21.98%) eCATT
3 12 (6.59%) NeoLoad
4 5 (2.75%) Git
5 2 (1.10%) GitLab
5 2 (1.10%) Jenkins
5 2 (1.10%) Subversion
6 1 (0.55%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.55%) JUnit
6 1 (0.55%) Selenium
General
1 94 (51.65%) Finance
2 67 (36.81%) Social Skills
3 58 (31.87%) Marketing
4 57 (31.32%) Analytical Skills
5 56 (30.77%) Manufacturing
6 43 (23.63%) Influencing Skills
6 43 (23.63%) Presentation Skills
7 14 (7.69%) Law
8 5 (2.75%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.65%) Legal
9 3 (1.65%) Public Sector
9 3 (1.65%) Retail
9 3 (1.65%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.10%) Back Office
10 2 (1.10%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.10%) Electronics
10 2 (1.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.55%) Billing
11 1 (0.55%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 65 (35.71%) Analyst
2 40 (21.98%) Senior
3 31 (17.03%) Lead
4 21 (11.54%) Test Analyst
5 18 (9.89%) Architect
6 13 (7.14%) Service Analyst
6 13 (7.14%) Service Desk Analyst
7 12 (6.59%) Performance Analyst
7 12 (6.59%) Performance Test Analyst
7 12 (6.59%) Testing Analyst
8 9 (4.95%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
8 9 (4.95%) Automation Test Analyst
9 8 (4.40%) Support Specialist
10 7 (3.85%) Report Analyst
11 6 (3.30%) Cloud Architect
11 6 (3.30%) Data Architect
11 6 (3.30%) Platform Architect
11 6 (3.30%) Product Owner
11 6 (3.30%) Senior Architect
11 6 (3.30%) Senior Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.85%) EDI
2 2 (1.10%) Node.js
2 2 (1.10%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (1.10%) React
2 2 (1.10%) REST
3 1 (0.55%) CSS
3 1 (0.55%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (0.55%) Express.js
3 1 (0.55%) Kafka
3 1 (0.55%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (0.55%) Middleware
3 1 (0.55%) Mustache
3 1 (0.55%) Next.js
3 1 (0.55%) RESTful
3 1 (0.55%) Sequelize
3 1 (0.55%) SOAP
3 1 (0.55%) Spring
3 1 (0.55%) Spring Boot
3 1 (0.55%) Tailwind CSS
3 1 (0.55%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 32 (17.58%) Data Centre
2 30 (16.48%) Analytical Mindset
3 11 (6.04%) Cloud Native
4 8 (4.40%) Life Science
5 7 (3.85%) Product Ownership
6 6 (3.30%) FMCG
7 5 (2.75%) Hackathon
7 5 (2.75%) IoT
7 5 (2.75%) Low-Code
7 5 (2.75%) Manufacturing Execution System
7 5 (2.75%) SCADA
8 4 (2.20%) Distributed Systems
9 3 (1.65%) Biopharmaceutical
9 3 (1.65%) Client/Server
9 3 (1.65%) Cloud Security Posture
9 3 (1.65%) LIMS
9 3 (1.65%) Security Posture
10 2 (1.10%) Legacy Applications
10 2 (1.10%) Onboarding
10 2 (1.10%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 13 (7.14%) Windows
2 5 (2.75%) Linux
3 4 (2.20%) Android
3 4 (2.20%) Apple iOS
4 3 (1.65%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.10%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (42.31%) ERP
2 66 (36.26%) Problem-Solving
3 45 (24.73%) Risk Management
3 45 (24.73%) Visualisation
4 44 (24.18%) Stakeholder Management
5 42 (23.08%) Analytics
5 42 (23.08%) Test Management
6 41 (22.53%) Change Management
7 40 (21.98%) Roadmaps
7 40 (21.98%) Source to Pay
7 40 (21.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 32 (17.58%) Project Management
8 32 (17.58%) Use Case
9 27 (14.84%) Business Strategy
9 27 (14.84%) Business Transformation
9 27 (14.84%) Digital Enablement
9 27 (14.84%) Matrix Management
9 27 (14.84%) Resource Allocation
9 27 (14.84%) Revenue Management
10 23 (12.64%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (9.34%) Python
2 16 (8.79%) SQL
3 8 (4.40%) Java
4 6 (3.30%) Go
5 5 (2.75%) C++
6 3 (1.65%) C
6 3 (1.65%) JavaScript
6 3 (1.65%) Rust
7 2 (1.10%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.55%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.55%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 16 (8.79%) Degree
1 16 (8.79%) Security Cleared
2 8 (4.40%) ACCA
2 8 (4.40%) CIMA
3 6 (3.30%) SC Cleared
4 5 (2.75%) Master's Degree
5 4 (2.20%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (2.20%) ISTQB
6 3 (1.65%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.10%) CGEIT
7 2 (1.10%) CISSP
7 2 (1.10%) CRISC
7 2 (1.10%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 2 (1.10%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 2 (1.10%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.55%) A+ Certification
8 1 (0.55%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (0.55%) HND
8 1 (0.55%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (13.19%) QA
2 9 (4.95%) Data Quality
3 5 (2.75%) Accessibility
3 5 (2.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (2.20%) GDPR
4 4 (2.20%) PMO
5 3 (1.65%) NCSC
5 3 (1.65%) SLA
6 2 (1.10%) GRC
6 2 (1.10%) NIST
6 2 (1.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.55%) WCAG
System Software
1 7 (3.85%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (3.30%) Active Directory
3 5 (2.75%) Hyper-V
4 3 (1.65%) KVM
5 2 (1.10%) Docker
5 2 (1.10%) Terminal Server
6 1 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 40 (21.98%) HP ALM
2 9 (4.95%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.10%) Ansible
3 2 (1.10%) SCCM
3 2 (1.10%) SCOM
3 2 (1.10%) Terraform
Vendors
1 49 (26.92%) SAP
2 40 (21.98%) HP
3 20 (10.99%) Microsoft
4 11 (6.04%) Oracle
4 11 (6.04%) ServiceNow
5 8 (4.40%) JD Edwards
6 7 (3.85%) Google
6 7 (3.85%) VMware
7 4 (2.20%) ConnectWise
8 3 (1.65%) Cisco
8 3 (1.65%) Dell
8 3 (1.65%) IBM
8 3 (1.65%) IFS
8 3 (1.65%) LabVantage
8 3 (1.65%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.65%) Workday
9 2 (1.10%) Juniper
9 2 (1.10%) McAfee
10 1 (0.55%) Software AG
10 1 (0.55%) Sophos