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

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 13 29
Rank change year-on-year -3 +16 +30
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 190 235 194
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 7.07% 14.43% 6.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.98% 15.84% 7.39%
Number of salaries quoted 106 29 56
10th Percentile £36,250 £30,000 £27,750
25th Percentile £43,000 £39,000 £39,380
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £46,250
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +18.92% -16.54%
75th Percentile £71,339 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £81,875 £82,750 £112,500
South East median annual salary £57,500 £54,750 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.02% +4.29% -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 1,904 1,484 2,624
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 70.81% 91.10% 81.52%
Number of salaries quoted 1,258 567 1,822
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,841 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £53,131
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +12.93% -11.45%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £70,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £85,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £51,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year +6.28% +3.50% -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 18 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 18 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 +12 82 £60,000 +12.15% 32
Slough -2 24 £43,000 -42.67% 5
Maidenhead -2 14 £80,000 - 8
Hungerford - 11 £49,000 -
Bracknell -8 8 £60,000 -7.69% 5
Wokingham -8 2 £60,000 - 7
Windsor +7 1 £52,500 - 6
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 2 (1.05%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (1.05%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.53%) JBoss
2 1 (0.53%) OpenStack
2 1 (0.53%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 23 (12.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (8.42%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (3.16%) NetSuite
2 3 (1.58%) Primavera
3 2 (1.05%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.53%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.53%) SAP HR
4 1 (0.53%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 43 (22.63%) Azure
2 24 (12.63%) AWS
3 19 (10.00%) GCP
4 14 (7.37%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (4.74%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (4.21%) SaaS
7 7 (3.68%) Power Platform
8 3 (1.58%) Amazon ECS
8 3 (1.58%) Amazon EKS
8 3 (1.58%) Serverless
9 2 (1.05%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (1.05%) Benchling
9 2 (1.05%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (1.05%) Entra ID
9 2 (1.05%) Google Ads
9 2 (1.05%) Meta Ads
9 2 (1.05%) Mimecast
9 2 (1.05%) OpenShift
10 1 (0.53%) Nutanix
10 1 (0.53%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 14 (7.37%) Firewall
2 10 (5.26%) DNS
3 7 (3.68%) VPN
4 4 (2.11%) WAN
5 3 (1.58%) HTTP
5 3 (1.58%) LAN
5 3 (1.58%) TCP/IP
6 2 (1.05%) DHCP
6 2 (1.05%) Modbus
6 2 (1.05%) MQTT
6 2 (1.05%) Network Security
6 2 (1.05%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (1.05%) VLAN
6 2 (1.05%) Wireless
7 1 (0.53%) Cisco ISE
7 1 (0.53%) RS-232
7 1 (0.53%) Unified Communications
7 1 (0.53%) VoIP
7 1 (0.53%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.53%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.68%) Power BI
2 3 (1.58%) Relational Database
2 3 (1.58%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.05%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.53%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 5 (2.63%) Git
2 3 (1.58%) GitLab
2 3 (1.58%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.05%) Subversion
4 1 (0.53%) JIRA
4 1 (0.53%) JUnit
General
1 71 (37.37%) Social Skills
2 63 (33.16%) Analytical Skills
3 57 (30.00%) Finance
4 21 (11.05%) Influencing Skills
5 15 (7.89%) Legal
6 14 (7.37%) Organisational Skills
7 13 (6.84%) Pharmaceutical
8 12 (6.32%) Telecoms
9 11 (5.79%) Manufacturing
10 10 (5.26%) Retail
11 7 (3.68%) Aerospace
12 6 (3.16%) Documentation Skills
13 5 (2.63%) Public Sector
14 4 (2.11%) Marketing
15 2 (1.05%) Advertising
15 2 (1.05%) Automotive
15 2 (1.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 2 (1.05%) Law
15 2 (1.05%) Mandarin Language
16 1 (0.53%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 40 (21.05%) Analyst
2 25 (13.16%) Lead
3 16 (8.42%) Software Engineer
4 14 (7.37%) Senior
5 13 (6.84%) Applications Support
6 11 (5.79%) Report Analyst
7 10 (5.26%) Financial Analyst
8 9 (4.74%) Associate Director
8 9 (4.74%) Support Analyst
8 9 (4.74%) Team Leader
9 8 (4.21%) Applications Support Analyst
9 8 (4.21%) Auditor
9 8 (4.21%) Logistics Analyst
9 8 (4.21%) Procurement Analyst
10 6 (3.16%) Consultant
10 6 (3.16%) IT Manager
10 6 (3.16%) QA Leader
11 5 (2.63%) Python Engineer
11 5 (2.63%) Python Software Engineer
11 5 (2.63%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (5.79%) Middleware
2 4 (2.11%) REST
2 4 (2.11%) Spring
3 3 (1.58%) .NET
3 3 (1.58%) AngularJS
3 3 (1.58%) Elastic Stack
3 3 (1.58%) Java EE
3 3 (1.58%) Spring Boot
3 3 (1.58%) Web Services
4 2 (1.05%) ASP.NET
4 2 (1.05%) JMS
4 2 (1.05%) JPA
4 2 (1.05%) JSON
4 2 (1.05%) JSON Schema
4 2 (1.05%) LDAP
4 2 (1.05%) Loki
4 2 (1.05%) React
4 2 (1.05%) SOAP
4 2 (1.05%) XML
4 2 (1.05%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 22 (11.58%) Life Science
2 18 (9.47%) Distributed Systems
3 14 (7.37%) Client/Server
4 13 (6.84%) Pharmacovigilance
5 12 (6.32%) Onboarding
6 10 (5.26%) Hackathon
6 10 (5.26%) Low-Code
7 7 (3.68%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (3.16%) Management Information System
9 5 (2.63%) Cloud Native
9 5 (2.63%) Cyber Defence
10 4 (2.11%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (1.58%) Cyber Threat
11 3 (1.58%) Manufacturing Execution System
11 3 (1.58%) PKI
11 3 (1.58%) Product Ownership
11 3 (1.58%) SCADA
12 2 (1.05%) Biopharmaceutical
12 2 (1.05%) Distributed Architecture
12 2 (1.05%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 28 (14.74%) Linux
2 10 (5.26%) Windows
3 5 (2.63%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.53%) FreeBSD
5 1 (0.53%) OpenBSD
5 1 (0.53%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.53%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (33.16%) Problem-Solving
2 25 (13.16%) Agile
2 25 (13.16%) CAPA
2 25 (13.16%) Change Management
2 25 (13.16%) Computer Science
3 21 (11.05%) Collaborative Working
3 21 (11.05%) Decision-Making
4 20 (10.53%) Line Management
4 20 (10.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 20 (10.53%) Validation
5 19 (10.00%) Actionable Insight
5 19 (10.00%) Project Delivery
5 19 (10.00%) Roadmaps
6 18 (9.47%) Business Intelligence
6 18 (9.47%) Cybersecurity
6 18 (9.47%) DevOps
6 18 (9.47%) Software Engineering
7 17 (8.95%) ERP
7 17 (8.95%) Service Delivery
8 16 (8.42%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 31 (16.32%) Python
2 21 (11.05%) SQL
3 15 (7.89%) C
3 15 (7.89%) C++
4 14 (7.37%) Rust
5 8 (4.21%) PowerShell
6 4 (2.11%) Java
7 3 (1.58%) C#
8 2 (1.05%) Bash
8 2 (1.05%) Kusto Query Language
8 2 (1.05%) PL/SQL
8 2 (1.05%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.53%) ABAP
9 1 (0.53%) Bicep
9 1 (0.53%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.53%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 61 (32.11%) Degree
2 23 (12.11%) Security Cleared
3 21 (11.05%) ACCA
3 21 (11.05%) CIMA
4 15 (7.89%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (6.84%) SC Cleared
6 9 (4.74%) Master's Degree
7 5 (2.63%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 3 (1.58%) DV Cleared
8 3 (1.58%) GIAC
8 3 (1.58%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (1.05%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (1.05%) CREST Certified
9 2 (1.05%) GCIA
9 2 (1.05%) GCIH
9 2 (1.05%) Postgraduate
9 2 (1.05%) SANS
10 1 (0.53%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.53%) GCED
10 1 (0.53%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (19.47%) QA
2 33 (17.37%) Accessibility
3 23 (12.11%) Good Clinical Practice
4 15 (7.89%) GxP
5 8 (4.21%) PMO
6 7 (3.68%) Data Quality
7 4 (2.11%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 4 (2.11%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (2.11%) GLP
7 4 (2.11%) GMP
7 4 (2.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (2.11%) SLA
8 3 (1.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (1.58%) Def Stans
9 1 (0.53%) GDPR
9 1 (0.53%) MISRA
9 1 (0.53%) NCSC
System Software
1 16 (8.42%) Hyper-V
1 16 (8.42%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (7.89%) KVM
3 7 (3.68%) Active Directory
4 3 (1.58%) Docker
5 2 (1.05%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (1.05%) vSphere
6 1 (0.53%) Terminal Server
6 1 (0.53%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 8 (4.21%) Kubernetes
2 5 (2.63%) Kibana
2 5 (2.63%) Terraform
3 4 (2.11%) Ansible
4 2 (1.05%) Argo
4 2 (1.05%) Grafana
4 2 (1.05%) Kustomize
4 2 (1.05%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (1.05%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.53%) Autotask
5 1 (0.53%) Proxmox
5 1 (0.53%) SCCM
5 1 (0.53%) SCOM
Vendors
1 41 (21.58%) Microsoft
2 18 (9.47%) VMware
3 7 (3.68%) MuleSoft
3 7 (3.68%) SAP
4 6 (3.16%) Oracle
5 3 (1.58%) CA Agile Central
5 3 (1.58%) Databricks
5 3 (1.58%) McAfee
5 3 (1.58%) Red Hat
5 3 (1.58%) ServiceNow
5 3 (1.58%) Splunk
6 2 (1.05%) AppDynamics
6 2 (1.05%) BMC
6 2 (1.05%) CrowdStrike
6 2 (1.05%) Google
6 2 (1.05%) HubSpot
6 2 (1.05%) IBM
6 2 (1.05%) LabVantage
6 2 (1.05%) Remedy
6 2 (1.05%) Sage