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

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 33 57
Rank change year-on-year +22 +24 -10
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 188 92 110
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 8.94% 6.99% 3.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.76% 7.38% 4.55%
Number of salaries quoted 90 26 41
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,500 £27,750
25th Percentile £39,000 £36,000 £36,000
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 £65,875 £61,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £71,375 £80,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +19.05% -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 1,599 1,246 2,419
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 76.07% 94.68% 86.58%
Number of salaries quoted 919 512 1,842
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £38,375 £45,000 £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 £90,000
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 12 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 12 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 +11 63 £52,500 -10.64% 38
Slough +11 38 £43,000 -36.30% 13
Maidenhead - 24 £75,000 - 3
Hungerford - 14 £49,000 -
Windsor +1 13 - - 1
Bracknell +22 7 £60,000 +6.67% 6
Wokingham - 3 - - 5
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 (2.13%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.06%) Confluence
3 1 (0.53%) Anypoint
3 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.53%) OpenStack
3 1 (0.53%) WordPress
Applications
1 17 (9.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (4.26%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.53%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 41 (21.81%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.06%) Unit4 Business World
3 1 (0.53%) JDE EnterpriseOne
3 1 (0.53%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.53%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (0.53%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.53%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.53%) SAP GRC
3 1 (0.53%) SAP HR
3 1 (0.53%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 46 (24.47%) Azure DevOps
2 44 (23.40%) Azure
3 23 (12.23%) AWS
3 23 (12.23%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (7.98%) GCP
5 9 (4.79%) Power Platform
6 7 (3.72%) SaaS
7 3 (1.60%) Benchling
7 3 (1.60%) Entra ID
8 2 (1.06%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.53%) Amazon SQS
9 1 (0.53%) Boomi
9 1 (0.53%) Copilot Studio
9 1 (0.53%) iPaaS
9 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (0.53%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
9 1 (0.53%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 1 (0.53%) Serverless
9 1 (0.53%) Smartsheet
9 1 (0.53%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.72%) Firewall
2 5 (2.66%) Modbus
2 5 (2.66%) MQTT
2 5 (2.66%) VPN
3 4 (2.13%) DNS
4 3 (1.60%) WAN
4 3 (1.60%) Wireless
5 2 (1.06%) Cisco ISE
5 2 (1.06%) LAN
5 2 (1.06%) VLAN
6 1 (0.53%) DHCP
6 1 (0.53%) HTTP
6 1 (0.53%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.53%) RS-232
6 1 (0.53%) SMTP
6 1 (0.53%) SSL
6 1 (0.53%) Structured Cabling
6 1 (0.53%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.53%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.79%) Power BI
2 2 (1.06%) MySQL
2 2 (1.06%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (1.06%) Relational Database
2 2 (1.06%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.53%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 44 (23.40%) JIRA
2 40 (21.28%) eCATT
3 12 (6.38%) NeoLoad
4 7 (3.72%) Git
5 3 (1.60%) Subversion
6 2 (1.06%) GitLab
6 2 (1.06%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.53%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.53%) JUnit
General
1 82 (43.62%) Finance
2 52 (27.66%) Manufacturing
3 46 (24.47%) Influencing Skills
4 45 (23.94%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (23.94%) Marketing
4 45 (23.94%) Social Skills
5 41 (21.81%) Presentation Skills
6 11 (5.85%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (3.72%) Retail
8 6 (3.19%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (3.19%) Telecoms
9 4 (2.13%) Aerospace
9 4 (2.13%) Legal
10 3 (1.60%) Public Sector
11 2 (1.06%) Automotive
11 2 (1.06%) Back Office
11 2 (1.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.06%) Law
12 1 (0.53%) Aviation
12 1 (0.53%) Military
Job Titles
1 79 (42.02%) Analyst
2 21 (11.17%) Test Analyst
3 14 (7.45%) Report Analyst
4 12 (6.38%) Performance Analyst
4 12 (6.38%) Performance Test Analyst
4 12 (6.38%) Software Engineer
4 12 (6.38%) Testing Analyst
5 11 (5.85%) Lead
6 9 (4.79%) Applications Support
6 9 (4.79%) Associate Director
6 9 (4.79%) Automation Test Analyst
6 9 (4.79%) Service Analyst
6 9 (4.79%) Service Desk Analyst
7 8 (4.26%) Senior
8 6 (3.19%) Administrator
8 6 (3.19%) Financial Analyst
8 6 (3.19%) Implementation Engineer
8 6 (3.19%) Logistics Analyst
8 6 (3.19%) Procurement Analyst
8 6 (3.19%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.66%) Middleware
2 2 (1.06%) .NET
2 2 (1.06%) CSS
2 2 (1.06%) EDI
2 2 (1.06%) Node.js
2 2 (1.06%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (1.06%) React
2 2 (1.06%) REST
3 1 (0.53%) ASP.NET
3 1 (0.53%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (0.53%) HTML
3 1 (0.53%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (0.53%) Next.js
3 1 (0.53%) Qt
3 1 (0.53%) RESTful
3 1 (0.53%) Sequelize
3 1 (0.53%) SOAP
3 1 (0.53%) Spring Boot
3 1 (0.53%) Tailwind CSS
3 1 (0.53%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 12 (6.38%) Distributed Systems
1 12 (6.38%) Life Science
2 11 (5.85%) Client/Server
3 9 (4.79%) Hackathon
3 9 (4.79%) Low-Code
4 7 (3.72%) Product Ownership
5 5 (2.66%) Cloud Native
5 5 (2.66%) IoT
5 5 (2.66%) Manufacturing Execution System
5 5 (2.66%) Onboarding
5 5 (2.66%) SCADA
6 4 (2.13%) Security Posture
7 3 (1.60%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (1.60%) Biopharmaceutical
7 3 (1.60%) Cloud Security Posture
7 3 (1.60%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.60%) LIMS
8 2 (1.06%) Cyber Defence
8 2 (1.06%) Data Structures
8 2 (1.06%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 18 (9.57%) Linux
2 14 (7.45%) Windows
3 4 (2.13%) Android
3 4 (2.13%) Apple iOS
3 4 (2.13%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.06%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.53%) FreeBSD
5 1 (0.53%) OpenBSD
5 1 (0.53%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (28.19%) ERP
1 53 (28.19%) Problem-Solving
2 45 (23.94%) Visualisation
3 44 (23.40%) Risk Management
4 42 (22.34%) Test Management
5 40 (21.28%) Source to Pay
5 40 (21.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 31 (16.49%) Roadmaps
7 30 (15.96%) Agile
8 26 (13.83%) Test Automation
9 24 (12.77%) Decision-Making
10 23 (12.23%) Business Intelligence
10 23 (12.23%) Programme Management
11 22 (11.70%) Computer Science
11 22 (11.70%) Validation
12 21 (11.17%) Product Roadmap
13 19 (10.11%) Defect Management
13 19 (10.11%) System Testing
14 16 (8.51%) Stakeholder Management
15 14 (7.45%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 25 (13.30%) Python
2 19 (10.11%) SQL
3 14 (7.45%) C++
4 12 (6.38%) C
5 11 (5.85%) Rust
6 4 (2.13%) JavaScript
6 4 (2.13%) PowerShell
7 2 (1.06%) C#
8 1 (0.53%) ABAP
8 1 (0.53%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.53%) Bash
8 1 (0.53%) Bicep
8 1 (0.53%) Java
8 1 (0.53%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 30 (15.96%) Degree
2 20 (10.64%) ACCA
2 20 (10.64%) CIMA
3 17 (9.04%) Security Cleared
4 12 (6.38%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (4.79%) Master's Degree
6 8 (4.26%) SC Cleared
7 4 (2.13%) ISTQB
8 3 (1.60%) DV Cleared
9 2 (1.06%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 2 (1.06%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 2 (1.06%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.53%) CCIE
10 1 (0.53%) CCNA
10 1 (0.53%) CGEIT
10 1 (0.53%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.53%) CISSP
10 1 (0.53%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (0.53%) CRISC
10 1 (0.53%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (15.96%) QA
2 8 (4.26%) Accessibility
3 7 (3.72%) Data Quality
3 7 (3.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (3.72%) PMO
4 5 (2.66%) SLA
5 3 (1.60%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (1.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (1.60%) Def Stans
5 3 (1.60%) GDPR
5 3 (1.60%) NCSC
6 1 (0.53%) GRC
6 1 (0.53%) MISRA
6 1 (0.53%) NIST
6 1 (0.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.53%) WCAG
System Software
1 16 (8.51%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (7.98%) Hyper-V
3 12 (6.38%) KVM
4 7 (3.72%) Active Directory
5 2 (1.06%) Docker
5 2 (1.06%) Terminal Server
6 1 (0.53%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 40 (21.28%) HP ALM
2 4 (2.13%) Terraform
3 3 (1.60%) Ansible
3 3 (1.60%) Kubernetes
4 2 (1.06%) SCCM
4 2 (1.06%) SCOM
5 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.53%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 48 (25.53%) SAP
2 41 (21.81%) HP
3 31 (16.49%) Microsoft
4 16 (8.51%) VMware
5 6 (3.19%) ServiceNow
6 5 (2.66%) MuleSoft
7 4 (2.13%) Oracle
8 3 (1.60%) CA Agile Central
8 3 (1.60%) IFS
8 3 (1.60%) LabVantage
8 3 (1.60%) Workday
9 2 (1.06%) Cisco
9 2 (1.06%) Juniper
9 2 (1.06%) McAfee
9 2 (1.06%) Remedy
10 1 (0.53%) BMC
10 1 (0.53%) Epicor
10 1 (0.53%) Informatica
10 1 (0.53%) JD Edwards
10 1 (0.53%) Salesforce