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

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 13 31
Rank change year-on-year 0 +18 +24
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 211 249 198
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 7.54% 14.79% 6.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.56% 16.40% 7.67%
Number of salaries quoted 123 36 54
10th Percentile £37,500 £30,625 £28,800
25th Percentile £43,000 £42,500 £39,691
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +31.58% -13.64%
75th Percentile £71,535 £72,188 £80,000
90th Percentile £81,000 £78,750 £112,500
South East median annual salary £57,500 £54,500 £53,818
% change year-on-year +5.50% +1.27% -10.30%

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 1,998 1,518 2,580
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 71.38% 90.14% 81.52%
Number of salaries quoted 1,316 615 1,762
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £39,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,001 £57,500 £54,995
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% -5.99%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £88,750 £86,250 £85,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -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 2 July 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 2 July 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 +21 90 £60,000 +12.15% 49
Slough -4 22 £43,000 -42.67% 6
Maidenhead -2 13 £80,000 - 15
Hungerford - 10 £49,000 -
Bracknell -6 8 £60,000 -7.69% 11
Wokingham -9 2 £60,000 - 8
Windsor +5 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 (0.95%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (0.95%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.47%) JBoss
2 1 (0.47%) OpenStack
2 1 (0.47%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 30 (14.22%) Microsoft Office
2 25 (11.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 15 (7.11%) Primavera
2 8 (3.79%) NetSuite
3 4 (1.90%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.47%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.47%) SAP HR
4 1 (0.47%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 44 (20.85%) Azure
2 25 (11.85%) AWS
3 20 (9.48%) GCP
4 13 (6.16%) Microsoft 365
5 11 (5.21%) SaaS
6 10 (4.74%) Azure DevOps
7 8 (3.79%) Power Platform
8 4 (1.90%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (1.42%) Amazon ECS
9 3 (1.42%) Amazon EKS
9 3 (1.42%) Serverless
10 2 (0.95%) AWS Lambda
10 2 (0.95%) Entra ID
10 2 (0.95%) Google Ads
10 2 (0.95%) Meta Ads
10 2 (0.95%) Mimecast
10 2 (0.95%) OpenShift
11 1 (0.47%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 1 (0.47%) IaaS
11 1 (0.47%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 14 (6.64%) Firewall
2 10 (4.74%) DNS
3 7 (3.32%) VPN
4 4 (1.90%) WAN
5 3 (1.42%) HTTP
5 3 (1.42%) LAN
5 3 (1.42%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.95%) DHCP
6 2 (0.95%) Network Security
6 2 (0.95%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (0.95%) VLAN
6 2 (0.95%) Wireless
7 1 (0.47%) Cisco ISE
7 1 (0.47%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.47%) Modbus
7 1 (0.47%) MQTT
7 1 (0.47%) RS-232
7 1 (0.47%) SSL
7 1 (0.47%) Unified Communications
7 1 (0.47%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.79%) Power BI
2 4 (1.90%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.42%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.95%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.47%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 5 (2.37%) Git
2 3 (1.42%) GitLab
2 3 (1.42%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.95%) Subversion
4 1 (0.47%) JIRA
4 1 (0.47%) JUnit
General
1 82 (38.86%) Social Skills
2 67 (31.75%) Analytical Skills
3 63 (29.86%) Finance
4 24 (11.37%) Influencing Skills
5 18 (8.53%) Organisational Skills
6 17 (8.06%) Legal
7 15 (7.11%) Pharmaceutical
8 12 (5.69%) Telecoms
9 10 (4.74%) Manufacturing
9 10 (4.74%) Retail
10 7 (3.32%) Aerospace
11 6 (2.84%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (2.37%) Public Sector
13 4 (1.90%) Marketing
14 2 (0.95%) Advertising
14 2 (0.95%) Automotive
14 2 (0.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 2 (0.95%) Law
14 2 (0.95%) Mandarin Language
14 2 (0.95%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 40 (18.96%) Analyst
2 28 (13.27%) Lead
3 26 (12.32%) Senior
4 17 (8.06%) Software Engineer
5 14 (6.64%) Applications Support
6 11 (5.21%) Support Analyst
7 10 (4.74%) Financial Analyst
7 10 (4.74%) Report Analyst
8 9 (4.27%) Applications Support Analyst
8 9 (4.27%) Auditor
8 9 (4.27%) Team Leader
9 8 (3.79%) Associate Director
9 8 (3.79%) Logistics Analyst
9 8 (3.79%) Procurement Analyst
9 8 (3.79%) QA Leader
10 7 (3.32%) IT Manager
11 6 (2.84%) Consultant
12 5 (2.37%) Delivery Manager
12 5 (2.37%) Technical Leader
12 5 (2.37%) Vendor Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (5.21%) Middleware
2 4 (1.90%) .NET
2 4 (1.90%) REST
2 4 (1.90%) Spring
3 3 (1.42%) AngularJS
3 3 (1.42%) ASP.NET
3 3 (1.42%) Elastic Stack
3 3 (1.42%) Java EE
3 3 (1.42%) Spring Boot
3 3 (1.42%) Web Services
4 2 (0.95%) JPA
4 2 (0.95%) JSON
4 2 (0.95%) JSON Schema
4 2 (0.95%) Loki
4 2 (0.95%) RabbitMQ
4 2 (0.95%) React
4 2 (0.95%) Regular Expression
4 2 (0.95%) RESTful
4 2 (0.95%) SOAP
4 2 (0.95%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 21 (9.95%) Life Science
2 18 (8.53%) Distributed Systems
3 15 (7.11%) Pharmacovigilance
4 14 (6.64%) Client/Server
5 12 (5.69%) Onboarding
6 9 (4.27%) Hackathon
6 9 (4.27%) Low-Code
7 8 (3.79%) Analytical Mindset
8 7 (3.32%) Management Information System
9 5 (2.37%) Cloud Native
9 5 (2.37%) Cyber Defence
10 4 (1.90%) Driving Licence
10 4 (1.90%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (1.42%) Cyber Threat
11 3 (1.42%) PKI
12 2 (0.95%) Distributed Architecture
12 2 (0.95%) Product Ownership
12 2 (0.95%) SCADA
12 2 (0.95%) Smart Home
12 2 (0.95%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 30 (14.22%) Linux
2 9 (4.27%) Windows
3 5 (2.37%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.47%) FreeBSD
5 1 (0.47%) OpenBSD
5 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (32.23%) Problem-Solving
2 29 (13.74%) CAPA
3 26 (12.32%) Change Management
4 24 (11.37%) Collaborative Working
4 24 (11.37%) Computer Science
5 23 (10.90%) Agile
5 23 (10.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 21 (9.95%) Cybersecurity
6 21 (9.95%) Decision-Making
6 21 (9.95%) Line Management
7 20 (9.48%) Actionable Insight
7 20 (9.48%) ERP
8 19 (9.00%) DevOps
8 19 (9.00%) Project Delivery
8 19 (9.00%) Roadmaps
8 19 (9.00%) Software Engineering
9 18 (8.53%) Business Intelligence
9 18 (8.53%) Performance Management
9 18 (8.53%) Service Delivery
9 18 (8.53%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 30 (14.22%) Python
2 22 (10.43%) SQL
3 15 (7.11%) C
3 15 (7.11%) C++
4 14 (6.64%) Rust
5 10 (4.74%) PowerShell
6 4 (1.90%) C#
6 4 (1.90%) Java
7 2 (0.95%) Bash
7 2 (0.95%) Kusto Query Language
7 2 (0.95%) PL/SQL
7 2 (0.95%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.47%) ABAP
8 1 (0.47%) Bicep
8 1 (0.47%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.47%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 63 (29.86%) Degree
2 26 (12.32%) Security Cleared
3 20 (9.48%) ACCA
3 20 (9.48%) CIMA
4 15 (7.11%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (6.16%) SC Cleared
6 8 (3.79%) Master's Degree
7 6 (2.84%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 5 (2.37%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (1.42%) DV Cleared
9 3 (1.42%) GIAC
9 3 (1.42%) Postgraduate
10 2 (0.95%) CISA
10 2 (0.95%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (0.95%) CREST Certified
10 2 (0.95%) CTC Cleared
10 2 (0.95%) GCIA
10 2 (0.95%) GCIH
10 2 (0.95%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 2 (0.95%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (19.43%) QA
2 37 (17.54%) Accessibility
3 26 (12.32%) Good Clinical Practice
4 17 (8.06%) GxP
5 8 (3.79%) PMO
6 7 (3.32%) Data Quality
7 6 (2.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (2.37%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 5 (2.37%) GLP
8 5 (2.37%) GMP
9 4 (1.90%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (1.90%) SLA
10 3 (1.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (1.42%) Def Stans
11 2 (0.95%) COBIT
11 2 (0.95%) COSO
12 1 (0.47%) GDPR
12 1 (0.47%) MISRA
12 1 (0.47%) NCSC
System Software
1 16 (7.58%) Hyper-V
1 16 (7.58%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (7.11%) KVM
3 7 (3.32%) Active Directory
4 3 (1.42%) Docker
5 2 (0.95%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.95%) vSphere
6 1 (0.47%) Terminal Server
6 1 (0.47%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 8 (3.79%) Kubernetes
2 6 (2.84%) Terraform
3 5 (2.37%) Kibana
4 4 (1.90%) Ansible
5 2 (0.95%) Argo
5 2 (0.95%) Grafana
5 2 (0.95%) Kustomize
5 2 (0.95%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.95%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.47%) Autotask
6 1 (0.47%) Proxmox
6 1 (0.47%) SCCM
6 1 (0.47%) SCOM
Vendors
1 57 (27.01%) Microsoft
2 18 (8.53%) Oracle
2 18 (8.53%) VMware
3 8 (3.79%) SAP
4 7 (3.32%) MuleSoft
5 5 (2.37%) CA Agile Central
6 4 (1.90%) HubSpot
6 4 (1.90%) Sage
7 3 (1.42%) Databricks
7 3 (1.42%) McAfee
7 3 (1.42%) Red Hat
7 3 (1.42%) ServiceNow
7 3 (1.42%) Splunk
8 2 (0.95%) AppDynamics
8 2 (0.95%) BMC
8 2 (0.95%) CrowdStrike
8 2 (0.95%) Google
8 2 (0.95%) IBM
8 2 (0.95%) Remedy
9 1 (0.47%) HP