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

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 13 15
Rank change year-on-year +1 +2 +37
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 257 259 231
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 7.33% 13.93% 9.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.34% 15.79% 11.74%
Number of salaries quoted 157 39 46
10th Percentile £36,750 £27,000 £37,190
25th Percentile £43,000 £36,875 £40,166
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £71,535 £75,000 £79,179
90th Percentile £85,000 £76,500 £112,500
South East median annual salary £57,500 £54,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +5.50% -9.17% -

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 2,486 1,640 1,967
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 70.87% 88.22% 81.79%
Number of salaries quoted 1,670 683 1,016
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,800 £35,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,982 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £49,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.24% -18.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% 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 25 September 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 25 September 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 +27 94 £60,000 +4.35% 107
Slough -8 19 £43,000 -42.67% 59
Maidenhead +1 15 £80,000 +185.71% 16
Bracknell -9 11 £65,000 - 26
Wokingham -7 7 £72,500 - 20
Windsor +3 5 £52,500 - 8
Thatcham +2 4 - - 6
Ascot - 2 - -
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 (1.95%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (1.95%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.78%) Apache
2 2 (0.78%) Confluence
2 2 (0.78%) nginx
3 1 (0.39%) JBoss
3 1 (0.39%) OpenStack
3 1 (0.39%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 37 (14.40%) Microsoft Office
2 34 (13.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (3.11%) AutoCAD
3 8 (3.11%) Revit
4 3 (1.17%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (1.17%) Solid Edge
4 3 (1.17%) SOLIDWORKS
5 2 (0.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.39%) Mathcad
6 1 (0.39%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 16 (6.23%) Primavera
2 12 (4.67%) NetSuite
3 8 (3.11%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.78%) Eloqua
5 1 (0.39%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.39%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.39%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 33 (12.84%) Azure
2 21 (8.17%) Power Platform
3 18 (7.00%) Microsoft 365
4 16 (6.23%) SaaS
5 15 (5.84%) AWS
6 9 (3.50%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (2.72%) Entra ID
8 6 (2.33%) GCP
8 6 (2.33%) IaaS
9 4 (1.56%) Amazon ECS
9 4 (1.56%) Azure Sentinel
9 4 (1.56%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (1.56%) OpenShift
9 4 (1.56%) Serverless
10 3 (1.17%) Amazon EKS
10 3 (1.17%) AWS Lambda
10 3 (1.17%) Power Automate
11 2 (0.78%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 2 (0.78%) Azure Logic Apps
11 2 (0.78%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (5.84%) Firewall
2 12 (4.67%) DNS
3 5 (1.95%) DHCP
4 4 (1.56%) 5G
4 4 (1.56%) VPN
4 4 (1.56%) WAN
5 3 (1.17%) LAN
5 3 (1.17%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (0.78%) HTTP
6 2 (0.78%) Network Security
6 2 (0.78%) SMS
6 2 (0.78%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.39%) 3G
7 1 (0.39%) 4G
7 1 (0.39%) Diameter Protocol
7 1 (0.39%) RS-485
7 1 (0.39%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.39%) Unified Communications
7 1 (0.39%) VoIP
7 1 (0.39%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (8.17%) Power BI
2 4 (1.56%) Relational Database
3 2 (0.78%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.78%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.39%) DynamoDB
4 1 (0.39%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 11 (4.28%) JIRA
2 3 (1.17%) Git
2 3 (1.17%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.78%) GitLab
3 2 (0.78%) Terragrunt
4 1 (0.39%) Claude Code
4 1 (0.39%) JUnit
4 1 (0.39%) Zephyr
General
1 129 (50.19%) Social Skills
2 80 (31.13%) Finance
3 60 (23.35%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (15.18%) Influencing Skills
5 30 (11.67%) Organisational Skills
6 27 (10.51%) Legal
7 23 (8.95%) Pharmaceutical
8 15 (5.84%) Manufacturing
8 15 (5.84%) Marketing
9 13 (5.06%) Retail
9 13 (5.06%) Telecoms
10 12 (4.67%) Electronics
11 10 (3.89%) Aerospace
12 5 (1.95%) Avionics
12 5 (1.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (1.95%) Law
13 4 (1.56%) Automotive
13 4 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (1.56%) Public Sector
14 3 (1.17%) German Language
Job Titles
1 38 (14.79%) Senior
2 36 (14.01%) Analyst
3 29 (11.28%) Lead
4 14 (5.45%) Support Analyst
5 11 (4.28%) QA Leader
6 10 (3.89%) Account Manager
6 10 (3.89%) Auditor
6 10 (3.89%) IT Manager
6 10 (3.89%) Senior Analyst
7 9 (3.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 9 (3.50%) IT Support
8 8 (3.11%) Azure Engineer
8 8 (3.11%) CAD Design Engineer
8 8 (3.11%) CAD Engineer
8 8 (3.11%) Design Engineer
8 8 (3.11%) Security Analyst
9 7 (2.72%) Applications Support
9 7 (2.72%) Business Systems Analyst
9 7 (2.72%) Systems Analyst
9 7 (2.72%) Systems Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.72%) Middleware
1 7 (2.72%) Terraform
2 4 (1.56%) AngularJS
2 4 (1.56%) Jakarta EE
2 4 (1.56%) LDAP
2 4 (1.56%) REST
2 4 (1.56%) Spring
3 3 (1.17%) .NET
3 3 (1.17%) Elastic Stack
3 3 (1.17%) JSON
3 3 (1.17%) JSON Schema
3 3 (1.17%) Loki
3 3 (1.17%) React
3 3 (1.17%) Regular Expression
3 3 (1.17%) Spring Boot
3 3 (1.17%) Web Services
3 3 (1.17%) XML
3 3 (1.17%) XMPP
4 2 (0.78%) JMS
4 2 (0.78%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 23 (8.95%) Life Science
1 23 (8.95%) Pharmacovigilance
2 19 (7.39%) Driving Licence
3 15 (5.84%) Management Information System
3 15 (5.84%) Onboarding
4 8 (3.11%) Data Centre
4 8 (3.11%) Embedded Systems
5 7 (2.72%) Analytical Mindset
5 7 (2.72%) Cyber Threat
6 6 (2.33%) Analogue Electronics
6 6 (2.33%) Distributed Systems
7 5 (1.95%) Cloud Native
8 4 (1.56%) Cyber Defence
8 4 (1.56%) Marketing Technology
8 4 (1.56%) PKI
8 4 (1.56%) Product Ownership
8 4 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.17%) Security Operations Centre
10 2 (0.78%) ARM Cortex
10 2 (0.78%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 26 (10.12%) Linux
2 14 (5.45%) Windows
3 5 (1.95%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.78%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.39%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (27.63%) Problem-Solving
2 50 (19.46%) Collaborative Working
3 45 (17.51%) Customer Service
4 43 (16.73%) CRM
5 42 (16.34%) Stakeholder Management
6 41 (15.95%) CAPA
7 40 (15.56%) Roadmaps
8 30 (11.67%) Change Management
8 30 (11.67%) Decision-Making
9 29 (11.28%) Process Improvement
9 29 (11.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 27 (10.51%) ERP
11 25 (9.73%) DevOps
12 24 (9.34%) Business Intelligence
12 24 (9.34%) Cybersecurity
13 23 (8.95%) Resource Allocation
14 22 (8.56%) Customer Experience
15 21 (8.17%) Agile
15 21 (8.17%) CI/CD
15 21 (8.17%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 23 (8.95%) SQL
2 21 (8.17%) PowerShell
3 11 (4.28%) Python
4 7 (2.72%) C
5 5 (1.95%) C++
6 4 (1.56%) Java
6 4 (1.56%) Kusto Query Language
6 4 (1.56%) Rust
7 3 (1.17%) C#
7 3 (1.17%) Shell Script
8 2 (0.78%) Bash
8 2 (0.78%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.39%) Embedded C
9 1 (0.39%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 70 (27.24%) Degree
2 30 (11.67%) Security Cleared
3 15 (5.84%) SC Cleared
4 12 (4.67%) Microsoft Certification
5 11 (4.28%) ACCA
5 11 (4.28%) CIMA
6 9 (3.50%) HNC
6 9 (3.50%) HND
7 5 (1.95%) DBS Check
7 5 (1.95%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 4 (1.56%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.56%) CISSP
8 4 (1.56%) DV Cleared
8 4 (1.56%) SANS
9 3 (1.17%) GIAC
9 3 (1.17%) PMI Certification
9 3 (1.17%) PMP
9 3 (1.17%) Postgraduate
10 2 (0.78%) CISA
10 2 (0.78%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (18.29%) QA
2 40 (15.56%) Accessibility
3 38 (14.79%) Good Clinical Practice
4 28 (10.89%) GxP
5 10 (3.89%) SLA
6 8 (3.11%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 8 (3.11%) GLP
6 8 (3.11%) GMP
7 7 (2.72%) Cyber Essentials
7 7 (2.72%) Data Quality
8 5 (1.95%) GDPR
8 5 (1.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (1.17%) PMO
10 2 (0.78%) COBIT
10 2 (0.78%) COSO
10 2 (0.78%) MISRA
10 2 (0.78%) NIST
10 2 (0.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.39%) ARP4754
11 1 (0.39%) GAAP
System Software
1 16 (6.23%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.33%) vSphere
3 4 (1.56%) Firmware
4 3 (1.17%) Docker
4 3 (1.17%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.78%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.78%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.39%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.39%) KVM
Systems Management
1 12 (4.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (3.89%) Kubernetes
3 5 (1.95%) Kibana
4 3 (1.17%) Ansible
4 3 (1.17%) Argo
4 3 (1.17%) Grafana
4 3 (1.17%) Kustomize
4 3 (1.17%) Prometheus
4 3 (1.17%) SCCM
4 3 (1.17%) vCenter Server
5 2 (0.78%) HAProxy
6 1 (0.39%) Autotask
Vendors
1 74 (28.79%) Microsoft
2 25 (9.73%) Oracle
3 14 (5.45%) Sage
4 12 (4.67%) CA Agile Central
5 11 (4.28%) Salesforce
6 9 (3.50%) VMware
7 8 (3.11%) SAP
8 4 (1.56%) CrowdStrike
8 4 (1.56%) HubSpot
8 4 (1.56%) Red Hat
9 3 (1.17%) Adobe
9 3 (1.17%) McAfee
9 3 (1.17%) MuleSoft
9 3 (1.17%) Pega
9 3 (1.17%) Splunk
9 3 (1.17%) Workday
10 2 (0.78%) EMC
10 2 (0.78%) IBM
10 2 (0.78%) Remedy
10 2 (0.78%) Veeam