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 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 19 64
Rank change year-on-year +2 +45 -10
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 209 206 79
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 11.01% 9.48% 4.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.61% 11.30% 4.65%
Number of salaries quoted 40 44 45
10th Percentile £27,000 £35,000 £37,904
25th Percentile £51,063 £40,013 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £52,550
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +14.18% -15.92%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £82,750 £80,000 £80,950
South East median annual salary £57,500 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -8.00% -3.85% +8.33%

All Process and 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 1,658 1,823 1,698
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 87.31% 83.93% 91.24%
Number of salaries quoted 705 892 1,129
10th Percentile £28,000 £36,875 £31,250
25th Percentile £33,982 £48,881 £39,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +13.64% -5.21%
75th Percentile £68,750 £80,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £87,100
South East median annual salary £47,520 £56,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -15.14% +1.82% -

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 November 2025.

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 November 2025. 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 +3 70 £75,000 +11.11% 16
Maidenhead - 53 £27,750 - 8
Windsor -3 46 - - 1
Reading -24 21 £63,934 +2.29% 49
Bracknell +33 5 £65,000 +1.96% 9
Wokingham - 3 - - 7
Thatcham -1 2 £51,000 +56.92% 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 3 (1.44%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.96%) Confluence
3 1 (0.48%) Anypoint
3 1 (0.48%) Oracle Workflow
3 1 (0.48%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (1.91%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (1.91%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.48%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 41 (19.62%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (3.83%) JDE EnterpriseOne
3 6 (2.87%) Oracle Assets
3 6 (2.87%) Oracle Payables
3 6 (2.87%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.96%) SAP GRC
5 1 (0.48%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.48%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.48%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.48%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 69 (33.01%) GCP
2 60 (28.71%) Azure
3 51 (24.40%) AWS
4 41 (19.62%) Azure DevOps
5 15 (7.18%) Azure AI
5 15 (7.18%) Vertex AI
6 13 (6.22%) Azure Monitor
7 6 (2.87%) Microsoft 365
8 5 (2.39%) Power Platform
9 3 (1.44%) Boomi
10 2 (0.96%) Entra ID
10 2 (0.96%) iPaaS
10 2 (0.96%) SaaS
11 1 (0.48%) Azure Data Factory
11 1 (0.48%) Power Automate
11 1 (0.48%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
11 1 (0.48%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 1 (0.48%) Smartsheet
11 1 (0.48%) Snowflake
11 1 (0.48%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.91%) Firewall
2 2 (0.96%) Modbus
2 2 (0.96%) MQTT
2 2 (0.96%) VPN
2 2 (0.96%) Wireless
3 1 (0.48%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (0.48%) LAN
3 1 (0.48%) Network Security
3 1 (0.48%) Structured Cabling
3 1 (0.48%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (9.57%) BigQuery
2 19 (9.09%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (1.91%) Power BI
4 2 (0.96%) Qlik Sense
5 1 (0.48%) DTS
5 1 (0.48%) Metadata
5 1 (0.48%) MySQL
5 1 (0.48%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.48%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 42 (20.10%) JIRA
2 40 (19.14%) eCATT
3 12 (5.74%) NeoLoad
4 3 (1.44%) Git
5 1 (0.48%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.48%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.48%) Selenium
General
1 107 (51.20%) Finance
2 86 (41.15%) Marketing
3 75 (35.89%) Law
4 64 (30.62%) Social Skills
5 59 (28.23%) Manufacturing
6 53 (25.36%) Analytical Skills
7 43 (20.57%) Influencing Skills
7 43 (20.57%) Presentation Skills
8 31 (14.83%) Legal
9 7 (3.35%) Retail
10 3 (1.44%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.44%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.96%) Advertising
11 2 (0.96%) Back Office
11 2 (0.96%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.96%) Electronics
11 2 (0.96%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (0.96%) Public Sector
12 1 (0.48%) Billing
12 1 (0.48%) Humanities
Job Titles
1 71 (33.97%) Senior
2 48 (22.97%) Analyst
3 44 (21.05%) Architect
3 44 (21.05%) Lead
4 21 (10.05%) Test Analyst
5 20 (9.57%) Cloud Architect
5 20 (9.57%) GCP Architect
5 20 (9.57%) Platform Architect
6 19 (9.09%) Data Architect
6 19 (9.09%) Senior Architect
6 19 (9.09%) Senior Data Architect
7 15 (7.18%) Product Delivery Manager
7 15 (7.18%) Product Manager
8 13 (6.22%) Senior Manager
9 12 (5.74%) Performance Analyst
9 12 (5.74%) Performance Test Analyst
9 12 (5.74%) Testing Analyst
10 9 (4.31%) Automation Test Analyst
11 8 (3.83%) Support Specialist
12 7 (3.35%) Workstream Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (6.22%) Hugging Face
1 13 (6.22%) LangChain
1 13 (6.22%) PyTorch
1 13 (6.22%) TensorFlow
2 6 (2.87%) EDI
3 2 (0.96%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (0.96%) REST
3 2 (0.96%) SOAP
4 1 (0.48%) CSS
4 1 (0.48%) JSON
4 1 (0.48%) Lightning Web Components
4 1 (0.48%) Middleware
4 1 (0.48%) Next.js
4 1 (0.48%) Node.js
4 1 (0.48%) React
4 1 (0.48%) RESTful
4 1 (0.48%) Sequelize
4 1 (0.48%) Tailwind CSS
4 1 (0.48%) Visualforce
4 1 (0.48%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 32 (15.31%) Data Centre
2 29 (13.88%) Analytical Mindset
3 20 (9.57%) Cloud Native
4 15 (7.18%) AI Agents
5 10 (4.78%) Management Information System
6 7 (3.35%) Product Ownership
7 6 (2.87%) FMCG
8 5 (2.39%) SCADA
9 3 (1.44%) Low-Code
10 2 (0.96%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.96%) Hackathon
10 2 (0.96%) IoT
10 2 (0.96%) Legacy Applications
10 2 (0.96%) Life Science
10 2 (0.96%) Manufacturing Execution System
11 1 (0.48%) Cyber Threat
11 1 (0.48%) Data Structures
11 1 (0.48%) e-Learning
11 1 (0.48%) Public Cloud
11 1 (0.48%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.44%) Windows
2 1 (0.48%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (44.98%) Roadmaps
2 81 (38.76%) ERP
3 75 (35.89%) Change Management
3 75 (35.89%) Data Science
4 72 (34.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 56 (26.79%) AI
6 55 (26.32%) Machine Learning
6 55 (26.32%) Problem-Solving
7 54 (25.84%) Analytics
8 53 (25.36%) Generative AI
9 52 (24.88%) Risk Management
10 50 (23.92%) Use Case
11 48 (22.97%) Visualisation
12 47 (22.49%) Stakeholder Management
13 43 (20.57%) Mentoring
13 43 (20.57%) Strategic Roadmap
14 42 (20.10%) Test Management
15 40 (19.14%) Architectural Design
15 40 (19.14%) Project Management
15 40 (19.14%) Source to Pay
Programming Languages
1 23 (11.00%) Python
2 21 (10.05%) Java
3 20 (9.57%) Go
4 11 (5.26%) SQL
5 3 (1.44%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.96%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.48%) Apex Code
7 1 (0.48%) C++
7 1 (0.48%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.48%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 35 (16.75%) Degree
2 21 (10.05%) Master's Degree
3 14 (6.70%) Computer Science Degree
4 9 (4.31%) Security Cleared
5 8 (3.83%) PMI Certification
5 8 (3.83%) PMP
6 7 (3.35%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 5 (2.39%) SC Cleared
8 3 (1.44%) CISSP
9 2 (0.96%) CGEIT
9 2 (0.96%) CRISC
9 2 (0.96%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.96%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 2 (0.96%) NVQ Level 3
10 1 (0.48%) APMP
10 1 (0.48%) CREST Certified
10 1 (0.48%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.48%) HND
10 1 (0.48%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.48%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (10.53%) QA
2 21 (10.05%) Data Quality
3 6 (2.87%) GDPR
4 3 (1.44%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.44%) GRC
4 3 (1.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.96%) NIST
5 2 (0.96%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.48%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.48%) PMO
6 1 (0.48%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (0.48%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.48%) Docker
1 1 (0.48%) Hyper-V
1 1 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 40 (19.14%) HP ALM
2 20 (9.57%) Kubernetes
3 13 (6.22%) Grafana
3 13 (6.22%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.48%) Ansible
4 1 (0.48%) Terraform
Vendors
1 49 (23.44%) SAP
2 42 (20.10%) Google
3 40 (19.14%) HP
4 20 (9.57%) Microsoft
5 15 (7.18%) Foundry
6 13 (6.22%) OpenAI
6 13 (6.22%) Oracle
7 9 (4.31%) ServiceNow
8 8 (3.83%) JD Edwards
9 4 (1.91%) ConnectWise
9 4 (1.91%) Salesforce
10 3 (1.44%) Dell
10 3 (1.44%) IBM
10 3 (1.44%) Workday
11 2 (0.96%) HubSpot
12 1 (0.48%) Jitterbit
12 1 (0.48%) Meraki
12 1 (0.48%) MuleSoft
12 1 (0.48%) SnapLogic
12 1 (0.48%) Talend