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 20 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 11 16
Rank change year-on-year +1 +5 +29
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 237 285 220
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 7.37% 14.88% 8.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.54% 16.82% 10.70%
Number of salaries quoted 152 39 42
10th Percentile £37,500 £27,000 £35,438
25th Percentile £43,563 £35,125 £40,013
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £53,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.15% -2.73% +4.66%
75th Percentile £74,063 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £87,375 £82,750 £112,500
South East median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £58,250
% change year-on-year +7.48% -8.15% -2.92%

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 2,248 1,694 2,056
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 69.92% 88.46% 81.33%
Number of salaries quoted 1,517 694 1,217
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £34,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -15.25% +7.18%
75th Percentile £71,535 £72,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -4.55%

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 20 August 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 20 August 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 +29 93 £60,000 +12.15% 57
Slough -3 19 £43,000 -42.67% 7
Maidenhead -1 14 £80,000 +185.71% 6
Bracknell -2 14 £60,000 -7.69% 5
Wokingham -6 6 £72,500 - 3
Windsor +5 5 £52,500 - 3
Thatcham -2 4 - - 1
Ascot - 2 - -
Hungerford - 1 £49,000 - 4
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 (2.11%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (2.11%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.84%) Apache
2 2 (0.84%) nginx
3 1 (0.42%) JBoss
3 1 (0.42%) OpenStack
3 1 (0.42%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 32 (13.50%) Microsoft Office
2 28 (11.81%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (2.11%) AutoCAD
3 5 (2.11%) Revit
4 3 (1.27%) Solid Edge
4 3 (1.27%) SOLIDWORKS
5 1 (0.42%) Mathcad
5 1 (0.42%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 16 (6.75%) Primavera
2 11 (4.64%) NetSuite
3 6 (2.53%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.42%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 33 (13.92%) Azure
2 16 (6.75%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (6.33%) Power Platform
4 14 (5.91%) AWS
5 10 (4.22%) GCP
5 10 (4.22%) SaaS
6 6 (2.53%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (2.11%) Entra ID
7 5 (2.11%) IaaS
8 4 (1.69%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (1.69%) OpenShift
9 3 (1.27%) Amazon ECS
9 3 (1.27%) Amazon EKS
9 3 (1.27%) Serverless
10 2 (0.84%) AWS Lambda
10 2 (0.84%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 2 (0.84%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (0.84%) Google Ads
10 2 (0.84%) Meta Ads
10 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 15 (6.33%) Firewall
2 12 (5.06%) DNS
3 5 (2.11%) DHCP
4 4 (1.69%) VPN
4 4 (1.69%) WAN
5 3 (1.27%) LAN
5 3 (1.27%) Remote Desktop
5 3 (1.27%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.84%) HTTP
6 2 (0.84%) Network Security
7 1 (0.42%) RS-232
7 1 (0.42%) RS-485
7 1 (0.42%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.42%) Unified Communications
7 1 (0.42%) VoIP
7 1 (0.42%) Wireless
7 1 (0.42%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (6.33%) Power BI
2 3 (1.27%) Relational Database
2 3 (1.27%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.84%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.42%) MySQL
4 1 (0.42%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 3 (1.27%) Git
1 3 (1.27%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.84%) GitLab
2 2 (0.84%) JIRA
2 2 (0.84%) Terragrunt
3 1 (0.42%) JUnit
General
1 115 (48.52%) Social Skills
2 63 (26.58%) Finance
3 55 (23.21%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (13.92%) Influencing Skills
5 29 (12.24%) Organisational Skills
6 21 (8.86%) Legal
7 19 (8.02%) Pharmaceutical
8 16 (6.75%) Manufacturing
9 13 (5.49%) Aerospace
10 11 (4.64%) Retail
11 8 (3.38%) Electronics
11 8 (3.38%) Marketing
11 8 (3.38%) Telecoms
12 6 (2.53%) Automotive
13 5 (2.11%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (1.27%) Law
14 3 (1.27%) Public Sector
15 2 (0.84%) Advertising
15 2 (0.84%) Avionics
15 2 (0.84%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 32 (13.50%) Lead
2 30 (12.66%) Analyst
2 30 (12.66%) Senior
3 11 (4.64%) Applications Support
3 11 (4.64%) QA Leader
4 10 (4.22%) Account Manager
4 10 (4.22%) Auditor
4 10 (4.22%) IT Manager
4 10 (4.22%) Support Analyst
5 9 (3.80%) IT Support
5 9 (3.80%) Software Engineer
6 8 (3.38%) Azure Engineer
6 8 (3.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 7 (2.95%) Applications Support Analyst
7 7 (2.95%) Team Leader
8 6 (2.53%) Consultant
8 6 (2.53%) Security Analyst
8 6 (2.53%) Senior Analyst
8 6 (2.53%) Support Manager
8 6 (2.53%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.95%) Middleware
1 7 (2.95%) Terraform
2 4 (1.69%) Jakarta EE
2 4 (1.69%) REST
2 4 (1.69%) Spring
3 3 (1.27%) .NET
3 3 (1.27%) AngularJS
3 3 (1.27%) Elastic Stack
3 3 (1.27%) JSON
3 3 (1.27%) JSON Schema
3 3 (1.27%) LDAP
3 3 (1.27%) Loki
3 3 (1.27%) Regular Expression
3 3 (1.27%) Spring Boot
3 3 (1.27%) Web Services
3 3 (1.27%) XML
3 3 (1.27%) XMPP
4 2 (0.84%) ASP.NET
4 2 (0.84%) JMS
4 2 (0.84%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 24 (10.13%) Life Science
2 19 (8.02%) Pharmacovigilance
3 12 (5.06%) Driving Licence
4 11 (4.64%) Onboarding
5 10 (4.22%) Management Information System
6 9 (3.80%) Distributed Systems
7 7 (2.95%) Analytical Mindset
7 7 (2.95%) Cyber Threat
8 6 (2.53%) Hackathon
8 6 (2.53%) Low-Code
9 5 (2.11%) Client/Server
9 5 (2.11%) Cloud Native
9 5 (2.11%) Data Centre
9 5 (2.11%) Embedded Systems
10 4 (1.69%) Cyber Defence
10 4 (1.69%) PKI
10 4 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (1.27%) Analogue Electronics
12 2 (0.84%) ARM Cortex
12 2 (0.84%) Distributed Architecture
Operating Systems
1 26 (10.97%) Linux
2 9 (3.80%) Windows
3 5 (2.11%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.84%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (26.58%) Problem-Solving
2 42 (17.72%) Collaborative Working
3 37 (15.61%) CAPA
4 32 (13.50%) Customer Service
5 28 (11.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 27 (11.39%) CRM
7 26 (10.97%) Roadmaps
8 25 (10.55%) Change Management
9 23 (9.70%) ERP
10 20 (8.44%) Cybersecurity
10 20 (8.44%) Decision-Making
10 20 (8.44%) DevOps
10 20 (8.44%) Process Improvement
10 20 (8.44%) Project Delivery
10 20 (8.44%) Resource Allocation
10 20 (8.44%) Service Delivery
10 20 (8.44%) Stakeholder Management
10 20 (8.44%) Validation
11 19 (8.02%) Agile
12 18 (7.59%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (8.86%) SQL
2 17 (7.17%) Python
3 15 (6.33%) PowerShell
4 8 (3.38%) C
5 7 (2.95%) C++
6 5 (2.11%) Rust
7 4 (1.69%) Java
8 3 (1.27%) C#
8 3 (1.27%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.84%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (0.84%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.42%) Bash
10 1 (0.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.42%) Embedded C
10 1 (0.42%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.42%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 63 (26.58%) Degree
2 28 (11.81%) Security Cleared
3 15 (6.33%) SC Cleared
4 12 (5.06%) ACCA
4 12 (5.06%) CIMA
4 12 (5.06%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (2.53%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (2.11%) HNC
6 5 (2.11%) HND
6 5 (2.11%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 5 (2.11%) Master's Degree
7 4 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.69%) DV Cleared
8 3 (1.27%) GIAC
8 3 (1.27%) Postgraduate
9 2 (0.84%) CISSP
9 2 (0.84%) CTC Cleared
9 2 (0.84%) GCIA
9 2 (0.84%) GCIH
9 2 (0.84%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (18.14%) QA
2 40 (16.88%) Accessibility
3 34 (14.35%) Good Clinical Practice
4 24 (10.13%) GxP
5 8 (3.38%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 8 (3.38%) Cyber Essentials
5 8 (3.38%) Data Quality
5 8 (3.38%) GLP
5 8 (3.38%) GMP
6 7 (2.95%) SLA
7 6 (2.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (1.69%) Def Stans
8 4 (1.69%) GDPR
8 4 (1.69%) PMO
9 3 (1.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.84%) COBIT
10 2 (0.84%) COSO
10 2 (0.84%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.42%) ARP4754
11 1 (0.42%) GAAP
System Software
1 15 (6.33%) Active Directory
2 7 (2.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (2.11%) Hyper-V
3 5 (2.11%) KVM
3 5 (2.11%) vSphere
4 3 (1.27%) Docker
5 2 (0.84%) Firmware
5 2 (0.84%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.84%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 10 (4.22%) Kubernetes
1 10 (4.22%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (2.11%) Kibana
3 3 (1.27%) Ansible
3 3 (1.27%) Argo
3 3 (1.27%) Grafana
3 3 (1.27%) Kustomize
3 3 (1.27%) Prometheus
4 2 (0.84%) HAProxy
4 2 (0.84%) SCCM
4 2 (0.84%) vCenter Server
5 1 (0.42%) Autotask
Vendors
1 68 (28.69%) Microsoft
2 22 (9.28%) Oracle
3 12 (5.06%) VMware
4 9 (3.80%) CA Agile Central
5 7 (2.95%) Sage
5 7 (2.95%) SAP
6 4 (1.69%) HubSpot
6 4 (1.69%) Red Hat
6 4 (1.69%) Salesforce
7 3 (1.27%) Databricks
7 3 (1.27%) McAfee
7 3 (1.27%) MuleSoft
7 3 (1.27%) Remedy
7 3 (1.27%) Splunk
8 2 (0.84%) AppDynamics
8 2 (0.84%) CrowdStrike
8 2 (0.84%) Google
8 2 (0.84%) IBM
8 2 (0.84%) Veeam
9 1 (0.42%) Carbon Black