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

6 months to
20 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 17 55
Rank change year-on-year +4 +38 -6
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 272 214 99
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 14.38% 9.69% 5.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.04% 11.73% 5.49%
Number of salaries quoted 38 47 46
10th Percentile £27,000 £35,000 £40,420
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,013 £48,825
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,750 £55,000 £52,550
Median % change year-on-year +15.91% +4.66% -22.15%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £82,875 £80,000 £80,875
South East median annual salary £53,500 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -10.83% -7.69% +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 1,696 1,824 1,803
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 89.69% 82.57% 92.37%
Number of salaries quoted 688 920 1,146
10th Percentile £27,500 £35,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £32,750 £47,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £69,840 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £87,500
South East median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% - -

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 October 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 20 October 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 -1 71 £75,000 +11.11% 124
Maidenhead +3 58 £28,000 - 13
Windsor -7 52 - - 9
Reading -19 21 £65,368 +4.59% 34
Bracknell +33 5 £65,000 +1.96% 10
Wokingham +5 5 - - 11
Thatcham 0 4 £51,000 +56.92%
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 (0.74%) CMS
1 2 (0.74%) Confluence
1 2 (0.74%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.37%) Anypoint
2 1 (0.37%) Oracle Workflow
2 1 (0.37%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (1.47%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (1.47%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.37%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 40 (14.71%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (2.94%) JDE EnterpriseOne
3 7 (2.57%) Oracle Payables
4 6 (2.21%) Oracle Assets
4 6 (2.21%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.74%) SAP GRC
5 2 (0.74%) Shopify
6 1 (0.37%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.37%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 68 (25.00%) GCP
2 54 (19.85%) Azure
3 49 (18.01%) AWS
4 40 (14.71%) Azure DevOps
5 15 (5.51%) Azure AI
5 15 (5.51%) Vertex AI
6 14 (5.15%) Salsify
7 13 (4.78%) Azure Monitor
8 3 (1.10%) Boomi
8 3 (1.10%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (0.74%) Entra ID
9 2 (0.74%) iPaaS
9 2 (0.74%) Power Platform
9 2 (0.74%) SaaS
10 1 (0.37%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (0.37%) IaaS
10 1 (0.37%) OCI
10 1 (0.37%) PaaS
10 1 (0.37%) Smartsheet
10 1 (0.37%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.10%) Firewall
1 3 (1.10%) Network Security
2 1 (0.37%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (0.37%) Structured Cabling
2 1 (0.37%) VPN
2 1 (0.37%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (7.35%) BigQuery
2 19 (6.99%) Data Warehouse
3 14 (5.15%) Metadata
4 2 (0.74%) Qlik Sense
5 1 (0.37%) DTS
5 1 (0.37%) Power BI
5 1 (0.37%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 42 (15.44%) JIRA
2 40 (14.71%) eCATT
3 12 (4.41%) NeoLoad
4 1 (0.37%) Selenium
General
1 158 (58.09%) Finance
2 131 (48.16%) Social Skills
3 101 (37.13%) Marketing
4 92 (33.82%) Law
5 66 (24.26%) Analytical Skills
6 57 (20.96%) Manufacturing
7 44 (16.18%) Legal
8 42 (15.44%) Influencing Skills
8 42 (15.44%) Presentation Skills
9 15 (5.51%) Retail
10 4 (1.47%) Advertising
11 3 (1.10%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.74%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.74%) Electronics
12 2 (0.74%) German Language
12 2 (0.74%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.74%) Public Sector
13 1 (0.37%) Billing
13 1 (0.37%) Humanities
13 1 (0.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 86 (31.62%) Senior
2 54 (19.85%) Systems Manager
3 53 (19.49%) Resource Manager
4 48 (17.65%) Analyst
5 42 (15.44%) Architect
5 42 (15.44%) Lead
6 29 (10.66%) Senior Manager
7 21 (7.72%) Test Analyst
8 20 (7.35%) Cloud Architect
8 20 (7.35%) GCP Architect
8 20 (7.35%) Platform Architect
9 19 (6.99%) Data Architect
9 19 (6.99%) Senior Architect
9 19 (6.99%) Senior Data Architect
10 15 (5.51%) Product Delivery Manager
10 15 (5.51%) Product Manager
11 12 (4.41%) Performance Analyst
11 12 (4.41%) Performance Test Analyst
11 12 (4.41%) Testing Analyst
12 10 (3.68%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (4.78%) Hugging Face
1 13 (4.78%) LangChain
1 13 (4.78%) PyTorch
1 13 (4.78%) TensorFlow
2 6 (2.21%) EDI
3 1 (0.37%) JSON
3 1 (0.37%) REST
3 1 (0.37%) SOAP
3 1 (0.37%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 32 (11.76%) Data Centre
2 29 (10.66%) Analytical Mindset
3 24 (8.82%) Management Information System
4 20 (7.35%) Cloud Native
5 15 (5.51%) AI Agents
6 14 (5.15%) Taxonomies
7 11 (4.04%) Product Ownership
8 6 (2.21%) FMCG
9 4 (1.47%) SCADA
10 3 (1.10%) CMDB
11 2 (0.74%) Driving Licence
11 2 (0.74%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (0.74%) Legacy Applications
11 2 (0.74%) Marketing Technology
11 2 (0.74%) Onboarding
12 1 (0.37%) Cyber Threat
12 1 (0.37%) Private Cloud
12 1 (0.37%) Public Cloud
12 1 (0.37%) Renewable Energy
12 1 (0.37%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.10%) Windows
2 1 (0.37%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 132 (48.53%) ERP
2 123 (45.22%) Analytics
3 106 (38.97%) Roadmaps
4 88 (32.35%) Change Management
5 84 (30.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 73 (26.84%) Data Science
7 70 (25.74%) Data Management
8 67 (24.63%) AI
8 67 (24.63%) Generative AI
9 66 (24.26%) Problem-Solving
10 57 (20.96%) Strategic Roadmap
11 53 (19.49%) Architectural Design
11 53 (19.49%) Machine Learning
12 50 (18.38%) Risk Management
13 48 (17.65%) Use Case
14 46 (16.91%) Visualisation
15 45 (16.54%) Agile
15 45 (16.54%) Mentoring
16 43 (15.81%) Stakeholder Management
17 42 (15.44%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (7.72%) Java
2 20 (7.35%) Go
2 20 (7.35%) Python
3 7 (2.57%) SQL
4 1 (0.37%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.37%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (0.37%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 36 (13.24%) Degree
2 22 (8.09%) Master's Degree
3 14 (5.15%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (2.94%) PMI Certification
4 8 (2.94%) PMP
4 8 (2.94%) Security Cleared
5 7 (2.57%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 4 (1.47%) SC Cleared
7 3 (1.10%) CISSP
7 3 (1.10%) Six Sigma Black Belt
7 3 (1.10%) Six Sigma Green Belt
7 3 (1.10%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
8 2 (0.74%) CGEIT
8 2 (0.74%) CRISC
8 2 (0.74%) ISTQB
8 2 (0.74%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 2 (0.74%) NVQ Level 3
9 1 (0.37%) APMP
9 1 (0.37%) CREST Certified
9 1 (0.37%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (13.24%) Data Quality
2 22 (8.09%) QA
3 7 (2.57%) GDPR
4 4 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.10%) GRC
5 3 (1.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.74%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.74%) NIST
7 1 (0.37%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.37%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 40 (14.71%) HP ALM
2 20 (7.35%) Kubernetes
3 13 (4.78%) Grafana
3 13 (4.78%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 48 (17.65%) SAP
2 42 (15.44%) Google
3 40 (14.71%) HP
4 15 (5.51%) Foundry
4 15 (5.51%) Microsoft
5 13 (4.78%) OpenAI
6 12 (4.41%) Oracle
7 11 (4.04%) ServiceNow
8 8 (2.94%) JD Edwards
9 4 (1.47%) ConnectWise
10 3 (1.10%) Cisco
10 3 (1.10%) Dell
10 3 (1.10%) IBM
10 3 (1.10%) Salesforce
10 3 (1.10%) Workday
11 1 (0.37%) Epicor
11 1 (0.37%) Informatica
11 1 (0.37%) Software AG
11 1 (0.37%) Sophos
11 1 (0.37%) TIBCO