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 11 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 13 28
Rank change year-on-year -3 +15 +32
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 181 228 187
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 6.88% 14.15% 5.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.71% 15.50% 7.24%
Number of salaries quoted 98 28 53
10th Percentile £36,250 £30,000 £27,750
25th Percentile £43,000 £39,000 £39,380
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,425 £58,750 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.87% +23.68% -14.28%
75th Percentile £68,750 £67,188 £80,000
90th Percentile £81,625 £82,875 £112,500
South East median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% +4.76% -12.50%

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 1,864 1,471 2,584
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 70.82% 91.31% 82.08%
Number of salaries quoted 1,227 560 1,813
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,183 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,001 £60,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +13.21% -11.67%
75th Percentile £70,000 £76,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,500 £87,500 £83,750
South East median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -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 11 June 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 11 June 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 +15 81 £57,500 +7.48% 49
Slough -3 25 £43,000 -42.67% 6
Maidenhead -2 14 £80,000 - 11
Hungerford - 11 £49,000 -
Bracknell -7 7 £60,000 -7.69% 8
Wokingham -8 2 £60,000 - 6
Windsor +9 1 £52,500 - 8
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 (1.10%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (1.10%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.55%) JBoss
2 1 (0.55%) OpenStack
2 1 (0.55%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 21 (11.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (6.08%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (2.21%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.55%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.55%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.55%) SAP HR
2 1 (0.55%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 44 (24.31%) Azure
2 26 (14.36%) AWS
3 20 (11.05%) GCP
4 16 (8.84%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (4.97%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (4.42%) SaaS
7 5 (2.76%) Power Platform
8 3 (1.66%) Amazon ECS
8 3 (1.66%) Amazon EKS
8 3 (1.66%) Benchling
8 3 (1.66%) Serverless
9 2 (1.10%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (1.10%) Entra ID
9 2 (1.10%) Google Ads
9 2 (1.10%) Meta Ads
9 2 (1.10%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.55%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.55%) IaaS
10 1 (0.55%) OpenShift
10 1 (0.55%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 14 (7.73%) Firewall
2 10 (5.52%) DNS
3 7 (3.87%) VPN
4 4 (2.21%) WAN
5 3 (1.66%) HTTP
5 3 (1.66%) LAN
5 3 (1.66%) TCP/IP
6 2 (1.10%) DHCP
6 2 (1.10%) Modbus
6 2 (1.10%) MQTT
6 2 (1.10%) Network Security
6 2 (1.10%) VLAN
6 2 (1.10%) Wireless
7 1 (0.55%) Cisco ISE
7 1 (0.55%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (0.55%) RS-232
7 1 (0.55%) Unified Communications
7 1 (0.55%) VoIP
7 1 (0.55%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.55%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.76%) Power BI
2 3 (1.66%) Relational Database
2 3 (1.66%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.10%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.55%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 5 (2.76%) Git
2 4 (2.21%) GitLab
3 3 (1.66%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.10%) Subversion
5 1 (0.55%) JIRA
5 1 (0.55%) JUnit
General
1 65 (35.91%) Social Skills
2 60 (33.15%) Analytical Skills
3 56 (30.94%) Finance
4 17 (9.39%) Influencing Skills
5 12 (6.63%) Legal
5 12 (6.63%) Organisational Skills
5 12 (6.63%) Telecoms
6 11 (6.08%) Manufacturing
6 11 (6.08%) Pharmaceutical
7 10 (5.52%) Retail
8 7 (3.87%) Aerospace
9 6 (3.31%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (2.76%) Marketing
10 5 (2.76%) Public Sector
11 2 (1.10%) Advertising
11 2 (1.10%) Automotive
11 2 (1.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.10%) Law
11 2 (1.10%) Mandarin Language
12 1 (0.55%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 40 (22.10%) Analyst
2 19 (10.50%) Lead
3 16 (8.84%) Software Engineer
4 12 (6.63%) Applications Support
5 11 (6.08%) Report Analyst
6 10 (5.52%) Financial Analyst
6 10 (5.52%) Senior
7 9 (4.97%) Associate Director
8 8 (4.42%) Logistics Analyst
8 8 (4.42%) Procurement Analyst
8 8 (4.42%) Team Leader
9 7 (3.87%) Applications Support Analyst
9 7 (3.87%) Auditor
9 7 (3.87%) Support Analyst
10 6 (3.31%) Consultant
10 6 (3.31%) IT Manager
11 5 (2.76%) Delivery Manager
11 5 (2.76%) Python Engineer
11 5 (2.76%) Python Software Engineer
11 5 (2.76%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (6.08%) Middleware
2 4 (2.21%) REST
2 4 (2.21%) Spring
3 3 (1.66%) .NET
3 3 (1.66%) AngularJS
3 3 (1.66%) Elastic Stack
3 3 (1.66%) Java EE
3 3 (1.66%) Spring Boot
3 3 (1.66%) Web Services
4 2 (1.10%) ASP.NET
4 2 (1.10%) JMS
4 2 (1.10%) JPA
4 2 (1.10%) RabbitMQ
4 2 (1.10%) React
4 2 (1.10%) RESTful
4 2 (1.10%) SOAP
5 1 (0.55%) Mustache
5 1 (0.55%) Node.js
5 1 (0.55%) Qt
5 1 (0.55%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 22 (12.15%) Life Science
2 18 (9.94%) Distributed Systems
3 14 (7.73%) Client/Server
4 12 (6.63%) Onboarding
5 11 (6.08%) Pharmacovigilance
6 10 (5.52%) Hackathon
6 10 (5.52%) Low-Code
7 7 (3.87%) Analytical Mindset
7 7 (3.87%) Cloud Native
8 6 (3.31%) Cyber Defence
9 5 (2.76%) Management Information System
9 5 (2.76%) Product Ownership
10 4 (2.21%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (1.66%) Biopharmaceutical
11 3 (1.66%) Cyber Threat
11 3 (1.66%) LIMS
11 3 (1.66%) Manufacturing Execution System
11 3 (1.66%) SCADA
11 3 (1.66%) Security Posture
12 2 (1.10%) Cloud Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 26 (14.36%) Linux
2 11 (6.08%) Windows
3 4 (2.21%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.55%) Android
4 1 (0.55%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.55%) FreeBSD
4 1 (0.55%) OpenBSD
4 1 (0.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.55%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.55%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (33.15%) Problem-Solving
2 27 (14.92%) Agile
3 25 (13.81%) Computer Science
4 24 (13.26%) Change Management
5 22 (12.15%) Decision-Making
6 20 (11.05%) CAPA
6 20 (11.05%) Project Delivery
6 20 (11.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 19 (10.50%) Collaborative Working
7 19 (10.50%) Line Management
7 19 (10.50%) Roadmaps
7 19 (10.50%) Validation
8 18 (9.94%) Actionable Insight
8 18 (9.94%) DevOps
8 18 (9.94%) Software Engineering
9 17 (9.39%) Cybersecurity
9 17 (9.39%) Service Delivery
10 16 (8.84%) Business Intelligence
10 16 (8.84%) Service Management
10 16 (8.84%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 32 (17.68%) Python
2 19 (10.50%) SQL
3 15 (8.29%) C
3 15 (8.29%) C++
4 14 (7.73%) Rust
5 6 (3.31%) PowerShell
6 4 (2.21%) Java
7 3 (1.66%) C#
8 2 (1.10%) Bash
8 2 (1.10%) Kusto Query Language
8 2 (1.10%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.55%) ABAP
9 1 (0.55%) Bicep
9 1 (0.55%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.55%) Search Processing Language
9 1 (0.55%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 57 (31.49%) Degree
2 23 (12.71%) Security Cleared
3 21 (11.60%) ACCA
3 21 (11.60%) CIMA
4 15 (8.29%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (6.63%) SC Cleared
6 9 (4.97%) Master's Degree
7 5 (2.76%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 3 (1.66%) GIAC
9 2 (1.10%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (1.10%) CREST Certified
9 2 (1.10%) DV Cleared
9 2 (1.10%) GCIA
9 2 (1.10%) GCIH
9 2 (1.10%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (1.10%) SANS
10 1 (0.55%) A+ Certification
10 1 (0.55%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.55%) GCED
10 1 (0.55%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (17.68%) QA
2 28 (15.47%) Accessibility
3 19 (10.50%) Good Clinical Practice
4 12 (6.63%) GxP
5 8 (4.42%) PMO
6 7 (3.87%) Data Quality
7 5 (2.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (2.21%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (2.21%) SLA
9 3 (1.66%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (1.66%) Def Stans
10 2 (1.10%) 21 CFR Part 11
10 2 (1.10%) GLP
10 2 (1.10%) GMP
10 2 (1.10%) NCSC
11 1 (0.55%) GDPR
11 1 (0.55%) MISRA
System Software
1 16 (8.84%) Hyper-V
1 16 (8.84%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (8.29%) KVM
3 6 (3.31%) Active Directory
4 3 (1.66%) Docker
5 2 (1.10%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.55%) Terminal Server
6 1 (0.55%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.55%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (4.42%) Kubernetes
2 5 (2.76%) Kibana
3 4 (2.21%) Ansible
3 4 (2.21%) Terraform
4 2 (1.10%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.55%) Argo
5 1 (0.55%) Autotask
5 1 (0.55%) Grafana
5 1 (0.55%) Kustomize
5 1 (0.55%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.55%) Proxmox
5 1 (0.55%) SCCM
5 1 (0.55%) SCOM
Vendors
1 35 (19.34%) Microsoft
2 17 (9.39%) VMware
3 7 (3.87%) MuleSoft
3 7 (3.87%) SAP
4 3 (1.66%) CA Agile Central
4 3 (1.66%) Databricks
4 3 (1.66%) LabVantage
4 3 (1.66%) Oracle
4 3 (1.66%) ServiceNow
4 3 (1.66%) Splunk
5 2 (1.10%) AppDynamics
5 2 (1.10%) BMC
5 2 (1.10%) CrowdStrike
5 2 (1.10%) Google
5 2 (1.10%) IBM
5 2 (1.10%) McAfee
5 2 (1.10%) Red Hat
5 2 (1.10%) Remedy
6 1 (0.55%) HubSpot
6 1 (0.55%) Palo Alto