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 23 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 11 25
Rank change year-on-year 0 +14 +25
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 221 293 203
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 7.48% 16.53% 7.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.58% 18.59% 8.94%
Number of salaries quoted 135 38 49
10th Percentile £36,750 £30,000 £35,050
25th Percentile £43,000 £42,500 £40,013
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +31.58% -9.61%
75th Percentile £71,535 £74,063 £80,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £77,250 £112,500
South East median annual salary £59,500 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +8.18% -4.35% -

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 2,088 1,576 2,270
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 70.68% 88.89% 81.30%
Number of salaries quoted 1,399 663 1,470
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,840 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £88,000 £85,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% 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 23 July 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 23 July 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 +24 89 £60,000 +12.15% 31
Slough -10 21 £43,000 -42.67% 10
Maidenhead -4 13 £80,000 +48.84% 5
Bracknell -10 9 £60,000 -7.69% 10
Hungerford - 6 £49,000 -
Wokingham -8 5 £66,250 - 4
Thatcham -4 3 - - 4
Windsor -1 2 £52,500 - 14
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 (0.90%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (0.90%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.45%) Apache
2 1 (0.45%) JBoss
2 1 (0.45%) nginx
2 1 (0.45%) OpenStack
2 1 (0.45%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 32 (14.48%) Microsoft Office
2 26 (11.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.45%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.45%) Revit
Business Applications
1 16 (7.24%) Primavera
2 10 (4.52%) NetSuite
3 4 (1.81%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.45%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.45%) SAP HR
4 1 (0.45%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 37 (16.74%) Azure
2 19 (8.60%) AWS
3 15 (6.79%) GCP
4 10 (4.52%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (4.52%) SaaS
5 9 (4.07%) Azure DevOps
5 9 (4.07%) Power Platform
6 4 (1.81%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (1.36%) Amazon ECS
7 3 (1.36%) Amazon EKS
7 3 (1.36%) OpenShift
7 3 (1.36%) Serverless
8 2 (0.90%) AWS Lambda
8 2 (0.90%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 2 (0.90%) Entra ID
8 2 (0.90%) Google Ads
8 2 (0.90%) IaaS
8 2 (0.90%) Meta Ads
9 1 (0.45%) Nutanix
9 1 (0.45%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 13 (5.88%) Firewall
2 10 (4.52%) DNS
3 5 (2.26%) VPN
4 4 (1.81%) WAN
5 3 (1.36%) HTTP
5 3 (1.36%) LAN
5 3 (1.36%) Remote Desktop
5 3 (1.36%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.90%) DHCP
6 2 (0.90%) Network Security
7 1 (0.45%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.45%) RS-232
7 1 (0.45%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.45%) SMTP
7 1 (0.45%) SSL
7 1 (0.45%) Unified Communications
7 1 (0.45%) VLAN
7 1 (0.45%) VoIP
7 1 (0.45%) Wireless
7 1 (0.45%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.07%) Power BI
2 4 (1.81%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.36%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.90%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.45%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 5 (2.26%) Git
2 3 (1.36%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.90%) GitLab
4 1 (0.45%) JUnit
4 1 (0.45%) Subversion
4 1 (0.45%) Terragrunt
General
1 94 (42.53%) Social Skills
2 67 (30.32%) Finance
3 65 (29.41%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (12.67%) Influencing Skills
5 25 (11.31%) Organisational Skills
6 20 (9.05%) Legal
7 17 (7.69%) Pharmaceutical
8 12 (5.43%) Telecoms
9 10 (4.52%) Manufacturing
9 10 (4.52%) Retail
10 7 (3.17%) Aerospace
11 6 (2.71%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (2.26%) Marketing
12 5 (2.26%) Public Sector
13 3 (1.36%) Law
14 2 (0.90%) Advertising
14 2 (0.90%) Automotive
14 2 (0.90%) Mandarin Language
14 2 (0.90%) Presentation Skills
15 1 (0.45%) Military
Job Titles
1 38 (17.19%) Analyst
2 32 (14.48%) Lead
3 29 (13.12%) Senior
4 15 (6.79%) Applications Support
5 14 (6.33%) Software Engineer
6 12 (5.43%) Support Analyst
7 10 (4.52%) Applications Support Analyst
7 10 (4.52%) Auditor
7 10 (4.52%) QA Leader
8 9 (4.07%) Financial Analyst
8 9 (4.07%) Team Leader
9 8 (3.62%) Account Manager
10 7 (3.17%) Consultant
10 7 (3.17%) Logistics Analyst
10 7 (3.17%) Procurement Analyst
11 6 (2.71%) Associate Director
11 6 (2.71%) IT Manager
11 6 (2.71%) IT Support
11 6 (2.71%) Report Analyst
12 5 (2.26%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.52%) Middleware
2 4 (1.81%) .NET
2 4 (1.81%) Jakarta EE
2 4 (1.81%) REST
2 4 (1.81%) Spring
3 3 (1.36%) AngularJS
3 3 (1.36%) ASP.NET
3 3 (1.36%) Elastic Stack
3 3 (1.36%) JSON
3 3 (1.36%) JSON Schema
3 3 (1.36%) LDAP
3 3 (1.36%) Regular Expression
3 3 (1.36%) Spring Boot
3 3 (1.36%) Web Services
3 3 (1.36%) XML
3 3 (1.36%) XMPP
4 2 (0.90%) JMS
4 2 (0.90%) JPA
4 2 (0.90%) Loki
4 2 (0.90%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 20 (9.05%) Life Science
2 17 (7.69%) Pharmacovigilance
3 14 (6.33%) Distributed Systems
4 10 (4.52%) Client/Server
4 10 (4.52%) Onboarding
5 8 (3.62%) Management Information System
6 7 (3.17%) Analytical Mindset
6 7 (3.17%) Driving Licence
6 7 (3.17%) Hackathon
6 7 (3.17%) Low-Code
7 6 (2.71%) Cyber Threat
8 4 (1.81%) Cloud Native
8 4 (1.81%) Cyber Defence
8 4 (1.81%) PKI
8 4 (1.81%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.90%) Data Centre
9 2 (0.90%) Distributed Architecture
9 2 (0.90%) Embedded Systems
9 2 (0.90%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.90%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 29 (13.12%) Linux
2 7 (3.17%) Windows
3 4 (1.81%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.45%) FreeBSD
5 1 (0.45%) OpenBSD
5 1 (0.45%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (28.96%) Problem-Solving
2 34 (15.38%) CAPA
3 30 (13.57%) Collaborative Working
4 26 (11.76%) Change Management
5 23 (10.41%) Cybersecurity
5 23 (10.41%) Roadmaps
5 23 (10.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 22 (9.95%) CRM
6 22 (9.95%) Decision-Making
7 21 (9.50%) Agile
7 21 (9.50%) Customer Service
7 21 (9.50%) DevOps
7 21 (9.50%) ERP
7 21 (9.50%) Line Management
8 19 (8.60%) Performance Management
8 19 (8.60%) Project Delivery
8 19 (8.60%) Service Delivery
8 19 (8.60%) Validation
9 18 (8.14%) Actionable Insight
9 18 (8.14%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 24 (10.86%) Python
2 22 (9.95%) SQL
3 12 (5.43%) C
3 12 (5.43%) C++
3 12 (5.43%) PowerShell
4 10 (4.52%) Rust
5 4 (1.81%) C#
5 4 (1.81%) Java
6 3 (1.36%) Shell Script
7 2 (0.90%) Bash
7 2 (0.90%) Kusto Query Language
7 2 (0.90%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.45%) ABAP
8 1 (0.45%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.45%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 58 (26.24%) Degree
2 25 (11.31%) Security Cleared
3 16 (7.24%) ACCA
3 16 (7.24%) CIMA
4 14 (6.33%) SC Cleared
5 11 (4.98%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (3.62%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (2.71%) Master's Degree
8 5 (2.26%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 3 (1.36%) DV Cleared
9 3 (1.36%) GIAC
9 3 (1.36%) Postgraduate
10 2 (0.90%) CISA
10 2 (0.90%) CISSP
10 2 (0.90%) CREST Certified
10 2 (0.90%) CRISC
10 2 (0.90%) CTC Cleared
10 2 (0.90%) GCIA
10 2 (0.90%) GCIH
10 2 (0.90%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (19.46%) QA
2 40 (18.10%) Accessibility
3 31 (14.03%) Good Clinical Practice
4 21 (9.50%) GxP
5 8 (3.62%) Data Quality
6 7 (3.17%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 7 (3.17%) GLP
6 7 (3.17%) GMP
7 5 (2.26%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (2.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (2.26%) PMO
8 4 (1.81%) SLA
9 3 (1.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (1.36%) Def Stans
10 2 (0.90%) COBIT
10 2 (0.90%) COSO
10 2 (0.90%) GDPR
11 1 (0.45%) MISRA
System Software
1 12 (5.43%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (4.98%) Hyper-V
2 11 (4.98%) KVM
3 7 (3.17%) Active Directory
4 4 (1.81%) vSphere
5 3 (1.36%) Docker
6 2 (0.90%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.45%) Firmware
7 1 (0.45%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.45%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 8 (3.62%) Kubernetes
2 7 (3.17%) Terraform
3 5 (2.26%) Kibana
4 4 (1.81%) Ansible
5 3 (1.36%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.90%) Argo
6 2 (0.90%) Grafana
6 2 (0.90%) Kustomize
6 2 (0.90%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.45%) Autotask
7 1 (0.45%) HAProxy
7 1 (0.45%) Proxmox
7 1 (0.45%) SCCM
7 1 (0.45%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 60 (27.15%) Microsoft
2 19 (8.60%) Oracle
3 16 (7.24%) VMware
4 9 (4.07%) SAP
5 6 (2.71%) MuleSoft
5 6 (2.71%) Sage
6 5 (2.26%) CA Agile Central
7 4 (1.81%) HubSpot
7 4 (1.81%) Red Hat
8 3 (1.36%) Databricks
8 3 (1.36%) McAfee
8 3 (1.36%) Remedy
8 3 (1.36%) Splunk
9 2 (0.90%) AppDynamics
9 2 (0.90%) BMC
9 2 (0.90%) CrowdStrike
9 2 (0.90%) Google
9 2 (0.90%) IBM
9 2 (0.90%) Salesforce
10 1 (0.45%) Cisco