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 1 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 26 64
Rank change year-on-year +9 +38 -16
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 177 142 93
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 8.68% 8.86% 3.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.69% 9.49% 4.26%
Number of salaries quoted 62 32 45
10th Percentile £27,550 £32,500 £31,050
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £40,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.91% +10.00% -17.70%
75th Percentile £68,165 £66,875 £78,750
90th Percentile £81,750 £77,350 £84,500
South East median annual salary £57,500 £63,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.73% +16.67% -13.60%

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 1,655 1,497 2,185
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 81.17% 93.39% 87.19%
Number of salaries quoted 781 596 1,627
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,500 £47,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +18.18% -7.56%
75th Percentile £70,000 £82,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £88,750
South East median annual salary £50,000 £58,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.79% +10.48% -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 1 February 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 1 February 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
Slough +2 48 £66,410 -1.61% 6
Reading -4 44 £52,500 -16.00% 54
Maidenhead - 29 £28,000 - 1
Windsor -10 22 - - 1
Hungerford - 9 £49,000 -
Bracknell +31 5 £65,000 +85.71% 4
Wokingham - 3 - - 3
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 (2.82%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.13%) Confluence
3 1 (0.56%) Anypoint
3 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.56%) OpenStack
3 1 (0.56%) WordPress
Applications
1 11 (6.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.82%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.56%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 41 (23.16%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (4.52%) JDE EnterpriseOne
3 6 (3.39%) Oracle Assets
3 6 (3.39%) Oracle Payables
3 6 (3.39%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.56%) SAP GRC
4 1 (0.56%) SAP HR
4 1 (0.56%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.56%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 43 (24.29%) Azure DevOps
2 33 (18.64%) Azure
3 22 (12.43%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (8.47%) AWS
5 9 (5.08%) Power Platform
6 8 (4.52%) GCP
7 5 (2.82%) SaaS
8 3 (1.69%) Benchling
8 3 (1.69%) Boomi
8 3 (1.69%) Entra ID
9 2 (1.13%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.56%) Amazon SQS
10 1 (0.56%) Copilot Studio
10 1 (0.56%) iPaaS
10 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (0.56%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
10 1 (0.56%) Smartsheet
10 1 (0.56%) Snowflake
10 1 (0.56%) SuccessFactors
10 1 (0.56%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.95%) Firewall
2 5 (2.82%) Modbus
2 5 (2.82%) MQTT
3 4 (2.26%) VPN
3 4 (2.26%) Wireless
4 3 (1.69%) DNS
4 3 (1.69%) WAN
5 2 (1.13%) Cisco ISE
5 2 (1.13%) LAN
6 1 (0.56%) DHCP
6 1 (0.56%) Structured Cabling
6 1 (0.56%) VLAN
6 1 (0.56%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (5.08%) Power BI
2 2 (1.13%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (1.13%) Qlik Sense
2 2 (1.13%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.56%) Metadata
3 1 (0.56%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 44 (24.86%) JIRA
2 40 (22.60%) eCATT
3 12 (6.78%) NeoLoad
4 5 (2.82%) Git
5 2 (1.13%) GitLab
5 2 (1.13%) Jenkins
5 2 (1.13%) Subversion
6 1 (0.56%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.56%) JUnit
6 1 (0.56%) Selenium
General
1 99 (55.93%) Finance
2 69 (38.98%) Social Skills
3 63 (35.59%) Analytical Skills
4 56 (31.64%) Manufacturing
5 46 (25.99%) Marketing
6 44 (24.86%) Influencing Skills
7 43 (24.29%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (2.82%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (2.82%) Retail
9 4 (2.26%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.69%) Legal
10 3 (1.69%) Public Sector
11 2 (1.13%) Back Office
11 2 (1.13%) Electronics
11 2 (1.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.13%) Law
12 1 (0.56%) Billing
12 1 (0.56%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 67 (37.85%) Analyst
2 34 (19.21%) Senior
3 31 (17.51%) Lead
4 21 (11.86%) Test Analyst
5 12 (6.78%) Performance Analyst
5 12 (6.78%) Performance Test Analyst
5 12 (6.78%) Testing Analyst
6 11 (6.21%) Service Analyst
6 11 (6.21%) Service Desk Analyst
7 9 (5.08%) Automation Test Analyst
7 9 (5.08%) Report Analyst
8 8 (4.52%) Support Specialist
9 7 (3.95%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
9 7 (3.95%) Applications Support
10 6 (3.39%) Architect
10 6 (3.39%) Product Owner
11 5 (2.82%) Applications Specialist
11 5 (2.82%) Applications Support Specialist
11 5 (2.82%) Associate Director
11 5 (2.82%) Implementation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.95%) EDI
2 3 (1.69%) Middleware
3 2 (1.13%) Node.js
3 2 (1.13%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (1.13%) React
3 2 (1.13%) REST
4 1 (0.56%) CSS
4 1 (0.56%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.56%) Express.js
4 1 (0.56%) Kafka
4 1 (0.56%) Lightning Web Components
4 1 (0.56%) Mustache
4 1 (0.56%) Next.js
4 1 (0.56%) RESTful
4 1 (0.56%) Sequelize
4 1 (0.56%) SOAP
4 1 (0.56%) Spring
4 1 (0.56%) Spring Boot
4 1 (0.56%) Tailwind CSS
4 1 (0.56%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 30 (16.95%) Analytical Mindset
1 30 (16.95%) Data Centre
2 8 (4.52%) Life Science
3 7 (3.95%) Product Ownership
4 6 (3.39%) FMCG
5 5 (2.82%) Cloud Native
5 5 (2.82%) Distributed Systems
5 5 (2.82%) Hackathon
5 5 (2.82%) IoT
5 5 (2.82%) Low-Code
5 5 (2.82%) Manufacturing Execution System
5 5 (2.82%) SCADA
6 4 (2.26%) Client/Server
7 3 (1.69%) Biopharmaceutical
7 3 (1.69%) Cloud Security Posture
7 3 (1.69%) LIMS
7 3 (1.69%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.69%) Security Posture
8 2 (1.13%) Legacy Applications
8 2 (1.13%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 14 (7.91%) Windows
2 7 (3.95%) Linux
3 4 (2.26%) Android
3 4 (2.26%) Apple iOS
3 4 (2.26%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.13%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.56%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (43.50%) ERP
2 71 (40.11%) Problem-Solving
3 45 (25.42%) Risk Management
3 45 (25.42%) Visualisation
4 43 (24.29%) Change Management
4 43 (24.29%) Stakeholder Management
5 42 (23.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 42 (23.73%) Test Management
6 40 (22.60%) Source to Pay
7 36 (20.34%) Analytics
8 32 (18.08%) Project Management
8 32 (18.08%) Use Case
9 29 (16.38%) Roadmaps
10 27 (15.25%) Business Strategy
10 27 (15.25%) Business Transformation
10 27 (15.25%) Digital Enablement
10 27 (15.25%) Matrix Management
10 27 (15.25%) Resource Allocation
10 27 (15.25%) Revenue Management
11 23 (12.99%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 18 (10.17%) SQL
2 12 (6.78%) Python
3 6 (3.39%) C++
4 4 (2.26%) C
4 4 (2.26%) Rust
5 3 (1.69%) JavaScript
5 3 (1.69%) PowerShell
6 2 (1.13%) Java
7 1 (0.56%) ABAP
7 1 (0.56%) Apex Code
7 1 (0.56%) Bicep
7 1 (0.56%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 19 (10.73%) Degree
2 16 (9.04%) Security Cleared
3 11 (6.21%) ACCA
3 11 (6.21%) CIMA
4 6 (3.39%) SC Cleared
5 5 (2.82%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (2.82%) Master's Degree
6 4 (2.26%) ISTQB
7 3 (1.69%) DV Cleared
8 2 (1.13%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 2 (1.13%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 2 (1.13%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.56%) A+ Certification
9 1 (0.56%) CCIE
9 1 (0.56%) CCNA
9 1 (0.56%) CGEIT
9 1 (0.56%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.56%) CISSP
9 1 (0.56%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.56%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (14.12%) QA
2 5 (2.82%) Accessibility
2 5 (2.82%) PMO
3 4 (2.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.69%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.69%) GDPR
4 3 (1.69%) NCSC
4 3 (1.69%) SLA
5 1 (0.56%) GRC
5 1 (0.56%) NIST
5 1 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.56%) WCAG
System Software
1 8 (4.52%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (3.95%) Active Directory
2 7 (3.95%) Hyper-V
3 4 (2.26%) KVM
4 2 (1.13%) Docker
4 2 (1.13%) Terminal Server
5 1 (0.56%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 40 (22.60%) HP ALM
2 3 (1.69%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.69%) Terraform
3 2 (1.13%) Ansible
3 2 (1.13%) SCCM
3 2 (1.13%) SCOM
4 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 49 (27.68%) SAP
2 41 (23.16%) HP
3 23 (12.99%) Microsoft
4 11 (6.21%) Oracle
5 8 (4.52%) JD Edwards
5 8 (4.52%) ServiceNow
5 8 (4.52%) VMware
6 3 (1.69%) Cisco
6 3 (1.69%) Dell
6 3 (1.69%) IBM
6 3 (1.69%) IFS
6 3 (1.69%) LabVantage
6 3 (1.69%) MuleSoft
6 3 (1.69%) Salesforce
6 3 (1.69%) Workday
7 2 (1.13%) ConnectWise
7 2 (1.13%) Juniper
7 2 (1.13%) McAfee
8 1 (0.56%) Databricks
8 1 (0.56%) Zscaler