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 8 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 22 45
Rank change year-on-year +10 +23 +6
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 165 135 137
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 7.20% 9.39% 4.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.90% 10.03% 5.50%
Number of salaries quoted 101 22 44
10th Percentile £28,750 £31,375 £27,750
25th Percentile £39,000 £39,000 £38,535
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £55,000 £42,920
Median % change year-on-year -10.91% +28.15% -21.96%
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,375 £72,188
90th Percentile £85,000 £66,225 £92,500
South East median annual salary £60,000 £59,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +1.69% +12.38% -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 1,667 1,346 2,490
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 72.73% 93.60% 85.63%
Number of salaries quoted 1,021 508 1,882
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,625 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £70,000 £79,063 £71,250
90th Percentile £83,750 £95,000 £87,500
South East median annual salary £51,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -7.27% +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 8 April 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 8 April 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 +5 71 £52,500 -3.23% 23
Slough -1 26 £43,000 -33.85% 10
Maidenhead -10 16 £80,000 - 2
Hungerford - 14 £49,000 -
Bracknell +8 7 £60,000 -7.69% 3
Wokingham - 2 - - 6
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 3 (1.82%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.61%) Confluence
2 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.61%) OpenStack
2 1 (0.61%) WordPress
Applications
1 17 (10.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (5.45%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (2.42%) NetSuite
2 2 (1.21%) Unit4 Business World
3 1 (0.61%) SAP GRC
3 1 (0.61%) SAP HR
3 1 (0.61%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.61%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 48 (29.09%) Azure
2 26 (15.76%) AWS
3 23 (13.94%) Microsoft 365
4 16 (9.70%) GCP
5 8 (4.85%) Power Platform
5 8 (4.85%) SaaS
6 7 (4.24%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (1.82%) Amazon ECS
7 3 (1.82%) Amazon EKS
7 3 (1.82%) Benchling
7 3 (1.82%) Serverless
8 2 (1.21%) AWS Lambda
8 2 (1.21%) Entra ID
8 2 (1.21%) Google Ads
8 2 (1.21%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.61%) Amazon SQS
9 1 (0.61%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 1 (0.61%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.61%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
9 1 (0.61%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 7 (4.24%) Firewall
2 5 (3.03%) Modbus
2 5 (3.03%) MQTT
2 5 (3.03%) VPN
3 4 (2.42%) DNS
4 3 (1.82%) WAN
4 3 (1.82%) Wireless
5 2 (1.21%) Cisco ISE
5 2 (1.21%) LAN
5 2 (1.21%) VLAN
6 1 (0.61%) DHCP
6 1 (0.61%) HTTP
6 1 (0.61%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.61%) RS-232
6 1 (0.61%) SMTP
6 1 (0.61%) SSL
6 1 (0.61%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.61%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.85%) Power BI
2 4 (2.42%) Relational Database
3 2 (1.21%) MySQL
3 2 (1.21%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (1.21%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.61%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 9 (5.45%) Git
2 4 (2.42%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.82%) JIRA
3 3 (1.82%) Subversion
4 2 (1.21%) GitLab
5 1 (0.61%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.61%) JUnit
General
1 49 (29.70%) Finance
2 47 (28.48%) Analytical Skills
3 44 (26.67%) Social Skills
4 14 (8.48%) Manufacturing
5 12 (7.27%) Organisational Skills
6 11 (6.67%) Telecoms
7 9 (5.45%) Retail
8 8 (4.85%) Marketing
9 6 (3.64%) Aerospace
10 5 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (3.03%) Influencing Skills
10 5 (3.03%) Public Sector
11 3 (1.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.82%) Legal
12 2 (1.21%) Advertising
12 2 (1.21%) Automotive
12 2 (1.21%) Back Office
12 2 (1.21%) Law
12 2 (1.21%) Mandarin Language
13 1 (0.61%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 41 (24.85%) Analyst
2 14 (8.48%) Report Analyst
2 14 (8.48%) Software Engineer
3 13 (7.88%) Lead
4 11 (6.67%) Associate Director
5 10 (6.06%) Applications Support
6 9 (5.45%) Service Analyst
6 9 (5.45%) Service Desk Analyst
7 8 (4.85%) Senior
8 7 (4.24%) Financial Analyst
8 7 (4.24%) Logistics Analyst
8 7 (4.24%) Procurement Analyst
9 6 (3.64%) Administrator
9 6 (3.64%) Consultant
9 6 (3.64%) Delivery Manager
9 6 (3.64%) Developer
9 6 (3.64%) Implementation Engineer
9 6 (3.64%) IT Manager
9 6 (3.64%) Product Owner
10 5 (3.03%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.64%) Middleware
2 4 (2.42%) React
2 4 (2.42%) REST
3 3 (1.82%) Elastic Stack
3 3 (1.82%) RESTful
3 3 (1.82%) Spring
3 3 (1.82%) Spring Boot
4 2 (1.21%) .NET
4 2 (1.21%) AngularJS
4 2 (1.21%) CSS
4 2 (1.21%) Java EE
4 2 (1.21%) JMS
4 2 (1.21%) JPA
4 2 (1.21%) Node.js
4 2 (1.21%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (1.21%) RabbitMQ
4 2 (1.21%) Web Services
5 1 (0.61%) ASP.NET
5 1 (0.61%) EDI
5 1 (0.61%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 16 (9.70%) Distributed Systems
2 14 (8.48%) Life Science
3 13 (7.88%) Client/Server
4 11 (6.67%) Hackathon
4 11 (6.67%) Low-Code
5 7 (4.24%) Onboarding
6 6 (3.64%) Manufacturing Execution System
6 6 (3.64%) Product Ownership
6 6 (3.64%) SCADA
7 5 (3.03%) Cloud Native
7 5 (3.03%) IoT
8 4 (2.42%) Security Posture
9 3 (1.82%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (1.82%) Biopharmaceutical
9 3 (1.82%) Cloud Security Posture
9 3 (1.82%) LIMS
10 2 (1.21%) Cyber Defence
10 2 (1.21%) Distributed Architecture
10 2 (1.21%) Smart Home
10 2 (1.21%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 20 (12.12%) Linux
2 14 (8.48%) Windows
3 4 (2.42%) Android
3 4 (2.42%) Apple iOS
3 4 (2.42%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.21%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.61%) FreeBSD
5 1 (0.61%) OpenBSD
5 1 (0.61%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (32.12%) Problem-Solving
2 33 (20.00%) Agile
3 26 (15.76%) Computer Science
4 24 (14.55%) Decision-Making
4 24 (14.55%) Validation
5 22 (13.33%) Business Intelligence
6 21 (12.73%) System Testing
7 19 (11.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 18 (10.91%) Test Automation
9 17 (10.30%) Software Engineering
10 16 (9.70%) Project Delivery
11 15 (9.09%) Code Quality
11 15 (9.09%) ERP
11 15 (9.09%) Use Case
12 14 (8.48%) Biotechnology
12 14 (8.48%) Budgeting and Forecasting
12 14 (8.48%) Stakeholder Management
13 13 (7.88%) Analytics
13 13 (7.88%) CI/CD
13 13 (7.88%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 30 (18.18%) Python
2 22 (13.33%) SQL
3 16 (9.70%) C++
4 14 (8.48%) C
5 13 (7.88%) Rust
6 4 (2.42%) JavaScript
6 4 (2.42%) PowerShell
7 3 (1.82%) Java
8 2 (1.21%) C#
8 2 (1.21%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.61%) ABAP
9 1 (0.61%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.61%) Bash
9 1 (0.61%) Bicep
9 1 (0.61%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 35 (21.21%) Degree
2 21 (12.73%) ACCA
2 21 (12.73%) CIMA
3 17 (10.30%) Security Cleared
4 14 (8.48%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (6.67%) Master's Degree
6 9 (5.45%) SC Cleared
7 3 (1.82%) DV Cleared
7 3 (1.82%) ISTQB
7 3 (1.82%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (1.21%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (0.61%) CCIE
9 1 (0.61%) CCNA
9 1 (0.61%) CGEIT
9 1 (0.61%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.61%) CISSP
9 1 (0.61%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.61%) CRISC
9 1 (0.61%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 1 (0.61%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (7.27%) QA
2 10 (6.06%) Accessibility
3 8 (4.85%) Data Quality
3 8 (4.85%) PMO
4 7 (4.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (3.03%) SLA
6 3 (1.82%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (1.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (1.82%) Def Stans
6 3 (1.82%) GDPR
6 3 (1.82%) NCSC
7 1 (0.61%) GRC
7 1 (0.61%) MISRA
7 1 (0.61%) NIST
7 1 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.61%) WCAG
System Software
1 18 (10.91%) VMware Infrastructure
2 17 (10.30%) Hyper-V
3 14 (8.48%) KVM
4 7 (4.24%) Active Directory
5 4 (2.42%) Docker
6 2 (1.21%) Terminal Server
7 1 (0.61%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 6 (3.64%) Terraform
2 5 (3.03%) Ansible
2 5 (3.03%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.21%) Kibana
3 2 (1.21%) SCCM
3 2 (1.21%) SCOM
4 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.61%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 33 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 18 (10.91%) VMware
3 7 (4.24%) SAP
4 5 (3.03%) MuleSoft
4 5 (3.03%) ServiceNow
5 4 (2.42%) Oracle
6 3 (1.82%) CA Agile Central
6 3 (1.82%) LabVantage
7 2 (1.21%) AppDynamics
7 2 (1.21%) Cisco
7 2 (1.21%) Databricks
7 2 (1.21%) Google
7 2 (1.21%) IBM
7 2 (1.21%) IFS
7 2 (1.21%) Juniper
7 2 (1.21%) McAfee
7 2 (1.21%) Remedy
7 2 (1.21%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.61%) Sitecore
8 1 (0.61%) Veeam