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 6 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 12 19
Rank change year-on-year +2 +7 +25
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 241 284 209
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 7.72% 15.88% 8.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.01% 17.97% 10.07%
Number of salaries quoted 151 40 42
10th Percentile £36,750 £27,000 £39,380
25th Percentile £43,000 £39,000 £40,166
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,250 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year -2.04% +8.89% +7.04%
75th Percentile £71,535 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £82,625 £112,500
South East median annual salary £59,000 £53,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +10.28% -6.96% -3.09%

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 2,188 1,580 2,076
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 70.13% 88.37% 81.38%
Number of salaries quoted 1,473 689 1,264
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £33,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £51,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.84% -11.30% +1.72%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £52,198
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.21% -5.10%

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 6 August 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 6 August 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 +26 95 £60,000 +12.15% 66
Slough -8 22 £43,000 -42.67% 11
Maidenhead -1 14 £80,000 +188.29% 6
Bracknell -4 13 £60,000 -7.69% 13
Wokingham -5 6 £72,500 - 3
Windsor -1 4 £52,500 - 13
Thatcham -2 4 - - 2
Hungerford - 4 £49,000 - 2
Ascot - 2 - - 1
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 4 (1.66%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (1.66%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.83%) Apache
2 2 (0.83%) nginx
3 1 (0.41%) JBoss
3 1 (0.41%) OpenStack
3 1 (0.41%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 34 (14.11%) Microsoft Office
2 30 (12.45%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.24%) AutoCAD
3 3 (1.24%) Revit
4 2 (0.83%) Solid Edge
4 2 (0.83%) SOLIDWORKS
5 1 (0.41%) Mathcad
5 1 (0.41%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 16 (6.64%) Primavera
2 10 (4.15%) NetSuite
3 6 (2.49%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.41%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 40 (16.60%) Azure
2 19 (7.88%) AWS
3 15 (6.22%) GCP
4 14 (5.81%) Microsoft 365
5 12 (4.98%) Power Platform
6 10 (4.15%) SaaS
7 9 (3.73%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (1.66%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (1.66%) Entra ID
8 4 (1.66%) IaaS
9 3 (1.24%) Amazon ECS
9 3 (1.24%) Amazon EKS
9 3 (1.24%) OpenShift
9 3 (1.24%) Serverless
10 2 (0.83%) AWS Lambda
10 2 (0.83%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 2 (0.83%) Google Ads
10 2 (0.83%) Meta Ads
11 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Copilot
11 1 (0.41%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (6.22%) Firewall
2 12 (4.98%) DNS
3 5 (2.07%) VPN
4 4 (1.66%) DHCP
4 4 (1.66%) WAN
5 3 (1.24%) HTTP
5 3 (1.24%) LAN
5 3 (1.24%) Remote Desktop
5 3 (1.24%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.83%) Network Security
7 1 (0.41%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.41%) RS-232
7 1 (0.41%) RS-485
7 1 (0.41%) SMTP
7 1 (0.41%) SSL
7 1 (0.41%) Unified Communications
7 1 (0.41%) VLAN
7 1 (0.41%) VoIP
7 1 (0.41%) Wireless
7 1 (0.41%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (4.98%) Power BI
2 4 (1.66%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.24%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.83%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.41%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 5 (2.07%) Git
2 3 (1.24%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.83%) GitLab
3 2 (0.83%) Terragrunt
4 1 (0.41%) JIRA
4 1 (0.41%) JUnit
4 1 (0.41%) Subversion
General
1 108 (44.81%) Social Skills
2 69 (28.63%) Finance
3 62 (25.73%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (12.45%) Influencing Skills
4 30 (12.45%) Organisational Skills
5 22 (9.13%) Legal
6 17 (7.05%) Pharmaceutical
7 15 (6.22%) Manufacturing
8 12 (4.98%) Retail
8 12 (4.98%) Telecoms
9 11 (4.56%) Aerospace
10 9 (3.73%) Marketing
11 6 (2.49%) Electronics
12 5 (2.07%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (2.07%) Public Sector
13 4 (1.66%) Automotive
14 3 (1.24%) Law
15 2 (0.83%) Advertising
15 2 (0.83%) Mandarin Language
15 2 (0.83%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 34 (14.11%) Analyst
2 32 (13.28%) Lead
3 31 (12.86%) Senior
4 15 (6.22%) Software Engineer
5 13 (5.39%) Applications Support
6 11 (4.56%) QA Leader
6 11 (4.56%) Support Analyst
7 10 (4.15%) Account Manager
7 10 (4.15%) Auditor
8 9 (3.73%) Applications Support Analyst
9 8 (3.32%) Team Leader
10 7 (2.90%) Azure Engineer
10 7 (2.90%) Consultant
10 7 (2.90%) Financial Analyst
10 7 (2.90%) IT Manager
10 7 (2.90%) IT Support
11 6 (2.49%) Associate Director
11 6 (2.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 6 (2.49%) Security Analyst
12 5 (2.07%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.73%) Middleware
2 4 (1.66%) .NET
2 4 (1.66%) Jakarta EE
2 4 (1.66%) REST
2 4 (1.66%) Spring
3 3 (1.24%) AngularJS
3 3 (1.24%) ASP.NET
3 3 (1.24%) Elastic Stack
3 3 (1.24%) JSON
3 3 (1.24%) JSON Schema
3 3 (1.24%) LDAP
3 3 (1.24%) Regular Expression
3 3 (1.24%) Spring Boot
3 3 (1.24%) Web Services
3 3 (1.24%) XML
3 3 (1.24%) XMPP
4 2 (0.83%) JMS
4 2 (0.83%) Loki
4 2 (0.83%) React
4 2 (0.83%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 22 (9.13%) Life Science
2 17 (7.05%) Pharmacovigilance
3 14 (5.81%) Distributed Systems
4 12 (4.98%) Onboarding
5 11 (4.56%) Management Information System
6 10 (4.15%) Client/Server
7 9 (3.73%) Driving Licence
8 7 (2.90%) Analytical Mindset
8 7 (2.90%) Cyber Threat
8 7 (2.90%) Hackathon
8 7 (2.90%) Low-Code
9 5 (2.07%) Cloud Native
9 5 (2.07%) Embedded Systems
10 4 (1.66%) Cyber Defence
10 4 (1.66%) Data Centre
10 4 (1.66%) PKI
10 4 (1.66%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (0.83%) Analogue Electronics
11 2 (0.83%) Distributed Architecture
11 2 (0.83%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 31 (12.86%) Linux
2 8 (3.32%) Windows
3 5 (2.07%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.83%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.41%) FreeBSD
6 1 (0.41%) OpenBSD
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (27.39%) Problem-Solving
2 39 (16.18%) Collaborative Working
3 35 (14.52%) CAPA
4 27 (11.20%) CRM
4 27 (11.20%) Customer Service
5 26 (10.79%) Change Management
6 24 (9.96%) Roadmaps
6 24 (9.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 23 (9.54%) Cybersecurity
8 22 (9.13%) Decision-Making
8 22 (9.13%) DevOps
8 22 (9.13%) Validation
9 21 (8.71%) Agile
9 21 (8.71%) ERP
10 20 (8.30%) Project Delivery
10 20 (8.30%) Service Delivery
11 18 (7.47%) Computer Science
11 18 (7.47%) Performance Management
11 18 (7.47%) Process Improvement
11 18 (7.47%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 24 (9.96%) Python
2 21 (8.71%) SQL
3 14 (5.81%) C
3 14 (5.81%) PowerShell
4 13 (5.39%) C++
5 10 (4.15%) Rust
6 4 (1.66%) C#
6 4 (1.66%) Java
7 3 (1.24%) Shell Script
8 2 (0.83%) Bash
8 2 (0.83%) Kusto Query Language
8 2 (0.83%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.41%) Embedded C
9 1 (0.41%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.41%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 64 (26.56%) Degree
2 28 (11.62%) Security Cleared
3 17 (7.05%) ACCA
3 17 (7.05%) CIMA
4 14 (5.81%) SC Cleared
5 11 (4.56%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (4.56%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (2.49%) Master's Degree
7 5 (2.07%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 4 (1.66%) DV Cleared
9 3 (1.24%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (1.24%) GIAC
9 3 (1.24%) HNC
9 3 (1.24%) HND
9 3 (1.24%) Postgraduate
10 2 (0.83%) CISA
10 2 (0.83%) CISSP
10 2 (0.83%) GCIA
10 2 (0.83%) GCIH
10 2 (0.83%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (18.26%) QA
2 41 (17.01%) Accessibility
3 32 (13.28%) Good Clinical Practice
4 22 (9.13%) GxP
5 8 (3.32%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 8 (3.32%) Data Quality
5 8 (3.32%) GLP
5 8 (3.32%) GMP
6 7 (2.90%) Cyber Essentials
7 6 (2.49%) SLA
8 5 (2.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (2.07%) PMO
9 4 (1.66%) Def Stans
9 4 (1.66%) GDPR
10 3 (1.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.83%) COBIT
11 2 (0.83%) COSO
11 2 (0.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.41%) ARP4761
12 1 (0.41%) GAAP
System Software
1 13 (5.39%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (4.56%) Active Directory
2 11 (4.56%) Hyper-V
2 11 (4.56%) KVM
3 4 (1.66%) vSphere
4 3 (1.24%) Docker
5 2 (0.83%) Firmware
5 2 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.83%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.41%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 8 (3.32%) Kubernetes
1 8 (3.32%) Terraform
2 7 (2.90%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (2.07%) Kibana
4 4 (1.66%) Ansible
5 2 (0.83%) Argo
5 2 (0.83%) Grafana
5 2 (0.83%) HAProxy
5 2 (0.83%) Kustomize
5 2 (0.83%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.41%) Autotask
6 1 (0.41%) Proxmox
6 1 (0.41%) SCCM
6 1 (0.41%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 69 (28.63%) Microsoft
2 21 (8.71%) Oracle
3 17 (7.05%) VMware
4 8 (3.32%) SAP
5 7 (2.90%) CA Agile Central
6 6 (2.49%) Sage
7 5 (2.07%) MuleSoft
8 4 (1.66%) HubSpot
8 4 (1.66%) Red Hat
9 3 (1.24%) Databricks
9 3 (1.24%) McAfee
9 3 (1.24%) Remedy
9 3 (1.24%) Salesforce
9 3 (1.24%) Splunk
10 2 (0.83%) AppDynamics
10 2 (0.83%) CrowdStrike
10 2 (0.83%) Google
10 2 (0.83%) IBM
10 2 (0.83%) Veeam
11 1 (0.41%) Carbon Black