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

6 months to
8 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 31 59
Rank change year-on-year +20 +28 -12
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 190 96 108
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 9.18% 7.08% 3.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.98% 7.42% 4.47%
Number of salaries quoted 88 25 41
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,500 £27,750
25th Percentile £39,000 £35,000 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £55,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.91% +29.41% -29.17%
75th Percentile £68,750 £66,000 £61,750
90th Percentile £83,250 £71,900 £80,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £63,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +20.00% -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 1,586 1,293 2,415
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 76.62% 95.42% 86.71%
Number of salaries quoted 886 522 1,844
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +13.64% -4.35%
75th Percentile £68,750 £81,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £95,000 £90,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% -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 March 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 March 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 +12 60 £54,250 -7.66% 47
Slough +12 40 £43,000 -36.30% 13
Maidenhead - 25 £75,000 - 3
Windsor +2 15 - - 4
Hungerford - 14 £49,000 -
Bracknell +27 8 £62,500 +31.58% 5
Wokingham - 3 - - 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 4 (2.11%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.05%) Confluence
3 1 (0.53%) Anypoint
3 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.53%) OpenStack
3 1 (0.53%) WordPress
Applications
1 16 (8.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.68%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.53%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 41 (21.58%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.05%) JDE EnterpriseOne
2 2 (1.05%) Oracle Assets
2 2 (1.05%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (1.05%) Oracle Receivables
2 2 (1.05%) Unit4 Business World
3 1 (0.53%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.53%) SAP GRC
3 1 (0.53%) SAP HR
3 1 (0.53%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 46 (24.21%) Azure DevOps
2 43 (22.63%) Azure
3 23 (12.11%) Microsoft 365
4 22 (11.58%) AWS
5 14 (7.37%) GCP
6 9 (4.74%) Power Platform
7 7 (3.68%) SaaS
8 3 (1.58%) Benchling
8 3 (1.58%) Entra ID
9 2 (1.05%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.53%) Amazon ECS
10 1 (0.53%) Amazon EKS
10 1 (0.53%) Boomi
10 1 (0.53%) Copilot Studio
10 1 (0.53%) iPaaS
10 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (0.53%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.53%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 1 (0.53%) Serverless
10 1 (0.53%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.68%) Firewall
2 5 (2.63%) Modbus
2 5 (2.63%) MQTT
2 5 (2.63%) VPN
3 4 (2.11%) DNS
4 3 (1.58%) WAN
4 3 (1.58%) Wireless
5 2 (1.05%) Cisco ISE
5 2 (1.05%) LAN
5 2 (1.05%) VLAN
6 1 (0.53%) DHCP
6 1 (0.53%) HTTP
6 1 (0.53%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.53%) RS-232
6 1 (0.53%) SMTP
6 1 (0.53%) SSL
6 1 (0.53%) Structured Cabling
6 1 (0.53%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.53%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.74%) Power BI
2 2 (1.05%) MySQL
2 2 (1.05%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (1.05%) Relational Database
2 2 (1.05%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.53%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 44 (23.16%) JIRA
2 40 (21.05%) eCATT
3 12 (6.32%) NeoLoad
4 7 (3.68%) Git
5 3 (1.58%) Subversion
6 2 (1.05%) GitLab
6 2 (1.05%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.53%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.53%) JUnit
General
1 86 (45.26%) Finance
2 52 (27.37%) Analytical Skills
2 52 (27.37%) Manufacturing
3 50 (26.32%) Social Skills
4 46 (24.21%) Influencing Skills
5 45 (23.68%) Marketing
6 41 (21.58%) Presentation Skills
7 9 (4.74%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (3.68%) Retail
9 6 (3.16%) Telecoms
10 5 (2.63%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (2.11%) Legal
12 3 (1.58%) Aerospace
12 3 (1.58%) Public Sector
13 2 (1.05%) Automotive
13 2 (1.05%) Back Office
13 2 (1.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (1.05%) Law
14 1 (0.53%) Billing
14 1 (0.53%) Military
Job Titles
1 78 (41.05%) Analyst
2 21 (11.05%) Test Analyst
3 16 (8.42%) Lead
4 14 (7.37%) Report Analyst
4 14 (7.37%) Senior
5 12 (6.32%) Performance Analyst
5 12 (6.32%) Performance Test Analyst
5 12 (6.32%) Testing Analyst
6 11 (5.79%) Software Engineer
7 9 (4.74%) Applications Support
7 9 (4.74%) Automation Test Analyst
7 9 (4.74%) Service Analyst
7 9 (4.74%) Service Desk Analyst
8 8 (4.21%) Associate Director
9 6 (3.16%) Implementation Engineer
9 6 (3.16%) Product Owner
10 5 (2.63%) Administrator
10 5 (2.63%) Financial Analyst
10 5 (2.63%) Procurement Analyst
10 5 (2.63%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.63%) Middleware
2 3 (1.58%) EDI
3 2 (1.05%) .NET
3 2 (1.05%) CSS
3 2 (1.05%) Node.js
3 2 (1.05%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (1.05%) React
3 2 (1.05%) REST
4 1 (0.53%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.53%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.53%) Express.js
4 1 (0.53%) HTML
4 1 (0.53%) Kafka
4 1 (0.53%) Lightning Web Components
4 1 (0.53%) Mustache
4 1 (0.53%) Next.js
4 1 (0.53%) Sequelize
4 1 (0.53%) SOAP
4 1 (0.53%) Spring Boot
4 1 (0.53%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 11 (5.79%) Distributed Systems
1 11 (5.79%) Life Science
2 10 (5.26%) Client/Server
3 9 (4.74%) Analytical Mindset
4 8 (4.21%) Hackathon
4 8 (4.21%) Low-Code
5 7 (3.68%) Data Centre
5 7 (3.68%) Product Ownership
6 5 (2.63%) Cloud Native
6 5 (2.63%) IoT
6 5 (2.63%) Manufacturing Execution System
6 5 (2.63%) SCADA
7 4 (2.11%) Onboarding
7 4 (2.11%) Security Posture
8 3 (1.58%) Biopharmaceutical
8 3 (1.58%) Cloud Security Posture
8 3 (1.58%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.58%) LIMS
9 2 (1.05%) Data Structures
9 2 (1.05%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 17 (8.95%) Linux
2 14 (7.37%) Windows
3 4 (2.11%) Android
3 4 (2.11%) Apple iOS
3 4 (2.11%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.05%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.53%) FreeBSD
5 1 (0.53%) OpenBSD
5 1 (0.53%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (31.05%) ERP
2 58 (30.53%) Problem-Solving
3 45 (23.68%) Visualisation
4 44 (23.16%) Risk Management
5 42 (22.11%) Test Management
6 40 (21.05%) Source to Pay
6 40 (21.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 32 (16.84%) Roadmaps
8 29 (15.26%) Agile
9 25 (13.16%) Test Automation
10 24 (12.63%) Decision-Making
11 23 (12.11%) Business Intelligence
12 22 (11.58%) Programme Management
12 22 (11.58%) Stakeholder Management
13 21 (11.05%) Product Roadmap
13 21 (11.05%) Validation
14 20 (10.53%) Computer Science
15 19 (10.00%) Defect Management
16 18 (9.47%) System Testing
17 17 (8.95%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 23 (12.11%) Python
2 20 (10.53%) SQL
3 13 (6.84%) C++
4 11 (5.79%) C
5 10 (5.26%) Rust
6 4 (2.11%) JavaScript
6 4 (2.11%) PowerShell
7 2 (1.05%) C#
8 1 (0.53%) ABAP
8 1 (0.53%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.53%) Bash
8 1 (0.53%) Bicep
8 1 (0.53%) Java
8 1 (0.53%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 28 (14.74%) Degree
2 19 (10.00%) ACCA
2 19 (10.00%) CIMA
3 16 (8.42%) Security Cleared
4 11 (5.79%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (4.21%) Master's Degree
6 7 (3.68%) SC Cleared
7 4 (2.11%) ISTQB
8 3 (1.58%) DV Cleared
9 2 (1.05%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 2 (1.05%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 2 (1.05%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.53%) CCIE
10 1 (0.53%) CCNA
10 1 (0.53%) CGEIT
10 1 (0.53%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.53%) CISSP
10 1 (0.53%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (0.53%) CRISC
10 1 (0.53%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (15.26%) QA
2 7 (3.68%) Accessibility
2 7 (3.68%) Data Quality
3 6 (3.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (3.16%) PMO
4 5 (2.63%) SLA
5 3 (1.58%) GDPR
5 3 (1.58%) NCSC
6 2 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (1.05%) Def Stans
7 1 (0.53%) GRC
7 1 (0.53%) MISRA
7 1 (0.53%) NIST
7 1 (0.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.53%) WCAG
System Software
1 15 (7.89%) VMware Infrastructure
2 14 (7.37%) Hyper-V
3 11 (5.79%) KVM
4 7 (3.68%) Active Directory
5 2 (1.05%) Docker
5 2 (1.05%) Terminal Server
6 1 (0.53%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 40 (21.05%) HP ALM
2 4 (2.11%) Terraform
3 3 (1.58%) Ansible
3 3 (1.58%) Kubernetes
4 2 (1.05%) SCCM
4 2 (1.05%) SCOM
5 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.53%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 49 (25.79%) SAP
2 41 (21.58%) HP
3 30 (15.79%) Microsoft
4 15 (7.89%) VMware
5 6 (3.16%) ServiceNow
6 5 (2.63%) MuleSoft
6 5 (2.63%) Oracle
7 3 (1.58%) CA Agile Central
7 3 (1.58%) IFS
7 3 (1.58%) LabVantage
7 3 (1.58%) Workday
8 2 (1.05%) Cisco
8 2 (1.05%) JD Edwards
8 2 (1.05%) Juniper
8 2 (1.05%) McAfee
8 2 (1.05%) Remedy
8 2 (1.05%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.53%) HubSpot
9 1 (0.53%) Jitterbit
9 1 (0.53%) SnapLogic