Continuous Improvement Job Trends in the City of London

Continual Improvement
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Continuous Improvement skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 20 68
Rank change year-on-year +5 +48 +4
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 214 247 110
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 10.22% 9.09% 3.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.67% 9.53% 4.10%
Number of salaries quoted 148 136 98
10th Percentile £37,125 £51,250 £47,500
25th Percentile £50,497 £61,250 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,750 £75,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.33% -3.23% +6.90%
75th Percentile £90,000 £105,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £98,250 £130,000 £113,750
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
% change year-on-year - -3.23% +6.90%

All Process & Methodology Skills
City of London

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 the City of London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,833 2,593 2,686
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 87.54% 95.47% 95.15%
Number of salaries quoted 1,357 1,694 2,415
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £40,350
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% - -
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £117,500 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.33% - -

Continuous Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Continuous Improvement relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Continuous Improvement job vacancy trend in the City of London

Continuous Improvement
Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Continuous Improvement.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Continuous Improvement

Continuous Improvement
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Continuous Improvement in the City of London over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Continuous Improvement in the City of London

Continuous Improvement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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 19 (8.88%) SharePoint
2 13 (6.07%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.93%) CMS
3 2 (0.93%) Umbraco
4 1 (0.47%) Apache
4 1 (0.47%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.47%) Confluence
Applications
1 19 (8.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (5.14%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (2.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.87%) Adobe Premiere
4 4 (1.87%) Photoshop
5 2 (0.93%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 6 (2.80%) Elite 3E
2 2 (0.93%) Adaptiv
2 2 (0.93%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.93%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.47%) SAP IBP
3 1 (0.47%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.47%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 57 (26.64%) Azure
2 40 (18.69%) Microsoft 365
3 32 (14.95%) AWS
4 31 (14.49%) Power Platform
5 14 (6.54%) OneDrive
6 12 (5.61%) GCP
7 10 (4.67%) Azure DevOps
7 10 (4.67%) Power Automate
8 8 (3.74%) SaaS
9 6 (2.80%) Entra ID
9 6 (2.80%) GitHub
9 6 (2.80%) GitHub Actions
10 5 (2.34%) Azure Sentinel
10 5 (2.34%) dbt
11 3 (1.40%) Dynamics 365
11 3 (1.40%) Figma
11 3 (1.40%) Google Workspace
11 3 (1.40%) PaaS
11 3 (1.40%) Serverless
11 3 (1.40%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 9 (4.21%) DHCP
1 9 (4.21%) TCP/IP
1 9 (4.21%) WAN
2 8 (3.74%) VoIP
3 7 (3.27%) DNS
3 7 (3.27%) LAN
4 6 (2.80%) WebEx
4 6 (2.80%) Wi-Fi
5 5 (2.34%) Firewall
6 3 (1.40%) Network Security
7 2 (0.93%) Broadband
7 2 (0.93%) DOCSIS
7 2 (0.93%) DSL
7 2 (0.93%) GPON
7 2 (0.93%) IPv4
7 2 (0.93%) IPv6
7 2 (0.93%) PPP
7 2 (0.93%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (13.08%) Power BI
2 11 (5.14%) SQL Server
3 8 (3.74%) BigQuery
3 8 (3.74%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (3.74%) Elasticsearch
4 5 (2.34%) Relational Database
4 5 (2.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (1.87%) Metabase
6 3 (1.40%) NoSQL
6 3 (1.40%) Star Schema
7 2 (0.93%) Looker
7 2 (0.93%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.93%) Power Query
7 2 (0.93%) Tableau
8 1 (0.47%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.47%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 11 (5.14%) Git
2 7 (3.27%) JIRA
3 5 (2.34%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.47%) Katalon Studio
4 1 (0.47%) NUnit
4 1 (0.47%) Selenium
4 1 (0.47%) SpecFlow
General
1 108 (50.47%) Social Skills
2 86 (40.19%) Finance
3 58 (27.10%) Analytical Skills
4 53 (24.77%) Legal
5 32 (14.95%) Banking
6 26 (12.15%) Organisational Skills
7 24 (11.21%) Retail
8 19 (8.88%) Documentation Skills
9 14 (6.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 14 (6.54%) Law
10 13 (6.07%) Billing
11 10 (4.67%) Influencing Skills
12 9 (4.21%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (2.34%) French Language
13 5 (2.34%) Spanish Language
14 4 (1.87%) Dutch Language
14 4 (1.87%) German Language
14 4 (1.87%) Wholesale Banking
15 3 (1.40%) Digital Health
16 2 (0.93%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 32 (14.95%) Analyst
2 28 (13.08%) Developer
3 26 (12.15%) Lead
4 25 (11.68%) Senior
5 18 (8.41%) Service Manager
6 16 (7.48%) Data Analyst
6 16 (7.48%) Support Engineer
7 11 (5.14%) IT Manager
7 11 (5.14%) IT Support
7 11 (5.14%) Senior Manager
8 10 (4.67%) Software Engineer
9 9 (4.21%) Business Analyst
9 9 (4.21%) Data Business Analyst
9 9 (4.21%) Desktop Support
9 9 (4.21%) Insurance Business Analyst
10 8 (3.74%) Asset and Configuration Manager
10 8 (3.74%) Configuration Manager
10 8 (3.74%) Designer
10 8 (3.74%) Lead Designer
10 8 (3.74%) Risk Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (9.81%) .NET
2 20 (9.35%) RESTful
3 8 (3.74%) Django
4 6 (2.80%) CSS
4 6 (2.80%) HTML
4 6 (2.80%) React
5 5 (2.34%) .NET Core
6 4 (1.87%) .NET Framework
6 4 (1.87%) CSS3
6 4 (1.87%) Entity Framework
6 4 (1.87%) HTML5
6 4 (1.87%) Node.js
7 3 (1.40%) REST
8 2 (0.93%) XML
9 1 (0.47%) AngularJS
9 1 (0.47%) Oracle Fusion
9 1 (0.47%) SOAP
9 1 (0.47%) Spring
9 1 (0.47%) Spring Boot
9 1 (0.47%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 23 (10.75%) Onboarding
2 16 (7.48%) Self-Motivation
3 13 (6.07%) Algorithms
4 12 (5.61%) Analytical Mindset
5 10 (4.67%) Product Ownership
6 9 (4.21%) CMDB
6 9 (4.21%) Data Structures
7 8 (3.74%) Greenfield Project
7 8 (3.74%) Security Posture
8 7 (3.27%) Distributed Systems
9 5 (2.34%) Mobile App
10 4 (1.87%) CCTV
10 4 (1.87%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (1.87%) Management Information System
11 3 (1.40%) Cloud Native
11 3 (1.40%) Reinsurance
12 2 (0.93%) Credit Risk
12 2 (0.93%) Hedge funds
12 2 (0.93%) Low-Code
12 2 (0.93%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 21 (9.81%) Windows
2 13 (6.07%) Windows 10
3 7 (3.27%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.87%) Linux
5 3 (1.40%) Mac OS
5 3 (1.40%) Windows Server 2012
5 3 (1.40%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (1.40%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.93%) OpenWrt
6 2 (0.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.47%) AIX
7 1 (0.47%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.47%) Debian
7 1 (0.47%) Solaris
7 1 (0.47%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (35.98%) Problem-Solving
2 56 (26.17%) Agile
3 41 (19.16%) ITIL
4 35 (16.36%) Cybersecurity
5 30 (14.02%) Business Intelligence
5 30 (14.02%) Migration
6 28 (13.08%) Service Delivery
6 28 (13.08%) Service Management
7 25 (11.68%) Collaborative Working
7 25 (11.68%) Decision-Making
8 24 (11.21%) Code Quality
8 24 (11.21%) ITSM
8 24 (11.21%) Mentoring
9 23 (10.75%) Analytics
9 23 (10.75%) DevOps
9 23 (10.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 22 (10.28%) Microservices
11 21 (9.81%) AI
11 21 (9.81%) Computer Science
11 21 (9.81%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 31 (14.49%) SQL
2 29 (13.55%) Python
3 20 (9.35%) C#
4 17 (7.94%) Java
5 9 (4.21%) PowerShell
6 7 (3.27%) JavaScript
7 6 (2.80%) TypeScript
8 5 (2.34%) VBA
9 4 (1.87%) Bash
9 4 (1.87%) C++
10 3 (1.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.93%) C
12 1 (0.47%) Bicep
12 1 (0.47%) Groovy
12 1 (0.47%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.47%) Rust
12 1 (0.47%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.47%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.47%) X++
Qualifications
1 38 (17.76%) Degree
2 14 (6.54%) CISM
3 13 (6.07%) CISSP
4 12 (5.61%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (4.21%) PMI Certification
5 9 (4.21%) PMP
6 7 (3.27%) CISA
6 7 (3.27%) CRISC
7 6 (2.80%) Master's Degree
8 4 (1.87%) A+ Certification
8 4 (1.87%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (1.87%) Security Cleared
9 3 (1.40%) SC Cleared
10 2 (0.93%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.93%) CFA
10 2 (0.93%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.47%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.47%) ISEB
11 1 (0.47%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.47%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (12.15%) Data Quality
2 13 (6.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (6.07%) QA
3 9 (4.21%) Accessibility
4 8 (3.74%) GDPR
4 8 (3.74%) ISO/IEC 19770
5 6 (2.80%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (2.80%) NIST
6 4 (1.87%) WCAG
7 3 (1.40%) COBIT
7 3 (1.40%) SLA
8 2 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.93%) GRC
8 2 (0.93%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.93%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.47%) EU AI Act
9 1 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 1 (0.47%) PMO
System Software
1 22 (10.28%) Active Directory
2 10 (4.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (3.74%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (3.27%) Docker
5 6 (2.80%) Hyper-V
6 4 (1.87%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 14 (6.54%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (4.21%) SCCM
3 8 (3.74%) Terraform
4 5 (2.34%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (1.87%) Ansible
5 4 (1.87%) Nagios
6 3 (1.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (1.40%) Autotask
7 2 (0.93%) Kubernetes
8 1 (0.47%) HP ALM
8 1 (0.47%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.47%) Podman
8 1 (0.47%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.47%) Puppet
8 1 (0.47%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 55 (25.70%) Microsoft
2 24 (11.21%) ServiceNow
3 12 (5.61%) Google
3 12 (5.61%) Guidewire
4 11 (5.14%) HP
5 10 (4.67%) VMware
6 9 (4.21%) Salesforce
7 7 (3.27%) Apple
7 7 (3.27%) Intapp
8 6 (2.80%) Adobe
9 5 (2.34%) Pega
9 5 (2.34%) SAP
10 4 (1.87%) Bloomberg
10 4 (1.87%) Blue Prism
10 4 (1.87%) Cisco
10 4 (1.87%) FactSet
10 4 (1.87%) Fortinet
10 4 (1.87%) Symantec
11 3 (1.40%) Oracle
11 3 (1.40%) SonicWALL