Continuous Improvement Job Trends in County Down

Continual Improvement
Northern Ireland > County Down

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in County Down requiring Continuous Improvement skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 7 5
Rank change year-on-year -9 -2 -
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 14 1 5
As % of all permanent jobs in County Down 10.53% 5.56% 29.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.97% 5.56% 29.41%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £53,750 - £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 - £37,500
75th Percentile £61,250 - £38,750
90th Percentile - - -
Northern Ireland median annual salary £57,500 £80,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -28.13% +18.52% +50.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
County Down

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 County Down.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 117 18 17
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in County Down 87.97% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 8 2 8
10th Percentile £53,000 - £27,000
25th Percentile £62,188 - £33,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £32,851 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +113.08% -12.40% -16.67%
75th Percentile - - £44,688
90th Percentile £71,500 - £49,000
Northern Ireland median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £53,454
% change year-on-year -18.18% +2.89% +6.91%

Continuous Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in County Down

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

Continuous Improvement job vacancy trend in County Down

Continuous Improvement
Salary Trend in County Down

Salary distribution trend for jobs in County Down citing Continuous Improvement.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in County Down citing Continuous Improvement

Continuous Improvement
Job Locations in County Down

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Continuous Improvement within the County Down region over the 6 months to 25 May 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
Banbridge -9 2 - -
Downpatrick - 2 - -
Continuous Improvement
Northern Ireland

Continuous Improvement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in County Down 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:

Applications
1 5 (35.71%) AutoCAD
Cloud Services
1 2 (14.29%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 5 (35.71%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (14.29%) Power BI
1 2 (14.29%) Tableau
General
1 9 (64.29%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 6 (42.86%) Finance
4 5 (35.71%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (14.29%) Games
5 2 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (7.14%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (42.86%) Head of QA
2 5 (35.71%) Audio Visual Engineer
2 5 (35.71%) Design Engineer
2 5 (35.71%) RF Design Engineer
2 5 (35.71%) RF Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Architect
3 2 (14.29%) Senior
3 2 (14.29%) Senior Architect
3 2 (14.29%) Senior Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Digital Transformation
4 1 (7.14%) Digital Transformation Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Transformation Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (42.86%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) Analytics
1 7 (50.00%) Customer Experience
1 7 (50.00%) Service Delivery
1 7 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 6 (42.86%) Actionable Insight
2 6 (42.86%) Anti-Money Laundering
2 6 (42.86%) Change Management
2 6 (42.86%) PRINCE2
2 6 (42.86%) Quality Management
2 6 (42.86%) Root Cause Analysis
3 5 (35.71%) Logistics
3 5 (35.71%) Performance Optimisation
3 5 (35.71%) System Testing
4 3 (21.43%) Lean Six Sigma
4 3 (21.43%) Six Sigma
5 2 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (14.29%) Knowledge Transfer
5 2 (14.29%) Migration
5 2 (14.29%) Project Management
5 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 6 (42.86%) IRCA
2 2 (14.29%) Degree
2 2 (14.29%) PMI Certification
2 2 (14.29%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (78.57%) QA
2 6 (42.86%) GDPR
2 6 (42.86%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) Anaplan
1 2 (14.29%) Genesys
1 2 (14.29%) ServiceNow
1 2 (14.29%) Verint