Continuous Improvement Job Trends in the East Midlands

Continual Improvement
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring Continuous Improvement skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 17 36
Rank change year-on-year +3 +19 +20
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 258 146 174
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 7.63% 9.31% 4.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.02% 10.26% 5.98%
Number of salaries quoted 161 54 121
10th Percentile £26,000 £28,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £29,000 £33,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £40,500 £45,001
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -12.62%
75th Percentile £57,500 £56,250 £55,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £68,525 £70,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -4.17%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East Midlands

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 East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,574 1,423 2,911
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 76.11% 90.75% 82.63%
Number of salaries quoted 1,544 844 2,277
10th Percentile £26,500 £25,625 £25,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -10.00%
75th Percentile £61,250 £62,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £68,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

Continuous Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Continuous Improvement job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Continuous Improvement
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Continuous Improvement.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Continuous Improvement

Continuous Improvement
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Continuous Improvement in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 16 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Continuous Improvement in the East Midlands

Continuous Improvement
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Continuous Improvement within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 16 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
Leicestershire +19 87 £48,500 -3.00% 25
Lincolnshire +16 61 £42,500 +13.33% 12
Nottinghamshire +13 58 £30,000 -40.00% 28
Northamptonshire -18 28 £55,000 +37.50% 18
Derbyshire -23 21 £40,000 - 15
Continuous Improvement
England

Continuous Improvement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 9 (3.49%) Confluence
2 8 (3.10%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (3.10%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.94%) IIS
4 4 (1.55%) CMS
5 3 (1.16%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.39%) Drupal
Applications
1 36 (13.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.16%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (1.16%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (2.33%) SAP ERP
2 4 (1.55%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.78%) Academy Housing
3 2 (0.78%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 2 (0.78%) Primavera
4 1 (0.39%) Cognos Controller
4 1 (0.39%) HFM
4 1 (0.39%) NEC Housing
4 1 (0.39%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.39%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.39%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.39%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 34 (13.18%) SaaS
2 31 (12.02%) Microsoft 365
3 25 (9.69%) Azure
4 22 (8.53%) AWS
5 18 (6.98%) Power Platform
6 8 (3.10%) Serverless
7 7 (2.71%) AWS CloudFormation
7 7 (2.71%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (1.94%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (1.94%) GCP
8 5 (1.94%) npm
8 5 (1.94%) NuGet
8 5 (1.94%) SonarCloud
9 4 (1.55%) OneDrive
10 2 (0.78%) Entra ID
10 2 (0.78%) IaaS
10 2 (0.78%) PaaS
11 1 (0.39%) Adobe Analytics
11 1 (0.39%) Amazon SQS
11 1 (0.39%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 27 (10.47%) Remote Desktop
2 9 (3.49%) WAN
3 8 (3.10%) SD-WAN
4 6 (2.33%) Wireless
5 5 (1.94%) IP Telephony
5 5 (1.94%) LAN
5 5 (1.94%) VPN
6 4 (1.55%) DHCP
6 4 (1.55%) DNS
6 4 (1.55%) TCP/IP
6 4 (1.55%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.78%) Firewall
8 1 (0.39%) Broadband
8 1 (0.39%) Cisco ISE
8 1 (0.39%) IPsec
8 1 (0.39%) Network Security
8 1 (0.39%) RFID
8 1 (0.39%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (6.59%) SQL Server
2 14 (5.43%) Power BI
3 7 (2.71%) Tableau
4 5 (1.94%) NoSQL
5 3 (1.16%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (1.16%) Data Lake
5 3 (1.16%) Power Query
5 3 (1.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (1.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.39%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.39%) Metadata
6 1 (0.39%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 17 (6.59%) JIRA
2 5 (1.94%) Subversion
3 4 (1.55%) Git
4 2 (0.78%) Postman
4 2 (0.78%) Selenium
5 1 (0.39%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.39%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.39%) LabVIEW
5 1 (0.39%) Metasploit
General
1 116 (44.96%) Social Skills
2 74 (28.68%) Analytical Skills
3 47 (18.22%) Retail
4 30 (11.63%) Manufacturing
5 29 (11.24%) Law
6 28 (10.85%) Finance
7 20 (7.75%) Influencing Skills
8 17 (6.59%) Organisational Skills
9 14 (5.43%) Public Sector
10 13 (5.04%) Documentation Skills
11 12 (4.65%) Marketing
12 11 (4.26%) Electronics
13 8 (3.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 8 (3.10%) Local Government
14 6 (2.33%) Aerospace
14 6 (2.33%) Legal
15 5 (1.94%) Advertising
16 3 (1.16%) Games
17 2 (0.78%) Banking
17 2 (0.78%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 45 (17.44%) Analyst
2 27 (10.47%) 1st/2nd Line Support
2 27 (10.47%) 2nd Line Support
3 25 (9.69%) Lead
4 22 (8.53%) Support Analyst
4 22 (8.53%) Technologist
5 17 (6.59%) Support Technician
6 16 (6.20%) IT Support
7 15 (5.81%) ERP Support
8 14 (5.43%) Senior
9 13 (5.04%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
9 13 (5.04%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
9 13 (5.04%) ERP Analyst
9 13 (5.04%) SaaS Analyst
9 13 (5.04%) Software Analyst
9 13 (5.04%) Software Support Analyst
10 11 (4.26%) Administrator
11 10 (3.88%) IT Analyst
12 9 (3.49%) QA Manager
12 9 (3.49%) Quality Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (6.59%) React
2 9 (3.49%) .NET
3 7 (2.71%) AWS CDK
3 7 (2.71%) Next.js
4 6 (2.33%) Node.js
5 5 (1.94%) YAML
6 4 (1.55%) .NET Core
6 4 (1.55%) .NET Framework
7 3 (1.16%) Middleware
8 2 (0.78%) AngularJS
8 2 (0.78%) Playwright
9 1 (0.39%) ASP.NET
9 1 (0.39%) ASP.NET Core
9 1 (0.39%) Django
9 1 (0.39%) FastAPI
9 1 (0.39%) Flask
9 1 (0.39%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 38 (14.73%) Onboarding
2 18 (6.98%) Driving Licence
3 10 (3.88%) Management Information System
4 9 (3.49%) Greenfield Project
4 9 (3.49%) Product Ownership
5 6 (2.33%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (1.94%) Analytical Mindset
6 5 (1.94%) Embedded Systems
6 5 (1.94%) Mobile Computing
7 4 (1.55%) Replication
8 3 (1.16%) Data Structures
8 3 (1.16%) FMCG
9 2 (0.78%) Cloud Native
9 2 (0.78%) CMDB
9 2 (0.78%) Credit Risk
9 2 (0.78%) CSOC
9 2 (0.78%) Security Operations Centre
9 2 (0.78%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.78%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.39%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 24 (9.30%) Windows
2 9 (3.49%) Linux
3 2 (0.78%) Unix
3 2 (0.78%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.39%) Android
4 1 (0.39%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (34.50%) Problem-Solving
2 64 (24.81%) Mentoring
3 61 (23.64%) Customer Service
4 58 (22.48%) CRM
5 57 (22.09%) Agile
6 52 (20.16%) ERP
7 39 (15.12%) Logistics
8 38 (14.73%) Decision-Making
9 34 (13.18%) Root Cause Analysis
10 30 (11.63%) Coaching
11 29 (11.24%) Analytical Thinking
12 28 (10.85%) E-Commerce
12 28 (10.85%) Internal Audit
13 27 (10.47%) Data Privacy
13 27 (10.47%) Test Automation
14 26 (10.08%) Analytics
14 26 (10.08%) Collaborative Culture
15 23 (8.91%) Stakeholder Management
16 21 (8.14%) ITIL
17 19 (7.36%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 45 (17.44%) SQL
2 37 (14.34%) C#
3 12 (4.65%) Python
4 11 (4.26%) PowerShell
4 11 (4.26%) TypeScript
5 6 (2.33%) Bash
6 4 (1.55%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.16%) T-SQL
7 3 (1.16%) VBA
8 1 (0.39%) Bicep
8 1 (0.39%) R
Qualifications
1 32 (12.40%) Degree
2 7 (2.71%) Security Cleared
3 6 (2.33%) Numerate Degree
4 4 (1.55%) SC Cleared
5 3 (1.16%) ACCA
5 3 (1.16%) AWS Certification
5 3 (1.16%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (1.16%) Chartered Engineer
5 3 (1.16%) CIMA
5 3 (1.16%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (0.78%) AAT
6 2 (0.78%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (0.78%) DBS Check
6 2 (0.78%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.39%) CHECK Team Member
7 1 (0.39%) CREST Certified
7 1 (0.39%) GPEN
7 1 (0.39%) ICAEW
7 1 (0.39%) OSCP
7 1 (0.39%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (27.13%) QA
2 13 (5.04%) Data Quality
3 7 (2.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (2.33%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (2.33%) GDPR
4 6 (2.33%) SLA
5 5 (1.94%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 4 (1.55%) Actionable Recommendations
6 4 (1.55%) ISO 22301
7 3 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 12207
8 2 (0.78%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.78%) PMO
9 1 (0.39%) COBIT
9 1 (0.39%) GRC
9 1 (0.39%) ISO 14001
9 1 (0.39%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.39%) ITGC
9 1 (0.39%) NIST
9 1 (0.39%) WCAG
System Software
1 27 (10.47%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.33%) Docker
3 2 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.39%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (2.33%) Terraform
2 5 (1.94%) Kubernetes
3 4 (1.55%) Autotask
4 3 (1.16%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.78%) Grafana
6 1 (0.39%) Nessus
6 1 (0.39%) Nmap
Vendors
1 53 (20.54%) Microsoft
2 11 (4.26%) Salesforce
2 11 (4.26%) SAP
3 7 (2.71%) Zoho
4 5 (1.94%) CrowdStrike
4 5 (1.94%) JD Edwards
4 5 (1.94%) ServiceNow
5 4 (1.55%) Oracle
6 3 (1.16%) Cognos
6 3 (1.16%) ESRI
6 3 (1.16%) IBM
6 3 (1.16%) NEC
7 2 (0.78%) VMware
7 2 (0.78%) Workday
8 1 (0.39%) CheckPoint
8 1 (0.39%) F5
8 1 (0.39%) LogicMonitor
8 1 (0.39%) Qualys
8 1 (0.39%) Sage
8 1 (0.39%) Veeam