Continuous Improvement Job Trends in Edinburgh

Continual Improvement
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Continuous Improvement skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 22 41
Rank change year-on-year -7 +19 0
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 41 88 65
As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh 3.91% 9.95% 4.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.77% 10.49% 5.48%
Number of salaries quoted 36 29 55
10th Percentile £27,500 £37,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £51,875 £44,128 £46,615
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,210 £60,394 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% +0.66% -9.38%
75th Percentile £74,674 £95,000 £81,000
90th Percentile £76,875 £96,000 £125,000
Scotland median annual salary £50,000 £67,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -25.93% +22.73% -15.38%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 711 839 1,186
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 67.84% 94.91% 84.90%
Number of salaries quoted 483 383 909
10th Percentile £29,800 £26,929 £35,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,951 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% +0.80%
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,170 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £97,522 £92,047
Scotland median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% -4.55%

Continuous Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Continuous Improvement job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Continuous Improvement
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Continuous Improvement.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Continuous Improvement

Continuous Improvement
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Continuous Improvement in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 12 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Continuous Improvement in Edinburgh

Continuous Improvement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 2 (4.88%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (19.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (17.07%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 5 (12.20%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (9.76%) Azure
2 4 (9.76%) GCP
3 3 (7.32%) SaaS
4 2 (4.88%) AWS
5 1 (2.44%) Asana
5 1 (2.44%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 1 (2.44%) BlazeMeter
5 1 (2.44%) BrowserStack
5 1 (2.44%) PaaS
5 1 (2.44%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.88%) Broadband
1 2 (4.88%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.88%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 6 (14.63%) JIRA
2 2 (4.88%) Cucumber
2 2 (4.88%) Selenium
3 1 (2.44%) Appium
3 1 (2.44%) Cypress.io
3 1 (2.44%) Git
3 1 (2.44%) JMeter
3 1 (2.44%) Postman
3 1 (2.44%) SonarQube
3 1 (2.44%) WebDriver
3 1 (2.44%) Zephyr
General
1 19 (46.34%) Finance
2 12 (29.27%) Public Sector
2 12 (29.27%) Social Skills
3 7 (17.07%) Billing
4 6 (14.63%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (12.20%) Advertising
5 5 (12.20%) Influencing Skills
5 5 (12.20%) Marketing
6 4 (9.76%) Legal
6 4 (9.76%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (4.88%) Digital Health
7 2 (4.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (4.88%) Tech for Good
8 1 (2.44%) Law
8 1 (2.44%) Legal Technology
Job Titles
1 4 (9.76%) 2nd Line Engineer
1 4 (9.76%) 2nd Line Support
1 4 (9.76%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
1 4 (9.76%) IT Engineer
1 4 (9.76%) IT Support
1 4 (9.76%) IT Support Engineer
1 4 (9.76%) Lead
1 4 (9.76%) Mac Engineer
1 4 (9.76%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
1 4 (9.76%) Microsoft Engineer
1 4 (9.76%) Product Manager
1 4 (9.76%) Support Engineer
1 4 (9.76%) Windows Engineer
1 4 (9.76%) Windows Support Engineer
2 3 (7.32%) Analyst
2 3 (7.32%) Senior
3 2 (4.88%) Architect
3 2 (4.88%) Scrum Master
3 2 (4.88%) Senior Architect
3 2 (4.88%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.88%) FHIR
1 2 (4.88%) Playwright
2 1 (2.44%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 5 (12.20%) Driving Licence
2 4 (9.76%) Onboarding
2 4 (9.76%) Product Ownership
3 2 (4.88%) PACS
3 2 (4.88%) Public Cloud
3 2 (4.88%) Replication
4 1 (2.44%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (2.44%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (2.44%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.44%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (2.44%) Mobile App
4 1 (2.44%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 5 (12.20%) Windows
2 4 (9.76%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (26.83%) Mentoring
2 10 (24.39%) Agile
2 10 (24.39%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (21.95%) Decision-Making
4 8 (19.51%) Line Management
5 7 (17.07%) Collaborative Culture
5 7 (17.07%) People Management
5 7 (17.07%) Roadmaps
6 6 (14.63%) Backlog Prioritisation
6 6 (14.63%) Collaborative Working
6 6 (14.63%) Project Management
7 5 (12.20%) AI
7 5 (12.20%) Behavioural Change
7 5 (12.20%) Budgeting and Forecasting
7 5 (12.20%) CI/CD
7 5 (12.20%) Coaching
7 5 (12.20%) Customer Service
8 4 (9.76%) Risk Management
8 4 (9.76%) Software Engineering
8 4 (9.76%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.44%) Java
1 1 (2.44%) JavaScript
1 1 (2.44%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 8 (19.51%) ACCA
1 8 (19.51%) CIMA
2 7 (17.07%) ICAEW
3 4 (9.76%) Degree
4 3 (7.32%) PMI Certification
4 3 (7.32%) PMP
5 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (2.44%) ISTQB
6 1 (2.44%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (14.63%) Accessibility
2 2 (4.88%) DICOM
2 2 (4.88%) HL7
2 2 (4.88%) NCSC
2 2 (4.88%) QA
3 1 (2.44%) ISO 22301
3 1 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.44%) NIST
3 1 (2.44%) PMO
3 1 (2.44%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (2.44%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (4.88%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.44%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (31.71%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.88%) Charles River
2 2 (4.88%) Google
2 2 (4.88%) Salesforce
3 1 (2.44%) Workday