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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 36 47
Rank change year-on-year +23 +11 -2
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 172 72 67
As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh 16.15% 6.50% 6.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 18.90% 6.76% 6.96%
Number of salaries quoted 18 21 62
10th Percentile - £37,500 £42,439
25th Percentile £29,500 £43,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £48,507 £56,318
Median % change year-on-year -0.01% -13.87% -7.95%
75th Percentile £70,862 £80,000 £72,433
90th Percentile £79,490 £88,750 £96,539
Scotland median annual salary £70,079 £55,000 £55,659
% change year-on-year +27.42% -1.18% -6.50%

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 910 1,065 963
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 85.45% 96.21% 91.80%
Number of salaries quoted 390 405 777
10th Percentile £26,000 £36,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £28,250 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -21.74% -8.00% +2.46%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £93,778 £96,539
Scotland median annual salary £42,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -23.64% +4.76% -8.70%

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 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Continuous Improvement in Edinburgh

Continuous Improvement
Job Locations in Edinburgh

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Continuous Improvement within the Edinburgh region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Balerno - 2 - -
Continuous Improvement
Scotland

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 16 (9.30%) Confluence
2 9 (5.23%) SharePoint
3 8 (4.65%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.58%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.58%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 12 (6.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.33%) Oracle Smart View
3 2 (1.16%) Weka
4 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 10 (5.81%) Workday HCM
2 8 (4.65%) Oracle Assets
2 8 (4.65%) Oracle ERP
2 8 (4.65%) Oracle Financials
2 8 (4.65%) Oracle General Ledger
2 8 (4.65%) Oracle Payables
2 8 (4.65%) Oracle Receivables
3 4 (2.33%) Hyperion Planning
Cloud Services
1 130 (75.58%) Azure
2 76 (44.19%) Azure DevOps
3 59 (34.30%) GitHub
4 46 (26.74%) Snowflake
5 45 (26.16%) GitHub Copilot
6 32 (18.60%) Microsoft 365
7 31 (18.02%) Entra ID
8 29 (16.86%) dbt
9 22 (12.79%) Azure Data Factory
10 19 (11.05%) Power Platform
11 15 (8.72%) Datadog
12 14 (8.14%) GitHub Actions
13 12 (6.98%) Salesforce Einstein
14 10 (5.81%) AWS
14 10 (5.81%) Azure Monitor
14 10 (5.81%) SuccessFactors
15 8 (4.65%) Azure Key Vault
15 8 (4.65%) Microsoft Purview
15 8 (4.65%) Mimecast
16 7 (4.07%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.16%) Broadband
1 2 (1.16%) DHCP
1 2 (1.16%) DNS
2 1 (0.58%) Firewall
2 1 (0.58%) Intranet
2 1 (0.58%) LAN
2 1 (0.58%) VPN
2 1 (0.58%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (22.67%) Data Warehouse
2 19 (11.05%) Power BI
3 14 (8.14%) Snowflake Schema
4 12 (6.98%) Tableau
5 11 (6.40%) Metadata
6 7 (4.07%) Data Lake
7 4 (2.33%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 4 (2.33%) Essbase
7 4 (2.33%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 1 (0.58%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 35 (20.35%) JIRA
2 18 (10.47%) Oracle Forms
3 2 (1.16%) GitLab
3 2 (1.16%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.16%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.58%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.58%) JMeter
4 1 (0.58%) Locust
General
1 152 (88.37%) Finance
2 75 (43.60%) Social Skills
3 64 (37.21%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (8.14%) Legal
4 14 (8.14%) Marketing
5 9 (5.23%) Organisational Skills
6 8 (4.65%) Banking
7 7 (4.07%) Retail
8 4 (2.33%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (2.33%) Front Office
8 4 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.74%) Games
10 2 (1.16%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.16%) Law
10 2 (1.16%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (1.16%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 59 (34.30%) Senior
2 48 (27.91%) Analyst
3 19 (11.05%) Business Analyst
4 14 (8.14%) Development Engineer
4 14 (8.14%) Senior Analyst
5 8 (4.65%) Azure Engineer
5 8 (4.65%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
5 8 (4.65%) Oracle Analyst
5 8 (4.65%) Senior Development Engineer
5 8 (4.65%) Senior Oracle Analyst
5 8 (4.65%) Technical Analyst
5 8 (4.65%) Technical Business Analyst
6 7 (4.07%) Applications Engineer
7 6 (3.49%) Change Analyst
8 5 (2.91%) Help Desk Technician
8 5 (2.91%) IT Technician
8 5 (2.91%) Lead
9 4 (2.33%) Data Business Analyst
9 4 (2.33%) Scrum Master
9 4 (2.33%) Senior Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (8.72%) .NET
2 14 (8.14%) ADO
2 14 (8.14%) Lightning Web Components
2 14 (8.14%) REST
2 14 (8.14%) SOAP
3 8 (4.65%) YAML
4 2 (1.16%) React
4 2 (1.16%) Visualforce
5 1 (0.58%) Django
5 1 (0.58%) Gherkin
5 1 (0.58%) Kafka
5 1 (0.58%) Node.js
5 1 (0.58%) RESTful
5 1 (0.58%) Web Services
5 1 (0.58%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 90 (52.33%) Product Ownership
2 27 (15.70%) Cloud Native
2 27 (15.70%) Onboarding
3 14 (8.14%) Management Information System
4 13 (7.56%) Analytical Mindset
5 8 (4.65%) Security Posture
5 8 (4.65%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (4.07%) Low-Code
7 3 (1.74%) Mobile App
8 2 (1.16%) CMDB
9 1 (0.58%) Distributed Systems
9 1 (0.58%) Driving Licence
9 1 (0.58%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 18 (10.47%) Windows
2 6 (3.49%) Apple iOS
3 4 (2.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 144 (83.72%) Asset Management
2 136 (79.07%) Agile
3 134 (77.91%) Coaching
4 116 (67.44%) DevOps
5 86 (50.00%) AI
6 73 (42.44%) CI/CD
7 58 (33.72%) Analytics
8 53 (30.81%) Test Automation
9 51 (29.65%) Problem-Solving
10 47 (27.33%) Roadmaps
10 47 (27.33%) Sprint Planning
10 47 (27.33%) Sprint Retrospective
11 46 (26.74%) Data Modelling
12 39 (22.67%) Observability
13 35 (20.35%) ITIL
14 34 (19.77%) Mentoring
15 31 (18.02%) Clean Code
16 29 (16.86%) Infrastructure as Code
17 28 (16.28%) Machine Learning
17 28 (16.28%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 69 (40.12%) Python
2 46 (26.74%) SQL
3 34 (19.77%) PowerShell
4 18 (10.47%) Bash
5 15 (8.72%) JavaScript
6 14 (8.14%) Apex Code
7 7 (4.07%) T-SQL
8 4 (2.33%) Groovy
9 3 (1.74%) Java
10 2 (1.16%) SOQL
10 2 (1.16%) SOSL
10 2 (1.16%) VBA
11 1 (0.58%) C#
Qualifications
1 9 (5.23%) Degree
2 6 (3.49%) PMI Certification
2 6 (3.49%) PMP
3 5 (2.91%) CISM
4 4 (2.33%) CISSP
5 2 (1.16%) AWS Certification
5 2 (1.16%) Azure Certification
5 2 (1.16%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (1.16%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (1.16%) SC Cleared
5 2 (1.16%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.58%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (9.88%) Accessibility
2 16 (9.30%) QA
3 8 (4.65%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.16%) GxP
4 2 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 19770
5 1 (0.58%) PMO
5 1 (0.58%) WCAG
System Software
1 23 (13.37%) Virtual Desktop
2 18 (10.47%) Docker
3 15 (8.72%) Active Directory
4 12 (6.98%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (1.16%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (1.16%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 43 (25.00%) Terraform
2 23 (13.37%) Microsoft Intune
3 18 (10.47%) Kubernetes
4 15 (8.72%) Grafana
5 14 (8.14%) Prometheus
6 8 (4.65%) SCCM
7 2 (1.16%) Ansible
Vendors
1 31 (18.02%) Microsoft
2 18 (10.47%) Oracle
3 14 (8.14%) Salesforce
4 10 (5.81%) SAP
4 10 (5.81%) Workday
5 8 (4.65%) Databricks
6 5 (2.91%) Apple
6 5 (2.91%) Citrix
6 5 (2.91%) Freshdesk
7 4 (2.33%) Charles River
7 4 (2.33%) Hyperion
8 2 (1.16%) Blue Prism
8 2 (1.16%) Pega
8 2 (1.16%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.16%) Splunk
9 1 (0.58%) Dell
9 1 (0.58%) iManage
9 1 (0.58%) Xamarin