Continuous Improvement Jobs in England

Continual Improvement
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring Continuous Improvement skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Continuous Improvement over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 38 64
Rank change year-on-year +13 +26 -5
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 3,689 4,442 4,078
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 7.48% 4.95% 4.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.96% 5.89% 5.01%
Number of salaries quoted 1,931 2,877 2,292
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £31,569
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £41,969
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.61% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,778 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £56,000 £57,500 £59,526
% change year-on-year -2.61% -3.40% -0.79%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 46,342 75,409 81,364
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 93.97% 83.96% 95.53%
Number of salaries quoted 23,102 54,812 48,959
10th Percentile £29,250 £29,000 £34,452
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,528 £93,750 £102,500
UK median annual salary £57,000 £55,000 £60,899
% change year-on-year +3.64% -9.69% +1.50%

Continuous Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Continuous Improvement as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Continuous Improvement in England

Continuous Improvement
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Continuous Improvement in England.

Salary trend for Continuous Improvement in England

Continuous Improvement
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Continuous Improvement in England over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Continuous Improvement in England

Continuous Improvement
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Continuous Improvement within the England region over the 6 months to 31 May 2025. 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
North of England +5 967 £55,000 +4.76% 758
London +24 908 £70,000 -4.11% 1,766
South East +35 901 £55,000 +4.76% 584
North West -10 472 £54,500 +6.55% 466
Yorkshire +25 458 £56,250 -6.25% 217
Midlands -24 361 £47,500 -9.52% 447
East of England +16 277 £50,967 -7.33% 234
South West +12 231 £55,000 +4.97% 363
West Midlands -35 195 £50,000 -6.54% 279
East Midlands -4 162 £40,101 -15.58% 162
North East -4 37 £56,500 +25.56% 89
Continuous Improvement
UK

Continuous Improvement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 145 (3.93%) Confluence
2 119 (3.23%) SharePoint
3 65 (1.76%) Microsoft Exchange
4 33 (0.89%) CMS
5 24 (0.65%) WordPress
6 15 (0.41%) Appian
7 13 (0.35%) nginx
7 13 (0.35%) OpenEdge
8 11 (0.30%) Drupal
8 11 (0.30%) IIS
9 7 (0.19%) Apache
9 7 (0.19%) Apache Solr
10 6 (0.16%) SAS
11 5 (0.14%) Apache Spark
11 5 (0.14%) Headless CMS
11 5 (0.14%) Kinematics
12 4 (0.11%) Moodle
12 4 (0.11%) Oracle Workflow
13 2 (0.054%) ArcGIS
13 2 (0.054%) MTS
Applications
1 151 (4.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 110 (2.98%) Microsoft Office
3 104 (2.82%) Simulink
4 46 (1.25%) Microsoft Project
5 38 (1.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 31 (0.84%) Trello
7 19 (0.52%) MS Visio
8 8 (0.22%) SOLIDWORKS
9 7 (0.19%) Acrobat
10 6 (0.16%) AutoCAD
10 6 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
11 4 (0.11%) Chatbot
12 3 (0.081%) Adobe Captivate
12 3 (0.081%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 3 (0.081%) Productboard
13 2 (0.054%) Maya
13 2 (0.054%) Notion
14 1 (0.027%) Final Cut Pro
14 1 (0.027%) MicroStation
14 1 (0.027%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 103 (2.79%) Teamcenter
2 32 (0.87%) SAP S/4HANA
3 19 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
4 16 (0.43%) Oracle EBS
4 16 (0.43%) Oracle ERP
5 8 (0.22%) NetSuite
6 7 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
6 7 (0.19%) Shopify
7 6 (0.16%) Infor CloudSuite
7 6 (0.16%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
8 5 (0.14%) Adaptiv
8 5 (0.14%) Dynamics AX
8 5 (0.14%) Elite 3E
8 5 (0.14%) SAP BPC
9 4 (0.11%) Maximo
9 4 (0.11%) SAP EWM
9 4 (0.11%) SAP WM
10 3 (0.081%) Infor M3
10 3 (0.081%) Sage X3
10 3 (0.081%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 620 (16.81%) Azure
2 427 (11.57%) AWS
3 233 (6.32%) Microsoft 365
4 192 (5.20%) GCP
5 147 (3.98%) SaaS
6 145 (3.93%) Power Platform
7 69 (1.87%) Serverless
8 68 (1.84%) Entra ID
9 56 (1.52%) Azure DevOps
10 55 (1.49%) GitHub
11 46 (1.25%) Dynamics 365
12 45 (1.22%) Cloud Computing
13 43 (1.17%) AWS Lambda
14 38 (1.03%) PowerApps
15 34 (0.92%) OneDrive
16 33 (0.89%) OCI
17 32 (0.87%) Azure Monitor
17 32 (0.87%) Power Automate
18 31 (0.84%) Google Workspace
19 27 (0.73%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 117 (3.17%) Firewall
2 70 (1.90%) VPN
3 68 (1.84%) WAN
4 55 (1.49%) LAN
5 52 (1.41%) Network Security
6 49 (1.33%) TCP/IP
7 38 (1.03%) SD-WAN
8 34 (0.92%) DNS
9 25 (0.68%) Internet
9 25 (0.68%) Wi-Fi
10 24 (0.65%) VLAN
11 22 (0.60%) Intrusion Detection
11 22 (0.60%) MPLS
11 22 (0.60%) OSPF
12 20 (0.54%) BGP
13 18 (0.49%) SAN
13 18 (0.49%) Wireless
14 16 (0.43%) Intranet
15 15 (0.41%) DHCP
15 15 (0.41%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 207 (5.61%) SQL Server
2 118 (3.20%) Power BI
3 61 (1.65%) MySQL
4 43 (1.17%) NoSQL
5 41 (1.11%) Tableau
6 35 (0.95%) Data Warehouse
7 32 (0.87%) Big Data
8 31 (0.84%) PostgreSQL
9 26 (0.70%) Metadata
10 24 (0.65%) Data Lake
11 23 (0.62%) Oracle Reports
12 22 (0.60%) Relational Database
13 20 (0.54%) MongoDB
14 17 (0.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 14 (0.38%) Amazon RDS
16 13 (0.35%) Data Hub
17 12 (0.33%) Azure SQL Database
18 9 (0.24%) SQL CLR
19 8 (0.22%) Couchbase
19 8 (0.22%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 269 (7.29%) JIRA
2 141 (3.82%) GitLab
3 129 (3.50%) Selenium
4 121 (3.28%) Rational DOORS
5 115 (3.12%) Maven
6 111 (3.01%) Cucumber
6 111 (3.01%) SonarQube
7 109 (2.95%) Bitbucket
8 108 (2.93%) Sonatype Nexus
9 57 (1.55%) Git
10 22 (0.60%) Jenkins
11 11 (0.30%) JUnit
11 11 (0.30%) Mocha
12 9 (0.24%) Postman
13 8 (0.22%) Cypress.io
13 8 (0.22%) Jasmine
14 7 (0.19%) JMeter
14 7 (0.19%) webpack
15 6 (0.16%) LoadRunner
15 6 (0.16%) TeamCity
General
1 1,824 (49.44%) Social Skills
2 1,174 (31.82%) Finance
3 592 (16.05%) Analytical Skills
4 458 (12.42%) Marketing
5 444 (12.04%) Manufacturing
6 366 (9.92%) Electronics
7 319 (8.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 282 (7.64%) Presentation Skills
9 274 (7.43%) Law
10 260 (7.05%) Banking
11 173 (4.69%) Legal
12 154 (4.17%) Aerospace
13 148 (4.01%) Public Sector
14 131 (3.55%) Retail
15 130 (3.52%) Influencing Skills
16 99 (2.68%) Organisational Skills
17 59 (1.60%) Advertising
18 43 (1.17%) Local Government
19 31 (0.84%) Games
20 29 (0.79%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 445 (12.06%) Lead
2 398 (10.79%) Analyst
3 342 (9.27%) Senior
4 248 (6.72%) Developer
5 228 (6.18%) Systems Manager
6 215 (5.83%) Resource Manager
7 196 (5.31%) Software Engineer
8 193 (5.23%) Systems Engineer
9 188 (5.10%) Architect
10 159 (4.31%) Technical Manager
11 148 (4.01%) Product Manager
12 141 (3.82%) Help Desk Manager
13 127 (3.44%) Junior
14 103 (2.79%) Junior Systems Engineer
15 101 (2.74%) Products Support Manager
16 100 (2.71%) Support Manager
17 99 (2.68%) Support Engineer
18 94 (2.55%) Project Manager
19 92 (2.49%) Change Analyst
20 89 (2.41%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 209 (5.67%) CSS
2 208 (5.64%) React
3 174 (4.72%) HTML
4 155 (4.20%) .NET
5 143 (3.88%) Spring
6 139 (3.77%) Kafka
7 136 (3.69%) Spring Boot
8 121 (3.28%) Redux
9 117 (3.17%) Hibernate
10 112 (3.04%) JPA
11 98 (2.66%) Middleware
12 68 (1.84%) REST
13 53 (1.44%) AngularJS
14 46 (1.25%) ASP.NET
15 45 (1.22%) RESTful
16 38 (1.03%) .NET Core
17 36 (0.98%) jQuery
17 36 (0.98%) Web Services
18 34 (0.92%) SOAP
19 33 (0.89%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 299 (8.11%) Product Ownership
2 225 (6.10%) Management Information System
3 152 (4.12%) Enterprise Software
4 86 (2.33%) FMCG
5 77 (2.09%) Self-Motivation
6 76 (2.06%) Data Centre
7 71 (1.92%) Onboarding
8 65 (1.76%) Driving Licence
9 63 (1.71%) Social Media
10 56 (1.52%) Operational Technology
11 54 (1.46%) e-Learning
12 49 (1.33%) Manufacturing Execution System
13 43 (1.17%) Analytical Mindset
14 42 (1.14%) Security Posture
15 41 (1.11%) Hybrid Cloud
16 40 (1.08%) Marketing Technology
17 39 (1.06%) Cloud Native
18 37 (1.00%) Data Protection Act
19 36 (0.98%) Distributed Systems
20 35 (0.95%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 246 (6.67%) Windows
2 78 (2.11%) Linux
3 66 (1.79%) Windows Server
4 40 (1.08%) Windows 10
5 26 (0.70%) Windows Vista
6 23 (0.62%) Mac OS
7 14 (0.38%) Apple iOS
8 13 (0.35%) Android
9 9 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
10 7 (0.19%) Windows Server 2016
11 5 (0.14%) CentOS
11 5 (0.14%) Rocky
11 5 (0.14%) Ubuntu
12 4 (0.11%) Unix
12 4 (0.11%) VMS
13 3 (0.081%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 3 (0.081%) Windows Server 2012
14 2 (0.054%) Debian
15 1 (0.027%) AIX
15 1 (0.027%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,076 (29.17%) Problem-Solving
2 977 (26.48%) Agile
3 573 (15.53%) Project Management
4 512 (13.88%) DevOps
5 510 (13.82%) Analytics
6 445 (12.06%) Mentoring
7 412 (11.17%) Computer Science
8 390 (10.57%) Data Management
9 388 (10.52%) Stakeholder Management
10 384 (10.41%) ERP
11 382 (10.36%) CI/CD
12 381 (10.33%) Mathematics
13 380 (10.30%) Change Management
14 365 (9.89%) Roadmaps
15 362 (9.81%) SDLC
16 351 (9.51%) Decision-Making
17 347 (9.41%) Physics
18 314 (8.51%) Software Engineering
19 308 (8.35%) Coaching
20 307 (8.32%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 408 (11.06%) SQL
2 310 (8.40%) Java
3 260 (7.05%) JavaScript
4 207 (5.61%) Python
5 177 (4.80%) C#
6 105 (2.85%) MATLAB
7 81 (2.20%) PowerShell
8 58 (1.57%) TypeScript
9 52 (1.41%) PHP
10 46 (1.25%) C++
11 32 (0.87%) C
12 23 (0.62%) Apex Code
13 20 (0.54%) R
14 17 (0.46%) Go
14 17 (0.46%) Progress 4GL
15 15 (0.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 15 (0.41%) Shell Script
16 14 (0.38%) T-SQL
16 14 (0.38%) VB
17 12 (0.33%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 1,119 (30.33%) Degree
2 295 (8.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 227 (6.15%) Computer Science Degree
4 163 (4.42%) Security Cleared
5 109 (2.95%) DBS Check
6 95 (2.58%) Master's Degree
7 90 (2.44%) CBAP
8 88 (2.39%) CISSP
9 85 (2.30%) PMI Certification
10 82 (2.22%) SC Cleared
11 78 (2.11%) Chartered Engineer
12 72 (1.95%) HNC
13 65 (1.76%) PMP
14 63 (1.71%) Microsoft Certification
15 58 (1.57%) CISM
16 54 (1.46%) Azure Certification
17 45 (1.22%) CRISC
18 39 (1.06%) DV Cleared
19 38 (1.03%) Six Sigma Black Belt
20 36 (0.98%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 270 (7.32%) QA
2 129 (3.50%) Data Quality
3 115 (3.12%) SLA
4 113 (3.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 84 (2.28%) GDPR
6 73 (1.98%) Accessibility
7 68 (1.84%) NIST
8 58 (1.57%) ISO/IEC 12207
9 45 (1.22%) ISO 9001
10 39 (1.06%) PCI DSS
11 37 (1.00%) PMO
12 36 (0.98%) GMP
13 32 (0.87%) COBIT
13 32 (0.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 25 (0.68%) Actionable Recommendations
15 22 (0.60%) SOC 2
16 18 (0.49%) GRC
17 17 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials
18 9 (0.24%) GLP
18 9 (0.24%) NCSC
System Software
1 184 (4.99%) Docker
2 142 (3.85%) Active Directory
3 64 (1.73%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
5 18 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
6 15 (0.41%) Hyper-V
7 8 (0.22%) Firmware
8 7 (0.19%) vSphere
9 5 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.054%) Embedded Firmware
10 2 (0.054%) NFS
11 1 (0.027%) Microsoft App-V
11 1 (0.027%) Snort
Systems Management
1 218 (5.91%) Kubernetes
2 76 (2.06%) Terraform
3 49 (1.33%) Microsoft Intune
4 44 (1.19%) Ansible
5 35 (0.95%) Grafana
6 34 (0.92%) Prometheus
7 14 (0.38%) SCCM
8 12 (0.33%) Progress Chef
9 10 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
10 6 (0.16%) Puppet
11 5 (0.14%) FortiGate
11 5 (0.14%) HP Quality Center
11 5 (0.14%) Kibana
12 4 (0.11%) Jamf Pro
12 4 (0.11%) QRadar
13 2 (0.054%) linkerd
13 2 (0.054%) Nessus
13 2 (0.054%) RSA Archer
13 2 (0.054%) Salt
13 2 (0.054%) SCOM
Vendors
1 588 (15.94%) Microsoft
2 164 (4.45%) Oracle
3 155 (4.20%) IBM
4 121 (3.28%) SAP
5 116 (3.14%) ServiceNow
6 109 (2.95%) Salesforce
7 108 (2.93%) Solace
8 94 (2.55%) Google
9 82 (2.22%) VMware
10 76 (2.06%) Cisco
11 43 (1.17%) Rockwell
11 43 (1.17%) Siemens
12 38 (1.03%) Databricks
13 29 (0.79%) Sun
14 26 (0.70%) Red Hat
14 26 (0.70%) Splunk
15 25 (0.68%) Apple
15 25 (0.68%) Meraki
16 24 (0.65%) Citrix
16 24 (0.65%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud