Continuous Improvement Job Trends in Glasgow

Continual Improvement
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Glasgow requiring Continuous Improvement skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 28 18
Rank change year-on-year +14 -10 +28
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 50 42 281
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 7.18% 6.19% 18.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.62% 6.62% 18.75%
Number of salaries quoted 27 21 30
10th Percentile £51,000 £37,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £62,500 £41,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £55,000 £63,250
Median % change year-on-year +45.45% -13.04% +5.42%
75th Percentile £85,000 £67,500 £76,750
90th Percentile - £100,000 £89,250
Scotland median annual salary £71,289 £53,000 £56,318
% change year-on-year +34.51% -5.89% -5.39%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Glasgow

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 Glasgow.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 520 634 1,499
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 74.71% 93.37% 96.27%
Number of salaries quoted 324 280 529
10th Percentile £28,250 £33,650 £28,400
25th Percentile £31,000 £40,563 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,250 £77,600
Scotland median annual salary £42,500 £55,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year -22.73% +6.80% -10.43%

Continuous Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Continuous Improvement job vacancy trend in Glasgow

Continuous Improvement
Salary Trend in Glasgow

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Continuous Improvement.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Continuous Improvement

Continuous Improvement
Salary Histogram in Glasgow

Salary distribution for jobs citing Continuous Improvement in Glasgow over the 6 months to 22 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Continuous Improvement in Glasgow

Continuous Improvement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow 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 6 (12.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.00%) FileNet
2 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (12.00%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (8.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (2.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 8 (16.00%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (12.00%) Azure
3 5 (10.00%) AWS
4 3 (6.00%) Entra ID
4 3 (6.00%) Power Platform
5 2 (4.00%) Mimecast
5 2 (4.00%) SaaS
6 1 (2.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 1 (2.00%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (2.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (2.00%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (2.00%) GitHub
6 1 (2.00%) GitHub Copilot
6 1 (2.00%) IaaS
6 1 (2.00%) PaaS
6 1 (2.00%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (8.00%) SD-WAN
1 4 (8.00%) WAN
2 3 (6.00%) Cisco Wireless
2 3 (6.00%) Wireless
3 1 (2.00%) DHCP
3 1 (2.00%) DNS
3 1 (2.00%) Firewall
3 1 (2.00%) Network Security
3 1 (2.00%) TCP/IP
3 1 (2.00%) Unified Communications
3 1 (2.00%) VLAN
3 1 (2.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 2 (4.00%) Power BI
1 2 (4.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.00%) Apache Cassandra
2 1 (2.00%) MongoDB
2 1 (2.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (2.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (2.00%) JIRA
General
1 25 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 13 (26.00%) Finance
3 11 (22.00%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (10.00%) Financial Institution
4 5 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (8.00%) Manufacturing
5 4 (8.00%) Public Sector
5 4 (8.00%) Retail
6 3 (6.00%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (4.00%) Back Office
7 2 (4.00%) Banking
8 1 (2.00%) Games
8 1 (2.00%) Law
8 1 (2.00%) Legal
8 1 (2.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 12 (24.00%) Architect
2 9 (18.00%) Firmware Architect
2 9 (18.00%) Senior
3 7 (14.00%) Senior Manager
4 6 (12.00%) Analyst
5 5 (10.00%) Head of Data Management
5 5 (10.00%) Head of Risk Management
5 5 (10.00%) IT Manager
6 4 (8.00%) QA Manager
6 4 (8.00%) Quality Manager
6 4 (8.00%) Senior QA Manager
6 4 (8.00%) Senior Quality Manager
7 3 (6.00%) Innovation Manager
7 3 (6.00%) Network Manager
7 3 (6.00%) Software Architect
8 2 (4.00%) IT Analyst
8 2 (4.00%) Quality Analyst
8 2 (4.00%) Senior Service Desk Analyst
8 2 (4.00%) Site Engineer
8 2 (4.00%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.00%) .NET
1 1 (2.00%) .NET Framework
1 1 (2.00%) AngularJS
1 1 (2.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (2.00%) ASP.NET MVC
1 1 (2.00%) Blazor
1 1 (2.00%) Entity Framework
1 1 (2.00%) HTML
1 1 (2.00%) React
1 1 (2.00%) REST
1 1 (2.00%) Vue
1 1 (2.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.00%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (6.00%) Onboarding
3 2 (4.00%) Virtual Team
4 1 (2.00%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (2.00%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.00%) Cyber Security Posture
4 1 (2.00%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (2.00%) Distributed Architecture
4 1 (2.00%) Life Science
4 1 (2.00%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.00%) PKI
4 1 (2.00%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 6 (12.00%) Windows
2 4 (8.00%) Windows 10
3 2 (4.00%) Windows Server
4 1 (2.00%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (38.00%) Customer Experience
2 17 (34.00%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (28.00%) Decision-Making
4 13 (26.00%) AI
4 13 (26.00%) Mentoring
5 9 (18.00%) Agile
5 9 (18.00%) Analytics
5 9 (18.00%) ITIL
6 8 (16.00%) Project Management
6 8 (16.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 7 (14.00%) Change Management
7 7 (14.00%) Risk Management
7 7 (14.00%) Strategic Thinking
8 6 (12.00%) Coaching
8 6 (12.00%) Due Diligence
8 6 (12.00%) Performance Improvement
8 6 (12.00%) Six Sigma
9 5 (10.00%) Continuous Integration
9 5 (10.00%) Lean Six Sigma
9 5 (10.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 9 (18.00%) C++
2 2 (4.00%) Bash
2 2 (4.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (4.00%) Python
2 2 (4.00%) SQL
3 1 (2.00%) C#
3 1 (2.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (2.00%) Java
3 1 (2.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 7 (14.00%) Degree
2 5 (10.00%) AWS Certification
2 5 (10.00%) CRISC
3 4 (8.00%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
4 3 (6.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (6.00%) SC Cleared
4 3 (6.00%) Security Cleared
5 2 (4.00%) CTC Cleared
5 2 (4.00%) MCP
5 2 (4.00%) MCSE
5 2 (4.00%) MOS
6 1 (2.00%) ACCA
6 1 (2.00%) CCNA
6 1 (2.00%) CCNP
6 1 (2.00%) CIMA
6 1 (2.00%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (2.00%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (2.00%) PMI Certification
6 1 (2.00%) PMP
6 1 (2.00%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (14.00%) QA
2 2 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (4.00%) PMO
2 2 (4.00%) SLA
3 1 (2.00%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (2.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (2.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (2.00%) GDPR
3 1 (2.00%) GRC
3 1 (2.00%) NIST
3 1 (2.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 9 (18.00%) Firmware
2 5 (10.00%) Embedded Firmware
3 4 (8.00%) Active Directory
4 1 (2.00%) Docker
4 1 (2.00%) Hyper-V
4 1 (2.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (6.00%) SCCM
2 1 (2.00%) CASB
2 1 (2.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 11 (22.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (14.00%) Cisco
3 6 (12.00%) ServiceNow
4 2 (4.00%) Citrix
4 2 (4.00%) Genesys
5 1 (2.00%) Anaplan
5 1 (2.00%) Avaya
5 1 (2.00%) Datto
5 1 (2.00%) Veeam
5 1 (2.00%) Verint
5 1 (2.00%) VMware