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 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 14 25 18
Rank change year-on-year +11 -7 +24
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 47 46 220
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 7.01% 6.64% 16.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.36% 7.15% 17.42%
Number of salaries quoted 26 24 28
10th Percentile £46,375 £38,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £63,125 £45,875 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £55,000 £58,750
Median % change year-on-year +45.45% -6.38% -2.08%
75th Percentile £85,000 £64,875 £74,250
90th Percentile - £90,625 £92,750
Scotland median annual salary £70,079 £55,000 £55,659
% change year-on-year +27.42% -1.18% -6.50%

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 502 643 1,263
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 74.93% 92.78% 96.19%
Number of salaries quoted 312 285 494
10th Percentile £28,250 £33,150 £28,860
25th Percentile £31,000 £40,750 £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 £72,500 £64,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £77,500
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 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 14 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 5 (10.64%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.13%) FileNet
2 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (10.64%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (10.64%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (8.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.13%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (2.13%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 5 (10.64%) AWS
1 5 (10.64%) Azure
2 4 (8.51%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (4.26%) Entra ID
3 2 (4.26%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.13%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 1 (2.13%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (2.13%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 1 (2.13%) GitHub
4 1 (2.13%) GitHub Copilot
4 1 (2.13%) Mimecast
4 1 (2.13%) SaaS
4 1 (2.13%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (8.51%) SD-WAN
1 4 (8.51%) WAN
2 3 (6.38%) Cisco Wireless
2 3 (6.38%) Wireless
3 1 (2.13%) DHCP
3 1 (2.13%) DNS
3 1 (2.13%) Network Security
3 1 (2.13%) TCP/IP
3 1 (2.13%) Unified Communications
3 1 (2.13%) VLAN
3 1 (2.13%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.26%) Azure SQL Database
1 2 (4.26%) Power BI
1 2 (4.26%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.13%) Apache Cassandra
2 1 (2.13%) MongoDB
2 1 (2.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (2.13%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (2.13%) JIRA
General
1 22 (46.81%) Social Skills
2 13 (27.66%) Finance
3 11 (23.40%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (10.64%) Financial Institution
4 5 (10.64%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (8.51%) Manufacturing
6 3 (6.38%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (6.38%) Public Sector
6 3 (6.38%) Retail
7 2 (4.26%) Banking
8 1 (2.13%) Back Office
8 1 (2.13%) Games
8 1 (2.13%) General Ledger
8 1 (2.13%) Law
8 1 (2.13%) Legal
8 1 (2.13%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 12 (25.53%) Architect
2 9 (19.15%) Firmware Architect
3 8 (17.02%) Senior
4 7 (14.89%) Senior Manager
5 5 (10.64%) Head of Data Management
5 5 (10.64%) Head of Risk Management
6 4 (8.51%) Analyst
6 4 (8.51%) Innovation Manager
6 4 (8.51%) IT Manager
6 4 (8.51%) QA Manager
6 4 (8.51%) Quality Manager
6 4 (8.51%) Senior QA Manager
6 4 (8.51%) Senior Quality Manager
7 3 (6.38%) Network Manager
7 3 (6.38%) Software Architect
8 2 (4.26%) QA Analyst
8 2 (4.26%) Quality Analyst
8 2 (4.26%) Senior IT Manager
8 2 (4.26%) Service Manager
8 2 (4.26%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.13%) .NET
1 1 (2.13%) .NET Framework
1 1 (2.13%) AngularJS
1 1 (2.13%) ASP.NET
1 1 (2.13%) ASP.NET MVC
1 1 (2.13%) Blazor
1 1 (2.13%) Entity Framework
1 1 (2.13%) HTML
1 1 (2.13%) React
1 1 (2.13%) REST
1 1 (2.13%) Vue
1 1 (2.13%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.51%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (4.26%) Onboarding
2 2 (4.26%) Virtual Team
3 1 (2.13%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (2.13%) Cloud Native
3 1 (2.13%) Cyber Security Posture
3 1 (2.13%) Distributed Architecture
3 1 (2.13%) Life Science
3 1 (2.13%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.13%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 4 (8.51%) Windows
2 2 (4.26%) Windows 10
2 2 (4.26%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.13%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (40.43%) Customer Experience
2 18 (38.30%) Problem-Solving
3 15 (31.91%) Decision-Making
4 14 (29.79%) AI
5 12 (25.53%) Mentoring
6 9 (19.15%) Analytics
6 9 (19.15%) Stakeholder Management
7 8 (17.02%) Agile
7 8 (17.02%) Project Management
8 7 (14.89%) Change Management
9 6 (12.77%) Coaching
9 6 (12.77%) Data-Driven Decision Making
9 6 (12.77%) Due Diligence
9 6 (12.77%) ITIL
9 6 (12.77%) Risk Management
9 6 (12.77%) Six Sigma
9 6 (12.77%) Strategic Thinking
10 5 (10.64%) Data Engineering
10 5 (10.64%) Emotional Intelligence
10 5 (10.64%) Scaled Agile Framework
Programming Languages
1 9 (19.15%) C++
2 3 (6.38%) SQL
3 2 (4.26%) Bash
3 2 (4.26%) PowerShell
3 2 (4.26%) Python
4 1 (2.13%) C#
4 1 (2.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (2.13%) Java
4 1 (2.13%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 5 (10.64%) AWS Certification
1 5 (10.64%) CRISC
1 5 (10.64%) Degree
2 4 (8.51%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
3 2 (4.26%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (2.13%) ACCA
4 1 (2.13%) CCNA
4 1 (2.13%) CCNP
4 1 (2.13%) CIMA
4 1 (2.13%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (2.13%) CTC Cleared
4 1 (2.13%) MCP
4 1 (2.13%) MCSE
4 1 (2.13%) MOS
4 1 (2.13%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (2.13%) PMI Certification
4 1 (2.13%) PMP
4 1 (2.13%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.13%) Security Cleared
4 1 (2.13%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (14.89%) QA
2 2 (4.26%) PMO
3 1 (2.13%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (2.13%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (2.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (2.13%) GRC
3 1 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.13%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (19.15%) Firmware
2 5 (10.64%) Embedded Firmware
3 3 (6.38%) Active Directory
4 1 (2.13%) Docker
4 1 (2.13%) Hyper-V
4 1 (2.13%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (4.26%) SCCM
2 1 (2.13%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 8 (17.02%) Microsoft
2 6 (12.77%) Cisco
3 5 (10.64%) ServiceNow
4 2 (4.26%) Genesys
5 1 (2.13%) Anaplan
5 1 (2.13%) Avaya
5 1 (2.13%) Citrix
5 1 (2.13%) Datto
5 1 (2.13%) Oracle
5 1 (2.13%) Veeam
5 1 (2.13%) Verint
5 1 (2.13%) VMware