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

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 23 18
Rank change year-on-year +9 -5 +43
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 53 32 554
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 6.53% 6.44% 20.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.83% 6.81% 21.57%
Number of salaries quoted 26 18 41
10th Percentile £47,750 £40,700 £28,500
25th Percentile £53,125 £51,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £61,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.95% +13.89% +20.00%
75th Percentile £85,000 £79,063 £63,750
90th Percentile - £103,000 £82,500
Scotland median annual salary £72,500 £60,743 £56,318
% change year-on-year +19.36% +7.86% -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 600 470 2,568
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 73.89% 94.57% 96.51%
Number of salaries quoted 396 234 717
10th Percentile £29,375 £32,875 £28,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £40,188 £39,144
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £100,000 £77,500
Scotland median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -18.18% +4.76% -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 14 March 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 (11.32%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.89%) FileNet
2 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (15.09%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (9.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (7.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (3.77%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.89%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 9 (16.98%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (13.21%) AWS
3 6 (11.32%) Azure
4 3 (5.66%) Entra ID
4 3 (5.66%) Power Platform
5 2 (3.77%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (3.77%) Mimecast
5 2 (3.77%) SaaS
6 1 (1.89%) Amazon Bedrock
6 1 (1.89%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 1 (1.89%) Amazon ECS
6 1 (1.89%) Amazon EKS
6 1 (1.89%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (1.89%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (1.89%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (1.89%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (1.89%) GCP
6 1 (1.89%) IaaS
6 1 (1.89%) PaaS
6 1 (1.89%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.55%) SD-WAN
1 4 (7.55%) WAN
2 3 (5.66%) Cisco Wireless
2 3 (5.66%) Wireless
3 1 (1.89%) DHCP
3 1 (1.89%) DNS
3 1 (1.89%) Firewall
3 1 (1.89%) Network Security
3 1 (1.89%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.89%) Unified Communications
3 1 (1.89%) VLAN
3 1 (1.89%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.77%) Azure SQL Database
1 2 (3.77%) Power BI
1 2 (3.77%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (1.89%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (1.89%) GitLab
1 1 (1.89%) Jenkins
1 1 (1.89%) JIRA
General
1 32 (60.38%) Social Skills
2 20 (37.74%) Finance
3 18 (33.96%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (11.32%) Manufacturing
5 5 (9.43%) Financial Institution
5 5 (9.43%) Presentation Skills
5 5 (9.43%) Public Sector
5 5 (9.43%) Retail
6 4 (7.55%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (5.66%) Banking
8 2 (3.77%) Back Office
9 1 (1.89%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.89%) Corporate Banking
9 1 (1.89%) Games
9 1 (1.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.89%) Law
9 1 (1.89%) Marketing
9 1 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.89%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (1.89%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 10 (18.87%) Senior
2 8 (15.09%) Analyst
2 8 (15.09%) Senior Manager
3 7 (13.21%) Architect
4 6 (11.32%) IT Manager
5 5 (9.43%) Head of Data Management
5 5 (9.43%) Head of Risk Management
6 4 (7.55%) Firmware Architect
6 4 (7.55%) Head of QA
6 4 (7.55%) QA Manager
6 4 (7.55%) Quality Manager
6 4 (7.55%) Senior QA Manager
6 4 (7.55%) Senior Quality Manager
7 3 (5.66%) Business Analyst
7 3 (5.66%) IT Analyst
7 3 (5.66%) Network Manager
7 3 (5.66%) Software Architect
8 2 (3.77%) Applications Manager
8 2 (3.77%) Cybersecurity Manager
8 2 (3.77%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.89%) HTML
1 1 (1.89%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.43%) Analytical Mindset
1 5 (9.43%) Onboarding
2 4 (7.55%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (3.77%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (3.77%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.77%) Security Posture
3 2 (3.77%) Virtual Team
4 1 (1.89%) Cyber Security Posture
4 1 (1.89%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.89%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.89%) Life Science
4 1 (1.89%) PKI
4 1 (1.89%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 6 (11.32%) Windows
2 4 (7.55%) Windows 10
3 2 (3.77%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.89%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (39.62%) Customer Experience
2 16 (30.19%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (22.64%) AI
3 12 (22.64%) Change Management
3 12 (22.64%) Decision-Making
3 12 (22.64%) ITIL
4 11 (20.75%) Analytics
5 10 (18.87%) Agile
5 10 (18.87%) Project Management
6 9 (16.98%) Risk Management
6 9 (16.98%) Service Delivery
6 9 (16.98%) Strategic Thinking
7 8 (15.09%) Quality Management
8 7 (13.21%) Mentoring
8 7 (13.21%) Six Sigma
8 7 (13.21%) Stakeholder Management
9 6 (11.32%) Coaching
9 6 (11.32%) Data Engineering
9 6 (11.32%) DevOps
9 6 (11.32%) Performance Improvement
Programming Languages
1 4 (7.55%) C++
2 2 (3.77%) Bash
2 2 (3.77%) PowerShell
2 2 (3.77%) Python
2 2 (3.77%) SQL
3 1 (1.89%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (1.89%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 6 (11.32%) CRISC
1 6 (11.32%) Degree
2 5 (9.43%) AWS Certification
3 4 (7.55%) IRCA
3 4 (7.55%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
4 3 (5.66%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (5.66%) SC Cleared
4 3 (5.66%) Security Cleared
5 2 (3.77%) CTC Cleared
5 2 (3.77%) MCSE
5 2 (3.77%) Microsoft Certified Professional
5 2 (3.77%) MOS
6 1 (1.89%) ACCA
6 1 (1.89%) CCNA
6 1 (1.89%) CCNP
6 1 (1.89%) CIMA
6 1 (1.89%) CISM
6 1 (1.89%) Network+ Certification
6 1 (1.89%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.89%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (20.75%) QA
2 5 (9.43%) GDPR
3 4 (7.55%) ISO 9001
4 2 (3.77%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (3.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (3.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (3.77%) NIST
4 2 (3.77%) SLA
5 1 (1.89%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (1.89%) GRC
5 1 (1.89%) PCI DSS
5 1 (1.89%) PMO
System Software
1 4 (7.55%) Active Directory
1 4 (7.55%) Embedded Firmware
1 4 (7.55%) Firmware
2 1 (1.89%) Docker
2 1 (1.89%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.89%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (5.66%) SCCM
2 1 (1.89%) CASB
2 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.89%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (1.89%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (24.53%) Microsoft
2 7 (13.21%) Cisco
3 5 (9.43%) ServiceNow
4 2 (3.77%) Citrix
4 2 (3.77%) Genesys
5 1 (1.89%) Anaplan
5 1 (1.89%) Avaya
5 1 (1.89%) Datto
5 1 (1.89%) Epicor
5 1 (1.89%) Oracle
5 1 (1.89%) SAP
5 1 (1.89%) Veeam
5 1 (1.89%) Verint
5 1 (1.89%) VMware