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

6 months to
4 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 19 20
Rank change year-on-year +5 +1 +51
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 56 28 861
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 6.61% 6.73% 23.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.18% 7.25% 24.50%
Number of salaries quoted 28 17 48
10th Percentile £34,350 £40,600 £28,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £51,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £60,500 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.89% +16.35% +15.56%
75th Percentile £85,000 £96,250 £72,500
90th Percentile - £107,000 £83,250
Scotland median annual salary £52,850 £60,743 £55,380
% change year-on-year -12.99% +9.68% -7.70%

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 610 386 3,515
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 72.02% 92.79% 96.83%
Number of salaries quoted 391 211 781
10th Percentile £29,375 £33,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £41,875 £41,250
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 £87,500 £100,000 £77,500
Scotland median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -18.18% +4.76% -11.80%

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 4 April 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 (8.93%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (5.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (3.57%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.79%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 13 (23.21%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (8.93%) AWS
2 5 (8.93%) Azure
3 3 (5.36%) Power Platform
4 2 (3.57%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (3.57%) Entra ID
4 2 (3.57%) Mimecast
4 2 (3.57%) SaaS
5 1 (1.79%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 1 (1.79%) Amazon ECS
5 1 (1.79%) Amazon EKS
5 1 (1.79%) Amazon S3
5 1 (1.79%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (1.79%) AWS Lambda
5 1 (1.79%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (1.79%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 1 (1.79%) GCP
5 1 (1.79%) IaaS
5 1 (1.79%) PaaS
5 1 (1.79%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.14%) SD-WAN
1 4 (7.14%) WAN
2 3 (5.36%) Cisco Wireless
2 3 (5.36%) Wireless
3 1 (1.79%) DHCP
3 1 (1.79%) DNS
3 1 (1.79%) Firewall
3 1 (1.79%) Network Security
3 1 (1.79%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.79%) Unified Communications
3 1 (1.79%) VLAN
3 1 (1.79%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.57%) Power BI
2 1 (1.79%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (1.79%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (1.79%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (1.79%) GitLab
1 1 (1.79%) Jenkins
1 1 (1.79%) JIRA
General
1 39 (69.64%) Social Skills
2 24 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (35.71%) Finance
4 7 (12.50%) Manufacturing
5 5 (8.93%) Banking
5 5 (8.93%) Public Sector
5 5 (8.93%) Retail
6 4 (7.14%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (5.36%) Financial Institution
8 2 (3.57%) Back Office
8 2 (3.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.79%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.79%) Corporate Banking
9 1 (1.79%) Games
9 1 (1.79%) Law
9 1 (1.79%) Legal
9 1 (1.79%) Marketing
9 1 (1.79%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.79%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 11 (19.64%) IT Manager
2 9 (16.07%) Senior
3 8 (14.29%) Analyst
4 7 (12.50%) Senior Manager
5 6 (10.71%) Head of QA
6 5 (8.93%) Architect
7 3 (5.36%) Business Analyst
7 3 (5.36%) Head of Data Management
7 3 (5.36%) Head of Risk Management
7 3 (5.36%) IT Analyst
7 3 (5.36%) Network Manager
7 3 (5.36%) QA Manager
7 3 (5.36%) Quality Manager
7 3 (5.36%) Senior QA Manager
7 3 (5.36%) Senior Quality Manager
7 3 (5.36%) Support Engineer
8 2 (3.57%) Cybersecurity Manager
8 2 (3.57%) Quality Analyst
8 2 (3.57%) Service Analyst
8 2 (3.57%) Site Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (12.50%) Analytical Mindset
2 6 (10.71%) Onboarding
3 3 (5.36%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (3.57%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (3.57%) Management Information System
4 2 (3.57%) Security Posture
4 2 (3.57%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.79%) Cyber Security Posture
5 1 (1.79%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.79%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.79%) FMCG
5 1 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.79%) Life Science
5 1 (1.79%) PKI
5 1 (1.79%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 5 (8.93%) Windows
2 4 (7.14%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.79%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.79%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (35.71%) Customer Experience
2 17 (30.36%) Change Management
3 16 (28.57%) ITIL
3 16 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
4 13 (23.21%) Analytics
5 12 (21.43%) Service Delivery
6 10 (17.86%) AI
6 10 (17.86%) Decision-Making
7 9 (16.07%) Project Management
7 9 (16.07%) Quality Management
7 9 (16.07%) Strategic Thinking
8 8 (14.29%) Actionable Insight
8 8 (14.29%) Agile
8 8 (14.29%) Risk Management
8 8 (14.29%) Root Cause Analysis
9 7 (12.50%) Coaching
9 7 (12.50%) PRINCE2
9 7 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 7 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
10 6 (10.71%) Six Sigma
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.57%) C++
1 2 (3.57%) Python
2 1 (1.79%) Bash
2 1 (1.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 1 (1.79%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.79%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (17.86%) Degree
2 6 (10.71%) IRCA
3 4 (7.14%) CRISC
4 3 (5.36%) AWS Certification
4 3 (5.36%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (5.36%) SC Cleared
4 3 (5.36%) Security Cleared
4 3 (5.36%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
5 2 (3.57%) CTC Cleared
5 2 (3.57%) MCSE
5 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Certified Professional
5 2 (3.57%) MOS
6 1 (1.79%) ACCA
6 1 (1.79%) CCNA
6 1 (1.79%) CCNP
6 1 (1.79%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (1.79%) CSPO
6 1 (1.79%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.79%) PMP
6 1 (1.79%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (23.21%) QA
2 7 (12.50%) GDPR
3 6 (10.71%) ISO 9001
4 3 (5.36%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (5.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (3.57%) NIST
5 2 (3.57%) SLA
6 1 (1.79%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (1.79%) GRC
6 1 (1.79%) PCI DSS
6 1 (1.79%) PMO
System Software
1 7 (12.50%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.57%) Embedded Firmware
2 2 (3.57%) Firmware
2 2 (3.57%) Hyper-V
2 2 (3.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.79%) Docker
3 1 (1.79%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 3 (5.36%) SCCM
2 1 (1.79%) CASB
2 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.79%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (1.79%) Terraform
Vendors
1 17 (30.36%) Microsoft
2 7 (12.50%) Cisco
3 5 (8.93%) ServiceNow
4 2 (3.57%) Citrix
4 2 (3.57%) Genesys
4 2 (3.57%) VMware
5 1 (1.79%) Anaplan
5 1 (1.79%) Avaya
5 1 (1.79%) Datto
5 1 (1.79%) Epicor
5 1 (1.79%) Oracle
5 1 (1.79%) SAP
5 1 (1.79%) Veeam
5 1 (1.79%) Verint