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

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 21 19
Rank change year-on-year -2 -2 +59
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 47 27 895
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 4.83% 6.41% 23.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.79% 6.89% 24.53%
Number of salaries quoted 25 17 55
10th Percentile £30,200 £40,600 £28,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £52,500 £40,400
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +20.37% +16.76%
75th Percentile £75,000 £96,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,000 £107,000 £84,000
Scotland median annual salary £48,000 £60,743 £55,380
% change year-on-year -20.98% +9.68% -8.49%

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 692 392 3,648
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 71.12% 93.11% 96.53%
Number of salaries quoted 445 207 802
10th Percentile £29,375 £34,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +13.21% -3.64%
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £98,400 £77,950
Scotland median annual salary £46,788 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.93% +4.76% -8.94%

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 30 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 2 (4.26%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.13%) Confluence
2 1 (2.13%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (8.51%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.26%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (2.13%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 13 (27.66%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (12.77%) Azure
3 2 (4.26%) AWS
3 2 (4.26%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (4.26%) Entra ID
3 2 (4.26%) IaaS
3 2 (4.26%) Mimecast
3 2 (4.26%) PaaS
3 2 (4.26%) Power Platform
3 2 (4.26%) SaaS
4 1 (2.13%) Amazon Bedrock
4 1 (2.13%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 1 (2.13%) Amazon ECS
4 1 (2.13%) Amazon EKS
4 1 (2.13%) AWS CloudFormation
4 1 (2.13%) AWS Lambda
4 1 (2.13%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 1 (2.13%) GCP
4 1 (2.13%) OCI
4 1 (2.13%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.38%) Cisco Wireless
1 3 (6.38%) SD-WAN
1 3 (6.38%) WAN
1 3 (6.38%) Wireless
2 1 (2.13%) Firewall
2 1 (2.13%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.26%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.13%) Oracle Exadata
2 1 (2.13%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (2.13%) Power BI
2 1 (2.13%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (4.26%) JIRA
2 1 (2.13%) Git
2 1 (2.13%) GitLab
2 1 (2.13%) Jenkins
General
1 35 (74.47%) Social Skills
2 23 (48.94%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (31.91%) Finance
4 7 (14.89%) Manufacturing
5 6 (12.77%) Banking
5 6 (12.77%) Retail
6 5 (10.64%) Public Sector
7 4 (8.51%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (4.26%) Back Office
8 2 (4.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (4.26%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (2.13%) Aerospace
9 1 (2.13%) Corporate Banking
9 1 (2.13%) Games
9 1 (2.13%) Law
9 1 (2.13%) Legal
9 1 (2.13%) Marketing
9 1 (2.13%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (2.13%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (2.13%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 11 (23.40%) IT Manager
2 9 (19.15%) Analyst
3 8 (17.02%) Senior
4 6 (12.77%) Head of QA
5 4 (8.51%) Senior Manager
6 3 (6.38%) Business Analyst
6 3 (6.38%) IT Analyst
6 3 (6.38%) Network Manager
6 3 (6.38%) Senior Analyst
6 3 (6.38%) Support Engineer
7 2 (4.26%) Applications Manager
7 2 (4.26%) Cybersecurity Manager
7 2 (4.26%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 2 (4.26%) QA Analyst
7 2 (4.26%) Quality Analyst
7 2 (4.26%) Security Manager
7 2 (4.26%) Senior IT Manager
7 2 (4.26%) Senior Service Desk Analyst
7 2 (4.26%) Service Analyst
7 2 (4.26%) Site Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.13%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 6 (12.77%) Analytical Mindset
2 5 (10.64%) Onboarding
3 2 (4.26%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (4.26%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.26%) Security Posture
3 2 (4.26%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.13%) Cyber Security Posture
4 1 (2.13%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (2.13%) Driving Licence
4 1 (2.13%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.13%) FMCG
4 1 (2.13%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.13%) Life Science
4 1 (2.13%) PKI
4 1 (2.13%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.13%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (14.89%) Windows
2 4 (8.51%) Windows 10
3 1 (2.13%) AIX
3 1 (2.13%) Linux
3 1 (2.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (2.13%) Solaris
3 1 (2.13%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (36.17%) ITIL
2 15 (31.91%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (29.79%) Change Management
4 13 (27.66%) Service Delivery
5 12 (25.53%) Analytics
6 11 (23.40%) Customer Experience
7 9 (19.15%) Root Cause Analysis
8 8 (17.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 8 (17.02%) Strategic Thinking
9 7 (14.89%) Actionable Insight
9 7 (14.89%) Customer Service
9 7 (14.89%) PRINCE2
9 7 (14.89%) Service Management
10 6 (12.77%) Agile
10 6 (12.77%) Anti-Money Laundering
10 6 (12.77%) Cybersecurity
10 6 (12.77%) Problem Management
10 6 (12.77%) Quality Management
11 5 (10.64%) Business Strategy
11 5 (10.64%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.26%) Python
2 1 (2.13%) Bash
2 1 (2.13%) C#
2 1 (2.13%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.13%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (19.15%) Degree
2 6 (12.77%) IRCA
3 3 (6.38%) SC Cleared
3 3 (6.38%) Security Cleared
4 2 (4.26%) CTC Cleared
4 2 (4.26%) MCSE
4 2 (4.26%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (4.26%) Microsoft Certified Professional
4 2 (4.26%) MOS
5 1 (2.13%) ACCA
5 1 (2.13%) CIMA
5 1 (2.13%) CISM
5 1 (2.13%) CISSP
5 1 (2.13%) CRISC
5 1 (2.13%) CSPO
5 1 (2.13%) PMI Certification
5 1 (2.13%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (19.15%) QA
2 7 (14.89%) GDPR
3 6 (12.77%) ISO 9001
4 3 (6.38%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (6.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (4.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (4.26%) NIST
5 2 (4.26%) SLA
6 1 (2.13%) GRC
6 1 (2.13%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 6 (12.77%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.13%) Docker
2 1 (2.13%) Hyper-V
2 1 (2.13%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (2.13%) VirtualBox
2 1 (2.13%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (6.38%) SCCM
2 1 (2.13%) CASB
2 1 (2.13%) Data Guard
2 1 (2.13%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 1 (2.13%) Oracle Flashback
2 1 (2.13%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (2.13%) Terraform
Vendors
1 15 (31.91%) Microsoft
2 6 (12.77%) Cisco
2 6 (12.77%) ServiceNow
3 2 (4.26%) Citrix
3 2 (4.26%) Genesys
3 2 (4.26%) Oracle
3 2 (4.26%) VMware
4 1 (2.13%) Anaplan
4 1 (2.13%) Avaya
4 1 (2.13%) Dynatrace
4 1 (2.13%) Epicor
4 1 (2.13%) Red Hat
4 1 (2.13%) SAP
4 1 (2.13%) Verint