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

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 16 17
Rank change year-on-year +4 +1 +43
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 67 112 665
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 6.15% 15.91% 21.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.24% 17.26% 23.37%
Number of salaries quoted 33 31 58
10th Percentile £31,800 £44,000 £39,775
25th Percentile £46,250 £63,750 £40,913
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £80,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -31.25% +48.15% +18.08%
75th Percentile £62,500 £85,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £95,000 £83,250
Scotland median annual salary £50,000 £67,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -25.93% +22.73% -9.12%

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 813 649 2,846
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 74.66% 92.19% 93.93%
Number of salaries quoted 498 259 793
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,313 £37,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +6.48% -1.82%
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
Scotland median annual salary £48,500 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +2.11% -9.52% -4.55%

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 July 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 (2.99%) IIS
2 1 (1.49%) Confluence
2 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.49%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (2.99%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (2.99%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.49%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (4.48%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (2.99%) SAP ERP
3 1 (1.49%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 13 (19.40%) Azure
2 8 (11.94%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (5.97%) AWS
3 4 (5.97%) Dynamics 365
3 4 (5.97%) Power Platform
3 4 (5.97%) Serverless
4 3 (4.48%) Azure Functions
4 3 (4.48%) Azure Logic Apps
4 3 (4.48%) Azure Service Bus
5 2 (2.99%) GCP
5 2 (2.99%) PaaS
6 1 (1.49%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 1 (1.49%) Amazon S3
6 1 (1.49%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (1.49%) Datadog
6 1 (1.49%) GitHub
6 1 (1.49%) IaaS
6 1 (1.49%) OneDrive
6 1 (1.49%) SaaS
6 1 (1.49%) Sumo Logic
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.49%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.48%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.99%) BusinessObjects
2 2 (2.99%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (2.99%) SAP BW
3 1 (1.49%) Oracle Exadata
3 1 (1.49%) Power BI
3 1 (1.49%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (5.97%) Git
2 3 (4.48%) JIRA
3 2 (2.99%) GitLab
3 2 (2.99%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.49%) Cucumber
4 1 (1.49%) IntelliJ
4 1 (1.49%) JUnit
4 1 (1.49%) Maven
4 1 (1.49%) Mockito
4 1 (1.49%) SonarQube
General
1 31 (46.27%) Social Skills
2 24 (35.82%) Finance
3 20 (29.85%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (8.96%) Banking
5 5 (7.46%) Manufacturing
6 4 (5.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (5.97%) Public Sector
7 3 (4.48%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (2.99%) Law
8 2 (2.99%) Private Banking
8 2 (2.99%) Publishing
8 2 (2.99%) Retail
9 1 (1.49%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.49%) Corporate Banking
9 1 (1.49%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.49%) Legal
9 1 (1.49%) Marketing
9 1 (1.49%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (17.91%) Developer
2 11 (16.42%) Analyst
3 8 (11.94%) RPG Developer
3 8 (11.94%) Senior
4 6 (8.96%) Head of QA
4 6 (8.96%) IT Director
4 6 (8.96%) IT Manager
5 5 (7.46%) Business Analyst
5 5 (7.46%) Lead
6 4 (5.97%) Applications Support
6 4 (5.97%) Support Analyst
7 3 (4.48%) Product Owner
7 3 (4.48%) Senior Developer
8 2 (2.99%) Product Analyst
8 2 (2.99%) SAP Basis Support
8 2 (2.99%) SAP Support
8 2 (2.99%) Software Analyst
8 2 (2.99%) Software Engineer
8 2 (2.99%) Software Support Analyst
8 2 (2.99%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (8.96%) .NET
2 3 (4.48%) RESTful
3 2 (2.99%) Hugging Face
3 2 (2.99%) PyTorch
3 2 (2.99%) SAP Basis
3 2 (2.99%) SAP Fiori
4 1 (1.49%) Android SDK
4 1 (1.49%) CSS
4 1 (1.49%) CSS3
4 1 (1.49%) HTML
4 1 (1.49%) HTML5
4 1 (1.49%) Middleware
4 1 (1.49%) React
4 1 (1.49%) Spring
4 1 (1.49%) Spring Batch
4 1 (1.49%) Spring Boot
4 1 (1.49%) Spring Cloud
4 1 (1.49%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 9 (13.43%) AS400
2 6 (8.96%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (4.48%) Onboarding
3 3 (4.48%) Product Ownership
4 2 (2.99%) AI Agents
4 2 (2.99%) Algorithms
4 2 (2.99%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (2.99%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.49%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.49%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.49%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.49%) Enterprise Cloud
5 1 (1.49%) FMCG
5 1 (1.49%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.49%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.49%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.49%) Replication
5 1 (1.49%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.49%) VLE
Operating Systems
1 6 (8.96%) Windows
2 3 (4.48%) Windows Server
3 2 (2.99%) Linux
4 1 (1.49%) AIX
4 1 (1.49%) Android
4 1 (1.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (1.49%) Solaris
4 1 (1.49%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (38.81%) Problem-Solving
2 23 (34.33%) ITIL
3 17 (25.37%) Mentoring
4 15 (22.39%) Analytics
4 15 (22.39%) Service Delivery
5 13 (19.40%) Change Management
6 11 (16.42%) Root Cause Analysis
7 10 (14.93%) Agile
7 10 (14.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 9 (13.43%) Collaborative Culture
8 9 (13.43%) Stakeholder Management
9 8 (11.94%) Customer Experience
10 7 (10.45%) Commercial Awareness
10 7 (10.45%) PRINCE2
10 7 (10.45%) Roadmaps
11 6 (8.96%) Business Development
11 6 (8.96%) Data Analytics
11 6 (8.96%) Quality Management
11 6 (8.96%) Service Management
11 6 (8.96%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 9 (13.43%) RPG
2 7 (10.45%) Python
3 6 (8.96%) C#
3 6 (8.96%) JavaScript
4 3 (4.48%) Java
4 3 (4.48%) TypeScript
5 2 (2.99%) PowerShell
5 2 (2.99%) SQL
6 1 (1.49%) Bash
6 1 (1.49%) Kotlin
6 1 (1.49%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (26.87%) Degree
2 6 (8.96%) IRCA
3 3 (4.48%) CSPO
3 3 (4.48%) Security Cleared
4 2 (2.99%) PhD
5 1 (1.49%) CISM
5 1 (1.49%) CISSP
5 1 (1.49%) CRISC
5 1 (1.49%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (14.93%) QA
2 6 (8.96%) GDPR
2 6 (8.96%) ISO 9001
3 2 (2.99%) Accessibility
3 2 (2.99%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (2.99%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (2.99%) NIST
4 1 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 4 (5.97%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.99%) Hyper-V
2 2 (2.99%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.49%) Docker
3 1 (1.49%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (1.49%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (1.49%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 3 (4.48%) Terraform
2 2 (2.99%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.49%) Data Guard
3 1 (1.49%) FortiGate
3 1 (1.49%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 1 (1.49%) Oracle Flashback
Vendors
1 12 (17.91%) Microsoft
2 9 (13.43%) IBM
3 4 (5.97%) VMware
4 3 (4.48%) Oracle
4 3 (4.48%) SAP
5 1 (1.49%) Alteryx
5 1 (1.49%) Cisco
5 1 (1.49%) Citrix
5 1 (1.49%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (1.49%) Dynatrace
5 1 (1.49%) Epicor
5 1 (1.49%) Google
5 1 (1.49%) Rapid7
5 1 (1.49%) Red Hat
5 1 (1.49%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.49%) Veeam