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 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 33 21
Rank change year-on-year +20 -12 +23
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 51 46 152
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 7.30% 6.16% 15.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.43% 6.69% 15.54%
Number of salaries quoted 32 24 28
10th Percentile £44,475 £32,575 £39,175
25th Percentile £62,813 £40,000 £52,500
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 £63,813 £74,250
90th Percentile - £68,375 £92,750
Scotland median annual salary £72,500 £52,750 £57,500
% change year-on-year +37.44% -8.26% -3.40%

All Process and 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 541 688 978
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 77.40% 92.10% 97.41%
Number of salaries quoted 337 322 454
10th Percentile £28,250 £35,000 £28,590
25th Percentile £31,000 £41,250 £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 £74,938 £64,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £92,500 £75,875
Scotland median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -27.27% +4.76% -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 December 2025.

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 4 (7.84%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.96%) FileNet
2 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (9.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (7.84%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (7.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (3.92%) Oracle Payables
1 2 (3.92%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 5 (9.80%) AWS
2 4 (7.84%) Azure
3 2 (3.92%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (3.92%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.96%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 1 (1.96%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (1.96%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 1 (1.96%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.96%) GitHub
4 1 (1.96%) GitHub Copilot
4 1 (1.96%) SaaS
4 1 (1.96%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.84%) SD-WAN
1 4 (7.84%) WAN
2 3 (5.88%) Cisco Wireless
2 3 (5.88%) Wireless
3 1 (1.96%) DHCP
3 1 (1.96%) DNS
3 1 (1.96%) Network Security
3 1 (1.96%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.96%) Unified Communications
3 1 (1.96%) VLAN
3 1 (1.96%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.92%) Azure SQL Database
1 2 (3.92%) Power BI
1 2 (3.92%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.96%) Apache Cassandra
2 1 (1.96%) MongoDB
2 1 (1.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (1.96%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (1.96%) JIRA
General
1 20 (39.22%) Social Skills
2 14 (27.45%) Analytical Skills
2 14 (27.45%) Finance
3 5 (9.80%) Financial Institution
3 5 (9.80%) Presentation Skills
4 4 (7.84%) Manufacturing
5 3 (5.88%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (5.88%) Public Sector
5 3 (5.88%) Retail
6 2 (3.92%) General Ledger
7 1 (1.96%) Games
7 1 (1.96%) Law
7 1 (1.96%) Legal
7 1 (1.96%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 15 (29.41%) Architect
2 12 (23.53%) Firmware Architect
3 9 (17.65%) Senior
4 7 (13.73%) Senior Manager
5 6 (11.76%) Innovation Manager
6 5 (9.80%) Head of Data Management
6 5 (9.80%) Head of Risk Management
7 4 (7.84%) IT Manager
7 4 (7.84%) QA Manager
7 4 (7.84%) Quality Manager
7 4 (7.84%) Senior QA Manager
7 4 (7.84%) Senior Quality Manager
8 3 (5.88%) Network Manager
8 3 (5.88%) Software Architect
9 2 (3.92%) Firmware Engineer
9 2 (3.92%) Project Accountant
9 2 (3.92%) Senior Firmware Engineer
9 2 (3.92%) Senior IT Manager
9 2 (3.92%) Service Manager
9 2 (3.92%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.96%) .NET
1 1 (1.96%) .NET Framework
1 1 (1.96%) AngularJS
1 1 (1.96%) ASP.NET
1 1 (1.96%) ASP.NET MVC
1 1 (1.96%) Blazor
1 1 (1.96%) Entity Framework
1 1 (1.96%) HTML
1 1 (1.96%) React
1 1 (1.96%) REST
1 1 (1.96%) Vue
1 1 (1.96%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.84%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (3.92%) Management Information System
2 2 (3.92%) Virtual Team
3 1 (1.96%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (1.96%) Cloud Native
3 1 (1.96%) Cyber Security Posture
3 1 (1.96%) Distributed Architecture
3 1 (1.96%) Life Science
3 1 (1.96%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.96%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.92%) Windows
1 2 (3.92%) Windows Server
2 1 (1.96%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (43.14%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (39.22%) Customer Experience
3 17 (33.33%) Decision-Making
4 16 (31.37%) AI
5 15 (29.41%) Mentoring
6 11 (21.57%) Stakeholder Management
7 10 (19.61%) Analytics
8 8 (15.69%) Agile
8 8 (15.69%) Data-Driven Decision Making
8 8 (15.69%) Project Management
9 7 (13.73%) Change Management
10 6 (11.76%) Due Diligence
10 6 (11.76%) Risk Management
10 6 (11.76%) Six Sigma
10 6 (11.76%) Strategic Thinking
11 5 (9.80%) CI/CD
11 5 (9.80%) Data Engineering
11 5 (9.80%) DevOps
11 5 (9.80%) Process Improvement
11 5 (9.80%) Scaled Agile Framework
Programming Languages
1 14 (27.45%) C++
2 4 (7.84%) SQL
3 2 (3.92%) Bash
3 2 (3.92%) PowerShell
3 2 (3.92%) Python
4 1 (1.96%) C#
4 1 (1.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (1.96%) Java
4 1 (1.96%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 5 (9.80%) AWS Certification
1 5 (9.80%) CRISC
2 4 (7.84%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
3 3 (5.88%) Degree
4 1 (1.96%) ACCA
4 1 (1.96%) CCNA
4 1 (1.96%) CCNP
4 1 (1.96%) CIMA
4 1 (1.96%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (1.96%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.96%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (1.96%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.96%) PMP
4 1 (1.96%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (9.80%) QA
2 2 (3.92%) PMO
3 1 (1.96%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (1.96%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.96%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (1.96%) GRC
3 1 (1.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 14 (27.45%) Firmware
2 7 (13.73%) Embedded Firmware
3 2 (3.92%) Active Directory
4 1 (1.96%) Docker
4 1 (1.96%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.96%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.96%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (1.96%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (13.73%) Microsoft
2 5 (9.80%) Cisco
3 4 (7.84%) ServiceNow
4 2 (3.92%) Genesys
4 2 (3.92%) Oracle
5 1 (1.96%) Anaplan
5 1 (1.96%) Avaya
5 1 (1.96%) Datto
5 1 (1.96%) Veeam
5 1 (1.96%) Verint
5 1 (1.96%) VMware