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

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 22 19
Rank change year-on-year +3 -3 +59
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 53 26 864
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 5.71% 6.25% 23.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.95% 6.74% 24.30%
Number of salaries quoted 27 16 51
10th Percentile £31,800 £40,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £52,188 £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 £76,250 £97,188 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £107,500 £85,000
Scotland median annual salary £49,250 £60,743 £56,318
% change year-on-year -18.92% +7.86% -6.94%

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 667 386 3,556
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 71.80% 92.79% 96.58%
Number of salaries quoted 428 208 801
10th Percentile £29,263 £34,625 £31,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £68,125 £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% -9.19%

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 18 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 3 (5.66%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.89%) Confluence
2 1 (1.89%) IIS
2 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (9.43%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.77%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.89%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 14 (26.42%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (15.09%) Azure
3 3 (5.66%) AWS
3 3 (5.66%) Power Platform
4 2 (3.77%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (3.77%) Entra ID
4 2 (3.77%) IaaS
4 2 (3.77%) Mimecast
4 2 (3.77%) PaaS
4 2 (3.77%) SaaS
5 1 (1.89%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 1 (1.89%) Amazon ECS
5 1 (1.89%) Amazon EKS
5 1 (1.89%) Amazon S3
5 1 (1.89%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (1.89%) AWS Lambda
5 1 (1.89%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (1.89%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.89%) GCP
5 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 3 (5.66%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.77%) Power BI
3 1 (1.89%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (1.89%) Oracle Exadata
3 1 (1.89%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (1.89%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (5.66%) JIRA
2 1 (1.89%) Git
2 1 (1.89%) GitLab
2 1 (1.89%) Jenkins
General
1 39 (73.58%) Social Skills
2 25 (47.17%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (33.96%) Finance
4 7 (13.21%) Manufacturing
5 6 (11.32%) Banking
5 6 (11.32%) Public Sector
5 6 (11.32%) Retail
6 4 (7.55%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (5.66%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (3.77%) Back Office
8 2 (3.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.89%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.89%) Corporate Banking
9 1 (1.89%) Financial Institution
9 1 (1.89%) Games
9 1 (1.89%) Law
9 1 (1.89%) Legal
9 1 (1.89%) Marketing
9 1 (1.89%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (1.89%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 11 (20.75%) IT Manager
2 10 (18.87%) Analyst
3 9 (16.98%) Senior
4 6 (11.32%) Head of QA
5 5 (9.43%) Senior Manager
6 3 (5.66%) Architect
6 3 (5.66%) Business Analyst
6 3 (5.66%) IT Analyst
6 3 (5.66%) Network Manager
6 3 (5.66%) Senior Analyst
6 3 (5.66%) Support Engineer
7 2 (3.77%) Applications Manager
7 2 (3.77%) Cybersecurity Manager
7 2 (3.77%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 2 (3.77%) QA Analyst
7 2 (3.77%) Quality Analyst
7 2 (3.77%) Security Manager
7 2 (3.77%) Senior IT Manager
7 2 (3.77%) Service Desk Analyst
7 2 (3.77%) Site Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.89%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 7 (13.21%) Analytical Mindset
2 6 (11.32%) Onboarding
3 3 (5.66%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (3.77%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (3.77%) Management Information System
4 2 (3.77%) Security Posture
4 2 (3.77%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.89%) Cyber Security Posture
5 1 (1.89%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.89%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.89%) FMCG
5 1 (1.89%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.89%) Life Science
5 1 (1.89%) PKI
5 1 (1.89%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 8 (15.09%) Windows
2 4 (7.55%) Windows 10
3 2 (3.77%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.89%) AIX
4 1 (1.89%) Linux
4 1 (1.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (1.89%) Solaris
4 1 (1.89%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (33.96%) ITIL
2 16 (30.19%) Problem-Solving
3 15 (28.30%) Change Management
3 15 (28.30%) Customer Experience
4 14 (26.42%) Analytics
5 13 (24.53%) Service Delivery
6 9 (16.98%) AI
6 9 (16.98%) Root Cause Analysis
6 9 (16.98%) Strategic Thinking
7 8 (15.09%) Actionable Insight
7 8 (15.09%) Decision-Making
8 7 (13.21%) Agile
8 7 (13.21%) Customer Service
8 7 (13.21%) PRINCE2
8 7 (13.21%) Project Management
8 7 (13.21%) Quality Management
8 7 (13.21%) Service Management
8 7 (13.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 6 (11.32%) Risk Management
9 6 (11.32%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.66%) Python
2 2 (3.77%) Bash
2 2 (3.77%) PowerShell
2 2 (3.77%) SQL
3 1 (1.89%) C#
3 1 (1.89%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 10 (18.87%) Degree
2 6 (11.32%) IRCA
3 3 (5.66%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (5.66%) SC Cleared
3 3 (5.66%) Security Cleared
4 2 (3.77%) CRISC
4 2 (3.77%) CTC Cleared
4 2 (3.77%) MCSE
4 2 (3.77%) Microsoft Certified Professional
4 2 (3.77%) MOS
5 1 (1.89%) ACCA
5 1 (1.89%) CCNA
5 1 (1.89%) CCNP
5 1 (1.89%) CIMA
5 1 (1.89%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.89%) CISM
5 1 (1.89%) CISSP
5 1 (1.89%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (1.89%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.89%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (18.87%) QA
2 7 (13.21%) GDPR
3 6 (11.32%) ISO 9001
4 3 (5.66%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (5.66%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (3.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (3.77%) NIST
5 2 (3.77%) SLA
6 1 (1.89%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (1.89%) GRC
6 1 (1.89%) PCI DSS
6 1 (1.89%) PMO
System Software
1 7 (13.21%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.77%) Hyper-V
2 2 (3.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.89%) Docker
3 1 (1.89%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (1.89%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 3 (5.66%) SCCM
2 1 (1.89%) CASB
2 1 (1.89%) Data Guard
2 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.89%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 1 (1.89%) Oracle Flashback
2 1 (1.89%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (1.89%) Terraform
Vendors
1 17 (32.08%) Microsoft
2 7 (13.21%) Cisco
3 6 (11.32%) ServiceNow
4 3 (5.66%) VMware
5 2 (3.77%) Citrix
5 2 (3.77%) Genesys
5 2 (3.77%) Oracle
6 1 (1.89%) Anaplan
6 1 (1.89%) Avaya
6 1 (1.89%) Datto
6 1 (1.89%) Dynatrace
6 1 (1.89%) Epicor
6 1 (1.89%) Red Hat
6 1 (1.89%) SAP
6 1 (1.89%) Veeam
6 1 (1.89%) Verint