Continuous Improvement Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Continual Improvement
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Hertfordshire requiring Continuous Improvement skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 19 40
Rank change year-on-year -24 +21 +9
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 52 123 33
As % of all permanent jobs in Hertfordshire 3.07% 10.23% 4.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.51% 11.17% 4.70%
Number of salaries quoted 40 63 26
10th Percentile £39,175 £41,800 £47,500
25th Percentile £42,780 £45,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,967 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.91% -18.45% +8.70%
75th Percentile £75,000 £56,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £73,750 £71,250
East of England median annual salary £47,500 £50,967 £62,500
% change year-on-year -6.80% -18.45% +8.70%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,154 1,101 702
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 68.16% 91.60% 86.45%
Number of salaries quoted 653 441 542
10th Percentile £28,500 £34,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +1.77% +2.73%
75th Percentile £67,250 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £88,750 £77,500
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +1.85% -1.82%

Continuous Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Continuous Improvement relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire.

Continuous Improvement job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

Continuous Improvement
Salary Trend in Hertfordshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Continuous Improvement.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Continuous Improvement

Continuous Improvement
Salary Histogram in Hertfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Continuous Improvement in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Continuous Improvement in Hertfordshire

Continuous Improvement
Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Continuous Improvement within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Watford +5 14 £83,750 +67.50% 10
Stevenage -25 6 £43,085 -4.26% 21
Hemel Hempstead +8 4 - - 12
Broxbourne - 3 £37,500 -
Letchworth +9 2 - - 1
Hoddesdon +3 2 - - 2
Welwyn Garden City +6 1 £58,500 +14.78% 4
Hatfield -8 1 £55,000 +7.91% 4
St Albans -10 1 £87,500 +71.68% 1
Continuous Improvement
East of England

Continuous Improvement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 (7.69%) Oracle Workflow
2 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (5.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (7.69%) NEC Housing
2 2 (3.85%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (1.92%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 13 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (23.08%) SaaS
3 10 (19.23%) Azure
4 3 (5.77%) Azure Logic Apps
4 3 (5.77%) Entra ID
4 3 (5.77%) Power Platform
5 2 (3.85%) AWS
5 2 (3.85%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (3.85%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 2 (3.85%) Cohesity
5 2 (3.85%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (3.85%) IaaS
6 1 (1.92%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (1.92%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.92%) PaaS
6 1 (1.92%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 9 (17.31%) Firewall
2 5 (9.62%) SAN
3 4 (7.69%) Network Security
3 4 (7.69%) WAN
3 4 (7.69%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (5.77%) Cisco ISE
4 3 (5.77%) LAN
4 3 (5.77%) VLAN
5 2 (3.85%) Cisco IOS
5 2 (3.85%) Cisco Nexus
5 2 (3.85%) IP Telephony
5 2 (3.85%) Spanning Tree
6 1 (1.92%) DHCP
6 1 (1.92%) DNS
6 1 (1.92%) FTP
6 1 (1.92%) Internet
6 1 (1.92%) iSCSI
6 1 (1.92%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (1.92%) SSL
6 1 (1.92%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (11.54%) SQL Server
2 4 (7.69%) BusinessObjects
2 4 (7.69%) MS Access
2 4 (7.69%) SAP Data Services
3 2 (3.85%) Power BI
4 1 (1.92%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 4 (7.69%) Toad
2 2 (3.85%) JIRA
General
1 25 (48.08%) Social Skills
2 9 (17.31%) Marketing
3 7 (13.46%) Finance
4 6 (11.54%) Public Sector
5 5 (9.62%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (7.69%) Local Government
7 3 (5.77%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (3.85%) Law
9 1 (1.92%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.92%) Police
9 1 (1.92%) Retail
9 1 (1.92%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (23.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 10 (19.23%) Senior
3 9 (17.31%) Architect
3 9 (17.31%) Integration Architect
3 9 (17.31%) Solutions Architect
4 7 (13.46%) Lead
4 7 (13.46%) Technical Architect
4 7 (13.46%) Technical Solutions Architect
5 6 (11.54%) Applications Engineer
5 6 (11.54%) ITSM Architect
6 5 (9.62%) Applications Support
6 5 (9.62%) Senior Applications Support
7 4 (7.69%) Applications Support Engineer
7 4 (7.69%) Senior Applications Engineer
7 4 (7.69%) Senior Support Engineer
7 4 (7.69%) Support Engineer
8 3 (5.77%) IT Support
8 3 (5.77%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (5.77%) Support Team Leader
8 3 (5.77%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.85%) REST
1 2 (3.85%) SOAP
2 1 (1.92%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.62%) Data Centre
2 3 (5.77%) Analytical Mindset
2 3 (5.77%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (3.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 2 (3.85%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (3.85%) IoT
3 2 (3.85%) Product Ownership
3 2 (3.85%) Security Posture
4 1 (1.92%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.92%) Low-Code
4 1 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 17 (32.69%) Windows
2 14 (26.92%) Windows Server
3 4 (7.69%) Unix
4 2 (3.85%) Android
4 2 (3.85%) Linux
4 2 (3.85%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (34.62%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (30.77%) Service Delivery
3 14 (26.92%) ITSM
4 13 (25.00%) Project Delivery
5 12 (23.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 11 (21.15%) IT Strategy
6 11 (21.15%) Project Management
7 9 (17.31%) Agile
7 9 (17.31%) Customer Engagement
7 9 (17.31%) ERP
7 9 (17.31%) Presales
7 9 (17.31%) Roadmaps
7 9 (17.31%) Stakeholder Management
7 9 (17.31%) Systems Thinking
8 7 (13.46%) Decision-Making
9 6 (11.54%) CRM
9 6 (11.54%) Cybersecurity
9 6 (11.54%) Workflow
10 5 (9.62%) ITIL
10 5 (9.62%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 13 (25.00%) PowerShell
2 8 (15.38%) SQL
3 5 (9.62%) Python
4 4 (7.69%) Shell Script
4 4 (7.69%) VB
5 2 (3.85%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.92%) Bicep
6 1 (1.92%) PHP
Qualifications
1 9 (17.31%) Security Cleared
2 8 (15.38%) SC Cleared
3 6 (11.54%) Degree
4 4 (7.69%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (5.77%) CCNA
6 2 (3.85%) Azure Certification
6 2 (3.85%) CompTIA CySA+
6 2 (3.85%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (3.85%) DBS Check
6 2 (3.85%) GSEC
7 1 (1.92%) CCNP
7 1 (1.92%) MCSA
7 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.92%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.85%) PMO
1 2 (3.85%) QA
System Software
1 8 (15.38%) Active Directory
2 3 (5.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (3.85%) Firmware
3 2 (3.85%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (3.85%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (3.85%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (5.77%) SCCM
3 2 (3.85%) NetBackup
3 2 (3.85%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 18 (34.62%) Microsoft
2 8 (15.38%) Cisco
2 8 (15.38%) ServiceNow
3 7 (13.46%) SAP
4 6 (11.54%) VMware
5 4 (7.69%) NEC
5 4 (7.69%) Oracle
6 2 (3.85%) Apple
6 2 (3.85%) Databricks
6 2 (3.85%) NVIDIA
6 2 (3.85%) Red Hat
6 2 (3.85%) Remedy
6 2 (3.85%) SolarWinds
7 1 (1.92%) Fortinet
7 1 (1.92%) Juniper
7 1 (1.92%) MuleSoft
7 1 (1.92%) Pega
7 1 (1.92%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.92%) Veeam