Continuous Improvement Jobs in Kent

Continual Improvement
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Kent requiring Continuous Improvement skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Continuous Improvement over the 6 months leading up to 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 20 46
Rank change year-on-year -3 +26 +17
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 49 121 59
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 6.03% 7.98% 5.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.30% 9.85% 5.65%
Number of salaries quoted 28 54 29
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £37,555 £34,500 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,500 £45,000 £36,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.11% +25.00% -44.62%
75th Percentile £55,250 £62,375 £47,500
90th Percentile £68,435 £85,000 £56,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Kent

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 Kent.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 671 1,229 1,045
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 82.53% 81.07% 95.61%
Number of salaries quoted 309 893 498
10th Percentile £25,250 £25,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £42,500 £47,250
Median % change year-on-year +3.53% -10.05% +5.00%
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £69,000 £70,000 £70,795
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Continuous Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

Job postings citing Continuous Improvement as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Kent.

Job vacancy trend for Continuous Improvement in Kent

Continuous Improvement
Salary Trend in Kent

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Continuous Improvement in Kent.

Salary trend for Continuous Improvement in Kent

Continuous Improvement
Salary Histogram in Kent

Salary distribution for jobs citing Continuous Improvement in Kent over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Continuous Improvement in Kent

Continuous Improvement
Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Continuous Improvement within the Kent region over the 6 months to 22 May 2025. 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
Rochester -21 8 £40,101 -35.32% 2
Canterbury +15 5 £47,500 -1.04% 4
Maidstone +12 4 £40,000 -33.33% 91
Dartford +3 3 £45,000 - 90
Gravesend +9 2 £57,808 -2.95% 5
Folkestone - 2 £107,500 -
Tunbridge Wells +4 1 - - 4
Chatham +2 1 £66,500 -16.88% 2
Continuous Improvement
South East

Continuous Improvement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (6.12%) Confluence
2 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.04%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (16.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (14.29%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 7 (14.29%) Teamcenter
2 1 (2.04%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 8 (16.33%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (12.24%) Azure
3 3 (6.12%) Power Platform
4 2 (4.08%) AWS
4 2 (4.08%) Entra ID
4 2 (4.08%) Google Ads
5 1 (2.04%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (2.04%) GCP
5 1 (2.04%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.08%) Firewall
1 2 (4.08%) Intrusion Detection
1 2 (4.08%) LAN
1 2 (4.08%) WAN
1 2 (4.08%) WLAN
2 1 (2.04%) Bluetooth
2 1 (2.04%) DNS
2 1 (2.04%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.04%) VLAN
2 1 (2.04%) VPN
2 1 (2.04%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.12%) Big Data
1 3 (6.12%) Crystal Reports
1 3 (6.12%) Power BI
2 2 (4.08%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.04%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 7 (14.29%) Rational DOORS
2 3 (6.12%) JIRA
3 2 (4.08%) GitLab
4 1 (2.04%) Bitbucket
4 1 (2.04%) Cucumber
4 1 (2.04%) Jenkins
4 1 (2.04%) Maven
4 1 (2.04%) Selenium
4 1 (2.04%) SonarQube
4 1 (2.04%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 29 (59.18%) Social Skills
2 9 (18.37%) Finance
3 8 (16.33%) Aerospace
3 8 (16.33%) Electronics
4 4 (8.16%) Advertising
4 4 (8.16%) Marketing
5 3 (6.12%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (4.08%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (4.08%) Health Technology
6 2 (4.08%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.04%) Avionics
7 1 (2.04%) Banking
7 1 (2.04%) Financial Institution
7 1 (2.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.04%) Military
7 1 (2.04%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.04%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (22.45%) Lead
1 11 (22.45%) Team Leader
2 7 (14.29%) Junior
2 7 (14.29%) Junior Systems Engineer
2 7 (14.29%) Systems Engineer
3 6 (12.24%) 1st Line Support
3 6 (12.24%) Support Team Leader
4 5 (10.20%) Analyst
5 3 (6.12%) Auditor
5 3 (6.12%) Business Support Analyst
5 3 (6.12%) Business Systems Analyst
5 3 (6.12%) Consultant
5 3 (6.12%) Developer
5 3 (6.12%) Help Desk Team Lead
5 3 (6.12%) Support Analyst
5 3 (6.12%) Systems Analyst
5 3 (6.12%) Systems Support
5 3 (6.12%) Systems Support Analyst
5 3 (6.12%) Technical Leader
5 3 (6.12%) Technical Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.12%) .NET
1 3 (6.12%) ASP.NET
2 2 (4.08%) ASP.NET Core
2 2 (4.08%) CSS
3 1 (2.04%) EDI
3 1 (2.04%) EDIFACT
3 1 (2.04%) Hibernate
3 1 (2.04%) HTML
3 1 (2.04%) IDoc
3 1 (2.04%) JPA
3 1 (2.04%) jQuery
3 1 (2.04%) Kafka
3 1 (2.04%) pytest
3 1 (2.04%) React
3 1 (2.04%) Redux
3 1 (2.04%) Spring
3 1 (2.04%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 7 (14.29%) IoT
2 4 (8.16%) Driving Licence
3 3 (6.12%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (6.12%) Product Ownership
3 3 (6.12%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (4.08%) Digital Media
4 2 (4.08%) Graphic Design
4 2 (4.08%) Marketing Technology
5 1 (2.04%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (2.04%) CCTV
5 1 (2.04%) Cyberattack
5 1 (2.04%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (2.04%) FMCG
5 1 (2.04%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.04%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.04%) Windows
1 1 (2.04%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (24.49%) Project Management
3 9 (18.37%) Customer Service
4 8 (16.33%) Computer Science
4 8 (16.33%) Strategic Thinking
4 8 (16.33%) Systems Engineering
5 7 (14.29%) Analytics
5 7 (14.29%) Creative Problem-Solving
5 7 (14.29%) Customer-Centricity
5 7 (14.29%) Mathematics
5 7 (14.29%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
5 7 (14.29%) Physics
5 7 (14.29%) PLM
5 7 (14.29%) SysML
5 7 (14.29%) UML
6 6 (12.24%) Risk Management
6 6 (12.24%) Service Delivery
7 5 (10.20%) Data Management
7 5 (10.20%) ERP
7 5 (10.20%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (14.29%) MATLAB
1 7 (14.29%) SQL
2 3 (6.12%) C#
3 2 (4.08%) Java
3 2 (4.08%) SQR
4 1 (2.04%) C++
4 1 (2.04%) JavaScript
4 1 (2.04%) PHP
Qualifications
1 10 (20.41%) Degree
2 9 (18.37%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (6.12%) Security Cleared
4 2 (4.08%) NVQ Level 3
4 2 (4.08%) NVQ Level 4
5 1 (2.04%) Chartered Engineer
5 1 (2.04%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.04%) CTC Cleared
5 1 (2.04%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (2.04%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.12%) Data Quality
2 2 (4.08%) GRC
2 2 (4.08%) QA
3 1 (2.04%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (2.04%) COSHH
3 1 (2.04%) GDPR
3 1 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.04%) PCI DSS
3 1 (2.04%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (4.08%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.04%) Docker
2 1 (2.04%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (2.04%) Kubernetes
1 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 9 (18.37%) Microsoft
2 7 (14.29%) IBM
3 3 (6.12%) Sun
4 2 (4.08%) Aruba
4 2 (4.08%) Cisco
4 2 (4.08%) Facebook
4 2 (4.08%) Google
5 1 (2.04%) Citrix
5 1 (2.04%) Salesforce
5 1 (2.04%) SAP
5 1 (2.04%) Solace