Continuous Improvement Job Trends in Lancashire

Continual Improvement
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Lancashire 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 32 15 26
Rank change year-on-year -17 +11 +2
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 29 67 19
As % of all permanent jobs in Lancashire 2.53% 8.41% 3.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.00% 9.22% 5.09%
Number of salaries quoted 11 38 14
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,575
25th Percentile £39,486 £36,950 £39,892
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £44,424 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.92% -6.48% -2.22%
75th Percentile £61,250 £54,948 £51,250
90th Percentile £62,500 £63,302 -
North West median annual salary £55,768 £53,214 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.80% +6.43% -9.09%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 968 727 373
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 84.62% 91.22% 77.71%
Number of salaries quoted 282 435 300
10th Percentile £25,087 £36,450 £28,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £41,250 £33,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,055 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.10% +8.81% +2.22%
75th Percentile £54,798 £58,943 £57,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £66,606 £70,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,084 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% -0.79% -4.55%

Continuous Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Continuous Improvement job vacancy trend in Lancashire

Continuous Improvement
Salary Trend in Lancashire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Continuous Improvement.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Continuous Improvement

Continuous Improvement
Salary Histogram in Lancashire

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

Salary histogram for Continuous Improvement in Lancashire

Continuous Improvement
Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Continuous Improvement within the Lancashire 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
Preston -6 6 £55,000 +8.91% 12
Chorley +5 5 £60,000 +14.29% 1
Blackpool -7 3 £45,497 -20.96%
Blackburn +4 2 - - 3
Lytham St Annes - 1 - -
Skelmersdale - 1 - - 1
Continuous Improvement
North West

Continuous Improvement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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:

Applications
1 6 (20.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (13.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (6.90%) IBM Planning Analytics
1 2 (6.90%) Infor CloudSuite
1 2 (6.90%) Infor LN
1 2 (6.90%) SAP IBP
1 2 (6.90%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (13.79%) Power Platform
2 2 (6.90%) Azure
3 1 (3.45%) Google Workspace
3 1 (3.45%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.34%) DMZ
1 3 (10.34%) Modbus
1 3 (10.34%) Network Security
2 1 (3.45%) DHCP
2 1 (3.45%) DNS
2 1 (3.45%) Firewall
2 1 (3.45%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (13.79%) Power BI
2 2 (6.90%) Tableau
3 1 (3.45%) Relational Database
3 1 (3.45%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (6.90%) JIRA
1 2 (6.90%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (3.45%) Git
General
1 11 (37.93%) Finance
2 10 (34.48%) Organisational Skills
3 9 (31.03%) Social Skills
4 6 (20.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (13.79%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (13.79%) Telecoms
6 2 (6.90%) Public Sector
7 1 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (3.45%) Legal
7 1 (3.45%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 9 (31.03%) Senior
2 4 (13.79%) Project Officer
2 4 (13.79%) Project Support Officer
2 4 (13.79%) Senior Project Officer
2 4 (13.79%) Senior Project Support Officer
2 4 (13.79%) Support Officer
3 3 (10.34%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 3 (10.34%) Head of IT
3 3 (10.34%) IT Manager
3 3 (10.34%) IT Support
3 3 (10.34%) Security Engineer
4 2 (6.90%) Customer Service Representative
4 2 (6.90%) IT Services Manager
4 2 (6.90%) Requirements Manager
4 2 (6.90%) Senior IT Manager
4 2 (6.90%) Senior Manager
4 2 (6.90%) Senior Service Manager
4 2 (6.90%) Service Manager
4 2 (6.90%) Support Engineer
4 2 (6.90%) Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.45%) .NET
1 1 (3.45%) .NET Core
1 1 (3.45%) AngularJS
1 1 (3.45%) ASP.NET
1 1 (3.45%) CSS
1 1 (3.45%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (20.69%) Driving Licence
2 4 (13.79%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (10.34%) Operational Technology
3 3 (10.34%) SCADA
4 2 (6.90%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (3.45%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 3 (10.34%) Windows
2 1 (3.45%) Windows 10
2 1 (3.45%) Windows 7
2 1 (3.45%) Windows 8
2 1 (3.45%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (34.48%) Agile
2 8 (27.59%) Project Delivery
3 7 (24.14%) Mentoring
4 6 (20.69%) Financial Analysis
5 5 (17.24%) Coaching
5 5 (17.24%) Decision-Making
5 5 (17.24%) Risk Register
5 5 (17.24%) Validation
6 4 (13.79%) Budget Control
6 4 (13.79%) Budget Management
6 4 (13.79%) Budgeting and Forecasting
6 4 (13.79%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (13.79%) Change Management
6 4 (13.79%) Cost Control
6 4 (13.79%) Customer Service
6 4 (13.79%) Document Management
6 4 (13.79%) Order Management
6 4 (13.79%) PRINCE2
6 4 (13.79%) Project Governance
6 4 (13.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.45%) C#
1 1 (3.45%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 8 (27.59%) BPSS Clearance
1 8 (27.59%) Degree
2 4 (13.79%) ACCA
2 4 (13.79%) CIMA
3 3 (10.34%) HND
3 3 (10.34%) SC Cleared
3 3 (10.34%) Security Cleared
4 2 (6.90%) ICAEW
5 1 (3.45%) City & Guilds
5 1 (3.45%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (17.24%) PMO
2 3 (10.34%) NIST
3 2 (6.90%) ISO/IEC 12207
3 2 (6.90%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 2 (6.90%) QA
4 1 (3.45%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (3.45%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.45%) Autotask
Vendors
1 5 (17.24%) Microsoft
2 4 (13.79%) IBM
2 4 (13.79%) SAP
3 2 (6.90%) Cognos
3 2 (6.90%) Infor
3 2 (6.90%) Sage
4 1 (3.45%) ESET
4 1 (3.45%) Fortinet
4 1 (3.45%) Google