Continuous Improvement Job Trends in Leicestershire

Continual Improvement
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Leicestershire requiring Continuous Improvement skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 5 23
Rank change year-on-year -2 +18 +4
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 173 80 73
As % of all permanent jobs in Leicestershire 10.24% 19.28% 9.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.51% 22.86% 11.32%
Number of salaries quoted 97 36 14
10th Percentile £41,250 £24,000 £39,100
25th Percentile £44,000 £27,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £32,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +81.54% -35.00% -3.38%
75th Percentile £71,250 £59,375 £70,875
90th Percentile - £73,750 £78,750
East Midlands median annual salary £54,054 £39,919 £50,000
% change year-on-year +35.41% -20.16% -9.09%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Leicestershire

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 Leicestershire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,281 350 645
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicestershire 75.80% 84.34% 83.55%
Number of salaries quoted 796 203 283
10th Percentile £32,908 £25,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,974 £31,250 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £43,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +26.44% -3.33% -14.29%
75th Percentile £65,000 £57,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £72,500
East Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +25.00% -11.11% -14.29%

Continuous Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

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

Continuous Improvement job vacancy trend in Leicestershire

Continuous Improvement
Salary Trend in Leicestershire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leicestershire citing Continuous Improvement.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leicestershire citing Continuous Improvement

Continuous Improvement
Salary Histogram in Leicestershire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Continuous Improvement in Leicestershire over the 6 months to 5 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Continuous Improvement in Leicestershire

Continuous Improvement
Job Locations in Leicestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Continuous Improvement within the Leicestershire region over the 6 months to 5 October 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
Leicester -3 84 £65,000 +16.07% 60
Ashby-de-la-Zouch +2 25 £45,000 +12.50% 6
Loughborough -5 17 £67,500 +136.84% 11
Melton Mowbray -1 12 £59,000 - 2
Coalville +7 10 £62,500 +46.52% 3
Wigston -3 2 - -
Market Harborough -3 2 - - 1
Hinckley -7 1 - - 1
Lutterworth - 1 £35,000 - 12
Continuous Improvement
East Midlands

Continuous Improvement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicestershire 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 6 (3.47%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.31%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.73%) CMS
3 3 (1.73%) Headless CMS
4 1 (0.58%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 20 (11.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.58%) EPLAN
2 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 12 (6.94%) IBM Planning Analytics
2 7 (4.05%) Infor M3
3 3 (1.73%) JDE EnterpriseOne
Cloud Services
1 14 (8.09%) Azure
2 12 (6.94%) AWS
3 9 (5.20%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (5.20%) Power Platform
4 7 (4.05%) Serverless
5 6 (3.47%) AWS CloudFormation
5 6 (3.47%) OneDrive
6 5 (2.89%) Amazon EKS
7 4 (2.31%) Entra ID
8 3 (1.73%) Google Tag Manager
8 3 (1.73%) Storyblok
9 2 (1.16%) dbt
10 1 (0.58%) Amazon Kinesis
10 1 (0.58%) Amazon S3
10 1 (0.58%) AWS Lambda
10 1 (0.58%) AWS Step Functions
10 1 (0.58%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.58%) Google Analytics
10 1 (0.58%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (6.36%) Wi-Fi
2 9 (5.20%) Wireless
3 8 (4.62%) DNS
4 7 (4.05%) Firewall
5 6 (3.47%) VPN
6 4 (2.31%) MQTT
7 2 (1.16%) DHCP
7 2 (1.16%) LAN
7 2 (1.16%) TCP/IP
7 2 (1.16%) VLAN
7 2 (1.16%) VoIP
7 2 (1.16%) WAN
8 1 (0.58%) Intelligent Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (5.20%) Power BI
2 4 (2.31%) Azure SQL Database
2 4 (2.31%) MongoDB
2 4 (2.31%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.73%) Tableau
4 2 (1.16%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (1.16%) Crystal Reports
4 2 (1.16%) Looker
5 1 (0.58%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.58%) Apache Hudi
5 1 (0.58%) Apache Iceberg
5 1 (0.58%) Big Data
5 1 (0.58%) Delta Lake
5 1 (0.58%) Power Query
5 1 (0.58%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 9 (5.20%) Git
General
1 64 (36.99%) Social Skills
2 55 (31.79%) Finance
3 51 (29.48%) Manufacturing
4 38 (21.97%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (7.51%) Legal
6 12 (6.94%) Organisational Skills
6 12 (6.94%) Retail
7 8 (4.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (4.62%) Influencing Skills
7 8 (4.62%) Marketing
8 3 (1.73%) Automotive
9 2 (1.16%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.58%) Advertising
10 1 (0.58%) Brand Awareness
10 1 (0.58%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 28 (16.18%) Senior
2 21 (12.14%) Analyst
3 16 (9.25%) Developer
4 13 (7.51%) QA Manager
4 13 (7.51%) Systems Analyst
5 12 (6.94%) Analyst Developer
5 12 (6.94%) Finance Systems Analyst
5 12 (6.94%) Financial Analyst
5 12 (6.94%) Lead
5 12 (6.94%) Systems Developer
5 12 (6.94%) TM1 Analyst
5 12 (6.94%) TM1 Developer
6 10 (5.78%) Analytics Developer
6 10 (5.78%) Applications Engineer
6 10 (5.78%) Applications Support Engineer
6 10 (5.78%) Finance Manager
6 10 (5.78%) Senior Applications Engineer
6 10 (5.78%) Senior Applications Support
6 10 (5.78%) Senior Support Engineer
6 10 (5.78%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (5.78%) React
2 9 (5.20%) Yocto
3 8 (4.62%) Next.js
4 7 (4.05%) AWS CDK
5 6 (3.47%) Terraform
6 4 (2.31%) Material-UI
6 4 (2.31%) Node.js
6 4 (2.31%) Oracle Fusion
7 1 (0.58%) PySpark
7 1 (0.58%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 23 (13.29%) Management Information System
2 17 (9.83%) FMCG
3 14 (8.09%) Robotics
4 13 (7.51%) IoT
5 10 (5.78%) Driving Licence
6 9 (5.20%) Device Driver
6 9 (5.20%) Embedded Systems
6 9 (5.20%) Operational Technology
7 7 (4.05%) Data Structures
8 6 (3.47%) Greenfield Project
9 5 (2.89%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (1.73%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (1.73%) Onboarding
11 1 (0.58%) Analytical Mindset
11 1 (0.58%) Digital Signage
11 1 (0.58%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 23 (13.29%) Linux
2 9 (5.20%) Embedded Linux
2 9 (5.20%) Windows
2 9 (5.20%) Windows Server
3 4 (2.31%) VMS
4 2 (1.16%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (31.21%) Problem-Solving
2 42 (24.28%) Decision-Making
3 38 (21.97%) Agile
4 28 (16.18%) Collaborative Culture
5 27 (15.61%) Stakeholder Management
6 24 (13.87%) Analytics
7 22 (12.72%) Financial Analysis
8 21 (12.14%) ERP
8 21 (12.14%) Project Management
9 20 (11.56%) Coaching
10 19 (10.98%) Budgeting
10 19 (10.98%) Data Cleansing
11 18 (10.40%) Test Automation
12 17 (9.83%) AI
13 16 (9.25%) Customer Experience
13 16 (9.25%) Preventative Maintenance
13 16 (9.25%) Software Engineering
14 15 (8.67%) CI/CD
14 15 (8.67%) Collaborative Working
15 14 (8.09%) Quality Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (9.83%) SQL
2 10 (5.78%) TypeScript
3 9 (5.20%) C
3 9 (5.20%) C++
3 9 (5.20%) Embedded C
4 8 (4.62%) Python
5 7 (4.05%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.58%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 22 (12.72%) Degree
2 21 (12.14%) HNC
3 13 (7.51%) ACCA
4 12 (6.94%) HND
5 11 (6.36%) NVQ Level 4
6 10 (5.78%) CIMA
7 7 (4.05%) PMI Certification
7 7 (4.05%) PMP
8 6 (3.47%) SC Cleared
8 6 (3.47%) Security Cleared
9 5 (2.89%) NVQ Level 3
10 3 (1.73%) AAT
11 2 (1.16%) Postgraduate
12 1 (0.58%) Azure Certification
12 1 (0.58%) Master's Degree
12 1 (0.58%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (9.83%) QA
2 8 (4.62%) Data Quality
2 8 (4.62%) GMP
3 6 (3.47%) PMO
4 4 (2.31%) GDPR
5 1 (0.58%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.58%) GRC
5 1 (0.58%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (4.62%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.89%) Hyper-V
3 4 (2.31%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (2.89%) Kubernetes
1 5 (2.89%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 23 (13.29%) Microsoft
2 12 (6.94%) Allen-Bradley
2 12 (6.94%) Cognos
2 12 (6.94%) IBM
2 12 (6.94%) Workday
3 11 (6.36%) Siemens
4 9 (5.20%) Rockwell
5 8 (4.62%) Infor
6 5 (2.89%) Oracle
7 4 (2.31%) Google
8 3 (1.73%) JD Edwards
8 3 (1.73%) Sage
8 3 (1.73%) SAP
8 3 (1.73%) Xero
9 2 (1.16%) Acronis
9 2 (1.16%) Apple
9 2 (1.16%) Veeam
10 1 (0.58%) JDA
10 1 (0.58%) RedPrairie
10 1 (0.58%) Samsung