Continuous Improvement Job Trends in Manchester

Continual Improvement
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Continuous Improvement skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 23 40
Rank change year-on-year +9 +17 +13
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 582 209 203
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 7.65% 8.79% 5.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.04% 9.85% 6.10%
Number of salaries quoted 380 141 106
10th Percentile £39,950 £31,000 £36,375
25th Percentile £45,000 £35,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,500 £54,080
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -2.92% -1.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £86,375 £90,000 £79,750
North West median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -4.76%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,796 2,121 3,328
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 76.14% 89.19% 84.36%
Number of salaries quoted 4,351 1,190 1,619
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £33,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,500 £52,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.35% -5.45% -8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £85,000 £85,000
North West median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,309
% change year-on-year +10.00% -0.61% -8.53%

Continuous Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Continuous Improvement job vacancy trend in Manchester

Continuous Improvement
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Continuous Improvement.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Continuous Improvement

Continuous Improvement
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Continuous Improvement in Manchester over the 6 months to 8 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Continuous Improvement in Manchester

Continuous Improvement
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Continuous Improvement within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 8 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
Salford +4 37 £75,000 - 17
Ashton-under-Lyne +6 21 £44,000 - 2
Altrincham +9 16 £60,000 +26.32% 12
Bolton +6 10 £47,500 -5.00% 36
Rochdale +2 6 £45,000 +55.17% 5
Oldham +2 4 £69,928 +7.58% 1
Stockport -1 4 £62,500 - 15
Sale +6 2 £62,500 -
Wigan -1 2 £83,750 +151.49% 10
Continuous Improvement
North West

Continuous Improvement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 42 (7.22%) SharePoint
2 12 (2.06%) Confluence
3 11 (1.89%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (1.20%) CMS
5 5 (0.86%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.69%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 4 (0.69%) Headless CMS
7 3 (0.52%) Moodle
8 2 (0.34%) Apache
8 2 (0.34%) nginx
8 2 (0.34%) Totara
8 2 (0.34%) Umbraco
8 2 (0.34%) WordPress
9 1 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.17%) SAS
9 1 (0.17%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 23 (3.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (1.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (0.86%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.52%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.52%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.52%) Trello
5 2 (0.34%) Camtasia
6 1 (0.17%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.17%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 14 (2.41%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (2.06%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.86%) SAP PSCD
3 5 (0.86%) Unit4 Business World
4 4 (0.69%) NetSuite
4 4 (0.69%) Oracle Payables
4 4 (0.69%) Oracle Receivables
4 4 (0.69%) Workday HCM
5 3 (0.52%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.52%) Oracle Cash Management
5 3 (0.52%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (0.52%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.34%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.17%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.17%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.17%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.17%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 121 (20.79%) Azure
2 115 (19.76%) AWS
3 70 (12.03%) Microsoft 365
4 55 (9.45%) Power Platform
5 54 (9.28%) SaaS
6 43 (7.39%) Serverless
7 37 (6.36%) Microsoft Copilot
7 37 (6.36%) Power Automate
8 35 (6.01%) PowerApps
9 29 (4.98%) Azure DevOps
10 27 (4.64%) Dynamics 365
11 24 (4.12%) Entra ID
12 23 (3.95%) AWS Lambda
12 23 (3.95%) OneDrive
13 22 (3.78%) Copilot Studio
14 16 (2.75%) Datadog
15 15 (2.58%) Route 53
16 12 (2.06%) GCP
17 11 (1.89%) GitHub
18 10 (1.72%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.72%) DNS
1 10 (1.72%) Firewall
2 8 (1.37%) WAN
3 7 (1.20%) BGP
3 7 (1.20%) SD-WAN
4 5 (0.86%) DHCP
4 5 (0.86%) HSRP
4 5 (0.86%) IPsec
4 5 (0.86%) MPLS
4 5 (0.86%) TCP/IP
4 5 (0.86%) VoIP
4 5 (0.86%) VRRP
4 5 (0.86%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (0.69%) LAN
5 4 (0.69%) VLAN
5 4 (0.69%) VPN
5 4 (0.69%) Wireless
6 3 (0.52%) Cisco ASA
6 3 (0.52%) PBX
6 3 (0.52%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (2.92%) SQL Server
2 16 (2.75%) Power BI
3 7 (1.20%) NoSQL
3 7 (1.20%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (1.03%) MongoDB
5 5 (0.86%) Elasticsearch
5 5 (0.86%) Relational Database
5 5 (0.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (0.69%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (0.69%) MySQL
6 4 (0.69%) Neo4j
7 3 (0.52%) Amazon Redshift
7 3 (0.52%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (0.52%) Big Data
7 3 (0.52%) DynamoDB
7 3 (0.52%) Redis
8 2 (0.34%) BigQuery
8 2 (0.34%) Electronic Patient Records
8 2 (0.34%) Flink
8 2 (0.34%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 31 (5.33%) JIRA
2 17 (2.92%) Git
3 10 (1.72%) GitLab
3 10 (1.72%) Maven
4 6 (1.03%) Cypress.io
5 5 (0.86%) Jenkins
6 4 (0.69%) Cucumber
6 4 (0.69%) IntelliJ
6 4 (0.69%) JUnit
6 4 (0.69%) Robot Framework
6 4 (0.69%) Spock
6 4 (0.69%) Storybook
6 4 (0.69%) Vagrant
7 2 (0.34%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 2 (0.34%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.34%) Terragrunt
8 1 (0.17%) Android Studio
8 1 (0.17%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.17%) Gradle
8 1 (0.17%) Postman
General
1 222 (38.14%) Social Skills
2 126 (21.65%) Finance
3 119 (20.45%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (7.39%) Influencing Skills
4 43 (7.39%) Law
5 36 (6.19%) Legal
6 35 (6.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 32 (5.50%) Manufacturing
7 32 (5.50%) Organisational Skills
7 32 (5.50%) Public Sector
7 32 (5.50%) Retail
8 30 (5.15%) Marketing
9 28 (4.81%) Telecoms
10 19 (3.26%) Publishing
11 14 (2.41%) Aviation
12 13 (2.23%) Games
13 11 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
14 10 (1.72%) Presentation Skills
15 7 (1.20%) Billing
16 6 (1.03%) Military
Job Titles
1 110 (18.90%) Senior
2 87 (14.95%) Analyst
3 65 (11.17%) Lead
4 53 (9.11%) Developer
5 30 (5.15%) IT Manager
6 25 (4.30%) Senior Developer
6 25 (4.30%) Software Engineer
7 22 (3.78%) Design Engineer
8 21 (3.61%) Microsoft 365 Developer
9 20 (3.44%) Consultant
9 20 (3.44%) Delivery Manager
9 20 (3.44%) Senior Analyst
9 20 (3.44%) Senior Design Engineer
10 19 (3.26%) Security Analyst
11 17 (2.92%) Architect
11 17 (2.92%) Information Analyst
11 17 (2.92%) Information Security Analyst
12 15 (2.58%) Senior Information Analyst
12 15 (2.58%) Senior Information Security Analyst
12 15 (2.58%) Senior Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (6.87%) Terraform
2 39 (6.70%) React
3 27 (4.64%) HTML
3 27 (4.64%) Spring
4 23 (3.95%) Spring Boot
5 21 (3.61%) Node.js
6 20 (3.44%) .NET
6 20 (3.44%) Kafka
7 15 (2.58%) AngularJS
7 15 (2.58%) CSS
8 13 (2.23%) REST
9 10 (1.72%) Vue
10 9 (1.55%) HTML5 Canvas
11 8 (1.37%) Microsoft Graph
11 8 (1.37%) SPFx
12 5 (0.86%) GraphQL
12 5 (0.86%) SAP Fiori
12 5 (0.86%) Web Services
13 4 (0.69%) MDX
13 4 (0.69%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 45 (7.73%) Cloud Native
2 42 (7.22%) Onboarding
3 30 (5.15%) Product Ownership
4 21 (3.61%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 21 (3.61%) Security Posture
5 18 (3.09%) Distributed Systems
6 16 (2.75%) Management Information System
6 16 (2.75%) Self-Motivation
7 12 (2.06%) Media Streaming
7 12 (2.06%) Podcast
8 10 (1.72%) Enterprise Software
9 9 (1.55%) Data Centre
10 8 (1.37%) Driving Licence
11 7 (1.20%) Mobile App
11 7 (1.20%) Public Cloud
12 6 (1.03%) Legacy Systems
12 6 (1.03%) PMI
12 6 (1.03%) Private Cloud
13 5 (0.86%) Video Conferencing
13 5 (0.86%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 39 (6.70%) Windows
2 15 (2.58%) Windows Server
3 13 (2.23%) Linux
4 9 (1.55%) Windows 10
5 6 (1.03%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.69%) Android
6 4 (0.69%) Unix
6 4 (0.69%) VMS
7 3 (0.52%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.52%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.52%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.34%) AIX
8 2 (0.34%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 194 (33.33%) Agile
2 163 (28.01%) Problem-Solving
3 160 (27.49%) Stakeholder Management
4 154 (26.46%) AI
5 125 (21.48%) Mentoring
6 121 (20.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 114 (19.59%) Decision-Making
8 109 (18.73%) Coaching
9 102 (17.53%) DevOps
10 98 (16.84%) CI/CD
11 85 (14.60%) Roadmaps
12 80 (13.75%) Customer Service
13 74 (12.71%) Software Engineering
14 69 (11.86%) Collaborative Culture
15 61 (10.48%) ITIL
15 61 (10.48%) Technical Leadership
16 51 (8.76%) Observability
17 50 (8.59%) Analytics
17 50 (8.59%) Collaborative Working
18 49 (8.42%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 60 (10.31%) Java
2 53 (9.11%) JavaScript
2 53 (9.11%) Python
3 49 (8.42%) TypeScript
4 35 (6.01%) C#
5 33 (5.67%) SQL
6 18 (3.09%) PowerShell
7 12 (2.06%) Bash
8 10 (1.72%) Go
9 6 (1.03%) Scala
10 5 (0.86%) ABAP
11 4 (0.69%) Groovy
11 4 (0.69%) Rust
12 3 (0.52%) Kotlin
12 3 (0.52%) PHP
12 3 (0.52%) Swift
13 2 (0.34%) Bicep
14 1 (0.17%) MATLAB
14 1 (0.17%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.17%) R
Qualifications
1 58 (9.97%) Degree
2 50 (8.59%) Security Cleared
3 35 (6.01%) SC Cleared
4 27 (4.64%) Microsoft Certification
5 26 (4.47%) ACCA
5 26 (4.47%) CIMA
6 25 (4.30%) DBS Check
7 23 (3.95%) HNC
8 15 (2.58%) ITIL Certification
9 8 (1.37%) DV Cleared
9 8 (1.37%) PMI Certification
10 5 (0.86%) SAP Certification
11 4 (0.69%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (0.69%) CISM
11 4 (0.69%) CISSP
12 3 (0.52%) A+ Certification
12 3 (0.52%) CISMP
12 3 (0.52%) Computer Science Degree
12 3 (0.52%) HND
12 3 (0.52%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (5.67%) Data Quality
2 25 (4.30%) Accessibility
3 22 (3.78%) QA
4 13 (2.23%) SLA
5 12 (2.06%) Cyber Essentials
5 12 (2.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (1.89%) GDPR
7 9 (1.55%) PMO
8 5 (0.86%) NIST
9 4 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 4 (0.69%) GRC
9 4 (0.69%) NEBOSH
9 4 (0.69%) WCAG
10 3 (0.52%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.34%) COBIT
11 2 (0.34%) IFRS
11 2 (0.34%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.17%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 34 (5.84%) Docker
2 29 (4.98%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.55%) Virtual Desktop
3 9 (1.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.03%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.69%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.34%) Firmware
7 1 (0.17%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 1 (0.17%) DFS Replication
Systems Management
1 42 (7.22%) Kubernetes
2 18 (3.09%) Microsoft Intune
3 13 (2.23%) Ansible
4 9 (1.55%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (1.37%) SCCM
6 6 (1.03%) FortiGate
6 6 (1.03%) Grafana
6 6 (1.03%) Jamf Pro
7 5 (0.86%) Progress Chef
7 5 (0.86%) Prometheus
8 4 (0.69%) Packer
9 3 (0.52%) Argo
9 3 (0.52%) cPanel
9 3 (0.52%) Plesk
10 2 (0.34%) Nessus
10 2 (0.34%) SolarWinds Orion
11 1 (0.17%) Istio
11 1 (0.17%) linkerd
11 1 (0.17%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 130 (22.34%) Microsoft
2 51 (8.76%) YouTube
3 22 (3.78%) SAP
4 17 (2.92%) Google
4 17 (2.92%) ServiceNow
5 15 (2.58%) Oracle
6 11 (1.89%) Cisco
7 10 (1.72%) VMware
8 9 (1.55%) Splunk
9 7 (1.20%) Databricks
9 7 (1.20%) Okta
10 6 (1.03%) Adobe
10 6 (1.03%) Apple
10 6 (1.03%) Workday
11 5 (0.86%) iManage
11 5 (0.86%) Sage
11 5 (0.86%) UiPath
12 4 (0.69%) AppDynamics
12 4 (0.69%) Facebook
12 4 (0.69%) Foundry