Continuous Improvement Job Trends in Merseyside

Continual Improvement
North West > Merseyside

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

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 37 26
Rank change year-on-year +15 -11 +11
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 35 21 28
As % of all permanent jobs in Merseyside 5.65% 4.02% 5.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.23% 4.52% 6.15%
Number of salaries quoted 7 4 23
10th Percentile £47,750 £37,900 £25,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £39,250 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £46,250 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.51% +8.82% -6.66%
75th Percentile £67,500 £59,063 £50,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £64,125 £55,000
North West median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -9.09%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Merseyside

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 Merseyside.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 484 465 455
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside 78.06% 89.08% 87.16%
Number of salaries quoted 281 208 335
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £29,262
25th Percentile £29,250 £32,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £45,000 £47,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -4.26% -1.05%
75th Percentile £54,500 £64,063 £61,875
90th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £77,500
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £52,750
% change year-on-year -3.85% -1.42% -4.09%

Continuous Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

Continuous Improvement job vacancy trend in Merseyside

Continuous Improvement
Salary Trend in Merseyside

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing Continuous Improvement.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing Continuous Improvement

Continuous Improvement
Salary Histogram in Merseyside

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

Salary histogram for Continuous Improvement in Merseyside

Continuous Improvement
Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Continuous Improvement within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 6 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
Liverpool +13 33 £52,500 +13.51% 8
Continuous Improvement
North West

Continuous Improvement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside 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 2 (5.71%) nginx
Applications
1 5 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (8.57%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (8.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.86%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (8.57%) Azure
1 3 (8.57%) Power Platform
2 2 (5.71%) Azure AKS
2 2 (5.71%) Sentry
3 1 (2.86%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (2.86%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 1 (2.86%) Google Ads
3 1 (2.86%) Google Analytics
3 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Advertising
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.86%) Firewall
1 1 (2.86%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.57%) Power BI
1 3 (8.57%) SQL Server
2 2 (5.71%) MongoDB
2 2 (5.71%) PostHog
2 2 (5.71%) Redis
2 2 (5.71%) Tableau
3 1 (2.86%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (2.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (11.43%) LabVIEW
General
1 25 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 14 (40.00%) Legal
3 12 (34.29%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (25.71%) French Language
5 7 (20.00%) Finance
6 5 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (11.43%) Automotive
7 4 (11.43%) Manufacturing
8 3 (8.57%) Hungarian Language
9 2 (5.71%) Games
9 2 (5.71%) Public Sector
9 2 (5.71%) Spanish Language
10 1 (2.86%) Advertising
10 1 (2.86%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (40.00%) HR Advisor
2 5 (14.29%) Lead
3 4 (11.43%) Architect
3 4 (11.43%) Control Systems Engineer
3 4 (11.43%) Systems Engineer
4 3 (8.57%) HR Specialist
5 2 (5.71%) Senior
5 2 (5.71%) Senior Architect
5 2 (5.71%) Senior Manager
5 2 (5.71%) Service Manager
5 2 (5.71%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (2.86%) Analyst
6 1 (2.86%) Delivery Manager
6 1 (2.86%) Information Analyst
6 1 (2.86%) Information Security Analyst
6 1 (2.86%) Insight Manager
6 1 (2.86%) Operations Manager
6 1 (2.86%) Paid Search Executive
6 1 (2.86%) SAP Delivery Manager
6 1 (2.86%) SAP Service Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.71%) .NET
1 2 (5.71%) .NET Framework
1 2 (5.71%) Entity Framework
1 2 (5.71%) Loki
1 2 (5.71%) MassTransit
1 2 (5.71%) Next.js
1 2 (5.71%) RabbitMQ
1 2 (5.71%) React
Miscellaneous
1 17 (48.57%) Onboarding
2 5 (14.29%) Analytical Mindset
3 4 (11.43%) SCADA
4 3 (8.57%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (5.71%) Cloud Native
5 2 (5.71%) Virtual Team
6 1 (2.86%) Management Information System
6 1 (2.86%) Security Posture
6 1 (2.86%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (68.57%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (57.14%) Decision-Making
3 14 (40.00%) CRM
3 14 (40.00%) Data Entry
4 11 (31.43%) Project Management
5 6 (17.14%) AI
5 6 (17.14%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (14.29%) Agile
6 5 (14.29%) Software Engineering
7 4 (11.43%) Analytics
7 4 (11.43%) Business Intelligence
7 4 (11.43%) Coaching
7 4 (11.43%) FMEA
7 4 (11.43%) Service Delivery
7 4 (11.43%) Strategic Thinking
8 3 (8.57%) Customer Experience
8 3 (8.57%) Digital Enablement
8 3 (8.57%) IT Strategy
8 3 (8.57%) Resource Allocation
8 3 (8.57%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.71%) C#
1 2 (5.71%) TypeScript
2 1 (2.86%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 1 (2.86%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (14.29%) Degree
2 2 (5.71%) PMI Certification
2 2 (5.71%) PMP
3 1 (2.86%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (40.00%) GDPR
2 6 (17.14%) QA
3 1 (2.86%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (2.86%) GRC
3 1 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.86%) NIST
3 1 (2.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (5.71%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (5.71%) Grafana
1 2 (5.71%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 19 (54.29%) ServiceNow
2 17 (48.57%) Workday
3 4 (11.43%) Microsoft
3 4 (11.43%) Siemens
4 2 (5.71%) Anaplan
4 2 (5.71%) Genesys
4 2 (5.71%) Verint
5 1 (2.86%) Google
5 1 (2.86%) SAP