Continuous Improvement Jobs in the Midlands

Continual Improvement
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 17 43 38
Rank change year-on-year +26 -5 +15
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 966 505 813
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 8.31% 6.65% 6.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.56% 6.95% 6.84%
Number of salaries quoted 358 289 410
10th Percentile £31,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,413 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.90% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £84,964 £77,875 £78,003
England median annual salary £60,000 £59,526 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.80% -0.79% +5.26%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,145 7,269 11,887
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 78.71% 95.72% 96.39%
Number of salaries quoted 5,707 4,187 7,370
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,000 £29,725
25th Percentile £35,000 £39,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,250 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,772 £78,750 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +4.35%

Continuous Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Continuous Improvement in the Midlands

Continuous Improvement
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Continuous Improvement in the Midlands

Continuous Improvement
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Continuous Improvement in the Midlands over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Continuous Improvement in the Midlands

Continuous Improvement
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Continuous Improvement within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. 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
West Midlands +19 747 £55,000 +3.77% 127
East Midlands +7 211 £50,000 +7.53% 83
Continuous Improvement
England

Continuous Improvement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 34 (3.52%) SharePoint
2 20 (2.07%) Skype for Business
3 8 (0.83%) IIS
3 8 (0.83%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (0.72%) Confluence
5 6 (0.62%) Appian
6 5 (0.52%) nginx
7 2 (0.21%) SAS
8 1 (0.10%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 475 (49.17%) Microsoft Office
2 344 (35.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (1.35%) Microsoft Project
4 9 (0.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.52%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.21%) Simulink
7 1 (0.10%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 14 (1.45%) Oracle Payables
2 12 (1.24%) Oracle Receivables
3 11 (1.14%) Oracle Assets
3 11 (1.14%) Oracle Cash Management
3 11 (1.14%) Oracle General Ledger
4 5 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.52%) Dynamics NAV
4 5 (0.52%) IBM Planning Analytics
4 5 (0.52%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (0.41%) Shopify
6 3 (0.31%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 2 (0.21%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.21%) SAP Business ByDesign
8 1 (0.10%) Odoo
8 1 (0.10%) Primavera
8 1 (0.10%) SAP CO
8 1 (0.10%) SAP EWM
8 1 (0.10%) SAP FI
8 1 (0.10%) SAP FI/CO
8 1 (0.10%) SAP IS-U
Cloud Services
1 87 (9.01%) Azure
2 46 (4.76%) Power Platform
3 38 (3.93%) AWS
4 32 (3.31%) Microsoft 365
5 28 (2.90%) Azure DevOps
6 16 (1.66%) SaaS
7 13 (1.35%) Dynamics 365
8 12 (1.24%) Entra ID
9 11 (1.14%) Cloud Computing
9 11 (1.14%) Power Automate
9 11 (1.14%) PowerApps
10 10 (1.04%) Serverless
11 8 (0.83%) PaaS
12 7 (0.72%) Amazon EC2
12 7 (0.72%) Amazon S3
12 7 (0.72%) AWS CloudFormation
12 7 (0.72%) AWS Lambda
12 7 (0.72%) IaaS
12 7 (0.72%) WhatsApp
13 5 (0.52%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 22 (2.28%) Skype
2 19 (1.97%) Firewall
3 17 (1.76%) VoIP
4 16 (1.66%) WAN
5 14 (1.45%) Wi-Fi
6 10 (1.04%) DHCP
6 10 (1.04%) DNS
6 10 (1.04%) Network Security
6 10 (1.04%) SAN
7 9 (0.93%) SD-WAN
7 9 (0.93%) VLAN
8 7 (0.72%) LAN
9 6 (0.62%) NAS
10 5 (0.52%) TCP/IP
11 4 (0.41%) Fibre Channel
11 4 (0.41%) IPsec
11 4 (0.41%) iSCSI
11 4 (0.41%) Kerberos
11 4 (0.41%) SSL
11 4 (0.41%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (4.45%) Power BI
2 22 (2.28%) SQL Server
3 12 (1.24%) MySQL
3 12 (1.24%) Tableau
4 10 (1.04%) Amazon RDS
5 7 (0.72%) Big Data
6 6 (0.62%) NoSQL
7 5 (0.52%) Data Mining
7 5 (0.52%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (0.41%) Elasticsearch
8 4 (0.41%) InfluxDB
8 4 (0.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (0.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (0.31%) BusinessObjects
10 2 (0.21%) Amazon Aurora
10 2 (0.21%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.21%) PostgreSQL
10 2 (0.21%) Power Query
10 2 (0.21%) RDBMS
10 2 (0.21%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 18 (1.86%) Git
2 16 (1.66%) JIRA
3 6 (0.62%) Octopus Deploy
3 6 (0.62%) TeamCity
4 5 (0.52%) webpack
5 4 (0.41%) Burp Suite
5 4 (0.41%) Metasploit
5 4 (0.41%) sqlmap
5 4 (0.41%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.21%) GitLab
7 1 (0.10%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.10%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.10%) LabVIEW
7 1 (0.10%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.10%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.10%) Terragrunt
7 1 (0.10%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 356 (36.85%) Social Skills
2 312 (32.30%) Military
3 232 (24.02%) Analytical Skills
4 159 (16.46%) Finance
5 154 (15.94%) Organisational Skills
6 134 (13.87%) Influencing Skills
7 53 (5.49%) Retail
8 51 (5.28%) Law
9 40 (4.14%) Legal
10 39 (4.04%) Manufacturing
11 36 (3.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 25 (2.59%) Public Sector
13 12 (1.24%) Banking
13 12 (1.24%) Marketing
14 11 (1.14%) Automotive
14 11 (1.14%) Electronics
14 11 (1.14%) Environmental Health
15 10 (1.04%) Presentation Skills
16 9 (0.93%) Telecoms
17 8 (0.83%) Police
Job Titles
1 315 (32.61%) Graduate
2 190 (19.67%) Analyst
3 121 (12.53%) Product Analyst
4 116 (12.01%) Sales Analyst
5 54 (5.59%) Lead
6 51 (5.28%) Developer
7 38 (3.93%) Senior
8 35 (3.62%) IT Support
9 33 (3.42%) Project Manager
10 31 (3.21%) IT Engineer
11 29 (3.00%) IT Manager
12 17 (1.76%) IT Support Specialist
12 17 (1.76%) Support Specialist
13 16 (1.66%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 16 (1.66%) Support Engineer
14 14 (1.45%) Consultant
14 14 (1.45%) Operations Engineer
15 13 (1.35%) Business Manager
15 13 (1.35%) Service Manager
15 13 (1.35%) Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (2.90%) .NET
2 17 (1.76%) React
3 15 (1.55%) HTML
4 14 (1.45%) CSS
5 12 (1.24%) Oracle Fusion
6 10 (1.04%) Node.js
7 8 (0.83%) ASP.NET
7 8 (0.83%) EDI
7 8 (0.83%) jQuery
7 8 (0.83%) Twitter Bootstrap
8 7 (0.72%) .NET Core
8 7 (0.72%) .NET Framework
8 7 (0.72%) Entity Framework
9 6 (0.62%) GraphQL
9 6 (0.62%) YAML
10 5 (0.52%) HTML5
10 5 (0.52%) LEMP Stack
10 5 (0.52%) LESS
10 5 (0.52%) Sass
10 5 (0.52%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 318 (32.92%) Onboarding
2 67 (6.94%) Management Information System
3 33 (3.42%) Self-Motivation
4 22 (2.28%) Video Conferencing
5 16 (1.66%) Data Centre
6 15 (1.55%) FMCG
6 15 (1.55%) PMI
7 13 (1.35%) Product Ownership
8 11 (1.14%) Fat Client
8 11 (1.14%) NHS
8 11 (1.14%) Thin Client
9 10 (1.04%) Cloud Native
10 9 (0.93%) Driving Licence
10 9 (0.93%) Mobile App
10 9 (0.93%) SCADA
11 8 (0.83%) Operational Technology
12 7 (0.72%) IoT
12 7 (0.72%) Low-Code
13 6 (0.62%) Industry 4.0
14 5 (0.52%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 64 (6.63%) Windows
2 38 (3.93%) Windows 10
3 27 (2.80%) Android
4 25 (2.59%) Windows Server
5 22 (2.28%) Apple iOS
6 15 (1.55%) Windows Server 2012
7 14 (1.45%) Linux
8 11 (1.14%) Windows 7
8 11 (1.14%) Windows 8
9 8 (0.83%) VMS
10 3 (0.31%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.10%) CentOS
11 1 (0.10%) FreeRTOS
11 1 (0.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.10%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.10%) Unix
11 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 482 (49.90%) Customer Service
2 358 (37.06%) Process Improvement
3 340 (35.20%) Logistics
4 337 (34.89%) Data Analysis
5 332 (34.37%) Customer Experience
6 318 (32.92%) Performance Metrics
7 314 (32.51%) Creative Thinking
8 312 (32.30%) Contingency Planning
9 282 (29.19%) Problem-Solving
10 142 (14.70%) Project Management
11 129 (13.35%) Agile
12 123 (12.73%) Customer Requirements
13 120 (12.42%) Mathematics
14 76 (7.87%) Project Delivery
15 66 (6.83%) DevOps
16 65 (6.73%) ITIL
17 63 (6.52%) Service Delivery
18 58 (6.00%) Analytics
19 57 (5.90%) Stakeholder Management
20 55 (5.69%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 51 (5.28%) SQL
2 35 (3.62%) Python
3 32 (3.31%) JavaScript
4 24 (2.48%) PowerShell
5 23 (2.38%) C#
6 14 (1.45%) Java
7 10 (1.04%) VBA
8 8 (0.83%) C++
9 7 (0.72%) Bicep
9 7 (0.72%) VB
10 6 (0.62%) Kotlin
11 5 (0.52%) Bash
11 5 (0.52%) PHP
11 5 (0.52%) TypeScript
12 4 (0.41%) PL/SQL
12 4 (0.41%) R
13 3 (0.31%) C
13 3 (0.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (0.31%) MATLAB
13 3 (0.31%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 534 (55.28%) Degree
2 26 (2.69%) PMI Certification
3 25 (2.59%) Security Cleared
4 17 (1.76%) SC Cleared
5 15 (1.55%) Computer Science Degree
6 14 (1.45%) Azure Certification
7 13 (1.35%) CISSP
8 11 (1.14%) PMP
9 10 (1.04%) CISM
9 10 (1.04%) HNC
9 10 (1.04%) Microsoft Certification
10 9 (0.93%) DBS Check
11 7 (0.72%) APMG
11 7 (0.72%) Cisco Certification
11 7 (0.72%) Master's Degree
11 7 (0.72%) Six Sigma Green Belt
12 6 (0.62%) HND
13 5 (0.52%) MBA
13 5 (0.52%) MCP
13 5 (0.52%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (5.28%) QA
2 31 (3.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 19 (1.97%) GDPR
4 16 (1.66%) Data Quality
5 11 (1.14%) SLA
6 8 (0.83%) NEBOSH
6 8 (0.83%) PMO
7 7 (0.72%) NIST
8 6 (0.62%) Accessibility
9 5 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 4 (0.41%) ISO 9001
10 4 (0.41%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.31%) GRC
11 3 (0.31%) ISO 14001
12 2 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 12207
12 2 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 15288
13 1 (0.10%) COSHH
13 1 (0.10%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 1 (0.10%) NCSC
13 1 (0.10%) NIST 800
System Software
1 33 (3.42%) Active Directory
2 17 (1.76%) Docker
3 15 (1.55%) Hyper-V
4 14 (1.45%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.41%) Firmware
5 4 (0.41%) pfSense
6 2 (0.21%) Embedded Firmware
6 2 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.21%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.10%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 19 (1.97%) Kubernetes
2 12 (1.24%) SCCM
3 7 (0.72%) Terraform
4 5 (0.52%) Grafana
5 3 (0.31%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.21%) Data Guard
6 2 (0.21%) Functional Safety
7 1 (0.10%) Ansible
7 1 (0.10%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.10%) SCOM
7 1 (0.10%) VxRail
Vendors
1 123 (12.73%) Microsoft
2 26 (2.69%) SAP
3 23 (2.38%) Oracle
4 21 (2.17%) Cisco
4 21 (2.17%) VMware
5 16 (1.66%) Dell
6 14 (1.45%) ServiceNow
7 11 (1.14%) Google
8 8 (0.83%) Veeam
9 7 (0.72%) SolarWinds
10 6 (0.62%) HP
10 6 (0.62%) Zscaler
11 5 (0.52%) Avaya
11 5 (0.52%) Cognos
11 5 (0.52%) Dynatrace
11 5 (0.52%) Facebook
11 5 (0.52%) Salesforce
12 4 (0.41%) Brocade
12 4 (0.41%) Citrix
12 4 (0.41%) Fortinet