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 13 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 24 35
Rank change year-on-year -18 +11 +8
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 382 1,005 591
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 5.64% 7.16% 6.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.20% 9.03% 7.21%
Number of salaries quoted 220 507 284
10th Percentile £27,750 £29,400 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - +4.38%
75th Percentile £58,250 £66,500 £66,589
90th Percentile £72,550 £80,174 £72,500
England median annual salary £55,298 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.83% -4.17% -

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 6,162 11,128 8,193
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 90.93% 79.24% 96.47%
Number of salaries quoted 2,588 7,655 4,352
10th Percentile £26,750 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £38,656
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.05% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

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 13 June 2025.

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 13 June 2025. 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 -29 212 £50,000 -6.54% 273
East Midlands -4 166 £40,000 -15.79% 227
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 47 (12.30%) Confluence
2 13 (3.40%) SharePoint
3 9 (2.36%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (1.31%) CMS
5 4 (1.05%) Appian
6 3 (0.79%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.52%) IIS
7 2 (0.52%) MTS
7 2 (0.52%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.26%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.26%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.26%) nginx
Applications
1 14 (3.66%) Simulink
2 13 (3.40%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (2.88%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (1.31%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (1.05%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.79%) Trello
7 2 (0.52%) Adobe Captivate
8 1 (0.26%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (3.66%) Teamcenter
2 7 (1.83%) Oracle EBS
3 5 (1.31%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.31%) SAP EWM
3 5 (1.31%) SAP WM
4 4 (1.05%) Infor CloudSuite
4 4 (1.05%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
5 3 (0.79%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.79%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.52%) Infor M3
7 1 (0.26%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.26%) Maximo
7 1 (0.26%) Oracle SCM
7 1 (0.26%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.26%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 121 (31.68%) Azure
2 84 (21.99%) AWS
3 51 (13.35%) GCP
4 27 (7.07%) Microsoft 365
5 19 (4.97%) Dynamics 365
6 18 (4.71%) Entra ID
7 17 (4.45%) SaaS
8 15 (3.93%) Power Platform
9 12 (3.14%) OCI
10 11 (2.88%) Serverless
11 10 (2.62%) AWS Lambda
12 9 (2.36%) Azure Sentinel
13 8 (2.09%) IaaS
14 7 (1.83%) Amazon ECS
15 6 (1.57%) OneDrive
15 6 (1.57%) Power Automate
16 5 (1.31%) Cloud Computing
16 5 (1.31%) GitHub
16 5 (1.31%) PowerApps
17 3 (0.79%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 22 (5.76%) Firewall
2 16 (4.19%) WAN
3 11 (2.88%) LAN
4 7 (1.83%) SD-WAN
4 7 (1.83%) VoIP
4 7 (1.83%) VPN
5 6 (1.57%) DNS
5 6 (1.57%) Network Security
5 6 (1.57%) VLAN
6 5 (1.31%) DHCP
6 5 (1.31%) Internet
6 5 (1.31%) TCP/IP
7 4 (1.05%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.52%) MPLS
9 1 (0.26%) 3GPP
9 1 (0.26%) HTTPS
9 1 (0.26%) IPsec
9 1 (0.26%) PBX
9 1 (0.26%) SAN
9 1 (0.26%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (18.32%) SQL Server
2 12 (3.14%) Power BI
2 12 (3.14%) Tableau
3 9 (2.36%) MySQL
4 8 (2.09%) Oracle Reports
5 6 (1.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 5 (1.31%) NoSQL
6 5 (1.31%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (1.05%) Crystal Reports
7 4 (1.05%) Relational Database
8 3 (0.79%) Amazon Athena
8 3 (0.79%) Parquet
8 3 (0.79%) Spark SQL
9 2 (0.52%) Data Hub
9 2 (0.52%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (0.52%) SQL CLR
10 1 (0.26%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.26%) MS Access
10 1 (0.26%) Snowflake Schema
10 1 (0.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 59 (15.45%) JIRA
2 51 (13.35%) GitLab
3 49 (12.83%) Selenium
4 48 (12.57%) Cucumber
5 47 (12.30%) Bitbucket
5 47 (12.30%) Maven
5 47 (12.30%) SonarQube
5 47 (12.30%) Sonatype Nexus
6 14 (3.66%) Rational DOORS
7 8 (2.09%) Git
8 2 (0.52%) Mocha
8 2 (0.52%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (0.26%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.26%) FitNesse
9 1 (0.26%) Jenkins
9 1 (0.26%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.26%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.26%) Subversion
9 1 (0.26%) TestComplete
9 1 (0.26%) Vagrant
General
1 127 (33.25%) Social Skills
2 124 (32.46%) Finance
3 93 (24.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 56 (14.66%) Banking
5 49 (12.83%) Analytical Skills
6 27 (7.07%) Public Sector
7 24 (6.28%) Marketing
8 21 (5.50%) Retail
9 16 (4.19%) Manufacturing
9 16 (4.19%) Organisational Skills
10 15 (3.93%) Aerospace
10 15 (3.93%) Electronics
11 11 (2.88%) Law
12 9 (2.36%) Games
13 8 (2.09%) Legal
14 7 (1.83%) Billing
14 7 (1.83%) Police
15 6 (1.57%) Influencing Skills
15 6 (1.57%) Local Government
16 4 (1.05%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 56 (14.66%) Software Engineer
2 52 (13.61%) Analyst
3 36 (9.42%) Developer
4 25 (6.54%) Senior
5 21 (5.50%) Lead
6 20 (5.24%) Consultant
7 19 (4.97%) Support Engineer
8 16 (4.19%) Junior
9 15 (3.93%) Integration Consultant
9 15 (3.93%) Oracle Consultant
9 15 (3.93%) Oracle Technical Consultant
9 15 (3.93%) Systems Engineer
9 15 (3.93%) Technical Consultant
10 14 (3.66%) Junior Systems Engineer
11 12 (3.14%) Cloud Specialist
11 12 (3.14%) Oracle Specialist
12 11 (2.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 11 (2.88%) Technical Engineer
12 11 (2.88%) Technical Support
12 11 (2.88%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (16.23%) CSS
2 57 (14.92%) HTML
3 54 (14.14%) React
4 49 (12.83%) Spring
5 48 (12.57%) Hibernate
5 48 (12.57%) JPA
5 48 (12.57%) Spring Boot
6 47 (12.30%) Kafka
6 47 (12.30%) Redux
7 34 (8.90%) .NET
8 9 (2.36%) ASP.NET
9 7 (1.83%) jQuery
9 7 (1.83%) Middleware
9 7 (1.83%) Web Services
10 5 (1.31%) EDI
11 4 (1.05%) .NET Framework
11 4 (1.05%) Entity Framework
11 4 (1.05%) SailPoint
12 3 (0.79%) Node.js
12 3 (0.79%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 61 (15.97%) Product Ownership
2 52 (13.61%) Enterprise Software
3 22 (5.76%) Onboarding
4 18 (4.71%) e-Learning
4 18 (4.71%) Hybrid Cloud
5 11 (2.88%) Management Information System
6 9 (2.36%) Data Centre
7 6 (1.57%) Data Protection Act
7 6 (1.57%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (1.31%) Distributed Systems
8 5 (1.31%) Pricing Data
8 5 (1.31%) Security Posture
9 4 (1.05%) Cloud Native
9 4 (1.05%) Driving Licence
9 4 (1.05%) Learning Management System
9 4 (1.05%) Mobile App
9 4 (1.05%) NHS
9 4 (1.05%) Operational Technology
10 3 (0.79%) PKI
10 3 (0.79%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 44 (11.52%) Windows
2 20 (5.24%) Windows Server
3 10 (2.62%) Linux
4 5 (1.31%) CentOS
4 5 (1.31%) Rocky
4 5 (1.31%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.26%) Android
5 1 (0.26%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 123 (32.20%) Problem-Solving
2 119 (31.15%) Agile
3 75 (19.63%) Project Management
4 73 (19.11%) DevOps
5 67 (17.54%) SDLC
6 61 (15.97%) CI/CD
6 61 (15.97%) Software Engineering
7 58 (15.18%) Test Automation
8 54 (14.14%) Front End Development
8 54 (14.14%) TDD
9 52 (13.61%) Clean Code
9 52 (13.61%) Microservices
9 52 (13.61%) Performance Optimisation
10 51 (13.35%) Full-Stack Development
11 47 (12.30%) Containerisation
12 46 (12.04%) Mentoring
13 44 (11.52%) ITIL
14 40 (10.47%) Roadmaps
15 36 (9.42%) Computer Science
15 36 (9.42%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 101 (26.44%) SQL
2 65 (17.02%) JavaScript
3 62 (16.23%) Java
4 30 (7.85%) C#
5 24 (6.28%) Python
6 14 (3.66%) MATLAB
7 10 (2.62%) PHP
8 7 (1.83%) C++
8 7 (1.83%) PowerShell
9 3 (0.79%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.52%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.52%) R
11 1 (0.26%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.26%) C
11 1 (0.26%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 77 (20.16%) Degree
2 18 (4.71%) Computer Science Degree
3 14 (3.66%) BPSS Clearance
4 9 (2.36%) Security Cleared
5 8 (2.09%) DBS Check
6 6 (1.57%) Azure Certification
6 6 (1.57%) ITIL Certification
6 6 (1.57%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (1.57%) SC Cleared
7 5 (1.31%) AWS Certification
7 5 (1.31%) CISSP
7 5 (1.31%) ISTQB
8 4 (1.05%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 4 (1.05%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 3 (0.79%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 3 (0.79%) CISM
9 3 (0.79%) Numerate Degree
9 3 (0.79%) PMI Certification
9 3 (0.79%) PMP
10 2 (0.52%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (16.49%) QA
2 20 (5.24%) SLA
3 7 (1.83%) PCI DSS
3 7 (1.83%) PMO
3 7 (1.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 6 (1.57%) Accessibility
4 6 (1.57%) Data Quality
5 5 (1.31%) Actionable Recommendations
5 5 (1.31%) COBIT
5 5 (1.31%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 5 (1.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.05%) GDPR
7 3 (0.79%) NIST
7 3 (0.79%) PMBOK
8 2 (0.52%) GRC
8 2 (0.52%) NCSC
9 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.26%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.26%) P3O
System Software
1 50 (13.09%) Docker
2 21 (5.50%) Active Directory
3 19 (4.97%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.26%) Firmware
4 1 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 50 (13.09%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.83%) Ansible
3 5 (1.31%) FortiGate
3 5 (1.31%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (1.31%) Terraform
4 1 (0.26%) EMC NetWorker
4 1 (0.26%) Nessus
4 1 (0.26%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 93 (24.35%) Microsoft
2 47 (12.30%) Solace
3 39 (10.21%) Oracle
4 30 (7.85%) IBM
5 20 (5.24%) VMware
6 18 (4.71%) Cisco
7 15 (3.93%) Red Hat
8 13 (3.40%) Salesforce
9 12 (3.14%) SAP
10 11 (2.88%) Dell
11 8 (2.09%) Juniper
11 8 (2.09%) McAfee
12 6 (1.57%) Infor
12 6 (1.57%) ServiceNow
13 5 (1.31%) Avaya
13 5 (1.31%) Google
13 5 (1.31%) JDA
13 5 (1.31%) SolarWinds
13 5 (1.31%) Zscaler
14 4 (1.05%) Okta