Continuous Improvement Job Trends in Newcastle upon Tyne

Continual Improvement
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne requiring Continuous Improvement skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 21 22
Rank change year-on-year -3 +1 +9
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 136 34 45
As % of all permanent jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne 6.80% 7.31% 6.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.09% 8.65% 7.46%
Number of salaries quoted 100 26 28
10th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £46,500 £45,000 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £49,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.16% +10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £76,475 £65,000 £66,748
90th Percentile £87,500 £71,875 £84,964
Tyne and Wear median annual salary £52,500 £48,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year +9.38% +28.00% -2.60%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Newcastle upon Tyne

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 Newcastle upon Tyne.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,496 393 603
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 74.80% 84.52% 81.71%
Number of salaries quoted 1,157 265 391
10th Percentile £35,000 £25,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £28,500 £36,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £48,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -4.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £80,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £73,750 £80,000
Tyne and Wear median annual salary £55,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +22.22% - -14.29%

Continuous Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

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

Continuous Improvement job vacancy trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Continuous Improvement
Salary Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Continuous Improvement.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Continuous Improvement

Continuous Improvement
Salary Histogram in Newcastle upon Tyne

Salary distribution for jobs citing Continuous Improvement in Newcastle upon Tyne over the 6 months to 4 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Continuous Improvement in Newcastle upon Tyne

Continuous Improvement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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 7 (5.15%) SharePoint
2 5 (3.68%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (2.21%) Apache
3 3 (2.21%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (2.21%) Apache Spark
3 3 (2.21%) CMS
3 3 (2.21%) Confluence
3 3 (2.21%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.74%) WildFly
4 1 (0.74%) WordPress
Applications
1 7 (5.15%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (4.41%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (2.21%) Chatbot
4 2 (1.47%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.74%) NetSuite
1 1 (0.74%) Oracle Assets
1 1 (0.74%) Oracle Cash Management
1 1 (0.74%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (0.74%) Oracle Receivables
1 1 (0.74%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 38 (27.94%) AWS
2 27 (19.85%) Azure
3 14 (10.29%) Power Platform
4 13 (9.56%) Serverless
5 11 (8.09%) GCP
6 10 (7.35%) Amazon S3
7 8 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
8 7 (5.15%) AWS Lambda
9 5 (3.68%) Google Analytics
9 5 (3.68%) Google Tag Manager
9 5 (3.68%) OneDrive
10 4 (2.94%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 4 (2.94%) Amazon ECR
11 3 (2.21%) Amazon EMR
11 3 (2.21%) AWS CloudFormation
11 3 (2.21%) Figma
11 3 (2.21%) IaaS
11 3 (2.21%) OpenShift
11 3 (2.21%) Power Automate
11 3 (2.21%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.68%) DHCP
1 5 (3.68%) DNS
2 3 (2.21%) CTI
2 3 (2.21%) VoIP
3 2 (1.47%) Wireless
4 1 (0.74%) Ethernet
4 1 (0.74%) Fibre Channel
4 1 (0.74%) Firewall
4 1 (0.74%) HTTP
4 1 (0.74%) LAN
4 1 (0.74%) Network Security
4 1 (0.74%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (0.74%) SAN
4 1 (0.74%) SSH
4 1 (0.74%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (10.29%) Power BI
2 10 (7.35%) Metadata
3 9 (6.62%) NoSQL
4 5 (3.68%) Amazon Redshift
4 5 (3.68%) BigQuery
4 5 (3.68%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (3.68%) Looker
4 5 (3.68%) MongoDB
4 5 (3.68%) MySQL
4 5 (3.68%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (2.94%) Tableau
6 3 (2.21%) Amazon Athena
6 3 (2.21%) Big Data
6 3 (2.21%) Data Lake
6 3 (2.21%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.74%) Delta Lake
7 1 (0.74%) DocumentDB
7 1 (0.74%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (5.15%) GitLab
2 5 (3.68%) Git
3 3 (2.21%) Jenkins
3 3 (2.21%) JIRA
3 3 (2.21%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.74%) Eclipse
4 1 (0.74%) Maven
General
1 67 (49.26%) Social Skills
2 56 (41.18%) Public Sector
3 37 (27.21%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (16.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 22 (16.18%) Legal
6 19 (13.97%) Finance
7 12 (8.82%) Law
8 8 (5.88%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (3.68%) Local Government
10 4 (2.94%) General Ledger
11 3 (2.21%) Billing
11 3 (2.21%) Financial Institution
12 2 (1.47%) Banking
12 2 (1.47%) Electronics
12 2 (1.47%) Manufacturing
12 2 (1.47%) Marketing
12 2 (1.47%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.74%) Publishing
13 1 (0.74%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 35 (25.74%) Senior
2 24 (17.65%) Analyst
3 20 (14.71%) Architect
4 17 (12.50%) Lead
5 11 (8.09%) Developer
5 11 (8.09%) Technical Architect
6 9 (6.62%) Senior Architect
7 8 (5.88%) Senior Technical Architect
8 7 (5.15%) Business Analyst
8 7 (5.15%) Senior Analyst
8 7 (5.15%) Software Engineer
9 5 (3.68%) Designer
9 5 (3.68%) Lead Architect
9 5 (3.68%) QA Manager
9 5 (3.68%) Quality Manager
9 5 (3.68%) Senior Developer
9 5 (3.68%) Senior Systems Engineer
9 5 (3.68%) Systems Engineer
10 4 (2.94%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 4 (2.94%) Major Incident Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (16.91%) Node.js
2 15 (11.03%) CSS
2 15 (11.03%) HTML
3 7 (5.15%) Terraform
4 5 (3.68%) .NET
4 5 (3.68%) Spring
4 5 (3.68%) Spring Boot
5 4 (2.94%) AngularJS
5 4 (2.94%) React
6 3 (2.21%) .NET Core
6 3 (2.21%) AWS CDK
6 3 (2.21%) Kafka
6 3 (2.21%) PySpark
6 3 (2.21%) REST
6 3 (2.21%) RESTful
6 3 (2.21%) Vue
7 2 (1.47%) Express.js
8 1 (0.74%) CSS3
8 1 (0.74%) PostGIS
8 1 (0.74%) Semantic HTML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (11.03%) Cloud Native
2 9 (6.62%) IoT
3 8 (5.88%) Product Ownership
4 7 (5.15%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (3.68%) Cyber Security Posture
5 5 (3.68%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (2.94%) ARM Cortex
6 4 (2.94%) Embedded Systems
6 4 (2.94%) Private Cloud
6 4 (2.94%) Security Posture
7 3 (2.21%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (2.21%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (2.21%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (2.21%) Graphic Design
7 3 (2.21%) IVR
7 3 (2.21%) Low-Code
8 2 (1.47%) Data Centre
8 2 (1.47%) Driving Licence
8 2 (1.47%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.74%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 11 (8.09%) Windows
2 6 (4.41%) Linux
2 6 (4.41%) Windows Server
3 3 (2.21%) Unix
4 1 (0.74%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (49.26%) Agile
2 47 (34.56%) Mentoring
3 40 (29.41%) CI/CD
3 40 (29.41%) Problem-Solving
4 32 (23.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 29 (21.32%) DevOps
6 28 (20.59%) Decision-Making
6 28 (20.59%) Stakeholder Management
6 28 (20.59%) Test Automation
7 19 (13.97%) Coaching
7 19 (13.97%) Technical Leadership
8 18 (13.24%) SFIA
9 17 (12.50%) Analytics
10 16 (11.76%) ITIL
11 15 (11.03%) Data Modelling
11 15 (11.03%) Roadmaps
11 15 (11.03%) Validation
12 14 (10.29%) Architecture Governance
12 14 (10.29%) Business Intelligence
12 14 (10.29%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 24 (17.65%) JavaScript
2 19 (13.97%) Python
3 16 (11.76%) SQL
4 13 (9.56%) TypeScript
5 11 (8.09%) Java
6 9 (6.62%) PowerShell
7 6 (4.41%) Bash
7 6 (4.41%) C#
8 4 (2.94%) C
8 4 (2.94%) Embedded C
9 1 (0.74%) PHP
9 1 (0.74%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 31 (22.79%) Security Cleared
2 30 (22.06%) SC Cleared
3 14 (10.29%) Degree
4 6 (4.41%) BPSS Clearance
4 6 (4.41%) DV Cleared
5 5 (3.68%) DBS Check
5 5 (3.68%) PMI Certification
6 4 (2.94%) CISM
6 4 (2.94%) CISSP
6 4 (2.94%) ISEB
6 4 (2.94%) PMP
7 3 (2.21%) ACCA
7 3 (2.21%) Azure Certification
7 3 (2.21%) CIMA
7 3 (2.21%) IRCA
8 2 (1.47%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.47%) IIBA
8 2 (1.47%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.74%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.74%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (21.32%) QA
2 13 (9.56%) Accessibility
2 13 (9.56%) GDPR
3 11 (8.09%) Data Quality
4 7 (5.15%) ISO 9001
4 7 (5.15%) WCAG
5 6 (4.41%) SLA
6 3 (2.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (1.47%) ISO 14001
8 1 (0.74%) GRC
8 1 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (0.74%) NIST
8 1 (0.74%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.74%) PMO
System Software
1 7 (5.15%) Docker
2 6 (4.41%) Active Directory
3 5 (3.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (3.68%) vSphere
4 4 (2.94%) Firmware
5 1 (0.74%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 6 (4.41%) Kubernetes
2 5 (3.68%) SCCM
3 3 (2.21%) Ansible
3 3 (2.21%) Progress Chef
3 3 (2.21%) Puppet
4 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.74%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 14 (10.29%) Microsoft
2 8 (5.88%) Oracle
3 7 (5.15%) Google
4 5 (3.68%) Aruba
4 5 (3.68%) VMware
5 4 (2.94%) YouTube
6 3 (2.21%) Aderant
6 3 (2.21%) Avaya
6 3 (2.21%) Cisco
6 3 (2.21%) Genesys
6 3 (2.21%) Workday
7 2 (1.47%) BMC
7 2 (1.47%) Dynatrace
7 2 (1.47%) SAP
8 1 (0.74%) AppDynamics
8 1 (0.74%) Databricks
8 1 (0.74%) Meraki
8 1 (0.74%) MuleSoft
8 1 (0.74%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.74%) Splunk