Continuous Improvement Job Trends in the North East

Continual Improvement
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North East requiring Continuous Improvement skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 31 29
Rank change year-on-year +21 -2 +31
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 191 43 116
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 8.05% 6.38% 5.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.30% 7.18% 6.43%
Number of salaries quoted 104 34 83
10th Percentile £35,900 £25,000 £28,250
25th Percentile £45,938 £45,000 £34,017
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £51,905 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.78% +15.34% +20.00%
75th Percentile £72,908 £67,813 £66,734
90th Percentile £77,500 £73,000 £73,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.35% - -4.17%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North East

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 North East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,691 599 1,805
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 71.29% 88.87% 83.18%
Number of salaries quoted 1,253 348 1,419
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £28,235 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -5.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £74,258 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% +5.45% -12.00%

Continuous Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Continuous Improvement job vacancy trend in the North East

Continuous Improvement
Salary Trend in the North East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Continuous Improvement.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Continuous Improvement

Continuous Improvement
Salary Histogram in the North East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Continuous Improvement in the North East over the 6 months to 13 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Continuous Improvement in the North East

Continuous Improvement
Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Continuous Improvement within the North East region over the 6 months to 13 June 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
Tyne and Wear -2 127 £57,500 +12.75% 36
Durham +25 62 £66,250 +17.26% 25
Continuous Improvement
England

Continuous Improvement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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 11 (5.76%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.62%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.57%) CMS
3 3 (1.57%) Confluence
4 2 (1.05%) Apache
4 2 (1.05%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (1.05%) Apache Spark
4 2 (1.05%) Jupyter
4 2 (1.05%) Umbraco
4 2 (1.05%) WordPress
5 1 (0.52%) Sitecore CMS
5 1 (0.52%) WildFly
Applications
1 17 (8.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (6.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (5.24%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (1.05%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 2 (1.05%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (1.05%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.52%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 29 (15.18%) Azure
2 25 (13.09%) AWS
3 15 (7.85%) Power Platform
4 12 (6.28%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (4.19%) OneDrive
6 7 (3.66%) Serverless
7 6 (3.14%) Amazon S3
8 5 (2.62%) Figma
9 4 (2.09%) AWS Lambda
10 3 (1.57%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 3 (1.57%) Amazon ECR
10 3 (1.57%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 3 (1.57%) Azure Service Bus
10 3 (1.57%) PaaS
10 3 (1.57%) Power Automate
10 3 (1.57%) PowerApps
11 2 (1.05%) Amazon EC2
11 2 (1.05%) AWS CodeCommit
11 2 (1.05%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (1.05%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.62%) DHCP
1 5 (2.62%) DNS
2 2 (1.05%) Firewall
2 2 (1.05%) SAN
3 1 (0.52%) Ethernet
3 1 (0.52%) Fibre Channel
3 1 (0.52%) HTTP
3 1 (0.52%) Intranet
3 1 (0.52%) LAN
3 1 (0.52%) Network Security
3 1 (0.52%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (0.52%) SSH
3 1 (0.52%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (7.85%) Power BI
2 9 (4.71%) NoSQL
3 7 (3.66%) MySQL
3 7 (3.66%) Tableau
4 6 (3.14%) SQL Server
5 5 (2.62%) Metadata
5 5 (2.62%) MongoDB
5 5 (2.62%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (2.09%) Amazon Athena
7 2 (1.05%) Amazon QuickSight
7 2 (1.05%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (1.05%) Big Data
7 2 (1.05%) Data Lake
7 2 (1.05%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.52%) Delta Lake
8 1 (0.52%) DocumentDB
8 1 (0.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (2.09%) Git
2 3 (1.57%) GitLab
2 3 (1.57%) JIRA
3 2 (1.05%) Cypress.io
3 2 (1.05%) SpecFlow
4 1 (0.52%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.52%) Eclipse
4 1 (0.52%) JMeter
4 1 (0.52%) Locust
4 1 (0.52%) Maven
General
1 68 (35.60%) Social Skills
2 40 (20.94%) Manufacturing
3 38 (19.90%) Finance
3 38 (19.90%) Marketing
4 37 (19.37%) Analytical Skills
5 35 (18.32%) Public Sector
6 18 (9.42%) Legal
7 14 (7.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 14 (7.33%) Law
8 7 (3.66%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (3.14%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (2.09%) Local Government
11 3 (1.57%) Banking
11 3 (1.57%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (1.05%) Billing
12 2 (1.05%) Retail
Job Titles
1 44 (23.04%) Development Manager
2 38 (19.90%) Product Manager
3 35 (18.32%) Product Development Manager
4 22 (11.52%) Senior
5 17 (8.90%) Architect
5 17 (8.90%) Lead
6 12 (6.28%) Head of QA
7 11 (5.76%) Developer
7 11 (5.76%) Senior Manager
8 9 (4.71%) Analyst
8 9 (4.71%) Business Analyst
8 9 (4.71%) Software Engineer
9 8 (4.19%) Systems Engineer
10 7 (3.66%) Accountant
10 7 (3.66%) Designer
10 7 (3.66%) IT Manager
11 6 (3.14%) Head of IT
11 6 (3.14%) Head of IT Security
11 6 (3.14%) Head of Security
11 6 (3.14%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (5.76%) .NET
2 7 (3.66%) RESTful
3 5 (2.62%) .NET Framework
3 5 (2.62%) AngularJS
3 5 (2.62%) Spring
3 5 (2.62%) Spring Boot
4 4 (2.09%) Kafka
4 4 (2.09%) Node.js
4 4 (2.09%) PySpark
4 4 (2.09%) React
4 4 (2.09%) REST
5 3 (1.57%) CSS
5 3 (1.57%) HTML
6 2 (1.05%) .NET Core
6 2 (1.05%) ASP.NET
6 2 (1.05%) ASP.NET MVC
6 2 (1.05%) HTML5
6 2 (1.05%) JSON
6 2 (1.05%) Middleware
6 2 (1.05%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 35 (18.32%) FMCG
2 12 (6.28%) Analytical Mindset
3 11 (5.76%) e-Learning
3 11 (5.76%) Legacy Systems
4 9 (4.71%) Cloud Native
5 8 (4.19%) IoT
6 7 (3.66%) Data Centre
6 7 (3.66%) Product Ownership
6 7 (3.66%) Security Posture
7 5 (2.62%) Operational Technology
8 4 (2.09%) ARM Cortex
8 4 (2.09%) Cyber Security Posture
8 4 (2.09%) Embedded Systems
9 3 (1.57%) Graphic Design
9 3 (1.57%) Onboarding
9 3 (1.57%) Replication
10 2 (1.05%) Distributed Systems
10 2 (1.05%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (1.05%) Low-Code
11 1 (0.52%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (3.66%) Windows
2 6 (3.14%) Linux
3 5 (2.62%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.52%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (29.84%) Decision-Making
2 41 (21.47%) Project Management
3 40 (20.94%) Project Delivery
4 39 (20.42%) Community of Practice
5 37 (19.37%) Agile
6 35 (18.32%) Chemistry
6 35 (18.32%) Commercialisation
6 35 (18.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 28 (14.66%) Mentoring
7 28 (14.66%) Problem-Solving
8 27 (14.14%) Coaching
9 25 (13.09%) Change Management
10 22 (11.52%) Analytics
10 22 (11.52%) CI/CD
11 19 (9.95%) Root Cause Analysis
11 19 (9.95%) Service Delivery
12 18 (9.42%) Cybersecurity
12 18 (9.42%) Roadmaps
13 17 (8.90%) DevOps
14 16 (8.38%) Quality Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (10.99%) SQL
2 9 (4.71%) C#
2 9 (4.71%) Java
2 9 (4.71%) JavaScript
2 9 (4.71%) Python
3 6 (3.14%) TypeScript
4 5 (2.62%) PowerShell
5 4 (2.09%) C
5 4 (2.09%) Embedded C
6 3 (1.57%) Bash
6 3 (1.57%) PHP
6 3 (1.57%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.52%) Bicep
7 1 (0.52%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 51 (26.70%) Degree
2 12 (6.28%) IRCA
3 6 (3.14%) CISSP
4 5 (2.62%) Azure Certification
4 5 (2.62%) CISM
4 5 (2.62%) PMI Certification
5 4 (2.09%) DBS Check
5 4 (2.09%) ISEB
5 4 (2.09%) PMP
5 4 (2.09%) SC Cleared
5 4 (2.09%) Security Cleared
6 3 (1.57%) ACCA
6 3 (1.57%) CIMA
6 3 (1.57%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.05%) AWS Certification
7 2 (1.05%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.05%) TOGAF Certification
8 1 (0.52%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.52%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.52%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (12.04%) QA
2 18 (9.42%) ISO 9001
3 17 (8.90%) Accessibility
3 17 (8.90%) GDPR
4 8 (4.19%) Data Quality
5 7 (3.66%) WCAG
6 4 (2.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (2.09%) PMO
7 3 (1.57%) SLA
8 2 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.52%) GRC
9 1 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 1 (0.52%) NIST
9 1 (0.52%) P3O
9 1 (0.52%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 7 (3.66%) Docker
2 5 (2.62%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (2.09%) Firmware
3 4 (2.09%) vSphere
4 1 (0.52%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.52%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 7 (3.66%) Kubernetes
2 5 (2.62%) Terraform
3 4 (2.09%) SCCM
4 1 (0.52%) Grafana
4 1 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 24 (12.57%) Microsoft
2 9 (4.71%) Oracle
3 5 (2.62%) VMware
3 5 (2.62%) Workday
4 4 (2.09%) Aruba
5 3 (1.57%) BMC
5 3 (1.57%) SAP
6 2 (1.05%) Adobe
6 2 (1.05%) MuleSoft
6 2 (1.05%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.05%) SnapLogic
7 1 (0.52%) Citrix
7 1 (0.52%) Confluent
7 1 (0.52%) Databricks
7 1 (0.52%) Dynatrace
7 1 (0.52%) Optimizely
7 1 (0.52%) Progress
7 1 (0.52%) Sitecore