Continuous Improvement Jobs in the North of England

Continual Improvement
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for Continuous Improvement skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Continuous Improvement over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 31 77 48
Rank change year-on-year +46 -29 +37
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 969 777 1,098
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 5.62% 4.44% 6.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.70% 4.58% 6.50%
Number of salaries quoted 701 524 568
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,021 £37,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £53,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% +7.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £84,964 £82,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

Continuous Improvement is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,457 16,959 16,903
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 83.81% 96.89% 93.81%
Number of salaries quoted 11,096 8,063 10,789
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £29,130
25th Percentile £37,000 £40,000 £38,258
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,173
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +9.62% +5.63%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Continuous Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Continuous Improvement in the North of England

Continuous Improvement
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Continuous Improvement in the North of England.

Salary trend for Continuous Improvement in the North of England

Continuous Improvement
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Continuous Improvement in the North of England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Continuous Improvement in the North of England

Continuous Improvement
Job Locations in the North of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
North West +46 525 £51,000 -7.27% 246
Yorkshire +39 343 £60,000 +9.33% 145
North East +28 101 £45,000 +20.00% 51
Continuous Improvement
England

Continuous Improvement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 29 (2.99%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (2.48%) SharePoint
3 15 (1.55%) Confluence
4 9 (0.93%) SAS
5 8 (0.83%) IIS
6 3 (0.31%) CMS
7 2 (0.21%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.10%) Jetty
8 1 (0.10%) WordPress
Applications
1 72 (7.43%) Microsoft Office
2 56 (5.78%) Microsoft Excel
3 26 (2.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 22 (2.27%) AutoCAD
5 8 (0.83%) MS Visio
6 6 (0.62%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.41%) Solid Edge
7 4 (0.41%) SOLIDWORKS
8 2 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.10%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.10%) Revit
Business Applications
1 13 (1.34%) Infor SunSystems
1 13 (1.34%) iTrent
2 11 (1.14%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.72%) Magento
3 7 (0.72%) SAP ERP
4 6 (0.62%) NEC Housing
5 5 (0.52%) Sage 200
5 5 (0.52%) SAP MM
5 5 (0.52%) SAP SD
5 5 (0.52%) SAP WM
6 4 (0.41%) NetSuite
6 4 (0.41%) SAP APO
6 4 (0.41%) SAP PP
7 3 (0.31%) Oracle ERP
7 3 (0.31%) SAP CO
7 3 (0.31%) SAP FI
7 3 (0.31%) SAP FI/CO
8 2 (0.21%) Primavera
8 2 (0.21%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 176 (18.16%) Azure
2 91 (9.39%) AWS
3 70 (7.22%) Microsoft 365
3 70 (7.22%) Power Platform
4 36 (3.72%) SaaS
5 33 (3.41%) Azure DevOps
6 29 (2.99%) GitHub
7 19 (1.96%) GCP
8 15 (1.55%) Azure Data Factory
8 15 (1.55%) Dynamics 365
9 12 (1.24%) Azure App Service
9 12 (1.24%) Azure Service Bus
10 11 (1.14%) AWS CloudFormation
11 10 (1.03%) Google Play
11 10 (1.03%) PowerApps
12 9 (0.93%) Cloud Computing
13 8 (0.83%) Azure AKS
13 8 (0.83%) Entra ID
14 7 (0.72%) IaaS
14 7 (0.72%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 41 (4.23%) Firewall
2 27 (2.79%) DNS
2 27 (2.79%) VoIP
3 21 (2.17%) DHCP
4 18 (1.86%) SAN
5 15 (1.55%) Wi-Fi
6 14 (1.44%) Network Security
7 13 (1.34%) Broadband
8 12 (1.24%) LAN
8 12 (1.24%) NAS
8 12 (1.24%) WAN
9 8 (0.83%) VLAN
10 7 (0.72%) FTP
10 7 (0.72%) PPP
11 6 (0.62%) HTTP
11 6 (0.62%) TCP/IP
12 5 (0.52%) Internet
12 5 (0.52%) VPN
13 4 (0.41%) Ethernet
13 4 (0.41%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (6.09%) Power BI
2 55 (5.68%) SQL Server
3 32 (3.30%) Tableau
4 29 (2.99%) MySQL
5 21 (2.17%) PostgreSQL
6 19 (1.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 18 (1.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 15 (1.55%) Relational Database
9 13 (1.34%) Azure SQL Database
9 13 (1.34%) BusinessObjects
10 11 (1.14%) Data Hub
11 10 (1.03%) Crystal Reports
11 10 (1.03%) Data Warehouse
11 10 (1.03%) RDBMS
12 5 (0.52%) Data Lake
12 5 (0.52%) MaxDB
12 5 (0.52%) Metadata
12 5 (0.52%) SAP HANA
13 4 (0.41%) Oracle Reports
14 2 (0.21%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 67 (6.91%) Git
2 26 (2.68%) JIRA
3 17 (1.75%) Bitbucket
4 16 (1.65%) Jenkins
5 14 (1.44%) PHPUnit
6 11 (1.14%) Visual Studio
7 10 (1.03%) Appium
8 8 (0.83%) Cypress.io
9 6 (0.62%) Selenium
10 5 (0.52%) Android Studio
10 5 (0.52%) GitLab
10 5 (0.52%) Postman
10 5 (0.52%) Spinnaker
11 4 (0.41%) Subversion
11 4 (0.41%) TeamCity
12 2 (0.21%) Jasmine
13 1 (0.10%) HP UFT
13 1 (0.10%) Moq
13 1 (0.10%) NUnit
13 1 (0.10%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 416 (42.93%) Social Skills
2 237 (24.46%) Finance
3 217 (22.39%) Analytical Skills
4 93 (9.60%) Legal
5 70 (7.22%) Public Sector
6 57 (5.88%) Retail
7 52 (5.37%) Manufacturing
8 47 (4.85%) Banking
9 37 (3.82%) Organisational Skills
10 34 (3.51%) Marketing
11 33 (3.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 31 (3.20%) Law
13 16 (1.65%) Influencing Skills
13 16 (1.65%) Presentation Skills
14 15 (1.55%) Automotive
15 12 (1.24%) Telecoms
16 11 (1.14%) Advertising
17 9 (0.93%) Games
18 8 (0.83%) Aerospace
19 7 (0.72%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 124 (12.80%) Analyst
2 121 (12.49%) Lead
3 109 (11.25%) Senior
4 106 (10.94%) Developer
5 63 (6.50%) IT Manager
6 47 (4.85%) Project Manager
7 40 (4.13%) Senior Developer
8 35 (3.61%) Cloud Engineer
9 33 (3.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 28 (2.89%) Coordinator
11 27 (2.79%) Support Engineer
11 27 (2.79%) Team Leader
12 26 (2.68%) Service Manager
13 25 (2.58%) Delivery Manager
13 25 (2.58%) Head of IT
13 25 (2.58%) Software Developer
14 24 (2.48%) Financial Analyst
15 23 (2.37%) Architect
16 20 (2.06%) Consultant
16 20 (2.06%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (5.47%) .NET
2 47 (4.85%) RESTful
3 46 (4.75%) CSS
4 42 (4.33%) React
5 39 (4.02%) HTML
6 37 (3.82%) AngularJS
7 26 (2.68%) .NET Framework
8 23 (2.37%) ASP.NET Web API
8 23 (2.37%) Entity Framework
9 21 (2.17%) Twitter Bootstrap
10 20 (2.06%) ASP.NET
10 20 (2.06%) XML
11 19 (1.96%) JSON
11 19 (1.96%) Laravel
12 17 (1.75%) REST
13 16 (1.65%) .NET Core
13 16 (1.65%) Vue
14 15 (1.55%) Sass
15 14 (1.44%) Tailwind CSS
15 14 (1.44%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 55 (5.68%) Management Information System
2 36 (3.72%) Onboarding
3 31 (3.20%) Self-Motivation
4 28 (2.89%) Cloud Native
5 27 (2.79%) Product Ownership
6 24 (2.48%) Data Centre
7 23 (2.37%) Housing Association
8 22 (2.27%) Driving Licence
9 20 (2.06%) NHS
10 14 (1.44%) Fat Client
10 14 (1.44%) Thin Client
11 13 (1.34%) Enterprise Software
12 12 (1.24%) Security Posture
13 11 (1.14%) Public Cloud
14 10 (1.03%) Legacy Systems
14 10 (1.03%) Podcast
15 9 (0.93%) Private Cloud
16 8 (0.83%) Cyber Threat
16 8 (0.83%) Greenfield Project
16 8 (0.83%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 81 (8.36%) Windows
2 55 (5.68%) Windows Server
3 31 (3.20%) Linux
4 20 (2.06%) Android
5 11 (1.14%) Windows 10
6 10 (1.03%) Windows Server 2019
7 8 (0.83%) Apple iOS
7 8 (0.83%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (0.31%) VMS
8 3 (0.31%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 296 (30.55%) Problem-Solving
2 245 (25.28%) Agile
3 141 (14.55%) ITIL
4 133 (13.73%) Mentoring
5 124 (12.80%) Project Management
6 107 (11.04%) Stakeholder Management
7 105 (10.84%) Coaching
8 103 (10.63%) DevOps
9 102 (10.53%) Decision-Making
10 97 (10.01%) Customer Service
11 90 (9.29%) Service Delivery
12 86 (8.88%) Project Delivery
13 84 (8.67%) Business Intelligence
14 76 (7.84%) ERP
14 76 (7.84%) Roadmaps
15 72 (7.43%) Change Management
16 70 (7.22%) Analytics
17 65 (6.71%) CI/CD
18 64 (6.60%) Collaborative Culture
18 64 (6.60%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 133 (13.73%) SQL
2 76 (7.84%) C#
3 62 (6.40%) JavaScript
4 46 (4.75%) Python
5 36 (3.72%) T-SQL
6 33 (3.41%) Java
7 32 (3.30%) PowerShell
8 26 (2.68%) PHP
9 20 (2.06%) TypeScript
10 15 (1.55%) Kotlin
11 8 (0.83%) VB
12 7 (0.72%) Bash
13 6 (0.62%) Bicep
14 5 (0.52%) ABAP
14 5 (0.52%) C
14 5 (0.52%) VB.NET
15 4 (0.41%) Delphi
15 4 (0.41%) Swift
15 4 (0.41%) VBA
16 3 (0.31%) C++
Qualifications
1 192 (19.81%) Degree
2 43 (4.44%) Computer Science Degree
3 26 (2.68%) HND
4 22 (2.27%) Security Cleared
5 21 (2.17%) HNC
6 19 (1.96%) Azure Certification
7 16 (1.65%) Cisco Certification
7 16 (1.65%) Master's Degree
8 14 (1.44%) PMI Certification
9 11 (1.14%) Microsoft Certification
9 11 (1.14%) PMP
10 10 (1.03%) SC Cleared
11 8 (0.83%) CISM
11 8 (0.83%) CISSP
11 8 (0.83%) Network+ Certification
12 7 (0.72%) CCNA
12 7 (0.72%) ITIL Certification
13 6 (0.62%) CCIE
14 5 (0.52%) CRISC
14 5 (0.52%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (7.84%) QA
2 53 (5.47%) SLA
3 51 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 31 (3.20%) Cyber Essentials
5 30 (3.10%) GDPR
6 28 (2.89%) PMO
7 20 (2.06%) ISO 9001
8 19 (1.96%) NIST
9 18 (1.86%) Accessibility
10 11 (1.14%) Actionable Recommendations
11 9 (0.93%) Data Quality
11 9 (0.93%) ISO 14001
12 8 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 8 (0.83%) NEBOSH
13 7 (0.72%) COSHH
13 7 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 6 (0.62%) NCSC
14 6 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 5 (0.52%) GRC
15 5 (0.52%) SOC 2
System Software
1 64 (6.60%) Active Directory
2 27 (2.79%) Docker
3 16 (1.65%) Hyper-V
3 16 (1.65%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.93%) vSphere
5 5 (0.52%) Firmware
6 4 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.41%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.10%) Snort
8 1 (0.10%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 31 (3.20%) Kubernetes
2 28 (2.89%) Terraform
3 14 (1.44%) Microsoft Intune
3 14 (1.44%) SCCM
4 6 (0.62%) FortiGate
4 6 (0.62%) Nagios
5 5 (0.52%) Ansible
6 3 (0.31%) Functional Safety
6 3 (0.31%) Jamf Pro
6 3 (0.31%) Progress Chef
6 3 (0.31%) SCOM
6 3 (0.31%) vCenter Server
7 2 (0.21%) Host Intrusion Detection System
8 1 (0.10%) Grafana
8 1 (0.10%) Nessus
8 1 (0.10%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.10%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
8 1 (0.10%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 228 (23.53%) Microsoft
2 71 (7.33%) SAP
3 31 (3.20%) Google
4 30 (3.10%) VMware
5 29 (2.99%) Cisco
6 27 (2.79%) Citrix
7 18 (1.86%) Oracle
8 17 (1.75%) Veeam
9 16 (1.65%) ServiceNow
10 13 (1.34%) Infor
11 11 (1.14%) Epicor
12 10 (1.03%) Commvault
13 8 (0.83%) Meraki
14 7 (0.72%) Databricks
14 7 (0.72%) Juniper
14 7 (0.72%) Sage
15 6 (0.62%) CheckPoint
15 6 (0.62%) IBM
15 6 (0.62%) NEC
16 5 (0.52%) Sybase