Continuous Improvement Jobs in the North of England

Continual Improvement
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 32 78
Rank change year-on-year +9 +46 -29
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 1,000 956 728
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 8.50% 5.41% 4.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.95% 6.51% 4.47%
Number of salaries quoted 486 698 494
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £40,875 £41,250 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £84,964 £80,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.61% -4.17% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

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 of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,174 14,675 16,303
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 94.99% 83.09% 96.80%
Number of salaries quoted 5,765 11,264 7,872
10th Percentile £25,480 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,250 £37,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £82,450
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 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 18 May 2025.

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 18 May 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
North West -8 498 £55,000 +6.62% 528
Yorkshire +25 465 £50,000 -16.67% 278
North East -13 37 £55,750 +23.89% 110
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 52 (5.20%) Confluence
2 22 (2.20%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.50%) SAS
4 3 (0.30%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.30%) WordPress
5 2 (0.20%) Apache
6 1 (0.10%) Apache Solr
6 1 (0.10%) IIS
6 1 (0.10%) nginx
6 1 (0.10%) OpenEdge
6 1 (0.10%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.10%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 51 (5.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (2.10%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (2.10%) Simulink
3 16 (1.60%) Microsoft Project
4 15 (1.50%) Trello
5 12 (1.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.20%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 21 (2.10%) SAP S/4HANA
1 21 (2.10%) Teamcenter
2 3 (0.30%) Maximo
2 3 (0.30%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.20%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.20%) SAP BPC
3 2 (0.20%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 2 (0.20%) SAP SD
4 1 (0.10%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.10%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.10%) SAP GRC
4 1 (0.10%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.10%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 134 (13.40%) Azure
2 113 (11.30%) AWS
3 62 (6.20%) GCP
4 36 (3.60%) Microsoft 365
5 25 (2.50%) SaaS
6 24 (2.40%) Power Platform
7 18 (1.80%) Azure DevOps
8 17 (1.70%) GitHub
9 7 (0.70%) AWS CloudFormation
9 7 (0.70%) Cloud Computing
9 7 (0.70%) Dynamics 365
10 6 (0.60%) Entra ID
10 6 (0.60%) Power Automate
10 6 (0.60%) PowerApps
11 5 (0.50%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 5 (0.50%) AWS Lambda
11 5 (0.50%) AWS Step Functions
11 5 (0.50%) Serverless
12 3 (0.30%) Canva
12 3 (0.30%) Cloud Composer
Communications & Networking
1 33 (3.30%) Firewall
2 14 (1.40%) Intrusion Detection
3 10 (1.00%) TCP/IP
4 8 (0.80%) DNS
5 6 (0.60%) VPN
6 4 (0.40%) Bluetooth
6 4 (0.40%) HTTP
6 4 (0.40%) Network Security
6 4 (0.40%) SAN
7 3 (0.30%) DHCP
7 3 (0.30%) HTTPS
7 3 (0.30%) Intranet
7 3 (0.30%) OSPF
7 3 (0.30%) Wireless
8 2 (0.20%) BGP
8 2 (0.20%) FTP
8 2 (0.20%) Internet
8 2 (0.20%) SMTP
8 2 (0.20%) SSL
8 2 (0.20%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (6.50%) SQL Server
2 21 (2.10%) Power BI
3 19 (1.90%) NoSQL
4 17 (1.70%) MySQL
5 12 (1.20%) Data Lake
6 11 (1.10%) Data Warehouse
7 8 (0.80%) Big Data
8 6 (0.60%) Oracle Reports
9 5 (0.50%) MongoDB
9 5 (0.50%) PostgreSQL
10 4 (0.40%) BigQuery
10 4 (0.40%) Data Hub
11 3 (0.30%) Elasticsearch
11 3 (0.30%) Event Store
11 3 (0.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (0.30%) SQLite
12 2 (0.20%) BusinessObjects
12 2 (0.20%) GIS
12 2 (0.20%) Relational Database
13 1 (0.10%) Couchbase
Development Applications
1 81 (8.10%) JIRA
2 48 (4.80%) GitLab
3 41 (4.10%) Maven
4 40 (4.00%) Bitbucket
4 40 (4.00%) Cucumber
4 40 (4.00%) Selenium
4 40 (4.00%) SonarQube
4 40 (4.00%) Sonatype Nexus
5 21 (2.10%) Rational DOORS
6 9 (0.90%) Git
7 6 (0.60%) Jenkins
8 4 (0.40%) TeamCity
9 3 (0.30%) Octopus Deploy
9 3 (0.30%) Visual Studio
10 2 (0.20%) Postman
11 1 (0.10%) ESLint
11 1 (0.10%) Gradle
11 1 (0.10%) Jasmine
11 1 (0.10%) Karma Test Runner
11 1 (0.10%) Storybook
General
1 510 (51.00%) Social Skills
2 322 (32.20%) Manufacturing
3 275 (27.50%) Finance
4 268 (26.80%) Electronics
5 247 (24.70%) Marketing
6 245 (24.50%) Presentation Skills
7 111 (11.10%) Analytical Skills
8 88 (8.80%) Banking
9 64 (6.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 51 (5.10%) Aerospace
11 24 (2.40%) Organisational Skills
12 20 (2.00%) Law
12 20 (2.00%) Legal
13 19 (1.90%) Retail
14 17 (1.70%) Public Sector
15 6 (0.60%) Advertising
15 6 (0.60%) Automotive
15 6 (0.60%) Retail Banking
15 6 (0.60%) Telecoms
16 4 (0.40%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 137 (13.70%) Technical Manager
2 136 (13.60%) Help Desk Manager
3 129 (12.90%) Lead
4 101 (10.10%) Products Support Manager
5 86 (8.60%) Systems Engineer
6 83 (8.30%) Support Manager
7 77 (7.70%) Product Manager
8 65 (6.50%) Software Engineer
9 60 (6.00%) Analyst
10 59 (5.90%) Principal Engineer
11 55 (5.50%) Automation Engineer
12 53 (5.30%) Principal Systems Engineer
13 52 (5.20%) Developer
14 50 (5.00%) Senior
15 43 (4.30%) Administrator
16 34 (3.40%) Project Manager
17 30 (3.00%) Architect
17 30 (3.00%) Junior
18 25 (2.50%) Delivery Project Manager
19 24 (2.40%) Requirements Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 76 (7.60%) React
2 61 (6.10%) .NET
3 55 (5.50%) CSS
4 49 (4.90%) HTML
5 47 (4.70%) Kafka
6 45 (4.50%) Spring
6 45 (4.50%) Spring Boot
7 41 (4.10%) Hibernate
7 41 (4.10%) Redux
8 40 (4.00%) JPA
9 22 (2.20%) .NET Core
10 20 (2.00%) REST
11 19 (1.90%) AngularJS
12 14 (1.40%) .NET Framework
12 14 (1.40%) Node.js
13 13 (1.30%) ASP.NET
14 12 (1.20%) jQuery
15 10 (1.00%) Vue
16 9 (0.90%) Next.js
16 9 (0.90%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 83 (8.30%) Management Information System
2 77 (7.70%) Product Ownership
3 62 (6.20%) Social Media
4 53 (5.30%) FMCG
5 46 (4.60%) Enterprise Software
6 43 (4.30%) Manufacturing Execution System
7 36 (3.60%) Operational Technology
8 34 (3.40%) Self-Motivation
9 27 (2.70%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 25 (2.50%) Security Posture
11 19 (1.90%) Data Protection Act
12 17 (1.70%) Distributed Systems
13 15 (1.50%) Private Cloud
14 11 (1.10%) Mobile App
14 11 (1.10%) Onboarding
15 9 (0.90%) Cloud Native
15 9 (0.90%) Cloud Security Posture
15 9 (0.90%) e-Learning
16 8 (0.80%) Data Centre
17 7 (0.70%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 54 (5.40%) Windows
2 30 (3.00%) Windows Vista
3 21 (2.10%) Linux
4 7 (0.70%) Windows Server
5 5 (0.50%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.20%) AIX
6 2 (0.20%) CentOS
6 2 (0.20%) Oracle Linux
6 2 (0.20%) Unix
6 2 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.10%) Android
7 1 (0.10%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.10%) Robot Operating System
7 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 267 (26.70%) Mathematics
2 262 (26.20%) Problem-Solving
3 258 (25.80%) Physics
4 213 (21.30%) Agile
5 135 (13.50%) Project Management
6 133 (13.30%) DevOps
7 117 (11.70%) CI/CD
8 106 (10.60%) Software Engineering
9 105 (10.50%) Decision-Making
10 92 (9.20%) Coaching
11 87 (8.70%) Project Delivery
12 86 (8.60%) Change Management
13 84 (8.40%) Microservices
14 81 (8.10%) SDLC
15 78 (7.80%) Roadmaps
15 78 (7.80%) Stakeholder Management
16 77 (7.70%) Computer Science
17 75 (7.50%) Process Improvement
18 74 (7.40%) Budgeting
19 73 (7.30%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 116 (11.60%) SQL
2 106 (10.60%) Java
3 85 (8.50%) JavaScript
4 53 (5.30%) C#
5 29 (2.90%) Python
6 23 (2.30%) TypeScript
7 21 (2.10%) MATLAB
8 12 (1.20%) C++
8 12 (1.20%) PHP
9 9 (0.90%) Korn
10 7 (0.70%) C
10 7 (0.70%) C-shell
10 7 (0.70%) PL/SQL
10 7 (0.70%) Shell Script
11 6 (0.60%) Bicep
11 6 (0.60%) PowerShell
12 5 (0.50%) Bash
12 5 (0.50%) R
13 4 (0.40%) Ruby
13 4 (0.40%) VBA
Qualifications
1 505 (50.50%) Degree
2 132 (13.20%) BPSS Clearance
3 86 (8.60%) HNC
4 76 (7.60%) DBS Check
5 36 (3.60%) Computer Science Degree
6 29 (2.90%) Master's Degree
7 24 (2.40%) Six Sigma Black Belt
7 24 (2.40%) Six Sigma Green Belt
8 22 (2.20%) CISSP
9 18 (1.80%) ACCA
9 18 (1.80%) CIMA
10 17 (1.70%) Cisco Certification
10 17 (1.70%) PMI Certification
10 17 (1.70%) PMP
11 16 (1.60%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 16 (1.60%) CCAB
11 16 (1.60%) CEH
11 16 (1.60%) CISA
11 16 (1.60%) CISM
11 16 (1.60%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (6.60%) QA
2 37 (3.70%) ISO 9001
3 32 (3.20%) Data Quality
4 28 (2.80%) SLA
5 25 (2.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 23 (2.30%) GDPR
7 20 (2.00%) NIST
8 16 (1.60%) COBIT
9 9 (0.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 6 (0.60%) IFRS
10 6 (0.60%) ITGC
10 6 (0.60%) PCI DSS
11 5 (0.50%) Basel II
11 5 (0.50%) Basel III
11 5 (0.50%) Dodd-Frank
11 5 (0.50%) IFRS 9
12 4 (0.40%) PMO
13 3 (0.30%) Accessibility
13 3 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
13 3 (0.30%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 63 (6.30%) Docker
2 23 (2.30%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.50%) Firmware
4 4 (0.40%) Embedded Firmware
4 4 (0.40%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.40%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.20%) KVM
5 2 (0.20%) Postfix
5 2 (0.20%) Sendmail
6 1 (0.10%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 68 (6.80%) Kubernetes
2 22 (2.20%) Terraform
3 10 (1.00%) Ansible
4 8 (0.80%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (0.70%) Grafana
6 6 (0.60%) Puppet
7 5 (0.50%) Prometheus
8 4 (0.40%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.30%) Kibana
9 3 (0.30%) Nessus
10 2 (0.20%) Nagios
10 2 (0.20%) Salt
10 2 (0.20%) SCCM
11 1 (0.10%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.10%) SCOM
11 1 (0.10%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 89 (8.90%) Microsoft
2 49 (4.90%) Oracle
3 43 (4.30%) SAP
4 40 (4.00%) Solace
5 36 (3.60%) Rockwell
5 36 (3.60%) Siemens
6 24 (2.40%) IBM
7 17 (1.70%) ServiceNow
8 13 (1.30%) Google
9 12 (1.20%) Salesforce
10 9 (0.90%) Facebook
11 4 (0.40%) Concur
11 4 (0.40%) VMware
12 3 (0.30%) Dell
12 3 (0.30%) EMC
12 3 (0.30%) HP
12 3 (0.30%) JD Edwards
12 3 (0.30%) New Relic
12 3 (0.30%) Ping Identity
12 3 (0.30%) Veeam