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 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 32 75 46
Rank change year-on-year +43 -29 +47
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 965 769 1,107
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 5.57% 4.40% 6.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.65% 4.54% 6.53%
Number of salaries quoted 699 522 570
10th Percentile £31,200 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,250 £40,853
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £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 14,504 16,945 16,953
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 83.69% 96.88% 93.85%
Number of salaries quoted 11,139 8,099 10,783
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,000 £40,000 £38,386
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 6 May 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 6 May 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 +48 525 £51,000 -7.07% 273
Yorkshire +38 338 £60,000 +12.15% 156
North East +23 102 £45,000 +18.42% 64
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 (3.01%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (2.49%) SharePoint
3 15 (1.55%) Confluence
4 9 (0.93%) SAS
5 7 (0.73%) 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 (7.46%) Microsoft Office
2 56 (5.80%) Microsoft Excel
3 26 (2.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 22 (2.28%) 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 (1.35%) Infor SunSystems
1 13 (1.35%) iTrent
2 11 (1.14%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (0.83%) Dynamics CRM
4 7 (0.73%) Magento
4 7 (0.73%) SAP ERP
5 5 (0.52%) 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
1 175 (18.13%) Azure
2 91 (9.43%) AWS
3 71 (7.36%) Power Platform
4 70 (7.25%) Microsoft 365
5 36 (3.73%) SaaS
6 33 (3.42%) Azure DevOps
7 29 (3.01%) GitHub
8 20 (2.07%) GCP
9 15 (1.55%) Azure Data Factory
9 15 (1.55%) Dynamics 365
10 12 (1.24%) Azure App Service
10 12 (1.24%) Azure Service Bus
11 11 (1.14%) AWS CloudFormation
11 11 (1.14%) PowerApps
12 10 (1.04%) Google Play
13 9 (0.93%) Cloud Computing
14 8 (0.83%) Azure AKS
14 8 (0.83%) Entra ID
15 7 (0.73%) PaaS
15 7 (0.73%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 39 (4.04%) Firewall
2 27 (2.80%) DNS
3 25 (2.59%) VoIP
4 21 (2.18%) DHCP
5 16 (1.66%) SAN
6 15 (1.55%) Wi-Fi
7 14 (1.45%) Network Security
8 13 (1.35%) Broadband
9 11 (1.14%) LAN
9 11 (1.14%) WAN
10 10 (1.04%) NAS
11 8 (0.83%) VLAN
12 7 (0.73%) FTP
12 7 (0.73%) PPP
13 6 (0.62%) HTTP
13 6 (0.62%) TCP/IP
14 5 (0.52%) Internet
14 5 (0.52%) VPN
15 4 (0.41%) Ethernet
15 4 (0.41%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (6.11%) Power BI
2 52 (5.39%) SQL Server
3 32 (3.32%) Tableau
4 28 (2.90%) MySQL
5 21 (2.18%) PostgreSQL
6 19 (1.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 18 (1.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 15 (1.55%) Relational Database
9 13 (1.35%) Azure SQL Database
9 13 (1.35%) BusinessObjects
10 11 (1.14%) Data Warehouse
11 10 (1.04%) Crystal Reports
11 10 (1.04%) RDBMS
12 6 (0.62%) Data Lake
13 5 (0.52%) Data Hub
13 5 (0.52%) MaxDB
13 5 (0.52%) Metadata
13 5 (0.52%) SAP HANA
14 4 (0.41%) Oracle Reports
15 2 (0.21%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 68 (7.05%) Git
2 25 (2.59%) JIRA
3 17 (1.76%) Bitbucket
4 16 (1.66%) Jenkins
5 14 (1.45%) PHPUnit
6 11 (1.14%) Visual Studio
7 10 (1.04%) 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
1 408 (42.28%) Social Skills
2 232 (24.04%) Finance
3 211 (21.87%) Analytical Skills
4 92 (9.53%) Legal
5 70 (7.25%) Public Sector
6 57 (5.91%) Retail
7 52 (5.39%) Manufacturing
8 41 (4.25%) Banking
9 37 (3.83%) Organisational Skills
10 34 (3.52%) Marketing
11 33 (3.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 31 (3.21%) Law
13 16 (1.66%) Influencing Skills
13 16 (1.66%) 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 (0.73%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 123 (12.75%) Analyst
2 121 (12.54%) Lead
3 109 (11.30%) Senior
4 108 (11.19%) Developer
5 61 (6.32%) IT Manager
6 45 (4.66%) Project Manager
7 40 (4.15%) Senior Developer
8 35 (3.63%) Cloud Engineer
9 32 (3.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 29 (3.01%) Head of IT
11 28 (2.90%) Coordinator
12 27 (2.80%) Support Engineer
12 27 (2.80%) Team Leader
13 26 (2.69%) Service Manager
14 25 (2.59%) Delivery Manager
14 25 (2.59%) Software Developer
15 24 (2.49%) Architect
15 24 (2.49%) Financial Analyst
16 20 (2.07%) Senior Manager
17 18 (1.87%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (5.60%) .NET
2 47 (4.87%) CSS
2 47 (4.87%) RESTful
3 43 (4.46%) React
4 40 (4.15%) HTML
5 37 (3.83%) AngularJS
6 27 (2.80%) .NET Framework
7 23 (2.38%) ASP.NET Web API
7 23 (2.38%) Entity Framework
8 21 (2.18%) Twitter Bootstrap
9 20 (2.07%) ASP.NET
9 20 (2.07%) XML
10 19 (1.97%) JSON
10 19 (1.97%) Laravel
11 18 (1.87%) REST
12 16 (1.66%) .NET Core
12 16 (1.66%) Vue
13 15 (1.55%) Sass
13 15 (1.55%) Web Services
14 14 (1.45%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 52 (5.39%) Management Information System
2 34 (3.52%) Onboarding
3 30 (3.11%) Self-Motivation
4 29 (3.01%) Cloud Native
5 27 (2.80%) Product Ownership
6 24 (2.49%) Data Centre
7 23 (2.38%) Housing Association
8 22 (2.28%) Driving Licence
9 20 (2.07%) NHS
10 14 (1.45%) Fat Client
10 14 (1.45%) Thin Client
11 13 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
12 12 (1.24%) Security Posture
13 11 (1.14%) Public Cloud
14 10 (1.04%) Legacy Systems
14 10 (1.04%) Podcast
15 9 (0.93%) Mobile App
15 9 (0.93%) Private Cloud
16 8 (0.83%) Cyber Threat
16 8 (0.83%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 78 (8.08%) Windows
2 52 (5.39%) Windows Server
3 31 (3.21%) Linux
4 20 (2.07%) Android
5 10 (1.04%) Windows 10
6 8 (0.83%) Apple iOS
6 8 (0.83%) Windows Server 2019
7 5 (0.52%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (0.31%) VMS
9 2 (0.21%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 290 (30.05%) Problem-Solving
2 243 (25.18%) Agile
3 143 (14.82%) ITIL
4 133 (13.78%) Mentoring
5 125 (12.95%) Project Management
6 110 (11.40%) Stakeholder Management
7 106 (10.98%) Coaching
8 104 (10.78%) DevOps
9 98 (10.16%) Decision-Making
10 96 (9.95%) Customer Service
11 92 (9.53%) Service Delivery
12 85 (8.81%) Project Delivery
13 84 (8.70%) Business Intelligence
14 76 (7.88%) ERP
15 75 (7.77%) Roadmaps
16 73 (7.56%) Change Management
17 66 (6.84%) CI/CD
17 66 (6.84%) Risk Management
18 65 (6.74%) Cybersecurity
18 65 (6.74%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 131 (13.58%) SQL
2 77 (7.98%) C#
3 63 (6.53%) JavaScript
4 46 (4.77%) Python
5 36 (3.73%) T-SQL
6 33 (3.42%) Java
7 32 (3.32%) PowerShell
8 26 (2.69%) PHP
9 21 (2.18%) TypeScript
10 15 (1.55%) Kotlin
11 8 (0.83%) VB
12 7 (0.73%) 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
1 189 (19.59%) Degree
2 41 (4.25%) Computer Science Degree
3 26 (2.69%) HND
4 22 (2.28%) Security Cleared
5 21 (2.18%) HNC
6 18 (1.87%) Azure Certification
7 17 (1.76%) PMI Certification
8 16 (1.66%) Cisco Certification
8 16 (1.66%) Master's Degree
9 14 (1.45%) PMP
10 11 (1.14%) CISSP
10 11 (1.14%) Microsoft Certification
11 10 (1.04%) SC Cleared
12 8 (0.83%) CISM
12 8 (0.83%) ITIL Certification
12 8 (0.83%) Network+ Certification
13 7 (0.73%) CCNA
14 6 (0.62%) CCIE
15 5 (0.52%) CRISC
15 5 (0.52%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (7.88%) QA
2 51 (5.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 50 (5.18%) SLA
4 32 (3.32%) GDPR
5 30 (3.11%) Cyber Essentials
5 30 (3.11%) PMO
6 20 (2.07%) ISO 9001
7 19 (1.97%) NIST
8 18 (1.87%) Accessibility
9 9 (0.93%) Data Quality
9 9 (0.93%) ISO 14001
10 8 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 8 (0.83%) NEBOSH
11 7 (0.73%) COSHH
11 7 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 6 (0.62%) NCSC
12 6 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 5 (0.52%) Actionable Recommendations
13 5 (0.52%) ISO 22301
13 5 (0.52%) SOC 2
System Software
1 61 (6.32%) Active Directory
2 27 (2.80%) Docker
3 16 (1.66%) Hyper-V
4 13 (1.35%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (0.83%) vSphere
6 5 (0.52%) Firmware
7 4 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.41%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.10%) Snort
Systems Management
1 31 (3.21%) Kubernetes
2 28 (2.90%) Terraform
3 14 (1.45%) Microsoft Intune
3 14 (1.45%) 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%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.10%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
8 1 (0.10%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 226 (23.42%) Microsoft
2 71 (7.36%) SAP
3 31 (3.21%) Google
4 29 (3.01%) Cisco
5 27 (2.80%) Citrix
5 27 (2.80%) VMware
6 18 (1.87%) Oracle
7 17 (1.76%) Veeam
8 16 (1.66%) ServiceNow
9 13 (1.35%) Infor
10 11 (1.14%) Epicor
11 10 (1.04%) Commvault
12 8 (0.83%) Meraki
13 7 (0.73%) Databricks
13 7 (0.73%) Juniper
13 7 (0.73%) Sage
14 6 (0.62%) CheckPoint
14 6 (0.62%) IBM
15 5 (0.52%) NEC
15 5 (0.52%) Sybase