Continuous Improvement Jobs in the North West

Continual Improvement
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 34 78
Rank change year-on-year -8 +44 -37
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 514 526 327
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 6.43% 5.34% 4.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.71% 6.45% 4.37%
Number of salaries quoted 345 373 220
10th Percentile £35,200 £29,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £45,628 £41,250 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £51,150 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.57% -2.57% -
75th Percentile £67,138 £68,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £84,964 £80,000
England median annual salary £56,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.74% -4.17% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7,662 8,161 7,487
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 95.78% 82.83% 95.68%
Number of salaries quoted 4,126 6,195 3,909
10th Percentile £26,722 £27,500 £30,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £61,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £82,500
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for Continuous Improvement in the North West

Continuous Improvement
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Continuous Improvement in the North West

Continuous Improvement
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Continuous Improvement in the North West over the 6 months to 11 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Continuous Improvement in the North West

Continuous Improvement
Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 11 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
Manchester +17 232 £58,000 -3.33% 277
Cumbria -22 159 £51,564 -26.34% 5
Lancashire -45 69 £57,560 +33.92% 159
Cheshire -26 34 £35,000 -19.54% 75
Merseyside -9 20 £54,500 +9.00% 38
Continuous Improvement
England

Continuous Improvement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 42 (8.17%) Confluence
2 19 (3.70%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.39%) Apache
3 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.19%) Apache Solr
4 1 (0.19%) IIS
4 1 (0.19%) nginx
Applications
1 32 (6.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (2.92%) Microsoft Project
2 15 (2.92%) Trello
3 11 (2.14%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (1.36%) Simulink
5 2 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 21 (4.09%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (1.36%) Teamcenter
3 3 (0.58%) Maximo
4 2 (0.39%) SAP BPC
4 2 (0.39%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 2 (0.39%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.19%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.19%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 82 (15.95%) Azure
2 75 (14.59%) AWS
3 46 (8.95%) GCP
4 24 (4.67%) Microsoft 365
5 14 (2.72%) SaaS
6 9 (1.75%) Power Platform
7 7 (1.36%) GitHub
8 6 (1.17%) Cloud Computing
9 4 (0.78%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (0.78%) Entra ID
10 3 (0.58%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 3 (0.58%) Azure Service Bus
10 3 (0.58%) Cloud Composer
11 2 (0.39%) AWS CloudFormation
11 2 (0.39%) Azure Sentinel
11 2 (0.39%) NuGet
12 1 (0.19%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 1 (0.19%) Kong
12 1 (0.19%) Power Automate
12 1 (0.19%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 19 (3.70%) Firewall
2 16 (3.11%) Intrusion Detection
3 5 (0.97%) DNS
3 5 (0.97%) TCP/IP
4 4 (0.78%) HTTP
5 3 (0.58%) HTTPS
5 3 (0.58%) Intranet
6 2 (0.39%) FTP
6 2 (0.39%) SMTP
6 2 (0.39%) SSH
6 2 (0.39%) SSL
6 2 (0.39%) WAN
7 1 (0.19%) Ethernet
7 1 (0.19%) Internet
7 1 (0.19%) IPsec
7 1 (0.19%) LAN
7 1 (0.19%) OSPF
7 1 (0.19%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.19%) VPN
7 1 (0.19%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (8.95%) SQL Server
2 8 (1.56%) MySQL
2 8 (1.56%) Power BI
3 5 (0.97%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (0.78%) NoSQL
5 3 (0.58%) BigQuery
5 3 (0.58%) Elasticsearch
5 3 (0.58%) Event Store
5 3 (0.58%) MongoDB
5 3 (0.58%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (0.39%) GIS
6 2 (0.39%) Power Query
7 1 (0.19%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.19%) Couchbase
7 1 (0.19%) Data Hub
7 1 (0.19%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.19%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.19%) SQL CLR
7 1 (0.19%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 60 (11.67%) JIRA
2 46 (8.95%) GitLab
3 39 (7.59%) Bitbucket
3 39 (7.59%) Cucumber
3 39 (7.59%) Maven
3 39 (7.59%) Selenium
3 39 (7.59%) SonarQube
3 39 (7.59%) Sonatype Nexus
4 7 (1.36%) Rational DOORS
5 6 (1.17%) Git
6 4 (0.78%) Jenkins
6 4 (0.78%) TeamCity
7 3 (0.58%) Octopus Deploy
8 1 (0.19%) ESLint
8 1 (0.19%) Storybook
8 1 (0.19%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.19%) webpack
General
1 171 (33.27%) Finance
2 156 (30.35%) Social Skills
3 95 (18.48%) Analytical Skills
4 56 (10.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 49 (9.53%) Banking
6 37 (7.20%) Aerospace
7 19 (3.70%) Legal
8 18 (3.50%) Manufacturing
8 18 (3.50%) Organisational Skills
9 12 (2.33%) Retail
10 9 (1.75%) Electronics
10 9 (1.75%) Public Sector
11 7 (1.36%) Law
11 7 (1.36%) Presentation Skills
12 6 (1.17%) Marketing
13 4 (0.78%) Telecoms
14 3 (0.58%) Automotive
14 3 (0.58%) Billing
14 3 (0.58%) Local Government
14 3 (0.58%) Military
Job Titles
1 94 (18.29%) Lead
2 74 (14.40%) Principal Engineer
3 68 (13.23%) Principal Systems Engineer
4 48 (9.34%) Analyst
4 48 (9.34%) Software Engineer
5 40 (7.78%) Administrator
5 40 (7.78%) Requirements Engineer
6 35 (6.81%) Systems Engineer
7 31 (6.03%) Project Manager
8 29 (5.64%) Senior
9 25 (4.86%) Delivery Project Manager
10 24 (4.67%) Developer
11 23 (4.47%) Head of IT
12 18 (3.50%) Systems Administrator
13 16 (3.11%) Architect
13 16 (3.11%) IT Administrator
14 14 (2.72%) Applications Support
14 14 (2.72%) Head of Delivery
14 14 (2.72%) Security Architect
15 13 (2.53%) Vendor Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (10.12%) React
2 44 (8.56%) CSS
2 44 (8.56%) Kafka
3 42 (8.17%) HTML
3 42 (8.17%) Spring
4 41 (7.98%) Spring Boot
5 40 (7.78%) Hibernate
6 39 (7.59%) JPA
6 39 (7.59%) Redux
7 27 (5.25%) .NET
8 10 (1.95%) .NET Core
9 7 (1.36%) .NET Framework
9 7 (1.36%) AngularJS
9 7 (1.36%) Next.js
9 7 (1.36%) REST
10 6 (1.17%) Entity Framework
10 6 (1.17%) RabbitMQ
11 4 (0.78%) ADO
11 4 (0.78%) Node.js
11 4 (0.78%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 64 (12.45%) Social Media
2 54 (10.51%) Product Ownership
3 40 (7.78%) Enterprise Software
4 30 (5.84%) Management Information System
5 29 (5.64%) Self-Motivation
6 28 (5.45%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 19 (3.70%) Security Posture
8 18 (3.50%) Data Protection Act
9 7 (1.36%) Manufacturing Execution System
9 7 (1.36%) Mobile App
10 6 (1.17%) Distributed Systems
11 4 (0.78%) Analytical Mindset
12 3 (0.58%) Cloud Native
12 3 (0.58%) Data Centre
12 3 (0.58%) IoT
12 3 (0.58%) Legacy Systems
12 3 (0.58%) Life Science
12 3 (0.58%) Onboarding
12 3 (0.58%) Private Cloud
13 2 (0.39%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 39 (7.59%) Windows
2 32 (6.23%) Windows Vista
3 15 (2.92%) Linux
4 2 (0.39%) AIX
4 2 (0.39%) CentOS
4 2 (0.39%) Oracle Linux
4 2 (0.39%) Unix
4 2 (0.39%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.19%) Robot Operating System
5 1 (0.19%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 123 (23.93%) Agile
2 119 (23.15%) Problem-Solving
3 84 (16.34%) Project Management
4 76 (14.79%) Project Delivery
5 75 (14.59%) Decision-Making
5 75 (14.59%) DevOps
6 73 (14.20%) CI/CD
7 72 (14.01%) SDLC
7 72 (14.01%) Stakeholder Management
8 63 (12.26%) Process Improvement
9 61 (11.87%) Systems Engineering
10 58 (11.28%) Software Engineering
11 57 (11.09%) Coaching
12 56 (10.89%) Risk Management
13 55 (10.70%) Microservices
14 54 (10.51%) Computer Science
15 51 (9.92%) Collaborative Culture
16 50 (9.73%) Containerisation
17 46 (8.95%) Clean Code
17 46 (8.95%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 86 (16.73%) SQL
2 78 (15.18%) Java
3 49 (9.53%) JavaScript
4 22 (4.28%) C#
5 19 (3.70%) Python
6 12 (2.33%) TypeScript
7 9 (1.75%) Korn
8 7 (1.36%) C-shell
8 7 (1.36%) MATLAB
8 7 (1.36%) PL/SQL
8 7 (1.36%) Shell Script
9 5 (0.97%) Bicep
9 5 (0.97%) C++
9 5 (0.97%) PHP
10 4 (0.78%) Bash
10 4 (0.78%) Ruby
11 3 (0.58%) Go
11 3 (0.58%) VBA
12 2 (0.39%) ABAP
12 2 (0.39%) C
Qualifications
1 237 (46.11%) Degree
2 142 (27.63%) BPSS Clearance
3 77 (14.98%) DBS Check
4 66 (12.84%) HNC
5 30 (5.84%) Computer Science Degree
6 29 (5.64%) Master's Degree
7 24 (4.67%) Six Sigma Black Belt
7 24 (4.67%) Six Sigma Green Belt
8 23 (4.47%) CISSP
9 19 (3.70%) CISA
10 18 (3.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 18 (3.50%) ACCA
10 18 (3.50%) CIMA
10 18 (3.50%) Cisco Certification
10 18 (3.50%) CISM
11 17 (3.31%) CRISC
12 16 (3.11%) CCAB
12 16 (3.11%) CEH
12 16 (3.11%) PMI Certification
12 16 (3.11%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (10.31%) QA
2 38 (7.39%) ISO 9001
3 30 (5.84%) Data Quality
4 26 (5.06%) SLA
5 24 (4.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 22 (4.28%) NIST
7 17 (3.31%) COBIT
8 14 (2.72%) GDPR
9 10 (1.95%) PMO
10 9 (1.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 6 (1.17%) ITGC
12 3 (0.58%) ISO 20022
13 2 (0.39%) GRC
14 1 (0.19%) Accessibility
14 1 (0.19%) IFRS
14 1 (0.19%) ISO 14001
14 1 (0.19%) ISO 22301
14 1 (0.19%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 49 (9.53%) Docker
2 17 (3.31%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.39%) KVM
3 2 (0.39%) Postfix
3 2 (0.39%) Sendmail
3 2 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.19%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 53 (10.31%) Kubernetes
2 12 (2.33%) Terraform
3 7 (1.36%) Ansible
4 6 (1.17%) Grafana
4 6 (1.17%) Puppet
5 4 (0.78%) Progress Chef
6 3 (0.58%) Kibana
6 3 (0.58%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.39%) Nagios
7 2 (0.39%) Nessus
7 2 (0.39%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.39%) Salt
8 1 (0.19%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.19%) SCCM
Vendors
1 47 (9.14%) Microsoft
2 42 (8.17%) Oracle
3 39 (7.59%) Solace
4 34 (6.61%) SAP
5 10 (1.95%) Google
6 9 (1.75%) IBM
7 6 (1.17%) Facebook
7 6 (1.17%) Salesforce
8 4 (0.78%) ServiceNow
9 3 (0.58%) New Relic
10 2 (0.39%) Dynatrace
10 2 (0.39%) Hyperion
10 2 (0.39%) Ping Identity
10 2 (0.39%) Red Hat
10 2 (0.39%) Tenable
10 2 (0.39%) VMware
11 1 (0.19%) AlienVault
11 1 (0.19%) Bloomberg
11 1 (0.19%) EMC
11 1 (0.19%) Logitech