Continuous Improvement Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Continual Improvement
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland requiring Continuous Improvement skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 34 40
Rank change year-on-year +19 +6 +40
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 45 19 7
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland 9.05% 4.44% 2.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.72% 5.43% 2.47%
Number of salaries quoted 9 4 4
10th Percentile £47,400 - £53,125
25th Percentile £47,750 £56,495 £61,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £72,215 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.84% +6.99% +50.00%
75th Percentile £58,750 £87,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £79,097 - £72,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - -1.64%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 384 350 283
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 77.26% 81.78% 92.48%
Number of salaries quoted 170 123 207
10th Percentile £30,000 £34,112 £29,994
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £34,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +21.21% -1.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £68,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Continuous Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Continuous Improvement job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

Continuous Improvement
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Continuous Improvement.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Continuous Improvement

Continuous Improvement
Salary Histogram in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Continuous Improvement in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Continuous Improvement in Northern Ireland

Continuous Improvement
Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Continuous Improvement within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 31 December 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
County Antrim +23 31 £55,000 -23.84% 16
County Down -1 9 - -
Newry - 7 - -
County Armagh - 2 - -
Continuous Improvement
UK

Continuous Improvement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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 2 (4.44%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (15.56%) Microsoft Office
1 7 (15.56%) Microsoft Project
2 6 (13.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (6.67%) MS Visio
4 1 (2.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (8.89%) SAP CO
1 4 (8.89%) SAP FI
1 4 (8.89%) SAP FI/CO
1 4 (8.89%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (6.67%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 7 (15.56%) Asana
1 7 (15.56%) Azure
1 7 (15.56%) Power Platform
2 6 (13.33%) AWS
3 3 (6.67%) Azure Data Factory
3 3 (6.67%) GCP
3 3 (6.67%) SaaS
4 2 (4.44%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 2 (4.44%) PaaS
5 1 (2.22%) Amazon S3
5 1 (2.22%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (2.22%) Datadog
5 1 (2.22%) dbt
5 1 (2.22%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.44%) Firewall
1 2 (4.44%) Internet
1 2 (4.44%) LAN
1 2 (4.44%) MPLS
1 2 (4.44%) SD-WAN
1 2 (4.44%) SNA
1 2 (4.44%) WAN
1 2 (4.44%) Wi-Fi
1 2 (4.44%) WLAN
2 1 (2.22%) Cisco Wireless
2 1 (2.22%) VLAN
2 1 (2.22%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (15.56%) Power BI
2 4 (8.89%) Tableau
3 3 (6.67%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (6.67%) SQL Server
3 3 (6.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (2.22%) Amazon QuickSight
4 1 (2.22%) MySQL
4 1 (2.22%) Parquet
4 1 (2.22%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (2.22%) SAP HANA
4 1 (2.22%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (2.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 15 (33.33%) JIRA
2 1 (2.22%) Cucumber
2 1 (2.22%) Git
2 1 (2.22%) JMeter
2 1 (2.22%) Locust
2 1 (2.22%) Postman
General
1 24 (53.33%) Analytical Skills
2 23 (51.11%) Social Skills
3 14 (31.11%) Finance
4 10 (22.22%) Presentation Skills
5 8 (17.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (15.56%) Public Sector
7 6 (13.33%) French Language
7 6 (13.33%) Swedish Language
8 4 (8.89%) Games
9 3 (6.67%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (6.67%) Legal
9 3 (6.67%) Manufacturing
10 2 (4.44%) Retail
11 1 (2.22%) Aerospace
11 1 (2.22%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 10 (22.22%) Architect
2 8 (17.78%) Lead
3 7 (15.56%) Coordinator
3 7 (15.56%) Project Coordinator
3 7 (15.56%) Senior
4 6 (13.33%) Service Desk Team Leader
4 6 (13.33%) Team Leader
5 5 (11.11%) Solutions Architect
6 4 (8.89%) Senior Architect
6 4 (8.89%) Senior Manager
7 3 (6.67%) Analyst
7 3 (6.67%) Service Manager
8 2 (4.44%) Business Analyst
8 2 (4.44%) Business Manager
8 2 (4.44%) Insight Manager
8 2 (4.44%) IT Manager
8 2 (4.44%) Network Engineer
8 2 (4.44%) Operations Manager
8 2 (4.44%) Senior Network Engineer
9 1 (2.22%) Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.22%) .NET
1 1 (2.22%) Apache Avro
1 1 (2.22%) Django
1 1 (2.22%) Gherkin
1 1 (2.22%) JSON
1 1 (2.22%) Kafka
1 1 (2.22%) Node.js
1 1 (2.22%) React
1 1 (2.22%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 9 (20.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 8 (17.78%) Management Information System
3 6 (13.33%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (8.89%) Virtual Team
5 2 (4.44%) Public Cloud
6 1 (2.22%) Cloud Native
6 1 (2.22%) Data Centre
6 1 (2.22%) Legacy Applications
6 1 (2.22%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (42.22%) Project Management
2 13 (28.89%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (26.67%) Decision-Making
3 12 (26.67%) Process Improvement
4 11 (24.44%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 10 (22.22%) Analytics
5 10 (22.22%) Computer Science
5 10 (22.22%) Logistics
5 10 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
6 9 (20.00%) Agile
6 9 (20.00%) ITIL
6 9 (20.00%) Migration
7 8 (17.78%) Business Intelligence
7 8 (17.78%) Customer Experience
7 8 (17.78%) Strategic Thinking
8 7 (15.56%) ITSM
8 7 (15.56%) PRINCE2
8 7 (15.56%) Programme Management
8 7 (15.56%) Service Management
9 6 (13.33%) Knowledge Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (11.11%) Python
1 5 (11.11%) SQL
2 2 (4.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (2.22%) C#
3 1 (2.22%) Java
3 1 (2.22%) PHP
3 1 (2.22%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.22%) T-SQL
3 1 (2.22%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 21 (46.67%) Degree
2 11 (24.44%) PMI Certification
2 11 (24.44%) PMP
3 7 (15.56%) ITIL Certification
3 7 (15.56%) Security Cleared
4 6 (13.33%) MCSE
4 6 (13.33%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (8.89%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (6.67%) SC Cleared
7 2 (4.44%) CCNP
7 2 (4.44%) CCSP
7 2 (4.44%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (4.44%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (4.44%) Six Sigma Green Belt
8 1 (2.22%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.89%) QA
2 2 (4.44%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (2.22%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.22%) WCAG
System Software
1 6 (13.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.22%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (4.44%) Ansible
1 2 (4.44%) FortiGate
2 1 (2.22%) Grafana
2 1 (2.22%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.22%) Terraform
Vendors
1 16 (35.56%) Microsoft
2 5 (11.11%) SAP
3 4 (8.89%) Anaplan
3 4 (8.89%) Genesys
3 4 (8.89%) ServiceNow
3 4 (8.89%) Verint
4 2 (4.44%) Cisco
4 2 (4.44%) Databricks
4 2 (4.44%) Fortinet
5 1 (2.22%) Capita
5 1 (2.22%) IBM
5 1 (2.22%) RedGate
5 1 (2.22%) Remedy