Continuous Improvement Job Trends in Oxford

Continual Improvement
Oxfordshire > Oxford

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Oxford requiring Continuous Improvement skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 12 25
Rank change year-on-year +3 +13 +1
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 21 31 15
As % of all permanent jobs in Oxford 8.71% 12.25% 4.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.11% 12.97% 5.47%
Number of salaries quoted 8 6 8
10th Percentile - £52,000 £31,925
25th Percentile £35,854 £55,813 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,500 £71,000 £41,000
Median % change year-on-year -44.37% +73.17% +24.24%
75th Percentile £52,673 £77,500 £45,438
90th Percentile £65,375 £78,750 £62,875
Oxfordshire median annual salary £39,500 £72,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -45.52% +20.83% +42.86%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Oxford

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 Oxford.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 189 239 274
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxford 78.42% 94.47% 87.82%
Number of salaries quoted 133 111 228
10th Percentile £34,200 £41,250 £38,000
25th Percentile £39,375 £50,000 £41,672
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £69,063
90th Percentile £89,750 £95,000 £85,000
Oxfordshire median annual salary £50,000 £56,509 £52,500
% change year-on-year -11.52% +7.64% +5.00%

Continuous Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxford

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

Continuous Improvement job vacancy trend in Oxford

Continuous Improvement
Salary Trend in Oxford

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Oxford citing Continuous Improvement.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Oxford citing Continuous Improvement

Continuous Improvement
Salary Histogram in Oxford

Salary distribution for jobs citing Continuous Improvement in Oxford over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Continuous Improvement in Oxford

Continuous Improvement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxford 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (9.52%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (14.29%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (9.52%) Power BI
2 2 (9.52%) SQL Server
General
1 12 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 9 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (42.86%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (14.29%) Police
4 2 (9.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (9.52%) Manufacturing
5 1 (4.76%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (42.86%) Software Manager
2 6 (28.57%) Analyst
3 5 (23.81%) Systems Analyst
4 4 (19.05%) Support Analyst
5 3 (14.29%) Development Analyst
5 3 (14.29%) Development Support Analyst
5 3 (14.29%) Systems Development Analyst
5 3 (14.29%) Systems Support
5 3 (14.29%) Systems Support Analyst
6 2 (9.52%) ERP Analyst
6 2 (9.52%) Manufacturing Engineer
6 2 (9.52%) Senior
6 2 (9.52%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 2 (9.52%) Systems Engineer
7 1 (4.76%) ERP Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (14.29%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 9 (42.86%) Onboarding
2 7 (33.33%) Management Information System
3 4 (19.05%) LIMS
4 2 (9.52%) Industry 4.0
4 2 (9.52%) Manufacturing Execution System
4 2 (9.52%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 4 (19.05%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (42.86%) Actionable Insight
2 9 (42.86%) Analytical Thinking
2 9 (42.86%) Process Improvement
2 9 (42.86%) Strategic Thinking
3 7 (33.33%) Data Security
4 4 (19.05%) Biomedicine
4 4 (19.05%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (19.05%) Information Management
4 4 (19.05%) ITIL
4 4 (19.05%) Regulatory Compliance
5 3 (14.29%) Change Control
5 3 (14.29%) Knowledge Management
6 2 (9.52%) Analytics
6 2 (9.52%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (9.52%) Data Analytics
6 2 (9.52%) ERP
6 2 (9.52%) Predictive Maintenance
6 2 (9.52%) Smart Manufacturing
7 1 (4.76%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.52%) Python
1 2 (9.52%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (42.86%) ACCA
2 4 (19.05%) Degree
2 4 (19.05%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 4 (19.05%) PhD
3 3 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (19.05%) GLP
2 3 (14.29%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 9 (42.86%) Xero
2 3 (14.29%) Oracle
3 2 (9.52%) Allen-Bradley
3 2 (9.52%) Siemens