Continuous Improvement Job Trends in Somerset

Continual Improvement
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Somerset requiring Continuous Improvement skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 19 13
Rank change year-on-year +10 -6 +24
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 104 23 67
As % of all permanent jobs in Somerset 10.31% 7.77% 7.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.85% 9.31% 11.84%
Number of salaries quoted 31 12 27
10th Percentile £30,250 £37,808 -
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,584 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £52,501 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.95% +0.00% +36.36%
75th Percentile £67,678 £60,971 £57,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £86,038 -
South West median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% +5.21%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Somerset

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 Somerset.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 751 247 566
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset 74.43% 83.45% 61.66%
Number of salaries quoted 437 170 432
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £33,500 £34,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £46,750
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +6.95% -5.83%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £57,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £65,000
South West median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £52,396
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.57% -3.37%

Continuous Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Continuous Improvement job vacancy trend in Somerset

Continuous Improvement
Salary Trend in Somerset

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Continuous Improvement.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Continuous Improvement

Continuous Improvement
Salary Histogram in Somerset

Salary distribution for jobs citing Continuous Improvement in Somerset over the 6 months to 9 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Continuous Improvement in Somerset

Continuous Improvement
Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Continuous Improvement within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 9 July 2026. 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
Bath -20 11 £53,000 +24.71% 7
Taunton - 11 £57,500 - 5
Weston-super-Mare -9 8 £30,500 - 1
Clevedon -14 5 £53,000 -
Glastonbury - 5 - -
Castle Cary - 4 £75,000 -
Yeovil -2 3 £72,500 +27.19% 19
Templecombe - 3 - -
Street - 2 £80,000 - 7
Bridgwater - 2 - - 2
Bruton - 2 - - 1
Portishead -6 1 £54,498 +7.45%
Wincanton - 1 - -
Winscombe - 1 £45,000 -
Montacute - 1 £72,500 -
Continuous Improvement
South West

Continuous Improvement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset 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 1 (0.96%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (0.96%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.92%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 53 (50.96%) SAP PM
2 1 (0.96%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 13 (12.50%) Azure
2 12 (11.54%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (5.77%) AWS
3 6 (5.77%) GCP
4 5 (4.81%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (1.92%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.96%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.96%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.92%) Firewall
1 2 (1.92%) SD-WAN
1 2 (1.92%) WAN
1 2 (1.92%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (0.96%) LAN
2 1 (0.96%) Network Security
2 1 (0.96%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.96%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (0.96%) RDBMS
1 1 (0.96%) Relational Database
1 1 (0.96%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (5.77%) Eclipse
1 6 (5.77%) Git
1 6 (5.77%) Subversion
2 2 (1.92%) TestRail
General
1 63 (60.58%) Manufacturing
2 25 (24.04%) Social Skills
3 18 (17.31%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (11.54%) Retail
5 8 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
6 7 (6.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (4.81%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (3.85%) Finance
8 4 (3.85%) Local Government
8 4 (3.85%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.96%) Fire and Rescue
9 1 (0.96%) French Language
9 1 (0.96%) Police
9 1 (0.96%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.96%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 14 (13.46%) Lead
2 7 (6.73%) Project Leader
3 6 (5.77%) Developer
3 6 (5.77%) Java Developer
3 6 (5.77%) Junior
3 6 (5.77%) Junior Developer
3 6 (5.77%) Junior Java Developer
4 5 (4.81%) Delivery Manager
4 5 (4.81%) Senior
5 4 (3.85%) Programmer
5 4 (3.85%) Support Engineer
5 4 (3.85%) Technical Engineer
5 4 (3.85%) Technical Support
5 4 (3.85%) Technical Support Engineer
6 3 (2.88%) DevOps Engineer
6 3 (2.88%) Project Manager
6 3 (2.88%) Scrum Master
6 3 (2.88%) Service Delivery Manager
6 3 (2.88%) Service Manager
6 3 (2.88%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.77%) J2EE
1 6 (5.77%) React
1 6 (5.77%) RESTful
1 6 (5.77%) Struts
1 6 (5.77%) Web Services
2 3 (2.88%) ARM Templates
3 2 (1.92%) .NET
3 2 (1.92%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 53 (50.96%) FMCG
2 8 (7.69%) Analytical Mindset
3 7 (6.73%) Management Information System
4 6 (5.77%) Product Ownership
5 4 (3.85%) Driving Licence
5 4 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (2.88%) Onboarding
6 3 (2.88%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.96%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.96%) Distributed Architecture
7 1 (0.96%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.96%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 6 (5.77%) Linux
1 6 (5.77%) Unix
2 4 (3.85%) Windows
3 1 (0.96%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (51.92%) Proactive Maintenance
1 54 (51.92%) Root Cause Analysis
2 53 (50.96%) Cost Control
2 53 (50.96%) Data Analysis
2 53 (50.96%) Order Management
2 53 (50.96%) Predictive Maintenance
2 53 (50.96%) Preventative Maintenance
3 17 (16.35%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (11.54%) Stakeholder Management
5 11 (10.58%) Agile
6 9 (8.65%) Data Governance
6 9 (8.65%) Line Management
7 7 (6.73%) Computer Science
7 7 (6.73%) Information Management
7 7 (6.73%) Information Security
7 7 (6.73%) Process Improvement
7 7 (6.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 6 (5.77%) Regression Testing
8 6 (5.77%) SDLC
8 6 (5.77%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 6 (5.77%) C++
1 6 (5.77%) Java
1 6 (5.77%) JavaScript
1 6 (5.77%) Perl
1 6 (5.77%) Python
2 3 (2.88%) SQL
3 2 (1.92%) C#
4 1 (0.96%) PL/SQL
4 1 (0.96%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (12.50%) Degree
2 7 (6.73%) Computer Science Degree
2 7 (6.73%) Security Cleared
3 4 (3.85%) SC Cleared
4 3 (2.88%) Azure Certification
4 3 (2.88%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.73%) Accessibility
1 7 (6.73%) ISO 19650
2 5 (4.81%) QA
3 1 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 9 (8.65%) Docker
2 2 (1.92%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.96%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.96%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (8.65%) Kubernetes
2 4 (3.85%) SCCM
3 3 (2.88%) Terraform
4 1 (0.96%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (0.96%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.96%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 53 (50.96%) SAP
2 16 (15.38%) Microsoft
3 1 (0.96%) Aruba
3 1 (0.96%) Oracle
3 1 (0.96%) Veeam
3 1 (0.96%) VMware
3 1 (0.96%) Zerto