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 2 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 26 13
Rank change year-on-year +18 -13 +12
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 118 25 50
As % of all permanent jobs in Somerset 10.31% 5.94% 6.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.59% 7.33% 11.49%
Number of salaries quoted 45 14 11
10th Percentile £30,250 - £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,584 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,707 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.39% -3.42% +16.19%
75th Percentile £58,750 £59,250 £54,750
90th Percentile £72,250 £83,115 £57,000
South West median annual salary £54,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +2.86% - -8.70%

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 809 341 435
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset 70.66% 81.00% 59.59%
Number of salaries quoted 511 161 219
10th Percentile £28,750 £26,500 £29,605
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £42,500 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -18.27% +4.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £57,057 £60,000
90th Percentile £71,725 £72,884 £81,250
South West median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -13.64% -

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 2 October 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 2 October 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 0 23 £50,000 +17.65% 22
Taunton -9 16 £57,500 +24.32% 6
Clevedon -4 14 £53,000 - 2
Bridgwater - 14 - - 14
Weston-super-Mare -4 13 £30,500 - 2
Yeovil -3 5 £72,500 +27.19% 29
Glastonbury - 3 - -
Street - 3 £47,500 - 8
Castle Cary - 2 £75,000 -
Frome - 1 £42,500 - 3
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 4 (3.39%) SharePoint Server
2 2 (1.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 15 (12.71%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (5.08%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (4.24%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (2.54%) AutoCAD
4 3 (2.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.85%) SAP PM
1 1 (0.85%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 15 (12.71%) Azure
2 12 (10.17%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (5.93%) AWS
4 6 (5.08%) GCP
5 4 (3.39%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (1.69%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (1.69%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.85%) Datadog
7 1 (0.85%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (0.85%) OneDrive
7 1 (0.85%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.85%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.39%) CHAP
1 4 (3.39%) NAS
2 1 (0.85%) Firewall
2 1 (0.85%) SD-WAN
2 1 (0.85%) WAN
2 1 (0.85%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.85%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (0.85%) Geospatial Data
1 1 (0.85%) MariaDB
1 1 (0.85%) Metadata
1 1 (0.85%) Power BI
1 1 (0.85%) SQL Server
1 1 (0.85%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 8 (6.78%) Git
2 6 (5.08%) Eclipse
2 6 (5.08%) Subversion
General
1 57 (48.31%) Social Skills
2 38 (32.20%) Analytical Skills
3 36 (30.51%) Manufacturing
4 22 (18.64%) Influencing Skills
4 22 (18.64%) Retail
5 15 (12.71%) Organisational Skills
6 12 (10.17%) Finance
7 8 (6.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (5.08%) Aerospace
9 5 (4.24%) Military
10 4 (3.39%) Aeronautics
10 4 (3.39%) Aviation
10 4 (3.39%) Local Government
10 4 (3.39%) Public Sector
11 3 (2.54%) Automotive
11 3 (2.54%) Legal
12 2 (1.69%) Marketing
12 2 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.85%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 19 (16.10%) Lead
2 14 (11.86%) Developer
3 13 (11.02%) Delivery Manager
3 13 (11.02%) Technical Support
4 12 (10.17%) Service Manager
5 11 (9.32%) Support Manager
6 9 (7.63%) Customer Support Manager
6 9 (7.63%) Service Delivery Manager
6 9 (7.63%) Technical Customer Support
6 9 (7.63%) Technical Manager
6 9 (7.63%) Technical Support Manager
7 7 (5.93%) Senior
7 7 (5.93%) Test Engineer
8 6 (5.08%) Java Developer
8 6 (5.08%) Junior
8 6 (5.08%) Junior Developer
8 6 (5.08%) Junior Java Developer
9 5 (4.24%) Programmer
9 5 (4.24%) Project Leader
9 5 (4.24%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (6.78%) RESTful
2 7 (5.93%) React
3 6 (5.08%) Jakarta EE
3 6 (5.08%) Struts
3 6 (5.08%) Web Services
4 3 (2.54%) .NET
4 3 (2.54%) ARM Templates
4 3 (2.54%) Terraform
5 2 (1.69%) .NET Core
6 1 (0.85%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.85%) ASP.NET
6 1 (0.85%) CSS
6 1 (0.85%) HTML
6 1 (0.85%) JSON
6 1 (0.85%) SGML
6 1 (0.85%) XML
6 1 (0.85%) XSL
6 1 (0.85%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 12 (10.17%) Self-Motivation
2 9 (7.63%) Management Information System
2 9 (7.63%) Virtual Team
3 7 (5.93%) Analytical Mindset
3 7 (5.93%) Onboarding
3 7 (5.93%) Product Ownership
4 5 (4.24%) Driving Licence
5 2 (1.69%) FMCG
5 2 (1.69%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 1 (0.85%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.85%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (0.85%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.85%) Mainframe
6 1 (0.85%) NHS
6 1 (0.85%) Robotics
6 1 (0.85%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 7 (5.93%) Windows
2 6 (5.08%) Linux
2 6 (5.08%) Unix
3 1 (0.85%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (39.83%) Problem-Solving
2 23 (19.49%) Agile
2 23 (19.49%) Stakeholder Management
3 17 (14.41%) Coaching
3 17 (14.41%) Data Analysis
4 16 (13.56%) Customer Experience
5 15 (12.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 15 (12.71%) Validation
6 14 (11.86%) Collaborative Working
7 13 (11.02%) Project Management
8 12 (10.17%) ERP
8 12 (10.17%) Mentoring
8 12 (10.17%) Service Delivery
9 11 (9.32%) Decision-Making
9 11 (9.32%) Risk Management
10 10 (8.47%) Data Protection
10 10 (8.47%) Logistics
10 10 (8.47%) Scrum
10 10 (8.47%) Strategic Thinking
11 9 (7.63%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 9 (7.63%) Python
2 8 (6.78%) JavaScript
3 7 (5.93%) C++
3 7 (5.93%) Java
4 6 (5.08%) Perl
5 4 (3.39%) C#
6 2 (1.69%) SQL
7 1 (0.85%) C
7 1 (0.85%) PHP
Qualifications
1 21 (17.80%) Degree
2 14 (11.86%) Security Cleared
3 9 (7.63%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (6.78%) DV Cleared
4 8 (6.78%) SC Cleared
5 3 (2.54%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.85%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.85%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.78%) Accessibility
1 8 (6.78%) QA
2 5 (4.24%) ISO 19650
3 4 (3.39%) JSP 440
4 3 (2.54%) GMP
5 2 (1.69%) GDPR
6 1 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.85%) Data Quality
System Software
1 10 (8.47%) Docker
2 2 (1.69%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.85%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.85%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (8.47%) Kubernetes
2 5 (4.24%) SCCM
3 1 (0.85%) Ansible
3 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.85%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 29 (24.58%) Microsoft
2 12 (10.17%) YouTube
3 5 (4.24%) Siemens
4 4 (3.39%) SAP
5 3 (2.54%) Thales
6 1 (0.85%) Allen-Bradley
6 1 (0.85%) Aruba
6 1 (0.85%) Dynatrace
6 1 (0.85%) EXTOL
6 1 (0.85%) OneTrust
6 1 (0.85%) Oracle
6 1 (0.85%) Splunk
6 1 (0.85%) Tenable
6 1 (0.85%) Veeam
6 1 (0.85%) VMware
6 1 (0.85%) Zerto