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 14 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 21 7
Rank change year-on-year +1 -14 +25
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 74 26 67
As % of all permanent jobs in Somerset 7.12% 7.56% 8.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.00% 9.42% 15.55%
Number of salaries quoted 33 15 27
10th Percentile £30,250 £38,734 £34,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,584 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £50,693 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -3.44% +19.62%
75th Percentile £60,000 £58,500 £56,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,654 £57,000
South West median annual salary £55,000 £53,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.77% -3.64% +2.44%

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 740 276 431
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset 71.15% 80.23% 57.47%
Number of salaries quoted 464 161 315
10th Percentile £28,750 £26,000 £29,511
25th Percentile £32,688 £32,768 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - -10.00% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £59,375
90th Percentile £72,500 £73,750 £70,000
South West median annual salary £55,000 £48,504 £54,795
% change year-on-year +13.39% -11.48% -0.37%

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 14 August 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 14 August 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 -11 19 £50,000 +17.65% 12
Taunton -20 13 £57,500 -4.17% 7
Weston-super-Mare -8 12 £30,500 - 1
Clevedon -13 9 £53,000 - 2
Bridgwater - 7 - - 10
Yeovil +3 5 £72,500 +27.19% 22
Glastonbury - 3 - -
Street - 2 £80,000 - 4
Castle Cary - 2 £75,000 -
Portishead -9 1 £54,498 +31.78%
Winscombe - 1 £45,000 -
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 (1.35%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.35%) SharePoint
1 1 (1.35%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 5 (6.76%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.70%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.35%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 14 (18.92%) Azure
2 12 (16.22%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (8.11%) AWS
3 6 (8.11%) Azure DevOps
3 6 (8.11%) GCP
4 2 (2.70%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.35%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.35%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.70%) Firewall
1 2 (2.70%) SD-WAN
1 2 (2.70%) WAN
1 2 (2.70%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (1.35%) CHAP
2 1 (1.35%) LAN
2 1 (1.35%) NAS
2 1 (1.35%) Network Security
2 1 (1.35%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.70%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.35%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (1.35%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.35%) Geospatial Data
2 1 (1.35%) MariaDB
2 1 (1.35%) Metadata
2 1 (1.35%) RDBMS
2 1 (1.35%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.35%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 6 (8.11%) Eclipse
1 6 (8.11%) Git
1 6 (8.11%) Subversion
2 2 (2.70%) TestRail
General
1 31 (41.89%) Social Skills
2 26 (35.14%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (24.32%) Retail
4 16 (21.62%) Manufacturing
5 13 (17.57%) Influencing Skills
6 9 (12.16%) Finance
7 8 (10.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (8.11%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (6.76%) Public Sector
10 4 (5.41%) Local Government
11 3 (4.05%) Aerospace
11 3 (4.05%) Legal
12 2 (2.70%) Military
13 1 (1.35%) Aviation
13 1 (1.35%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (1.35%) Electronics
13 1 (1.35%) Fire and Rescue
13 1 (1.35%) Police
13 1 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (1.35%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 16 (21.62%) Lead
2 11 (14.86%) Delivery Manager
3 10 (13.51%) Service Manager
4 9 (12.16%) Service Delivery Manager
4 9 (12.16%) Technical Support
5 7 (9.46%) Senior
6 6 (8.11%) Developer
6 6 (8.11%) Java Developer
6 6 (8.11%) Junior
6 6 (8.11%) Junior Developer
6 6 (8.11%) Junior Java Developer
7 5 (6.76%) Customer Support Manager
7 5 (6.76%) Programmer
7 5 (6.76%) Project Leader
7 5 (6.76%) Support Manager
7 5 (6.76%) Technical Customer Support
7 5 (6.76%) Technical Leader
7 5 (6.76%) Technical Manager
7 5 (6.76%) Technical Support Manager
8 4 (5.41%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (9.46%) React
2 6 (8.11%) Jakarta EE
2 6 (8.11%) RESTful
2 6 (8.11%) Struts
2 6 (8.11%) Web Services
3 3 (4.05%) .NET
3 3 (4.05%) ARM Templates
4 2 (2.70%) Playwright
5 1 (1.35%) AngularJS
5 1 (1.35%) ASP.NET
5 1 (1.35%) JSON
5 1 (1.35%) SGML
5 1 (1.35%) XML
5 1 (1.35%) XSL
5 1 (1.35%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 9 (12.16%) Virtual Team
2 8 (10.81%) Management Information System
2 8 (10.81%) Product Ownership
3 7 (9.46%) Analytical Mindset
4 5 (6.76%) Driving Licence
4 5 (6.76%) Onboarding
5 4 (5.41%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (2.70%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.35%) Data Centre
7 1 (1.35%) Distributed Architecture
7 1 (1.35%) Replication
7 1 (1.35%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 6 (8.11%) Linux
1 6 (8.11%) Unix
1 6 (8.11%) Windows
2 1 (1.35%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (31.08%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (27.03%) Stakeholder Management
3 16 (21.62%) Agile
4 13 (17.57%) Customer Experience
5 11 (14.86%) Project Management
6 10 (13.51%) Service Delivery
7 9 (12.16%) Actionable Insight
7 9 (12.16%) Data Protection
7 9 (12.16%) Six Sigma
7 9 (12.16%) Strategic Thinking
7 9 (12.16%) WFM
8 8 (10.81%) CI/CD
8 8 (10.81%) Computer Science
8 8 (10.81%) Data Governance
8 8 (10.81%) DevOps
8 8 (10.81%) Line Management
9 7 (9.46%) Collaborative Working
9 7 (9.46%) ITIL
9 7 (9.46%) Regression Testing
9 7 (9.46%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 7 (9.46%) C++
1 7 (9.46%) JavaScript
1 7 (9.46%) Python
2 6 (8.11%) Java
2 6 (8.11%) Perl
3 3 (4.05%) C#
3 3 (4.05%) SQL
4 1 (1.35%) PL/SQL
4 1 (1.35%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (22.97%) Degree
2 11 (14.86%) Security Cleared
3 8 (10.81%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (10.81%) DV Cleared
4 5 (6.76%) SC Cleared
5 3 (4.05%) Azure Certification
6 2 (2.70%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (12.16%) QA
2 7 (9.46%) Accessibility
3 5 (6.76%) ISO 19650
4 1 (1.35%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.35%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.35%) GDPR
4 1 (1.35%) JSP 440
System Software
1 9 (12.16%) Docker
2 3 (4.05%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.35%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (1.35%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (12.16%) Kubernetes
2 6 (8.11%) SCCM
3 3 (4.05%) Terraform
4 1 (1.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.35%) Oracle RMAN
4 1 (1.35%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 17 (22.97%) Microsoft
2 2 (2.70%) Oracle
3 1 (1.35%) Aruba
3 1 (1.35%) EXTOL
3 1 (1.35%) OneTrust
3 1 (1.35%) Splunk
3 1 (1.35%) Tenable
3 1 (1.35%) Veeam
3 1 (1.35%) VMware
3 1 (1.35%) YouTube
3 1 (1.35%) Zerto