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 4 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 27 20
Rank change year-on-year +16 -7 +9
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 82 18 46
As % of all permanent jobs in Somerset 9.35% 6.69% 5.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.60% 7.17% 8.42%
Number of salaries quoted 14 11 30
10th Percentile £34,675 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,584 £36,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,749 £50,721 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.97% -3.39% +36.36%
75th Percentile £80,000 £62,875 £56,875
90th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £57,000
South West median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,396
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.74% +4.90%

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 651 251 546
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset 74.23% 93.31% 65.55%
Number of salaries quoted 341 140 436
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,750 £26,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £34,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £54,282 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.10% +14.28% -5.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,813 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £66,250
South West median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,952
% change year-on-year +4.76% +3.04% -6.51%

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 4 June 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 4 June 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 -17 8 £80,000 +88.24% 9
Glastonbury - 5 - -
Weston-super-Mare -8 4 £30,500 - 1
Castle Cary - 4 £75,000 -
Clevedon -12 3 £53,000 - 1
Templecombe - 3 - -
Portishead +1 2 £51,748 +12.40%
Bruton - 2 - - 1
Street - 2 £80,000 - 5
Taunton - 2 - -
Yeovil -1 1 - - 3
Wincanton - 1 - -
Winscombe - 1 £45,000 -
Montacute - 1 £72,500 -
Bridgwater - 1 - - 2
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:

Applications
1 10 (12.20%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.44%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 53 (64.63%) SAP PM
2 1 (1.22%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 9 (10.98%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (6.10%) Azure
3 2 (2.44%) AWS
3 2 (2.44%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (2.44%) GCP
4 1 (1.22%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.22%) Firewall
1 1 (1.22%) LAN
1 1 (1.22%) Network Security
1 1 (1.22%) SD-WAN
1 1 (1.22%) Unified Communications
1 1 (1.22%) WAN
1 1 (1.22%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.22%) RDBMS
1 1 (1.22%) Relational Database
1 1 (1.22%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (2.44%) Eclipse
1 2 (2.44%) Git
1 2 (2.44%) Subversion
1 2 (2.44%) TestRail
General
1 58 (70.73%) Manufacturing
2 15 (18.29%) Social Skills
3 6 (7.32%) Back Office
4 5 (6.10%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (4.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (4.88%) Local Government
6 3 (3.66%) Retail
7 2 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (2.44%) Police
8 1 (1.22%) Finance
8 1 (1.22%) Fire and Rescue
8 1 (1.22%) French Language
8 1 (1.22%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.22%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 7 (8.54%) Support Engineer
2 6 (7.32%) Desktop Engineer
2 6 (7.32%) Desktop Support
2 6 (7.32%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 6 (7.32%) Lead
2 6 (7.32%) Site Engineer
3 4 (4.88%) Programmer
4 3 (3.66%) Senior
5 2 (2.44%) Developer
5 2 (2.44%) Java Developer
5 2 (2.44%) Junior
5 2 (2.44%) Junior Developer
5 2 (2.44%) Junior Java Developer
5 2 (2.44%) Project Leader
6 1 (1.22%) Delivery Manager
6 1 (1.22%) IT Support Manager
6 1 (1.22%) Software Project Manager
6 1 (1.22%) Support Manager
6 1 (1.22%) Technical Engineer
6 1 (1.22%) Technical Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.44%) .NET
1 2 (2.44%) J2EE
1 2 (2.44%) Playwright
1 2 (2.44%) React
1 2 (2.44%) RESTful
1 2 (2.44%) Struts
1 2 (2.44%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 53 (64.63%) FMCG
2 4 (4.88%) Driving Licence
3 3 (3.66%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (3.66%) Product Ownership
4 2 (2.44%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.22%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.22%) Distributed Architecture
5 1 (1.22%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.22%) Replication
5 1 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (7.32%) Windows
1 6 (7.32%) Windows 10
2 2 (2.44%) Linux
2 2 (2.44%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (65.85%) Proactive Maintenance
1 54 (65.85%) Root Cause Analysis
2 53 (64.63%) Cost Control
2 53 (64.63%) Data Analysis
2 53 (64.63%) Order Management
2 53 (64.63%) Predictive Maintenance
2 53 (64.63%) Preventative Maintenance
3 8 (9.76%) Customer Experience
3 8 (9.76%) ITIL
4 6 (7.32%) Analytics
4 6 (7.32%) Customer Acquisition
4 6 (7.32%) Customer Service
4 6 (7.32%) Cybersecurity
4 6 (7.32%) Patch Management
4 6 (7.32%) People Management
4 6 (7.32%) Software Deployment
4 6 (7.32%) Ticket Management
5 5 (6.10%) Line Management
5 5 (6.10%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (4.88%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.66%) SQL
2 2 (2.44%) C#
2 2 (2.44%) C++
2 2 (2.44%) Java
2 2 (2.44%) JavaScript
2 2 (2.44%) Perl
2 2 (2.44%) Python
3 1 (1.22%) PL/SQL
3 1 (1.22%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (14.63%) Degree
2 7 (8.54%) SC Cleared
2 7 (8.54%) Security Cleared
3 6 (7.32%) CTC Cleared
4 3 (3.66%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.32%) SLA
2 2 (2.44%) Accessibility
2 2 (2.44%) ISO 19650
2 2 (2.44%) QA
System Software
1 2 (2.44%) Docker
2 1 (1.22%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (2.44%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (1.22%) Oracle RMAN
2 1 (1.22%) SCCM
Vendors
1 53 (64.63%) SAP
2 7 (8.54%) Microsoft
3 6 (7.32%) Cisco
4 1 (1.22%) Oracle