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

	6 months to 16 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	7	26	15
Rank change year-on-year	+19	-11	+17
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement	128	25	47
As % of all permanent jobs in Somerset	11.23%	5.91%	6.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	16.12%	7.31%	11.24%
Number of salaries quoted	49	14	9
10^th Percentile	£30,250	-	£32,250
25^th Percentile	£41,250	£40,584	£36,250
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£47,500	£50,707	£45,000
Median % change year-on-year	-6.32%	+12.68%	-0.41%
75^th Percentile	£58,750	£69,663	£54,750
90^th Percentile	£73,750	£87,500	-
South West median annual salary	£53,000	£52,500	£52,500
% change year-on-year	+0.95%	-	-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.

	6 months to 16 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills	794	342	418
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset	69.65%	80.85%	59.29%
Number of salaries quoted	518	165	201
10^th Percentile	£28,750	£26,500	£30,000
25^th Percentile	£35,000	£29,500	£38,750
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£50,000	£41,355	£52,000
Median % change year-on-year	+20.90%	-20.47%	+4.52%
75^th Percentile	£60,000	£56,250	£62,500
90^th Percentile	£70,000	£73,404	£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 Salary Trend in Somerset

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 16 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 16 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	-3	24	£47,500	-37.70%	17
Bridgwater	-	18	-	-	4
Taunton	-6	16	£57,500	+24.32%	4
Clevedon	-4	14	£53,000	-	1
Weston-super-Mare	0	13	£30,500	-
Yeovil	-4	5	£72,500	+27.19%	17
Street	-	4	£47,500	-	9
Glastonbury	-	3	-	-
Castle Cary	-	2	£75,000	-	1
Frome	-	1	£42,500	-
Templecombe	-	1	£90,000	-	2
Continuous Improvement South West

Continuous Improvement Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset

For the 6 months to 16 October 2026, job vacancies citing Continuous Improvement also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Somerset region with a requirement for Continuous Improvement.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Problem-Solving	38.3%	49
2	Microsoft	23.4%	30
3	Agile	18.8%	24
3	Stakeholder Management	18.8%	24
5	Degree	18.0%	23
6	Coaching	14.1%	18
7	Customer Experience	13.3%	17
7	Data Analysis	13.3%	17
7	Security Cleared	13.3%	17
10	Microsoft Office	12.5%	16
10	Stakeholder Engagement	12.5%	16
10	Validation	12.5%	16
13	Azure	11.7%	15
13	ERP	11.7%	15
15	Collaborative Working	10.9%	14
16	Project Management	10.2%	13
16	Service Delivery	10.2%	13
16	YouTube	10.2%	13
19	Decision-Making	9.4%	12
19	Logistics	9.4%	12
19	Mentoring	9.4%	12
19	Microsoft 365	9.4%	12
23	Risk Management	8.6%	11
23	SC Cleared	8.6%	11
25	AI	7.8%	10
25	Collaborative Culture	7.8%	10
25	Computer Science	7.8%	10
25	Data Protection	7.8%	10
25	DevOps	7.8%	10
25	Docker	7.8%	10

Continuous Improvement Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Problem-Solving	38.3%	49
2	Agile	18.8%	24
2	Stakeholder Management	18.8%	24
4	Coaching	14.1%	18
5	Customer Experience	13.3%	17
5	Data Analysis	13.3%	17
7	Stakeholder Engagement	12.5%	16
7	Validation	12.5%	16
9	ERP	11.7%	15
10	Collaborative Working	10.9%	14
11	Project Management	10.2%	13
11	Service Delivery	10.2%	13
13	Decision-Making	9.4%	12
13	Logistics	9.4%	12
13	Mentoring	9.4%	12
16	Risk Management	8.6%	11
17	AI	7.8%	10
17	Collaborative Culture	7.8%	10
17	Computer Science	7.8%	10
17	Data Protection	7.8%	10