Continuous Improvement Jobs in the South East

Continual Improvement
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring Continuous Improvement skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Continuous Improvement over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 52 55
Rank change year-on-year +38 +3 -2
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 883 725 773
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 9.26% 4.32% 5.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.08% 5.12% 5.72%
Number of salaries quoted 391 401 405
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £30,800
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,625 £43,162
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,000 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £83,750 £86,250 £87,500
England median annual salary £56,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.61% -4.17% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,763 14,167 13,523
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 91.86% 84.47% 94.51%
Number of salaries quoted 4,303 9,850 7,858
10th Percentile £29,750 £27,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,673 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.35% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £86,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Continuous Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Continuous Improvement as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Continuous Improvement in the South East

Continuous Improvement
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Continuous Improvement in the South East.

Salary trend for Continuous Improvement in the South East

Continuous Improvement
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Continuous Improvement in the South East over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Continuous Improvement in the South East

Continuous Improvement
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Continuous Improvement within the South East region over the 6 months to 16 May 2025. 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
Thames Valley +32 422 £55,000 +15.79% 211
Berkshire +27 218 £54,250 +26.40% 103
Hampshire +49 159 £59,000 -1.67% 131
Oxfordshire +31 133 £56,000 +21.08% 76
Surrey +49 95 £55,000 +12.24% 80
Buckinghamshire +24 73 £61,250 +20.10% 54
Isle of Wight - 68 £73,000 - 10
Kent -6 51 £47,500 +5.56% 65
West Sussex +22 40 £46,500 -28.46% 36
East Sussex +40 28 £67,500 +37.06% 25
Middlesex - 27 - - 7
Continuous Improvement
England

Continuous Improvement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 18 (2.04%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (1.81%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.36%) Confluence
4 4 (0.45%) Apache Solr
4 4 (0.45%) CMS
4 4 (0.45%) nginx
5 2 (0.23%) WordPress
6 1 (0.11%) Apache
6 1 (0.11%) Drupal
6 1 (0.11%) IIS
6 1 (0.11%) Umbraco
Applications
1 37 (4.19%) Microsoft Office
2 35 (3.96%) Simulink
3 32 (3.62%) Microsoft Excel
4 9 (1.02%) Acrobat
4 9 (1.02%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.34%) Productboard
7 2 (0.23%) Trello
8 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.11%) MicroStation
8 1 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 35 (3.96%) Teamcenter
2 6 (0.68%) Oracle ERP
2 6 (0.68%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.23%) SAP IBP
4 2 (0.23%) SAP PP
4 2 (0.23%) Shopify
5 1 (0.11%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.11%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.11%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.11%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.11%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.11%) SAP GRC
5 1 (0.11%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.11%) SAP WM
5 1 (0.11%) TrackWise
Cloud Services
1 84 (9.51%) Azure
2 66 (7.47%) Microsoft 365
3 36 (4.08%) AWS
4 33 (3.74%) Power Platform
5 21 (2.38%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
6 18 (2.04%) SaaS
7 15 (1.70%) GCP
8 14 (1.59%) Google Workspace
8 14 (1.59%) Salsify
9 10 (1.13%) Azure DevOps
10 9 (1.02%) Azure Data Factory
11 8 (0.91%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 8 (0.91%) GitHub
11 8 (0.91%) GitHub Actions
11 8 (0.91%) PowerApps
12 7 (0.79%) Entra ID
12 7 (0.79%) Smartsheet
13 6 (0.68%) OCI
13 6 (0.68%) Serverless
14 5 (0.57%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 23 (2.60%) Firewall
2 18 (2.04%) LAN
2 18 (2.04%) WAN
3 14 (1.59%) SD-WAN
4 11 (1.25%) Intranet
5 10 (1.13%) TCP/IP
6 9 (1.02%) MPLS
6 9 (1.02%) NAS
6 9 (1.02%) SAN
7 7 (0.79%) Intrusion Detection
7 7 (0.79%) VPN
8 6 (0.68%) VLAN
9 5 (0.57%) BGP
9 5 (0.57%) DNS
9 5 (0.57%) OSPF
10 4 (0.45%) HTTPS
10 4 (0.45%) IPsec
11 3 (0.34%) Broadband
11 3 (0.34%) Ethernet
11 3 (0.34%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (3.17%) Power BI
2 19 (2.15%) SQL Server
3 14 (1.59%) Metadata
4 10 (1.13%) Azure SQL Database
4 10 (1.13%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (0.91%) NoSQL
6 7 (0.79%) Oracle Reports
7 6 (0.68%) Microsoft Analysis Services
8 5 (0.57%) Couchbase
8 5 (0.57%) MongoDB
9 4 (0.45%) MySQL
9 4 (0.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (0.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (0.34%) Big Data
10 3 (0.34%) Crystal Reports
10 3 (0.34%) Relational Database
11 2 (0.23%) Data Lake
11 2 (0.23%) PostgreSQL
11 2 (0.23%) Tableau
12 1 (0.11%) GIS
Development Applications
1 41 (4.64%) Rational DOORS
2 33 (3.74%) JIRA
3 11 (1.25%) GitLab
4 10 (1.13%) Selenium
5 9 (1.02%) Cucumber
6 8 (0.91%) Bitbucket
6 8 (0.91%) Maven
6 8 (0.91%) SonarQube
6 8 (0.91%) Sonatype Nexus
7 6 (0.68%) Jenkins
8 4 (0.45%) Git
9 1 (0.11%) CircleCI
9 1 (0.11%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.11%) Jasmine
9 1 (0.11%) JUnit
9 1 (0.11%) Karma Test Runner
9 1 (0.11%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.11%) TestNG
9 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.11%) Visual Website Optimizer
General
1 513 (58.10%) Social Skills
2 271 (30.69%) Finance
3 114 (12.91%) Law
4 108 (12.23%) Analytical Skills
5 61 (6.91%) Marketing
6 49 (5.55%) Legal
7 47 (5.32%) Manufacturing
8 45 (5.10%) Electronics
9 43 (4.87%) Aerospace
10 35 (3.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 31 (3.51%) Influencing Skills
11 31 (3.51%) Retail
12 22 (2.49%) Public Sector
13 17 (1.93%) Organisational Skills
14 14 (1.59%) Advertising
15 13 (1.47%) Telecoms
16 11 (1.25%) Banking
17 10 (1.13%) Automotive
18 9 (1.02%) Financial Institution
18 9 (1.02%) Military
Job Titles
1 194 (21.97%) Systems Manager
2 191 (21.63%) Resource Manager
3 114 (12.91%) Lead
4 69 (7.81%) Architect
4 69 (7.81%) Senior
5 62 (7.02%) Analyst
6 37 (4.19%) Junior
7 36 (4.08%) Software Architect
7 36 (4.08%) Systems Engineer
8 35 (3.96%) Junior Systems Engineer
8 35 (3.96%) Technical Manager
9 33 (3.74%) Consultant
10 32 (3.62%) Team Leader
11 30 (3.40%) Senior Manager
11 30 (3.40%) Support Engineer
12 28 (3.17%) Developer
13 27 (3.06%) Business Change Analyst
13 27 (3.06%) Change Analyst
13 27 (3.06%) Enterprise Architect
14 26 (2.94%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (6.46%) Middleware
2 21 (2.38%) Lightning Web Components
2 21 (2.38%) REST
2 21 (2.38%) SOAP
3 18 (2.04%) CSS
3 18 (2.04%) HTML
3 18 (2.04%) React
4 16 (1.81%) XML
5 14 (1.59%) Redux
6 12 (1.36%) Kafka
7 8 (0.91%) Hibernate
7 8 (0.91%) JPA
7 8 (0.91%) Spring
7 8 (0.91%) Spring Boot
8 6 (0.68%) React Native
9 4 (0.45%) .NET
9 4 (0.45%) RabbitMQ
10 3 (0.34%) AngularJS
10 3 (0.34%) EDI
10 3 (0.34%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 58 (6.57%) Product Ownership
2 45 (5.10%) Management Information System
3 39 (4.42%) Driving Licence
4 34 (3.85%) Enterprise Software
5 28 (3.17%) Data Centre
6 21 (2.38%) PMI
7 19 (2.15%) FMCG
8 18 (2.04%) e-Learning
9 17 (1.93%) Onboarding
10 14 (1.59%) Taxonomies
11 12 (1.36%) Embedded Systems
11 12 (1.36%) Marketing Technology
12 10 (1.13%) Analytical Mindset
12 10 (1.13%) Data Protection Act
12 10 (1.13%) Digital Media
12 10 (1.13%) Hybrid Cloud
13 9 (1.02%) IoT
14 7 (0.79%) Clustering
14 7 (0.79%) Cyber Threat
14 7 (0.79%) Housing Association
Operating Systems
1 31 (3.51%) Windows
2 8 (0.91%) Mac OS
3 5 (0.57%) Linux
4 4 (0.45%) Windows 10
4 4 (0.45%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 253 (28.65%) Problem-Solving
2 252 (28.54%) Analytics
3 248 (28.09%) Data Management
4 210 (23.78%) ERP
5 194 (21.97%) Agile
6 124 (14.04%) Mentoring
6 124 (14.04%) Stakeholder Management
7 119 (13.48%) Computer Science
8 117 (13.25%) DevOps
9 110 (12.46%) Project Management
9 110 (12.46%) Strategic Thinking
10 105 (11.89%) Change Management
11 101 (11.44%) Coaching
12 85 (9.63%) Service Delivery
13 83 (9.40%) UML
14 80 (9.06%) Information Security
15 75 (8.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 68 (7.70%) Service Management
17 67 (7.59%) SDLC
18 60 (6.80%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 35 (3.96%) MATLAB
2 31 (3.51%) SQL
3 26 (2.94%) Python
4 21 (2.38%) Apex Code
5 19 (2.15%) JavaScript
5 19 (2.15%) PowerShell
6 14 (1.59%) C#
7 13 (1.47%) Java
8 12 (1.36%) Ada
8 12 (1.36%) C
9 7 (0.79%) TypeScript
10 6 (0.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 6 (0.68%) R
11 5 (0.57%) PHP
11 5 (0.57%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.34%) C++
12 3 (0.34%) RPG
13 2 (0.23%) Bash
13 2 (0.23%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.23%) SQR
Qualifications
1 214 (24.24%) Degree
2 94 (10.65%) BPSS Clearance
3 69 (7.81%) Computer Science Degree
4 43 (4.87%) Chartered Engineer
5 34 (3.85%) Security Cleared
6 31 (3.51%) NVQ Level 3
6 31 (3.51%) NVQ Level 4
7 30 (3.40%) PMI Certification
8 29 (3.28%) CBAP
9 25 (2.83%) Master's Degree
10 24 (2.72%) CISSP
11 22 (2.49%) CISM
12 18 (2.04%) SC Cleared
13 17 (1.93%) CRISC
14 15 (1.70%) Azure Certification
15 13 (1.47%) HND
16 11 (1.25%) PMP
17 10 (1.13%) Microsoft Certification
18 7 (0.79%) DV Cleared
18 7 (0.79%) MRICS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (6.00%) Data Quality
2 46 (5.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 36 (4.08%) ISO/IEC 12207
4 26 (2.94%) QA
5 20 (2.27%) GDPR
6 16 (1.81%) SOC 2
7 11 (1.25%) Cyber Essentials
7 11 (1.25%) PCI DSS
8 9 (1.02%) NIST
8 9 (1.02%) PERC
8 9 (1.02%) PMO
9 8 (0.91%) SLA
10 7 (0.79%) GRC
11 5 (0.57%) GMP
12 4 (0.45%) Accessibility
12 4 (0.45%) COBIT
12 4 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 3 (0.34%) Def Stans
13 3 (0.34%) ISO 9001
14 2 (0.23%) Good Clinical Practice
System Software
1 26 (2.94%) Active Directory
2 22 (2.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (1.93%) Virtual Machines
4 13 (1.47%) Docker
5 9 (1.02%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (0.68%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.11%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.11%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 18 (2.04%) Kubernetes
2 11 (1.25%) Ansible
3 10 (1.13%) Terraform
4 4 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.23%) Grafana
5 2 (0.23%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.23%) RSA Archer
6 1 (0.11%) Argo
6 1 (0.11%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.11%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.11%) Puppet
6 1 (0.11%) vRealize
6 1 (0.11%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 126 (14.27%) Microsoft
2 50 (5.66%) IBM
3 32 (3.62%) Salesforce
4 29 (3.28%) VMware
5 27 (3.06%) Oracle
6 23 (2.60%) Sun
7 21 (2.38%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 20 (2.27%) Google
9 19 (2.15%) SAP
10 18 (2.04%) Cisco
11 17 (1.93%) Qualys
11 17 (1.93%) Tenable
12 13 (1.47%) Meraki
13 10 (1.13%) Citrix
14 9 (1.02%) Adobe
14 9 (1.02%) Databricks
14 9 (1.02%) OneTrust
14 9 (1.02%) Red Hat
15 8 (0.91%) ServiceNow
15 8 (0.91%) Solace