Continuous Improvement Job Trends in South Wales

Continual Improvement
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in South Wales requiring Continuous Improvement skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 22 22
Rank change year-on-year +10 0 +10
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 71 45 51
As % of all permanent jobs in South Wales 8.93% 7.00% 8.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.81% 8.51% 9.60%
Number of salaries quoted 42 28 34
10th Percentile £28,925 £35,850 £33,429
25th Percentile £46,563 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% +4.21%
75th Percentile £69,375 £58,716 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £66,575 £72,253
Wales median annual salary £52,500 £47,307 £39,000
% change year-on-year +10.98% +21.30% -22.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 601 529 531
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 75.60% 82.27% 90.00%
Number of salaries quoted 420 277 408
10th Percentile £25,087 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £49,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% -2.00% +1.12%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £64,625
90th Percentile £77,581 £78,340 £72,453
Wales median annual salary £48,122 £49,104 £47,500
% change year-on-year -2.00% +3.38% -

Continuous Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Continuous Improvement relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in South Wales.

Continuous Improvement job vacancy trend in South Wales

Continuous Improvement
Salary Trend in South Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Continuous Improvement.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Continuous Improvement

Continuous Improvement
Salary Histogram in South Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Continuous Improvement in South Wales over the 6 months to 8 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Continuous Improvement in South Wales

Continuous Improvement
Job Locations in South Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 8 January 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
Cardiff +21 27 £67,500 +42.69% 40
Newport +5 25 £53,554 -8.48% 38
Gwent +12 9 £48,500 +14.12% 3
Bridgend - 5 £52,066 - 1
Torfaen -9 2 £51,250 -
Caerphilly - 2 £38,750 -
Glamorgan -10 1 £55,000 +5.77% 19
Continuous Improvement
Wales

Continuous Improvement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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 9 (12.68%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (4.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.41%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (5.63%) iTrent
2 1 (1.41%) Magento
2 1 (1.41%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 14 (19.72%) Azure
2 9 (12.68%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (7.04%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (4.23%) AWS
4 3 (4.23%) Power Platform
4 3 (4.23%) SaaS
5 2 (2.82%) Azure Service Bus
5 2 (2.82%) GitHub
5 2 (2.82%) PaaS
6 1 (1.41%) Azure AKS
6 1 (1.41%) Azure API Management
6 1 (1.41%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 1 (1.41%) Azure Event Grid
6 1 (1.41%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (1.41%) BrowserStack
6 1 (1.41%) Datadog
6 1 (1.41%) dbt
6 1 (1.41%) GCP
6 1 (1.41%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (1.41%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.23%) Power BI
2 2 (2.82%) Azure SQL Database
2 2 (2.82%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (1.41%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.41%) GIS
3 1 (1.41%) RDBMS
3 1 (1.41%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.41%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (1.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (1.41%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (4.23%) JIRA
2 2 (2.82%) Cucumber
2 2 (2.82%) Git
2 2 (2.82%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (1.41%) Bitbucket
3 1 (1.41%) git-flow
3 1 (1.41%) GitLab
3 1 (1.41%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.41%) JMeter
3 1 (1.41%) Locust
3 1 (1.41%) Postman
3 1 (1.41%) Selenium
3 1 (1.41%) WebDriver
3 1 (1.41%) Zephyr
General
1 28 (39.44%) Social Skills
2 16 (22.54%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (21.13%) Manufacturing
4 14 (19.72%) Retail
5 11 (15.49%) Finance
6 10 (14.08%) Legal
7 4 (5.63%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (5.63%) Public Sector
8 3 (4.23%) Aerospace
8 3 (4.23%) Automotive
8 3 (4.23%) Back Office
8 3 (4.23%) Electronics
9 2 (2.82%) Aviation
9 2 (2.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (2.82%) Marketing
10 1 (1.41%) Brand Awareness
10 1 (1.41%) Games
10 1 (1.41%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.41%) Law
Job Titles
1 12 (16.90%) Lead
2 10 (14.08%) Analyst
3 9 (12.68%) QA Manager
3 9 (12.68%) Quality Manager
4 8 (11.27%) Support Engineer
5 7 (9.86%) Applications Support
5 7 (9.86%) Applications Support Analyst
5 7 (9.86%) Support Analyst
5 7 (9.86%) Systems Manager
6 5 (7.04%) Architect
6 5 (7.04%) Delivery Manager
6 5 (7.04%) IT Engineer
6 5 (7.04%) IT Support
6 5 (7.04%) IT Support Engineer
6 5 (7.04%) Project Engineer
6 5 (7.04%) Service Manager
7 4 (5.63%) HR Manager
7 4 (5.63%) Senior
7 4 (5.63%) Service Delivery Manager
7 4 (5.63%) Site Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.82%) Kafka
1 2 (2.82%) Playwright
1 2 (2.82%) React
2 1 (1.41%) .NET
2 1 (1.41%) Django
2 1 (1.41%) Gherkin
2 1 (1.41%) GraphQL
2 1 (1.41%) Jest
2 1 (1.41%) Node.js
2 1 (1.41%) Vitest
2 1 (1.41%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.04%) Driving Licence
1 5 (7.04%) Onboarding
2 3 (4.23%) Cloud Native
2 3 (4.23%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (2.82%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (2.82%) CMDB
3 2 (2.82%) Distributed Systems
3 2 (2.82%) FPGA
3 2 (2.82%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (2.82%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.82%) Operational Technology
3 2 (2.82%) Virtual Team
4 1 (1.41%) Blog
4 1 (1.41%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.41%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.41%) Security Posture
4 1 (1.41%) Social Media
4 1 (1.41%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.23%) Windows
1 3 (4.23%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (30.99%) Agile
1 22 (30.99%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (19.72%) Cybersecurity
3 13 (18.31%) CI/CD
3 13 (18.31%) Customer Service
3 13 (18.31%) Project Management
4 12 (16.90%) Decision-Making
5 10 (14.08%) Mentoring
5 10 (14.08%) Software Deployment
6 9 (12.68%) Analytics
6 9 (12.68%) Configuration Management
7 8 (11.27%) Deployment Automation
7 8 (11.27%) PRINCE2
8 7 (9.86%) Change Control
8 7 (9.86%) Customer Experience
8 7 (9.86%) DevOps
8 7 (9.86%) Release Management
9 6 (8.45%) Data Protection
9 6 (8.45%) Stakeholder Management
10 5 (7.04%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 8 (11.27%) C#
2 3 (4.23%) C
2 3 (4.23%) C++
2 3 (4.23%) SQL
3 2 (2.82%) Python
3 2 (2.82%) TypeScript
4 1 (1.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (1.41%) Java
4 1 (1.41%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 23 (32.39%) Degree
2 6 (8.45%) Security Cleared
3 5 (7.04%) BPSS Clearance
3 5 (7.04%) HND
3 5 (7.04%) SC Cleared
4 4 (5.63%) CIPD
5 3 (4.23%) CTC Cleared
5 3 (4.23%) DBS Check
5 3 (4.23%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 2 (2.82%) Chartered Engineer
6 2 (2.82%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.41%) Azure Certification
7 1 (1.41%) PMI Certification
7 1 (1.41%) PMP
7 1 (1.41%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (19.72%) QA
2 3 (4.23%) SLA
3 1 (1.41%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.41%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (1.41%) GDPR
3 1 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (1.41%) NIST
3 1 (1.41%) WCAG
System Software
1 5 (7.04%) Active Directory
2 4 (5.63%) Docker
3 2 (2.82%) Embedded Firmware
3 2 (2.82%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (4.23%) Kubernetes
1 3 (4.23%) Terraform
2 2 (2.82%) Grafana
3 1 (1.41%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 7 (9.86%) Microsoft
2 4 (5.63%) ServiceNow
3 3 (4.23%) Cisco
4 2 (2.82%) IBM
5 1 (1.41%) Anaplan
5 1 (1.41%) Genesys
5 1 (1.41%) Google
5 1 (1.41%) Oracle
5 1 (1.41%) Veeam
5 1 (1.41%) Verint
5 1 (1.41%) WooCommerce