Continuous Improvement Job Trends in the South West

Continual Improvement
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Continuous Improvement skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 39 71
Rank change year-on-year +17 +32 -40
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 283 237 176
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 5.66% 5.55% 3.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.84% 6.56% 4.29%
Number of salaries quoted 201 137 146
10th Percentile £32,750 £32,500 £39,874
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £42,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £45,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.78% -18.18% -7.60%
75th Percentile £70,752 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £76,750 £87,500
England median annual salary £61,250 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +2.08% -4.00% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
South West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,610 3,614 4,103
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 72.21% 84.58% 90.89%
Number of salaries quoted 2,454 1,842 3,112
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £33,813 £40,000 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,720 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.62% +4.23% +4.23%
75th Percentile £66,250 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £81,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Continuous Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Continuous Improvement job vacancy trend in the South West

Continuous Improvement
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Continuous Improvement.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Continuous Improvement

Continuous Improvement
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Continuous Improvement in the South West over the 6 months to 4 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Continuous Improvement in the South West

Continuous Improvement
Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 4 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
Bristol 0 95 £50,678 -24.36% 63
Wiltshire +11 58 £45,000 +12.50% 23
Gloucestershire +45 41 £55,000 -4.35% 47
Devon -2 27 £43,875 +25.31% 33
Somerset -1 25 £50,693 +24.40% 26
Dorset +10 20 £43,691 -41.75% 12
Continuous Improvement
England

Continuous Improvement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 11 (3.89%) IIS
2 6 (2.12%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (2.12%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.06%) Confluence
4 2 (0.71%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (0.35%) Apache
5 1 (0.35%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 28 (9.89%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (6.71%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.71%) Windchill
5 1 (0.35%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.35%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.35%) Siemens NX
5 1 (0.35%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 5 (1.77%) Dynamics CRM
1 5 (1.77%) Dynamics NAV
1 5 (1.77%) Magento
1 5 (1.77%) Shopify
2 2 (0.71%) IBM Planning Analytics
2 2 (0.71%) Infor CloudSuite
2 2 (0.71%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
2 2 (0.71%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (0.71%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.35%) assyst
3 1 (0.35%) Primavera
3 1 (0.35%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.35%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 49 (17.31%) Azure
2 40 (14.13%) Microsoft 365
3 29 (10.25%) AWS
4 25 (8.83%) Power Platform
5 13 (4.59%) SaaS
6 10 (3.53%) Serverless
7 9 (3.18%) Entra ID
8 7 (2.47%) Amazon S3
8 7 (2.47%) AWS Lambda
8 7 (2.47%) GCP
9 6 (2.12%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (1.77%) GitHub
11 4 (1.41%) Amazon EC2
11 4 (1.41%) Amazon ECS
11 4 (1.41%) Google Workspace
11 4 (1.41%) OpenShift
12 2 (0.71%) Amazon EKS
12 2 (0.71%) Azure App Service
12 2 (0.71%) Azure Logic Apps
12 2 (0.71%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 22 (7.77%) DNS
2 17 (6.01%) DHCP
2 17 (6.01%) Firewall
3 16 (5.65%) LAN
4 15 (5.30%) WAN
5 12 (4.24%) Internet
6 11 (3.89%) Kerberos
7 8 (2.83%) TCP/IP
8 7 (2.47%) VPN
9 5 (1.77%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (1.06%) HTTP
10 3 (1.06%) Network Security
10 3 (1.06%) VLAN
11 2 (0.71%) LTE
11 2 (0.71%) SAN
11 2 (0.71%) SD-WAN
11 2 (0.71%) VSAN
12 1 (0.35%) DKIM
12 1 (0.35%) DMARC
12 1 (0.35%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (8.48%) Power BI
2 18 (6.36%) SQL Server
3 8 (2.83%) Power Query
4 6 (2.12%) NoSQL
5 5 (1.77%) MySQL
5 5 (1.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (1.41%) Amazon RDS
6 4 (1.41%) Relational Database
6 4 (1.41%) Tableau
7 2 (0.71%) Crystal Reports
7 2 (0.71%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.71%) DTS
7 2 (0.71%) OLAP
7 2 (0.71%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.35%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.35%) Couchbase
8 1 (0.35%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.35%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.35%) Redis
Development Applications
1 14 (4.95%) JIRA
2 8 (2.83%) Git
3 5 (1.77%) GitLab
4 4 (1.41%) Jenkins
5 3 (1.06%) Balsamiq
6 2 (0.71%) CircleCI
6 2 (0.71%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.71%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.71%) REST Assured
6 2 (0.71%) Selenium
6 2 (0.71%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.35%) Android Studio
7 1 (0.35%) Appium
7 1 (0.35%) Gatling
7 1 (0.35%) Gradle
7 1 (0.35%) JMeter
7 1 (0.35%) JUnit
7 1 (0.35%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.35%) Postman
7 1 (0.35%) Xcode
General
1 137 (48.41%) Social Skills
2 69 (24.38%) Finance
3 41 (14.49%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (9.54%) Back Office
5 20 (7.07%) Manufacturing
6 18 (6.36%) Public Sector
7 16 (5.65%) Law
8 15 (5.30%) Retail
9 11 (3.89%) Military
9 11 (3.89%) Police
9 11 (3.89%) Presentation Skills
10 9 (3.18%) Electronics
10 9 (3.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (3.18%) Telecoms
11 8 (2.83%) Legal
12 7 (2.47%) Marketing
13 6 (2.12%) Arabic Language
13 6 (2.12%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (1.41%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (1.41%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 52 (18.37%) Analyst
2 38 (13.43%) Senior
3 29 (10.25%) Support Engineer
4 25 (8.83%) Lead
5 22 (7.77%) Developer
6 21 (7.42%) Desktop Engineer
6 21 (7.42%) Desktop Support
6 21 (7.42%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 21 (7.42%) Site Engineer
6 21 (7.42%) Support Analyst
7 15 (5.30%) IT Analyst
8 13 (4.59%) 2nd Line Support
8 13 (4.59%) IT Support
9 12 (4.24%) Project Manager
9 12 (4.24%) Software Engineer
10 10 (3.53%) Financial Analyst
11 9 (3.18%) Business Intelligence Analyst
11 9 (3.18%) Senior Developer
12 8 (2.83%) Power BI Analyst
13 7 (2.47%) Head of Digital
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (4.59%) Spring
2 12 (4.24%) .NET
2 12 (4.24%) React
3 11 (3.89%) LDAP
3 11 (3.89%) Spring Boot
4 10 (3.53%) Middleware
5 8 (2.83%) .NET Core
6 7 (2.47%) REST
6 7 (2.47%) RESTful
7 6 (2.12%) SOAP
8 5 (1.77%) CSS
8 5 (1.77%) HTML
8 5 (1.77%) Qt
8 5 (1.77%) Web Services
9 4 (1.41%) AngularJS
9 4 (1.41%) SAML
10 3 (1.06%) Playwright
11 2 (0.71%) ASP.NET
11 2 (0.71%) Blazor
11 2 (0.71%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 18 (6.36%) Driving Licence
2 17 (6.01%) Cloud Native
3 11 (3.89%) PKI
3 11 (3.89%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (2.83%) Analytical Mindset
5 7 (2.47%) e-Learning
5 7 (2.47%) Management Information System
5 7 (2.47%) Product Ownership
6 6 (2.12%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (2.12%) Mobile App
7 5 (1.77%) Arduino
7 5 (1.77%) Embedded Systems
7 5 (1.77%) Raspberry Pi
8 4 (1.41%) Cyber Threat
8 4 (1.41%) Security Posture
9 3 (1.06%) PMI
9 3 (1.06%) Robotics
9 3 (1.06%) Web Conferencing
9 3 (1.06%) YubiKey
10 2 (0.71%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 58 (20.49%) Windows
2 36 (12.72%) Windows 10
3 24 (8.48%) Windows Server
4 21 (7.42%) Linux
5 14 (4.95%) Windows Server 2016
6 13 (4.59%) Windows Server 2019
7 7 (2.47%) Mac OS
8 3 (1.06%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.71%) CentOS
9 2 (0.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.35%) AIX
10 1 (0.35%) Android
10 1 (0.35%) CoreOS
10 1 (0.35%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (24.03%) Problem-Solving
2 65 (22.97%) Agile
3 59 (20.85%) ITIL
4 45 (15.90%) Analytics
5 38 (13.43%) Cybersecurity
6 37 (13.07%) Customer Service
6 37 (13.07%) Decision-Making
7 32 (11.31%) Customer Experience
8 31 (10.95%) CI/CD
9 30 (10.60%) Business Intelligence
10 29 (10.25%) Roadmaps
11 28 (9.89%) Project Management
12 26 (9.19%) Software Engineering
13 25 (8.83%) Collaborative Culture
14 24 (8.48%) Patch Management
14 24 (8.48%) People Management
15 23 (8.13%) AI
15 23 (8.13%) DevOps
16 22 (7.77%) Ticket Management
17 21 (7.42%) Customer Acquisition
Programming Languages
1 36 (12.72%) SQL
2 32 (11.31%) Python
3 28 (9.89%) PowerShell
4 18 (6.36%) Java
5 16 (5.65%) C#
6 15 (5.30%) Bash
7 13 (4.59%) JavaScript
8 11 (3.89%) VB
9 10 (3.53%) TypeScript
10 7 (2.47%) R
11 6 (2.12%) C++
12 5 (1.77%) T-SQL
13 4 (1.41%) C
13 4 (1.41%) Go
14 3 (1.06%) VBScript
15 2 (0.71%) VBA
16 1 (0.35%) Delphi
16 1 (0.35%) MATLAB
16 1 (0.35%) Perl
16 1 (0.35%) PHP
Qualifications
1 68 (24.03%) Security Cleared
2 56 (19.79%) Degree
3 46 (16.25%) SC Cleared
4 21 (7.42%) CTC Cleared
5 15 (5.30%) ACCA
6 14 (4.95%) BPSS Clearance
7 10 (3.53%) CIMA
8 9 (3.18%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (3.18%) DV Cleared
9 7 (2.47%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (2.47%) PMI Certification
10 6 (2.12%) Azure Certification
10 6 (2.12%) CISM
10 6 (2.12%) CISSP
11 5 (1.77%) A+ Certification
11 5 (1.77%) CISMP
11 5 (1.77%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 5 (1.77%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 4 (1.41%) MCP
12 4 (1.41%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (12.01%) SLA
2 22 (7.77%) QA
3 12 (4.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (4.24%) NIST
4 8 (2.83%) Cyber Essentials
4 8 (2.83%) GDPR
5 5 (1.77%) Accessibility
5 5 (1.77%) GAAP
5 5 (1.77%) GRC
5 5 (1.77%) IFRS
5 5 (1.77%) NEBOSH
5 5 (1.77%) NIST 800
6 4 (1.41%) JSP 440
7 2 (0.71%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.35%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.35%) Def Stans
8 1 (0.35%) NCSC
8 1 (0.35%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.35%) PMO
8 1 (0.35%) WCAG
System Software
1 28 (9.89%) Active Directory
2 12 (4.24%) Docker
3 7 (2.47%) Hyper-V
3 7 (2.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.71%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 22 (7.77%) Kubernetes
2 12 (4.24%) WSUS
3 10 (3.53%) Terraform
4 7 (2.47%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (2.12%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (1.77%) SCCM
7 4 (1.41%) Ansible
8 3 (1.06%) Grafana
8 3 (1.06%) SCVMM
9 2 (0.71%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.71%) FTK
9 2 (0.71%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (0.71%) McAfee ePO
10 1 (0.35%) Backup Exec
10 1 (0.35%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 71 (25.09%) Microsoft
2 24 (8.48%) Cisco
3 12 (4.24%) ServiceNow
4 8 (2.83%) Oracle
4 8 (2.83%) SAP
5 7 (2.47%) VMware
6 5 (1.77%) Apple
6 5 (1.77%) ConnectWise
6 5 (1.77%) WooCommerce
7 4 (1.41%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.06%) Facebook
8 3 (1.06%) IBM
8 3 (1.06%) Qualys
8 3 (1.06%) Splunk
8 3 (1.06%) Tenable
9 2 (0.71%) Fortinet
9 2 (0.71%) Infor
9 2 (0.71%) MuleSoft
9 2 (0.71%) Okta
9 2 (0.71%) SolarWinds