Continuous Improvement Jobs in the Thames Valley

Continual Improvement
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 11 43 62
Rank change year-on-year +32 +19 -15
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 422 320 268
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 12.32% 4.78% 4.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.10% 5.64% 4.78%
Number of salaries quoted 97 153 129
10th Percentile £33,243 £32,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £39,380 £42,700
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -13.64% -15.38%
75th Percentile £73,833 £68,750 £69,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £87,750
South East median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,221 5,669 5,604
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 94.04% 84.71% 94.77%
Number of salaries quoted 1,225 3,877 3,051
10th Percentile £28,500 £29,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £38,183 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £88,750
South East median annual salary £56,673 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +13.35% -9.09% -

Continuous Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Continuous Improvement in the Thames Valley

Continuous Improvement
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Continuous Improvement in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Continuous Improvement in the Thames Valley

Continuous Improvement
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

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

Salary histogram for Continuous Improvement in the Thames Valley

Continuous Improvement
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Continuous Improvement within the Thames Valley 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
Berkshire +27 218 £54,250 +26.40% 89
Oxfordshire +31 133 £56,000 +21.08% 71
Buckinghamshire +24 73 £61,250 +20.10% 44
Continuous Improvement
South East

Continuous Improvement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 7 (1.66%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.42%) Confluence
3 2 (0.47%) CMS
4 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (1.18%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.24%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (1.42%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (0.47%) Shopify
3 1 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.24%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.24%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 26 (6.16%) Azure
2 21 (4.98%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
3 14 (3.32%) AWS
3 14 (3.32%) Salsify
4 10 (2.37%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (2.13%) GCP
6 6 (1.42%) Power Platform
7 5 (1.18%) SaaS
8 4 (0.95%) Azure Functions
8 4 (0.95%) Azure Monitor
8 4 (0.95%) Entra ID
8 4 (0.95%) Serverless
9 3 (0.71%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 3 (0.71%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (0.47%) Azure Key Vault
10 2 (0.47%) OneDrive
10 2 (0.47%) PowerApps
11 1 (0.24%) AWS CloudFormation
11 1 (0.24%) GitHub
11 1 (0.24%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.71%) Broadband
1 3 (0.71%) Ethernet
2 2 (0.47%) DWDM
2 2 (0.47%) GPON
2 2 (0.47%) IPv4
2 2 (0.47%) IPv6
2 2 (0.47%) LAN
2 2 (0.47%) Mobile Broadband
2 2 (0.47%) MPLS
2 2 (0.47%) Network Security
2 2 (0.47%) WAN
3 1 (0.24%) Firewall
3 1 (0.24%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (3.32%) Metadata
2 10 (2.37%) SQL Server
3 3 (0.71%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.47%) MongoDB
4 2 (0.47%) NoSQL
4 2 (0.47%) Power BI
5 1 (0.24%) GIS
5 1 (0.24%) Looker
5 1 (0.24%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 1 (0.24%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.24%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 11 (2.61%) JIRA
2 7 (1.66%) Selenium
3 6 (1.42%) Bitbucket
3 6 (1.42%) Cucumber
3 6 (1.42%) GitLab
3 6 (1.42%) Maven
3 6 (1.42%) SonarQube
3 6 (1.42%) Sonatype Nexus
4 3 (0.71%) Git
5 2 (0.47%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.24%) Visual Studio
General
1 288 (68.25%) Social Skills
2 208 (49.29%) Finance
3 97 (22.99%) Law
4 57 (13.51%) Analytical Skills
5 46 (10.90%) Marketing
6 27 (6.40%) Influencing Skills
7 20 (4.74%) Manufacturing
8 17 (4.03%) Legal
9 13 (3.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 11 (2.61%) Retail
11 10 (2.37%) Telecoms
12 7 (1.66%) Financial Institution
12 7 (1.66%) Local Government
12 7 (1.66%) Social Housing
13 6 (1.42%) Banking
14 4 (0.95%) Advertising
15 3 (0.71%) Organisational Skills
16 2 (0.47%) Aerospace
16 2 (0.47%) Presentation Skills
16 2 (0.47%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 165 (39.10%) Systems Manager
2 162 (38.39%) Resource Manager
3 54 (12.80%) Lead
4 42 (9.95%) Senior
5 31 (7.35%) Architect
6 28 (6.64%) Analyst
7 27 (6.40%) Business Change Analyst
7 27 (6.40%) Change Analyst
7 27 (6.40%) Enterprise Architect
8 23 (5.45%) Senior Manager
9 22 (5.21%) Salesforce Architect
10 19 (4.50%) Product Manager
11 16 (3.79%) Technical Manager
12 9 (2.13%) Auditor
12 9 (2.13%) Consultant
13 7 (1.66%) Project Manager
14 6 (1.42%) Service Manager
14 6 (1.42%) Software Engineer
15 5 (1.18%) Developer
15 5 (1.18%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (4.98%) Lightning Web Components
1 21 (4.98%) Middleware
1 21 (4.98%) REST
1 21 (4.98%) SOAP
2 9 (2.13%) React
3 8 (1.90%) CSS
3 8 (1.90%) HTML
3 8 (1.90%) Kafka
4 6 (1.42%) Hibernate
4 6 (1.42%) JPA
4 6 (1.42%) Redux
4 6 (1.42%) Spring
4 6 (1.42%) Spring Boot
5 2 (0.47%) AngularJS
5 2 (0.47%) FHIR
5 2 (0.47%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (0.24%) .NET
6 1 (0.24%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.24%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 38 (9.00%) Product Ownership
2 31 (7.35%) Enterprise Software
3 17 (4.03%) FMCG
3 17 (4.03%) PMI
4 15 (3.55%) Management Information System
5 14 (3.32%) Taxonomies
6 11 (2.61%) Driving Licence
7 7 (1.66%) Housing Association
7 7 (1.66%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.18%) CMDB
9 4 (0.95%) Marketing Technology
10 3 (0.71%) AS400
10 3 (0.71%) iSeries
10 3 (0.71%) Mainframe
10 3 (0.71%) SCADA
11 2 (0.47%) Cloud Native
11 2 (0.47%) Digital Media
11 2 (0.47%) Self-Motivation
12 1 (0.24%) Legacy Systems
12 1 (0.24%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.18%) Windows
2 1 (0.24%) Linux
2 1 (0.24%) Mac OS
2 1 (0.24%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 211 (50.00%) Data Management
2 197 (46.68%) Analytics
3 169 (40.05%) ERP
4 110 (26.07%) Problem-Solving
5 91 (21.56%) Change Management
6 86 (20.38%) Agile
6 86 (20.38%) Strategic Thinking
7 77 (18.25%) Stakeholder Management
8 55 (13.03%) DevOps
9 52 (12.32%) Business Strategy
10 45 (10.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 42 (9.95%) Business Transformation
11 42 (9.95%) Information Security
12 40 (9.48%) Service Management
13 39 (9.24%) CI/CD
13 39 (9.24%) Collaborative Working
14 37 (8.77%) Coaching
14 37 (8.77%) Data Privacy
15 36 (8.53%) Microservices
16 34 (8.06%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (4.98%) Apex Code
2 9 (2.13%) JavaScript
3 8 (1.90%) Java
3 8 (1.90%) Python
3 8 (1.90%) SQL
4 3 (0.71%) C#
4 3 (0.71%) RPG
5 2 (0.47%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.24%) Delphi
6 1 (0.24%) Google Apps Script
6 1 (0.24%) PHP
6 1 (0.24%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.24%) VBA
Qualifications
1 60 (14.22%) Degree
2 27 (6.40%) CBAP
3 25 (5.92%) Master's Degree
4 24 (5.69%) PMI Certification
5 21 (4.98%) Computer Science Degree
6 15 (3.55%) NVQ Level 3
6 15 (3.55%) NVQ Level 4
7 7 (1.66%) MRICS
7 7 (1.66%) PMP
8 6 (1.42%) SC Cleared
8 6 (1.42%) Security Cleared
9 3 (0.71%) CISSP
9 3 (0.71%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (0.71%) Six Sigma Black Belt
9 3 (0.71%) Six Sigma Green Belt
9 3 (0.71%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
10 2 (0.47%) HND
10 2 (0.47%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.47%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 2 (0.47%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (9.48%) Data Quality
2 11 (2.61%) QA
3 6 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (0.95%) GMP
4 4 (0.95%) SLA
5 3 (0.71%) GDPR
6 2 (0.47%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 2 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.47%) Def Stans
6 2 (0.47%) Good Clinical Practice
7 1 (0.24%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.24%) COBIT
7 1 (0.24%) COSHH
7 1 (0.24%) ISO 14001
7 1 (0.24%) NEBOSH
7 1 (0.24%) NIST
7 1 (0.24%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 6 (1.42%) Docker
2 4 (0.95%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (1.42%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.71%) Ansible
3 1 (0.24%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.24%) Grafana
3 1 (0.24%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.24%) Terraform
Vendors
1 24 (5.69%) Salesforce
2 21 (4.98%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
3 14 (3.32%) Microsoft
4 10 (2.37%) Oracle
5 9 (2.13%) Sun
6 7 (1.66%) VMware
7 6 (1.42%) Solace
8 5 (1.18%) PeopleSoft
9 3 (0.71%) SAP
9 3 (0.71%) ServiceNow
10 2 (0.47%) Cisco
10 2 (0.47%) Cvent
10 2 (0.47%) Nokia
10 2 (0.47%) Splunk
11 1 (0.24%) Apple
11 1 (0.24%) BT
11 1 (0.24%) Dell
11 1 (0.24%) HP
11 1 (0.24%) Sage
11 1 (0.24%) Sophos