Kaizen Job Trends

Kaizen
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Kaizen skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 629 667 713
Rank change year-on-year +38 +46 +286
Permanent jobs citing Kaizen 21 40 12
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.035% 0.074% 0.023%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.044% 0.082% 0.025%
Number of salaries quoted 7 0 6
10th Percentile - - £44,375
25th Percentile £34,250 - £50,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 - £61,250
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.08%
75th Percentile £80,000 - £86,250
90th Percentile £128,000 - £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £38,500 - £45,000
% change year-on-year - - -13.24%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Kaizen 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 48,249 48,920 48,231
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.52% 90.19% 90.95%
Number of salaries quoted 28,284 23,965 36,703
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%

Kaizen
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Kaizen relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Kaizen job vacancy trend in the UK

Kaizen
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Kaizen.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Kaizen

Kaizen
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Kaizen over the 6 months to 5 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Kaizen in the UK

Kaizen
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Kaizen within the UK over the 6 months to 5 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
England +58 21 £75,000 - 4
UK excluding London +57 13 £38,500 - 3
East of England - 11 £38,500 - 2
London +30 8 £75,000 -
North West - 2 £200,000 - 1
North of England - 2 £200,000 - 1

Kaizen
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 1 (4.76%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 13 (61.90%) Amazon Alexa
General
1 14 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 13 (61.90%) French Language
2 13 (61.90%) German Language
2 13 (61.90%) Italian Language
3 5 (23.81%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (19.05%) Banking
4 4 (19.05%) Manufacturing
5 3 (14.29%) Investment Banking
6 1 (4.76%) Electronics
6 1 (4.76%) Finance
6 1 (4.76%) Games
6 1 (4.76%) Marketing
6 1 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (4.76%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (14.29%) Manufacturing Engineer
2 1 (4.76%) Electronics Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 13 (61.90%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (61.90%) Coaching
1 13 (61.90%) Conversational UI
1 13 (61.90%) Machine Learning
1 13 (61.90%) Performance Management
1 13 (61.90%) Performance Metrics
1 13 (61.90%) Process Improvement
1 13 (61.90%) Programme Management
1 13 (61.90%) Six Sigma
2 4 (19.05%) Lean Manufacturing
3 3 (14.29%) Business Analysis
3 3 (14.29%) Project Delivery
4 1 (4.76%) Budgeting
4 1 (4.76%) CAD
4 1 (4.76%) Customer Retention
4 1 (4.76%) GTM Strategy
4 1 (4.76%) Objectives and Key Results
4 1 (4.76%) Performance Monitoring
4 1 (4.76%) Physics
4 1 (4.76%) PLM
4 1 (4.76%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 17 (80.95%) Degree
2 4 (19.05%) HND
Vendors
1 1 (4.76%) Siemens