Continuous Improvement Jobs in the West Midlands

Continual Improvement
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for Continuous Improvement skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Continuous Improvement over the 6 months to 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 19 32 44
Rank change year-on-year +13 +12 +2
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 533 518 426
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 7.53% 7.53% 5.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.06% 7.77% 6.14%
Number of salaries quoted 345 221 281
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,500 £34,500
25th Percentile £36,750 £41,563 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £53,000 £53,300
Median % change year-on-year +0.94% -0.56% +3.50%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £84,964 £72,000 £83,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

Continuous Improvement is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,883 6,670 6,936
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 83.15% 96.93% 95.45%
Number of salaries quoted 4,509 3,312 4,807
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,700 £40,000 £38,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Continuous Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Continuous Improvement in the West Midlands

Continuous Improvement
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Continuous Improvement in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Continuous Improvement in the West Midlands

Continuous Improvement
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Continuous Improvement in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Continuous Improvement in the West Midlands

Continuous Improvement
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Continuous Improvement within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 19 April 2024. 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
Birmingham +10 171 £56,282 +4.71% 56
Warwickshire +9 87 £39,250 -28.64% 23
Staffordshire +11 54 £32,500 -23.53% 28
Coventry +47 35 £52,500 - 16
Shropshire +27 32 £75,000 - 14
Wolverhampton +33 26 £53,500 +72.58% 10
Solihull +13 24 £43,000 -18.10% 5
Worcestershire -10 13 £35,000 -17.65% 14
Walsall +27 6 £36,250 -30.95% 3
Sutton Coldfield - 5 - - 6
Dudley - 5 £31,000 - 1
Wednesbury - 3 £35,000 - 2
Halesowen - 2 £52,500 - 1
Smethwick - 2 £42,500 -
Herefordshire +1 1 £50,000 +17.65%
Tipton - 1 - -
West Bromwich - 1 - -
Willenhall - 1 - - 1
Bilston - 1 - -
Brierley Hill - 1 - -
Rowley Regis - 1 - -
Continuous Improvement
England

Continuous Improvement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 27 (5.07%) SharePoint
2 11 (2.06%) Skype for Business
3 8 (1.50%) Confluence
4 6 (1.13%) Appian
4 6 (1.13%) IIS
5 5 (0.94%) nginx
6 4 (0.75%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 136 (25.52%) Microsoft Office
2 92 (17.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.13%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.75%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (0.75%) Trello
5 3 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.56%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.38%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 10 (1.88%) Dynamics CRM
1 10 (1.88%) Dynamics NAV
2 4 (0.75%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.75%) Shopify
3 2 (0.38%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.19%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.19%) SAP Business ByDesign
4 1 (0.19%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 77 (14.45%) Azure
2 42 (7.88%) Power Platform
3 33 (6.19%) Microsoft 365
4 29 (5.44%) Azure DevOps
5 27 (5.07%) Dynamics 365
6 25 (4.69%) AWS
7 19 (3.56%) SaaS
8 8 (1.50%) Azure Data Factory
8 8 (1.50%) SuccessFactors
9 7 (1.31%) GCP
10 5 (0.94%) Azure Sentinel
10 5 (0.94%) npm
11 4 (0.75%) Entra ID
11 4 (0.75%) Google Docs
11 4 (0.75%) Google Sheets
11 4 (0.75%) OneDrive
11 4 (0.75%) PowerApps
11 4 (0.75%) Serverless
11 4 (0.75%) WhatsApp
12 3 (0.56%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 29 (5.44%) WAN
2 23 (4.32%) Wi-Fi
3 21 (3.94%) LAN
4 15 (2.81%) VoIP
5 14 (2.63%) VLAN
6 12 (2.25%) DNS
6 12 (2.25%) Firewall
7 11 (2.06%) Skype
8 9 (1.69%) SD-WAN
9 8 (1.50%) DHCP
9 8 (1.50%) SAN
10 7 (1.31%) Network Security
11 6 (1.13%) TCP/IP
12 5 (0.94%) BGP
12 5 (0.94%) MPLS
12 5 (0.94%) OSPF
13 4 (0.75%) Fibre Channel
13 4 (0.75%) iSCSI
13 4 (0.75%) Wireless
13 4 (0.75%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (7.69%) Power BI
2 16 (3.00%) SQL Server
3 11 (2.06%) MySQL
4 10 (1.88%) Amazon RDS
5 9 (1.69%) Data Mining
5 9 (1.69%) Tableau
6 8 (1.50%) Data Lake
6 8 (1.50%) Power Query
7 7 (1.31%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (0.94%) NoSQL
9 4 (0.75%) Amazon Aurora
9 4 (0.75%) Elasticsearch
9 4 (0.75%) Metadata
9 4 (0.75%) PostgreSQL
9 4 (0.75%) RDBMS
9 4 (0.75%) Relational Database
10 2 (0.38%) InfluxDB
11 1 (0.19%) Delta Lake
11 1 (0.19%) Snowflake Schema
11 1 (0.19%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 24 (4.50%) Git
1 24 (4.50%) JIRA
2 6 (1.13%) Octopus Deploy
2 6 (1.13%) TeamCity
3 5 (0.94%) webpack
4 4 (0.75%) Jasmine
4 4 (0.75%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.38%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.38%) Burp Suite
5 2 (0.38%) Metasploit
5 2 (0.38%) sqlmap
6 1 (0.19%) GitLab
6 1 (0.19%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 211 (39.59%) Social Skills
2 149 (27.95%) Finance
3 108 (20.26%) Analytical Skills
4 64 (12.01%) Military
5 50 (9.38%) Organisational Skills
5 50 (9.38%) Retail
6 46 (8.63%) Influencing Skills
7 36 (6.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 31 (5.82%) Law
8 31 (5.82%) Manufacturing
9 24 (4.50%) Legal
10 17 (3.19%) Marketing
11 14 (2.63%) Environmental Health
11 14 (2.63%) Telecoms
12 11 (2.06%) Automotive
13 10 (1.88%) Public Sector
14 8 (1.50%) Police
14 8 (1.50%) Presentation Skills
15 6 (1.13%) Electronics
16 4 (0.75%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 110 (20.64%) Analyst
2 65 (12.20%) Graduate
3 48 (9.01%) Lead
4 39 (7.32%) Developer
5 33 (6.19%) Product Analyst
6 29 (5.44%) Sales Analyst
7 27 (5.07%) IT Support
8 26 (4.88%) Senior
9 23 (4.32%) IT Engineer
9 23 (4.32%) IT Manager
10 21 (3.94%) Help Desk Analyst
11 19 (3.56%) Business Analyst
11 19 (3.56%) Project Manager
12 18 (3.38%) Support Engineer
13 14 (2.63%) Consultant
13 14 (2.63%) Operations Engineer
14 13 (2.44%) IT Director
14 13 (2.44%) IT Support Engineer
15 12 (2.25%) Development Manager
15 12 (2.25%) IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (4.32%) .NET
2 18 (3.38%) React
3 14 (2.63%) HTML
4 13 (2.44%) CSS
5 12 (2.25%) Node.js
6 11 (2.06%) RESTful
7 9 (1.69%) .NET Core
7 9 (1.69%) ASP.NET
7 9 (1.69%) jQuery
8 7 (1.31%) AngularJS
8 7 (1.31%) EDI
9 6 (1.13%) Jest
10 5 (0.94%) HTML5
10 5 (0.94%) LAMP
10 5 (0.94%) Laravel
10 5 (0.94%) LEMP Stack
10 5 (0.94%) LESS
10 5 (0.94%) Sass
10 5 (0.94%) Vue
10 5 (0.94%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 68 (12.76%) Onboarding
2 53 (9.94%) Management Information System
3 34 (6.38%) Self-Motivation
4 15 (2.81%) NHS
5 11 (2.06%) Fat Client
5 11 (2.06%) Thin Client
5 11 (2.06%) Video Conferencing
6 10 (1.88%) Mobile App
6 10 (1.88%) Product Ownership
7 9 (1.69%) Cloud Native
7 9 (1.69%) SCADA
8 8 (1.50%) Algorithms
9 7 (1.31%) Data Centre
9 7 (1.31%) Data Protection Act
9 7 (1.31%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 6 (1.13%) Driving Licence
10 6 (1.13%) Low-Code
11 5 (0.94%) IoT
12 4 (0.75%) Photography
13 3 (0.56%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 43 (8.07%) Windows
2 29 (5.44%) Windows 10
3 15 (2.81%) Windows Server
4 14 (2.63%) Android
5 13 (2.44%) Apple iOS
6 11 (2.06%) Windows 7
6 11 (2.06%) Windows 8
6 11 (2.06%) Windows Server 2012
7 8 (1.50%) VMS
8 7 (1.31%) Linux
9 1 (0.19%) CentOS
9 1 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.19%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 159 (29.83%) Customer Service
2 139 (26.08%) Agile
3 133 (24.95%) Problem-Solving
4 107 (20.08%) Project Management
5 90 (16.89%) Data Analysis
6 86 (16.14%) Process Improvement
7 82 (15.38%) Logistics
8 77 (14.45%) Customer Experience
9 70 (13.13%) Creative Thinking
10 68 (12.76%) Service Delivery
11 65 (12.20%) Performance Metrics
12 64 (12.01%) Contingency Planning
13 59 (11.07%) DevOps
14 53 (9.94%) Stakeholder Management
15 51 (9.57%) Decision-Making
16 50 (9.38%) Analytics
16 50 (9.38%) Project Delivery
17 46 (8.63%) Business Intelligence
18 45 (8.44%) Mentoring
19 44 (8.26%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 38 (7.13%) SQL
2 31 (5.82%) JavaScript
3 18 (3.38%) C#
4 16 (3.00%) Python
5 12 (2.25%) PowerShell
6 9 (1.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 9 (1.69%) TypeScript
7 8 (1.50%) T-SQL
8 5 (0.94%) PHP
9 4 (0.75%) Java
9 4 (0.75%) R
9 4 (0.75%) VB
10 3 (0.56%) Dart
11 2 (0.38%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.38%) MATLAB
11 2 (0.38%) Swift
12 1 (0.19%) ABAP
12 1 (0.19%) C
12 1 (0.19%) C++
12 1 (0.19%) XAML
Qualifications
1 183 (34.33%) Degree
2 12 (2.25%) Security Cleared
3 11 (2.06%) Azure Certification
4 10 (1.88%) PMI Certification
5 9 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (1.31%) CISSP
6 7 (1.31%) PMP
7 6 (1.13%) APMG
7 6 (1.13%) DBS Check
7 6 (1.13%) SC Cleared
8 5 (0.94%) CRISC
8 5 (0.94%) Master's Degree
9 4 (0.75%) ACCA
9 4 (0.75%) CIMA
9 4 (0.75%) CISA
9 4 (0.75%) GIAC
9 4 (0.75%) MBA
9 4 (0.75%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 4 (0.75%) SANS
10 3 (0.56%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (8.63%) QA
2 23 (4.32%) GDPR
3 21 (3.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 18 (3.38%) SLA
5 9 (1.69%) PMO
6 8 (1.50%) Accessibility
7 5 (0.94%) Data Quality
7 5 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 4 (0.75%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 3 (0.56%) ISO 9001
9 3 (0.56%) NIST
10 2 (0.38%) GRC
10 2 (0.38%) ISO 14001
10 2 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 12207
10 2 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 15288
11 1 (0.19%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.19%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (0.19%) COSHH
11 1 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.19%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 33 (6.19%) Active Directory
2 12 (2.25%) Docker
3 10 (1.88%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.50%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.75%) pfSense
6 2 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 13 (2.44%) Kubernetes
2 11 (2.06%) SCCM
3 6 (1.13%) Terraform
4 5 (0.94%) Functional Safety
5 4 (0.75%) Data Guard
6 2 (0.38%) Grafana
Vendors
1 119 (22.33%) Microsoft
2 20 (3.75%) Cisco
3 14 (2.63%) SAP
4 11 (2.06%) Google
4 11 (2.06%) VMware
5 10 (1.88%) Dell
6 8 (1.50%) ServiceNow
7 6 (1.13%) Databricks
7 6 (1.13%) SolarWinds
8 5 (0.94%) Aruba
8 5 (0.94%) Avaya
8 5 (0.94%) Citrix
8 5 (0.94%) DevExpress
8 5 (0.94%) Ericsson
8 5 (0.94%) Juniper
8 5 (0.94%) Nokia
8 5 (0.94%) Zscaler
9 4 (0.75%) BroadSoft
9 4 (0.75%) QNAP
9 4 (0.75%) Xamarin