Continuous Improvement Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Continual Improvement
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work 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 20 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 52 55
Rank change year-on-year +17 +3 +10
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 1,389 1,450 1,716
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.53% 4.68% 5.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.02% 5.26% 5.27%
Number of salaries quoted 850 1,020 1,267
10th Percentile £30,000 £34,750 £30,500
25th Percentile £40,750 £45,000 £41,075
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,971 £62,783 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.85% +9.19% -4.17%
75th Percentile £73,971 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,125 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £58,250 £59,526
% change year-on-year -1.29% -2.14% -0.79%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 19,778 27,581 32,537
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 92.92% 88.93% 95.92%
Number of salaries quoted 10,422 20,077 23,924
10th Percentile £25,313 £34,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £76,250 £76,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,249
% change year-on-year - -8.71% +0.42%

Continuous Improvement
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Continuous Improvement as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Continuous Improvement trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Continuous Improvement
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Continuous Improvement.

Continuous Improvement salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Continuous Improvement
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Continuous Improvement over the 6 months to 20 July 2025.

Continuous Improvement salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Continuous Improvement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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
1 176 (12.67%) Confluence
2 45 (3.24%) SharePoint
3 31 (2.23%) Microsoft Exchange
4 16 (1.15%) CMS
5 15 (1.08%) Appian
6 13 (0.94%) IIS
7 11 (0.79%) WordPress
8 6 (0.43%) Headless CMS
9 4 (0.29%) Moodle
10 3 (0.22%) Drupal
10 3 (0.22%) Jupyter
10 3 (0.22%) nginx
10 3 (0.22%) SAS
11 2 (0.14%) Apache
11 2 (0.14%) Apache Spark
11 2 (0.14%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.14%) MTS
11 2 (0.14%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.072%) Umbraco
Applications
1 92 (6.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 65 (4.68%) Microsoft Office
3 19 (1.37%) Microsoft Project
4 12 (0.86%) AutoCAD
4 12 (0.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (0.65%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.36%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.36%) Photoshop
6 5 (0.36%) Trello
7 3 (0.22%) Adobe Captivate
7 3 (0.22%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.22%) EPLAN
8 2 (0.14%) Adobe XD
8 2 (0.14%) Notion
8 2 (0.14%) Revit
8 2 (0.14%) Sketch
9 1 (0.072%) Adobe Premiere
9 1 (0.072%) MicroStation
9 1 (0.072%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 26 (1.87%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (0.94%) Oracle EBS
3 11 (0.79%) Oracle ERP
4 9 (0.65%) Infor CloudSuite
4 9 (0.65%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
5 7 (0.50%) Dynamics GP
6 6 (0.43%) Adaptiv
7 5 (0.36%) Shopify
7 5 (0.36%) Unit4 Business World
8 4 (0.29%) Maximo
8 4 (0.29%) NetSuite
8 4 (0.29%) Sage X3
8 4 (0.29%) SAP FI
9 3 (0.22%) SAP S/4HANA
10 2 (0.14%) Dynamics AX
10 2 (0.14%) Oracle Cash Management
10 2 (0.14%) Oracle Payables
10 2 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
10 2 (0.14%) Raiser’s Edge
10 2 (0.14%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 455 (32.76%) Azure
2 291 (20.95%) AWS
3 200 (14.40%) GCP
4 115 (8.28%) Microsoft 365
5 103 (7.42%) Power Platform
6 76 (5.47%) SaaS
7 37 (2.66%) Entra ID
8 34 (2.45%) Azure DevOps
9 25 (1.80%) GitHub
9 25 (1.80%) Serverless
10 22 (1.58%) Dynamics 365
11 21 (1.51%) OCI
11 21 (1.51%) Power Automate
12 16 (1.15%) Cloud Computing
13 14 (1.01%) Amazon S3
13 14 (1.01%) Snowflake
14 13 (0.94%) Google Analytics
14 13 (0.94%) OneDrive
14 13 (0.94%) PaaS
15 12 (0.86%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 46 (3.31%) Firewall
2 24 (1.73%) WAN
3 23 (1.66%) VPN
4 20 (1.44%) Network Security
5 17 (1.22%) LAN
5 17 (1.22%) SD-WAN
6 16 (1.15%) Wi-Fi
7 15 (1.08%) BGP
7 15 (1.08%) TCP/IP
8 14 (1.01%) Cisco Firepower
8 14 (1.01%) OSPF
9 12 (0.86%) DNS
10 11 (0.79%) Cisco ASA
11 10 (0.72%) Broadband
12 9 (0.65%) VLAN
13 8 (0.58%) Internet
13 8 (0.58%) WLAN
14 7 (0.50%) IPsec
15 6 (0.43%) DHCP
16 5 (0.36%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 247 (17.78%) SQL Server
2 87 (6.26%) Power BI
3 40 (2.88%) MySQL
4 24 (1.73%) NoSQL
4 24 (1.73%) Tableau
5 17 (1.22%) Data Hub
6 16 (1.15%) Data Warehouse
7 15 (1.08%) Data Lake
7 15 (1.08%) Oracle Reports
8 14 (1.01%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 13 (0.94%) Relational Database
9 13 (0.94%) SQL CLR
10 11 (0.79%) PostgreSQL
11 10 (0.72%) Power Query
12 9 (0.65%) Crystal Reports
13 8 (0.58%) Amazon RDS
13 8 (0.58%) Big Data
14 7 (0.50%) Metadata
15 6 (0.43%) GIS
15 6 (0.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 212 (15.26%) JIRA
2 169 (12.17%) GitLab
3 165 (11.88%) Selenium
4 162 (11.66%) Maven
5 159 (11.45%) SonarQube
5 159 (11.45%) Sonatype Nexus
6 158 (11.38%) Cucumber
7 157 (11.30%) Bitbucket
8 38 (2.74%) Git
9 13 (0.94%) Jenkins
10 6 (0.43%) JUnit
10 6 (0.43%) Subversion
11 5 (0.36%) Postman
12 4 (0.29%) Appium
12 4 (0.29%) Mocha
12 4 (0.29%) Oracle Forms
13 3 (0.22%) Artifactory
13 3 (0.22%) Octopus Deploy
13 3 (0.22%) TeamCity
13 3 (0.22%) Xcode
General
1 613 (44.13%) Social Skills
2 564 (40.60%) Finance
3 247 (17.78%) Analytical Skills
4 245 (17.64%) Banking
5 241 (17.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 118 (8.50%) Marketing
7 97 (6.98%) Public Sector
8 83 (5.98%) Legal
9 57 (4.10%) Manufacturing
10 49 (3.53%) Advertising
11 48 (3.46%) Retail
12 47 (3.38%) Organisational Skills
13 33 (2.38%) Law
13 33 (2.38%) Telecoms
14 32 (2.30%) Local Government
15 31 (2.23%) Back Office
16 25 (1.80%) Automotive
16 25 (1.80%) Influencing Skills
17 23 (1.66%) Presentation Skills
18 20 (1.44%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 197 (14.18%) Software Engineer
2 173 (12.46%) Analyst
2 173 (12.46%) Lead
3 160 (11.52%) Developer
4 142 (10.22%) Senior
5 40 (2.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 39 (2.81%) Business Analyst
7 38 (2.74%) Architect
8 37 (2.66%) Senior Developer
8 37 (2.66%) Team Leader
9 36 (2.59%) Graduate
10 34 (2.45%) Account Manager
10 34 (2.45%) IT Graduate
10 34 (2.45%) Product Manager
10 34 (2.45%) Strategic Account Manager
11 33 (2.38%) Graduate Developer
12 32 (2.30%) Support Analyst
13 27 (1.94%) IT Manager
14 26 (1.87%) Junior
15 25 (1.80%) Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 222 (15.98%) CSS
2 197 (14.18%) React
3 196 (14.11%) HTML
4 174 (12.53%) Spring
5 171 (12.31%) Spring Boot
6 164 (11.81%) Kafka
7 163 (11.74%) Redux
8 160 (11.52%) JPA
9 159 (11.45%) Hibernate
10 127 (9.14%) .NET
11 40 (2.88%) ASP.NET
12 37 (2.66%) jQuery
13 28 (2.02%) RESTful
14 27 (1.94%) .NET Core
15 26 (1.87%) Node.js
16 25 (1.80%) REST
17 23 (1.66%) .NET Framework
18 20 (1.44%) AngularJS
19 19 (1.37%) Entity Framework
20 17 (1.22%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 268 (19.29%) Product Ownership
2 164 (11.81%) Enterprise Software
3 87 (6.26%) Management Information System
4 67 (4.82%) Onboarding
5 42 (3.02%) Data Centre
5 42 (3.02%) NHS
6 35 (2.52%) Marketing Technology
7 34 (2.45%) Digital Media
8 33 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
9 31 (2.23%) Private Cloud
10 27 (1.94%) Cloud Native
11 26 (1.87%) Distributed Systems
12 23 (1.66%) Public Cloud
13 20 (1.44%) PMI
13 20 (1.44%) Social Media
14 17 (1.22%) Analytical Mindset
14 17 (1.22%) Security Posture
14 17 (1.22%) Team-Oriented Environment
15 16 (1.15%) Driving Licence
16 15 (1.08%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 106 (7.63%) Windows
2 31 (2.23%) Linux
3 30 (2.16%) Windows Server
4 23 (1.66%) Windows 10
5 8 (0.58%) Windows Vista
6 5 (0.36%) Android
6 5 (0.36%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.22%) Unix
8 2 (0.14%) Debian
8 2 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.072%) Amazon Linux
9 1 (0.072%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.072%) OpenVMS
9 1 (0.072%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.072%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 583 (41.97%) Agile
2 396 (28.51%) Problem-Solving
3 318 (22.89%) DevOps
4 263 (18.93%) CI/CD
4 263 (18.93%) Software Engineering
5 231 (16.63%) Microservices
6 223 (16.05%) SDLC
7 218 (15.69%) Mentoring
8 212 (15.26%) Project Management
9 205 (14.76%) Test Automation
10 193 (13.89%) TDD
11 192 (13.82%) Clean Code
12 190 (13.68%) Containerisation
13 187 (13.46%) Full-Stack Development
14 181 (13.03%) Front End Development
15 166 (11.95%) Performance Optimisation
16 163 (11.74%) Decision-Making
17 149 (10.73%) Stakeholder Management
18 143 (10.30%) Analytics
19 135 (9.72%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 350 (25.20%) SQL
2 258 (18.57%) Java
3 236 (16.99%) JavaScript
4 134 (9.65%) C#
5 106 (7.63%) Python
6 48 (3.46%) PHP
7 36 (2.59%) C++
8 35 (2.52%) TypeScript
9 13 (0.94%) PowerShell
10 12 (0.86%) C
11 11 (0.79%) Shell Script
11 11 (0.79%) VBA
12 9 (0.65%) Embedded C
12 9 (0.65%) R
12 9 (0.65%) Ruby
13 8 (0.58%) T-SQL
14 7 (0.50%) C-shell
14 7 (0.50%) Korn
14 7 (0.50%) PL/SQL
14 7 (0.50%) VB
Qualifications
1 258 (18.57%) Degree
2 96 (6.91%) Security Cleared
3 59 (4.25%) Computer Science Degree
3 59 (4.25%) SC Cleared
4 55 (3.96%) PMI Certification
5 54 (3.89%) DBS Check
6 34 (2.45%) PMP
7 27 (1.94%) DV Cleared
8 22 (1.58%) Master's Degree
9 21 (1.51%) ACCA
10 20 (1.44%) CIMA
11 16 (1.15%) CISSP
11 16 (1.15%) CTC Cleared
11 16 (1.15%) Postgraduate
12 15 (1.08%) BPSS Clearance
13 14 (1.01%) ITIL Certification
13 14 (1.01%) Microsoft Certification
14 12 (0.86%) CFA
14 12 (0.86%) PhD
15 9 (0.65%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 250 (18.00%) QA
2 55 (3.96%) Accessibility
3 48 (3.46%) Data Quality
3 48 (3.46%) GDPR
4 40 (2.88%) SLA
5 20 (1.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 18 (1.30%) PMO
7 13 (0.94%) NIST
8 10 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials
9 9 (0.65%) COBIT
9 9 (0.65%) PCI DSS
10 8 (0.58%) Actionable Recommendations
11 7 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 7 (0.50%) GRC
12 6 (0.43%) 21 CFR Part 11
13 5 (0.36%) GMP
14 4 (0.29%) Good Clinical Practice
14 4 (0.29%) ISO 9001
14 4 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 4 (0.29%) SOC 2
System Software
1 200 (14.40%) Docker
2 45 (3.24%) Active Directory
3 25 (1.80%) Virtual Machines
3 25 (1.80%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (0.79%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.14%) Firmware
5 2 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.072%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.072%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 209 (15.05%) Kubernetes
2 28 (2.02%) Terraform
3 23 (1.66%) Microsoft Intune
4 18 (1.30%) Ansible
5 12 (0.86%) Prometheus
6 11 (0.79%) Grafana
7 6 (0.43%) Functional Safety
8 4 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.22%) Puppet
9 3 (0.22%) SCCM
10 2 (0.14%) Nessus
10 2 (0.14%) Salt
10 2 (0.14%) vCenter Server
11 1 (0.072%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.072%) EMC NetWorker
11 1 (0.072%) Failover Clustering
11 1 (0.072%) Matomo
11 1 (0.072%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 1 (0.072%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 1 (0.072%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 283 (20.37%) Microsoft
2 157 (11.30%) Solace
3 61 (4.39%) Oracle
4 57 (4.10%) SAP
5 51 (3.67%) Google
6 44 (3.17%) Salesforce
7 41 (2.95%) Cisco
8 39 (2.81%) ServiceNow
9 29 (2.09%) VMware
10 22 (1.58%) Databricks
11 19 (1.37%) Tenable
11 19 (1.37%) Workday
12 17 (1.22%) Qualys
13 14 (1.01%) Citrix
13 14 (1.01%) Concur
13 14 (1.01%) Guidewire
14 13 (0.94%) SolarWinds
15 12 (0.86%) CheckPoint
15 12 (0.86%) Murex
15 12 (0.86%) Sage