Continuous Improvement Job Trends in Yorkshire

Continual Improvement
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Yorkshire requiring Continuous Improvement skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 12 42
Rank change year-on-year 0 +30 +9
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 389 272 217
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 9.78% 10.96% 4.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.77% 11.87% 5.53%
Number of salaries quoted 227 117 169
10th Percentile £33,000 £32,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £40,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -12.50% +6.19%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,886 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,889 £92,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £61,000 £59,500
% change year-on-year +2.46% +2.52% -0.83%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,046 2,291 3,921
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 76.55% 92.34% 87.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1,833 1,042 3,135
10th Percentile £28,000 £27,825 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,330 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,945 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.77% +5.00% -8.90%
75th Percentile £67,500 £73,886 £67,035
90th Percentile £83,750 £89,950 £83,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -12.00%

Continuous Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Continuous Improvement job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Continuous Improvement
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Continuous Improvement.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Continuous Improvement

Continuous Improvement
Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Continuous Improvement in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 16 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Continuous Improvement in Yorkshire

Continuous Improvement
Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Continuous Improvement within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 16 February 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
West Yorkshire +1 230 £67,500 +11.12% 65
North Yorkshire -2 52 £47,500 -24.00% 18
South Yorkshire -10 38 £55,000 -10.57% 33
East Yorkshire -25 12 £57,500 +27.78% 5
Humberside - 5 £24,500 - 5
Continuous Improvement
England

Continuous Improvement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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 12 (3.08%) SharePoint
2 10 (2.57%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.03%) Confluence
4 3 (0.77%) CMS
4 3 (0.77%) Moodle
5 2 (0.51%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.51%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.26%) Apache
6 1 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.26%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.26%) WordPress
Applications
1 23 (5.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (4.88%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (1.80%) MS Visio
4 6 (1.54%) AutoCAD
4 6 (1.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.54%) SOLIDWORKS
5 1 (0.26%) Navisworks
5 1 (0.26%) Revit
Business Applications
1 12 (3.08%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.54%) SAP CO
2 6 (1.54%) SAP FI
2 6 (1.54%) SAP FI/CO
2 6 (1.54%) SAP PS
3 4 (1.03%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.77%) SAP GRC
4 3 (0.77%) SAP MDG
4 3 (0.77%) SAP MM
5 2 (0.51%) FLEXCUBE
5 2 (0.51%) Markit EDM
5 2 (0.51%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.51%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.26%) Oracle SCM
6 1 (0.26%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.26%) SAP Payroll
6 1 (0.26%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 72 (18.51%) AWS
2 70 (17.99%) Azure
3 57 (14.65%) Microsoft 365
4 39 (10.03%) SaaS
5 30 (7.71%) Entra ID
6 27 (6.94%) Power Platform
7 21 (5.40%) Microsoft Purview
8 14 (3.60%) Serverless
9 12 (3.08%) Power Automate
10 8 (2.06%) Google Workspace
10 8 (2.06%) PowerApps
11 7 (1.80%) Amazon S3
11 7 (1.80%) Azure Monitor
11 7 (1.80%) GitHub
12 6 (1.54%) Amazon ECS
12 6 (1.54%) AWS CloudFormation
12 6 (1.54%) AWS Lambda
12 6 (1.54%) GCP
13 5 (1.29%) Apigee
13 5 (1.29%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 27 (6.94%) Firewall
2 13 (3.34%) DHCP
2 13 (3.34%) DNS
3 11 (2.83%) Network Security
4 9 (2.31%) TCP/IP
5 8 (2.06%) Broadband
5 8 (2.06%) Internet
6 7 (1.80%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (1.03%) LAN
7 4 (1.03%) VLAN
7 4 (1.03%) VPN
7 4 (1.03%) WAN
8 3 (0.77%) VoIP
8 3 (0.77%) WPA
9 2 (0.51%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (7.20%) SQL Server
2 27 (6.94%) Power BI
3 9 (2.31%) Tableau
4 6 (1.54%) Power Query
5 5 (1.29%) DynamoDB
5 5 (1.29%) MySQL
5 5 (1.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (1.03%) BusinessObjects
6 4 (1.03%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (1.03%) PowerPivot
6 4 (1.03%) Spark SQL
6 4 (1.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (0.77%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (0.77%) SAP HANA
8 2 (0.51%) Metadata
8 2 (0.51%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.51%) Semantic Layer
8 2 (0.51%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 1 (0.26%) Data Vault
9 1 (0.26%) Looker
Development Applications
1 36 (9.25%) JIRA
2 16 (4.11%) Git
3 7 (1.80%) Jenkins
3 7 (1.80%) SonarQube
4 5 (1.29%) GitLab
5 4 (1.03%) Cypress.io
5 4 (1.03%) Maven
6 3 (0.77%) JMeter
6 3 (0.77%) LoadRunner
6 3 (0.77%) Selenium
7 1 (0.26%) JUnit
General
1 175 (44.99%) Social Skills
2 65 (16.71%) Analytical Skills
3 62 (15.94%) Finance
4 31 (7.97%) Public Sector
5 24 (6.17%) Retail
6 20 (5.14%) Marketing
7 19 (4.88%) Manufacturing
8 18 (4.63%) Organisational Skills
9 15 (3.86%) Legal
10 11 (2.83%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (1.54%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (1.29%) Automotive
12 5 (1.29%) Electronics
13 4 (1.03%) Advertising
13 4 (1.03%) Banking
13 4 (1.03%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (1.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (1.03%) Law
13 4 (1.03%) Telecoms
14 3 (0.77%) Games
Job Titles
1 59 (15.17%) Developer
2 53 (13.62%) Lead
3 50 (12.85%) Senior
4 36 (9.25%) Analyst
5 34 (8.74%) Development Manager
6 26 (6.68%) IT Support
7 23 (5.91%) JIRA Developer
7 23 (5.91%) Senior Manager
8 20 (5.14%) Support Engineer
9 19 (4.88%) IT Manager
10 18 (4.63%) Software Development Manager
10 18 (4.63%) Software Manager
11 17 (4.37%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 16 (4.11%) Software Engineer
12 16 (4.11%) Technical Support
13 15 (3.86%) Consultant
13 15 (3.86%) Principal Consultant
13 15 (3.86%) Principal SAP Consultant
13 15 (3.86%) Product Manager
13 15 (3.86%) SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (7.20%) .NET
2 26 (6.68%) React
3 21 (5.40%) CSS
4 13 (3.34%) Node.js
5 12 (3.08%) HTML
6 10 (2.57%) REST
6 10 (2.57%) Spring
7 9 (2.31%) Django
7 9 (2.31%) FastAPI
7 9 (2.31%) Flask
7 9 (2.31%) GraphQL
7 9 (2.31%) Spring Boot
7 9 (2.31%) Vue
8 7 (1.80%) Lightning Web Components
9 6 (1.54%) PySpark
9 6 (1.54%) SAP Basis
9 6 (1.54%) SAP Fiori
9 6 (1.54%) SAPUI5
10 5 (1.29%) Kafka
11 4 (1.03%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 22 (5.66%) Data Protection Act
2 19 (4.88%) Management Information System
3 15 (3.86%) Driving Licence
4 14 (3.60%) Cloud Native
5 13 (3.34%) Onboarding
6 12 (3.08%) FMCG
7 10 (2.57%) Distributed Systems
8 9 (2.31%) CMDB
8 9 (2.31%) NHS
8 9 (2.31%) Renewable Energy
9 8 (2.06%) e-Learning
10 7 (1.80%) Data Structures
10 7 (1.80%) Enterprise Software
10 7 (1.80%) Operational Technology
11 6 (1.54%) Product Ownership
11 6 (1.54%) Public Cloud
12 4 (1.03%) Legacy Systems
12 4 (1.03%) PMI
12 4 (1.03%) Self-Motivation
13 3 (0.77%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 38 (9.77%) Windows
2 15 (3.86%) Windows Server
3 11 (2.83%) Linux
4 8 (2.06%) Mac OS
5 6 (1.54%) Windows 10
6 4 (1.03%) Android
7 3 (0.77%) SUSE
7 3 (0.77%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
7 3 (0.77%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (0.77%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.77%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.26%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (28.02%) Problem-Solving
2 86 (22.11%) Agile
3 76 (19.54%) Mentoring
4 70 (17.99%) Stakeholder Management
5 68 (17.48%) ITIL
6 67 (17.22%) Decision-Making
7 58 (14.91%) Cybersecurity
8 51 (13.11%) Service Management
9 49 (12.60%) Software Engineering
10 47 (12.08%) ITSM
11 46 (11.83%) Incident Management
12 45 (11.57%) Coaching
13 44 (11.31%) Change Management
14 40 (10.28%) Computer Science
14 40 (10.28%) Disaster Recovery
15 38 (9.77%) DevOps
16 37 (9.51%) Incident Response
16 37 (9.51%) Project Management
17 36 (9.25%) CI/CD
18 31 (7.97%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 59 (15.17%) JavaScript
2 43 (11.05%) SQL
3 41 (10.54%) PowerShell
4 31 (7.97%) Python
5 27 (6.94%) C#
6 16 (4.11%) Java
6 16 (4.11%) TypeScript
7 14 (3.60%) Bash
8 4 (1.03%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 4 (1.03%) Groovy
9 3 (0.77%) ABAP
10 2 (0.51%) Bicep
10 2 (0.51%) C++
10 2 (0.51%) PHP
10 2 (0.51%) R
10 2 (0.51%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.51%) VBA
11 1 (0.26%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.26%) Scala
Qualifications
1 67 (17.22%) Degree
2 25 (6.43%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 11 (2.83%) Computer Science Degree
4 9 (2.31%) Security Cleared
5 7 (1.80%) ITIL Certification
5 7 (1.80%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (1.54%) AWS Certification
7 5 (1.29%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 5 (1.29%) Azure Certification
7 5 (1.29%) CISSP
7 5 (1.29%) PMI Certification
7 5 (1.29%) SC Cleared
8 3 (0.77%) A+ Certification
8 3 (0.77%) CompTIA Security+
8 3 (0.77%) GIAC
8 3 (0.77%) SANS
9 2 (0.51%) CCSP
9 2 (0.51%) CIMA
9 2 (0.51%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.51%) CISMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (11.31%) GDPR
2 43 (11.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 35 (9.00%) Cyber Essentials
4 32 (8.23%) NIST
5 19 (4.88%) Data Quality
6 17 (4.37%) QA
7 10 (2.57%) Accessibility
7 10 (2.57%) PMO
8 9 (2.31%) SLA
9 8 (2.06%) P3O
10 7 (1.80%) GRC
11 6 (1.54%) IEC 61131
12 5 (1.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 3 (0.77%) NCSC
13 3 (0.77%) SOC 2
14 2 (0.51%) Actionable Recommendations
14 2 (0.51%) PCI DSS
14 2 (0.51%) WCAG
15 1 (0.26%) GMP
15 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 23 (5.91%) Active Directory
2 19 (4.88%) Docker
3 11 (2.83%) Hyper-V
4 8 (2.06%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (1.03%) Virtual Servers
6 3 (0.77%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 22 (5.66%) Terraform
2 11 (2.83%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (1.80%) HP Fortify
4 6 (1.54%) Kubernetes
5 3 (0.77%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 3 (0.77%) Ansible
5 3 (0.77%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (0.51%) Control-M
6 2 (0.51%) SCCM
7 1 (0.26%) Grafana
7 1 (0.26%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 96 (24.68%) Microsoft
2 26 (6.68%) SAP
3 23 (5.91%) Atlassian
4 17 (4.37%) Oracle
5 13 (3.34%) ServiceNow
5 13 (3.34%) VMware
6 9 (2.31%) Google
7 7 (1.80%) Salesforce
8 6 (1.54%) Ariba
8 6 (1.54%) Databricks
8 6 (1.54%) Freshdesk
9 5 (1.29%) Citrix
10 4 (1.03%) Apple
10 4 (1.03%) IFS
11 3 (0.77%) Concur
11 3 (0.77%) IBM
11 3 (0.77%) Openreach
12 2 (0.51%) Adobe
12 2 (0.51%) Genesys
12 2 (0.51%) Verint