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 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 27 55
Rank change year-on-year +14 +28 -3
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 334 208 148
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 10.01% 6.63% 4.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.73% 7.34% 4.98%
Number of salaries quoted 175 110 118
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £38,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,250 £47,500 £59,556
Median % change year-on-year +31.05% -20.24% +0.05%
75th Percentile £81,250 £70,625 £72,433
90th Percentile £97,500 £87,500 £95,462
England median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -

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 2,624 2,833 2,970
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 78.66% 90.28% 89.03%
Number of salaries quoted 1,520 1,098 2,333
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,750 £28,850
25th Percentile £30,250 £40,959 £39,720
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% - -4.34%
75th Percentile £68,813 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £84,056
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 11 January 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 11 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
West Yorkshire +20 220 £67,500 +28.57% 66
North Yorkshire +17 53 £47,500 -26.92% 18
South Yorkshire -3 24 £49,500 -15.02% 40
East Yorkshire -21 11 £50,000 +11.11% 11
Humberside - 1 - - 6
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 9 (2.69%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.50%) CMS
3 4 (1.20%) Umbraco
4 3 (0.90%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.90%) Moodle
5 2 (0.60%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.60%) Confluence
5 2 (0.60%) Drupal
5 2 (0.60%) EPiServer
6 1 (0.30%) Apache
6 1 (0.30%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.30%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.30%) WordPress
Applications
1 15 (4.49%) Microsoft Excel
1 15 (4.49%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (2.99%) SOLIDWORKS
3 6 (1.80%) AutoCAD
3 6 (1.80%) MS Visio
4 4 (1.20%) Autodesk Inventor
4 4 (1.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.60%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (3.59%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.80%) SAP CO
2 6 (1.80%) SAP FI
2 6 (1.80%) SAP FI/CO
2 6 (1.80%) SAP PS
3 4 (1.20%) Sage 200
4 3 (0.90%) SAP GRC
4 3 (0.90%) SAP MDG
4 3 (0.90%) SAP MM
5 2 (0.60%) FLEXCUBE
5 2 (0.60%) Markit EDM
5 2 (0.60%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.60%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.30%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.30%) SAP Payroll
6 1 (0.30%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 70 (20.96%) AWS
2 60 (17.96%) Azure
3 43 (12.87%) SaaS
4 35 (10.48%) Microsoft 365
5 21 (6.29%) Power Platform
6 14 (4.19%) Serverless
7 13 (3.89%) GCP
8 10 (2.99%) Power Automate
9 9 (2.69%) AWS CloudFormation
10 8 (2.40%) GitHub
10 8 (2.40%) PowerApps
11 7 (2.10%) Amazon ECS
11 7 (2.10%) Amazon S3
12 6 (1.80%) AWS Lambda
12 6 (1.80%) Google Workspace
13 5 (1.50%) AWS Step Functions
13 5 (1.50%) Entra ID
13 5 (1.50%) SuccessFactors
14 4 (1.20%) Apigee
14 4 (1.20%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.99%) Firewall
1 10 (2.99%) Network Security
2 8 (2.40%) DNS
3 7 (2.10%) Broadband
3 7 (2.10%) DHCP
3 7 (2.10%) Internet
3 7 (2.10%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (1.50%) VLAN
5 3 (0.90%) LAN
5 3 (0.90%) VPN
5 3 (0.90%) WAN
5 3 (0.90%) WPA
6 2 (0.60%) AMQP
6 2 (0.60%) Intranet
6 2 (0.60%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.60%) VoIP
7 1 (0.30%) BGP
7 1 (0.30%) MPLS
7 1 (0.30%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (7.78%) SQL Server
2 20 (5.99%) Power BI
3 9 (2.69%) MySQL
4 8 (2.40%) Tableau
5 7 (2.10%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (1.50%) DynamoDB
6 5 (1.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 4 (1.20%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (1.20%) Metadata
7 4 (1.20%) MongoDB
7 4 (1.20%) Power Query
8 3 (0.90%) BusinessObjects
8 3 (0.90%) NoSQL
8 3 (0.90%) SAP HANA
8 3 (0.90%) Spark SQL
9 2 (0.60%) Data Vault
9 2 (0.60%) PowerPivot
9 2 (0.60%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.60%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 2 (0.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 27 (8.08%) JIRA
2 19 (5.69%) Git
3 9 (2.69%) Jenkins
4 7 (2.10%) SonarQube
5 6 (1.80%) GitLab
6 4 (1.20%) Cypress.io
6 4 (1.20%) Maven
6 4 (1.20%) Selenium
7 3 (0.90%) JMeter
7 3 (0.90%) LoadRunner
8 2 (0.60%) Grunt
8 2 (0.60%) gulp
8 2 (0.60%) webpack
9 1 (0.30%) JUnit
9 1 (0.30%) Rational DOORS
General
1 146 (43.71%) Social Skills
2 58 (17.37%) Finance
3 41 (12.28%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (9.88%) Marketing
5 32 (9.58%) Manufacturing
6 28 (8.38%) Retail
7 16 (4.79%) Legal
8 15 (4.49%) Public Sector
9 14 (4.19%) Organisational Skills
10 10 (2.99%) Presentation Skills
11 9 (2.69%) Electronics
11 9 (2.69%) Law
12 5 (1.50%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (1.20%) Banking
13 4 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (1.20%) Telecoms
14 3 (0.90%) Advertising
14 3 (0.90%) Automotive
14 3 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (0.90%) Games
Job Titles
1 63 (18.86%) Developer
2 36 (10.78%) Lead
3 34 (10.18%) Development Manager
4 29 (8.68%) Senior
5 28 (8.38%) Analyst
6 23 (6.89%) JIRA Developer
7 20 (5.99%) Support Engineer
8 18 (5.39%) Software Development Manager
8 18 (5.39%) Software Manager
8 18 (5.39%) Technical Support
9 17 (5.09%) Consultant
10 16 (4.79%) IT Manager
10 16 (4.79%) Product Manager
11 15 (4.49%) IT Support
11 15 (4.49%) Principal Consultant
11 15 (4.49%) Principal SAP Consultant
11 15 (4.49%) SAP Consultant
11 15 (4.49%) Technical Engineer
12 14 (4.19%) Technical Support Engineer
13 13 (3.89%) Product Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (8.38%) React
2 26 (7.78%) .NET
3 22 (6.59%) CSS
4 15 (4.49%) Node.js
5 13 (3.89%) HTML
6 11 (3.29%) Spring
7 10 (2.99%) Spring Boot
8 9 (2.69%) Django
8 9 (2.69%) FastAPI
8 9 (2.69%) Flask
9 8 (2.40%) GraphQL
9 8 (2.40%) REST
9 8 (2.40%) Vue
10 7 (2.10%) RESTful
11 6 (1.80%) ASP.NET
11 6 (1.80%) Lightning Web Components
11 6 (1.80%) SAP Basis
11 6 (1.80%) SAP Fiori
11 6 (1.80%) SAPUI5
12 5 (1.50%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 19 (5.69%) FMCG
2 18 (5.39%) Cloud Native
3 16 (4.79%) Onboarding
4 14 (4.19%) Management Information System
5 11 (3.29%) Distributed Systems
6 8 (2.40%) NHS
6 8 (2.40%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (2.10%) CMDB
7 7 (2.10%) Data Structures
7 7 (2.10%) Driving Licence
7 7 (2.10%) Operational Technology
7 7 (2.10%) Public Cloud
7 7 (2.10%) Renewable Energy
8 6 (1.80%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (1.80%) Product Ownership
9 4 (1.20%) e-Learning
9 4 (1.20%) Marketing Technology
9 4 (1.20%) Private Cloud
10 3 (0.90%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (0.90%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 26 (7.78%) Windows
2 12 (3.59%) Linux
3 9 (2.69%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.50%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.90%) SUSE
5 3 (0.90%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
5 3 (0.90%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.30%) Unix
6 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (33.23%) Problem-Solving
2 85 (25.45%) Agile
3 58 (17.37%) Mentoring
4 52 (15.57%) ITIL
5 48 (14.37%) Software Engineering
6 46 (13.77%) Computer Science
7 45 (13.47%) ITSM
8 43 (12.87%) Change Management
8 43 (12.87%) Decision-Making
9 41 (12.28%) Stakeholder Management
10 40 (11.98%) Service Management
11 39 (11.68%) Project Management
12 38 (11.38%) CI/CD
13 37 (11.08%) DevOps
14 36 (10.78%) Incident Management
15 34 (10.18%) Project Delivery
16 33 (9.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 30 (8.98%) Asset Management
17 30 (8.98%) Cybersecurity
18 28 (8.38%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 63 (18.86%) JavaScript
2 43 (12.87%) SQL
3 37 (11.08%) PowerShell
4 33 (9.88%) Python
5 30 (8.98%) C#
6 18 (5.39%) Java
6 18 (5.39%) TypeScript
7 11 (3.29%) Bash
8 4 (1.20%) Delphi
8 4 (1.20%) Groovy
8 4 (1.20%) PHP
8 4 (1.20%) Ruby
9 3 (0.90%) ABAP
9 3 (0.90%) C++
9 3 (0.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 3 (0.90%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.60%) Bicep
10 2 (0.60%) R
10 2 (0.60%) VBA
11 1 (0.30%) Scala
Qualifications
1 79 (23.65%) Degree
2 24 (7.19%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 14 (4.19%) Computer Science Degree
4 9 (2.69%) AWS Certification
4 9 (2.69%) ITIL Certification
4 9 (2.69%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (1.50%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 5 (1.50%) Azure Certification
5 5 (1.50%) CISSP
6 4 (1.20%) SC Cleared
6 4 (1.20%) Security Cleared
7 3 (0.90%) GIAC
7 3 (0.90%) SANS
8 2 (0.60%) CIMA
8 2 (0.60%) CIPD
8 2 (0.60%) CISMP
8 2 (0.60%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (0.60%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.60%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.60%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (5.69%) GDPR
2 18 (5.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (4.49%) Cyber Essentials
3 15 (4.49%) Data Quality
4 12 (3.59%) NIST
5 11 (3.29%) PMO
6 10 (2.99%) QA
7 8 (2.40%) Accessibility
8 7 (2.10%) GRC
8 7 (2.10%) SLA
9 6 (1.80%) IEC 61131
10 5 (1.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 5 (1.50%) P3O
11 4 (1.20%) ISO 9001
12 3 (0.90%) Actionable Recommendations
12 3 (0.90%) NCSC
12 3 (0.90%) SOC 2
13 2 (0.60%) PCI DSS
13 2 (0.60%) WCAG
14 1 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 12207
System Software
1 26 (7.78%) Docker
2 11 (3.29%) Active Directory
3 8 (2.40%) Hyper-V
4 7 (2.10%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.60%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 22 (6.59%) Terraform
2 10 (2.99%) Kubernetes
2 10 (2.99%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (2.10%) HP Fortify
4 4 (1.20%) Ansible
5 2 (0.60%) Control-M
5 2 (0.60%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (0.60%) SCCM
6 1 (0.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.30%) Argo
6 1 (0.30%) Grafana
6 1 (0.30%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 57 (17.07%) Microsoft
2 26 (7.78%) SAP
3 23 (6.89%) Atlassian
4 15 (4.49%) Oracle
5 10 (2.99%) ServiceNow
6 8 (2.40%) Salesforce
7 7 (2.10%) Google
7 7 (2.10%) VMware
8 6 (1.80%) Ariba
9 4 (1.20%) Autodesk
9 4 (1.20%) IBM
9 4 (1.20%) Sage
10 3 (0.90%) Concur
10 3 (0.90%) Databricks
10 3 (0.90%) Openreach
10 3 (0.90%) Sophos
11 2 (0.60%) IFS
11 2 (0.60%) Nexthink
11 2 (0.60%) Qualtrics
11 2 (0.60%) Verint