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 4 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 7 36
Rank change year-on-year -9 +29 +17
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 506 499 247
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 7.06% 14.06% 4.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.50% 15.75% 6.12%
Number of salaries quoted 399 127 159
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,739 £32,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,640 £73,886 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,800 £85,000 £84,964
England median annual salary £60,000 £56,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% -6.67% -

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 4,818 3,168 4,036
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 67.23% 89.24% 78.46%
Number of salaries quoted 3,466 1,535 2,624
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,000 £38,890
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -8.41%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,922 £80,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -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 4 August 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 4 August 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 -7 240 £53,500 -10.83% 151
South Yorkshire +4 126 £46,750 +19.87% 55
North Yorkshire -1 71 £48,750 +45.52% 32
East Yorkshire -6 31 £42,500 -26.72% 10
Humberside - 7 £42,500 - 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 53 (10.47%) SharePoint
2 20 (3.95%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (0.99%) Confluence
4 4 (0.79%) Moodle
5 2 (0.40%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.40%) CMS
5 2 (0.40%) WordPress
6 1 (0.20%) CICS
Applications
1 36 (7.11%) Microsoft Office
2 34 (6.72%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.79%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.40%) Navisworks
4 2 (0.40%) Revit
4 2 (0.40%) Trello
5 1 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (1.58%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.79%) iTrent
3 3 (0.59%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.40%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.40%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.20%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.20%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 87 (17.19%) Microsoft 365
2 74 (14.62%) Azure
3 57 (11.26%) Power Platform
4 47 (9.29%) AWS
5 30 (5.93%) Entra ID
5 30 (5.93%) SaaS
6 29 (5.73%) Power Automate
7 27 (5.34%) OneDrive
8 25 (4.94%) Dynamics 365
8 25 (4.94%) PowerApps
9 10 (1.98%) Serverless
10 9 (1.78%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 9 (1.78%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 8 (1.58%) Azure DevOps
11 8 (1.58%) GitHub
12 6 (1.19%) Amazon EC2
12 6 (1.19%) AWS CloudFormation
12 6 (1.19%) AWS Lambda
12 6 (1.19%) Azure Monitor
12 6 (1.19%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 21 (4.15%) Firewall
2 18 (3.56%) DNS
3 16 (3.16%) DHCP
4 13 (2.57%) TCP/IP
5 10 (1.98%) Network Security
6 9 (1.78%) VPN
7 8 (1.58%) Wireless
8 7 (1.38%) LAN
8 7 (1.38%) WAN
9 5 (0.99%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (0.79%) ATM
10 4 (0.79%) CTI
10 4 (0.79%) VLAN
10 4 (0.79%) VoIP
11 3 (0.59%) HTTP
11 3 (0.59%) Internet
12 2 (0.40%) Cisco ASA
12 2 (0.40%) Cisco Firepower
13 1 (0.20%) Profibus
13 1 (0.20%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (9.88%) Power BI
2 11 (2.17%) SQL Server
3 10 (1.98%) MySQL
4 7 (1.38%) Semantic Layer
5 4 (0.79%) Electronic Patient Records
5 4 (0.79%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.59%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (0.59%) ClickHouse
6 3 (0.59%) Elasticsearch
6 3 (0.59%) Metadata
6 3 (0.59%) NonStop SQL
6 3 (0.59%) Power Query
6 3 (0.59%) PowerPivot
6 3 (0.59%) Tableau
7 2 (0.40%) Big Data
7 2 (0.40%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.40%) Delta Lake
7 2 (0.40%) Neo4j
7 2 (0.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.20%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 23 (4.55%) JIRA
2 13 (2.57%) Git
3 7 (1.38%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.99%) GitLab
5 2 (0.40%) JUnit
5 2 (0.40%) MLflow
5 2 (0.40%) Postman
5 2 (0.40%) Selenium
6 1 (0.20%) Cypress.io
General
1 198 (39.13%) Social Skills
2 118 (23.32%) Finance
3 91 (17.98%) Analytical Skills
4 57 (11.26%) Public Sector
5 49 (9.68%) Law
6 46 (9.09%) Manufacturing
7 33 (6.52%) Influencing Skills
8 31 (6.13%) Organisational Skills
9 30 (5.93%) Retail
10 22 (4.35%) Marketing
11 19 (3.75%) Legal
12 10 (1.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 9 (1.78%) Presentation Skills
14 6 (1.19%) Advertising
15 5 (0.99%) Banking
15 5 (0.99%) Financial Institution
15 5 (0.99%) Local Government
16 4 (0.79%) Automotive
16 4 (0.79%) Back Office
16 4 (0.79%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 64 (12.65%) Analyst
2 56 (11.07%) Senior
3 33 (6.52%) Developer
4 30 (5.93%) IT Support
5 29 (5.73%) Lead
6 24 (4.74%) Senior Manager
7 23 (4.55%) Product Manager
8 22 (4.35%) Data Analyst
8 22 (4.35%) Software Engineer
8 22 (4.35%) Support Engineer
9 21 (4.15%) Consultant
10 19 (3.75%) Applications Support
10 19 (3.75%) Service Manager
10 19 (3.75%) Support Analyst
11 18 (3.56%) Full-Stack Developer
12 16 (3.16%) IT Manager
13 15 (2.96%) .NET Software Engineer
14 14 (2.77%) Architect
14 14 (2.77%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 14 (2.77%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (4.35%) .NET
2 18 (3.56%) CSS
2 18 (3.56%) HTML
3 14 (2.77%) Vue
4 9 (1.78%) React
5 7 (1.38%) Node.js
6 6 (1.19%) RESTful
7 4 (0.79%) PySpark
7 4 (0.79%) Spring
7 4 (0.79%) Spring Boot
7 4 (0.79%) Web Services
8 3 (0.59%) AngularJS
8 3 (0.59%) Flask
8 3 (0.59%) Kafka
8 3 (0.59%) Next.js
8 3 (0.59%) OAuth
8 3 (0.59%) OAuth2
8 3 (0.59%) OpenID
9 2 (0.40%) RabbitMQ
9 2 (0.40%) Semantic HTML
Miscellaneous
1 25 (4.94%) Product Ownership
2 24 (4.74%) Management Information System
3 17 (3.36%) Onboarding
4 10 (1.98%) Analytical Mindset
4 10 (1.98%) Operational Technology
5 9 (1.78%) NHS
5 9 (1.78%) Replication
6 8 (1.58%) Data Structures
6 8 (1.58%) e-Learning
7 7 (1.38%) Distributed Systems
7 7 (1.38%) Driving Licence
7 7 (1.38%) Security Posture
7 7 (1.38%) SystemC
8 6 (1.19%) AI Agents
8 6 (1.19%) CCTV
8 6 (1.19%) Cloud Native
8 6 (1.19%) Manufacturing Execution System
8 6 (1.19%) Mobile App
9 5 (0.99%) Robotics
10 4 (0.79%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 52 (10.28%) Windows
2 26 (5.14%) Windows Server
3 14 (2.77%) Linux
3 14 (2.77%) Windows 10
4 8 (1.58%) Android
5 5 (0.99%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (0.59%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.20%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.20%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 172 (33.99%) Problem-Solving
2 97 (19.17%) Agile
3 81 (16.01%) Coaching
4 80 (15.81%) Mentoring
5 76 (15.02%) ITIL
5 76 (15.02%) Stakeholder Management
6 73 (14.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 60 (11.86%) Analytics
8 59 (11.66%) Roadmaps
9 58 (11.46%) AI
9 58 (11.46%) Decision-Making
10 56 (11.07%) ERP
10 56 (11.07%) Service Management
10 56 (11.07%) User Experience
11 53 (10.47%) Service Delivery
12 52 (10.28%) Business Intelligence
13 46 (9.09%) Process Improvement
14 44 (8.70%) CI/CD
15 40 (7.91%) DevOps
16 38 (7.51%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 74 (14.62%) SQL
2 37 (7.31%) Python
3 24 (4.74%) C#
4 16 (3.16%) PowerShell
5 11 (2.17%) JavaScript
6 9 (1.78%) Bash
6 9 (1.78%) Java
6 9 (1.78%) Shell Script
7 7 (1.38%) TypeScript
8 5 (0.99%) PHP
9 4 (0.79%) Bicep
9 4 (0.79%) T-SQL
10 3 (0.59%) ABAP
10 3 (0.59%) COBOL
10 3 (0.59%) VB.NET
11 2 (0.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.40%) Groovy
11 2 (0.40%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.40%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.20%) CLIST
Qualifications
1 46 (9.09%) Degree
2 25 (4.94%) Security Cleared
3 20 (3.95%) SC Cleared
4 17 (3.36%) DBS Check
5 16 (3.16%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (1.19%) Azure Certification
6 6 (1.19%) CISSP
6 6 (1.19%) IRCA
7 5 (0.99%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (0.79%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 4 (0.79%) CCSP
8 4 (0.79%) PMI Certification
8 4 (0.79%) PMP
9 3 (0.59%) AWS Certification
9 3 (0.59%) CISM
9 3 (0.59%) CompTIA Security+
9 3 (0.59%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 3 (0.59%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.40%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.40%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (6.52%) Data Quality
2 32 (6.32%) QA
3 20 (3.95%) GDPR
4 19 (3.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (2.77%) Accessibility
5 14 (2.77%) Cyber Essentials
6 9 (1.78%) ISO 9001
7 8 (1.58%) GMP
7 8 (1.58%) SLA
8 7 (1.38%) PMO
9 5 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 4 (0.79%) ISO 19650
10 4 (0.79%) NIST
10 4 (0.79%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.59%) ISO 8583
11 3 (0.59%) NCSC
11 3 (0.59%) WCAG
12 1 (0.20%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.20%) GRC
12 1 (0.20%) IEC 61131
System Software
1 41 (8.10%) Active Directory
2 13 (2.57%) Docker
3 5 (0.99%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.40%) Firmware
4 2 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.40%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.20%) Embedded Firmware
5 1 (0.20%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 22 (4.35%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (4.15%) Terraform
3 8 (1.58%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.40%) Ansible
4 2 (0.40%) Kibana
4 2 (0.40%) Progress Chef
4 2 (0.40%) Proxmox
5 1 (0.20%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
5 1 (0.20%) SCCM
5 1 (0.20%) SCOM
5 1 (0.20%) WSUS
Vendors
1 149 (29.45%) Microsoft
2 15 (2.96%) Cisco
2 15 (2.96%) Oracle
3 14 (2.77%) SAP
3 14 (2.77%) ServiceNow
4 12 (2.37%) Salesforce
5 11 (2.17%) VMware
6 10 (1.98%) Workday
7 6 (1.19%) Meraki
7 6 (1.19%) Siemens
8 5 (0.99%) Apple
8 5 (0.99%) Citrix
8 5 (0.99%) iManage
9 4 (0.79%) Adobe
9 4 (0.79%) Avaya
9 4 (0.79%) Databricks
9 4 (0.79%) Freshdesk
9 4 (0.79%) Genesys
9 4 (0.79%) Hotjar
9 4 (0.79%) Juniper