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 31 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 4 30
Rank change year-on-year -10 +26 +32
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 441 432 311
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 8.81% 19.61% 5.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.06% 20.59% 6.89%
Number of salaries quoted 291 127 225
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £44,000 £36,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,239 £52,500 £59,556
Median % change year-on-year +9.03% -11.85% +8.28%
75th Percentile £77,500 £74,443 £72,433
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,778 £84,964
England median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -4.17%

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 3,656 2,098 4,512
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 73.06% 95.23% 84.37%
Number of salaries quoted 2,295 1,227 3,588
10th Percentile £28,250 £25,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £71,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,790 £81,250
England median annual salary £55,163 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.06% +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 31 March 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 31 March 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 -1 263 £62,500 +2.89% 90
North Yorkshire -5 60 £52,500 +2.44% 13
South Yorkshire -16 52 £55,000 +4.76% 29
East Yorkshire -32 8 £45,000 - 10
Humberside - 7 £24,500 - 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 13 (2.95%) SharePoint
2 12 (2.72%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.59%) Moodle
4 3 (0.68%) Confluence
5 2 (0.45%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.45%) CMS
5 2 (0.45%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.23%) Apache
6 1 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.23%) OpenStack
Applications
1 28 (6.35%) Microsoft Office
2 27 (6.12%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.23%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.23%) Navisworks
4 1 (0.23%) Revit
Business Applications
1 6 (1.36%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.91%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.68%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.45%) FLEXCUBE
4 2 (0.45%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.45%) SAP CO
4 2 (0.45%) SAP FI
4 2 (0.45%) SAP FI/CO
4 2 (0.45%) SAP PS
5 1 (0.23%) Markit EDM
5 1 (0.23%) Oracle SCM
5 1 (0.23%) SAP GRC
5 1 (0.23%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.23%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.23%) SAP Payroll
5 1 (0.23%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 77 (17.46%) AWS
2 73 (16.55%) Azure
3 65 (14.74%) Microsoft 365
4 42 (9.52%) SaaS
5 34 (7.71%) Entra ID
6 31 (7.03%) Power Platform
7 22 (4.99%) Microsoft Purview
8 17 (3.85%) Serverless
9 15 (3.40%) Power Automate
10 12 (2.72%) GitHub
11 10 (2.27%) Azure Monitor
12 8 (1.81%) Google Workspace
13 7 (1.59%) Amazon S3
13 7 (1.59%) PowerApps
14 6 (1.36%) AWS Lambda
14 6 (1.36%) GCP
15 5 (1.13%) Amazon ECS
15 5 (1.13%) Apigee
16 4 (0.91%) Amazon ECR
16 4 (0.91%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 26 (5.90%) Firewall
2 15 (3.40%) DHCP
2 15 (3.40%) DNS
3 13 (2.95%) TCP/IP
4 11 (2.49%) Network Security
5 7 (1.59%) Broadband
5 7 (1.59%) Internet
5 7 (1.59%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (0.91%) LAN
6 4 (0.91%) VLAN
6 4 (0.91%) WAN
7 3 (0.68%) VoIP
7 3 (0.68%) VPN
8 2 (0.45%) HTTP
8 2 (0.45%) Intranet
9 1 (0.23%) Unified Communications
9 1 (0.23%) Wireshark
9 1 (0.23%) WLAN
9 1 (0.23%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (7.03%) Power BI
2 25 (5.67%) SQL Server
3 9 (2.04%) Power Query
3 9 (2.04%) Tableau
4 7 (1.59%) PowerPivot
5 5 (1.13%) DynamoDB
6 4 (0.91%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (0.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (0.68%) MySQL
7 3 (0.68%) Relational Database
7 3 (0.68%) Spark SQL
7 3 (0.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.45%) BusinessObjects
8 2 (0.45%) Metadata
8 2 (0.45%) Neo4j
8 2 (0.45%) Semantic Layer
9 1 (0.23%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.23%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.23%) SAP HANA
9 1 (0.23%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 39 (8.84%) JIRA
2 17 (3.85%) Git
3 7 (1.59%) Jenkins
3 7 (1.59%) SonarQube
4 6 (1.36%) GitLab
5 5 (1.13%) Selenium
6 4 (0.91%) Cypress.io
6 4 (0.91%) Maven
7 3 (0.68%) JMeter
7 3 (0.68%) JUnit
7 3 (0.68%) LoadRunner
8 2 (0.45%) Postman
General
1 204 (46.26%) Social Skills
2 84 (19.05%) Analytical Skills
3 73 (16.55%) Finance
4 34 (7.71%) Public Sector
4 34 (7.71%) Retail
5 24 (5.44%) Marketing
6 21 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
7 15 (3.40%) Legal
7 15 (3.40%) Manufacturing
8 13 (2.95%) Influencing Skills
9 9 (2.04%) Automotive
10 6 (1.36%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (1.13%) Advertising
11 5 (1.13%) Electronics
11 5 (1.13%) Law
11 5 (1.13%) Telecoms
12 4 (0.91%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (0.91%) Health Technology
13 3 (0.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (0.68%) Police
Job Titles
1 66 (14.97%) Developer
2 57 (12.93%) Senior
3 52 (11.79%) Lead
4 49 (11.11%) Analyst
5 32 (7.26%) Development Manager
6 30 (6.80%) IT Support
7 28 (6.35%) Senior Manager
8 24 (5.44%) Full-Stack Developer
9 23 (5.22%) JIRA Developer
10 22 (4.99%) Software Engineer
11 21 (4.76%) Software Manager
11 21 (4.76%) Support Engineer
11 21 (4.76%) Technical Support
12 19 (4.31%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 18 (4.08%) Software Development Manager
14 17 (3.85%) Product Manager
15 15 (3.40%) Data Analyst
15 15 (3.40%) Security Engineer
16 14 (3.17%) Service Manager
16 14 (3.17%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (6.58%) .NET
2 25 (5.67%) React
3 22 (4.99%) CSS
4 21 (4.76%) HTML
5 17 (3.85%) Vue
6 12 (2.72%) Flask
6 12 (2.72%) Node.js
7 10 (2.27%) Spring
8 9 (2.04%) Django
8 9 (2.04%) FastAPI
8 9 (2.04%) REST
8 9 (2.04%) Spring Boot
9 8 (1.81%) GraphQL
10 7 (1.59%) Lightning Web Components
11 6 (1.36%) Middleware
11 6 (1.36%) PySpark
12 5 (1.13%) Kafka
13 4 (0.91%) AngularJS
13 4 (0.91%) Gherkin
13 4 (0.91%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 29 (6.58%) Management Information System
2 23 (5.22%) Data Protection Act
3 18 (4.08%) Driving Licence
4 13 (2.95%) e-Learning
5 12 (2.72%) Product Ownership
6 11 (2.49%) Cloud Native
6 11 (2.49%) Data Structures
6 11 (2.49%) NHS
7 9 (2.04%) Analytical Mindset
7 9 (2.04%) CMDB
7 9 (2.04%) Distributed Systems
7 9 (2.04%) FMCG
7 9 (2.04%) Renewable Energy
8 8 (1.81%) Enterprise Software
9 7 (1.59%) Operational Technology
10 6 (1.36%) Onboarding
11 5 (1.13%) Public Cloud
12 4 (0.91%) Educational Technology
12 4 (0.91%) Security Posture
12 4 (0.91%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 37 (8.39%) Windows
2 16 (3.63%) Windows Server
3 7 (1.59%) Android
4 6 (1.36%) Mac OS
4 6 (1.36%) Windows 10
5 5 (1.13%) Linux
6 3 (0.68%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (0.68%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.68%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.23%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.23%) SUSE
7 1 (0.23%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 130 (29.48%) Problem-Solving
2 94 (21.32%) Agile
3 83 (18.82%) Mentoring
4 78 (17.69%) Decision-Making
4 78 (17.69%) Stakeholder Management
5 68 (15.42%) ITIL
6 58 (13.15%) Coaching
6 58 (13.15%) Cybersecurity
7 56 (12.70%) Change Management
8 55 (12.47%) Software Engineering
9 50 (11.34%) Service Management
10 49 (11.11%) Incident Management
11 48 (10.88%) DevOps
12 43 (9.75%) CI/CD
12 43 (9.75%) ITSM
13 42 (9.52%) Disaster Recovery
14 41 (9.30%) Analytics
15 40 (9.07%) Incident Response
16 36 (8.16%) Service Delivery
16 36 (8.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 61 (13.83%) JavaScript
2 45 (10.20%) PowerShell
3 44 (9.98%) SQL
4 34 (7.71%) Python
5 28 (6.35%) C#
6 16 (3.63%) Bash
7 14 (3.17%) Java
7 14 (3.17%) TypeScript
8 4 (0.91%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 4 (0.91%) Groovy
8 4 (0.91%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.45%) Bicep
9 2 (0.45%) R
9 2 (0.45%) VBA
10 1 (0.23%) ABAP
10 1 (0.23%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.23%) Scala
Qualifications
1 63 (14.29%) Degree
2 26 (5.90%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 12 (2.72%) Security Cleared
4 8 (1.81%) SC Cleared
5 7 (1.59%) DBS Check
5 7 (1.59%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (1.36%) Azure Certification
6 6 (1.36%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (1.36%) IRCA
6 6 (1.36%) PMI Certification
7 5 (1.13%) AWS Certification
7 5 (1.13%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 4 (0.91%) CISSP
9 3 (0.68%) A+ Certification
9 3 (0.68%) CompTIA Security+
9 3 (0.68%) GIAC
9 3 (0.68%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (0.68%) SANS
10 2 (0.45%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 2 (0.45%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (12.24%) GDPR
2 40 (9.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 33 (7.48%) Cyber Essentials
4 30 (6.80%) NIST
4 30 (6.80%) QA
5 28 (6.35%) Data Quality
6 13 (2.95%) Accessibility
7 8 (1.81%) GMP
8 7 (1.59%) PMO
8 7 (1.59%) SLA
9 6 (1.36%) ISO 9001
9 6 (1.36%) PCI DSS
10 5 (1.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 5 (1.13%) P3O
11 4 (0.91%) GRC
12 3 (0.68%) NCSC
13 2 (0.45%) SOC 2
13 2 (0.45%) WCAG
14 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 1 (0.23%) JSP 440
System Software
1 30 (6.80%) Active Directory
2 22 (4.99%) Docker
3 11 (2.49%) Hyper-V
4 8 (1.81%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.68%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (0.68%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.23%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 26 (5.90%) Terraform
2 13 (2.95%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (1.59%) HP Fortify
4 6 (1.36%) Kubernetes
5 3 (0.68%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 3 (0.68%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (0.45%) Control-M
6 2 (0.45%) SCCM
7 1 (0.23%) Grafana
7 1 (0.23%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 114 (25.85%) Microsoft
2 23 (5.22%) Atlassian
3 18 (4.08%) Oracle
4 16 (3.63%) VMware
5 13 (2.95%) ServiceNow
6 11 (2.49%) SAP
7 8 (1.81%) Citrix
7 8 (1.81%) Google
7 8 (1.81%) Salesforce
8 7 (1.59%) Apple
8 7 (1.59%) Freshdesk
9 6 (1.36%) Databricks
10 5 (1.13%) IFS
10 5 (1.13%) Workday
11 4 (0.91%) Adobe
11 4 (0.91%) Hotjar
12 3 (0.68%) IBM
12 3 (0.68%) Openreach
13 2 (0.45%) OpenAI
13 2 (0.45%) Planon