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 15 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 22 41
Rank change year-on-year +8 +19 +25
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 546 262 220
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 7.17% 7.96% 4.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.72% 9.18% 5.67%
Number of salaries quoted 409 118 119
10th Percentile £29,750 £30,950 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,772 £35,000 £43,619
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% -4.35% +15.00%
75th Percentile £63,000 £73,438 £73,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,250 £84,964
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,971 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.73% -6.72% -7.00%

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 5,094 2,855 3,882
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 66.88% 86.78% 78.81%
Number of salaries quoted 3,748 1,407 1,991
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,250 £65,603
90th Percentile £88,148 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -7.26%

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 15 September 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 15 September 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 0 244 £52,500 -15.83% 292
South Yorkshire +17 134 £47,500 +24.18% 121
North Yorkshire +11 71 £45,000 -5.26% 48
East Yorkshire 0 41 £42,500 -22.73% 33
Humberside - 4 £56,250 - 28
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 56 (10.26%) SharePoint
2 20 (3.66%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (0.92%) Confluence
4 2 (0.37%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.37%) CICS
4 2 (0.37%) CMS
4 2 (0.37%) Moodle
4 2 (0.37%) WordPress
Applications
1 37 (6.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.10%) Navisworks
3 6 (1.10%) Revit
4 4 (0.73%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.37%) Trello
7 1 (0.18%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (1.47%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.10%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.73%) iTrent
4 2 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.37%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 77 (14.10%) Microsoft 365
2 71 (13.00%) Azure
3 60 (10.99%) Power Platform
4 54 (9.89%) AWS
5 34 (6.23%) SaaS
6 32 (5.86%) Dynamics 365
7 29 (5.31%) Entra ID
7 29 (5.31%) Power Automate
7 29 (5.31%) PowerApps
8 26 (4.76%) OneDrive
9 15 (2.75%) Serverless
10 10 (1.83%) Amazon EC2
10 10 (1.83%) AWS CloudFormation
10 10 (1.83%) AWS Lambda
10 10 (1.83%) Azure DevOps
11 9 (1.65%) Amazon ECS
12 8 (1.47%) Amazon EKS
12 8 (1.47%) Amazon S3
12 8 (1.47%) GitHub
12 8 (1.47%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 27 (4.95%) Firewall
2 15 (2.75%) Network Security
3 14 (2.56%) DNS
4 11 (2.01%) DHCP
5 9 (1.65%) VPN
5 9 (1.65%) Wi-Fi
6 8 (1.47%) LAN
6 8 (1.47%) WAN
6 8 (1.47%) Wireless
7 6 (1.10%) TCP/IP
8 4 (0.73%) ATM
8 4 (0.73%) CTI
8 4 (0.73%) Internet
8 4 (0.73%) VoIP
9 3 (0.55%) Remote Desktop
9 3 (0.55%) VLAN
10 2 (0.37%) Cisco ASA
10 2 (0.37%) Cisco Firepower
10 2 (0.37%) HTTP
10 2 (0.37%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (9.34%) Power BI
2 17 (3.11%) SQL Server
3 12 (2.20%) MySQL
4 8 (1.47%) Electronic Patient Records
5 7 (1.28%) Amazon RDS
6 6 (1.10%) Semantic Layer
7 3 (0.55%) ClickHouse
7 3 (0.55%) Elasticsearch
7 3 (0.55%) Metadata
7 3 (0.55%) NonStop SQL
7 3 (0.55%) Relational Database
7 3 (0.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.37%) Big Data
8 2 (0.37%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.37%) Delta Lake
8 2 (0.37%) Neo4j
8 2 (0.37%) Tableau
9 1 (0.18%) Amazon Athena
9 1 (0.18%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.18%) Redis
Development Applications
1 19 (3.48%) JIRA
2 13 (2.38%) Git
3 6 (1.10%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.73%) GitLab
4 4 (0.73%) Selenium
5 2 (0.37%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.37%) MLflow
6 1 (0.18%) Appium
6 1 (0.18%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.18%) JMeter
6 1 (0.18%) JUnit
6 1 (0.18%) Postman
6 1 (0.18%) Ranorex
General
1 209 (38.28%) Social Skills
2 109 (19.96%) Finance
3 90 (16.48%) Analytical Skills
4 74 (13.55%) Manufacturing
5 62 (11.36%) Public Sector
6 50 (9.16%) Law
7 35 (6.41%) Organisational Skills
8 27 (4.95%) Influencing Skills
9 25 (4.58%) Retail
10 24 (4.40%) Legal
11 21 (3.85%) Marketing
12 14 (2.56%) Electronics
13 12 (2.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 11 (2.01%) Presentation Skills
15 9 (1.65%) Advertising
16 6 (1.10%) Aerospace
16 6 (1.10%) Banking
17 5 (0.92%) Automotive
17 5 (0.92%) Back Office
17 5 (0.92%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 64 (11.72%) Senior
2 58 (10.62%) Analyst
3 35 (6.41%) Developer
4 34 (6.23%) Lead
5 31 (5.68%) Consultant
6 29 (5.31%) IT Support
7 24 (4.40%) Support Engineer
8 21 (3.85%) IT Manager
8 21 (3.85%) Support Analyst
9 20 (3.66%) Applications Support
10 19 (3.48%) Product Manager
11 18 (3.30%) Service Manager
12 17 (3.11%) Full-Stack Developer
12 17 (3.11%) Software Engineer
13 16 (2.93%) Senior Manager
14 15 (2.75%) Technical Support
15 14 (2.56%) Business Analyst
16 13 (2.38%) Architect
16 13 (2.38%) Operations Manager
17 12 (2.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (4.40%) Terraform
2 23 (4.21%) .NET
3 17 (3.11%) CSS
3 17 (3.11%) HTML
4 11 (2.01%) Vue
5 10 (1.83%) React
6 9 (1.65%) Node.js
7 7 (1.28%) REST
7 7 (1.28%) RESTful
8 5 (0.92%) Kafka
8 5 (0.92%) Spring
9 4 (0.73%) PySpark
9 4 (0.73%) RabbitMQ
9 4 (0.73%) Web Services
10 3 (0.55%) AngularJS
10 3 (0.55%) Next.js
10 3 (0.55%) OAuth
10 3 (0.55%) OAuth2
10 3 (0.55%) OpenID
10 3 (0.55%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 26 (4.76%) Onboarding
1 26 (4.76%) Product Ownership
2 16 (2.93%) Driving Licence
3 15 (2.75%) Management Information System
4 12 (2.20%) NHS
4 12 (2.20%) Replication
4 12 (2.20%) SCADA
4 12 (2.20%) SystemC
5 11 (2.01%) Operational Technology
5 11 (2.01%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (1.83%) CCTV
7 9 (1.65%) Distributed Systems
7 9 (1.65%) Robotics
8 8 (1.47%) AI Agents
8 8 (1.47%) Cloud Native
8 8 (1.47%) Security Posture
9 7 (1.28%) Data Structures
9 7 (1.28%) FMCG
10 6 (1.10%) Hybrid Cloud
10 6 (1.10%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 57 (10.44%) Windows
2 26 (4.76%) Windows Server
3 23 (4.21%) Linux
4 13 (2.38%) Windows 10
5 8 (1.47%) Android
6 6 (1.10%) Windows Server 2019
7 5 (0.92%) Mac OS
7 5 (0.92%) Unix
8 2 (0.37%) zOS
9 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.18%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 203 (37.18%) Problem-Solving
2 104 (19.05%) Agile
3 83 (15.20%) ITIL
4 73 (13.37%) Mentoring
4 73 (13.37%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 71 (13.00%) Coaching
5 71 (13.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 68 (12.45%) Decision-Making
7 65 (11.90%) AI
8 61 (11.17%) Service Management
9 59 (10.81%) Process Improvement
10 55 (10.07%) ERP
11 54 (9.89%) Customer Service
12 52 (9.52%) Business Intelligence
12 52 (9.52%) Roadmaps
13 51 (9.34%) CI/CD
14 48 (8.79%) User Experience
15 47 (8.61%) Project Delivery
16 44 (8.06%) Analytics
17 41 (7.51%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 84 (15.38%) SQL
2 39 (7.14%) Python
3 26 (4.76%) C#
4 19 (3.48%) JavaScript
5 16 (2.93%) PowerShell
6 11 (2.01%) Shell Script
6 11 (2.01%) TypeScript
7 10 (1.83%) Java
8 8 (1.47%) Bash
9 5 (0.92%) PHP
10 4 (0.73%) Bicep
10 4 (0.73%) COBOL
11 3 (0.55%) ABAP
11 3 (0.55%) T-SQL
11 3 (0.55%) VB.NET
12 2 (0.37%) Groovy
12 2 (0.37%) JCL
12 2 (0.37%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.37%) Ladder Logic
12 2 (0.37%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 51 (9.34%) Degree
2 24 (4.40%) Security Cleared
3 20 (3.66%) SC Cleared
4 16 (2.93%) DBS Check
5 13 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
6 11 (2.01%) NVQ Level 3
7 9 (1.65%) City & Guilds
8 7 (1.28%) CISSP
9 5 (0.92%) Azure Certification
9 5 (0.92%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (0.92%) HNC
9 5 (0.92%) HND
9 5 (0.92%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (0.73%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 4 (0.73%) CCSP
10 4 (0.73%) PMI Certification
10 4 (0.73%) PMP
11 3 (0.55%) Chartered Engineer
11 3 (0.55%) CISM
11 3 (0.55%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (6.96%) QA
2 29 (5.31%) Data Quality
3 16 (2.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (2.75%) Cyber Essentials
5 14 (2.56%) Accessibility
6 13 (2.38%) SLA
7 12 (2.20%) GDPR
8 8 (1.47%) ISO 19650
9 7 (1.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 7 (1.28%) PMO
10 6 (1.10%) ISO 9001
10 6 (1.10%) WCAG
11 5 (0.92%) NIST
12 4 (0.73%) GRC
13 3 (0.55%) ISO 8583
13 3 (0.55%) NCSC
14 2 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
14 2 (0.37%) IEC 61131
14 2 (0.37%) NEBOSH
15 1 (0.18%) AQAP
System Software
1 34 (6.23%) Active Directory
2 15 (2.75%) Docker
3 10 (1.83%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.73%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.18%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.18%) Firmware
6 1 (0.18%) Time Sharing Option
6 1 (0.18%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.18%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 23 (4.21%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (1.28%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.55%) Ansible
4 2 (0.37%) Kibana
4 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
4 2 (0.37%) Progress Chef
4 2 (0.37%) Proxmox
4 2 (0.37%) SCCM
4 2 (0.37%) SCOM
4 2 (0.37%) WSUS
5 1 (0.18%) BMC PATROL
5 1 (0.18%) Functional Safety
5 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Satellite
5 1 (0.18%) VxRail
Vendors
1 140 (25.64%) Microsoft
2 19 (3.48%) SAP
3 17 (3.11%) Oracle
4 16 (2.93%) Cisco
5 14 (2.56%) ServiceNow
6 11 (2.01%) Salesforce
7 10 (1.83%) Siemens
8 8 (1.47%) SonicWALL
8 8 (1.47%) VMware
9 7 (1.28%) NEC
10 6 (1.10%) Autodesk
10 6 (1.10%) Meraki
10 6 (1.10%) Sage
10 6 (1.10%) Workday
11 5 (0.92%) iManage
12 4 (0.73%) Allen-Bradley
12 4 (0.73%) Avaya
12 4 (0.73%) CheckPoint
12 4 (0.73%) Juniper
12 4 (0.73%) VocaLink