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 20 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 36 69
Rank change year-on-year +16 +33 -36
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 320 208 131
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 9.05% 5.04% 4.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.55% 6.20% 4.36%
Number of salaries quoted 167 85 93
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,163 £41,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £47,500 £59,556
Median % change year-on-year +21.05% -20.24% +0.05%
75th Percentile £78,125 £65,000 £72,433
90th Percentile £90,500 £87,750 £84,056
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +7.44%

All Process and 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 3,034 3,355 3,006
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 85.85% 81.27% 94.98%
Number of salaries quoted 1,577 1,398 2,197
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,625 £29,000
25th Percentile £30,500 £41,250 £38,890
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £53,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.43% +0.95% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £69,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £81,250 £84,056
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -1.64%

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 20 November 2025.

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 20 November 2025. 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 +25 207 £67,500 +22.73% 98
North Yorkshire +1 45 £47,500 -42.42% 10
South Yorkshire -4 28 £39,000 -35.00% 17
East Yorkshire -14 18 £51,000 +13.33% 9
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 (2.81%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.56%) CMS
3 4 (1.25%) Umbraco
4 2 (0.63%) Confluence
4 2 (0.63%) Drupal
4 2 (0.63%) EPiServer
5 1 (0.31%) Apache
5 1 (0.31%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.31%) Cloud Foundry
5 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.31%) WordPress
Applications
1 13 (4.06%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (3.13%) SOLIDWORKS
3 7 (2.19%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (1.88%) AutoCAD
4 6 (1.88%) MS Visio
5 4 (1.25%) Autodesk Inventor
6 3 (0.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 2 (0.63%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.63%) Photoshop
7 2 (0.63%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 13 (4.06%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.88%) SAP CO
2 6 (1.88%) SAP FI
2 6 (1.88%) SAP FI/CO
2 6 (1.88%) SAP PS
3 4 (1.25%) Sage 200
4 3 (0.94%) SAP GRC
4 3 (0.94%) SAP MDG
4 3 (0.94%) SAP MM
5 2 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.63%) FLEXCUBE
5 2 (0.63%) Markit EDM
5 2 (0.63%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.31%) Primavera
6 1 (0.31%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.31%) SAP Payroll
6 1 (0.31%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 59 (18.44%) Azure
2 57 (17.81%) AWS
3 36 (11.25%) SaaS
4 22 (6.88%) Microsoft 365
5 16 (5.00%) GCP
6 12 (3.75%) Power Platform
7 9 (2.81%) GitHub
8 8 (2.50%) Serverless
9 5 (1.56%) AWS CloudFormation
9 5 (1.56%) Dynamics 365
9 5 (1.56%) OCI
9 5 (1.56%) Power Automate
9 5 (1.56%) SuccessFactors
10 4 (1.25%) PowerApps
11 3 (0.94%) Azure DevOps
12 2 (0.63%) Amazon ECS
12 2 (0.63%) Amazon EKS
12 2 (0.63%) AWS Lambda
12 2 (0.63%) Figma
12 2 (0.63%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 14 (4.38%) Firewall
2 10 (3.13%) VLAN
3 8 (2.50%) DNS
4 7 (2.19%) DHCP
4 7 (2.19%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (1.88%) Broadband
5 6 (1.88%) Internet
5 6 (1.88%) Network Security
6 5 (1.56%) BGP
6 5 (1.56%) VPN
7 4 (1.25%) OSPF
7 4 (1.25%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.94%) WPA
9 2 (0.63%) AMQP
9 2 (0.63%) Intranet
9 2 (0.63%) LAN
9 2 (0.63%) WAN
10 1 (0.31%) MPLS
10 1 (0.31%) VoIP
10 1 (0.31%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (4.38%) SQL Server
2 11 (3.44%) Power BI
3 10 (3.13%) MySQL
4 5 (1.56%) MongoDB
4 5 (1.56%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (1.25%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (1.25%) SAP HANA
5 4 (1.25%) Tableau
6 3 (0.94%) BusinessObjects
6 3 (0.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.63%) Metadata
7 2 (0.63%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.63%) Spark SQL
7 2 (0.63%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 2 (0.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.31%) Amazon Aurora
8 1 (0.31%) Apache Iceberg
8 1 (0.31%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.31%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.31%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 23 (7.19%) JIRA
2 9 (2.81%) Git
3 5 (1.56%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.94%) Selenium
5 2 (0.63%) GitLab
5 2 (0.63%) Grunt
5 2 (0.63%) gulp
5 2 (0.63%) JMeter
5 2 (0.63%) LoadRunner
5 2 (0.63%) SonarQube
5 2 (0.63%) webpack
6 1 (0.31%) Rational DOORS
General
1 117 (36.56%) Social Skills
2 93 (29.06%) Finance
3 70 (21.88%) Manufacturing
4 38 (11.88%) Marketing
5 30 (9.38%) Analytical Skills
6 20 (6.25%) Retail
7 13 (4.06%) Public Sector
8 11 (3.44%) Law
9 10 (3.13%) Legal
10 9 (2.81%) Presentation Skills
11 7 (2.19%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (1.56%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (1.25%) Banking
13 4 (1.25%) Electronics
13 4 (1.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (1.25%) Telecoms
14 3 (0.94%) Advertising
15 2 (0.63%) Agriculture
15 2 (0.63%) Tech for Good
16 1 (0.31%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 56 (17.50%) Developer
2 42 (13.13%) Automation Engineer
2 42 (13.13%) Systems Engineer
3 39 (12.19%) Lead
4 25 (7.81%) Development Manager
5 22 (6.88%) Senior
6 20 (6.25%) JIRA Developer
7 17 (5.31%) Consultant
7 17 (5.31%) Product Manager
8 16 (5.00%) Support Engineer
9 15 (4.69%) Principal Consultant
9 15 (4.69%) Principal SAP Consultant
9 15 (4.69%) SAP Consultant
10 14 (4.38%) Analyst
10 14 (4.38%) IT Manager
10 14 (4.38%) Product Development Manager
11 11 (3.44%) IT Support
11 11 (3.44%) Python Developer
11 11 (3.44%) Software Developer
11 11 (3.44%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (8.13%) React
2 24 (7.50%) .NET
3 23 (7.19%) CSS
4 14 (4.38%) Node.js
5 12 (3.75%) HTML
6 8 (2.50%) ASP.NET
6 8 (2.50%) Django
6 8 (2.50%) FastAPI
6 8 (2.50%) Flask
6 8 (2.50%) RESTful
7 7 (2.19%) SAP Basis
7 7 (2.19%) SAP Fiori
7 7 (2.19%) Vue
8 6 (1.88%) GraphQL
8 6 (1.88%) Redux
8 6 (1.88%) REST
8 6 (1.88%) SAPUI5
9 5 (1.56%) Lightning Web Components
9 5 (1.56%) Spring
9 5 (1.56%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 59 (18.44%) FMCG
2 42 (13.13%) Management Information System
3 37 (11.56%) Operational Technology
4 36 (11.25%) Manufacturing Execution System
5 22 (6.88%) Onboarding
6 14 (4.38%) Cloud Native
7 12 (3.75%) Product Ownership
8 10 (3.13%) Distributed Systems
9 8 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
10 7 (2.19%) Public Cloud
11 6 (1.88%) Data Structures
12 5 (1.56%) Marketing Technology
13 4 (1.25%) CMDB
13 4 (1.25%) Enterprise Software
13 4 (1.25%) NHS
13 4 (1.25%) Private Cloud
14 3 (0.94%) Analytical Mindset
14 3 (0.94%) Renewable Energy
14 3 (0.94%) Replication
14 3 (0.94%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 23 (7.19%) Windows
2 9 (2.81%) Linux
2 9 (2.81%) Windows Server
3 3 (0.94%) SUSE
3 3 (0.94%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
4 2 (0.63%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.31%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (40.31%) Problem-Solving
2 69 (21.56%) Agile
3 53 (16.56%) Mentoring
4 43 (13.44%) ITIL
5 41 (12.81%) Computer Science
6 40 (12.50%) Software Engineering
7 39 (12.19%) Change Management
7 39 (12.19%) Project Management
8 38 (11.88%) ITSM
9 36 (11.25%) Budgeting
9 36 (11.25%) Data Collection
9 36 (11.25%) Decision-Making
9 36 (11.25%) Energy Management
9 36 (11.25%) Quality Management
10 35 (10.94%) Project Delivery
10 35 (10.94%) Service Management
11 31 (9.69%) CI/CD
12 30 (9.38%) Stakeholder Management
13 29 (9.06%) DevOps
13 29 (9.06%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 49 (15.31%) JavaScript
2 37 (11.56%) SQL
3 33 (10.31%) Python
4 32 (10.00%) PowerShell
5 29 (9.06%) C#
6 14 (4.38%) Java
7 13 (4.06%) TypeScript
8 6 (1.88%) PHP
9 5 (1.56%) C++
10 4 (1.25%) Bash
10 4 (1.25%) Delphi
10 4 (1.25%) Ruby
11 3 (0.94%) ABAP
12 2 (0.63%) Bicep
12 2 (0.63%) R
13 1 (0.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.31%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.31%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 71 (22.19%) Degree
2 36 (11.25%) HNC
3 20 (6.25%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 14 (4.38%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (2.19%) ITIL Certification
6 6 (1.88%) AWS Certification
7 5 (1.56%) SC Cleared
7 5 (1.56%) Security Cleared
8 4 (1.25%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.63%) ACCA
9 2 (0.63%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 2 (0.63%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.63%) CIMA
9 2 (0.63%) CIPD
9 2 (0.63%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.63%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.63%) MBA
10 1 (0.31%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.31%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 1 (0.31%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.06%) PMO
2 11 (3.44%) GDPR
3 9 (2.81%) Cyber Essentials
3 9 (2.81%) Data Quality
3 9 (2.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (2.19%) GRC
4 7 (2.19%) NIST
5 6 (1.88%) Accessibility
5 6 (1.88%) IEC 61131
5 6 (1.88%) QA
6 5 (1.56%) P3O
7 4 (1.25%) ISO 9001
8 3 (0.94%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (0.94%) SLA
8 3 (0.94%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.63%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.63%) WCAG
10 1 (0.31%) GMP
10 1 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 12207
System Software
1 20 (6.25%) Docker
2 8 (2.50%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.63%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.31%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 21 (6.56%) Terraform
2 9 (2.81%) Kubernetes
3 8 (2.50%) Ansible
3 8 (2.50%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.63%) Control-M
4 2 (0.63%) HP Fortify
5 1 (0.31%) Argo
5 1 (0.31%) Grafana
5 1 (0.31%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.31%) QRadar
Vendors
1 45 (14.06%) Microsoft
2 36 (11.25%) Rockwell
2 36 (11.25%) Siemens
3 27 (8.44%) SAP
4 20 (6.25%) Atlassian
5 10 (3.13%) Salesforce
6 7 (2.19%) ServiceNow
7 6 (1.88%) Ariba
7 6 (1.88%) Oracle
7 6 (1.88%) Sophos
8 4 (1.25%) Autodesk
8 4 (1.25%) Sage
9 3 (0.94%) Concur
9 3 (0.94%) Google
9 3 (0.94%) IBM
9 3 (0.94%) Openreach
10 2 (0.63%) Databricks
10 2 (0.63%) Nexthink
10 2 (0.63%) Qualtrics
10 2 (0.63%) VMware