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 6 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 21 39
Rank change year-on-year +8 +18 +27
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 567 280 189
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 7.41% 8.30% 4.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.98% 9.47% 5.11%
Number of salaries quoted 414 124 89
10th Percentile £30,225 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,772 £38,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.55% - +7.32%
75th Percentile £62,500 £72,813 £68,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £85,000 £86,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -6.98%

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 5,163 2,957 3,702
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 67.44% 87.67% 79.97%
Number of salaries quoted 3,814 1,382 1,680
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -9.52% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -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 6 October 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 6 October 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 -1 243 £54,730 -12.08% 288
South Yorkshire +18 141 £45,000 +20.00% 113
North Yorkshire +15 77 £45,000 -5.26% 49
East Yorkshire +6 44 £42,500 -24.44% 31
Humberside - 3 £42,500 - 14
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 (9.88%) SharePoint
2 22 (3.88%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.71%) Confluence
4 3 (0.53%) nginx
5 2 (0.35%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.35%) CICS
5 2 (0.35%) CMS
5 2 (0.35%) WordPress
Applications
1 42 (7.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (3.88%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (1.23%) Navisworks
3 7 (1.23%) Revit
4 4 (0.71%) Chatbot
4 4 (0.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.53%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.35%) Trello
7 1 (0.18%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 9 (1.59%) NetSuite
2 8 (1.41%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.71%) iTrent
4 2 (0.35%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.18%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 76 (13.40%) Microsoft 365
2 71 (12.52%) Azure
3 60 (10.58%) Power Platform
4 51 (8.99%) AWS
5 32 (5.64%) Dynamics 365
5 32 (5.64%) SaaS
6 29 (5.11%) Entra ID
6 29 (5.11%) PowerApps
7 28 (4.94%) Power Automate
8 26 (4.59%) OneDrive
9 13 (2.29%) Amazon EC2
9 13 (2.29%) AWS CloudFormation
10 12 (2.12%) Amazon S3
11 11 (1.94%) Serverless
12 10 (1.76%) Amazon ECS
12 10 (1.76%) Azure DevOps
13 9 (1.59%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 8 (1.41%) AWS Lambda
15 7 (1.23%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
15 7 (1.23%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 27 (4.76%) Firewall
2 16 (2.82%) DNS
3 15 (2.65%) Network Security
4 13 (2.29%) DHCP
5 9 (1.59%) VPN
5 9 (1.59%) Wi-Fi
6 8 (1.41%) LAN
6 8 (1.41%) WAN
6 8 (1.41%) Wireless
7 6 (1.06%) TCP/IP
8 5 (0.88%) Internet
9 4 (0.71%) ATM
9 4 (0.71%) CTI
9 4 (0.71%) VoIP
10 3 (0.53%) Broadband
10 3 (0.53%) Remote Desktop
10 3 (0.53%) Reverse Proxy
10 3 (0.53%) VLAN
11 2 (0.35%) Cisco Firepower
11 2 (0.35%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (8.99%) Power BI
2 18 (3.17%) SQL Server
3 12 (2.12%) MySQL
4 8 (1.41%) Electronic Patient Records
5 7 (1.23%) Amazon RDS
6 6 (1.06%) Semantic Layer
7 5 (0.88%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.53%) Big Data
8 3 (0.53%) ClickHouse
8 3 (0.53%) Elasticsearch
8 3 (0.53%) Metadata
8 3 (0.53%) NonStop SQL
9 2 (0.35%) Amazon Athena
9 2 (0.35%) Delta Lake
9 2 (0.35%) Geospatial Data
9 2 (0.35%) GIS
9 2 (0.35%) Neo4j
9 2 (0.35%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (0.35%) SAP Data Services
9 2 (0.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 16 (2.82%) JIRA
2 10 (1.76%) Git
2 10 (1.76%) GitLab
3 4 (0.71%) Selenium
4 3 (0.53%) Appium
4 3 (0.53%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.35%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.35%) JMeter
5 2 (0.35%) MLflow
5 2 (0.35%) Ranorex
6 1 (0.18%) Bitbucket
General
1 215 (37.92%) Social Skills
2 105 (18.52%) Analytical Skills
2 105 (18.52%) Finance
3 90 (15.87%) Manufacturing
4 67 (11.82%) Public Sector
5 51 (8.99%) Law
6 41 (7.23%) Organisational Skills
7 25 (4.41%) Influencing Skills
8 23 (4.06%) Legal
8 23 (4.06%) Marketing
9 21 (3.70%) Electronics
10 20 (3.53%) Retail
11 14 (2.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 12 (2.12%) Advertising
13 11 (1.94%) Presentation Skills
14 7 (1.23%) Aerospace
14 7 (1.23%) Banking
15 5 (0.88%) Automotive
15 5 (0.88%) Back Office
15 5 (0.88%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 69 (12.17%) Senior
2 61 (10.76%) Analyst
3 40 (7.05%) Lead
4 31 (5.47%) Consultant
5 29 (5.11%) IT Support
6 25 (4.41%) Developer
7 23 (4.06%) Support Analyst
8 22 (3.88%) Applications Support
8 22 (3.88%) Support Engineer
9 21 (3.70%) IT Manager
10 19 (3.35%) Service Manager
11 15 (2.65%) Business Analyst
11 15 (2.65%) Compliance Manager
11 15 (2.65%) Product Manager
11 15 (2.65%) Quality Manager
11 15 (2.65%) Technical Support
12 13 (2.29%) Administrator
12 13 (2.29%) Architect
12 13 (2.29%) Operations Manager
12 13 (2.29%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (4.23%) Terraform
2 20 (3.53%) .NET
3 10 (1.76%) CSS
3 10 (1.76%) HTML
4 9 (1.59%) Node.js
5 8 (1.41%) Kafka
5 8 (1.41%) React
6 5 (0.88%) REST
6 5 (0.88%) RESTful
6 5 (0.88%) Vue
7 4 (0.71%) Playwright
7 4 (0.71%) PySpark
8 3 (0.53%) Next.js
8 3 (0.53%) Spring
9 2 (0.35%) ADO
9 2 (0.35%) ASP.NET
9 2 (0.35%) CSS3
9 2 (0.35%) HTML5
9 2 (0.35%) RabbitMQ
9 2 (0.35%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 35 (6.17%) Onboarding
2 19 (3.35%) Driving Licence
3 18 (3.17%) Product Ownership
4 17 (3.00%) SCADA
5 15 (2.65%) Management Information System
6 14 (2.47%) Robotics
6 14 (2.47%) Self-Motivation
7 12 (2.12%) Replication
7 12 (2.12%) SystemC
8 11 (1.94%) Operational Technology
9 10 (1.76%) NHS
10 9 (1.59%) Cloud Native
10 9 (1.59%) FMCG
11 8 (1.41%) AI Agents
11 8 (1.41%) CCTV
11 8 (1.41%) Security Posture
12 7 (1.23%) Distributed Systems
13 6 (1.06%) Hybrid Cloud
13 6 (1.06%) Linux Command Line
13 6 (1.06%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 58 (10.23%) Windows
2 28 (4.94%) Windows Server
3 25 (4.41%) Linux
4 12 (2.12%) Windows 10
5 9 (1.59%) Android
6 7 (1.23%) Unix
7 6 (1.06%) Windows Server 2019
8 5 (0.88%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.35%) zOS
10 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.18%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 216 (38.10%) Problem-Solving
2 100 (17.64%) Agile
3 85 (14.99%) ITIL
4 81 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
5 75 (13.23%) Coaching
6 71 (12.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 69 (12.17%) Mentoring
8 68 (11.99%) AI
9 67 (11.82%) Decision-Making
10 65 (11.46%) Process Improvement
11 63 (11.11%) Service Management
12 57 (10.05%) Customer Service
13 53 (9.35%) CI/CD
14 52 (9.17%) Business Intelligence
14 52 (9.17%) ERP
14 52 (9.17%) Project Delivery
15 50 (8.82%) Roadmaps
16 46 (8.11%) Analytics
17 44 (7.76%) Service Delivery
18 43 (7.58%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 79 (13.93%) SQL
2 42 (7.41%) Python
3 23 (4.06%) C#
4 15 (2.65%) JavaScript
5 14 (2.47%) PowerShell
6 11 (1.94%) Shell Script
6 11 (1.94%) TypeScript
7 10 (1.76%) Bash
8 8 (1.41%) Java
9 5 (0.88%) PHP
10 4 (0.71%) Bicep
10 4 (0.71%) COBOL
11 3 (0.53%) ABAP
11 3 (0.53%) T-SQL
11 3 (0.53%) VB.NET
12 2 (0.35%) Groovy
12 2 (0.35%) JCL
12 2 (0.35%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.35%) Ladder Logic
13 1 (0.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 58 (10.23%) Degree
2 25 (4.41%) Security Cleared
3 22 (3.88%) SC Cleared
4 18 (3.17%) NVQ Level 3
5 14 (2.47%) DBS Check
6 13 (2.29%) City & Guilds
6 13 (2.29%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (1.94%) HNC
8 8 (1.41%) HND
9 6 (1.06%) CISSP
10 5 (0.88%) Azure Certification
10 5 (0.88%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (0.71%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 4 (0.71%) CCSP
11 4 (0.71%) PMI Certification
11 4 (0.71%) PMP
12 3 (0.53%) AWS Certification
12 3 (0.53%) Chartered Engineer
12 3 (0.53%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (6.53%) QA
2 23 (4.06%) Data Quality
3 16 (2.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (2.65%) Cyber Essentials
5 14 (2.47%) SLA
6 13 (2.29%) Accessibility
7 9 (1.59%) GDPR
7 9 (1.59%) ISO 19650
8 7 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 7 (1.23%) PMO
9 6 (1.06%) ISO 9001
9 6 (1.06%) WCAG
10 5 (0.88%) GRC
10 5 (0.88%) NIST
11 3 (0.53%) ISO 8583
11 3 (0.53%) NCSC
12 2 (0.35%) IEC 61131
12 2 (0.35%) NEBOSH
13 1 (0.18%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.18%) AQAP
System Software
1 34 (6.00%) Active Directory
2 10 (1.76%) Docker
2 10 (1.76%) Hyper-V
3 4 (0.71%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.18%) Embedded Firmware
5 1 (0.18%) Firmware
5 1 (0.18%) Time Sharing Option
5 1 (0.18%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.18%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 21 (3.70%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (0.88%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.71%) Ansible
4 3 (0.53%) Grafana
4 3 (0.53%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
5 2 (0.35%) Progress Chef
5 2 (0.35%) Proxmox
5 2 (0.35%) SCCM
5 2 (0.35%) SCOM
5 2 (0.35%) WSUS
6 1 (0.18%) BMC PATROL
6 1 (0.18%) Functional Safety
6 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Satellite
6 1 (0.18%) VxRail
Vendors
1 142 (25.04%) Microsoft
2 19 (3.35%) SAP
3 16 (2.82%) Cisco
3 16 (2.82%) ServiceNow
4 15 (2.65%) Oracle
5 12 (2.12%) Siemens
6 11 (1.94%) NEC
7 9 (1.59%) Salesforce
8 8 (1.41%) SonicWALL
8 8 (1.41%) VMware
9 7 (1.23%) Autodesk
9 7 (1.23%) Databricks
10 6 (1.06%) Allen-Bradley
10 6 (1.06%) Meraki
10 6 (1.06%) Sage
11 5 (0.88%) iManage
12 4 (0.71%) CheckPoint
12 4 (0.71%) Informatica
12 4 (0.71%) Juniper
12 4 (0.71%) Workday