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 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 31 70
Rank change year-on-year +14 +39 -28
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 324 219 121
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 9.44% 6.35% 4.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.31% 7.15% 4.58%
Number of salaries quoted 172 107 93
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £39,375 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £47,500 £59,556
Median % change year-on-year +26.32% -20.24% -0.74%
75th Percentile £81,250 £64,625 £72,433
90th Percentile £97,500 £86,250 £93,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £64,000
% change year-on-year - -6.25% +2.40%

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 2,864 3,062 2,643
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 83.45% 88.81% 94.97%
Number of salaries quoted 1,579 1,203 2,051
10th Percentile £26,750 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £30,500 £41,250 £39,485
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% - -4.34%
75th Percentile £70,000 £69,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,000 £84,056
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 18 December 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 18 December 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 +17 213 £67,500 +28.57% 144
North Yorkshire +10 49 £47,500 -31.16% 36
South Yorkshire -6 26 £39,000 -33.05% 97
East Yorkshire -21 12 £50,000 +11.11% 50
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 (2.78%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.54%) CMS
3 4 (1.23%) Umbraco
4 3 (0.93%) Moodle
5 2 (0.62%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.62%) Confluence
5 2 (0.62%) Drupal
5 2 (0.62%) EPiServer
6 1 (0.31%) Apache
6 1 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.31%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.31%) WordPress
Applications
1 13 (4.01%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (3.09%) SOLIDWORKS
3 8 (2.47%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (1.85%) AutoCAD
4 6 (1.85%) MS Visio
5 4 (1.23%) Autodesk Inventor
6 3 (0.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 2 (0.62%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (3.70%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.85%) SAP CO
2 6 (1.85%) SAP FI
2 6 (1.85%) SAP FI/CO
2 6 (1.85%) SAP PS
3 4 (1.23%) Sage 200
4 3 (0.93%) SAP GRC
4 3 (0.93%) SAP MDG
4 3 (0.93%) SAP MM
5 2 (0.62%) FLEXCUBE
5 2 (0.62%) Markit EDM
5 2 (0.62%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.31%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.31%) SAP Payroll
6 1 (0.31%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 66 (20.37%) AWS
2 55 (16.98%) Azure
3 45 (13.89%) SaaS
4 26 (8.02%) Microsoft 365
5 15 (4.63%) Power Platform
6 14 (4.32%) GCP
7 13 (4.01%) Serverless
8 9 (2.78%) AWS CloudFormation
9 7 (2.16%) Amazon ECS
9 7 (2.16%) Amazon S3
9 7 (2.16%) GitHub
10 6 (1.85%) AWS Lambda
10 6 (1.85%) Power Automate
11 5 (1.54%) AWS Step Functions
11 5 (1.54%) PowerApps
11 5 (1.54%) SuccessFactors
12 4 (1.23%) Amazon ECR
12 4 (1.23%) Apigee
12 4 (1.23%) Dynamics 365
13 3 (0.93%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.78%) Firewall
2 7 (2.16%) DNS
2 7 (2.16%) Network Security
3 6 (1.85%) Broadband
3 6 (1.85%) DHCP
3 6 (1.85%) Internet
3 6 (1.85%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (1.54%) VLAN
5 3 (0.93%) WPA
6 2 (0.62%) AMQP
6 2 (0.62%) Intranet
6 2 (0.62%) LAN
6 2 (0.62%) WAN
7 1 (0.31%) BGP
7 1 (0.31%) MPLS
7 1 (0.31%) VoIP
7 1 (0.31%) VPN
7 1 (0.31%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (6.17%) SQL Server
2 14 (4.32%) Power BI
3 8 (2.47%) MySQL
4 7 (2.16%) Tableau
5 6 (1.85%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (1.54%) DynamoDB
6 5 (1.54%) MongoDB
7 4 (1.23%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (1.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (0.93%) BusinessObjects
8 3 (0.93%) Metadata
8 3 (0.93%) SAP HANA
8 3 (0.93%) Spark SQL
9 2 (0.62%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (0.62%) Data Vault
9 2 (0.62%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.62%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 2 (0.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.31%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.31%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 27 (8.33%) JIRA
2 16 (4.94%) Git
3 9 (2.78%) Jenkins
4 7 (2.16%) SonarQube
5 6 (1.85%) GitLab
6 4 (1.23%) Cypress.io
6 4 (1.23%) Maven
6 4 (1.23%) Selenium
7 3 (0.93%) JMeter
7 3 (0.93%) LoadRunner
8 2 (0.62%) Grunt
8 2 (0.62%) gulp
8 2 (0.62%) webpack
9 1 (0.31%) JUnit
9 1 (0.31%) Rational DOORS
General
1 134 (41.36%) Social Skills
2 65 (20.06%) Finance
3 43 (13.27%) Marketing
4 42 (12.96%) Manufacturing
5 37 (11.42%) Analytical Skills
6 26 (8.02%) Retail
7 15 (4.63%) Public Sector
8 12 (3.70%) Legal
9 10 (3.09%) Law
9 10 (3.09%) Presentation Skills
10 9 (2.78%) Organisational Skills
11 6 (1.85%) Electronics
12 5 (1.54%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (1.23%) Banking
13 4 (1.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (1.23%) Telecoms
14 3 (0.93%) Advertising
15 2 (0.62%) Agriculture
15 2 (0.62%) Games
15 2 (0.62%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 63 (19.44%) Developer
2 44 (13.58%) Lead
3 35 (10.80%) Development Manager
4 25 (7.72%) Senior
5 23 (7.10%) JIRA Developer
6 20 (6.17%) Analyst
6 20 (6.17%) Product Manager
7 17 (5.25%) Consultant
7 17 (5.25%) Product Development Manager
7 17 (5.25%) Support Engineer
8 16 (4.94%) Software Development Manager
8 16 (4.94%) Software Manager
9 15 (4.63%) IT Manager
9 15 (4.63%) Principal Consultant
9 15 (4.63%) Principal SAP Consultant
9 15 (4.63%) SAP Consultant
9 15 (4.63%) Technical Support
10 12 (3.70%) Automation Engineer
10 12 (3.70%) IT Support
10 12 (3.70%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (8.64%) React
2 27 (8.33%) .NET
3 21 (6.48%) CSS
4 16 (4.94%) Node.js
5 12 (3.70%) HTML
6 10 (3.09%) Spring
6 10 (3.09%) Spring Boot
7 8 (2.47%) Django
7 8 (2.47%) FastAPI
7 8 (2.47%) Flask
7 8 (2.47%) REST
7 8 (2.47%) RESTful
8 7 (2.16%) GraphQL
8 7 (2.16%) Vue
9 6 (1.85%) ASP.NET
9 6 (1.85%) Redux
9 6 (1.85%) SAP Basis
9 6 (1.85%) SAP Fiori
9 6 (1.85%) SAPUI5
10 5 (1.54%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 31 (9.57%) FMCG
2 20 (6.17%) Onboarding
3 18 (5.56%) Cloud Native
4 15 (4.63%) Management Information System
5 13 (4.01%) Distributed Systems
6 11 (3.40%) Operational Technology
7 8 (2.47%) Product Ownership
7 8 (2.47%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (2.16%) NHS
8 7 (2.16%) Public Cloud
9 6 (1.85%) Data Structures
9 6 (1.85%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (1.85%) Manufacturing Execution System
10 5 (1.54%) Marketing Technology
10 5 (1.54%) Renewable Energy
11 4 (1.23%) CMDB
11 4 (1.23%) Private Cloud
12 3 (0.93%) Analytical Mindset
12 3 (0.93%) e-Learning
12 3 (0.93%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 24 (7.41%) Windows
2 10 (3.09%) Linux
3 8 (2.47%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.93%) SUSE
4 3 (0.93%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
5 2 (0.62%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.31%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (34.26%) Problem-Solving
2 82 (25.31%) Agile
3 59 (18.21%) Mentoring
4 49 (15.12%) ITIL
5 47 (14.51%) Software Engineering
6 43 (13.27%) Change Management
6 43 (13.27%) Computer Science
6 43 (13.27%) ITSM
6 43 (13.27%) Project Management
7 42 (12.96%) Decision-Making
8 40 (12.35%) Project Delivery
8 40 (12.35%) Service Management
9 39 (12.04%) Stakeholder Management
10 35 (10.80%) CI/CD
10 35 (10.80%) DevOps
11 33 (10.19%) Incident Management
12 32 (9.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 30 (9.26%) Asset Management
14 27 (8.33%) Full-Stack Development
15 25 (7.72%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 59 (18.21%) JavaScript
2 38 (11.73%) SQL
3 34 (10.49%) PowerShell
4 32 (9.88%) Python
5 31 (9.57%) C#
6 18 (5.56%) TypeScript
7 17 (5.25%) Java
8 8 (2.47%) Bash
9 4 (1.23%) Delphi
9 4 (1.23%) Groovy
9 4 (1.23%) PHP
9 4 (1.23%) Ruby
10 3 (0.93%) ABAP
10 3 (0.93%) C++
11 2 (0.62%) Bicep
11 2 (0.62%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.62%) R
11 2 (0.62%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.31%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 78 (24.07%) Degree
2 24 (7.41%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 12 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
4 7 (2.16%) AWS Certification
4 7 (2.16%) ITIL Certification
5 6 (1.85%) HNC
6 5 (1.54%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (1.54%) SC Cleared
6 5 (1.54%) Security Cleared
7 3 (0.93%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 3 (0.93%) Azure Certification
7 3 (0.93%) CISSP
7 3 (0.93%) GIAC
7 3 (0.93%) SANS
8 2 (0.62%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 2 (0.62%) CISMP
8 2 (0.62%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (0.62%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.62%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.62%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (4.32%) Cyber Essentials
1 14 (4.32%) GDPR
1 14 (4.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (3.70%) Data Quality
3 11 (3.40%) NIST
3 11 (3.40%) PMO
4 10 (3.09%) QA
5 7 (2.16%) Accessibility
5 7 (2.16%) GRC
6 6 (1.85%) IEC 61131
7 5 (1.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 5 (1.54%) P3O
7 5 (1.54%) SLA
8 4 (1.23%) ISO 9001
9 3 (0.93%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.93%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.62%) NCSC
10 2 (0.62%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.62%) WCAG
11 1 (0.31%) GMP
System Software
1 25 (7.72%) Docker
2 7 (2.16%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.93%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.93%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.31%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 21 (6.48%) Terraform
2 10 (3.09%) Kubernetes
3 7 (2.16%) HP Fortify
3 7 (2.16%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (1.23%) Ansible
5 2 (0.62%) Control-M
6 1 (0.31%) Argo
6 1 (0.31%) Grafana
6 1 (0.31%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.31%) QRadar
Vendors
1 47 (14.51%) Microsoft
2 26 (8.02%) SAP
3 23 (7.10%) Atlassian
4 11 (3.40%) Oracle
5 10 (3.09%) ServiceNow
6 7 (2.16%) Salesforce
7 6 (1.85%) Ariba
7 6 (1.85%) Rockwell
7 6 (1.85%) Siemens
8 5 (1.54%) Sophos
9 4 (1.23%) Autodesk
9 4 (1.23%) Google
9 4 (1.23%) IBM
9 4 (1.23%) Sage
10 3 (0.93%) Concur
10 3 (0.93%) Databricks
10 3 (0.93%) Openreach
10 3 (0.93%) VMware
11 2 (0.62%) Nexthink
11 2 (0.62%) Qualtrics