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

6 months to
6 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 7 33
Rank change year-on-year -10 +26 +29
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 507 482 324
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 7.40% 14.47% 5.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.89% 15.90% 6.55%
Number of salaries quoted 407 110 221
10th Percentile £31,250 £26,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £32,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% -4.17% +20.00%
75th Percentile £65,640 £78,938 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £93,778 £84,964
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,347 £58,500
% change year-on-year +4.63% -1.97% -2.50%

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 4,654 3,032 4,946
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 67.93% 91.00% 79.44%
Number of salaries quoted 3,317 1,441 3,652
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,750 £27,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,250 £36,719
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -8.33%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,369 £85,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -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 6 July 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 July 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 -7 231 £55,000 -22.53% 72
South Yorkshire +3 117 £46,000 +0.55% 52
North Yorkshire 0 71 £47,500 +5.56% 20
East Yorkshire -13 27 £35,000 -39.66% 4
Humberside - 9 £24,500 - 3
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 49 (9.66%) SharePoint
2 25 (4.93%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.38%) Confluence
4 4 (0.79%) Moodle
5 1 (0.20%) Apache
5 1 (0.20%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.20%) CICS
Applications
1 41 (8.09%) Microsoft Office
2 38 (7.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.39%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.39%) Trello
5 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.20%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.20%) Navisworks
5 1 (0.20%) Revit
5 1 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (0.99%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.79%) iTrent
3 3 (0.59%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.39%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.39%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.39%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.20%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.20%) Oracle SCM
5 1 (0.20%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 95 (18.74%) Microsoft 365
2 82 (16.17%) Azure
3 54 (10.65%) Power Platform
4 53 (10.45%) AWS
5 51 (10.06%) Entra ID
6 28 (5.52%) Power Automate
7 27 (5.33%) SaaS
8 25 (4.93%) Microsoft Purview
9 22 (4.34%) OneDrive
10 20 (3.94%) Dynamics 365
10 20 (3.94%) PowerApps
11 10 (1.97%) Azure Monitor
12 9 (1.78%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
12 9 (1.78%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 9 (1.78%) Serverless
13 8 (1.58%) GitHub
13 8 (1.58%) Mimecast
14 7 (1.38%) Azure DevOps
15 5 (0.99%) AWS Lambda
15 5 (0.99%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 41 (8.09%) Firewall
2 23 (4.54%) DNS
3 21 (4.14%) DHCP
4 16 (3.16%) TCP/IP
5 12 (2.37%) Network Security
6 11 (2.17%) VPN
7 10 (1.97%) LAN
7 10 (1.97%) WAN
8 7 (1.38%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (1.18%) VLAN
9 6 (1.18%) Wireless
10 5 (0.99%) Internet
10 5 (0.99%) VoIP
11 3 (0.59%) Broadband
11 3 (0.59%) HTTP
12 2 (0.39%) Cisco ASA
12 2 (0.39%) Cisco Firepower
12 2 (0.39%) CTI
13 1 (0.20%) Profibus
13 1 (0.20%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (10.06%) Power BI
2 15 (2.96%) SQL Server
3 10 (1.97%) MySQL
4 6 (1.18%) Power Query
4 6 (1.18%) PowerPivot
5 5 (0.99%) Semantic Layer
6 4 (0.79%) Relational Database
6 4 (0.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (0.59%) ClickHouse
7 3 (0.59%) Elasticsearch
7 3 (0.59%) Neo4j
7 3 (0.59%) Tableau
8 2 (0.39%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.20%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.20%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.20%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.20%) Metadata
9 1 (0.20%) Redis
9 1 (0.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.20%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 29 (5.72%) JIRA
2 13 (2.56%) Git
3 7 (1.38%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.59%) GitLab
5 2 (0.39%) JUnit
5 2 (0.39%) Postman
5 2 (0.39%) Selenium
6 1 (0.20%) Cypress.io
General
1 215 (42.41%) Social Skills
2 108 (21.30%) Finance
3 100 (19.72%) Analytical Skills
4 50 (9.86%) Public Sector
5 41 (8.09%) Manufacturing
6 34 (6.71%) Law
7 30 (5.92%) Influencing Skills
8 28 (5.52%) Retail
9 22 (4.34%) Marketing
9 22 (4.34%) Organisational Skills
10 12 (2.37%) Legal
11 7 (1.38%) Advertising
11 7 (1.38%) Automotive
11 7 (1.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (0.99%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (0.79%) Banking
13 4 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (0.79%) Health Technology
13 4 (0.79%) Local Government
14 3 (0.59%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 70 (13.81%) Analyst
2 57 (11.24%) Senior
3 47 (9.27%) Lead
4 38 (7.50%) IT Support
5 33 (6.51%) Developer
6 29 (5.72%) Senior Manager
6 29 (5.72%) Software Engineer
7 27 (5.33%) Product Manager
8 26 (5.13%) Support Engineer
9 22 (4.34%) Full-Stack Developer
10 21 (4.14%) Data Analyst
10 21 (4.14%) Support Analyst
11 20 (3.94%) Service Manager
12 19 (3.75%) Applications Support
13 16 (3.16%) .NET Software Engineer
13 16 (3.16%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 16 (3.16%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
13 16 (3.16%) Infrastructure Support
14 15 (2.96%) C# Developer
14 15 (2.96%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (4.93%) .NET
2 18 (3.55%) CSS
3 17 (3.35%) HTML
4 15 (2.96%) React
4 15 (2.96%) Vue
5 10 (1.97%) Node.js
6 6 (1.18%) REST
6 6 (1.18%) RESTful
7 5 (0.99%) PySpark
8 4 (0.79%) Spring
8 4 (0.79%) Spring Boot
8 4 (0.79%) Web Services
9 3 (0.59%) AngularJS
9 3 (0.59%) Flask
9 3 (0.59%) GraphQL
9 3 (0.59%) LangGraph
9 3 (0.59%) Middleware
9 3 (0.59%) OAuth
9 3 (0.59%) OAuth2
9 3 (0.59%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 24 (4.73%) Management Information System
1 24 (4.73%) Product Ownership
2 22 (4.34%) Data Protection Act
3 15 (2.96%) Driving Licence
4 13 (2.56%) Onboarding
5 12 (2.37%) e-Learning
6 10 (1.97%) Operational Technology
7 8 (1.58%) Distributed Systems
8 7 (1.38%) Cloud Native
8 7 (1.38%) Data Structures
8 7 (1.38%) Replication
9 6 (1.18%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (1.18%) FMCG
9 6 (1.18%) Manufacturing Execution System
10 5 (0.99%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (0.99%) NHS
10 5 (0.99%) Renewable Energy
10 5 (0.99%) Robotics
10 5 (0.99%) Security Posture
11 4 (0.79%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 55 (10.85%) Windows
2 25 (4.93%) Windows Server
3 17 (3.35%) Windows 10
4 12 (2.37%) Linux
5 8 (1.58%) Windows Server 2019
6 7 (1.38%) Android
7 6 (1.18%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.59%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (0.59%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.20%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.20%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 148 (29.19%) Problem-Solving
2 88 (17.36%) Agile
3 87 (17.16%) Stakeholder Management
4 84 (16.57%) Mentoring
5 83 (16.37%) Decision-Making
6 77 (15.19%) Coaching
6 77 (15.19%) ITIL
7 67 (13.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 58 (11.44%) Cybersecurity
9 56 (11.05%) Business Continuity
9 56 (11.05%) Disaster Recovery
10 55 (10.85%) Analytics
11 54 (10.65%) User Experience
12 52 (10.26%) Business Intelligence
13 51 (10.06%) Service Delivery
14 50 (9.86%) Roadmaps
14 50 (9.86%) Service Management
15 48 (9.47%) Software Engineering
16 46 (9.07%) ERP
16 46 (9.07%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 66 (13.02%) SQL
2 34 (6.71%) Python
3 27 (5.33%) C#
4 20 (3.94%) PowerShell
5 15 (2.96%) JavaScript
6 11 (2.17%) Bash
6 11 (2.17%) TypeScript
7 10 (1.97%) Java
8 7 (1.38%) Shell Script
9 4 (0.79%) T-SQL
10 3 (0.59%) ABAP
10 3 (0.59%) PHP
10 3 (0.59%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.39%) Bicep
11 2 (0.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.39%) Groovy
11 2 (0.39%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.39%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.20%) CLIST
12 1 (0.20%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 55 (10.85%) Degree
2 24 (4.73%) Security Cleared
3 17 (3.35%) SC Cleared
4 16 (3.16%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (2.76%) DBS Check
6 7 (1.38%) CISSP
7 6 (1.18%) IRCA
8 5 (0.99%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (0.99%) PMI Certification
9 4 (0.79%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 4 (0.79%) Azure Certification
9 4 (0.79%) CCSP
9 4 (0.79%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 3 (0.59%) AWS Certification
10 3 (0.59%) CISM
10 3 (0.59%) CompTIA Security+
11 2 (0.39%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.39%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 2 (0.39%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.20%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (8.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 41 (8.09%) GDPR
3 35 (6.90%) Cyber Essentials
3 35 (6.90%) QA
4 34 (6.71%) Data Quality
5 26 (5.13%) NIST
6 12 (2.37%) Accessibility
7 10 (1.97%) SLA
8 9 (1.78%) ISO 9001
9 8 (1.58%) GMP
10 6 (1.18%) PMO
11 5 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 4 (0.79%) P3O
12 4 (0.79%) PCI DSS
13 3 (0.59%) NCSC
14 2 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 1 (0.20%) GRC
15 1 (0.20%) ISO 19650
15 1 (0.20%) JSP 440
15 1 (0.20%) WCAG
System Software
1 49 (9.66%) Active Directory
2 11 (2.17%) Docker
3 5 (0.99%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.59%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 3 (0.59%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (0.39%) Firmware
5 2 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.20%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.20%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 23 (4.54%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (3.75%) Terraform
3 7 (1.38%) Kubernetes
4 3 (0.59%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (0.39%) Ansible
5 2 (0.39%) Kibana
5 2 (0.39%) Progress Chef
5 2 (0.39%) Proxmox
6 1 (0.20%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 163 (32.15%) Microsoft
2 14 (2.76%) Oracle
3 13 (2.56%) VMware
4 12 (2.37%) Cisco
4 12 (2.37%) Salesforce
5 11 (2.17%) SAP
6 9 (1.78%) Workday
7 8 (1.58%) Citrix
7 8 (1.58%) ServiceNow
8 7 (1.38%) Apple
8 7 (1.38%) Freshdesk
9 6 (1.18%) Meraki
9 6 (1.18%) Siemens
10 5 (0.99%) Databricks
10 5 (0.99%) Google
10 5 (0.99%) IFS
10 5 (0.99%) iManage
11 4 (0.79%) Fortinet
11 4 (0.79%) Hotjar
11 4 (0.79%) Juniper