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

6 months to
1 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 5 32
Rank change year-on-year -11 +27 +33
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 497 448 320
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 7.48% 16.65% 5.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.90% 17.77% 6.64%
Number of salaries quoted 378 98 240
10th Percentile £31,250 £26,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,125 £35,438 £43,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,743 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.69% +1.24% +20.00%
75th Percentile £66,098 £80,000 £72,433
90th Percentile £80,150 £95,186 £84,964
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.35% - -4.17%

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 4,558 2,521 4,819
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 68.63% 93.68% 80.69%
Number of salaries quoted 3,082 1,229 3,784
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £39,050 £31,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -8.90%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £58,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.56% +6.36% -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 1 June 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 1 June 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 -6 241 £57,000 -19.71% 84
South Yorkshire 0 99 £48,692 -4.99% 53
North Yorkshire -4 70 £47,500 - 27
East Yorkshire -17 24 £35,000 -33.33% 3
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 34 (6.84%) SharePoint
2 21 (4.23%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.21%) Confluence
4 5 (1.01%) Moodle
5 1 (0.20%) Apache
5 1 (0.20%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.20%) CICS
Applications
1 42 (8.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 36 (7.24%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.20%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.20%) Navisworks
4 1 (0.20%) Revit
Business Applications
1 4 (0.80%) iTrent
1 4 (0.80%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.60%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.40%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.40%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.40%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.20%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.20%) Oracle SCM
4 1 (0.20%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 94 (18.91%) Microsoft 365
2 85 (17.10%) Azure
3 62 (12.47%) AWS
4 51 (10.26%) Entra ID
5 49 (9.86%) Power Platform
6 33 (6.64%) SaaS
7 24 (4.83%) Microsoft Purview
8 23 (4.63%) Power Automate
9 14 (2.82%) PowerApps
10 13 (2.62%) OneDrive
11 11 (2.21%) Azure Monitor
11 11 (2.21%) Dynamics 365
11 11 (2.21%) Serverless
12 9 (1.81%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
12 9 (1.81%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 6 (1.21%) AWS Lambda
13 6 (1.21%) GitHub
13 6 (1.21%) Google Workspace
14 5 (1.01%) Azure DevOps
14 5 (1.01%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 37 (7.44%) Firewall
2 22 (4.43%) DHCP
2 22 (4.43%) DNS
3 17 (3.42%) Network Security
3 17 (3.42%) TCP/IP
4 9 (1.81%) LAN
4 9 (1.81%) VPN
4 9 (1.81%) WAN
5 8 (1.61%) Wi-Fi
6 7 (1.41%) VLAN
7 4 (0.80%) Internet
8 3 (0.60%) Broadband
8 3 (0.60%) HTTP
8 3 (0.60%) VoIP
8 3 (0.60%) Wireless
9 2 (0.40%) Cisco ASA
9 2 (0.40%) Cisco Firepower
10 1 (0.20%) Unified Communications
10 1 (0.20%) Wireshark
10 1 (0.20%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (9.26%) Power BI
2 20 (4.02%) SQL Server
3 9 (1.81%) MySQL
3 9 (1.81%) Power Query
4 7 (1.41%) PowerPivot
5 6 (1.21%) Tableau
6 5 (1.01%) Relational Database
6 5 (1.01%) Semantic Layer
7 4 (0.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (0.60%) ClickHouse
8 3 (0.60%) DynamoDB
8 3 (0.60%) Elasticsearch
8 3 (0.60%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (0.40%) Metadata
9 2 (0.40%) Neo4j
9 2 (0.40%) Spark SQL
9 2 (0.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.20%) BusinessObjects
10 1 (0.20%) Redis
10 1 (0.20%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 23 (4.63%) JIRA
2 15 (3.02%) Git
3 7 (1.41%) Jenkins
4 5 (1.01%) GitLab
5 3 (0.60%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.40%) JUnit
6 2 (0.40%) Maven
6 2 (0.40%) Postman
6 2 (0.40%) Selenium
6 2 (0.40%) SonarQube
General
1 209 (42.05%) Social Skills
2 98 (19.72%) Analytical Skills
3 94 (18.91%) Finance
4 42 (8.45%) Public Sector
5 35 (7.04%) Manufacturing
6 28 (5.63%) Law
7 27 (5.43%) Organisational Skills
7 27 (5.43%) Retail
8 24 (4.83%) Marketing
9 22 (4.43%) Influencing Skills
10 19 (3.82%) Legal
11 8 (1.61%) Automotive
12 6 (1.21%) Advertising
12 6 (1.21%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (1.01%) Electronics
13 5 (1.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 4 (0.80%) Banking
14 4 (0.80%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (0.80%) Health Technology
14 4 (0.80%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 71 (14.29%) Analyst
2 58 (11.67%) Senior
3 52 (10.46%) Lead
4 40 (8.05%) Developer
5 36 (7.24%) IT Support
6 31 (6.24%) Support Engineer
7 29 (5.84%) Senior Manager
8 27 (5.43%) Product Manager
8 27 (5.43%) Software Engineer
9 26 (5.23%) Full-Stack Developer
10 22 (4.43%) Data Analyst
10 22 (4.43%) Development Manager
11 19 (3.82%) Technical Support
12 18 (3.62%) Support Analyst
13 16 (3.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 15 (3.02%) C# Developer
15 14 (2.82%) .NET Developer
15 14 (2.82%) .NET Software Engineer
15 14 (2.82%) C# .NET Developer
15 14 (2.82%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (5.63%) .NET
2 19 (3.82%) CSS
3 18 (3.62%) HTML
4 16 (3.22%) React
4 16 (3.22%) Vue
5 10 (2.01%) Node.js
6 7 (1.41%) REST
7 6 (1.21%) PySpark
7 6 (1.21%) Spring
8 5 (1.01%) GraphQL
8 5 (1.01%) RESTful
8 5 (1.01%) Spring Boot
9 4 (0.80%) AngularJS
9 4 (0.80%) Flask
10 3 (0.60%) Lightning Web Components
10 3 (0.60%) Middleware
10 3 (0.60%) OAuth
10 3 (0.60%) OAuth2
10 3 (0.60%) OpenID
10 3 (0.60%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 32 (6.44%) Management Information System
2 22 (4.43%) Data Protection Act
3 21 (4.23%) Product Ownership
4 19 (3.82%) Driving Licence
5 13 (2.62%) e-Learning
6 12 (2.41%) Operational Technology
7 11 (2.21%) Onboarding
8 9 (1.81%) Distributed Systems
8 9 (1.81%) FMCG
9 8 (1.61%) Data Structures
10 7 (1.41%) NHS
11 6 (1.21%) Analytical Mindset
11 6 (1.21%) Renewable Energy
12 5 (1.01%) Cloud Native
12 5 (1.01%) CMDB
12 5 (1.01%) Replication
12 5 (1.01%) Security Posture
13 4 (0.80%) Mobile App
13 4 (0.80%) PMI
13 4 (0.80%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 57 (11.47%) Windows
2 22 (4.43%) Windows Server
3 16 (3.22%) Windows 10
4 10 (2.01%) Linux
5 8 (1.61%) Mac OS
6 7 (1.41%) Android
7 5 (1.01%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (0.60%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (0.60%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.20%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.20%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 140 (28.17%) Problem-Solving
2 85 (17.10%) Decision-Making
3 82 (16.50%) Agile
3 82 (16.50%) Mentoring
4 81 (16.30%) Coaching
4 81 (16.30%) Stakeholder Management
5 69 (13.88%) ITIL
6 61 (12.27%) Cybersecurity
7 60 (12.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 59 (11.87%) Analytics
9 51 (10.26%) Disaster Recovery
10 50 (10.06%) Incident Response
10 50 (10.06%) Software Engineering
11 47 (9.46%) Business Intelligence
12 45 (9.05%) User Experience
13 44 (8.85%) Roadmaps
14 43 (8.65%) Service Delivery
15 42 (8.45%) Business Continuity
15 42 (8.45%) ERP
16 39 (7.85%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 62 (12.47%) SQL
2 34 (6.84%) Python
3 30 (6.04%) C#
4 25 (5.03%) JavaScript
5 24 (4.83%) PowerShell
6 14 (2.82%) Bash
6 14 (2.82%) TypeScript
7 12 (2.41%) Java
8 6 (1.21%) T-SQL
9 5 (1.01%) Shell Script
10 3 (0.60%) ABAP
10 3 (0.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (0.60%) PHP
10 3 (0.60%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.40%) Groovy
11 2 (0.40%) VBA
12 1 (0.20%) Bicep
12 1 (0.20%) CLIST
12 1 (0.20%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.20%) Scala
Qualifications
1 62 (12.47%) Degree
2 20 (4.02%) Security Cleared
3 18 (3.62%) Computer Science Degree
4 15 (3.02%) SC Cleared
5 14 (2.82%) DBS Check
6 10 (2.01%) CISSP
7 7 (1.41%) Azure Certification
8 6 (1.21%) AWS Certification
8 6 (1.21%) IRCA
8 6 (1.21%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 6 (1.21%) PMI Certification
9 5 (1.01%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (1.01%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (0.80%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 4 (0.80%) CCSP
10 4 (0.80%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (0.60%) A+ Certification
11 3 (0.60%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 3 (0.60%) CISM
12 2 (0.40%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (9.46%) GDPR
2 45 (9.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 39 (7.85%) Data Quality
4 36 (7.24%) Cyber Essentials
5 34 (6.84%) QA
6 29 (5.84%) NIST
7 14 (2.82%) SLA
8 12 (2.41%) Accessibility
9 8 (1.61%) GMP
9 8 (1.61%) ISO 9001
10 6 (1.21%) NCSC
11 5 (1.01%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 4 (0.80%) P3O
12 4 (0.80%) PCI DSS
13 2 (0.40%) PMO
14 1 (0.20%) Actionable Recommendations
14 1 (0.20%) ISO 22301
14 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 1 (0.20%) JSP 440
14 1 (0.20%) WCAG
System Software
1 47 (9.46%) Active Directory
2 13 (2.62%) Docker
3 9 (1.81%) Hyper-V
4 6 (1.21%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.60%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (0.60%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.20%) Firmware
6 1 (0.20%) Time Sharing Option
6 1 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 25 (5.03%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (3.22%) Terraform
3 5 (1.01%) Kubernetes
4 3 (0.60%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 3 (0.60%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (0.40%) Ansible
5 2 (0.40%) HP Fortify
5 2 (0.40%) Kibana
5 2 (0.40%) SCCM
6 1 (0.20%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 154 (30.99%) Microsoft
2 17 (3.42%) Oracle
3 15 (3.02%) VMware
4 12 (2.41%) Salesforce
5 10 (2.01%) SAP
6 9 (1.81%) ServiceNow
6 9 (1.81%) Workday
7 8 (1.61%) Citrix
8 7 (1.41%) Apple
8 7 (1.41%) Cisco
8 7 (1.41%) Freshdesk
9 6 (1.21%) Databricks
9 6 (1.21%) Google
10 5 (1.01%) IFS
11 4 (0.80%) Adobe
11 4 (0.80%) Fortinet
11 4 (0.80%) Hotjar
11 4 (0.80%) Juniper
11 4 (0.80%) Siemens
12 3 (0.60%) Atlassian