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

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 6 29
Rank change year-on-year -12 +23 +41
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 469 445 327
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 7.46% 17.97% 5.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.76% 19.08% 7.01%
Number of salaries quoted 350 113 248
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,250 £32,850
25th Percentile £38,756 £36,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -12.50% +14.29%
75th Percentile £69,688 £77,500 £72,450
90th Percentile £85,922 £93,778 £84,964
England median annual salary £60,100 £57,530 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.47% +0.05% -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 4,359 2,332 4,667
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 69.37% 94.15% 82.88%
Number of salaries quoted 2,854 1,263 3,720
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £31,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £87,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -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 15 May 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 15 May 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 -7 239 £58,445 -6.49% 70
South Yorkshire -9 78 £50,000 +7.53% 49
North Yorkshire -6 68 £47,500 -19.15% 21
East Yorkshire -20 24 £35,000 -22.22% 6
Humberside - 9 £24,500 - 4
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 26 (5.54%) SharePoint
2 17 (3.62%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.49%) Moodle
4 3 (0.64%) Confluence
5 2 (0.43%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.43%) CMS
5 2 (0.43%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.21%) Apache
6 1 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.21%) OpenStack
Applications
1 36 (7.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 35 (7.46%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.21%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.21%) Navisworks
4 1 (0.21%) Revit
Business Applications
1 4 (0.85%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.64%) iTrent
2 3 (0.64%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.43%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.43%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.21%) Oracle SCM
4 1 (0.21%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.21%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 77 (16.42%) Azure
1 77 (16.42%) Microsoft 365
2 66 (14.07%) AWS
3 46 (9.81%) Entra ID
4 42 (8.96%) Power Platform
5 41 (8.74%) SaaS
6 23 (4.90%) Microsoft Purview
7 19 (4.05%) Power Automate
8 13 (2.77%) Serverless
9 11 (2.35%) PowerApps
10 10 (2.13%) Azure Monitor
11 8 (1.71%) Amazon ECS
11 8 (1.71%) AWS Lambda
12 7 (1.49%) Amazon S3
13 6 (1.28%) Dynamics 365
13 6 (1.28%) GitHub
13 6 (1.28%) Google Workspace
13 6 (1.28%) OneDrive
14 5 (1.07%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
14 5 (1.07%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 33 (7.04%) Firewall
2 19 (4.05%) DHCP
2 19 (4.05%) DNS
3 16 (3.41%) Network Security
3 16 (3.41%) TCP/IP
4 7 (1.49%) LAN
4 7 (1.49%) VPN
4 7 (1.49%) WAN
4 7 (1.49%) Wi-Fi
5 5 (1.07%) VLAN
6 3 (0.64%) Broadband
6 3 (0.64%) Internet
6 3 (0.64%) VoIP
7 2 (0.43%) Cisco ASA
7 2 (0.43%) Cisco Firepower
7 2 (0.43%) HTTP
7 2 (0.43%) Intranet
7 2 (0.43%) Wireless
8 1 (0.21%) Unified Communications
8 1 (0.21%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (8.32%) Power BI
2 24 (5.12%) SQL Server
3 9 (1.92%) Power Query
4 8 (1.71%) MySQL
5 7 (1.49%) PowerPivot
5 7 (1.49%) Tableau
6 6 (1.28%) Relational Database
7 5 (1.07%) DynamoDB
8 4 (0.85%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (0.85%) Semantic Layer
9 3 (0.64%) ClickHouse
9 3 (0.64%) Elasticsearch
9 3 (0.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (0.43%) Metadata
10 2 (0.43%) Neo4j
10 2 (0.43%) Spark SQL
10 2 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 1 (0.21%) BigQuery
11 1 (0.21%) Data Vault
11 1 (0.21%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 20 (4.26%) JIRA
2 17 (3.62%) Git
3 9 (1.92%) Jenkins
4 6 (1.28%) GitLab
5 5 (1.07%) SonarQube
6 4 (0.85%) Cypress.io
6 4 (0.85%) Maven
7 3 (0.64%) JUnit
7 3 (0.64%) Selenium
8 2 (0.43%) Postman
9 1 (0.21%) JMeter
9 1 (0.21%) LoadRunner
General
1 202 (43.07%) Social Skills
2 95 (20.26%) Analytical Skills
3 83 (17.70%) Finance
4 41 (8.74%) Public Sector
5 33 (7.04%) Retail
6 24 (5.12%) Marketing
7 23 (4.90%) Manufacturing
7 23 (4.90%) Organisational Skills
8 21 (4.48%) Law
9 19 (4.05%) Influencing Skills
10 18 (3.84%) Legal
11 8 (1.71%) Automotive
12 5 (1.07%) Advertising
12 5 (1.07%) Electronics
13 4 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (0.85%) Health Technology
13 4 (0.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (0.85%) Local Government
13 4 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (0.64%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 57 (12.15%) Analyst
2 55 (11.73%) Senior
3 51 (10.87%) Lead
4 43 (9.17%) Developer
5 31 (6.61%) Support Engineer
6 29 (6.18%) IT Support
6 29 (6.18%) Senior Manager
7 27 (5.76%) Full-Stack Developer
8 26 (5.54%) Development Manager
9 24 (5.12%) Product Manager
9 24 (5.12%) Software Engineer
10 21 (4.48%) Data Analyst
10 21 (4.48%) Technical Support
11 17 (3.62%) Software Manager
12 16 (3.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 13 (2.77%) Security Engineer
13 13 (2.77%) Technical Engineer
13 13 (2.77%) Technical Support Engineer
14 12 (2.56%) C# Developer
14 12 (2.56%) Software Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (6.40%) .NET
2 19 (4.05%) CSS
3 18 (3.84%) HTML
4 17 (3.62%) React
5 14 (2.99%) Vue
6 11 (2.35%) Node.js
7 10 (2.13%) Spring
8 9 (1.92%) Spring Boot
9 8 (1.71%) REST
10 6 (1.28%) AngularJS
10 6 (1.28%) PySpark
11 5 (1.07%) GraphQL
12 4 (0.85%) Flask
12 4 (0.85%) Gherkin
12 4 (0.85%) Jest
12 4 (0.85%) Middleware
13 3 (0.64%) Kafka
13 3 (0.64%) OAuth2
13 3 (0.64%) OpenID
13 3 (0.64%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 31 (6.61%) Management Information System
2 22 (4.69%) Data Protection Act
3 18 (3.84%) Driving Licence
4 15 (3.20%) e-Learning
4 15 (3.20%) Product Ownership
5 12 (2.56%) Distributed Systems
6 9 (1.92%) FMCG
6 9 (1.92%) NHS
6 9 (1.92%) Operational Technology
7 8 (1.71%) Data Structures
8 7 (1.49%) Cloud Native
8 7 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (1.49%) Onboarding
9 6 (1.28%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (1.28%) CMDB
9 6 (1.28%) Renewable Energy
10 5 (1.07%) Replication
10 5 (1.07%) Security Posture
11 4 (0.85%) PMI
11 4 (0.85%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 47 (10.02%) Windows
2 18 (3.84%) Windows Server
3 15 (3.20%) Windows 10
4 10 (2.13%) Linux
5 7 (1.49%) Android
5 7 (1.49%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.64%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (0.64%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.64%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.21%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (26.87%) Problem-Solving
2 87 (18.55%) Stakeholder Management
3 86 (18.34%) Agile
4 83 (17.70%) Decision-Making
5 79 (16.84%) Mentoring
6 74 (15.78%) Coaching
7 59 (12.58%) Cybersecurity
7 59 (12.58%) ITIL
8 52 (11.09%) Software Engineering
9 51 (10.87%) Analytics
10 49 (10.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 47 (10.02%) User Experience
12 46 (9.81%) Disaster Recovery
13 45 (9.59%) Incident Response
14 41 (8.74%) Roadmaps
15 40 (8.53%) Business Intelligence
15 40 (8.53%) DevOps
15 40 (8.53%) Service Delivery
16 38 (8.10%) Product Vision
17 37 (7.89%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 55 (11.73%) SQL
2 34 (7.25%) Python
3 31 (6.61%) JavaScript
4 30 (6.40%) C#
5 24 (5.12%) PowerShell
6 16 (3.41%) Bash
7 15 (3.20%) TypeScript
8 14 (2.99%) Java
9 5 (1.07%) Shell Script
9 5 (1.07%) T-SQL
10 4 (0.85%) Groovy
11 3 (0.64%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (0.64%) PHP
11 3 (0.64%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.43%) VBA
13 1 (0.21%) ABAP
13 1 (0.21%) R
13 1 (0.21%) Scala
Qualifications
1 53 (11.30%) Degree
2 19 (4.05%) Security Cleared
3 14 (2.99%) DBS Check
3 14 (2.99%) SC Cleared
4 13 (2.77%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (1.92%) CISSP
6 6 (1.28%) IRCA
6 6 (1.28%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 6 (1.28%) PMI Certification
7 5 (1.07%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 5 (1.07%) Azure Certification
7 5 (1.07%) CCSP
7 5 (1.07%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (1.07%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (0.85%) AWS Certification
9 3 (0.64%) A+ Certification
9 3 (0.64%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 3 (0.64%) CompTIA Security+
9 3 (0.64%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (0.64%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (10.66%) GDPR
2 42 (8.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 37 (7.89%) Data Quality
4 34 (7.25%) Cyber Essentials
5 32 (6.82%) QA
6 29 (6.18%) NIST
7 14 (2.99%) Accessibility
8 13 (2.77%) SLA
9 8 (1.71%) GMP
10 7 (1.49%) ISO 9001
11 6 (1.28%) NCSC
12 5 (1.07%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 4 (0.85%) P3O
13 4 (0.85%) PCI DSS
14 3 (0.64%) WCAG
15 2 (0.43%) PMO
16 1 (0.21%) Actionable Recommendations
16 1 (0.21%) GRC
16 1 (0.21%) ISO 19650
16 1 (0.21%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 43 (9.17%) Active Directory
2 16 (3.41%) Docker
3 9 (1.92%) Hyper-V
4 6 (1.28%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.64%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (0.64%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.21%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 24 (5.12%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (3.20%) Terraform
3 6 (1.28%) Kubernetes
4 5 (1.07%) HP Fortify
5 3 (0.64%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 3 (0.64%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (0.43%) Ansible
6 2 (0.43%) Kibana
6 2 (0.43%) SCCM
Vendors
1 131 (27.93%) Microsoft
2 18 (3.84%) Oracle
3 14 (2.99%) VMware
4 10 (2.13%) ServiceNow
5 9 (1.92%) Workday
6 8 (1.71%) Citrix
6 8 (1.71%) Salesforce
6 8 (1.71%) SAP
7 7 (1.49%) Apple
7 7 (1.49%) Freshdesk
8 6 (1.28%) Databricks
8 6 (1.28%) Google
9 5 (1.07%) IFS
10 4 (0.85%) Adobe
10 4 (0.85%) Cisco
10 4 (0.85%) Fortinet
10 4 (0.85%) Hotjar
10 4 (0.85%) Juniper
11 3 (0.64%) Atlassian
11 3 (0.64%) IBM