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

6 months to
27 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 5 29
Rank change year-on-year -11 +24 +37
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 474 445 338
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 7.93% 18.82% 6.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.14% 20.00% 7.24%
Number of salaries quoted 335 122 253
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £33,150
25th Percentile £39,527 £36,375 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,500 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.71% -12.50% +9.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,886 £72,433
90th Percentile £97,500 £93,778 £84,964
England median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +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 4,255 2,225 4,670
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 71.23% 94.08% 83.48%
Number of salaries quoted 2,711 1,265 3,701
10th Percentile £28,750 £26,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £49,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.01% -1.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,834 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £59,450 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.92% +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 27 April 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 27 April 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 -5 256 £62,500 +2.89% 60
North Yorkshire -5 70 £47,500 -13.64% 12
South Yorkshire -20 63 £48,750 +4.84% 34
East Yorkshire -24 20 £35,000 -22.22% 7
Humberside - 9 £24,500 - 5
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 21 (4.43%) SharePoint
2 15 (3.16%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.48%) Moodle
4 3 (0.63%) Confluence
5 2 (0.42%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.42%) CMS
5 2 (0.42%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.21%) Apache
6 1 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.21%) OpenStack
Applications
1 34 (7.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (6.96%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.21%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.21%) Navisworks
4 1 (0.21%) Revit
Business Applications
1 6 (1.27%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.84%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.63%) iTrent
4 2 (0.42%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.42%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.21%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.21%) Oracle SCM
5 1 (0.21%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 80 (16.88%) Azure
2 75 (15.82%) Microsoft 365
3 74 (15.61%) AWS
4 45 (9.49%) SaaS
5 44 (9.28%) Entra ID
6 39 (8.23%) Power Platform
7 23 (4.85%) Microsoft Purview
8 17 (3.59%) Power Automate
9 15 (3.16%) Serverless
10 10 (2.11%) Azure Monitor
11 9 (1.90%) PowerApps
12 8 (1.69%) AWS Lambda
12 8 (1.69%) GitHub
13 7 (1.48%) Amazon ECS
13 7 (1.48%) Amazon S3
13 7 (1.48%) Google Workspace
14 6 (1.27%) SuccessFactors
15 5 (1.05%) Apigee
15 5 (1.05%) GCP
16 4 (0.84%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 29 (6.12%) Firewall
2 16 (3.38%) DHCP
2 16 (3.38%) DNS
3 14 (2.95%) TCP/IP
4 11 (2.32%) Network Security
5 7 (1.48%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (1.05%) Broadband
6 5 (1.05%) Internet
6 5 (1.05%) LAN
6 5 (1.05%) WAN
7 4 (0.84%) VLAN
7 4 (0.84%) VPN
8 3 (0.63%) VoIP
9 2 (0.42%) HTTP
9 2 (0.42%) Intranet
9 2 (0.42%) Wireless
10 1 (0.21%) Unified Communications
10 1 (0.21%) Wireshark
10 1 (0.21%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (7.59%) Power BI
2 25 (5.27%) SQL Server
3 9 (1.90%) Power Query
4 8 (1.69%) Tableau
5 7 (1.48%) PowerPivot
6 6 (1.27%) Relational Database
7 5 (1.05%) DynamoDB
8 4 (0.84%) MySQL
8 4 (0.84%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (0.63%) Semantic Layer
9 3 (0.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (0.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (0.42%) ClickHouse
10 2 (0.42%) Elasticsearch
10 2 (0.42%) Metadata
10 2 (0.42%) Neo4j
10 2 (0.42%) Spark SQL
11 1 (0.21%) Amazon RDS
11 1 (0.21%) Azure SQL Database
11 1 (0.21%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 24 (5.06%) JIRA
2 17 (3.59%) Git
3 9 (1.90%) Jenkins
4 6 (1.27%) GitLab
5 5 (1.05%) SonarQube
6 4 (0.84%) Cypress.io
6 4 (0.84%) Maven
7 3 (0.63%) JUnit
7 3 (0.63%) Selenium
8 2 (0.42%) Postman
9 1 (0.21%) JMeter
9 1 (0.21%) LoadRunner
General
1 212 (44.73%) Social Skills
2 97 (20.46%) Analytical Skills
3 84 (17.72%) Finance
4 41 (8.65%) Public Sector
5 34 (7.17%) Retail
6 25 (5.27%) Marketing
7 23 (4.85%) Organisational Skills
8 20 (4.22%) Legal
9 18 (3.80%) Influencing Skills
9 18 (3.80%) Manufacturing
10 11 (2.32%) Law
11 8 (1.69%) Automotive
12 6 (1.27%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (1.05%) Electronics
14 4 (0.84%) Advertising
14 4 (0.84%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (0.84%) Health Technology
15 3 (0.63%) Aerospace
15 3 (0.63%) Fire and Rescue
15 3 (0.63%) Police
Job Titles
1 61 (12.87%) Analyst
2 57 (12.03%) Senior
3 50 (10.55%) Lead
4 47 (9.92%) Developer
5 33 (6.96%) Support Engineer
6 32 (6.75%) Senior Manager
7 30 (6.33%) Development Manager
7 30 (6.33%) IT Support
8 25 (5.27%) Full-Stack Developer
9 24 (5.06%) Technical Support
10 22 (4.64%) Data Analyst
11 21 (4.43%) Product Manager
11 21 (4.43%) Software Engineer
11 21 (4.43%) Software Manager
12 18 (3.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 16 (3.38%) Software Development Manager
13 16 (3.38%) Technical Engineer
13 16 (3.38%) Technical Support Engineer
14 15 (3.16%) Security Engineer
15 14 (2.95%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (6.33%) .NET
2 22 (4.64%) React
3 18 (3.80%) CSS
4 17 (3.59%) HTML
5 13 (2.74%) Vue
6 11 (2.32%) Node.js
6 11 (2.32%) Spring
7 10 (2.11%) Spring Boot
8 9 (1.90%) REST
9 8 (1.69%) Flask
10 6 (1.27%) AngularJS
10 6 (1.27%) GraphQL
10 6 (1.27%) PySpark
11 5 (1.05%) Django
11 5 (1.05%) FastAPI
11 5 (1.05%) Lightning Web Components
12 4 (0.84%) Gherkin
12 4 (0.84%) Jest
12 4 (0.84%) Middleware
13 3 (0.63%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 33 (6.96%) Management Information System
2 22 (4.64%) Data Protection Act
3 18 (3.80%) Driving Licence
4 16 (3.38%) Product Ownership
5 15 (3.16%) e-Learning
6 11 (2.32%) Distributed Systems
7 10 (2.11%) Data Structures
8 9 (1.90%) Analytical Mindset
8 9 (1.90%) Cloud Native
8 9 (1.90%) CMDB
8 9 (1.90%) FMCG
8 9 (1.90%) NHS
9 8 (1.69%) Enterprise Software
9 8 (1.69%) Operational Technology
9 8 (1.69%) Renewable Energy
10 6 (1.27%) Onboarding
10 6 (1.27%) Security Posture
11 4 (0.84%) Educational Technology
11 4 (0.84%) Public Cloud
11 4 (0.84%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 45 (9.49%) Windows
2 17 (3.59%) Windows Server
3 13 (2.74%) Windows 10
4 7 (1.48%) Android
5 6 (1.27%) Mac OS
6 5 (1.05%) Linux
7 3 (0.63%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (0.63%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.63%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.21%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 128 (27.00%) Problem-Solving
2 98 (20.68%) Agile
3 87 (18.35%) Stakeholder Management
4 86 (18.14%) Decision-Making
5 81 (17.09%) Mentoring
6 69 (14.56%) Coaching
7 60 (12.66%) ITIL
8 58 (12.24%) Cybersecurity
9 54 (11.39%) Software Engineering
10 48 (10.13%) Analytics
11 47 (9.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 46 (9.70%) DevOps
12 46 (9.70%) Disaster Recovery
13 44 (9.28%) User Experience
14 42 (8.86%) CI/CD
14 42 (8.86%) Incident Response
15 40 (8.44%) Roadmaps
16 39 (8.23%) Service Delivery
17 38 (8.02%) Product Vision
18 37 (7.81%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 50 (10.55%) SQL
2 38 (8.02%) JavaScript
3 34 (7.17%) Python
4 29 (6.12%) PowerShell
5 28 (5.91%) C#
6 16 (3.38%) Bash
7 13 (2.74%) Java
7 13 (2.74%) TypeScript
8 5 (1.05%) T-SQL
9 4 (0.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 4 (0.84%) Groovy
10 3 (0.63%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.42%) Bicep
11 2 (0.42%) PHP
11 2 (0.42%) VBA
12 1 (0.21%) R
12 1 (0.21%) Scala
12 1 (0.21%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 51 (10.76%) Degree
2 16 (3.38%) Security Cleared
3 11 (2.32%) DBS Check
3 11 (2.32%) SC Cleared
4 10 (2.11%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 9 (1.90%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (1.27%) CISSP
6 6 (1.27%) IRCA
6 6 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (1.27%) PMI Certification
7 5 (1.05%) Azure Certification
8 4 (0.84%) AWS Certification
8 4 (0.84%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 3 (0.63%) A+ Certification
9 3 (0.63%) CISM
9 3 (0.63%) CompTIA Security+
9 3 (0.63%) GIAC
9 3 (0.63%) SANS
10 2 (0.42%) CISMP
10 2 (0.42%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (11.39%) GDPR
2 41 (8.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 39 (8.23%) Data Quality
4 36 (7.59%) Cyber Essentials
5 33 (6.96%) QA
6 29 (6.12%) NIST
7 15 (3.16%) Accessibility
8 8 (1.69%) GMP
8 8 (1.69%) SLA
9 6 (1.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 6 (1.27%) ISO 9001
10 5 (1.05%) NCSC
10 5 (1.05%) P3O
10 5 (1.05%) PCI DSS
10 5 (1.05%) PMO
11 3 (0.63%) GRC
11 3 (0.63%) WCAG
12 2 (0.42%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.42%) SOC 2
13 1 (0.21%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 40 (8.44%) Active Directory
2 19 (4.01%) Docker
3 10 (2.11%) Hyper-V
4 7 (1.48%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.63%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (0.63%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.21%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 23 (4.85%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (4.64%) Terraform
3 7 (1.48%) Kubernetes
4 5 (1.05%) HP Fortify
5 3 (0.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 3 (0.63%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (0.42%) Ansible
6 2 (0.42%) Kibana
6 2 (0.42%) SCCM
7 1 (0.21%) Grafana
7 1 (0.21%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 128 (27.00%) Microsoft
2 21 (4.43%) Oracle
3 15 (3.16%) VMware
4 13 (2.74%) ServiceNow
5 9 (1.90%) Salesforce
5 9 (1.90%) SAP
5 9 (1.90%) Workday
6 8 (1.69%) Citrix
7 7 (1.48%) Apple
7 7 (1.48%) Atlassian
7 7 (1.48%) Freshdesk
7 7 (1.48%) Google
8 6 (1.27%) Databricks
8 6 (1.27%) IFS
9 4 (0.84%) Adobe
9 4 (0.84%) Hotjar
10 3 (0.63%) IBM
11 2 (0.42%) AppDynamics
11 2 (0.42%) Planon
11 2 (0.42%) Veeam