Continuous Improvement Jobs in the North West

Continual Improvement
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for Continuous Improvement skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Continuous Improvement over the 6 months to 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 34 80 42
Rank change year-on-year +46 -38 +39
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 523 328 675
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 5.30% 4.20% 7.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.41% 4.40% 7.48%
Number of salaries quoted 372 220 324
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,500 £32,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,250 £40,672
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,325 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.24% - -2.78%
75th Percentile £68,750 £69,063 £66,750
90th Percentile £84,964 £80,000 £83,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Continuous Improvement is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,164 7,462 9,022
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 82.78% 95.61% 95.43%
Number of salaries quoted 6,201 3,898 5,313
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,040 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £81,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Continuous Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Continuous Improvement as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Continuous Improvement in the North West

Continuous Improvement
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Continuous Improvement in the North West.

Salary trend for Continuous Improvement in the North West

Continuous Improvement
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Continuous Improvement in the North West over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Continuous Improvement in the North West

Continuous Improvement
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Continuous Improvement within the North West region over the 6 months to 14 May 2024. 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
Manchester +53 271 £60,000 - 119
Cheshire +4 95 £43,500 +20.96% 52
Merseyside +51 78 £50,000 +26.58% 27
Lancashire -5 48 £42,981 -12.80% 42
Cumbria +11 29 £70,000 +125.81% 15
Continuous Improvement
England

Continuous Improvement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 18 (3.44%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (3.06%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.96%) Confluence
3 5 (0.96%) SAS
4 4 (0.76%) IIS
5 3 (0.57%) CMS
6 2 (0.38%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.19%) Jetty
7 1 (0.19%) WordPress
Applications
1 46 (8.80%) Microsoft Office
2 35 (6.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 25 (4.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.15%) AutoCAD
4 6 (1.15%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (1.15%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.19%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.19%) Revit
Business Applications
1 13 (2.49%) Infor SunSystems
1 13 (2.49%) iTrent
2 8 (1.53%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.53%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.96%) Sage 200
3 5 (0.96%) SAP ERP
4 4 (0.76%) SAP APO
4 4 (0.76%) SAP MM
4 4 (0.76%) SAP PP
4 4 (0.76%) SAP SD
4 4 (0.76%) SAP WM
5 2 (0.38%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.38%) Primavera
5 2 (0.38%) SAP PLM
5 2 (0.38%) SAP PM
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.19%) SAP BPC
6 1 (0.19%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.19%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.19%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 101 (19.31%) Azure
2 48 (9.18%) AWS
3 33 (6.31%) Power Platform
4 32 (6.12%) Microsoft 365
5 28 (5.35%) GitHub
6 27 (5.16%) SaaS
7 14 (2.68%) Azure DevOps
8 11 (2.10%) Dynamics 365
9 10 (1.91%) Azure Data Factory
9 10 (1.91%) Google Play
10 9 (1.72%) GCP
11 7 (1.34%) Serverless
12 5 (0.96%) Collibra
12 5 (0.96%) Microsoft Purview
12 5 (0.96%) OCI
12 5 (0.96%) Stripe
13 4 (0.76%) Azure API Management
13 4 (0.76%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 4 (0.76%) GitHub Actions
13 4 (0.76%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 19 (3.63%) DNS
2 17 (3.25%) DHCP
3 15 (2.87%) Firewall
4 11 (2.10%) VoIP
5 8 (1.53%) Wi-Fi
6 7 (1.34%) PPP
7 6 (1.15%) Broadband
8 4 (0.76%) Ethernet
8 4 (0.76%) LAN
8 4 (0.76%) RS-232
8 4 (0.76%) TCP/IP
9 2 (0.38%) BGP
9 2 (0.38%) HTTP
9 2 (0.38%) MPLS
9 2 (0.38%) Network Security
9 2 (0.38%) OSPF
9 2 (0.38%) RIP
9 2 (0.38%) SD-WAN
9 2 (0.38%) Spanning Tree
9 2 (0.38%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (5.35%) SQL Server
2 24 (4.59%) Power BI
3 21 (4.02%) MySQL
4 19 (3.63%) PostgreSQL
4 19 (3.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 15 (2.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 14 (2.68%) Tableau
7 13 (2.49%) BusinessObjects
8 11 (2.10%) Relational Database
9 10 (1.91%) Azure SQL Database
9 10 (1.91%) RDBMS
10 8 (1.53%) Data Warehouse
11 5 (0.96%) MaxDB
11 5 (0.96%) Metadata
11 5 (0.96%) SAP HANA
12 3 (0.57%) Oracle Reports
13 2 (0.38%) Data Lake
13 2 (0.38%) Looker
13 2 (0.38%) NoSQL
13 2 (0.38%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 40 (7.65%) Git
2 17 (3.25%) Bitbucket
3 16 (3.06%) Jenkins
4 14 (2.68%) PHPUnit
5 11 (2.10%) Visual Studio
6 10 (1.91%) Appium
6 10 (1.91%) JIRA
7 8 (1.53%) Cypress.io
8 5 (0.96%) Android Studio
8 5 (0.96%) Postman
8 5 (0.96%) Selenium
8 5 (0.96%) Spinnaker
9 4 (0.76%) GitLab
9 4 (0.76%) Subversion
9 4 (0.76%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.38%) Jasmine
11 1 (0.19%) Moq
11 1 (0.19%) NUnit
11 1 (0.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 1 (0.19%) Storybook
General
1 197 (37.67%) Social Skills
2 114 (21.80%) Finance
3 99 (18.93%) Analytical Skills
4 72 (13.77%) Legal
5 45 (8.60%) Retail
6 33 (6.31%) Public Sector
7 24 (4.59%) Law
8 20 (3.82%) Banking
9 19 (3.63%) Manufacturing
10 17 (3.25%) Organisational Skills
11 14 (2.68%) Marketing
12 12 (2.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 12 (2.29%) Telecoms
13 9 (1.72%) Presentation Skills
14 6 (1.15%) Advertising
14 6 (1.15%) Automotive
15 4 (0.76%) Documentation Skills
15 4 (0.76%) Games
15 4 (0.76%) Influencing Skills
15 4 (0.76%) Military
Job Titles
1 74 (14.15%) Analyst
2 69 (13.19%) Developer
3 59 (11.28%) Senior
4 37 (7.07%) Lead
5 29 (5.54%) Project Manager
6 28 (5.35%) Senior Developer
7 23 (4.40%) Head of IT
8 21 (4.02%) IT Manager
9 20 (3.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 17 (3.25%) Cloud Engineer
10 17 (3.25%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
11 16 (3.06%) Financial Analyst
12 15 (2.87%) Security Manager
12 15 (2.87%) Service Manager
12 15 (2.87%) Support Analyst
13 14 (2.68%) Data Engineer
13 14 (2.68%) Software Developer
13 14 (2.68%) Systems Manager
14 13 (2.49%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
14 13 (2.49%) Head of Design
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (5.16%) React
2 26 (4.97%) .NET
2 26 (4.97%) CSS
3 24 (4.59%) RESTful
4 22 (4.21%) AngularJS
5 18 (3.44%) Twitter Bootstrap
6 17 (3.25%) Laravel
7 16 (3.06%) HTML
8 15 (2.87%) Sass
9 14 (2.68%) REST
9 14 (2.68%) Tailwind CSS
9 14 (2.68%) Vue
10 12 (2.29%) Web Services
11 10 (1.91%) Android SDK
11 10 (1.91%) JSON
12 6 (1.15%) RabbitMQ
13 5 (0.96%) ASP.NET Web API
13 5 (0.96%) Oracle Fusion
13 5 (0.96%) SAP Fiori
13 5 (0.96%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 27 (5.16%) Management Information System
2 21 (4.02%) Self-Motivation
3 19 (3.63%) Cloud Native
4 13 (2.49%) Enterprise Software
4 13 (2.49%) Onboarding
5 12 (2.29%) Product Ownership
5 12 (2.29%) Security Posture
6 11 (2.10%) Driving Licence
7 9 (1.72%) Data Centre
8 8 (1.53%) Greenfield Project
8 8 (1.53%) Legacy Systems
8 8 (1.53%) NHS
9 7 (1.34%) Cyber Threat
9 7 (1.34%) Cyberattack
9 7 (1.34%) Housing Association
10 6 (1.15%) Video Conferencing
11 5 (0.96%) iPad
12 4 (0.76%) CMDB
12 4 (0.76%) Mobile App
12 4 (0.76%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 47 (8.99%) Windows
2 28 (5.35%) Windows Server
3 18 (3.44%) Android
4 17 (3.25%) Linux
5 6 (1.15%) Apple iOS
5 6 (1.15%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 137 (26.20%) Problem-Solving
2 110 (21.03%) Agile
3 86 (16.44%) ITIL
4 75 (14.34%) Mentoring
5 72 (13.77%) Decision-Making
6 64 (12.24%) Customer Service
7 63 (12.05%) Project Management
8 59 (11.28%) Stakeholder Management
9 53 (10.13%) DevOps
10 48 (9.18%) Coaching
11 47 (8.99%) Business Intelligence
11 47 (8.99%) Service Delivery
12 43 (8.22%) Analytics
13 42 (8.03%) ERP
13 42 (8.03%) Risk Management
14 41 (7.84%) SDLC
15 40 (7.65%) Project Delivery
16 39 (7.46%) Cybersecurity
17 37 (7.07%) CI/CD
18 36 (6.88%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 58 (11.09%) SQL
2 31 (5.93%) C#
2 31 (5.93%) Python
3 28 (5.35%) Java
3 28 (5.35%) JavaScript
4 24 (4.59%) T-SQL
5 14 (2.68%) PowerShell
6 13 (2.49%) Kotlin
7 12 (2.29%) TypeScript
8 5 (0.96%) ABAP
9 4 (0.76%) VB
9 4 (0.76%) VB.NET
10 3 (0.57%) PHP
11 2 (0.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.38%) Swift
11 2 (0.38%) VBA
12 1 (0.19%) Ada
Qualifications
1 96 (18.36%) Degree
2 23 (4.40%) Computer Science Degree
3 15 (2.87%) Master's Degree
4 12 (2.29%) CISSP
5 11 (2.10%) Cisco Certification
6 10 (1.91%) HND
6 10 (1.91%) PMI Certification
6 10 (1.91%) Security Cleared
7 8 (1.53%) HNC
8 7 (1.34%) CISM
8 7 (1.34%) PMP
9 6 (1.15%) SC Cleared
10 5 (0.96%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 4 (0.76%) CCIE
11 4 (0.76%) Chartered Engineer
11 4 (0.76%) ISSMP
11 4 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (0.76%) Network+ Certification
11 4 (0.76%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 4 (0.76%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (10.90%) QA
2 32 (6.12%) SLA
3 27 (5.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 21 (4.02%) PMO
5 20 (3.82%) GDPR
6 17 (3.25%) Cyber Essentials
7 15 (2.87%) NIST
8 9 (1.72%) ISO 9001
9 8 (1.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 8 (1.53%) Data Quality
9 8 (1.53%) NEBOSH
10 7 (1.34%) COSHH
10 7 (1.34%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 4 (0.76%) Accessibility
11 4 (0.76%) ISO 14001
11 4 (0.76%) PCI DSS
11 4 (0.76%) SOC 2
12 2 (0.38%) Disclosure Scotland
13 1 (0.19%) CDISC
13 1 (0.19%) GRC
System Software
1 33 (6.31%) Active Directory
2 13 (2.49%) Hyper-V
3 10 (1.91%) Docker
4 2 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.19%) Snort
5 1 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 14 (2.68%) Terraform
2 9 (1.72%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (0.96%) Kubernetes
4 3 (0.57%) Ansible
4 3 (0.57%) Jamf Pro
4 3 (0.57%) Progress Chef
4 3 (0.57%) SCCM
5 1 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.19%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
5 1 (0.19%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 137 (26.20%) Microsoft
2 51 (9.75%) SAP
3 25 (4.78%) Google
4 21 (4.02%) Citrix
5 13 (2.49%) Infor
6 12 (2.29%) Oracle
7 11 (2.10%) Cisco
8 10 (1.91%) Commvault
8 10 (1.91%) VMware
9 8 (1.53%) ServiceNow
9 8 (1.53%) Veeam
10 5 (0.96%) PayPal
10 5 (0.96%) Sage
10 5 (0.96%) Sybase
10 5 (0.96%) WorldPay
11 4 (0.76%) Databricks
11 4 (0.76%) Dell
11 4 (0.76%) Facebook
11 4 (0.76%) MuleSoft
12 3 (0.57%) RedPrairie