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 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 37 79 43
Rank change year-on-year +42 -36 +32
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 524 329 666
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 5.10% 4.34% 6.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.27% 4.55% 7.27%
Number of salaries quoted 373 219 310
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,250 £40,033
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £52,500 £50,480
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £68,750 £68,750 £66,125
90th Percentile £83,000 £77,715 £83,075
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 8,352 7,224 9,166
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 81.31% 95.30% 95.49%
Number of salaries quoted 6,302 3,841 5,330
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,125 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £38,947
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 £81,250 £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 28 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 28 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 +49 277 £60,000 +0.80% 118
Cheshire +1 93 £43,500 +33.85% 50
Merseyside +48 77 £50,000 +25.00% 24
Lancashire -8 48 £42,500 -15.00% 33
Cumbria +3 27 £70,000 +125.81% 16
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 16 (3.05%) Microsoft Exchange
1 16 (3.05%) SharePoint
2 5 (0.95%) SAS
3 4 (0.76%) IIS
4 3 (0.57%) CMS
4 3 (0.57%) Confluence
5 2 (0.38%) BizTalk Server
6 1 (0.19%) Jetty
6 1 (0.19%) WordPress
Applications
1 45 (8.59%) Microsoft Office
2 37 (7.06%) Microsoft Excel
3 25 (4.77%) 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 (2.48%) Infor SunSystems
1 13 (2.48%) iTrent
2 9 (1.72%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (1.53%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.95%) Sage 200
4 5 (0.95%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.76%) SAP APO
5 4 (0.76%) SAP MM
5 4 (0.76%) SAP PP
5 4 (0.76%) SAP SD
5 4 (0.76%) SAP WM
6 2 (0.38%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.38%) Primavera
6 2 (0.38%) SAP PLM
6 2 (0.38%) SAP PM
7 1 (0.19%) SAP BPC
7 1 (0.19%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.19%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.19%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (0.19%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 98 (18.70%) Azure
2 48 (9.16%) AWS
3 34 (6.49%) Power Platform
4 32 (6.11%) Microsoft 365
5 26 (4.96%) GitHub
5 26 (4.96%) SaaS
6 13 (2.48%) Azure DevOps
7 12 (2.29%) Dynamics 365
8 10 (1.91%) Azure Data Factory
8 10 (1.91%) Google Play
9 9 (1.72%) GCP
10 7 (1.34%) OCI
10 7 (1.34%) Serverless
11 5 (0.95%) Stripe
12 4 (0.76%) Azure Functions
12 4 (0.76%) Azure Logic Apps
12 4 (0.76%) Azure Service Bus
12 4 (0.76%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 4 (0.76%) GitHub Actions
12 4 (0.76%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 17 (3.24%) DNS
2 15 (2.86%) DHCP
2 15 (2.86%) Firewall
3 11 (2.10%) VoIP
4 8 (1.53%) Wi-Fi
5 7 (1.34%) PPP
6 6 (1.15%) Broadband
7 4 (0.76%) Ethernet
7 4 (0.76%) LAN
7 4 (0.76%) RS-232
7 4 (0.76%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.38%) BGP
8 2 (0.38%) HTTP
8 2 (0.38%) MPLS
8 2 (0.38%) OSPF
8 2 (0.38%) RIP
8 2 (0.38%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.38%) SMS
8 2 (0.38%) Spanning Tree
8 2 (0.38%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (5.34%) SQL Server
2 24 (4.58%) Power BI
3 21 (4.01%) MySQL
4 19 (3.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 18 (3.44%) PostgreSQL
6 15 (2.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 15 (2.86%) Tableau
7 13 (2.48%) 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 (0.95%) MaxDB
11 5 (0.95%) SAP HANA
12 3 (0.57%) Amazon RDS
12 3 (0.57%) Metadata
12 3 (0.57%) NoSQL
12 3 (0.57%) Oracle Reports
13 2 (0.38%) Looker
13 2 (0.38%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 40 (7.63%) Git
2 17 (3.24%) Bitbucket
2 17 (3.24%) Jenkins
3 14 (2.67%) PHPUnit
4 11 (2.10%) Visual Studio
5 10 (1.91%) Appium
6 9 (1.72%) JIRA
7 8 (1.53%) Cypress.io
8 5 (0.95%) Android Studio
8 5 (0.95%) Postman
8 5 (0.95%) Selenium
9 4 (0.76%) GitLab
9 4 (0.76%) Subversion
9 4 (0.76%) TeamCity
10 3 (0.57%) Spinnaker
11 2 (0.38%) Jasmine
11 2 (0.38%) SonarQube
11 2 (0.38%) Terragrunt
12 1 (0.19%) Moq
12 1 (0.19%) NUnit
General
1 195 (37.21%) Social Skills
2 119 (22.71%) Finance
3 99 (18.89%) Analytical Skills
4 75 (14.31%) Legal
5 47 (8.97%) Retail
6 33 (6.30%) Public Sector
7 24 (4.58%) Law
8 18 (3.44%) Banking
8 18 (3.44%) Manufacturing
9 17 (3.24%) Organisational Skills
10 14 (2.67%) Marketing
11 12 (2.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 12 (2.29%) Telecoms
12 9 (1.72%) Presentation Skills
13 6 (1.15%) Advertising
13 6 (1.15%) Automotive
14 5 (0.95%) Games
15 4 (0.76%) Documentation Skills
15 4 (0.76%) Influencing Skills
15 4 (0.76%) Military
Job Titles
1 73 (13.93%) Analyst
2 72 (13.74%) Developer
3 59 (11.26%) Senior
4 37 (7.06%) Lead
5 29 (5.53%) Senior Developer
6 27 (5.15%) Project Manager
7 23 (4.39%) Head of IT
8 21 (4.01%) IT Manager
9 18 (3.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 16 (3.05%) Financial Analyst
11 15 (2.86%) Cloud Engineer
11 15 (2.86%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
11 15 (2.86%) Security Manager
11 15 (2.86%) Support Analyst
12 14 (2.67%) Service Manager
12 14 (2.67%) Software Developer
12 14 (2.67%) Systems Manager
13 13 (2.48%) Architect
13 13 (2.48%) Head of Design
13 13 (2.48%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (5.53%) .NET
2 27 (5.15%) CSS
2 27 (5.15%) React
3 24 (4.58%) RESTful
4 22 (4.20%) AngularJS
5 18 (3.44%) Twitter Bootstrap
6 17 (3.24%) HTML
6 17 (3.24%) Laravel
7 15 (2.86%) REST
7 15 (2.86%) Sass
8 14 (2.67%) Tailwind CSS
8 14 (2.67%) Vue
8 14 (2.67%) Web Services
9 10 (1.91%) Android SDK
9 10 (1.91%) JSON
10 7 (1.34%) RabbitMQ
11 6 (1.15%) .NET Framework
12 5 (0.95%) BREW
12 5 (0.95%) Node.js
12 5 (0.95%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 27 (5.15%) Management Information System
2 21 (4.01%) Self-Motivation
3 18 (3.44%) Cloud Native
4 13 (2.48%) Enterprise Software
5 12 (2.29%) 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 (0.95%) iPad
11 5 (0.95%) Operational Technology
12 4 (0.76%) Mobile App
12 4 (0.76%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 46 (8.78%) Windows
2 27 (5.15%) Windows Server
3 18 (3.44%) Android
4 17 (3.24%) Linux
5 7 (1.34%) Windows 10
6 6 (1.15%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 139 (26.53%) Problem-Solving
2 111 (21.18%) Agile
3 82 (15.65%) ITIL
4 78 (14.89%) Mentoring
5 71 (13.55%) Decision-Making
6 65 (12.40%) Project Management
7 64 (12.21%) Customer Service
8 56 (10.69%) Stakeholder Management
9 51 (9.73%) DevOps
10 49 (9.35%) Coaching
11 47 (8.97%) Business Intelligence
12 46 (8.78%) Service Delivery
13 43 (8.21%) Risk Management
14 42 (8.02%) Analytics
14 42 (8.02%) ERP
15 40 (7.63%) CI/CD
16 39 (7.44%) Cybersecurity
16 39 (7.44%) SDLC
17 37 (7.06%) Project Delivery
18 36 (6.87%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 59 (11.26%) SQL
2 33 (6.30%) Python
3 32 (6.11%) C#
4 31 (5.92%) JavaScript
5 28 (5.34%) Java
6 23 (4.39%) T-SQL
7 14 (2.67%) PowerShell
8 13 (2.48%) Kotlin
9 12 (2.29%) TypeScript
10 5 (0.95%) ABAP
11 4 (0.76%) VB.NET
12 3 (0.57%) PHP
12 3 (0.57%) VB
13 2 (0.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.38%) Swift
13 2 (0.38%) VBA
14 1 (0.19%) Ada
Qualifications
1 95 (18.13%) Degree
2 22 (4.20%) Computer Science Degree
3 15 (2.86%) Master's Degree
4 12 (2.29%) CISSP
4 12 (2.29%) Security Cleared
5 11 (2.10%) Cisco Certification
6 10 (1.91%) HND
6 10 (1.91%) PMI Certification
7 8 (1.53%) HNC
7 8 (1.53%) SC Cleared
8 7 (1.34%) CISM
8 7 (1.34%) PMP
9 5 (0.95%) Azure Certification
9 5 (0.95%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 4 (0.76%) CCIE
10 4 (0.76%) CCNP
10 4 (0.76%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 4 (0.76%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 4 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (0.76%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (11.26%) QA
2 31 (5.92%) SLA
3 27 (5.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 20 (3.82%) GDPR
4 20 (3.82%) PMO
5 17 (3.24%) Cyber Essentials
6 15 (2.86%) NIST
7 9 (1.72%) ISO 9001
8 8 (1.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 8 (1.53%) NEBOSH
9 7 (1.34%) COSHH
9 7 (1.34%) Data Quality
9 7 (1.34%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 4 (0.76%) Accessibility
10 4 (0.76%) ISO 14001
10 4 (0.76%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.76%) SOC 2
11 2 (0.38%) Disclosure Scotland
12 1 (0.19%) Good Clinical Practice
12 1 (0.19%) GRC
System Software
1 31 (5.92%) Active Directory
2 13 (2.48%) Docker
3 11 (2.10%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.19%) Snort
Systems Management
1 16 (3.05%) Terraform
2 9 (1.72%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (1.34%) Kubernetes
4 5 (0.95%) Ansible
5 3 (0.57%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (0.57%) Progress Chef
5 3 (0.57%) SCCM
6 1 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.19%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 136 (25.95%) Microsoft
2 51 (9.73%) SAP
3 23 (4.39%) Google
4 19 (3.63%) Citrix
5 13 (2.48%) Infor
6 12 (2.29%) Oracle
7 11 (2.10%) Cisco
8 10 (1.91%) Commvault
8 10 (1.91%) ServiceNow
9 9 (1.72%) VMware
10 8 (1.53%) Veeam
11 5 (0.95%) PayPal
11 5 (0.95%) Sage
11 5 (0.95%) Sybase
11 5 (0.95%) WorldPay
12 4 (0.76%) Databricks
12 4 (0.76%) Dell
12 4 (0.76%) Facebook
12 4 (0.76%) MuleSoft
13 3 (0.57%) RedPrairie