Continuous Improvement Jobs in the West Midlands

Continual Improvement
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 14 30 47
Rank change year-on-year +16 +17 -6
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 729 460 431
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 9.33% 7.57% 5.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.46% 7.82% 5.96%
Number of salaries quoted 368 226 261
10th Percentile £29,100 £33,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £36,750 £41,250 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £52,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.90% -2.78% +3.85%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,239 £74,921 £78,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,359 5,879 7,232
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 81.37% 96.79% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 4,664 3,160 4,800
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,592 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,700 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £78,750
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 West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Continuous Improvement in the West Midlands

Continuous Improvement
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Continuous Improvement in the West Midlands

Continuous Improvement
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Continuous Improvement in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Continuous Improvement in the West Midlands

Continuous Improvement
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Continuous Improvement within the West Midlands 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
Birmingham +15 188 £56,282 +12.56% 56
Warwickshire +16 141 £50,000 -7.83% 28
Staffordshire +25 107 £32,500 -18.75% 40
Coventry +39 42 £39,500 -24.76% 15
Shropshire +30 40 £75,000 - 9
Solihull +16 30 £47,500 -11.63% 6
Wolverhampton +27 29 £53,500 +72.58% 19
Worcestershire -11 15 £37,500 -18.30% 16
Sutton Coldfield - 13 - - 2
Walsall +18 11 £37,500 -28.57% 6
Dudley - 8 £31,000 - 5
Wednesbury - 6 £35,000 -
Smethwick - 5 £42,500 - 2
Halesowen - 5 £52,500 -
Brierley Hill - 4 - -
Bilston - 4 - -
Rowley Regis - 4 - -
West Bromwich - 4 - - 3
Willenhall - 4 - - 2
Tipton - 4 - -
Herefordshire +1 1 £50,000 +21.21% 2
Continuous Improvement
England

Continuous Improvement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 29 (3.98%) SharePoint
2 17 (2.33%) Skype for Business
3 9 (1.23%) Confluence
4 6 (0.82%) Appian
4 6 (0.82%) IIS
5 5 (0.69%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (0.69%) nginx
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 309 (42.39%) Microsoft Office
2 170 (23.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.96%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.55%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (0.55%) Trello
5 3 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.41%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.27%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 10 (1.37%) Dynamics CRM
1 10 (1.37%) Dynamics NAV
2 4 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.55%) Shopify
3 2 (0.27%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.27%) SAP Business ByDesign
3 2 (0.27%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.14%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 82 (11.25%) Azure
2 45 (6.17%) Power Platform
3 35 (4.80%) Microsoft 365
4 31 (4.25%) AWS
4 31 (4.25%) Azure DevOps
5 27 (3.70%) Dynamics 365
6 19 (2.61%) SaaS
7 9 (1.23%) Azure Data Factory
8 8 (1.10%) SuccessFactors
9 7 (0.96%) GCP
9 7 (0.96%) Power Automate
9 7 (0.96%) PowerApps
10 5 (0.69%) Azure Sentinel
10 5 (0.69%) Entra ID
10 5 (0.69%) npm
10 5 (0.69%) Serverless
11 4 (0.55%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 4 (0.55%) AWS Lambda
11 4 (0.55%) OneDrive
11 4 (0.55%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 29 (3.98%) WAN
2 24 (3.29%) Wi-Fi
3 21 (2.88%) LAN
4 17 (2.33%) Skype
5 15 (2.06%) Firewall
5 15 (2.06%) VoIP
6 14 (1.92%) VLAN
7 13 (1.78%) DNS
8 9 (1.23%) DHCP
8 9 (1.23%) Network Security
8 9 (1.23%) SD-WAN
9 8 (1.10%) SAN
10 6 (0.82%) TCP/IP
11 5 (0.69%) BGP
11 5 (0.69%) MPLS
11 5 (0.69%) OSPF
11 5 (0.69%) Wireless
12 4 (0.55%) HTTP
12 4 (0.55%) iSCSI
12 4 (0.55%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (6.17%) Power BI
2 20 (2.74%) SQL Server
3 14 (1.92%) MySQL
4 11 (1.51%) Amazon RDS
5 9 (1.23%) Tableau
6 8 (1.10%) Data Lake
6 8 (1.10%) Data Mining
6 8 (1.10%) Data Warehouse
7 7 (0.96%) Power Query
8 5 (0.69%) NoSQL
9 4 (0.55%) Amazon Aurora
9 4 (0.55%) Elasticsearch
9 4 (0.55%) InfluxDB
9 4 (0.55%) Metadata
9 4 (0.55%) PostgreSQL
9 4 (0.55%) RDBMS
9 4 (0.55%) Relational Database
10 3 (0.41%) BusinessObjects
11 2 (0.27%) Oracle Reports
12 1 (0.14%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 25 (3.43%) JIRA
2 22 (3.02%) Git
3 7 (0.96%) Visual Studio
4 6 (0.82%) Octopus Deploy
4 6 (0.82%) TeamCity
5 5 (0.69%) webpack
6 4 (0.55%) Jasmine
7 3 (0.41%) Burp Suite
7 3 (0.41%) Metasploit
7 3 (0.41%) sqlmap
8 2 (0.27%) GitLab
9 1 (0.14%) LabVIEW
9 1 (0.14%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (0.14%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 319 (43.76%) Social Skills
2 197 (27.02%) Analytical Skills
3 150 (20.58%) Finance
4 141 (19.34%) Military
5 139 (19.07%) Organisational Skills
6 133 (18.24%) Influencing Skills
7 51 (7.00%) Retail
8 40 (5.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 36 (4.94%) Law
10 33 (4.53%) Manufacturing
11 24 (3.29%) Legal
12 17 (2.33%) Marketing
13 14 (1.92%) Environmental Health
14 13 (1.78%) Telecoms
15 12 (1.65%) Automotive
16 10 (1.37%) Public Sector
17 8 (1.10%) Electronics
17 8 (1.10%) Police
17 8 (1.10%) Presentation Skills
18 4 (0.55%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 203 (27.85%) Analyst
2 142 (19.48%) Graduate
3 120 (16.46%) Product Analyst
4 116 (15.91%) Sales Analyst
5 52 (7.13%) Lead
6 40 (5.49%) Developer
7 32 (4.39%) IT Support
7 32 (4.39%) Senior
8 26 (3.57%) IT Engineer
9 25 (3.43%) IT Manager
10 21 (2.88%) Business Analyst
10 21 (2.88%) Help Desk Analyst
11 19 (2.61%) Support Engineer
12 18 (2.47%) Project Manager
13 15 (2.06%) Consultant
13 15 (2.06%) IT Support Specialist
13 15 (2.06%) Support Specialist
14 14 (1.92%) Operations Engineer
15 13 (1.78%) IT Director
15 13 (1.78%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (3.43%) .NET
2 18 (2.47%) React
3 15 (2.06%) HTML
4 14 (1.92%) CSS
5 12 (1.65%) Node.js
6 11 (1.51%) RESTful
7 9 (1.23%) .NET Core
7 9 (1.23%) ASP.NET
7 9 (1.23%) jQuery
8 8 (1.10%) EDI
9 6 (0.82%) Jest
10 5 (0.69%) .NET Framework
10 5 (0.69%) AngularJS
10 5 (0.69%) HTML5
10 5 (0.69%) LAMP
10 5 (0.69%) Laravel
10 5 (0.69%) LEMP Stack
10 5 (0.69%) Sass
10 5 (0.69%) Vue
10 5 (0.69%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 147 (20.16%) Onboarding
2 56 (7.68%) Management Information System
3 39 (5.35%) Self-Motivation
4 17 (2.33%) Video Conferencing
5 15 (2.06%) NHS
6 11 (1.51%) Fat Client
6 11 (1.51%) Product Ownership
6 11 (1.51%) Thin Client
7 10 (1.37%) Mobile App
7 10 (1.37%) SCADA
8 9 (1.23%) Cloud Native
9 8 (1.10%) Algorithms
9 8 (1.10%) Data Centre
9 8 (1.10%) Data Protection Act
10 7 (0.96%) Low-Code
11 6 (0.82%) Driving Licence
11 6 (0.82%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 5 (0.69%) IoT
13 4 (0.55%) Photography
13 4 (0.55%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 54 (7.41%) Windows
2 35 (4.80%) Windows 10
3 20 (2.74%) Android
4 19 (2.61%) Apple iOS
4 19 (2.61%) Windows Server
5 11 (1.51%) Windows 7
5 11 (1.51%) Windows 8
5 11 (1.51%) Windows Server 2012
6 8 (1.10%) Linux
6 8 (1.10%) VMS
7 1 (0.14%) CentOS
7 1 (0.14%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.14%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.14%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 325 (44.58%) Customer Service
2 233 (31.96%) Problem-Solving
3 168 (23.05%) Data Analysis
4 164 (22.50%) Process Improvement
5 160 (21.95%) Logistics
6 154 (21.12%) Customer Experience
7 148 (20.30%) Agile
8 147 (20.16%) Creative Thinking
9 142 (19.48%) Performance Metrics
10 141 (19.34%) Contingency Planning
11 128 (17.56%) Customer Requirements
12 121 (16.60%) Mathematics
13 112 (15.36%) Project Management
14 68 (9.33%) Service Delivery
15 65 (8.92%) DevOps
16 61 (8.37%) Stakeholder Management
17 58 (7.96%) Decision-Making
18 56 (7.68%) Analytics
18 56 (7.68%) Project Delivery
19 53 (7.27%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 39 (5.35%) SQL
2 31 (4.25%) JavaScript
3 22 (3.02%) Python
4 19 (2.61%) C#
5 14 (1.92%) PowerShell
6 8 (1.10%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 8 (1.10%) TypeScript
7 7 (0.96%) T-SQL
7 7 (0.96%) VB
8 5 (0.69%) Java
8 5 (0.69%) PHP
9 4 (0.55%) C++
9 4 (0.55%) R
10 3 (0.41%) Dart
11 2 (0.27%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.27%) MATLAB
11 2 (0.27%) Swift
12 1 (0.14%) ABAP
12 1 (0.14%) C
12 1 (0.14%) SAPscript
Qualifications
1 356 (48.83%) Degree
2 16 (2.19%) Security Cleared
3 12 (1.65%) Computer Science Degree
3 12 (1.65%) PMI Certification
4 11 (1.51%) Azure Certification
5 10 (1.37%) CISSP
6 9 (1.23%) PMP
6 9 (1.23%) SC Cleared
7 7 (0.96%) APMG
7 7 (0.96%) CISA
7 7 (0.96%) CRISC
7 7 (0.96%) DBS Check
8 6 (0.82%) CISM
8 6 (0.82%) GIAC
9 5 (0.69%) Master's Degree
10 4 (0.55%) ACCA
10 4 (0.55%) CIMA
10 4 (0.55%) MBA
10 4 (0.55%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 4 (0.55%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (6.45%) QA
2 25 (3.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 24 (3.29%) GDPR
4 18 (2.47%) SLA
5 9 (1.23%) Accessibility
6 8 (1.10%) Data Quality
6 8 (1.10%) PMO
7 5 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 5 (0.69%) NIST
8 4 (0.55%) GRC
8 4 (0.55%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 4 (0.55%) ISO 9001
9 3 (0.41%) ISO 14001
9 3 (0.41%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 12207
10 2 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 15288
11 1 (0.14%) COSHH
11 1 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 1 (0.14%) NIST 800
System Software
1 35 (4.80%) Active Directory
2 11 (1.51%) Docker
2 11 (1.51%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (1.10%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.55%) pfSense
5 2 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.14%) Firmware
6 1 (0.14%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 12 (1.65%) Kubernetes
1 12 (1.65%) SCCM
2 7 (0.96%) Terraform
3 5 (0.69%) Functional Safety
3 5 (0.69%) Grafana
4 4 (0.55%) Data Guard
5 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.14%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.14%) VxRail
Vendors
1 135 (18.52%) Microsoft
2 20 (2.74%) Cisco
3 15 (2.06%) SAP
4 12 (1.65%) VMware
5 11 (1.51%) Dell
5 11 (1.51%) Google
5 11 (1.51%) ServiceNow
6 9 (1.23%) Oracle
7 8 (1.10%) Databricks
8 7 (0.96%) SolarWinds
9 6 (0.82%) Zscaler
10 5 (0.69%) Aruba
10 5 (0.69%) Avaya
10 5 (0.69%) Citrix
10 5 (0.69%) DevExpress
10 5 (0.69%) Ericsson
10 5 (0.69%) Juniper
10 5 (0.69%) Nokia
10 5 (0.69%) Salesforce
11 4 (0.55%) HP