Continuous Improvement Jobs with Work from Home Options

Continual Improvement
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 55 61 69
Rank change year-on-year +6 +8 +41
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 1,624 2,028 3,663
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 4.78% 5.06% 5.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.26% 5.26% 5.26%
Number of salaries quoted 1,230 1,410 1,974
10th Percentile £33,750 £30,500 £36,500
25th Percentile £43,375 £41,748 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,250 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.26% -4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 30,879 38,524 69,675
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 90.94% 96.06% 97.07%
Number of salaries quoted 23,365 26,722 41,465
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%

Continuous Improvement
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Continuous Improvement as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Continuous Improvement trend for jobs with a WFH option

Continuous Improvement
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Continuous Improvement.

Continuous Improvement salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Continuous Improvement
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Continuous Improvement over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Continuous Improvement salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Continuous Improvement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 58 (3.57%) SharePoint
2 44 (2.71%) Microsoft Exchange
3 30 (1.85%) SAS
4 29 (1.79%) Confluence
5 14 (0.86%) CMS
5 14 (0.86%) IIS
6 13 (0.80%) nginx
7 8 (0.49%) WordPress
8 5 (0.31%) Appian
9 4 (0.25%) Apache
10 2 (0.12%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.12%) Apache Solr
10 2 (0.12%) Apache Spark
10 2 (0.12%) BizTalk Server
10 2 (0.12%) Drupal
11 1 (0.062%) Luigi
11 1 (0.062%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 118 (7.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 102 (6.28%) Microsoft Office
3 49 (3.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (0.92%) Microsoft Project
5 11 (0.68%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.25%) AutoCAD
7 4 (0.25%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.25%) Trello
8 1 (0.062%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.062%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.062%) Notion
8 1 (0.062%) Oracle Smart View
8 1 (0.062%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.062%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 19 (1.17%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (0.99%) NEC Housing
3 12 (0.74%) iTrent
4 10 (0.62%) Infor SunSystems
4 10 (0.62%) SAP S/4HANA
5 9 (0.55%) Remedy ITSM
6 8 (0.49%) Oracle ERP
6 8 (0.49%) Salesforce CRM
7 5 (0.31%) NetSuite
7 5 (0.31%) Oracle Financial Analyzer
7 5 (0.31%) Sage 200
8 4 (0.25%) Dynamics NAV
8 4 (0.25%) Shopify
8 4 (0.25%) Visualfiles
9 3 (0.18%) Oracle Receivables
9 3 (0.18%) SAP Business ByDesign
10 2 (0.12%) SAP CX
10 2 (0.12%) SAP ERP
10 2 (0.12%) SAP MII
10 2 (0.12%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 373 (22.97%) Azure
2 185 (11.39%) Power Platform
3 174 (10.71%) AWS
4 141 (8.68%) Microsoft 365
5 82 (5.05%) GCP
6 74 (4.56%) SaaS
7 73 (4.50%) Azure DevOps
8 56 (3.45%) Dynamics 365
9 51 (3.14%) Serverless
10 45 (2.77%) Entra ID
11 39 (2.40%) PowerApps
12 36 (2.22%) Power Automate
13 33 (2.03%) Matillion
14 32 (1.97%) Azure Data Factory
15 26 (1.60%) Amazon S3
15 26 (1.60%) Snowflake
16 25 (1.54%) GitHub
17 24 (1.48%) Azure Monitor
18 18 (1.11%) Cloud Computing
18 18 (1.11%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 45 (2.77%) DNS
2 35 (2.16%) Firewall
3 30 (1.85%) TCP/IP
4 26 (1.60%) LAN
5 25 (1.54%) Broadband
5 25 (1.54%) Wi-Fi
6 22 (1.35%) HTTP
6 22 (1.35%) WAN
7 15 (0.92%) Internet
8 12 (0.74%) Remote Desktop
9 11 (0.68%) DHCP
9 11 (0.68%) tcpdump
10 10 (0.62%) SAN
10 10 (0.62%) SNMP
11 9 (0.55%) Ethernet
11 9 (0.55%) RS-232
11 9 (0.55%) VPN
12 8 (0.49%) 5G
12 8 (0.49%) FTP
12 8 (0.49%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 149 (9.17%) Power BI
2 101 (6.22%) SQL Server
3 50 (3.08%) Tableau
4 45 (2.77%) Data Warehouse
5 41 (2.52%) Data Lake
6 37 (2.28%) MySQL
7 35 (2.16%) Relational Database
8 28 (1.72%) MongoDB
9 25 (1.54%) Metadata
10 21 (1.29%) NoSQL
11 15 (0.92%) Amazon RDS
11 15 (0.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 14 (0.86%) Elasticsearch
12 14 (0.86%) InfluxDB
13 12 (0.74%) PostgreSQL
13 12 (0.74%) RDBMS
14 11 (0.68%) Azure SQL Database
15 10 (0.62%) BusinessObjects
15 10 (0.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 8 (0.49%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 80 (4.93%) JIRA
2 73 (4.50%) Git
3 57 (3.51%) Jenkins
4 23 (1.42%) TeamCity
5 14 (0.86%) Visual Studio
6 13 (0.80%) Cypress.io
7 12 (0.74%) Selenium
8 11 (0.68%) Bitbucket
8 11 (0.68%) MLflow
9 10 (0.62%) Eclipse
10 9 (0.55%) GitLab
10 9 (0.55%) Postman
11 6 (0.37%) Mocha
11 6 (0.37%) Octopus Deploy
11 6 (0.37%) SoapUI
11 6 (0.37%) webpack
12 5 (0.31%) Android Studio
13 4 (0.25%) Jasmine
13 4 (0.25%) Sonatype Nexus
13 4 (0.25%) Spinnaker
General
1 693 (42.67%) Social Skills
2 463 (28.51%) Finance
3 298 (18.35%) Analytical Skills
4 154 (9.48%) Legal
5 115 (7.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 111 (6.83%) Public Sector
7 110 (6.77%) Retail
8 78 (4.80%) Banking
9 64 (3.94%) Marketing
10 58 (3.57%) Law
11 48 (2.96%) Presentation Skills
12 46 (2.83%) Organisational Skills
13 39 (2.40%) Manufacturing
14 32 (1.97%) Local Government
15 31 (1.91%) Electronics
15 31 (1.91%) Influencing Skills
16 26 (1.60%) Telecoms
17 24 (1.48%) Pharmaceutical
18 22 (1.35%) Fire and Rescue
19 19 (1.17%) Military
Job Titles
1 262 (16.13%) Senior
2 249 (15.33%) Developer
3 247 (15.21%) Lead
4 243 (14.96%) Analyst
5 76 (4.68%) Senior Developer
6 64 (3.94%) Architect
7 59 (3.63%) Project Manager
8 57 (3.51%) Software Developer
9 49 (3.02%) IT Manager
9 49 (3.02%) Senior Manager
10 45 (2.77%) Lead Developer
11 44 (2.71%) DevOps Engineer
12 42 (2.59%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 39 (2.40%) Delivery Manager
14 38 (2.34%) Consultant
15 36 (2.22%) Data Engineer
16 35 (2.16%) Azure Engineer
16 35 (2.16%) C# Developer
16 35 (2.16%) Software Engineer
17 32 (1.97%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 122 (7.51%) .NET
2 77 (4.74%) HTML
3 72 (4.43%) CSS
4 71 (4.37%) RESTful
5 68 (4.19%) React
6 49 (3.02%) AngularJS
7 44 (2.71%) Web Services
8 34 (2.09%) Node.js
8 34 (2.09%) XML
9 32 (1.97%) .NET Framework
10 30 (1.85%) JSON
11 26 (1.60%) Twitter Bootstrap
12 25 (1.54%) PySpark
13 22 (1.35%) ASP.NET
13 22 (1.35%) JWT
14 20 (1.23%) Entity Framework
14 20 (1.23%) Kafka
14 20 (1.23%) RabbitMQ
15 18 (1.11%) REST
15 18 (1.11%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 108 (6.65%) Management Information System
2 88 (5.42%) Product Ownership
3 66 (4.06%) Self-Motivation
4 50 (3.08%) Cloud Native
5 36 (2.22%) Mobile App
5 36 (2.22%) Onboarding
6 35 (2.16%) Clustering
7 34 (2.09%) CMDB
8 33 (2.03%) Enterprise Software
9 30 (1.85%) Social Media
10 29 (1.79%) Data Centre
11 26 (1.60%) Public Cloud
12 25 (1.54%) Virtual Team
13 22 (1.35%) Data Structures
13 22 (1.35%) Legacy Systems
14 20 (1.23%) Algorithms
14 20 (1.23%) Driving Licence
15 19 (1.17%) Greenfield Project
16 18 (1.11%) Private Cloud
17 17 (1.05%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 161 (9.91%) Windows
2 68 (4.19%) Linux
3 66 (4.06%) Windows Server
4 32 (1.97%) Android
5 31 (1.91%) Apple iOS
6 25 (1.54%) Windows 10
7 17 (1.05%) Windows Server 2012
8 14 (0.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 14 (0.86%) Unix
9 13 (0.80%) Windows 7
9 13 (0.80%) Windows 8
10 10 (0.62%) Oracle Linux
10 10 (0.62%) Solaris
11 8 (0.49%) VMS
12 2 (0.12%) CentOS
12 2 (0.12%) Ubuntu
12 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
13 1 (0.062%) Mac OS
13 1 (0.062%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 578 (35.59%) Agile
2 491 (30.23%) Problem-Solving
3 294 (18.10%) Mentoring
4 265 (16.32%) DevOps
4 265 (16.32%) Project Management
5 217 (13.36%) Coaching
6 213 (13.12%) Stakeholder Management
7 186 (11.45%) Project Delivery
8 181 (11.15%) Scrum
9 171 (10.53%) CI/CD
10 158 (9.73%) Customer Service
11 153 (9.42%) Business Intelligence
12 144 (8.87%) Analytics
13 143 (8.81%) Decision-Making
14 133 (8.19%) Change Management
14 133 (8.19%) Service Delivery
15 121 (7.45%) Collaborative Culture
15 121 (7.45%) ITIL
15 121 (7.45%) Software Engineering
16 115 (7.08%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 254 (15.64%) SQL
2 134 (8.25%) C#
3 132 (8.13%) Python
4 97 (5.97%) JavaScript
5 87 (5.36%) PowerShell
6 81 (4.99%) Java
7 60 (3.69%) T-SQL
8 51 (3.14%) TypeScript
9 34 (2.09%) Bash
10 27 (1.66%) PHP
11 25 (1.54%) Kotlin
12 18 (1.11%) VBA
13 14 (0.86%) RPG
14 13 (0.80%) C
15 12 (0.74%) Swift
16 11 (0.68%) C++
16 11 (0.68%) Perl
17 9 (0.55%) PL/SQL
17 9 (0.55%) R
18 8 (0.49%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 331 (20.38%) Degree
2 91 (5.60%) Security Cleared
3 57 (3.51%) Computer Science Degree
4 52 (3.20%) PMI Certification
5 48 (2.96%) SC Cleared
6 38 (2.34%) PMP
7 32 (1.97%) Master's Degree
8 30 (1.85%) DBS Check
9 21 (1.29%) Azure Certification
9 21 (1.29%) BPSS Clearance
10 20 (1.23%) AWS Certification
11 14 (0.86%) Cisco Certification
11 14 (0.86%) CISSP
11 14 (0.86%) ISTQB
12 12 (0.74%) APMG
13 11 (0.68%) Microsoft Certification
14 10 (0.62%) HND
15 9 (0.55%) ITIL Certification
16 8 (0.49%) CIMA
16 8 (0.49%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 195 (12.01%) QA
2 68 (4.19%) GDPR
3 51 (3.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 49 (3.02%) PMO
5 38 (2.34%) SLA
6 36 (2.22%) Accessibility
7 25 (1.54%) IFRS
8 23 (1.42%) ISO 9001
9 21 (1.29%) Cyber Essentials
10 19 (1.17%) Data Quality
11 15 (0.92%) NIST
12 13 (0.80%) ISO 14001
13 12 (0.74%) Good Clinical Practice
14 11 (0.68%) ISO 22301
15 9 (0.55%) PCI DSS
16 7 (0.43%) NEBOSH
17 6 (0.37%) IFRS 9
18 5 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
18 5 (0.31%) GRC
18 5 (0.31%) SOC 2
System Software
1 104 (6.40%) Docker
2 82 (5.05%) Active Directory
3 32 (1.97%) VMware ESXi
3 32 (1.97%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (1.29%) Virtual Machines
5 13 (0.80%) Virtual Desktop
6 10 (0.62%) vSphere
7 5 (0.31%) DFS Replication
7 5 (0.31%) Firmware
8 3 (0.18%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.12%) Ceph
10 1 (0.062%) Snort
10 1 (0.062%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 109 (6.71%) Kubernetes
2 75 (4.62%) Terraform
3 48 (2.96%) Ansible
4 38 (2.34%) Microsoft Intune
5 37 (2.28%) Grafana
6 31 (1.91%) vCenter Server
7 21 (1.29%) Puppet
8 18 (1.11%) Prometheus
8 18 (1.11%) Single Sign-On
9 16 (0.99%) Microsoft Clustering
10 15 (0.92%) Nagios
11 9 (0.55%) Graphite
11 9 (0.55%) HAProxy
12 8 (0.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 8 (0.49%) SCCM
13 6 (0.37%) FortiGate
14 5 (0.31%) NetBackup
14 5 (0.31%) Progress Chef
14 5 (0.31%) vRealize Orchestrator
15 4 (0.25%) Istio
Vendors
1 369 (22.72%) Microsoft
2 67 (4.13%) Oracle
2 67 (4.13%) ServiceNow
3 63 (3.88%) Google
4 58 (3.57%) SAP
5 50 (3.08%) Databricks
5 50 (3.08%) VMware
6 37 (2.28%) Salesforce
7 19 (1.17%) Commvault
7 19 (1.17%) Sun
8 16 (0.99%) NEC
9 14 (0.86%) Cisco
10 12 (0.74%) Remedy
11 11 (0.68%) Veeam
11 11 (0.68%) Xamarin
12 10 (0.62%) IBM
12 10 (0.62%) Infor
12 10 (0.62%) Serena
13 9 (0.55%) BT
14 8 (0.49%) Splunk