Continuous Improvement Jobs in the North of England

Continual Improvement
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 32 78 49
Rank change year-on-year +46 -29 +35
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 956 728 1,087
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 5.41% 4.32% 6.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.51% 4.47% 6.39%
Number of salaries quoted 698 494 552
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,250 £40,853
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £71,250 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £84,964 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

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 of England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,675 16,295 17,008
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 83.09% 96.80% 94.00%
Number of salaries quoted 11,264 7,864 10,600
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £29,250
25th Percentile £37,000 £40,000 £38,386
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £80,000
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 of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Continuous Improvement in the North of England

Continuous Improvement
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for Continuous Improvement in the North of England

Continuous Improvement
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Continuous Improvement in the North of England over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Continuous Improvement in the North of England

Continuous Improvement
Job Locations in the North of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 17 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
North West +41 518 £51,587 -3.92% 237
Yorkshire +38 329 £60,000 +14.29% 143
North East +25 109 £45,000 +18.42% 52
Continuous Improvement
England

Continuous Improvement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 28 (2.93%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (2.51%) SharePoint
3 15 (1.57%) Confluence
4 9 (0.94%) SAS
5 7 (0.73%) IIS
6 3 (0.31%) CMS
7 2 (0.21%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.10%) Jetty
8 1 (0.10%) WordPress
Applications
1 73 (7.64%) Microsoft Office
2 62 (6.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 26 (2.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 22 (2.30%) AutoCAD
5 8 (0.84%) MS Visio
6 6 (0.63%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.42%) Solid Edge
7 4 (0.42%) SOLIDWORKS
8 2 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.10%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.10%) Revit
Business Applications
1 13 (1.36%) Infor SunSystems
1 13 (1.36%) iTrent
2 9 (0.94%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
4 7 (0.73%) Magento
4 7 (0.73%) NEC Housing
5 5 (0.52%) Sage 200
5 5 (0.52%) SAP ERP
6 4 (0.42%) NetSuite
6 4 (0.42%) SAP APO
6 4 (0.42%) SAP MM
6 4 (0.42%) SAP PP
6 4 (0.42%) SAP SD
6 4 (0.42%) SAP WM
7 3 (0.31%) Oracle ERP
8 2 (0.21%) Primavera
8 2 (0.21%) SAP MII
8 2 (0.21%) SAP PLM
8 2 (0.21%) SAP PM
9 1 (0.10%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 176 (18.41%) Azure
2 92 (9.62%) AWS
3 72 (7.53%) Power Platform
4 69 (7.22%) Microsoft 365
5 36 (3.77%) SaaS
6 33 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
7 29 (3.03%) GitHub
8 20 (2.09%) GCP
9 15 (1.57%) Azure Data Factory
9 15 (1.57%) Dynamics 365
10 12 (1.26%) Azure App Service
10 12 (1.26%) Azure Service Bus
11 11 (1.15%) AWS CloudFormation
11 11 (1.15%) PowerApps
12 10 (1.05%) Google Play
13 9 (0.94%) Cloud Computing
13 9 (0.94%) Entra ID
14 8 (0.84%) Azure AKS
15 7 (0.73%) IaaS
15 7 (0.73%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 37 (3.87%) Firewall
2 25 (2.62%) DNS
3 23 (2.41%) VoIP
4 19 (1.99%) DHCP
5 15 (1.57%) Wi-Fi
6 14 (1.46%) Network Security
6 14 (1.46%) SAN
7 13 (1.36%) Broadband
8 11 (1.15%) LAN
8 11 (1.15%) WAN
9 8 (0.84%) NAS
9 8 (0.84%) VLAN
10 7 (0.73%) FTP
10 7 (0.73%) PPP
11 6 (0.63%) HTTP
11 6 (0.63%) TCP/IP
12 5 (0.52%) Internet
12 5 (0.52%) VPN
13 4 (0.42%) Ethernet
13 4 (0.42%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (6.28%) Power BI
2 51 (5.33%) SQL Server
3 32 (3.35%) Tableau
4 25 (2.62%) MySQL
5 20 (2.09%) PostgreSQL
6 19 (1.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 18 (1.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 15 (1.57%) Relational Database
9 13 (1.36%) Azure SQL Database
9 13 (1.36%) BusinessObjects
10 11 (1.15%) Data Warehouse
11 10 (1.05%) Crystal Reports
11 10 (1.05%) RDBMS
12 6 (0.63%) Data Lake
13 5 (0.52%) MaxDB
13 5 (0.52%) Metadata
13 5 (0.52%) SAP HANA
14 4 (0.42%) Oracle Reports
15 2 (0.21%) NoSQL
15 2 (0.21%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 68 (7.11%) Git
2 23 (2.41%) JIRA
3 17 (1.78%) Bitbucket
3 17 (1.78%) Jenkins
4 14 (1.46%) PHPUnit
5 11 (1.15%) Visual Studio
6 10 (1.05%) Appium
7 8 (0.84%) Cypress.io
7 8 (0.84%) GitLab
8 6 (0.63%) Selenium
9 5 (0.52%) Android Studio
9 5 (0.52%) Postman
9 5 (0.52%) Spinnaker
10 4 (0.42%) Subversion
10 4 (0.42%) TeamCity
11 2 (0.21%) Jasmine
12 1 (0.10%) HP UFT
12 1 (0.10%) Moq
12 1 (0.10%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 1 (0.10%) Storybook
General
1 399 (41.74%) Social Skills
2 224 (23.43%) Finance
3 206 (21.55%) Analytical Skills
4 92 (9.62%) Legal
5 73 (7.64%) Public Sector
6 59 (6.17%) Retail
7 54 (5.65%) Manufacturing
8 37 (3.87%) Banking
8 37 (3.87%) Organisational Skills
9 34 (3.56%) Marketing
10 33 (3.45%) Law
11 31 (3.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 16 (1.67%) Influencing Skills
12 16 (1.67%) Presentation Skills
13 15 (1.57%) Automotive
14 12 (1.26%) Telecoms
15 11 (1.15%) Advertising
16 9 (0.94%) Games
16 9 (0.94%) Local Government
17 8 (0.84%) Police
Job Titles
1 122 (12.76%) Analyst
2 113 (11.82%) Lead
3 111 (11.61%) Senior
4 108 (11.30%) Developer
5 63 (6.59%) IT Manager
6 43 (4.50%) Project Manager
7 40 (4.18%) Senior Developer
8 33 (3.45%) Cloud Engineer
9 31 (3.24%) Head of IT
10 30 (3.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 28 (2.93%) Coordinator
12 27 (2.82%) Support Engineer
13 26 (2.72%) Service Manager
13 26 (2.72%) Software Developer
13 26 (2.72%) Team Leader
14 25 (2.62%) Architect
15 24 (2.51%) Delivery Manager
15 24 (2.51%) Financial Analyst
16 20 (2.09%) Senior Manager
17 19 (1.99%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (5.75%) .NET
2 47 (4.92%) CSS
2 47 (4.92%) RESTful
3 44 (4.60%) React
4 40 (4.18%) HTML
5 38 (3.97%) AngularJS
6 27 (2.82%) .NET Framework
7 23 (2.41%) ASP.NET Web API
7 23 (2.41%) Entity Framework
8 21 (2.20%) Twitter Bootstrap
9 20 (2.09%) ASP.NET
9 20 (2.09%) XML
10 19 (1.99%) JSON
10 19 (1.99%) Laravel
11 18 (1.88%) REST
12 17 (1.78%) .NET Core
12 17 (1.78%) Vue
13 15 (1.57%) Sass
13 15 (1.57%) Web Services
14 14 (1.46%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 51 (5.33%) Management Information System
2 34 (3.56%) Onboarding
3 30 (3.14%) Self-Motivation
4 29 (3.03%) Cloud Native
5 27 (2.82%) Product Ownership
6 24 (2.51%) Data Centre
7 22 (2.30%) Driving Licence
7 22 (2.30%) Housing Association
8 20 (2.09%) NHS
9 14 (1.46%) Fat Client
9 14 (1.46%) Thin Client
10 13 (1.36%) Enterprise Software
11 12 (1.26%) Security Posture
12 11 (1.15%) Public Cloud
13 10 (1.05%) Legacy Systems
13 10 (1.05%) Podcast
14 9 (0.94%) Mobile App
14 9 (0.94%) Private Cloud
15 8 (0.84%) Cyber Threat
15 8 (0.84%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 75 (7.85%) Windows
2 48 (5.02%) Windows Server
3 34 (3.56%) Linux
4 20 (2.09%) Android
5 10 (1.05%) Windows 10
6 8 (0.84%) Apple iOS
7 7 (0.73%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (0.31%) Unix
8 3 (0.31%) VMS
8 3 (0.31%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 287 (30.02%) Problem-Solving
2 247 (25.84%) Agile
3 148 (15.48%) ITIL
4 135 (14.12%) Mentoring
5 123 (12.87%) Project Management
6 111 (11.61%) Stakeholder Management
7 110 (11.51%) DevOps
8 108 (11.30%) Coaching
9 100 (10.46%) Customer Service
10 94 (9.83%) Decision-Making
11 93 (9.73%) Service Delivery
12 83 (8.68%) Business Intelligence
12 83 (8.68%) Project Delivery
13 76 (7.95%) Roadmaps
14 75 (7.85%) ERP
15 74 (7.74%) Change Management
16 72 (7.53%) CI/CD
17 68 (7.11%) Risk Management
18 66 (6.90%) Service Management
19 64 (6.69%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 129 (13.49%) SQL
2 77 (8.05%) C#
3 63 (6.59%) JavaScript
4 46 (4.81%) Python
5 36 (3.77%) T-SQL
6 32 (3.35%) Java
6 32 (3.35%) PowerShell
7 26 (2.72%) PHP
8 21 (2.20%) TypeScript
9 15 (1.57%) Kotlin
10 7 (0.73%) Bash
10 7 (0.73%) VB
11 6 (0.63%) Bicep
12 5 (0.52%) ABAP
12 5 (0.52%) C
12 5 (0.52%) VB.NET
13 4 (0.42%) Delphi
13 4 (0.42%) Swift
13 4 (0.42%) VBA
14 3 (0.31%) C++
Qualifications
1 188 (19.67%) Degree
2 39 (4.08%) Computer Science Degree
3 26 (2.72%) HND
4 24 (2.51%) Security Cleared
5 21 (2.20%) HNC
6 19 (1.99%) PMI Certification
7 18 (1.88%) Azure Certification
8 16 (1.67%) Cisco Certification
8 16 (1.67%) Master's Degree
8 16 (1.67%) PMP
9 13 (1.36%) CISSP
10 11 (1.15%) Microsoft Certification
11 10 (1.05%) SC Cleared
12 9 (0.94%) ITIL Certification
13 8 (0.84%) CISM
13 8 (0.84%) Network+ Certification
14 7 (0.73%) CCNA
15 6 (0.63%) CCIE
16 5 (0.52%) PRINCE2 Certification
16 5 (0.52%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (8.37%) QA
2 51 (5.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 46 (4.81%) SLA
4 34 (3.56%) GDPR
5 30 (3.14%) Cyber Essentials
6 29 (3.03%) PMO
7 20 (2.09%) Accessibility
7 20 (2.09%) ISO 9001
8 19 (1.99%) NIST
9 9 (0.94%) Data Quality
9 9 (0.94%) ISO 14001
10 8 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 8 (0.84%) NEBOSH
11 7 (0.73%) COSHH
11 7 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 6 (0.63%) NCSC
12 6 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 5 (0.52%) ISO 22301
13 5 (0.52%) PCI DSS
13 5 (0.52%) SOC 2
System Software
1 58 (6.07%) Active Directory
2 27 (2.82%) Docker
3 14 (1.46%) Hyper-V
4 11 (1.15%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (0.84%) vSphere
6 5 (0.52%) Firmware
7 4 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.42%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.10%) Snort
Systems Management
1 31 (3.24%) Kubernetes
1 31 (3.24%) Terraform
2 14 (1.46%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (1.46%) SCCM
3 6 (0.63%) FortiGate
3 6 (0.63%) Nagios
4 5 (0.52%) Ansible
5 4 (0.42%) Grafana
6 3 (0.31%) Functional Safety
6 3 (0.31%) Jamf Pro
6 3 (0.31%) Progress Chef
6 3 (0.31%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.31%) SCOM
6 3 (0.31%) vCenter Server
7 2 (0.21%) Host Intrusion Detection System
8 1 (0.10%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.10%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 225 (23.54%) Microsoft
2 68 (7.11%) SAP
3 31 (3.24%) Google
4 29 (3.03%) Cisco
5 25 (2.62%) Citrix
5 25 (2.62%) VMware
6 18 (1.88%) Oracle
7 17 (1.78%) Veeam
8 16 (1.67%) ServiceNow
9 13 (1.36%) Infor
10 11 (1.15%) Epicor
11 10 (1.05%) Commvault
12 8 (0.84%) Meraki
13 7 (0.73%) Databricks
13 7 (0.73%) Juniper
13 7 (0.73%) NEC
13 7 (0.73%) Sage
14 6 (0.63%) CheckPoint
14 6 (0.63%) IBM
15 5 (0.52%) Sybase