Continuous Improvement Jobs in the UK excluding London

Continual Improvement
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 31 64 44
Rank change year-on-year +33 -20 +37
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 4,472 3,054 4,205
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 6.31% 5.08% 5.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.52% 5.31% 6.24%
Number of salaries quoted 2,321 1,722 2,010
10th Percentile £31,000 £30,500 £33,242
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +8.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £68,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £84,964 £85,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 59,475 57,466 67,334
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 83.95% 95.60% 94.10%
Number of salaries quoted 41,116 29,651 41,279
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%

Continuous Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Continuous Improvement as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Continuous Improvement in the UK excluding London

Continuous Improvement
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Continuous Improvement in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Continuous Improvement in the UK excluding London

Continuous Improvement
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Continuous Improvement in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Continuous Improvement in the UK excluding London

Continuous Improvement
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Continuous Improvement within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 13 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
Scotland +43 1,041 £55,000 -8.33% 116
North of England +45 963 £52,500 +5.00% 448
Midlands +18 884 £52,500 - 300
South East +3 719 £52,500 -12.50% 385
West Midlands +18 672 £54,000 +2.86% 190
North West +44 523 £51,325 -2.24% 259
South West +16 452 £52,396 +4.79% 200
Yorkshire +41 332 £60,000 +14.29% 142
East of England +7 234 £55,000 +10.00% 167
East Midlands +14 201 £47,500 -5.00% 110
Wales +51 156 £51,997 +16.41% 62
North East +28 108 £45,000 +18.42% 59
Northern Ireland +40 27 £67,500 +50.00% 18
Channel Islands - 1 £85,000 -
Continuous Improvement
UK

Continuous Improvement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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
1 205 (4.58%) Apache Spark
2 134 (3.00%) SharePoint
3 97 (2.17%) Confluence
4 92 (2.06%) Microsoft Exchange
5 71 (1.59%) Apache
6 35 (0.78%) FileNet
7 26 (0.58%) SAS
8 20 (0.45%) IIS
9 14 (0.31%) Skype for Business
10 13 (0.29%) CMS
11 9 (0.20%) WordPress
12 7 (0.16%) nginx
13 6 (0.13%) Appian
13 6 (0.13%) OpenStack
14 5 (0.11%) ArcGIS
14 5 (0.11%) Tomcat
15 2 (0.045%) Apache Solr
15 2 (0.045%) BizTalk Server
15 2 (0.045%) Sitecore CMS
15 2 (0.045%) Umbraco
Applications
1 537 (12.01%) Microsoft Office
2 404 (9.03%) Microsoft Excel
3 128 (2.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 44 (0.98%) Microsoft Project
5 42 (0.94%) AutoCAD
6 39 (0.87%) MS Visio
7 14 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
8 9 (0.20%) Simulink
9 5 (0.11%) Solid Edge
9 5 (0.11%) SOLIDWORKS
10 4 (0.089%) Chatbot
10 4 (0.089%) Trello
11 3 (0.067%) Siemens NX
12 2 (0.045%) Gliffy
12 2 (0.045%) Revit
13 1 (0.022%) Acrobat
13 1 (0.022%) Adobe Illustrator
13 1 (0.022%) Camtasia
13 1 (0.022%) Oracle Smart View
13 1 (0.022%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 29 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
2 23 (0.51%) NEC Housing
3 14 (0.31%) iTrent
3 14 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
4 13 (0.29%) Infor SunSystems
5 12 (0.27%) NetSuite
6 11 (0.25%) Oracle ERP
7 10 (0.22%) Dynamics NAV
7 10 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
8 8 (0.18%) Magento
8 8 (0.18%) Sage 200
8 8 (0.18%) Shopify
9 5 (0.11%) SAP ERP
10 4 (0.089%) Primavera
10 4 (0.089%) ResourceLink
10 4 (0.089%) SAP IS-U
10 4 (0.089%) SAP MM
10 4 (0.089%) SAP Oil and Gas
10 4 (0.089%) SAP SD
10 4 (0.089%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 650 (14.53%) AWS
2 563 (12.59%) Azure
3 292 (6.53%) Power Platform
4 243 (5.43%) Microsoft 365
5 120 (2.68%) SaaS
6 112 (2.50%) GCP
7 92 (2.06%) Serverless
8 90 (2.01%) Azure DevOps
9 84 (1.88%) Dynamics 365
10 80 (1.79%) Cloud Computing
11 67 (1.50%) AWS Lambda
12 58 (1.30%) PowerApps
13 57 (1.27%) Amazon EC2
13 57 (1.27%) Amazon SQS
14 52 (1.16%) Amazon EKS
15 51 (1.14%) Amazon ECS
15 51 (1.14%) Amazon EMR
16 49 (1.10%) Power Automate
17 48 (1.07%) Amazon S3
18 46 (1.03%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 103 (2.30%) Firewall
2 75 (1.68%) WAN
3 68 (1.52%) LAN
4 65 (1.45%) VoIP
5 61 (1.36%) DNS
6 55 (1.23%) SAN
7 49 (1.10%) Wi-Fi
8 39 (0.87%) Internet
8 39 (0.87%) VLAN
9 36 (0.81%) DHCP
9 36 (0.81%) Network Security
10 32 (0.72%) Broadband
11 28 (0.63%) VPN
12 25 (0.56%) Intranet
13 24 (0.54%) NAS
14 23 (0.51%) TCP/IP
14 23 (0.51%) Wireless
15 19 (0.42%) HTTP
16 18 (0.40%) SNMP
17 17 (0.38%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 313 (7.00%) NoSQL
2 249 (5.57%) Power BI
3 174 (3.89%) Big Data
4 154 (3.44%) SQL Server
5 151 (3.38%) Hadoop
6 99 (2.21%) Apache Hive
7 94 (2.10%) Relational Database
8 86 (1.92%) HBase
9 81 (1.81%) Data Lake
10 80 (1.79%) MySQL
11 70 (1.57%) Tableau
12 54 (1.21%) Electronic Patient Records
13 52 (1.16%) Elasticsearch
14 50 (1.12%) Apache Cassandra
15 47 (1.05%) Power Query
16 45 (1.01%) Qlik Sense
17 39 (0.87%) RDBMS
18 35 (0.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
19 32 (0.72%) Metadata
20 31 (0.69%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 238 (5.32%) Git
2 202 (4.52%) JIRA
3 153 (3.42%) Jenkins
4 96 (2.15%) JUnit
5 86 (1.92%) Bitbucket Server
6 50 (1.12%) Selenium
7 40 (0.89%) Cypress.io
8 30 (0.67%) Android Studio
9 27 (0.60%) Jasmine
10 25 (0.56%) Bitbucket
11 23 (0.51%) Visual Studio
11 23 (0.51%) WebDriver
12 22 (0.49%) GitLab
13 21 (0.47%) Karma Test Runner
13 21 (0.47%) Protractor
14 20 (0.45%) Maven
15 15 (0.34%) PHPUnit
15 15 (0.34%) Subversion
16 11 (0.25%) Cucumber
16 11 (0.25%) Moq
General
1 1,679 (37.54%) Finance
2 1,631 (36.47%) Social Skills
3 1,063 (23.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1,042 (23.30%) Law
5 889 (19.88%) Analytical Skills
6 728 (16.28%) Legal
7 343 (7.67%) Marketing
8 290 (6.48%) Organisational Skills
9 289 (6.46%) Manufacturing
10 278 (6.22%) Influencing Skills
11 276 (6.17%) Banking
12 216 (4.83%) Retail
13 175 (3.91%) Public Sector
14 147 (3.29%) Military
15 146 (3.26%) Presentation Skills
16 117 (2.62%) Investment Banking
17 92 (2.06%) Telecoms
18 66 (1.48%) Electronics
19 56 (1.25%) Local Government
20 49 (1.10%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 849 (18.98%) Software Engineer
2 601 (13.44%) Analyst
3 405 (9.06%) Lead
4 395 (8.83%) Developer
5 350 (7.83%) Senior
6 302 (6.75%) Java Engineer
7 296 (6.62%) Java Software Engineer
8 213 (4.76%) Graduate
9 208 (4.65%) AWS Engineer
10 197 (4.41%) AWS Software Engineer
11 180 (4.03%) Project Manager
12 155 (3.47%) Data Engineer
13 151 (3.38%) IT Manager
14 141 (3.15%) IT Engineer
15 137 (3.06%) Full Stack Engineer
16 134 (3.00%) Product Analyst
17 133 (2.97%) Big Data Engineer
17 133 (2.97%) Big Data Software Engineer
18 132 (2.95%) Architect
18 132 (2.95%) Full Stack Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 276 (6.17%) React
2 274 (6.13%) Spring
3 240 (5.37%) AngularJS
4 225 (5.03%) HTML
5 199 (4.45%) CSS
6 163 (3.64%) .NET
7 156 (3.49%) Node.js
8 146 (3.26%) Twitter Bootstrap
9 129 (2.88%) JSON
10 120 (2.68%) J2EE
11 115 (2.57%) Kafka
12 114 (2.55%) JMS
13 111 (2.48%) RESTful
14 107 (2.39%) Web Services
15 100 (2.24%) Spring Boot
16 97 (2.17%) jQuery
17 91 (2.03%) XML
18 89 (1.99%) Hibernate
19 67 (1.50%) REST
20 61 (1.36%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 776 (17.35%) Algorithms
2 367 (8.21%) Onboarding
3 325 (7.27%) Management Information System
4 198 (4.43%) Cloud Native
5 183 (4.09%) Self-Motivation
6 165 (3.69%) Product Ownership
7 85 (1.90%) FMCG
8 77 (1.72%) Data Centre
8 77 (1.72%) Data Structures
9 76 (1.70%) Driving Licence
10 56 (1.25%) Analytical Mindset
11 49 (1.10%) Mobile App
12 46 (1.03%) Legacy Code
13 43 (0.96%) Enterprise Software
13 43 (0.96%) Virtual Team
14 39 (0.87%) Legacy Systems
15 37 (0.83%) NHS
16 34 (0.76%) Public Cloud
17 31 (0.69%) Data Protection Act
18 30 (0.67%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 300 (6.71%) Windows
2 165 (3.69%) Linux
3 121 (2.71%) Windows Server
4 117 (2.62%) Unix
5 81 (1.81%) Android
6 69 (1.54%) Windows 10
7 50 (1.12%) Apple iOS
8 25 (0.56%) Windows Server 2012
9 18 (0.40%) Windows 7
10 13 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 13 (0.29%) VMS
10 13 (0.29%) Windows 8
11 12 (0.27%) AIX
11 12 (0.27%) Windows Server 2016
12 11 (0.25%) Windows Server 2019
13 8 (0.18%) Mac OS
14 7 (0.16%) Ubuntu
15 6 (0.13%) Debian
15 6 (0.13%) Windows Server 2008
16 3 (0.067%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,735 (38.80%) Agile
2 1,229 (27.48%) Problem-Solving
3 989 (22.12%) Software Engineering
4 949 (21.22%) CI/CD
5 906 (20.26%) SDLC
6 897 (20.06%) Visualisation
7 753 (16.84%) Artificial Intelligence
8 706 (15.79%) Community of Practice
9 701 (15.68%) Operational Stability
10 697 (15.59%) Machine Learning
11 671 (15.00%) Risk Management
12 649 (14.51%) Project Management
13 586 (13.10%) Customer Service
14 391 (8.74%) Mentoring
15 388 (8.68%) Coaching
16 371 (8.30%) DevOps
17 367 (8.21%) Project Delivery
18 363 (8.12%) Stakeholder Management
19 359 (8.03%) ITIL
20 353 (7.89%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 769 (17.20%) SQL
2 683 (15.27%) Java
3 504 (11.27%) Python
4 313 (7.00%) JavaScript
5 196 (4.38%) C#
6 136 (3.04%) TypeScript
7 131 (2.93%) PL/SQL
8 102 (2.28%) PowerShell
9 73 (1.63%) T-SQL
10 53 (1.19%) Kotlin
10 53 (1.19%) Scala
11 52 (1.16%) PHP
12 49 (1.10%) C
13 34 (0.76%) C++
14 30 (0.67%) VB
15 22 (0.49%) Bash
16 18 (0.40%) R
17 16 (0.36%) Bicep
18 14 (0.31%) Go
18 14 (0.31%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1,109 (24.80%) Degree
2 163 (3.64%) Security Cleared
3 115 (2.57%) Computer Science Degree
4 79 (1.77%) PMI Certification
5 76 (1.70%) Master's Degree
6 74 (1.65%) SC Cleared
7 70 (1.57%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
8 53 (1.19%) PMP
9 50 (1.12%) Cisco Certification
10 49 (1.10%) HNC
11 48 (1.07%) HND
12 47 (1.05%) Azure Certification
13 44 (0.98%) ITIL Certification
14 42 (0.94%) DBS Check
15 37 (0.83%) Microsoft Certification
16 35 (0.78%) CISSP
17 31 (0.69%) DV Cleared
18 29 (0.65%) BPSS Clearance
19 24 (0.54%) CCNA
19 24 (0.54%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 322 (7.20%) QA
2 146 (3.26%) SLA
3 130 (2.91%) GDPR
4 124 (2.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 100 (2.24%) PMO
6 75 (1.68%) Accessibility
7 66 (1.48%) ISO 9001
8 52 (1.16%) Data Quality
9 42 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials
10 40 (0.89%) NIST
11 31 (0.69%) ISO 14001
12 21 (0.47%) NEBOSH
13 17 (0.38%) GRC
13 17 (0.38%) NCSC
14 13 (0.29%) IFRS
14 13 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 13 (0.29%) PCI DSS
14 13 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 12 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
15 12 (0.27%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 199 (4.45%) Active Directory
2 111 (2.48%) Docker
3 103 (2.30%) VMware Infrastructure
4 86 (1.92%) HDFS
5 49 (1.10%) Hyper-V
6 22 (0.49%) Firmware
6 22 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
7 21 (0.47%) vSphere
8 17 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
9 11 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
10 5 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
10 5 (0.11%) XenApp
11 4 (0.089%) pfSense
12 3 (0.067%) Embedded Firmware
13 2 (0.045%) Apache ZooKeeper
13 2 (0.045%) Microsoft App-V
13 2 (0.045%) VMware Workstation
14 1 (0.022%) Snort
14 1 (0.022%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 180 (4.03%) Kubernetes
2 177 (3.96%) Terraform
3 57 (1.27%) Grafana
4 42 (0.94%) Microsoft Intune
5 34 (0.76%) SCCM
6 24 (0.54%) Prometheus
7 16 (0.36%) Functional Safety
8 14 (0.31%) Ansible
9 13 (0.29%) vCenter Server
9 13 (0.29%) ZABBIX
10 12 (0.27%) Backup Exec
10 12 (0.27%) NetBackup
11 11 (0.25%) Nagios
12 8 (0.18%) Jamf Pro
12 8 (0.18%) Progress Chef
13 7 (0.16%) FortiGate
13 7 (0.16%) SCOM
14 5 (0.11%) Cisco Prime
14 5 (0.11%) EMC VPLEX
14 5 (0.11%) Opsview
Vendors
1 783 (17.51%) Microsoft
2 230 (5.14%) Oracle
3 223 (4.99%) Databricks
4 154 (3.44%) SAP
5 134 (3.00%) VMware
6 117 (2.62%) Google
7 109 (2.44%) Cisco
8 91 (2.03%) Salesforce
9 86 (1.92%) Informatica
10 73 (1.63%) ServiceNow
11 56 (1.25%) Cloudera
12 55 (1.23%) Dynatrace
13 53 (1.19%) Citrix
14 49 (1.10%) Splunk
15 45 (1.01%) Alteryx
16 31 (0.69%) Veeam
17 24 (0.54%) NEC
18 23 (0.51%) Dell
18 23 (0.51%) Meraki
19 22 (0.49%) HP