Continuous Improvement Jobs in the South West

Continual Improvement
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 41 62 64
Rank change year-on-year +21 +2 +13
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 459 325 407
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 4.61% 4.94% 4.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.69% 5.23% 5.07%
Number of salaries quoted 346 183 184
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,000 £37,250 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,396 £49,900 £49,263
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +1.29% +3.71%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,285 £67,745
90th Percentile £77,500 £81,200 £92,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +8.82%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South 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 South West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,072 6,218 8,025
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 81.00% 94.50% 95.24%
Number of salaries quoted 5,777 3,484 5,006
10th Percentile £28,500 £30,507 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £37,908
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £54,222 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.94% +8.44% +8.70%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,627 £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 South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Continuous Improvement in the South West

Continuous Improvement
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Continuous Improvement in the South West

Continuous Improvement
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Continuous Improvement in the South West over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Continuous Improvement in the South West

Continuous Improvement
Job Locations in the South 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 South West region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
Bristol +23 164 £57,500 -3.40% 65
Wiltshire 0 69 £53,272 -3.14% 24
Dorset +26 67 £60,500 +57.14% 19
Devon +19 57 £46,958 +44.80% 33
Gloucestershire -19 52 £45,000 -28.00% 31
Somerset +10 46 £52,500 +36.36% 17
Cornwall -22 2 £46,890 +4.20% 3
Continuous Improvement
England

Continuous Improvement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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 26 (5.66%) Confluence
2 22 (4.79%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (3.05%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.65%) Apache
4 3 (0.65%) SAS
5 2 (0.44%) CMS
5 2 (0.44%) WordPress
6 1 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.22%) Apache Solr
6 1 (0.22%) Luigi
6 1 (0.22%) nginx
6 1 (0.22%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 42 (9.15%) Microsoft Office
2 36 (7.84%) Microsoft Excel
3 27 (5.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (1.74%) MS Visio
5 5 (1.09%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.44%) Gliffy
6 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.22%) Camtasia
7 1 (0.22%) Revit
7 1 (0.22%) Solid Edge
7 1 (0.22%) SOLIDWORKS
7 1 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (0.87%) Shopify
2 2 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.44%) iTrent
2 2 (0.44%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.44%) Primavera
3 1 (0.22%) Magento
3 1 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.22%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.22%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.22%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.22%) SAP R/3
Cloud Services
1 56 (12.20%) Azure
2 43 (9.37%) Microsoft 365
3 42 (9.15%) Power Platform
4 38 (8.28%) AWS
5 18 (3.92%) Power Automate
6 11 (2.40%) GCP
6 11 (2.40%) PowerApps
7 10 (2.18%) Dynamics 365
8 9 (1.96%) Cloud Computing
9 8 (1.74%) Azure Data Factory
9 8 (1.74%) Entra ID
9 8 (1.74%) SaaS
10 4 (0.87%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (0.87%) Smartsheet
11 3 (0.65%) Azure Sentinel
11 3 (0.65%) GitHub
11 3 (0.65%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 3 (0.65%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 2 (0.44%) Google Analytics
12 2 (0.44%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (3.70%) SAN
2 10 (2.18%) Internet
3 9 (1.96%) DNS
4 8 (1.74%) Firewall
5 7 (1.53%) VLAN
6 6 (1.31%) Cisco IPT
6 6 (1.31%) Ethernet
6 6 (1.31%) RS-232
6 6 (1.31%) Software-Defined Networking
6 6 (1.31%) WAN
6 6 (1.31%) Wireless
7 5 (1.09%) Cisco ASA
7 5 (1.09%) Cisco ISE
7 5 (1.09%) Cisco Wireless
7 5 (1.09%) LAN
7 5 (1.09%) Unified Communications
7 5 (1.09%) VoIP
8 4 (0.87%) PBX
8 4 (0.87%) SMS
9 3 (0.65%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (7.84%) SQL Server
2 32 (6.97%) Power BI
3 19 (4.14%) Tableau
4 17 (3.70%) Relational Database
5 10 (2.18%) MySQL
6 8 (1.74%) NoSQL
7 7 (1.53%) RDBMS
8 6 (1.31%) Data Lake
8 6 (1.31%) Qlik Sense
9 3 (0.65%) Metadata
9 3 (0.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (0.44%) Looker
10 2 (0.44%) MongoDB
11 1 (0.22%) Azure SQL Database
11 1 (0.22%) Bigtable
11 1 (0.22%) Data Hub
11 1 (0.22%) Elasticsearch
11 1 (0.22%) Electronic Patient Records
11 1 (0.22%) Redis
11 1 (0.22%) RethinkDB
Development Applications
1 36 (7.84%) JIRA
2 26 (5.66%) Git
3 9 (1.96%) Selenium
3 9 (1.96%) Subversion
4 6 (1.31%) Jenkins
4 6 (1.31%) RStudio
5 5 (1.09%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.65%) Moq
6 3 (0.65%) SpecFlow
6 3 (0.65%) xUnit.net
7 2 (0.44%) MSI
8 1 (0.22%) Babel
8 1 (0.22%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.22%) ESLint
8 1 (0.22%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.22%) Terragrunt
8 1 (0.22%) Vite
8 1 (0.22%) WebDriver
8 1 (0.22%) webpack
General
1 215 (46.84%) Social Skills
2 118 (25.71%) Finance
3 83 (18.08%) Analytical Skills
4 59 (12.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 47 (10.24%) Banking
6 43 (9.37%) Organisational Skills
7 42 (9.15%) Law
8 35 (7.63%) Fire and Rescue
9 34 (7.41%) Manufacturing
10 33 (7.19%) Marketing
11 27 (5.88%) Electronics
12 25 (5.45%) Investment Banking
13 21 (4.58%) Legal
14 19 (4.14%) Aerospace
15 15 (3.27%) Retail
16 14 (3.05%) Military
17 13 (2.83%) Local Government
18 10 (2.18%) Public Sector
19 6 (1.31%) Front Office
19 6 (1.31%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 74 (16.12%) Developer
2 66 (14.38%) Senior
3 49 (10.68%) Analyst
4 48 (10.46%) Lead
5 26 (5.66%) Project Manager
5 26 (5.66%) Software Developer
6 24 (5.23%) Business Manager
7 21 (4.58%) Senior Developer
7 21 (4.58%) Support Engineer
8 18 (3.92%) Architect
8 18 (3.92%) Consultant
9 14 (3.05%) Product Manager
10 12 (2.61%) Business Relationship Manager
10 12 (2.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 12 (2.61%) PMO Analyst
10 12 (2.61%) Relationships Manager
10 12 (2.61%) Senior Manager
10 12 (2.61%) Solutions Architect
11 11 (2.40%) Applications Developer
11 11 (2.40%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (5.66%) .NET
2 16 (3.49%) HTML
2 16 (3.49%) React
3 15 (3.27%) CSS
4 13 (2.83%) RESTful
5 9 (1.96%) Node.js
5 9 (1.96%) Spring
6 7 (1.53%) AngularJS
6 7 (1.53%) CSS3
6 7 (1.53%) HTML5
7 6 (1.31%) ODBC
8 5 (1.09%) ASP.NET
8 5 (1.09%) LDAP
9 4 (0.87%) RabbitMQ
9 4 (0.87%) Spring Boot
10 3 (0.65%) ASP.NET Core
10 3 (0.65%) ASP.NET Web API
10 3 (0.65%) ASP.NET Web Forms
10 3 (0.65%) Redux
10 3 (0.65%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 21 (4.58%) Self-Motivation
2 19 (4.14%) Analytical Mindset
3 18 (3.92%) Management Information System
4 17 (3.70%) Product Ownership
5 13 (2.83%) Algorithms
5 13 (2.83%) Clustering
6 7 (1.53%) CMDB
6 7 (1.53%) Data Centre
6 7 (1.53%) Driving Licence
6 7 (1.53%) Robotics
7 6 (1.31%) Analogue Electronics
7 6 (1.31%) AS400
7 6 (1.31%) Data Protection Act
7 6 (1.31%) Fixed Income
7 6 (1.31%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (1.09%) Client/Server
8 5 (1.09%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (1.09%) Freedom of Information
8 5 (1.09%) Virtual Team
9 4 (0.87%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 63 (13.73%) Windows
2 29 (6.32%) Linux
3 15 (3.27%) Apple iOS
3 15 (3.27%) Windows 10
4 13 (2.83%) Windows Server
5 12 (2.61%) AIX
6 10 (2.18%) Windows Server 2016
7 6 (1.31%) Unix
8 5 (1.09%) Android
8 5 (1.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (1.09%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (0.87%) Windows 7
9 4 (0.87%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (0.44%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 139 (30.28%) Agile
2 103 (22.44%) Problem-Solving
3 84 (18.30%) Project Management
4 61 (13.29%) Coaching
5 53 (11.55%) ITIL
5 53 (11.55%) Project Delivery
6 52 (11.33%) Collaborative Working
7 50 (10.89%) Line Management
8 46 (10.02%) Change Management
9 40 (8.71%) Process Improvement
10 39 (8.50%) Business Intelligence
10 39 (8.50%) Customer Service
10 39 (8.50%) User Experience
11 38 (8.28%) Scrum
12 36 (7.84%) Analytics
13 35 (7.63%) Roadmaps
14 33 (7.19%) Software Engineering
15 32 (6.97%) Stakeholder Management
16 30 (6.54%) Time Management
17 29 (6.32%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 55 (11.98%) SQL
2 38 (8.28%) Java
2 38 (8.28%) JavaScript
3 37 (8.06%) C#
4 20 (4.36%) Python
5 14 (3.05%) PowerShell
6 7 (1.53%) C++
6 7 (1.53%) R
6 7 (1.53%) TypeScript
7 5 (1.09%) C
8 3 (0.65%) PHP
8 3 (0.65%) VB.NET
9 2 (0.44%) Bash
9 2 (0.44%) Embedded C
9 2 (0.44%) Embedded C++
9 2 (0.44%) Kotlin
9 2 (0.44%) Swift
10 1 (0.22%) Bicep
10 1 (0.22%) Scala
10 1 (0.22%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 126 (27.45%) Degree
2 49 (10.68%) Security Cleared
3 28 (6.10%) SC Cleared
4 17 (3.70%) DV Cleared
5 16 (3.49%) PMI Certification
5 16 (3.49%) PMP
6 14 (3.05%) Computer Science Degree
6 14 (3.05%) ITIL Certification
7 12 (2.61%) Cisco Certification
8 11 (2.40%) BPSS Clearance
8 11 (2.40%) CCNP
8 11 (2.40%) CIPD
9 8 (1.74%) CCNA
10 7 (1.53%) APMG
10 7 (1.53%) ISEB
11 6 (1.31%) HNC
11 6 (1.31%) Tableau Certification
12 5 (1.09%) HND
12 5 (1.09%) RHCE
12 5 (1.09%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (8.50%) SLA
2 21 (4.58%) QA
3 20 (4.36%) PMO
4 19 (4.14%) GDPR
5 15 (3.27%) Data Quality
6 6 (1.31%) Accessibility
6 6 (1.31%) ISO 9001
7 4 (0.87%) WCAG
8 2 (0.44%) GMP
8 2 (0.44%) NIST
9 1 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.22%) ISO 14001
9 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 17025
9 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.22%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.22%) TickIT
System Software
1 32 (6.97%) Active Directory
2 25 (5.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (3.05%) Docker
4 4 (0.87%) Firmware
4 4 (0.87%) vSphere
4 4 (0.87%) XenApp
5 2 (0.44%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.22%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 13 (2.83%) Kubernetes
2 12 (2.61%) Backup Exec
2 12 (2.61%) NetBackup
3 8 (1.74%) Ansible
3 8 (1.74%) Terraform
4 7 (1.53%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (1.09%) Cisco Prime
5 5 (1.09%) Opsview
5 5 (1.09%) Rancher
5 5 (1.09%) vCenter Server
6 4 (0.87%) EMC VPLEX
6 4 (0.87%) Nagios
7 3 (0.65%) Functional Safety
8 2 (0.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.44%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.44%) SCCM
9 1 (0.22%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 1 (0.22%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.22%) Puppet
Vendors
1 115 (25.05%) Microsoft
2 29 (6.32%) Oracle
2 29 (6.32%) VMware
3 16 (3.49%) ServiceNow
4 14 (3.05%) Salesforce
5 12 (2.61%) Google
5 12 (2.61%) Hitachi
5 12 (2.61%) NetApp
5 12 (2.61%) Snow
5 12 (2.61%) Veritas
6 11 (2.40%) Xamarin
7 9 (1.96%) IBM
8 8 (1.74%) Cisco
8 8 (1.74%) Citrix
8 8 (1.74%) Databricks
8 8 (1.74%) SAP
9 6 (1.31%) Alteryx
9 6 (1.31%) BiZZdesign
9 6 (1.31%) HP
10 5 (1.09%) Red Hat