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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 31 62 44
Rank change year-on-year +31 -18 +33
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 4,518 3,033 4,275
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 6.31% 5.13% 5.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.55% 5.36% 6.25%
Number of salaries quoted 2,316 1,697 2,023
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,500 £33,171
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £54,750
Median % change year-on-year - -4.11% +9.50%
75th Percentile £68,750 £68,750 £70,000
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 59,818 56,534 68,369
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 83.50% 95.59% 94.17%
Number of salaries quoted 41,261 29,197 41,375
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% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +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 20 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 20 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 +40 1,046 £55,000 -9.12% 122
North of England +43 953 £52,500 +5.00% 431
Midlands +19 929 £52,500 - 328
South East +1 732 £52,500 -12.50% 450
West Midlands +19 708 £53,500 +1.90% 213
North West +40 517 £51,674 -5.85% 243
South West +10 444 £52,396 +2.24% 190
Yorkshire +36 327 £60,000 +14.29% 140
East of England -2 235 £55,000 +10.00% 173
East Midlands +14 210 £47,500 -5.00% 115
Wales +51 155 £51,997 +22.83% 71
North East +24 109 £45,000 +20.00% 57
Northern Ireland +47 28 £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 (4.54%) Apache Spark
2 132 (2.92%) SharePoint
3 96 (2.12%) Confluence
4 91 (2.01%) Microsoft Exchange
5 71 (1.57%) Apache
6 35 (0.77%) FileNet
7 26 (0.58%) SAS
8 19 (0.42%) IIS
9 15 (0.33%) Skype for Business
10 12 (0.27%) CMS
11 8 (0.18%) WordPress
12 7 (0.15%) nginx
12 7 (0.15%) OpenStack
13 6 (0.13%) Appian
14 5 (0.11%) ArcGIS
14 5 (0.11%) Tomcat
15 2 (0.044%) Apache Solr
15 2 (0.044%) BizTalk Server
16 1 (0.022%) Oracle Workflow
16 1 (0.022%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 578 (12.79%) Microsoft Office
2 449 (9.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 127 (2.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 44 (0.97%) Microsoft Project
5 42 (0.93%) AutoCAD
6 39 (0.86%) 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 (0.066%) Siemens NX
12 2 (0.044%) Gliffy
12 2 (0.044%) Revit
13 1 (0.022%) Acrobat
13 1 (0.022%) Adobe Creative Suite
13 1 (0.022%) Adobe Illustrator
13 1 (0.022%) Oracle Smart View
13 1 (0.022%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 29 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
2 25 (0.55%) NEC Housing
3 14 (0.31%) iTrent
3 14 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
4 13 (0.29%) Infor SunSystems
4 13 (0.29%) NetSuite
5 10 (0.22%) Dynamics NAV
5 10 (0.22%) Oracle ERP
5 10 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
6 8 (0.18%) Magento
6 8 (0.18%) Sage 200
6 8 (0.18%) Shopify
7 5 (0.11%) Oracle Financial Analyzer
7 5 (0.11%) SAP ERP
8 4 (0.089%) ResourceLink
8 4 (0.089%) SAP APO
8 4 (0.089%) SAP IS-U
8 4 (0.089%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 4 (0.089%) SAP SD
8 4 (0.089%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 651 (14.41%) AWS
2 564 (12.48%) Azure
3 291 (6.44%) Power Platform
4 241 (5.33%) Microsoft 365
5 122 (2.70%) SaaS
6 112 (2.48%) GCP
7 94 (2.08%) Serverless
8 91 (2.01%) Azure DevOps
9 81 (1.79%) Dynamics 365
10 80 (1.77%) Cloud Computing
11 68 (1.51%) AWS Lambda
12 58 (1.28%) Amazon EC2
13 57 (1.26%) Amazon SQS
13 57 (1.26%) PowerApps
14 52 (1.15%) Amazon EKS
15 51 (1.13%) Amazon ECS
15 51 (1.13%) Amazon EMR
16 49 (1.08%) Amazon S3
16 49 (1.08%) Power Automate
17 48 (1.06%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 103 (2.28%) Firewall
2 73 (1.62%) WAN
3 66 (1.46%) LAN
4 63 (1.39%) VoIP
5 60 (1.33%) DNS
6 55 (1.22%) SAN
7 50 (1.11%) Wi-Fi
8 40 (0.89%) VLAN
9 37 (0.82%) Internet
10 36 (0.80%) Network Security
11 35 (0.77%) DHCP
12 32 (0.71%) Broadband
13 28 (0.62%) VPN
14 24 (0.53%) Intranet
14 24 (0.53%) NAS
14 24 (0.53%) Wireless
15 23 (0.51%) TCP/IP
16 19 (0.42%) HTTP
17 18 (0.40%) SNMP
18 17 (0.38%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 314 (6.95%) NoSQL
2 250 (5.53%) Power BI
3 174 (3.85%) Big Data
4 154 (3.41%) SQL Server
5 150 (3.32%) Hadoop
6 99 (2.19%) Apache Hive
7 95 (2.10%) Relational Database
8 86 (1.90%) HBase
9 82 (1.81%) Data Lake
10 77 (1.70%) MySQL
11 70 (1.55%) Tableau
12 53 (1.17%) Electronic Patient Records
13 51 (1.13%) Elasticsearch
14 50 (1.11%) Apache Cassandra
15 47 (1.04%) Power Query
16 45 (1.00%) Qlik Sense
17 39 (0.86%) RDBMS
18 35 (0.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
19 32 (0.71%) Metadata
20 30 (0.66%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 236 (5.22%) Git
2 199 (4.40%) JIRA
3 153 (3.39%) Jenkins
4 95 (2.10%) JUnit
5 86 (1.90%) Bitbucket Server
6 52 (1.15%) Selenium
7 40 (0.89%) Cypress.io
8 30 (0.66%) Android Studio
9 27 (0.60%) Jasmine
10 25 (0.55%) Bitbucket
11 23 (0.51%) GitLab
11 23 (0.51%) Visual Studio
12 22 (0.49%) WebDriver
13 21 (0.46%) Karma Test Runner
13 21 (0.46%) Protractor
14 20 (0.44%) Maven
15 15 (0.33%) PHPUnit
16 14 (0.31%) Subversion
17 11 (0.24%) Moq
17 11 (0.24%) TeamCity
General
1 1,693 (37.47%) Finance
2 1,636 (36.21%) Social Skills
3 1,062 (23.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1,042 (23.06%) Law
5 889 (19.68%) Analytical Skills
6 731 (16.18%) Legal
7 345 (7.64%) Marketing
8 290 (6.42%) Organisational Skills
9 287 (6.35%) Manufacturing
10 278 (6.15%) Influencing Skills
11 276 (6.11%) Banking
12 216 (4.78%) Retail
13 188 (4.16%) Military
14 174 (3.85%) Public Sector
15 146 (3.23%) Presentation Skills
16 117 (2.59%) Investment Banking
17 98 (2.17%) Telecoms
18 65 (1.44%) Electronics
19 55 (1.22%) Local Government
20 51 (1.13%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 850 (18.81%) Software Engineer
2 600 (13.28%) Analyst
3 408 (9.03%) Lead
4 393 (8.70%) Developer
5 352 (7.79%) Senior
6 302 (6.68%) Java Engineer
7 296 (6.55%) Java Software Engineer
8 255 (5.64%) Graduate
9 208 (4.60%) AWS Engineer
10 197 (4.36%) AWS Software Engineer
11 179 (3.96%) Project Manager
12 155 (3.43%) Data Engineer
13 152 (3.36%) IT Manager
14 144 (3.19%) IT Engineer
15 137 (3.03%) Full Stack Engineer
16 134 (2.97%) Product Analyst
17 133 (2.94%) Big Data Engineer
17 133 (2.94%) Big Data Software Engineer
18 132 (2.92%) Architect
18 132 (2.92%) Full Stack Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 279 (6.18%) React
2 274 (6.06%) Spring
3 242 (5.36%) AngularJS
4 222 (4.91%) HTML
5 196 (4.34%) CSS
6 167 (3.70%) .NET
7 156 (3.45%) Node.js
8 146 (3.23%) Twitter Bootstrap
9 129 (2.86%) JSON
10 119 (2.63%) J2EE
11 114 (2.52%) JMS
12 113 (2.50%) Kafka
13 111 (2.46%) RESTful
14 107 (2.37%) Web Services
15 99 (2.19%) Spring Boot
16 97 (2.15%) jQuery
17 91 (2.01%) XML
18 89 (1.97%) Hibernate
19 65 (1.44%) REST
20 60 (1.33%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 776 (17.18%) Algorithms
2 409 (9.05%) Onboarding
3 328 (7.26%) Management Information System
4 197 (4.36%) Cloud Native
5 184 (4.07%) Self-Motivation
6 167 (3.70%) Product Ownership
7 86 (1.90%) FMCG
8 77 (1.70%) Data Structures
9 76 (1.68%) Data Centre
9 76 (1.68%) Driving Licence
10 56 (1.24%) Analytical Mindset
11 49 (1.08%) Mobile App
12 47 (1.04%) Virtual Team
13 46 (1.02%) Legacy Code
14 44 (0.97%) Enterprise Software
15 39 (0.86%) Legacy Systems
16 36 (0.80%) NHS
17 33 (0.73%) Public Cloud
18 30 (0.66%) CMDB
18 30 (0.66%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 299 (6.62%) Windows
2 166 (3.67%) Linux
3 119 (2.63%) Windows Server
4 117 (2.59%) Unix
5 82 (1.81%) Android
6 70 (1.55%) Windows 10
7 51 (1.13%) Apple iOS
8 25 (0.55%) 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 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
13 8 (0.18%) Mac OS
13 8 (0.18%) Ubuntu
14 7 (0.15%) Debian
15 6 (0.13%) Windows Server 2008
16 3 (0.066%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,729 (38.27%) Agile
2 1,225 (27.11%) Problem-Solving
3 991 (21.93%) Software Engineering
4 949 (21.00%) CI/CD
5 907 (20.08%) SDLC
6 897 (19.85%) Visualisation
7 754 (16.69%) Artificial Intelligence
8 705 (15.60%) Community of Practice
9 702 (15.54%) Operational Stability
10 697 (15.43%) Machine Learning
11 672 (14.87%) Risk Management
12 647 (14.32%) Project Management
13 627 (13.88%) Customer Service
14 395 (8.74%) Data Analysis
15 393 (8.70%) Mentoring
16 388 (8.59%) Coaching
16 388 (8.59%) Process Improvement
17 371 (8.21%) DevOps
18 368 (8.15%) Project Delivery
19 365 (8.08%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 766 (16.95%) SQL
2 683 (15.12%) Java
3 507 (11.22%) Python
4 311 (6.88%) JavaScript
5 196 (4.34%) C#
6 135 (2.99%) TypeScript
7 131 (2.90%) PL/SQL
8 100 (2.21%) PowerShell
9 73 (1.62%) T-SQL
10 53 (1.17%) Kotlin
11 52 (1.15%) PHP
11 52 (1.15%) Scala
12 49 (1.08%) C
13 35 (0.77%) C++
14 29 (0.64%) VB
15 23 (0.51%) Bash
16 17 (0.38%) R
17 16 (0.35%) Bicep
18 15 (0.33%) Shell Script
19 14 (0.31%) Go
Qualifications
1 1,157 (25.61%) Degree
2 160 (3.54%) Security Cleared
3 118 (2.61%) Computer Science Degree
4 81 (1.79%) PMI Certification
5 77 (1.70%) Master's Degree
6 74 (1.64%) SC Cleared
7 70 (1.55%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
8 55 (1.22%) PMP
9 49 (1.08%) Cisco Certification
9 49 (1.08%) HNC
10 48 (1.06%) HND
11 47 (1.04%) Azure Certification
12 44 (0.97%) DBS Check
13 43 (0.95%) ITIL Certification
14 38 (0.84%) Microsoft Certification
15 36 (0.80%) CISSP
16 30 (0.66%) DV Cleared
17 29 (0.64%) BPSS Clearance
18 25 (0.55%) CCNA
18 25 (0.55%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 326 (7.22%) QA
2 146 (3.23%) SLA
3 132 (2.92%) GDPR
4 125 (2.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 96 (2.12%) PMO
6 77 (1.70%) Accessibility
7 66 (1.46%) ISO 9001
8 52 (1.15%) Data Quality
9 42 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials
10 40 (0.89%) NIST
11 31 (0.69%) ISO 14001
12 21 (0.46%) 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
15 12 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
15 12 (0.27%) ISO 22301
15 12 (0.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 198 (4.38%) Active Directory
2 111 (2.46%) Docker
3 103 (2.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 86 (1.90%) HDFS
5 47 (1.04%) Hyper-V
6 23 (0.51%) Firmware
7 22 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
8 21 (0.46%) vSphere
9 17 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
10 11 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
11 5 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
11 5 (0.11%) XenApp
12 4 (0.089%) pfSense
13 3 (0.066%) Embedded Firmware
14 2 (0.044%) Apache ZooKeeper
14 2 (0.044%) Microsoft App-V
14 2 (0.044%) VMware Workstation
15 1 (0.022%) Snort
15 1 (0.022%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 181 (4.01%) Kubernetes
2 176 (3.90%) Terraform
3 57 (1.26%) Grafana
4 44 (0.97%) Microsoft Intune
5 35 (0.77%) SCCM
6 24 (0.53%) Prometheus
7 16 (0.35%) Functional Safety
8 14 (0.31%) Ansible
8 14 (0.31%) ZABBIX
9 13 (0.29%) vCenter Server
10 12 (0.27%) Backup Exec
10 12 (0.27%) NetBackup
11 11 (0.24%) Nagios
12 8 (0.18%) Jamf Pro
12 8 (0.18%) Progress Chef
13 7 (0.15%) FortiGate
13 7 (0.15%) SCOM
14 5 (0.11%) Cisco Prime
14 5 (0.11%) EMC VPLEX
14 5 (0.11%) Opsview
Vendors
1 783 (17.33%) Microsoft
2 233 (5.16%) Oracle
3 222 (4.91%) Databricks
4 154 (3.41%) SAP
5 134 (2.97%) VMware
6 118 (2.61%) Google
7 107 (2.37%) Cisco
8 91 (2.01%) Salesforce
9 86 (1.90%) Informatica
10 72 (1.59%) ServiceNow
11 56 (1.24%) Cloudera
12 55 (1.22%) Dynatrace
13 51 (1.13%) Citrix
14 48 (1.06%) Splunk
15 45 (1.00%) Alteryx
16 31 (0.69%) Veeam
17 26 (0.58%) NEC
18 23 (0.51%) Dell
18 23 (0.51%) Meraki
19 22 (0.49%) HP