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

6 months to
24 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 29 61 44
Rank change year-on-year +32 -17 +32
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 4,566 2,976 4,319
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 6.26% 5.09% 5.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.56% 5.32% 6.29%
Number of salaries quoted 2,330 1,660 2,032
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,500 £32,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £54,941
Median % change year-on-year - -4.44% +9.88%
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 60,412 55,927 68,618
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 82.88% 95.59% 94.22%
Number of salaries quoted 41,658 28,858 41,200
10th Percentile £27,300 £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 24 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 24 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 +42 1,049 £55,000 -9.12% 142
North of England +43 953 £52,500 +5.00% 439
Midlands +19 953 £52,500 +2.44% 319
South East +2 733 £52,500 -12.50% 539
West Midlands +20 727 £53,500 +1.90% 191
North West +40 520 £51,674 -3.76% 249
South West +11 455 £52,396 -0.20% 196
Yorkshire +41 324 £60,000 +14.29% 134
East of England +3 236 £55,000 +15.79% 200
East Midlands +14 215 £47,500 -5.00% 121
Wales +57 159 £51,997 +16.41% 65
North East +25 109 £45,000 +16.88% 66
Northern Ireland +46 32 £67,500 +50.00% 16
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 (4.49%) Apache Spark
2 131 (2.87%) SharePoint
3 94 (2.06%) Confluence
4 91 (1.99%) Microsoft Exchange
5 71 (1.55%) Apache
6 35 (0.77%) FileNet
7 26 (0.57%) SAS
8 18 (0.39%) IIS
9 16 (0.35%) Skype for Business
10 12 (0.26%) 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%) Drupal
16 1 (0.022%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 605 (13.25%) Microsoft Office
2 468 (10.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 126 (2.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 45 (0.99%) Microsoft Project
5 42 (0.92%) AutoCAD
6 38 (0.83%) 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 (0.088%) Chatbot
10 4 (0.088%) 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 Illustrator
13 1 (0.022%) Camtasia
13 1 (0.022%) Oracle Smart View
13 1 (0.022%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 30 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
2 25 (0.55%) NEC Housing
3 14 (0.31%) iTrent
3 14 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
4 13 (0.28%) Infor SunSystems
4 13 (0.28%) 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 (0.088%) Primavera
8 4 (0.088%) ResourceLink
8 4 (0.088%) SAP IS-U
8 4 (0.088%) SAP MM
8 4 (0.088%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 4 (0.088%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 666 (14.59%) AWS
2 571 (12.51%) Azure
3 291 (6.37%) Power Platform
4 240 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
5 122 (2.67%) GCP
5 122 (2.67%) SaaS
6 95 (2.08%) Serverless
7 90 (1.97%) Azure DevOps
7 90 (1.97%) Cloud Computing
8 82 (1.80%) Dynamics 365
9 68 (1.49%) AWS Lambda
10 58 (1.27%) Amazon EC2
11 57 (1.25%) Amazon SQS
11 57 (1.25%) PowerApps
12 52 (1.14%) Amazon EKS
13 51 (1.12%) Amazon ECS
13 51 (1.12%) Amazon EMR
14 49 (1.07%) Amazon S3
14 49 (1.07%) Power Automate
15 48 (1.05%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 104 (2.28%) Firewall
2 74 (1.62%) WAN
3 67 (1.47%) LAN
4 62 (1.36%) VoIP
5 60 (1.31%) DNS
6 56 (1.23%) SAN
7 50 (1.10%) Wi-Fi
8 41 (0.90%) VLAN
9 39 (0.85%) Network Security
10 36 (0.79%) DHCP
10 36 (0.79%) Internet
11 32 (0.70%) Broadband
12 29 (0.64%) VPN
13 26 (0.57%) Wireless
14 24 (0.53%) Intranet
14 24 (0.53%) NAS
15 22 (0.48%) TCP/IP
16 19 (0.42%) HTTP
17 18 (0.39%) Skype
17 18 (0.39%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 314 (6.88%) NoSQL
2 249 (5.45%) Power BI
3 174 (3.81%) Big Data
4 153 (3.35%) SQL Server
5 150 (3.29%) Hadoop
6 99 (2.17%) Apache Hive
7 95 (2.08%) Relational Database
8 86 (1.88%) HBase
9 81 (1.77%) Data Lake
10 77 (1.69%) MySQL
11 72 (1.58%) Tableau
12 53 (1.16%) Electronic Patient Records
13 51 (1.12%) Elasticsearch
14 50 (1.10%) Apache Cassandra
15 47 (1.03%) Power Query
16 45 (0.99%) Qlik Sense
17 39 (0.85%) RDBMS
18 35 (0.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
19 31 (0.68%) Metadata
20 29 (0.64%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 236 (5.17%) Git
2 207 (4.53%) JIRA
3 162 (3.55%) Jenkins
4 95 (2.08%) JUnit
5 86 (1.88%) Bitbucket Server
6 51 (1.12%) Selenium
7 40 (0.88%) Cypress.io
8 30 (0.66%) Android Studio
9 27 (0.59%) Jasmine
10 24 (0.53%) Bitbucket
10 24 (0.53%) Visual Studio
11 23 (0.50%) GitLab
12 22 (0.48%) 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 1,697 (37.17%) Finance
2 1,659 (36.33%) Social Skills
3 1,067 (23.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1,043 (22.84%) Law
5 886 (19.40%) Analytical Skills
6 741 (16.23%) Legal
7 346 (7.58%) Marketing
8 291 (6.37%) Organisational Skills
9 289 (6.33%) Manufacturing
10 278 (6.09%) Influencing Skills
11 272 (5.96%) Banking
12 224 (4.91%) Retail
13 209 (4.58%) Military
14 174 (3.81%) Public Sector
15 147 (3.22%) Presentation Skills
16 117 (2.56%) Investment Banking
17 98 (2.15%) Telecoms
18 63 (1.38%) Electronics
19 56 (1.23%) Local Government
20 52 (1.14%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 848 (18.57%) Software Engineer
2 598 (13.10%) Analyst
3 409 (8.96%) Lead
4 397 (8.69%) Developer
5 358 (7.84%) Senior
6 302 (6.61%) Java Engineer
7 296 (6.48%) Java Software Engineer
8 276 (6.04%) Graduate
9 208 (4.56%) AWS Engineer
10 197 (4.31%) AWS Software Engineer
11 179 (3.92%) Project Manager
12 152 (3.33%) Data Engineer
12 152 (3.33%) IT Manager
13 144 (3.15%) IT Engineer
14 138 (3.02%) Full Stack Engineer
15 134 (2.93%) Product Analyst
16 133 (2.91%) Big Data Engineer
16 133 (2.91%) Big Data Software Engineer
17 132 (2.89%) Architect
17 132 (2.89%) Full Stack Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 279 (6.11%) React
2 274 (6.00%) Spring
3 242 (5.30%) AngularJS
4 223 (4.88%) HTML
5 197 (4.31%) CSS
6 168 (3.68%) .NET
7 167 (3.66%) Node.js
8 146 (3.20%) Twitter Bootstrap
9 129 (2.83%) JSON
10 119 (2.61%) J2EE
11 114 (2.50%) JMS
12 113 (2.47%) Kafka
13 112 (2.45%) RESTful
14 108 (2.37%) Web Services
15 99 (2.17%) Spring Boot
16 97 (2.12%) jQuery
17 91 (1.99%) XML
18 89 (1.95%) Hibernate
19 65 (1.42%) REST
20 60 (1.31%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 777 (17.02%) Algorithms
2 427 (9.35%) Onboarding
3 330 (7.23%) Management Information System
4 207 (4.53%) Cloud Native
5 185 (4.05%) Self-Motivation
6 178 (3.90%) Product Ownership
7 86 (1.88%) FMCG
8 77 (1.69%) Data Centre
8 77 (1.69%) Data Structures
9 76 (1.66%) Driving Licence
10 56 (1.23%) Analytical Mindset
11 49 (1.07%) Mobile App
12 47 (1.03%) Legacy Code
12 47 (1.03%) Virtual Team
13 44 (0.96%) Enterprise Software
14 39 (0.85%) Legacy Systems
15 37 (0.81%) NHS
16 33 (0.72%) Public Cloud
17 30 (0.66%) CMDB
17 30 (0.66%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 302 (6.61%) Windows
2 164 (3.59%) Linux
3 120 (2.63%) Windows Server
4 117 (2.56%) Unix
5 83 (1.82%) Android
6 72 (1.58%) Windows 10
7 52 (1.14%) Apple iOS
8 25 (0.55%) Windows Server 2012
9 18 (0.39%) Windows 7
10 13 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 13 (0.28%) VMS
10 13 (0.28%) Windows 8
11 12 (0.26%) AIX
11 12 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
12 11 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
13 9 (0.20%) Mac OS
14 8 (0.18%) Ubuntu
15 7 (0.15%) Debian
16 6 (0.13%) Windows Server 2008
17 3 (0.066%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,746 (38.24%) Agile
2 1,230 (26.94%) Problem-Solving
3 989 (21.66%) Software Engineering
4 964 (21.11%) CI/CD
5 906 (19.84%) SDLC
6 896 (19.62%) Visualisation
7 756 (16.56%) Artificial Intelligence
8 712 (15.59%) Community of Practice
9 702 (15.37%) Operational Stability
10 697 (15.27%) Machine Learning
11 674 (14.76%) Risk Management
12 648 (14.19%) Customer Service
12 648 (14.19%) Project Management
13 417 (9.13%) Data Analysis
14 411 (9.00%) Mentoring
15 406 (8.89%) Process Improvement
16 399 (8.74%) Coaching
17 379 (8.30%) DevOps
18 371 (8.13%) Stakeholder Management
19 368 (8.06%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 766 (16.78%) SQL
2 682 (14.94%) Java
3 518 (11.34%) Python
4 322 (7.05%) JavaScript
5 194 (4.25%) C#
6 137 (3.00%) TypeScript
7 131 (2.87%) PL/SQL
8 100 (2.19%) PowerShell
9 72 (1.58%) T-SQL
10 54 (1.18%) Kotlin
11 52 (1.14%) PHP
11 52 (1.14%) Scala
12 47 (1.03%) C
13 33 (0.72%) C++
14 29 (0.64%) VB
15 22 (0.48%) Bash
16 17 (0.37%) R
17 16 (0.35%) Bicep
18 15 (0.33%) Go
18 15 (0.33%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1,186 (25.97%) Degree
2 175 (3.83%) Security Cleared
3 119 (2.61%) Computer Science Degree
4 90 (1.97%) SC Cleared
5 82 (1.80%) PMI Certification
6 77 (1.69%) Master's Degree
7 71 (1.55%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
8 56 (1.23%) Azure Certification
8 56 (1.23%) PMP
9 50 (1.10%) Cisco Certification
10 49 (1.07%) HNC
11 48 (1.05%) HND
12 45 (0.99%) DBS Check
13 42 (0.92%) ITIL Certification
14 38 (0.83%) Microsoft Certification
15 36 (0.79%) CISSP
16 30 (0.66%) DV Cleared
17 29 (0.64%) BPSS Clearance
18 26 (0.57%) CCNA
19 25 (0.55%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 323 (7.07%) QA
2 145 (3.18%) SLA
3 133 (2.91%) GDPR
4 124 (2.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 96 (2.10%) PMO
6 77 (1.69%) Accessibility
7 66 (1.45%) ISO 9001
8 53 (1.16%) Data Quality
9 41 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials
10 40 (0.88%) NIST
11 31 (0.68%) ISO 14001
12 21 (0.46%) NEBOSH
13 17 (0.37%) GRC
13 17 (0.37%) NCSC
14 13 (0.28%) IFRS
14 13 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 13 (0.28%) PCI DSS
15 12 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
16 11 (0.24%) ISO 22301
17 10 (0.22%) COSHH
System Software
1 198 (4.34%) Active Directory
2 123 (2.69%) Docker
3 104 (2.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 86 (1.88%) HDFS
5 47 (1.03%) Hyper-V
6 23 (0.50%) Firmware
7 22 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
8 21 (0.46%) vSphere
9 17 (0.37%) Virtual Desktop
10 12 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
11 5 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
11 5 (0.11%) XenApp
12 4 (0.088%) 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
1 193 (4.23%) Kubernetes
2 186 (4.07%) Terraform
3 57 (1.25%) Grafana
4 44 (0.96%) Microsoft Intune
5 35 (0.77%) SCCM
6 25 (0.55%) Ansible
7 24 (0.53%) Prometheus
8 16 (0.35%) Functional Safety
9 14 (0.31%) ZABBIX
10 13 (0.28%) vCenter Server
11 12 (0.26%) Backup Exec
11 12 (0.26%) NetBackup
12 11 (0.24%) Nagios
13 8 (0.18%) Jamf Pro
13 8 (0.18%) Progress Chef
14 7 (0.15%) FortiGate
14 7 (0.15%) SCOM
15 5 (0.11%) Cisco Prime
15 5 (0.11%) EMC VPLEX
15 5 (0.11%) Opsview
Vendors
1 786 (17.21%) Microsoft
2 232 (5.08%) Oracle
3 221 (4.84%) Databricks
4 154 (3.37%) SAP
5 134 (2.93%) VMware
6 117 (2.56%) Google
7 107 (2.34%) Cisco
8 92 (2.01%) Salesforce
9 86 (1.88%) Informatica
10 81 (1.77%) ServiceNow
11 56 (1.23%) Cloudera
12 55 (1.20%) Dynatrace
13 51 (1.12%) Citrix
14 48 (1.05%) Splunk
15 45 (0.99%) Alteryx
16 31 (0.68%) Veeam
17 26 (0.57%) NEC
18 24 (0.53%) Dell
19 23 (0.50%) Meraki
20 21 (0.46%) HP