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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 30 75 49
Rank change year-on-year +45 -26 +31
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 973 722 1,107
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 5.14% 4.49% 6.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.34% 4.64% 6.38%
Number of salaries quoted 699 482 566
10th Percentile £31,200 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,911 £37,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -1.93%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,070 £64,688
90th Percentile £84,964 £79,875 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +8.82%

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 15,358 15,551 17,354
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 81.16% 96.76% 94.12%
Number of salaries quoted 11,581 7,807 10,650
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £29,000
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 £79,600 £81,250 £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 2 June 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 2 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
North West +44 535 £51,325 -2.24% 231
Yorkshire +37 328 £60,000 +17.07% 128
North East +24 110 £45,000 +20.00% 55
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 29 (2.98%) Microsoft Exchange
2 25 (2.57%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.23%) Confluence
4 9 (0.92%) SAS
5 7 (0.72%) IIS
6 3 (0.31%) CMS
7 2 (0.21%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.10%) Jetty
8 1 (0.10%) WordPress
Applications
1 72 (7.40%) Microsoft Office
2 61 (6.27%) Microsoft Excel
3 25 (2.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 22 (2.26%) AutoCAD
5 8 (0.82%) MS Visio
6 6 (0.62%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.41%) Solid Edge
7 4 (0.41%) SOLIDWORKS
8 2 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.10%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.10%) Revit
Business Applications
1 13 (1.34%) Infor SunSystems
1 13 (1.34%) iTrent
2 9 (0.92%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (0.92%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.72%) Magento
3 7 (0.72%) NEC Housing
4 5 (0.51%) Sage 200
4 5 (0.51%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.41%) NetSuite
5 4 (0.41%) SAP APO
5 4 (0.41%) SAP CO
5 4 (0.41%) SAP FI
5 4 (0.41%) SAP FI/CO
5 4 (0.41%) SAP MM
5 4 (0.41%) SAP PP
5 4 (0.41%) SAP SD
5 4 (0.41%) SAP WM
6 2 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.21%) Primavera
6 2 (0.21%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 184 (18.91%) Azure
2 94 (9.66%) AWS
3 74 (7.61%) Microsoft 365
4 73 (7.50%) Power Platform
5 39 (4.01%) SaaS
6 36 (3.70%) Azure DevOps
7 26 (2.67%) GitHub
8 18 (1.85%) GCP
9 17 (1.75%) Dynamics 365
10 15 (1.54%) Azure Data Factory
11 14 (1.44%) AWS CloudFormation
12 13 (1.34%) Cloud Computing
13 12 (1.23%) Azure App Service
13 12 (1.23%) Azure Service Bus
13 12 (1.23%) PowerApps
14 10 (1.03%) Entra ID
14 10 (1.03%) Google Play
15 8 (0.82%) Azure AKS
15 8 (0.82%) OCI
16 7 (0.72%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 40 (4.11%) Firewall
2 26 (2.67%) DNS
3 24 (2.47%) VoIP
4 19 (1.95%) DHCP
5 15 (1.54%) Wi-Fi
6 14 (1.44%) Network Security
6 14 (1.44%) SAN
7 13 (1.34%) Broadband
7 13 (1.34%) WAN
8 12 (1.23%) LAN
9 8 (0.82%) NAS
9 8 (0.82%) TCP/IP
9 8 (0.82%) VLAN
10 7 (0.72%) FTP
10 7 (0.72%) HTTP
10 7 (0.72%) PPP
11 5 (0.51%) Internet
11 5 (0.51%) VPN
12 4 (0.41%) Ethernet
12 4 (0.41%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (6.17%) Power BI
2 52 (5.34%) SQL Server
3 33 (3.39%) Tableau
4 25 (2.57%) MySQL
5 19 (1.95%) PostgreSQL
5 19 (1.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 18 (1.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 15 (1.54%) Relational Database
8 13 (1.34%) BusinessObjects
9 12 (1.23%) Azure SQL Database
10 11 (1.13%) Data Warehouse
11 10 (1.03%) Crystal Reports
11 10 (1.03%) RDBMS
12 5 (0.51%) Data Lake
12 5 (0.51%) MaxDB
12 5 (0.51%) SAP HANA
13 3 (0.31%) Amazon RDS
13 3 (0.31%) NoSQL
13 3 (0.31%) Oracle Reports
14 2 (0.21%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 66 (6.78%) Git
2 23 (2.36%) JIRA
3 18 (1.85%) Jenkins
4 17 (1.75%) Bitbucket
5 14 (1.44%) PHPUnit
6 11 (1.13%) Visual Studio
7 10 (1.03%) Appium
8 7 (0.72%) Cypress.io
8 7 (0.72%) GitLab
9 6 (0.62%) Selenium
10 5 (0.51%) Android Studio
10 5 (0.51%) Postman
11 4 (0.41%) Subversion
11 4 (0.41%) TeamCity
12 3 (0.31%) SonarQube
12 3 (0.31%) Terragrunt
13 2 (0.21%) Jasmine
13 2 (0.21%) Spinnaker
14 1 (0.10%) LoadUI
14 1 (0.10%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 396 (40.70%) Social Skills
2 233 (23.95%) Finance
3 208 (21.38%) Analytical Skills
4 92 (9.46%) Legal
5 73 (7.50%) Public Sector
6 64 (6.58%) Retail
7 54 (5.55%) Manufacturing
8 37 (3.80%) Organisational Skills
9 34 (3.49%) Marketing
10 33 (3.39%) Law
11 32 (3.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 27 (2.77%) Banking
13 16 (1.64%) Automotive
13 16 (1.64%) Influencing Skills
13 16 (1.64%) Presentation Skills
14 12 (1.23%) Telecoms
15 11 (1.13%) Advertising
16 10 (1.03%) Games
16 10 (1.03%) Local Government
17 9 (0.92%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 122 (12.54%) Analyst
2 113 (11.61%) Developer
3 111 (11.41%) Lead
4 110 (11.31%) Senior
5 63 (6.47%) IT Manager
6 44 (4.52%) Project Manager
7 42 (4.32%) Senior Developer
8 33 (3.39%) Cloud Engineer
9 30 (3.08%) Architect
10 29 (2.98%) Head of IT
11 28 (2.88%) Coordinator
11 28 (2.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 27 (2.77%) Delivery Manager
12 27 (2.77%) Support Engineer
13 26 (2.67%) Software Developer
13 26 (2.67%) Team Leader
14 23 (2.36%) Financial Analyst
14 23 (2.36%) Service Manager
15 21 (2.16%) Senior Manager
16 20 (2.06%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (6.06%) .NET
2 48 (4.93%) CSS
3 47 (4.83%) RESTful
4 45 (4.62%) React
5 41 (4.21%) HTML
6 38 (3.91%) AngularJS
7 29 (2.98%) .NET Framework
8 23 (2.36%) ASP.NET Web API
8 23 (2.36%) Entity Framework
9 21 (2.16%) Twitter Bootstrap
10 20 (2.06%) ASP.NET
10 20 (2.06%) XML
11 19 (1.95%) JSON
11 19 (1.95%) Laravel
11 19 (1.95%) REST
12 17 (1.75%) .NET Core
12 17 (1.75%) Vue
12 17 (1.75%) Web Services
13 15 (1.54%) Sass
14 14 (1.44%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 50 (5.14%) Management Information System
2 32 (3.29%) Onboarding
3 31 (3.19%) Self-Motivation
4 28 (2.88%) Product Ownership
5 26 (2.67%) Cloud Native
5 26 (2.67%) Data Centre
6 22 (2.26%) Driving Licence
6 22 (2.26%) Housing Association
7 19 (1.95%) NHS
8 14 (1.44%) Fat Client
8 14 (1.44%) Thin Client
9 13 (1.34%) Enterprise Software
9 13 (1.34%) Security Posture
10 11 (1.13%) Public Cloud
11 10 (1.03%) Legacy Systems
11 10 (1.03%) Mobile App
11 10 (1.03%) Operational Technology
11 10 (1.03%) Podcast
12 9 (0.92%) Cyber Threat
13 8 (0.82%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 77 (7.91%) Windows
2 50 (5.14%) Windows Server
3 35 (3.60%) Linux
4 21 (2.16%) Android
5 11 (1.13%) Windows 10
6 9 (0.92%) Apple iOS
7 7 (0.72%) 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
1 290 (29.80%) Problem-Solving
2 250 (25.69%) Agile
3 146 (15.01%) ITIL
4 138 (14.18%) Mentoring
5 126 (12.95%) Project Management
6 111 (11.41%) DevOps
7 109 (11.20%) Stakeholder Management
8 108 (11.10%) Coaching
9 99 (10.17%) Customer Service
10 92 (9.46%) Decision-Making
11 90 (9.25%) Service Delivery
12 84 (8.63%) Project Delivery
13 82 (8.43%) Business Intelligence
14 81 (8.32%) CI/CD
15 78 (8.02%) Roadmaps
16 76 (7.81%) Change Management
17 74 (7.61%) ERP
18 69 (7.09%) Service Management
19 68 (6.99%) Risk Management
20 67 (6.89%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 128 (13.16%) SQL
2 78 (8.02%) C#
3 66 (6.78%) JavaScript
4 50 (5.14%) Python
5 35 (3.60%) T-SQL
6 32 (3.29%) Java
7 31 (3.19%) PowerShell
8 26 (2.67%) PHP
9 21 (2.16%) TypeScript
10 14 (1.44%) Kotlin
11 7 (0.72%) Bash
12 6 (0.62%) Bicep
12 6 (0.62%) VB
13 5 (0.51%) ABAP
13 5 (0.51%) C
13 5 (0.51%) VB.NET
14 4 (0.41%) Delphi
14 4 (0.41%) Swift
14 4 (0.41%) VBA
15 3 (0.31%) C++
Qualifications
1 187 (19.22%) Degree
2 38 (3.91%) Computer Science Degree
3 29 (2.98%) Security Cleared
4 26 (2.67%) HND
5 21 (2.16%) Azure Certification
5 21 (2.16%) HNC
6 20 (2.06%) PMI Certification
7 17 (1.75%) Cisco Certification
7 17 (1.75%) PMP
8 16 (1.64%) Master's Degree
9 15 (1.54%) SC Cleared
10 14 (1.44%) CISSP
11 11 (1.13%) Microsoft Certification
12 9 (0.92%) CISM
13 8 (0.82%) ITIL Certification
13 8 (0.82%) Network+ Certification
14 7 (0.72%) CCNA
15 6 (0.62%) AWS Certification
15 6 (0.62%) CCIE
16 5 (0.51%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (8.94%) QA
2 51 (5.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 45 (4.62%) SLA
4 35 (3.60%) GDPR
5 30 (3.08%) Cyber Essentials
5 30 (3.08%) PMO
6 20 (2.06%) Accessibility
6 20 (2.06%) ISO 9001
7 19 (1.95%) NIST
8 9 (0.92%) ISO 14001
9 8 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 8 (0.82%) NEBOSH
10 7 (0.72%) COSHH
10 7 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 6 (0.62%) Data Quality
11 6 (0.62%) NCSC
12 5 (0.51%) PCI DSS
12 5 (0.51%) SOC 2
13 4 (0.41%) ISO 22301
13 4 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 60 (6.17%) Active Directory
2 32 (3.29%) Docker
3 14 (1.44%) Hyper-V
4 10 (1.03%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (0.82%) vSphere
6 5 (0.51%) Firmware
6 5 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (0.31%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.10%) Snort
8 1 (0.10%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 34 (3.49%) Kubernetes
1 34 (3.49%) Terraform
2 14 (1.44%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (1.44%) SCCM
3 9 (0.92%) Ansible
4 6 (0.62%) FortiGate
4 6 (0.62%) Nagios
5 4 (0.41%) 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
7 2 (0.21%) Host Intrusion Detection System
7 2 (0.21%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.10%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.10%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 231 (23.74%) Microsoft
2 71 (7.30%) SAP
3 30 (3.08%) Cisco
4 26 (2.67%) Google
5 25 (2.57%) Citrix
5 25 (2.57%) VMware
6 19 (1.95%) ServiceNow
7 17 (1.75%) Oracle
7 17 (1.75%) Veeam
8 13 (1.34%) Infor
9 11 (1.13%) Epicor
10 10 (1.03%) Commvault
11 9 (0.92%) Meraki
12 8 (0.82%) BT
13 7 (0.72%) Databricks
13 7 (0.72%) Juniper
13 7 (0.72%) NEC
13 7 (0.72%) Sage
14 6 (0.62%) CheckPoint
14 6 (0.62%) IBM