Continuous Improvement Contracts in Hertfordshire

Continual Improvement
East of England > Hertfordshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire with a requirement for Continuous Improvement skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Continuous Improvement over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 31 37 42
Rank change year-on-year +6 +5 +4
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 46 37 32
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 5.59% 4.53% 4.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.18% 5.23% 4.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 11 20
10th Percentile £403 £363 £346
25th Percentile £411 £431 £373
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £547 £563 £557
90th Percentile £586 £650 £631
East of England median daily rate £500 £500 £450
% change year-on-year - +11.11% -10.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 8 8
10th Percentile - £54.00 £44.80
25th Percentile £61.25 £59.06 £48.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year - +32.65% -
75th Percentile - - £49.50
90th Percentile - £66.13 £64.65
East of England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year - +32.65% +226.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hertfordshire

Continuous Improvement is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 744 708 685
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 90.40% 86.66% 87.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 279 376 406
10th Percentile £235 £239 £203
25th Percentile £315 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £600 £675 £625
90th Percentile £703 £788 £688
East of England median daily rate £470 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -1.05% - +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 307 157 82
10th Percentile £38.12 £21.00 £21.15
25th Percentile £40.00 £53.50 £39.55
Median hourly rate £50.00 £65.00 £52.93
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +22.82% +17.61%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.10 -
East of England median hourly rate £39.55 £23.31 £15.50
% change year-on-year +69.67% +50.39% -11.93%

Continuous Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

Job postings citing Continuous Improvement as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire.

Job vacancy trend for Continuous Improvement in Hertfordshire

Continuous Improvement
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Continuous Improvement in Hertfordshire.

Daily rate trend for Continuous Improvement in Hertfordshire

Continuous Improvement
Daily Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Continuous Improvement in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Continuous Improvement in Hertfordshire

Continuous Improvement
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Continuous Improvement in Hertfordshire.

Hourly rate trend for Continuous Improvement in Hertfordshire

Continuous Improvement
Hourly Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Continuous Improvement in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Continuous Improvement in Hertfordshire

Continuous Improvement
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Continuous Improvement within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Stevenage +4 39 - - 20
Watford +8 4 £413 -36.54% 4
Hatfield -8 1 £525 +5.00% 5
Continuous Improvement
East of England

Continuous Improvement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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:

Applications
1 1 (2.17%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (2.17%) SAP MM
Communications & Networking
1 36 (78.26%) Modbus
1 36 (78.26%) RS-422
1 36 (78.26%) RS-485
Development Applications
1 2 (4.35%) Jenkins
General
1 36 (78.26%) Electronics
2 33 (71.74%) Social Skills
3 2 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (4.35%) Games
3 2 (4.35%) Law
4 1 (2.17%) Manufacturing
4 1 (2.17%) Retail
Job Titles
1 36 (78.26%) Software Engineer
2 27 (58.70%) C++ Software Engineer
3 8 (17.39%) C Software Engineer
3 8 (17.39%) C/C++ Software Engineer
4 2 (4.35%) Analyst
4 2 (4.35%) Lead
4 2 (4.35%) Service Manager
4 2 (4.35%) Service Transition Manager
4 2 (4.35%) Transition Manager
5 1 (2.17%) Continuous Improvement Manager
5 1 (2.17%) Data Analyst
5 1 (2.17%) IT Manager
5 1 (2.17%) IT Services Manager
5 1 (2.17%) PMO Planner
5 1 (2.17%) Sales Analyst
5 1 (2.17%) SAP Analyst
5 1 (2.17%) Service Analyst
5 1 (2.17%) Service Design Manager
5 1 (2.17%) Technical Analyst
5 1 (2.17%) Technical Services Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.17%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 29 (63.04%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (2.17%) CMDB
2 1 (2.17%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (86.96%) Agile
2 38 (82.61%) Software Testing
3 36 (78.26%) Continuous Integration
3 36 (78.26%) Customer Requirements
3 36 (78.26%) DevOps
3 36 (78.26%) Pair Programming
3 36 (78.26%) Software Engineering
3 36 (78.26%) TDD
3 36 (78.26%) Unit Testing
4 10 (21.74%) Scrum
5 3 (6.52%) Project Management
6 2 (4.35%) Capacity Management
6 2 (4.35%) ITIL
6 2 (4.35%) ITSM
6 2 (4.35%) People Management
6 2 (4.35%) SDLC
6 2 (4.35%) Service Management
6 2 (4.35%) Software Deployment
6 2 (4.35%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (4.35%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 36 (78.26%) C
1 36 (78.26%) C#
1 36 (78.26%) C++
Qualifications
1 4 (8.70%) Degree
2 1 (2.17%) PgMP
2 1 (2.17%) PMI Certification
2 1 (2.17%) PMP
2 1 (2.17%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (2.17%) Six Sigma Black Belt
2 1 (2.17%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.17%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (2.17%) SAP