Continuous Improvement Contracts in Reading

Continual Improvement
Berkshire > Reading

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading 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 5 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 40 50 39
Rank change year-on-year +10 -11 -1
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 56 37 61
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 4.75% 3.58% 4.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.43% 4.06% 4.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 22 23
10th Percentile £460 £463 £250
25th Percentile £536 £525 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £563 £525
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +7.14% +31.25%
75th Percentile £650 £600 £650
90th Percentile £688 £683 £671
Berkshire median daily rate £525 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £13.53
25th Percentile - - £19.19
Median hourly rate - - £30.00
75th Percentile - - £41.94
90th Percentile - - £48.28
Berkshire median hourly rate £42.50 - £50.00
% change year-on-year - - +66.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Reading

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 Reading with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,032 912 1,245
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 87.61% 88.29% 90.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 531 592 812
10th Percentile £213 £363 £238
25th Percentile £413 £462 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £552 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.09% +10.30% +2.56%
75th Percentile £625 £662 £600
90th Percentile £688 £721 £650
Berkshire median daily rate £513 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -2.38% +5.00% +6.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 22 9
10th Percentile £14.80 £45.25 £13.15
25th Percentile £50.89 £55.91 £21.25
Median hourly rate £61.33 £68.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.81% +126.67% -21.05%
75th Percentile £78.84 £75.56 £34.89
90th Percentile £87.52 £79.19 £38.50
Berkshire median hourly rate £60.60 £60.88 £21.03
% change year-on-year -0.45% +189.54% -0.12%

Continuous Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Continuous Improvement in Reading

Continuous Improvement
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Daily rate trend for Continuous Improvement in Reading

Continuous Improvement
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Continuous Improvement in Reading over the 6 months to 5 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Continuous Improvement in Reading

Continuous Improvement
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

Hourly rate trend for Continuous Improvement in Reading

Continuous Improvement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 3 (5.36%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (10.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (5.36%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 19 (33.93%) Azure
2 14 (25.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
2 14 (25.00%) Azure Monitor
3 13 (23.21%) Azure Data Factory
3 13 (23.21%) Azure Functions
3 13 (23.21%) Serverless
4 10 (17.86%) Entra ID
5 5 (8.93%) Power Platform
6 4 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (5.36%) Power Automate
8 1 (1.79%) Azure Cognitive Search
8 1 (1.79%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (1.79%) IaaS
8 1 (1.79%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (10.71%) Radio Access Network
2 2 (3.57%) Remote Desktop
2 2 (3.57%) XCAP
3 1 (1.79%) DNS
3 1 (1.79%) Firewall
3 1 (1.79%) FTP
3 1 (1.79%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (23.21%) NoSQL
2 5 (8.93%) Power BI
3 2 (3.57%) GIS
3 2 (3.57%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 14 (25.00%) Git
2 5 (8.93%) Selenium
3 3 (5.36%) JIRA
4 1 (1.79%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 23 (41.07%) Telecoms
2 18 (32.14%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 7 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (10.71%) Finance
6 5 (8.93%) Billing
7 4 (7.14%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (7.14%) Legal
8 3 (5.36%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.79%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.79%) Retail
Job Titles
1 17 (30.36%) Developer
2 13 (23.21%) Azure Developer
2 13 (23.21%) Full Stack Developer
3 7 (12.50%) Full Stack Python Developer
3 7 (12.50%) Python Developer
4 5 (8.93%) Lead
4 5 (8.93%) Quality Engineer
5 4 (7.14%) Applications Engineer
5 4 (7.14%) Lead Software Engineer
5 4 (7.14%) Problem Manager
5 4 (7.14%) Software Engineer
5 4 (7.14%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
5 4 (7.14%) Web Applications Engineer
5 4 (7.14%) Web Engineer
6 3 (5.36%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 3 (5.36%) Power BI Developer
7 2 (3.57%) Development Consultant
7 2 (3.57%) Optimisation Engineer
7 2 (3.57%) RAN Performance Engineer
7 2 (3.57%) Telecoms Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (30.36%) React
2 5 (8.93%) Node.js
3 4 (7.14%) React Native
4 1 (1.79%) AngularJS
4 1 (1.79%) ARM Templates
4 1 (1.79%) JSON
4 1 (1.79%) Middleware
4 1 (1.79%) Web Services
4 1 (1.79%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (23.21%) Product Ownership
2 4 (7.14%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (5.36%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.79%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.79%) Life Science
4 1 (1.79%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (33.93%) Agile
2 18 (32.14%) DevOps
3 17 (30.36%) Change Management
4 14 (25.00%) CI/CD
5 13 (23.21%) Full Stack Development
5 13 (23.21%) Microservices
5 13 (23.21%) SDLC
5 13 (23.21%) Unit Testing
6 11 (19.64%) Product Backlog
7 10 (17.86%) Customer Experience
8 8 (14.29%) Business Strategy
9 7 (12.50%) Coaching
9 7 (12.50%) Information Security
10 6 (10.71%) Risk Management
10 6 (10.71%) Software Engineering
10 6 (10.71%) Test Automation
11 5 (8.93%) Business Intelligence
11 5 (8.93%) CRM
11 5 (8.93%) ITIL
11 5 (8.93%) People Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (23.21%) Python
2 5 (8.93%) Java
2 5 (8.93%) JavaScript
3 3 (5.36%) C
4 1 (1.79%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (14.29%) CIPD
2 4 (7.14%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 3 (5.36%) CPIM
4 1 (1.79%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.79%) Degree
4 1 (1.79%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.79%) ISTQB
4 1 (1.79%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.79%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.93%) QA
2 4 (7.14%) SLA
3 1 (1.79%) HL7
3 1 (1.79%) PMO
System Software
1 13 (23.21%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.79%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (14.29%) BT
2 3 (5.36%) IFS
3 2 (3.57%) Remedy
4 1 (1.79%) Microsoft