Continuous Improvement Contracts in the South East

Continual Improvement
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 40 73 82
Rank change year-on-year +33 +9 -4
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 233 171 235
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 4.22% 2.96% 3.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.98% 3.31% 3.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 107 133
10th Percentile £400 £395 £340
25th Percentile £460 £453 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £515
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% +6.80% +14.44%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £625
90th Percentile £688 £721 £713
England median daily rate £525 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -7.08% +2.73% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 7 6
10th Percentile £17.72 £21.43 £28.63
25th Percentile £19.76 £24.19 £49.75
Median hourly rate £37.50 £40.00 £59.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -32.20% +195.00%
75th Percentile £43.75 £55.00 £63.19
90th Percentile £60.72 £60.79 £66.00
England median hourly rate £37.50 £57.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -34.78% +29.21% +78.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,676 5,160 6,967
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 84.69% 89.37% 89.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,738 3,592 4,709
10th Percentile £250 £250 £226
25th Percentile £400 £400 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% +1.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £623 £619 £594
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +8.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 434 222 286
10th Percentile £13.00 £17.53 £12.23
25th Percentile £18.20 £22.16 £15.53
Median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £21.99
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +127.43% -20.05%
75th Percentile £62.50 £64.63 £48.71
90th Percentile £76.86 £74.98 £62.70
England median hourly rate £36.33 £37.15 £24.35
% change year-on-year -2.21% +52.57% +3.62%

Continuous Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Continuous Improvement as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Continuous Improvement in the South East

Continuous Improvement
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Continuous Improvement in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Continuous Improvement in the South East

Continuous Improvement
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Continuous Improvement in the South East over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Continuous Improvement in the South East

Continuous Improvement
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Continuous Improvement in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Continuous Improvement in the South East

Continuous Improvement
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Continuous Improvement in the South East over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Continuous Improvement in the South East

Continuous Improvement
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 4 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Thames Valley +22 147 £510 +3.08% 140
Berkshire +41 122 £525 -4.55% 59
Hampshire +20 33 £589 +12.19% 73
Surrey +13 25 £525 -16.00% 31
West Sussex +20 18 £475 -36.67% 18
Buckinghamshire -5 13 £465 -6.06% 37
Oxfordshire +14 12 £488 +18.18% 44
Kent +8 9 £650 +4.84% 43
Continuous Improvement
England

Continuous Improvement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 6 (2.58%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.72%) Confluence
3 1 (0.43%) WebLogic
Applications
1 22 (9.44%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (6.01%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (5.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (3.43%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 6 (2.58%) Adobe After Effects
5 6 (2.58%) Adobe Premiere
5 6 (2.58%) CINEMA 4D
6 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.43%) Sketch
6 1 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.72%) Infor SunSystems
2 3 (1.29%) Primavera
3 1 (0.43%) PeopleSoft HRMS
3 1 (0.43%) Sage X3
3 1 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 31 (13.30%) Azure
2 12 (5.15%) Power Platform
3 11 (4.72%) Azure Cosmos DB
3 11 (4.72%) Azure Monitor
3 11 (4.72%) Serverless
4 10 (4.29%) Azure Data Factory
4 10 (4.29%) Azure Functions
4 10 (4.29%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (3.86%) Entra ID
6 8 (3.43%) AWS
6 8 (3.43%) SuccessFactors
7 6 (2.58%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (2.15%) Smartsheet
9 4 (1.72%) IaaS
10 3 (1.29%) Power Automate
11 2 (0.86%) Azure Sentinel
11 2 (0.86%) Figma
11 2 (0.86%) OpenShift
11 2 (0.86%) Snowflake
12 1 (0.43%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.43%) Firewall
2 7 (3.00%) DNS
2 7 (3.00%) LAN
3 6 (2.58%) DHCP
4 4 (1.72%) BGP
4 4 (1.72%) Radio Access Network
5 3 (1.29%) Broadband
5 3 (1.29%) Cisco IOS
5 3 (1.29%) IOS XR
5 3 (1.29%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.86%) 4G
6 2 (0.86%) 5G
6 2 (0.86%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (0.86%) SAN
6 2 (0.86%) SMS
6 2 (0.86%) Software-Defined Networking
6 2 (0.86%) VPN
6 2 (0.86%) WAN
6 2 (0.86%) Wireless
6 2 (0.86%) XCAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (5.15%) Power BI
2 11 (4.72%) NoSQL
3 5 (2.15%) SQL Server
4 4 (1.72%) Tableau
5 3 (1.29%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.86%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.86%) GIS
7 1 (0.43%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.43%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
7 1 (0.43%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.43%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 19 (8.15%) Git
2 12 (5.15%) JIRA
3 5 (2.15%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.43%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.43%) Eclipse
4 1 (0.43%) GoogleTest
4 1 (0.43%) LabVIEW
4 1 (0.43%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (0.43%) Selenium
4 1 (0.43%) Subversion
4 1 (0.43%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.43%) TestRail
4 1 (0.43%) Valgrind
4 1 (0.43%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.43%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 82 (35.19%) Social Skills
2 47 (20.17%) Analytical Skills
3 42 (18.03%) Finance
4 27 (11.59%) Telecoms
5 24 (10.30%) Legal
5 24 (10.30%) Marketing
6 19 (8.15%) Public Sector
7 14 (6.01%) Influencing Skills
8 12 (5.15%) Retail
9 8 (3.43%) Manufacturing
9 8 (3.43%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (2.15%) Billing
10 5 (2.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (2.15%) Law
10 5 (2.15%) Local Government
10 5 (2.15%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (1.29%) Aviation
11 3 (1.29%) Front Office
12 2 (0.86%) Back Office
12 2 (0.86%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 34 (14.59%) Developer
2 29 (12.45%) Senior
3 28 (12.02%) Lead
4 23 (9.87%) Project Manager
5 16 (6.87%) Designer
6 15 (6.44%) Analyst
7 13 (5.58%) Architect
8 11 (4.72%) Full Stack Developer
9 10 (4.29%) Azure Developer
10 9 (3.86%) Software Engineer
11 8 (3.43%) Consultant
11 8 (3.43%) Creative Designer
11 8 (3.43%) Linux Engineer
11 8 (3.43%) Network Engineer
11 8 (3.43%) Project Leader
11 8 (3.43%) Senior Manager
12 7 (3.00%) HR Manager
13 6 (2.58%) Development Manager
13 6 (2.58%) Service Analyst
13 6 (2.58%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (7.30%) React
2 7 (3.00%) Node.js
3 6 (2.58%) Web Services
4 5 (2.15%) .NET
4 5 (2.15%) JSON
4 5 (2.15%) REST
5 4 (1.72%) React Native
6 3 (1.29%) CSS
6 3 (1.29%) Django
6 3 (1.29%) HTML
6 3 (1.29%) RESTful
6 3 (1.29%) YAML
6 3 (1.29%) YANG
7 2 (0.86%) AngularJS
7 2 (0.86%) Entity Framework
8 1 (0.43%) ASP.NET Web API
8 1 (0.43%) Autofac
8 1 (0.43%) Swagger
8 1 (0.43%) TensorFlow
8 1 (0.43%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 21 (9.01%) Management Information System
2 16 (6.87%) Product Ownership
3 12 (5.15%) Robotics
4 10 (4.29%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (3.00%) Life Science
6 6 (2.58%) Motion Graphics
7 5 (2.15%) CMDB
7 5 (2.15%) Data Centre
7 5 (2.15%) Linux Command Line
7 5 (2.15%) Onboarding
7 5 (2.15%) PMI
8 4 (1.72%) Animation
8 4 (1.72%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (1.72%) Public Cloud
9 3 (1.29%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (0.86%) NHS
10 2 (0.86%) Photography
10 2 (0.86%) Virtual Team
11 1 (0.43%) Graphic Design
11 1 (0.43%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 20 (8.58%) Linux
2 16 (6.87%) Windows
3 6 (2.58%) Ubuntu
4 5 (2.15%) Unix
5 4 (1.72%) Embedded Linux
6 3 (1.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (1.29%) Solaris
7 2 (0.86%) Windows Server 2003
7 2 (0.86%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.43%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (31.33%) Agile
2 50 (21.46%) Problem-Solving
3 43 (18.45%) Roadmaps
4 42 (18.03%) Project Management
5 35 (15.02%) DevOps
6 31 (13.30%) Service Delivery
7 30 (12.88%) Coaching
8 25 (10.73%) ITIL
9 24 (10.30%) Decision-Making
9 24 (10.30%) Project Delivery
10 22 (9.44%) Stakeholder Management
11 21 (9.01%) Change Management
12 20 (8.58%) Computer Science
12 20 (8.58%) Risk Management
13 18 (7.73%) Storytelling
14 17 (7.30%) Software Engineering
14 17 (7.30%) Unit Testing
15 16 (6.87%) Customer Experience
15 16 (6.87%) SDLC
16 15 (6.44%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 25 (10.73%) Python
2 15 (6.44%) JavaScript
3 10 (4.29%) Bash
3 10 (4.29%) PowerShell
4 8 (3.43%) C#
4 8 (3.43%) SQL
5 6 (2.58%) Java
6 5 (2.15%) C++
6 5 (2.15%) Perl
7 4 (1.72%) T-SQL
8 3 (1.29%) VB.NET
9 2 (0.86%) C
9 2 (0.86%) VBScript
10 1 (0.43%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 50 (21.46%) Degree
2 30 (12.88%) Security Cleared
3 17 (7.30%) DV Cleared
4 14 (6.01%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (4.29%) Master's Degree
6 8 (3.43%) SC Cleared
7 6 (2.58%) PMI Certification
8 5 (2.15%) CISM
8 5 (2.15%) CISSP
8 5 (2.15%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (1.72%) ACCA
9 4 (1.72%) CIMA
9 4 (1.72%) CIPD
9 4 (1.72%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 4 (1.72%) Postgraduate
9 4 (1.72%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 3 (1.29%) ISTQB
10 3 (1.29%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (1.29%) NVQ Level 4
11 2 (0.86%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (9.01%) SLA
2 17 (7.30%) QA
3 13 (5.58%) Accessibility
4 6 (2.58%) GDPR
5 5 (2.15%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 4 (1.72%) NEBOSH
6 4 (1.72%) PMO
7 3 (1.29%) Data Quality
7 3 (1.29%) HL7
7 3 (1.29%) ISO 9001
7 3 (1.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (1.29%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 19 (8.15%) Active Directory
2 11 (4.72%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (3.43%) vSphere
4 6 (2.58%) VMware NSX
5 5 (2.15%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (1.29%) Docker
6 3 (1.29%) Hyper-V
6 3 (1.29%) XenApp
7 2 (0.86%) Ceph
7 2 (0.86%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 8 (3.43%) Ansible
2 3 (1.29%) Red Hat Satellite
2 3 (1.29%) SCCM
2 3 (1.29%) Terraform
2 3 (1.29%) WSUS
3 2 (0.86%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.86%) Pacemaker
3 2 (0.86%) Podman
3 2 (0.86%) vRealize
3 2 (0.86%) vRealize Orchestrator
4 1 (0.43%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.43%) SELinux
Vendors
1 22 (9.44%) Microsoft
2 14 (6.01%) VMware
3 9 (3.86%) ServiceNow
4 8 (3.43%) Adobe
5 6 (2.58%) BT
5 6 (2.58%) Cisco
5 6 (2.58%) SAP
5 6 (2.58%) SolarWinds
5 6 (2.58%) Sun
6 5 (2.15%) Red Hat
6 5 (2.15%) Reuters
7 3 (1.29%) Citrix
7 3 (1.29%) Oracle
7 3 (1.29%) TOWER Software
8 2 (0.86%) Cadence
8 2 (0.86%) F5
8 2 (0.86%) Ivanti
8 2 (0.86%) Palo Alto
8 2 (0.86%) Remedy
8 2 (0.86%) Symantec