Continuous Improvement Contracts in Berkshire

Continual Improvement
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire requiring Continuous Improvement skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Continuous Improvement over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 45 25 64
Rank change year-on-year -20 +39 -2
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 49 125 51
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 4.18% 6.30% 2.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.47% 7.09% 3.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 60 28
10th Percentile £393 £400 £367
25th Percentile £411 £433 £437
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +5.77%
75th Percentile £588 £650 £600
90th Percentile £645 £688 £679
South East median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - +1.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 1
10th Percentile £27.73 - -
25th Percentile £39.46 £41.25 -
Median hourly rate £59.00 £60.14 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% +200.70% -60.00%
75th Percentile £73.03 £61.50 -
90th Percentile £81.44 £66.90 -
South East median hourly rate £62.00 £37.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +65.33% -6.25% -32.20%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire

Continuous Improvement falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,096 1,764 1,640
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 93.44% 88.91% 90.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 641 918 1,053
10th Percentile £313 £213 £341
25th Percentile £413 £375 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £511 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.10% -2.71% +5.00%
75th Percentile £615 £608 £626
90th Percentile £675 £675 £711
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 101 48
10th Percentile £22.29 £20.17 £19.20
25th Percentile £32.05 £41.50 £25.72
Median hourly rate £61.50 £61.60 £57.82
Median % change year-on-year -0.17% +6.54% +174.67%
75th Percentile £76.77 £71.75 £73.69
90th Percentile £88.19 £87.46 £79.51
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%

Continuous Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Continuous Improvement in Berkshire

Continuous Improvement
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Continuous Improvement in Berkshire

Continuous Improvement
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Continuous Improvement in Berkshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Continuous Improvement in Berkshire

Continuous Improvement
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Continuous Improvement in Berkshire

Continuous Improvement
Hourly Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Continuous Improvement in Berkshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Continuous Improvement in Berkshire

Continuous Improvement
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

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 Berkshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Reading +6 24 £575 -8.00% 93
Bracknell +4 9 £550 +29.41% 8
Slough -7 3 £425 -19.05% 65
Wokingham -9 3 £520 -45.26% 3
Windsor -15 3 £500 -25.93% 3
Continuous Improvement
South East

Continuous Improvement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 1 (2.04%) Anypoint
1 1 (2.04%) Oracle Service Bus
1 1 (2.04%) Oracle SOA Suite
1 1 (2.04%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (4.08%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (4.08%) MS Visio
2 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (4.08%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 1 (2.04%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (2.04%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (2.04%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 17 (34.69%) Azure
2 5 (10.20%) AWS
2 5 (10.20%) Azure Data Factory
2 5 (10.20%) Azure DevOps
2 5 (10.20%) Azure Monitor
2 5 (10.20%) Serverless
3 4 (8.16%) Microsoft Copilot
4 3 (6.12%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 3 (6.12%) Azure Functions
5 2 (4.08%) Amazon EKS
5 2 (4.08%) Azure AKS
5 2 (4.08%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 2 (4.08%) GCP
5 2 (4.08%) SaaS
5 2 (4.08%) SonarCloud
6 1 (2.04%) Entra ID
6 1 (2.04%) GitHub
6 1 (2.04%) OCI
6 1 (2.04%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.12%) Radio Access Network
2 2 (4.08%) Firewall
3 1 (2.04%) 5G
3 1 (2.04%) Broadband
3 1 (2.04%) DMS-100
3 1 (2.04%) FTP
3 1 (2.04%) ISUP
3 1 (2.04%) SSL
3 1 (2.04%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.12%) NoSQL
2 2 (4.08%) Azure SQL Database
2 2 (4.08%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.04%) Power BI
3 1 (2.04%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (6.12%) Git
1 3 (6.12%) Selenium
2 2 (4.08%) JIRA
2 2 (4.08%) Snyk
2 2 (4.08%) SpecFlow
3 1 (2.04%) GitLab
3 1 (2.04%) Postman
General
1 24 (48.98%) Social Skills
2 11 (22.45%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (20.41%) Telecoms
4 9 (18.37%) Finance
5 5 (10.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (8.16%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (8.16%) Manufacturing
6 4 (8.16%) Public Sector
7 3 (6.12%) Legal
8 2 (4.08%) Agriculture
8 2 (4.08%) Electronics
8 2 (4.08%) Marketing
9 1 (2.04%) Billing
9 1 (2.04%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (16.33%) Analyst
2 5 (10.20%) Delivery Manager
3 4 (8.16%) Architect
3 4 (8.16%) Data Analyst
3 4 (8.16%) Developer
3 4 (8.16%) Project Manager
3 4 (8.16%) Senior
4 3 (6.12%) Azure Developer
4 3 (6.12%) Change Analyst
4 3 (6.12%) Full-Stack Developer
4 3 (6.12%) Full-Stack Python Developer
4 3 (6.12%) Python Developer
5 2 (4.08%) Azure Engineer
5 2 (4.08%) Compliance Project Manager
5 2 (4.08%) Data Engineer
5 2 (4.08%) HR Manager
5 2 (4.08%) React Developer
5 2 (4.08%) Security Compliance Manager
5 2 (4.08%) Senior Data Engineer
5 2 (4.08%) Telecoms Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.12%) React
2 2 (4.08%) .NET
2 2 (4.08%) .NET Framework
2 2 (4.08%) AngularJS
2 2 (4.08%) ASP.NET Web API
2 2 (4.08%) Gherkin
2 2 (4.08%) PySpark
3 1 (2.04%) OAuth
3 1 (2.04%) OAuth2
3 1 (2.04%) REST
3 1 (2.04%) SOAP
3 1 (2.04%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (12.24%) Product Ownership
2 5 (10.20%) Cloud Native
3 3 (6.12%) Life Science
4 2 (4.08%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (4.08%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (4.08%) Management Information System
4 2 (4.08%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (2.04%) IoT
5 1 (2.04%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (2.04%) NB-IoT
5 1 (2.04%) PMI
5 1 (2.04%) Security Posture
5 1 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.08%) Linux
1 2 (4.08%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (38.78%) Agile
2 15 (30.61%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (26.53%) DevOps
4 11 (22.45%) Project Management
5 10 (20.41%) CI/CD
6 9 (18.37%) Stakeholder Management
7 7 (14.29%) Change Management
7 7 (14.29%) Regulatory Compliance
8 6 (12.24%) Process Improvement
9 5 (10.20%) Decision-Making
9 5 (10.20%) Full-Stack Development
9 5 (10.20%) Product Backlog
9 5 (10.20%) Software Engineering
9 5 (10.20%) Waterfall
10 4 (8.16%) Architectural Patterns
10 4 (8.16%) Artificial Intelligence
10 4 (8.16%) Data Management
10 4 (8.16%) Impact Analysis
10 4 (8.16%) Incident Management
10 4 (8.16%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 9 (18.37%) Python
2 6 (12.24%) SQL
3 4 (8.16%) Java
3 4 (8.16%) PowerShell
4 2 (4.08%) Bash
4 2 (4.08%) Bicep
4 2 (4.08%) C#
5 1 (2.04%) DataWeave
5 1 (2.04%) JavaScript
5 1 (2.04%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (10.20%) Degree
1 5 (10.20%) Security Cleared
2 4 (8.16%) PMI Certification
2 4 (8.16%) PMP
3 3 (6.12%) Master's Degree
4 2 (4.08%) DV Cleared
4 2 (4.08%) SC Cleared
5 1 (2.04%) APMP
5 1 (2.04%) CISA
5 1 (2.04%) CISM
5 1 (2.04%) CISSP
5 1 (2.04%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.04%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (2.04%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (2.04%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.20%) GDPR
1 5 (10.20%) QA
2 3 (6.12%) NIST
3 2 (4.08%) Data Quality
4 1 (2.04%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (2.04%) COBIT
4 1 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (2.04%) P3O
4 1 (2.04%) PCI DSS
4 1 (2.04%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (6.12%) Active Directory
2 2 (4.08%) Docker
3 1 (2.04%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (14.29%) Terraform
2 5 (10.20%) Ansible
3 3 (6.12%) Kubernetes
4 2 (4.08%) Progress Chef
4 2 (4.08%) Puppet
5 1 (2.04%) CloudHub
5 1 (2.04%) Grafana
5 1 (2.04%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 9 (18.37%) Microsoft
2 5 (10.20%) SAP
3 2 (4.08%) BT
3 2 (4.08%) Databricks
3 2 (4.08%) Oracle
3 2 (4.08%) Remedy
3 2 (4.08%) Salesforce
3 2 (4.08%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.04%) BMC
4 1 (2.04%) Google
4 1 (2.04%) IFS
4 1 (2.04%) MuleSoft
4 1 (2.04%) VMware