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 18 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 22 58
Rank change year-on-year -12 +36 -7
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 62 129 60
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 5.22% 7.60% 3.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.66% 8.84% 3.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 63 33
10th Percentile £395 £363 £377
25th Percentile £425 £461 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% +33.33%
75th Percentile £588 £650 £613
90th Percentile £630 £688 £685
South East median daily rate £506 £504 £550
% change year-on-year +0.45% -8.36% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 7 1
10th Percentile £20.59 £36.92 -
25th Percentile £21.62 £41.25 -
Median hourly rate £24.21 £57.50 £40.69
Median % change year-on-year -57.90% +41.31% -
75th Percentile £27.67 £59.41 -
90th Percentile £29.22 £61.40 -
South East median hourly rate £17.58 £36.66 £48.00
% change year-on-year -52.05% -23.62% -

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 1,095 1,459 1,559
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 92.17% 85.92% 89.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 671 774 990
10th Percentile £350 £316 £313
25th Percentile £420 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.36% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £637
90th Percentile £688 £699 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £518
% change year-on-year -4.76% +1.35% +3.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 77 59
10th Percentile £14.75 £16.00 £17.37
25th Percentile £16.66 £41.25 £37.85
Median hourly rate £32.05 £60.60 £58.75
Median % change year-on-year -47.11% +3.15% +125.96%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.39 £72.05
90th Percentile £87.64 £87.46 £75.67
South East median hourly rate £21.90 £57.35 £50.00
% change year-on-year -61.81% +14.70% +94.17%

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 18 August 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
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 18 August 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 32 £525 -12.50% 37
Bracknell +6 9 £550 +57.14% 8
Windsor -8 7 £513 -24.07% 4
Slough -4 3 £550 -15.38% 22
Wokingham -9 3 £520 -45.26% 4
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 10 (16.13%) SharePoint
2 4 (6.45%) Camunda
3 2 (3.23%) Oracle Service Bus
3 2 (3.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (1.61%) Apache Spark
4 1 (1.61%) CMS
4 1 (1.61%) Umbraco
Applications
1 11 (17.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (8.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (4.84%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (3.23%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (1.61%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (1.61%) SAP HCM
2 1 (1.61%) SAP HR
2 1 (1.61%) SAP PM
2 1 (1.61%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 17 (27.42%) Azure
2 6 (9.68%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (8.06%) AWS
4 4 (6.45%) Microsoft Copilot
5 3 (4.84%) Azure Monitor
5 3 (4.84%) Serverless
6 2 (3.23%) Azure AKS
6 2 (3.23%) Azure Functions
6 2 (3.23%) OCI
6 2 (3.23%) SonarCloud
7 1 (1.61%) Amazon ECS
7 1 (1.61%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (1.61%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (1.61%) Azure Service Bus
7 1 (1.61%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (1.61%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (1.61%) Power Platform
7 1 (1.61%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
7 1 (1.61%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 1 (1.61%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.23%) Firewall
1 2 (3.23%) Internet
1 2 (3.23%) SSL
2 1 (1.61%) 5G
2 1 (1.61%) Broadband
2 1 (1.61%) Network Security
2 1 (1.61%) Software-Defined Networking
2 1 (1.61%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.23%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.61%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (1.61%) Data Lake
2 1 (1.61%) Data Vault
2 1 (1.61%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.61%) DTS
2 1 (1.61%) DynamoDB
2 1 (1.61%) MySQL
2 1 (1.61%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (1.61%) Power BI
2 1 (1.61%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 3 (4.84%) JIRA
2 2 (3.23%) Snyk
3 1 (1.61%) Git
General
1 26 (41.94%) Social Skills
2 19 (30.65%) Finance
3 15 (24.19%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (19.35%) Telecoms
5 6 (9.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (8.06%) Retail
7 4 (6.45%) Legal
8 3 (4.84%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (3.23%) Billing
9 2 (3.23%) Public Sector
10 1 (1.61%) Automotive
10 1 (1.61%) Law
Job Titles
1 8 (12.90%) Analyst
2 6 (9.68%) Support Analyst
3 5 (8.06%) Consultant
3 5 (8.06%) Junior
3 5 (8.06%) Junior Analyst
3 5 (8.06%) Junior Support Analyst
3 5 (8.06%) Lead
3 5 (8.06%) Portfolio Analyst
3 5 (8.06%) Project Manager
3 5 (8.06%) Senior
4 4 (6.45%) Architect
4 4 (6.45%) Developer
5 3 (4.84%) QA Consultant
5 3 (4.84%) Senior Consultant
6 2 (3.23%) Cisco Engineer
6 2 (3.23%) Compliance Manager
6 2 (3.23%) Data Compliance Manager
6 2 (3.23%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 2 (3.23%) Security Manager
6 2 (3.23%) Security Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (9.68%) REST
2 5 (8.06%) React
3 4 (6.45%) AngularJS
4 2 (3.23%) OAuth
4 2 (3.23%) OAuth2
4 2 (3.23%) RESTful
4 2 (3.23%) SOAP
4 2 (3.23%) Web Services
5 1 (1.61%) .NET
5 1 (1.61%) .NET Framework
5 1 (1.61%) Entity Framework
5 1 (1.61%) Kafka
5 1 (1.61%) Lightning Web Components
5 1 (1.61%) Node.js
5 1 (1.61%) SAP PI
5 1 (1.61%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.06%) Cloud Native
1 5 (8.06%) Product Ownership
2 3 (4.84%) Virtual Team
3 2 (3.23%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (3.23%) Data Centre
3 2 (3.23%) Distributed Systems
3 2 (3.23%) Security Posture
4 1 (1.61%) Algorithms
4 1 (1.61%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (1.61%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.61%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.61%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.61%) PMI
4 1 (1.61%) Private Cloud
4 1 (1.61%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (1.61%) Robotics
4 1 (1.61%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.84%) Linux
1 3 (4.84%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (29.03%) Project Management
2 17 (27.42%) Agile
3 14 (22.58%) Problem-Solving
4 13 (20.97%) DevOps
5 11 (17.74%) Portfolio Management
5 11 (17.74%) PRINCE2
5 11 (17.74%) Stakeholder Management
6 10 (16.13%) Decision-Making
6 10 (16.13%) Project Delivery
7 7 (11.29%) CI/CD
7 7 (11.29%) Mentoring
7 7 (11.29%) Process Improvement
8 6 (9.68%) Computer Science
8 6 (9.68%) Demand Management
8 6 (9.68%) Process Management
8 6 (9.68%) Scrum
9 5 (8.06%) Artificial Intelligence
9 5 (8.06%) Change Control
9 5 (8.06%) ITIL
9 5 (8.06%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 6 (9.68%) PowerShell
1 6 (9.68%) Python
2 3 (4.84%) SQL
3 2 (3.23%) Bash
3 2 (3.23%) Bicep
3 2 (3.23%) PL/SQL
4 1 (1.61%) Apex Code
4 1 (1.61%) C#
4 1 (1.61%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 11 (17.74%) Degree
2 6 (9.68%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (8.06%) APMP
3 5 (8.06%) PMP
4 4 (6.45%) Security Cleared
5 3 (4.84%) PMI Certification
6 2 (3.23%) CCDA
6 2 (3.23%) CCDP
6 2 (3.23%) CCNA
6 2 (3.23%) CCNP
6 2 (3.23%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (3.23%) CISSP
6 2 (3.23%) JNCIA
6 2 (3.23%) SC Cleared
7 1 (1.61%) CFCE
7 1 (1.61%) CISA
7 1 (1.61%) CISM
7 1 (1.61%) Master's Degree
7 1 (1.61%) PgMP
7 1 (1.61%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.06%) P3O
1 5 (8.06%) QA
2 4 (6.45%) NIST
3 2 (3.23%) GDPR
3 2 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (3.23%) PMO
4 1 (1.61%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.61%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.61%) HIPAA
4 1 (1.61%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.61%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (4.84%) Docker
2 2 (3.23%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.61%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (1.61%) VMware NSX
3 1 (1.61%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (8.06%) Terraform
2 4 (6.45%) Ansible
3 3 (4.84%) HP ALM
3 3 (4.84%) HP Quality Center
4 2 (3.23%) Kubernetes
4 2 (3.23%) Progress Chef
4 2 (3.23%) Puppet
5 1 (1.61%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 1 (1.61%) vRealize
5 1 (1.61%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 13 (20.97%) Microsoft
2 10 (16.13%) IFS
3 5 (8.06%) Salesforce
3 5 (8.06%) SAP
4 4 (6.45%) Oracle
5 3 (4.84%) HP
5 3 (4.84%) Remedy
6 2 (3.23%) Cisco
6 2 (3.23%) Juniper
6 2 (3.23%) VMware
7 1 (1.61%) ArcSight
7 1 (1.61%) BMC
7 1 (1.61%) BT
7 1 (1.61%) CrowdStrike
7 1 (1.61%) Databricks
7 1 (1.61%) LogRhythm
7 1 (1.61%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.61%) Splunk
7 1 (1.61%) Workday