Continuous Improvement Contracts in Berkshire

Continual Improvement
South East > Berkshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire 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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 25 58 56
Rank change year-on-year +33 -2 -12
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 127 56 79
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 6.56% 3.21% 3.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.38% 3.55% 3.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 34 30
10th Percentile £400 £393 £235
25th Percentile £419 £456 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +31.25%
75th Percentile £650 £600 £650
90th Percentile £688 £684 £675
South East median daily rate £525 £550 £515
% change year-on-year -4.55% +6.80% +11.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 3
10th Percentile - - £17.30
25th Percentile £41.25 - £28.63
Median hourly rate £51.32 £20.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +156.60% -60.00% +81.82%
75th Percentile £60.67 - £60.37
90th Percentile £61.17 - £65.10
South East median hourly rate £37.50 £40.00 £59.00
% change year-on-year -6.25% -32.20% +195.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire

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 Berkshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,722 1,576 2,106
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 88.90% 90.42% 90.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 904 1,016 1,328
10th Percentile £213 £350 £275
25th Percentile £375 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £509 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.05% +5.00% +8.11%
75th Percentile £608 £625 £588
90th Percentile £675 £702 £650
South East median daily rate £501 £510 £500
% change year-on-year -1.81% +2.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 101 48 40
10th Percentile £18.50 £19.20 £13.00
25th Percentile £41.25 £25.72 £17.00
Median hourly rate £61.00 £57.82 £21.03
Median % change year-on-year +5.50% +174.99% -0.12%
75th Percentile £71.75 £73.69 £33.13
90th Percentile £87.46 £79.51 £69.46
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £49.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -4.04% +130.23% -21.82%

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 10 May 2024.

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 10 May 2024.

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 10 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
Reading -2 52 £613 +10.11% 28
Bracknell +6 23 £425 -9.28% 3
Windsor - 13 £675 - 2
Newbury +8 10 £438 -41.67% 2
Slough +15 4 £525 +20.00% 16
Wokingham +1 2 £950 +46.15% 2
Maidenhead -2 2 £375 - 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 6 (4.72%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.36%) Confluence
Applications
1 16 (12.60%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (7.87%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (7.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (6.30%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 6 (4.72%) Adobe After Effects
5 6 (4.72%) Adobe Premiere
5 6 (4.72%) CINEMA 4D
6 2 (1.57%) Sketch
7 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (2.36%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 19 (14.96%) Azure
2 13 (10.24%) Azure Cosmos DB
2 13 (10.24%) Azure Monitor
3 12 (9.45%) Azure Data Factory
3 12 (9.45%) Azure Functions
3 12 (9.45%) Serverless
4 10 (7.87%) Entra ID
5 8 (6.30%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (4.72%) Power Platform
7 5 (3.94%) Smartsheet
8 4 (3.15%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (2.36%) Figma
9 3 (2.36%) Power Automate
10 2 (1.57%) IaaS
11 1 (0.79%) Azure Cognitive Search
11 1 (0.79%) Azure Key Vault
11 1 (0.79%) PaaS
11 1 (0.79%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.94%) Radio Access Network
2 3 (2.36%) Broadband
3 2 (1.57%) 4G
3 2 (1.57%) 5G
3 2 (1.57%) Remote Desktop
3 2 (1.57%) XCAP
4 1 (0.79%) 3G
4 1 (0.79%) DNS
4 1 (0.79%) DSL
4 1 (0.79%) Ethernet
4 1 (0.79%) Firewall
4 1 (0.79%) FTP
4 1 (0.79%) LAN
4 1 (0.79%) VoLTE
4 1 (0.79%) VPN
4 1 (0.79%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (9.45%) NoSQL
2 6 (4.72%) Power BI
3 2 (1.57%) GIS
3 2 (1.57%) Tableau
4 1 (0.79%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.79%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 14 (11.02%) Git
2 8 (6.30%) JIRA
3 3 (2.36%) Selenium
4 1 (0.79%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 45 (35.43%) Social Skills
2 27 (21.26%) Telecoms
3 26 (20.47%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (13.39%) Marketing
5 14 (11.02%) Legal
6 13 (10.24%) Finance
7 8 (6.30%) Influencing Skills
7 8 (6.30%) Presentation Skills
8 7 (5.51%) Public Sector
9 6 (4.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (3.94%) Billing
10 5 (3.94%) Law
11 3 (2.36%) Aviation
11 3 (2.36%) Manufacturing
12 2 (1.57%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.79%) Retail
Job Titles
1 31 (24.41%) Developer
2 16 (12.60%) Designer
2 16 (12.60%) Lead
3 14 (11.02%) Project Manager
4 12 (9.45%) Azure Developer
4 12 (9.45%) Full Stack Developer
5 11 (8.66%) Senior
6 8 (6.30%) Creative Designer
7 6 (4.72%) Full Stack Python Developer
7 6 (4.72%) Lead Designer
7 6 (4.72%) Python Developer
8 5 (3.94%) Architect
8 5 (3.94%) Development Manager
8 5 (3.94%) HR Manager
8 5 (3.94%) Operations Manager
8 5 (3.94%) Project Leader
8 5 (3.94%) Solutions Architect
8 5 (3.94%) Systems Development Manager
9 4 (3.15%) Video Editor
9 4 (3.15%) Web Applications Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (14.96%) React
2 6 (4.72%) Node.js
3 4 (3.15%) React Native
4 3 (2.36%) CSS
4 3 (2.36%) HTML
5 2 (1.57%) PySpark
5 2 (1.57%) Web Services
6 1 (0.79%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.79%) ARM Templates
6 1 (0.79%) Jest
6 1 (0.79%) JSON
6 1 (0.79%) Middleware
6 1 (0.79%) Swagger
6 1 (0.79%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (12.60%) Product Ownership
2 12 (9.45%) Robotics
3 8 (6.30%) Management Information System
4 6 (4.72%) Motion Graphics
4 6 (4.72%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (3.94%) Life Science
5 5 (3.94%) PMI
6 4 (3.15%) Animation
7 2 (1.57%) Biopharmaceutical
7 2 (1.57%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (1.57%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.57%) NHS
7 2 (1.57%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.57%) Photography
8 1 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.79%) Graphic Design
8 1 (0.79%) IoT
8 1 (0.79%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (0.79%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (37.01%) Agile
2 31 (24.41%) DevOps
3 25 (19.69%) Project Management
4 23 (18.11%) Coaching
5 20 (15.75%) Change Management
6 18 (14.17%) Storytelling
7 17 (13.39%) Risk Management
8 14 (11.02%) Roadmaps
8 14 (11.02%) Strategic Thinking
9 13 (10.24%) CI/CD
9 13 (10.24%) Decision-Making
9 13 (10.24%) Information Security
9 13 (10.24%) Problem-Solving
10 12 (9.45%) Artificial Intelligence
10 12 (9.45%) Full Stack Development
10 12 (9.45%) Microservices
10 12 (9.45%) Product Backlog
10 12 (9.45%) SDLC
10 12 (9.45%) Unit Testing
11 11 (8.66%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 15 (11.81%) Python
2 9 (7.09%) JavaScript
3 3 (2.36%) C
3 3 (2.36%) Java
4 2 (1.57%) PowerShell
4 2 (1.57%) SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (15.75%) Degree
2 14 (11.02%) Security Cleared
3 11 (8.66%) DV Cleared
4 5 (3.94%) CIPD
4 5 (3.94%) PMI Certification
5 4 (3.15%) CISM
5 4 (3.15%) CISSP
5 4 (3.15%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 4 (3.15%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 3 (2.36%) SC Cleared
7 2 (1.57%) ISTQB
7 2 (1.57%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.57%) MBA
8 1 (0.79%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.79%) CSPO
8 1 (0.79%) HNC
8 1 (0.79%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (11.81%) QA
2 13 (10.24%) Accessibility
3 6 (4.72%) SLA
4 2 (1.57%) HL7
4 2 (1.57%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 1 (0.79%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.79%) PMO
System Software
1 13 (10.24%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.79%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.79%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (10.24%) Microsoft
2 8 (6.30%) Adobe
3 7 (5.51%) BT
4 5 (3.94%) Reuters
5 3 (2.36%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.57%) Remedy
7 1 (0.79%) Cisco
7 1 (0.79%) Fujitsu
7 1 (0.79%) Oracle