Continuous Improvement Contract Job Trends in Dorset

Continual Improvement
South West > Dorset

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Dorset requiring Continuous Improvement skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 20 27
Rank change year-on-year +7 +7 -
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 7 4 4
As % of all contract jobs in Dorset 5.56% 4.30% 1.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.43% 4.76% 2.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £409 - -
South West median daily rate £494 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -5.95% -4.55% -8.33%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Dorset

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 Dorset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 83 84 180
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset 65.87% 90.32% 86.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 48 101
10th Percentile £277 £285 £172
25th Percentile £377 £406 £176
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% -9.52% +6.06%
75th Percentile £550 £566 £675
90th Percentile £675 £688 £825
South West median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -0.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 3 53
10th Percentile £21.60 - £13.00
25th Percentile £22.00 £14.41 £15.16
Median hourly rate £25.15 £14.81 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year +69.82% -73.78% +0.36%
75th Percentile £71.50 £20.11 £63.75
90th Percentile £74.68 £23.04 £68.89
South West median hourly rate £57.35 £65.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -11.77% +23.81% -14.63%

Continuous Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Continuous Improvement relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset.

Continuous Improvement job vacancy trend in Dorset

Continuous Improvement
Daily Rate Trend in Dorset

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing Continuous Improvement.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing Continuous Improvement

Continuous Improvement
Hourly Rate Trend in Dorset

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing Continuous Improvement.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing Continuous Improvement

Continuous Improvement
Contract Job Locations in Dorset

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 Dorset region over the 6 months to 4 February 2026. 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
Bournemouth +2 5 £409 - 3
Continuous Improvement
South West

Continuous Improvement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dorset by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (28.57%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) AWS
2 2 (28.57%) Power Platform
3 1 (14.29%) Amazon EKS
3 1 (14.29%) Azure AKS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (42.86%) MySQL
2 2 (28.57%) Power BI
3 1 (14.29%) Oracle Database
General
1 3 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Legal
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Developer
1 3 (42.86%) Java Developer
1 3 (42.86%) Senior
1 3 (42.86%) Senior Developer
1 3 (42.86%) Senior Java Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Cloud Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Cloud Platform Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Full-Stack Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (57.14%) Spring
1 4 (57.14%) Spring Boot
2 3 (42.86%) Spring MVC
3 1 (14.29%) CSS
3 1 (14.29%) CSS3
3 1 (14.29%) HTML
3 1 (14.29%) HTML5
3 1 (14.29%) Jest
3 1 (14.29%) React
3 1 (14.29%) Redux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Code Quality
2 3 (42.86%) Data Protection
2 3 (42.86%) Decision-Making
2 3 (42.86%) MVC
2 3 (42.86%) SDLC
2 3 (42.86%) Software Testing
3 2 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (28.57%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 2 (28.57%) Programme Management
3 2 (28.57%) Project Management
3 2 (28.57%) Risk Management
3 2 (28.57%) Risk Register
3 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (14.29%) BDD
4 1 (14.29%) Clean Code
4 1 (14.29%) Full-Stack Development
4 1 (14.29%) Platform Engineering
4 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (14.29%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (14.29%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) Java
2 3 (42.86%) JavaScript
2 3 (42.86%) SQL
3 1 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) PMO
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) Kubernetes
2 1 (14.29%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle