Continuous Improvement Contracts in England

Continual Improvement
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 49 77 80
Rank change year-on-year +28 +3 +15
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 1,369 1,527 2,249
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 3.74% 3.10% 3.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.33% 3.44% 3.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 875 1,020 1,445
10th Percentile £325 £375 £350
25th Percentile £425 £463 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £563 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +2.27% +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £668
90th Percentile £750 £775 £763
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 131 42 67
10th Percentile £16.25 £22.38 £22.50
25th Percentile £24.50 £27.19 £34.09
Median hourly rate £36.50 £55.75 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -34.53% +25.28% +78.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £65.00 £83.31 £61.99
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £53.68 £44.50
% change year-on-year -30.14% +20.62% +61.82%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,610 44,349 64,316
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.47% 90.16% 90.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,692 31,129 45,727
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £446 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £764 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,241 1,561 1,760
10th Percentile £12.87 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.50 £37.34 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.25% +49.36% +6.38%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +4.82%

Continuous Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Continuous Improvement in England

Continuous Improvement
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Continuous Improvement in England

Continuous Improvement
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Continuous Improvement in England over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Continuous Improvement in England

Continuous Improvement
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Continuous Improvement in England

Continuous Improvement
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Continuous Improvement in England over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Continuous Improvement in England

Continuous Improvement
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 13 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
London +10 574 £550 -7.82% 570
South East +29 237 £525 -4.55% 392
North of England +12 176 £517 -6.00% 446
South West +46 165 £500 -13.04% 203
Midlands +44 128 £475 -9.52% 309
North West +30 108 £525 +2.69% 256
West Midlands +14 77 £550 +4.76% 199
East of England -6 59 £500 - 173
Yorkshire -6 50 £500 -9.09% 142
East Midlands +47 48 £269 -56.08% 110
North East +2 18 £554 -1.99% 58
Continuous Improvement
UK

Continuous Improvement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 46 (3.36%) Confluence
2 43 (3.14%) SharePoint
3 18 (1.31%) SharePoint Server
4 8 (0.58%) nginx
5 7 (0.51%) BizTalk Server
6 6 (0.44%) CMS
6 6 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
7 4 (0.29%) Apache Solr
7 4 (0.29%) govService
8 2 (0.15%) Apache
8 2 (0.15%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.15%) IIS
9 1 (0.073%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.073%) IBM HTTP Server
9 1 (0.073%) Oracle Coherence
9 1 (0.073%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.073%) SAS
9 1 (0.073%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.073%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.073%) WebSphere Portal
Applications
1 62 (4.53%) Microsoft Office
2 53 (3.87%) Microsoft Excel
3 23 (1.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (0.95%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (0.58%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 8 (0.58%) CATIA
6 6 (0.44%) Adobe After Effects
6 6 (0.44%) Adobe Premiere
6 6 (0.44%) CINEMA 4D
6 6 (0.44%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.29%) SPSS
8 3 (0.22%) Photoshop
8 3 (0.22%) Trello
9 2 (0.15%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.15%) Sketch
10 1 (0.073%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 16 (1.17%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (1.02%) Teamcenter
3 10 (0.73%) Dynamics CRM
4 8 (0.58%) DELMIA
4 8 (0.58%) Remedy ITSM
5 4 (0.29%) Infor SunSystems
6 3 (0.22%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.22%) Primavera
6 3 (0.22%) SAP MII
6 3 (0.22%) SAP SD
7 2 (0.15%) Adobe Campaign
7 2 (0.15%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.15%) Oracle Financials
7 2 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
7 2 (0.15%) SAP CO
7 2 (0.15%) SAP FI
7 2 (0.15%) SAP FI/CO
7 2 (0.15%) SAP MM
7 2 (0.15%) Unica
8 1 (0.073%) Orchestrade
Cloud Services
1 208 (15.19%) Azure
2 106 (7.74%) AWS
3 83 (6.06%) Power Platform
4 54 (3.94%) GCP
5 51 (3.73%) Microsoft 365
6 49 (3.58%) Azure DevOps
7 46 (3.36%) Dynamics 365
8 36 (2.63%) Serverless
9 27 (1.97%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 26 (1.90%) IaaS
11 23 (1.68%) Azure Functions
11 23 (1.68%) npm
12 22 (1.61%) Azure Logic Apps
12 22 (1.61%) PaaS
13 20 (1.46%) Azure Monitor
14 18 (1.31%) Azure Data Factory
14 18 (1.31%) Entra ID
14 18 (1.31%) PowerApps
14 18 (1.31%) SaaS
15 17 (1.24%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 36 (2.63%) Firewall
2 35 (2.56%) Modbus
2 35 (2.56%) RS-422
2 35 (2.56%) RS-485
3 25 (1.83%) DNS
4 22 (1.61%) BGP
5 19 (1.39%) DHCP
6 18 (1.31%) TCP/IP
7 12 (0.88%) LAN
8 11 (0.80%) VPN
9 9 (0.66%) SAN
10 7 (0.51%) Broadband
10 7 (0.51%) Kerberos
10 7 (0.51%) NAS
10 7 (0.51%) Radio Access Network
10 7 (0.51%) VLAN
11 5 (0.37%) Internet
12 4 (0.29%) HTTPS
12 4 (0.29%) IPsec
12 4 (0.29%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (5.11%) Power BI
2 44 (3.21%) SQL Server
3 33 (2.41%) Relational Database
4 30 (2.19%) NoSQL
5 22 (1.61%) Data Warehouse
6 21 (1.53%) MongoDB
7 18 (1.31%) Metadata
8 17 (1.24%) Tableau
9 12 (0.88%) Data Mining
10 11 (0.80%) MySQL
11 10 (0.73%) Big Data
12 9 (0.66%) Azure SQL Database
12 9 (0.66%) PostgreSQL
12 9 (0.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 8 (0.58%) BigQuery
13 8 (0.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 6 (0.44%) Data Lake
14 6 (0.44%) Power Query
15 5 (0.37%) Amazon Redshift
15 5 (0.37%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 133 (9.72%) JIRA
2 64 (4.67%) Git
3 45 (3.29%) Jenkins
4 21 (1.53%) webpack
5 18 (1.31%) TeamCity
6 15 (1.10%) Cypress.io
6 15 (1.10%) Selenium
7 12 (0.88%) ERwin
8 8 (0.58%) GitLab
9 7 (0.51%) Bitbucket
9 7 (0.51%) Maven
10 6 (0.44%) Burp Suite
11 5 (0.37%) Postman
12 4 (0.29%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 3 (0.22%) JUnit
14 2 (0.15%) Artifactory
14 2 (0.15%) Gradle
14 2 (0.15%) Hudson
14 2 (0.15%) Subversion
14 2 (0.15%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 577 (42.15%) Social Skills
2 324 (23.67%) Finance
3 301 (21.99%) Analytical Skills
4 141 (10.30%) Public Sector
5 78 (5.70%) Telecoms
6 77 (5.62%) Manufacturing
7 71 (5.19%) Marketing
8 70 (5.11%) Banking
9 64 (4.67%) Legal
10 53 (3.87%) Electronics
11 50 (3.65%) Organisational Skills
12 47 (3.43%) Retail
13 46 (3.36%) Front Office
14 41 (2.99%) Influencing Skills
14 41 (2.99%) Presentation Skills
15 20 (1.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 19 (1.39%) Investment Banking
17 17 (1.24%) Local Government
18 14 (1.02%) Law
19 13 (0.95%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 164 (11.98%) Analyst
2 148 (10.81%) Lead
3 144 (10.52%) Developer
4 126 (9.20%) Senior
5 88 (6.43%) Architect
6 74 (5.41%) Project Manager
7 62 (4.53%) Delivery Manager
8 52 (3.80%) Software Engineer
9 43 (3.14%) Consultant
9 43 (3.14%) Full Stack Developer
10 35 (2.56%) Business Analyst
11 31 (2.26%) Service Manager
12 30 (2.19%) IT Manager
12 30 (2.19%) Scrum Master
13 29 (2.12%) C++ Software Engineer
14 27 (1.97%) DevOps Engineer
15 26 (1.90%) Senior Analyst
16 23 (1.68%) SOC Analyst
16 23 (1.68%) Test Engineer
17 22 (1.61%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (5.48%) React
2 39 (2.85%) CSS
3 37 (2.70%) .NET
4 35 (2.56%) REST
5 32 (2.34%) AngularJS
5 32 (2.34%) HTML
6 21 (1.53%) WebSockets
7 20 (1.46%) RxJS
8 18 (1.31%) JSON
8 18 (1.31%) Web Services
9 17 (1.24%) Node.js
9 17 (1.24%) XML
10 16 (1.17%) Redux
11 14 (1.02%) LDAP
11 14 (1.02%) RESTful
12 13 (0.95%) .NET Core
12 13 (0.95%) Kafka
12 13 (0.95%) Reactive Extensions
13 12 (0.88%) OAuth
14 10 (0.73%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 98 (7.16%) Product Ownership
2 87 (6.36%) Management Information System
3 78 (5.70%) Self-Motivation
4 31 (2.26%) CSOC
4 31 (2.26%) Security Operations Centre
5 20 (1.46%) Private Cloud
6 19 (1.39%) CMDB
6 19 (1.39%) Wiki
7 18 (1.31%) Data Protection Act
8 17 (1.24%) Life Science
9 16 (1.17%) Fixed Income
9 16 (1.17%) Public Cloud
10 15 (1.10%) Cloud Native
10 15 (1.10%) Legacy Systems
10 15 (1.10%) Virtual Team
11 12 (0.88%) Robotics
12 11 (0.80%) Analytical Mindset
13 10 (0.73%) Data Centre
13 10 (0.73%) Enterprise Software
13 10 (0.73%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 69 (5.04%) Windows
2 56 (4.09%) Linux
3 11 (0.80%) Unix
4 10 (0.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 10 (0.73%) Solaris
4 10 (0.73%) Windows Server
5 7 (0.51%) Oracle Linux
6 6 (0.44%) Kali Linux
7 5 (0.37%) Ubuntu
7 5 (0.37%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.29%) Android
8 4 (0.29%) CentOS
9 3 (0.22%) Embedded Linux
10 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2003
10 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.073%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 480 (35.06%) Agile
2 346 (25.27%) Problem-Solving
3 244 (17.82%) Project Management
4 223 (16.29%) DevOps
5 157 (11.47%) Stakeholder Management
6 154 (11.25%) ITIL
7 150 (10.96%) Decision-Making
8 143 (10.45%) Roadmaps
9 131 (9.57%) Analytics
10 126 (9.20%) Project Delivery
11 123 (8.98%) Change Management
12 115 (8.40%) Scrum
13 110 (8.04%) Service Management
14 109 (7.96%) Software Engineering
15 107 (7.82%) Mentoring
16 106 (7.74%) Business Intelligence
17 92 (6.72%) CI/CD
18 91 (6.65%) Coaching
19 84 (6.14%) User Experience
20 83 (6.06%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 134 (9.79%) Python
2 119 (8.69%) SQL
3 106 (7.74%) C#
4 91 (6.65%) JavaScript
5 59 (4.31%) Java
6 57 (4.16%) TypeScript
7 47 (3.43%) C++
8 45 (3.29%) PowerShell
9 40 (2.92%) C
10 27 (1.97%) Bash
11 18 (1.31%) T-SQL
12 16 (1.17%) Perl
13 12 (0.88%) Go
13 12 (0.88%) Scala
14 10 (0.73%) PL/SQL
15 7 (0.51%) PHP
16 6 (0.44%) Ruby
17 5 (0.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 5 (0.37%) Groovy
17 5 (0.37%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 228 (16.65%) Degree
1 228 (16.65%) Security Cleared
2 137 (10.01%) SC Cleared
3 77 (5.62%) DV Cleared
4 53 (3.87%) Computer Science Degree
5 39 (2.85%) Master's Degree
6 28 (2.05%) PMI Certification
7 22 (1.61%) BPSS Clearance
7 22 (1.61%) SANS
8 21 (1.53%) PMP
9 19 (1.39%) CISSP
9 19 (1.39%) HNC
10 18 (1.31%) HND
11 15 (1.10%) CISM
12 13 (0.95%) ISTQB
12 13 (0.95%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 12 (0.88%) ITIL Certification
13 12 (0.88%) Six Sigma Green Belt
14 10 (0.73%) Six Sigma Black Belt
15 8 (0.58%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 111 (8.11%) QA
2 56 (4.09%) GDPR
3 52 (3.80%) SLA
4 47 (3.43%) Data Quality
4 47 (3.43%) PMO
5 46 (3.36%) Accessibility
6 20 (1.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 18 (1.31%) Government Security Classifications
8 11 (0.80%) NCSC
8 11 (0.80%) NIST
8 11 (0.80%) PCI DSS
9 9 (0.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 7 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
10 7 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 5 (0.37%) GAMP
11 5 (0.37%) GxP
11 5 (0.37%) HL7
11 5 (0.37%) NEBOSH
12 4 (0.29%) HIPAA
12 4 (0.29%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 50 (3.65%) Active Directory
2 43 (3.14%) Docker
3 30 (2.19%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (1.02%) VMware NSX
5 9 (0.66%) vSphere
6 8 (0.58%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (0.37%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.22%) XenApp
9 2 (0.15%) Ceph
9 2 (0.15%) Firmware
9 2 (0.15%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 55 (4.02%) Kubernetes
2 52 (3.80%) Terraform
3 35 (2.56%) Ansible
4 11 (0.80%) Grafana
5 9 (0.66%) SCCM
5 9 (0.66%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (0.51%) EMC NetWorker
6 7 (0.51%) Netcool
6 7 (0.51%) Podman
6 7 (0.51%) Prometheus
6 7 (0.51%) SCOM
6 7 (0.51%) Tivoli
6 7 (0.51%) Tivoli Storage Manager
7 5 (0.37%) WSUS
8 4 (0.29%) Functional Safety
8 4 (0.29%) Kibana
8 4 (0.29%) Microsoft Intune
8 4 (0.29%) OPNET
8 4 (0.29%) Opsgenie
8 4 (0.29%) PowerCLI
Vendors
1 182 (13.29%) Microsoft
2 66 (4.82%) SAP
3 47 (3.43%) ServiceNow
4 46 (3.36%) Oracle
5 36 (2.63%) VMware
6 30 (2.19%) Atlassian
7 24 (1.75%) Cisco
8 22 (1.61%) Splunk
9 16 (1.17%) BT
10 15 (1.10%) Google
11 14 (1.02%) Cadence
12 13 (0.95%) Dell
13 12 (0.88%) Sparx
14 11 (0.80%) Adobe
14 11 (0.80%) Databricks
15 10 (0.73%) IBM
15 10 (0.73%) Remedy
16 9 (0.66%) HP
16 9 (0.66%) Salesforce
17 8 (0.58%) Siemens