Continuous Improvement Contracts in England

Continual Improvement
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 44 51 77
Rank change year-on-year +7 +26 +3
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 1,160 1,359 1,477
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 4.79% 3.70% 3.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.24% 4.31% 3.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 745 873 973
10th Percentile £319 £313 £375
25th Percentile £409 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £563
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -6.67% +2.27%
75th Percentile £628 £650 £675
90th Percentile £783 £750 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 129 48
10th Percentile £19.92 £16.18 £22.93
25th Percentile £26.88 £24.00 £26.25
Median hourly rate £49.23 £36.50 £51.25
Median % change year-on-year +34.88% -28.78% +15.17%
75th Percentile £68.25 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £65.00 £83.31
UK median hourly rate £48.46 £36.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year +32.77% -27.00% +12.36%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,122 31,544 42,731
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.29% 85.81% 89.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,378 20,598 30,002
10th Percentile £305 £300 £325
25th Percentile £410 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £769
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 964 2,306 1,516
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.84 £10.63
25th Percentile £18.04 £16.00 £15.61
Median hourly rate £28.53 £37.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.93% - +50.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £27.85 £36.50 £36.77
% change year-on-year -23.70% -0.73% +43.19%

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 31 May 2025.

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 31 May 2025.

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 31 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
London +15 551 £550 - 1,769
North of England +6 176 £475 -5.00% 760
South East +5 147 £500 -0.99% 586
Midlands +9 130 £401 -17.74% 447
North West +8 103 £467 -11.05% 467
South West -5 89 £519 +3.75% 367
West Midlands +16 83 £450 -18.18% 279
Yorkshire +20 63 £500 - 218
East Midlands +6 47 £358 +33.09% 162
East of England +13 44 £500 - 234
North East -4 12 £519 -6.32% 89
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 60 (5.17%) Confluence
2 38 (3.28%) SharePoint
3 21 (1.81%) CMS
4 13 (1.12%) Headless CMS
5 12 (1.03%) Apache Spark
5 12 (1.03%) Microsoft Exchange
6 11 (0.95%) Apache
7 8 (0.69%) Apache Airflow
7 8 (0.69%) IIS
8 7 (0.60%) WebSphere
9 6 (0.52%) JBoss
9 6 (0.52%) WebLogic
10 5 (0.43%) CICS
10 5 (0.43%) Tomcat
11 3 (0.26%) OpenEdge
11 3 (0.26%) Oracle Service Bus
11 3 (0.26%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 3 (0.26%) Oracle Workflow
11 3 (0.26%) SharePoint 2010
12 2 (0.17%) Appian
Applications
1 65 (5.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 41 (3.53%) Microsoft Office
3 31 (2.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 25 (2.16%) MS Visio
5 15 (1.29%) Microsoft Project
6 13 (1.12%) Trello
7 7 (0.60%) Chatbot
8 5 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
8 5 (0.43%) Windchill
9 3 (0.26%) AutoCAD
9 3 (0.26%) InfoPath
9 3 (0.26%) Revit
10 1 (0.086%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.086%) Camtasia
10 1 (0.086%) CATIA
10 1 (0.086%) Final Cut Pro
10 1 (0.086%) Open Workbench
10 1 (0.086%) Sketch
10 1 (0.086%) SketchUp
10 1 (0.086%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 42 (3.62%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (0.95%) Endur
3 7 (0.60%) Oracle EBS
4 5 (0.43%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.43%) Salesforce CRM
4 5 (0.43%) SAP IBP
4 5 (0.43%) Workday HCM
5 4 (0.34%) Oracle EBS R12
5 4 (0.34%) Oracle ERP
5 4 (0.34%) Remedy ITSM
5 4 (0.34%) Teamcenter
6 3 (0.26%) iTrent
6 3 (0.26%) Oracle Assets
6 3 (0.26%) Oracle iProcurement
6 3 (0.26%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (0.26%) SAP CO
6 3 (0.26%) SAP FI/CO
6 3 (0.26%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 3 (0.26%) SAP PP
6 3 (0.26%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 160 (13.79%) Azure
2 127 (10.95%) AWS
3 79 (6.81%) Power Platform
4 46 (3.97%) SaaS
5 42 (3.62%) Microsoft 365
6 35 (3.02%) Azure DevOps
7 33 (2.84%) GCP
7 33 (2.84%) GitHub
8 26 (2.24%) Serverless
9 15 (1.29%) Entra ID
10 13 (1.12%) AWS Lambda
10 13 (1.12%) dbt
10 13 (1.12%) Power Automate
11 12 (1.03%) Snowflake
12 11 (0.95%) Amazon S3
12 11 (0.95%) Microsoft Purview
12 11 (0.95%) OneDrive
12 11 (0.95%) PowerApps
13 9 (0.78%) Azure Data Factory
13 9 (0.78%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 32 (2.76%) Firewall
2 19 (1.64%) DNS
2 19 (1.64%) LAN
3 17 (1.47%) Network Security
4 12 (1.03%) VPN
5 11 (0.95%) WAN
6 10 (0.86%) DHCP
7 9 (0.78%) TCP/IP
8 6 (0.52%) Cisco ASA
9 5 (0.43%) BGP
9 5 (0.43%) Cisco Firepower
9 5 (0.43%) OSPF
9 5 (0.43%) WLAN
10 4 (0.34%) Cisco IOS
10 4 (0.34%) Kerberos
10 4 (0.34%) SSL
10 4 (0.34%) Structured Cabling
10 4 (0.34%) Wireless
10 4 (0.34%) Wireshark
11 3 (0.26%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (5.60%) Power BI
2 28 (2.41%) Data Warehouse
2 28 (2.41%) SQL Server
3 26 (2.24%) Tableau
4 23 (1.98%) SAP HANA
5 16 (1.38%) PostgreSQL
6 13 (1.12%) Data Lake
6 13 (1.12%) NoSQL
7 12 (1.03%) Oracle Database
7 12 (1.03%) Relational Database
8 11 (0.95%) Big Data
9 10 (0.86%) Data Mining
9 10 (0.86%) Geospatial Data
9 10 (0.86%) Metadata
10 9 (0.78%) DB2
10 9 (0.78%) GIS
11 8 (0.69%) MongoDB
11 8 (0.69%) MySQL
12 7 (0.60%) DynamoDB
12 7 (0.60%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 120 (10.34%) JIRA
2 64 (5.52%) Git
3 50 (4.31%) Jenkins
4 20 (1.72%) Selenium
5 16 (1.38%) GitLab
6 12 (1.03%) JUnit
7 11 (0.95%) Bitbucket
7 11 (0.95%) Cucumber
7 11 (0.95%) REST Assured
7 11 (0.95%) Subversion
8 10 (0.86%) Maven
9 9 (0.78%) Postman
10 8 (0.69%) IntelliJ
10 8 (0.69%) JMeter
11 7 (0.60%) SonarQube
12 6 (0.52%) Gradle
13 5 (0.43%) Xcode
14 4 (0.34%) HP UFT
14 4 (0.34%) MSI
14 4 (0.34%) TeamCity
General
1 564 (48.62%) Social Skills
2 303 (26.12%) Analytical Skills
3 286 (24.66%) Finance
4 103 (8.88%) Banking
5 86 (7.41%) Public Sector
6 58 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
7 57 (4.91%) Marketing
7 57 (4.91%) Telecoms
8 47 (4.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 41 (3.53%) Presentation Skills
10 39 (3.36%) Influencing Skills
11 32 (2.76%) Legal
12 31 (2.67%) Manufacturing
13 29 (2.50%) Investment Banking
14 28 (2.41%) Front Office
15 26 (2.24%) Law
16 25 (2.16%) Retail
17 19 (1.64%) Automotive
18 15 (1.29%) Local Government
19 13 (1.12%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 140 (12.07%) Analyst
2 129 (11.12%) Developer
3 110 (9.48%) Lead
4 95 (8.19%) Senior
5 85 (7.33%) Architect
6 69 (5.95%) Project Manager
7 50 (4.31%) Business Analyst
8 48 (4.14%) Consultant
9 47 (4.05%) Delivery Manager
10 37 (3.19%) Service Manager
11 25 (2.16%) IT Manager
11 25 (2.16%) Python Developer
12 23 (1.98%) Data Analyst
13 22 (1.90%) Data Engineer
13 22 (1.90%) SAP Architect
13 22 (1.90%) Scrum Master
14 21 (1.81%) .NET Developer
14 21 (1.81%) C# Developer
15 20 (1.72%) Administrator
15 20 (1.72%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 76 (6.55%) .NET
2 51 (4.40%) AngularJS
3 49 (4.22%) React
4 36 (3.10%) Web Services
5 32 (2.76%) REST
6 29 (2.50%) CSS
7 27 (2.33%) HTML
8 25 (2.16%) RESTful
9 24 (2.07%) Spring
10 20 (1.72%) FastAPI
11 19 (1.64%) Django
12 17 (1.47%) Reactive Extensions
12 17 (1.47%) Vue
13 15 (1.29%) Next.js
13 15 (1.29%) Spring Boot
14 13 (1.12%) .NET Core
14 13 (1.12%) Kafka
14 13 (1.12%) OAuth
14 13 (1.12%) SOAP
15 12 (1.03%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 109 (9.40%) Product Ownership
2 60 (5.17%) Management Information System
3 33 (2.84%) Self-Motivation
4 28 (2.41%) Cloud Native
5 26 (2.24%) Enterprise Software
6 24 (2.07%) Data Protection Act
6 24 (2.07%) Security Posture
7 21 (1.81%) Onboarding
8 20 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
9 19 (1.64%) Analytical Mindset
10 17 (1.47%) Data Centre
11 15 (1.29%) Cyber Threat
12 14 (1.21%) Algorithms
12 14 (1.21%) Virtual Team
13 13 (1.12%) CMDB
13 13 (1.12%) Mobile App
14 11 (0.95%) IoT
15 10 (0.86%) Distributed Systems
15 10 (0.86%) PMI
16 9 (0.78%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 43 (3.71%) Windows
2 41 (3.53%) Linux
3 14 (1.21%) Unix
3 14 (1.21%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.52%) Solaris
5 4 (0.34%) CentOS
5 4 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (0.34%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.26%) Android
6 3 (0.26%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.26%) Windows 7
7 2 (0.17%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (0.17%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.086%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.086%) Rocky
8 1 (0.086%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.086%) VMS
8 1 (0.086%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 445 (38.36%) Agile
2 367 (31.64%) Problem-Solving
3 227 (19.57%) Stakeholder Management
4 189 (16.29%) Project Management
5 170 (14.66%) DevOps
6 153 (13.19%) CI/CD
7 142 (12.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 131 (11.29%) Decision-Making
9 128 (11.03%) Risk Management
9 128 (11.03%) Scrum
10 126 (10.86%) ITIL
11 117 (10.09%) Project Delivery
12 112 (9.66%) Roadmaps
13 111 (9.57%) Change Management
14 105 (9.05%) Analytics
15 97 (8.36%) Business Intelligence
16 84 (7.24%) Process Improvement
17 83 (7.16%) Cybersecurity
18 81 (6.98%) Service Management
19 79 (6.81%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 156 (13.45%) SQL
2 133 (11.47%) Python
3 102 (8.79%) Java
4 69 (5.95%) C#
5 62 (5.34%) JavaScript
6 48 (4.14%) TypeScript
7 43 (3.71%) PowerShell
8 25 (2.16%) Bash
9 14 (1.21%) PL/SQL
10 6 (0.52%) Go
10 6 (0.52%) Groovy
10 6 (0.52%) JCL
10 6 (0.52%) Perl
11 5 (0.43%) C++
11 5 (0.43%) COBOL
11 5 (0.43%) PHP
11 5 (0.43%) R
11 5 (0.43%) Shell Script
11 5 (0.43%) VB.NET
12 4 (0.34%) Scala
Qualifications
1 153 (13.19%) Security Cleared
2 143 (12.33%) Degree
3 120 (10.34%) SC Cleared
4 46 (3.97%) PMI Certification
5 41 (3.53%) PMP
6 38 (3.28%) Computer Science Degree
7 34 (2.93%) CISSP
8 29 (2.50%) DV Cleared
9 19 (1.64%) Master's Degree
10 15 (1.29%) AWS Certification
10 15 (1.29%) CISM
10 15 (1.29%) ITIL Certification
11 13 (1.12%) Microsoft Certification
12 10 (0.86%) Azure Certification
13 9 (0.78%) CEH
13 9 (0.78%) ISTQB
14 7 (0.60%) APMP
14 7 (0.60%) CISA
15 6 (0.52%) A+ Certification
15 6 (0.52%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 103 (8.88%) QA
2 59 (5.09%) GDPR
3 34 (2.93%) Data Quality
4 28 (2.41%) Accessibility
4 28 (2.41%) PMO
5 27 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 25 (2.16%) SLA
7 24 (2.07%) NIST
8 14 (1.21%) HIPAA
9 10 (0.86%) GRC
9 10 (0.86%) PCI DSS
9 10 (0.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 8 (0.69%) NCSC
11 7 (0.60%) HL7
12 6 (0.52%) Basel II
12 6 (0.52%) P3O
13 5 (0.43%) Def Stans
13 5 (0.43%) ISO 9001
14 4 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
14 4 (0.34%) GxP
System Software
1 67 (5.78%) Docker
2 39 (3.36%) Active Directory
3 14 (1.21%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.69%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (0.60%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (0.34%) VMware NSX
7 3 (0.26%) vSphere
8 2 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.086%) Firmware
9 1 (0.086%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.086%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 73 (6.29%) Kubernetes
2 58 (5.00%) Ansible
3 52 (4.48%) Terraform
4 12 (1.03%) Grafana
5 11 (0.95%) FortiGate
5 11 (0.95%) Prometheus
6 8 (0.69%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (0.69%) SCCM
7 7 (0.60%) ITRS Geneos
7 7 (0.60%) QRadar
8 6 (0.52%) Puppet
8 6 (0.52%) Red Hat Satellite
8 6 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (0.43%) HP ALM
9 5 (0.43%) Tivoli Identity Manager
10 4 (0.34%) EMC NetWorker
10 4 (0.34%) Kibana
10 4 (0.34%) Progress Chef
10 4 (0.34%) Tivoli
10 4 (0.34%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 179 (15.43%) Microsoft
2 97 (8.36%) SAP
3 70 (6.03%) Oracle
4 68 (5.86%) ServiceNow
5 31 (2.67%) Cisco
6 24 (2.07%) VMware
7 20 (1.72%) Salesforce
7 20 (1.72%) Splunk
8 19 (1.64%) Google
9 18 (1.55%) IBM
10 16 (1.38%) Databricks
11 13 (1.12%) Atlassian
11 13 (1.12%) Workday
12 12 (1.03%) CyberArk
13 10 (0.86%) Dynatrace
14 9 (0.78%) Adobe
14 9 (0.78%) Veritas
15 8 (0.69%) Blue Prism
15 8 (0.69%) HP
15 8 (0.69%) Red Hat