Continuous Improvement Contracts in Gloucestershire

Continual Improvement
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Gloucestershire 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 46 50
Rank change year-on-year +18 +4 +2
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 13 12 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 4.74% 2.80% 2.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.44% 3.26% 2.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 11 5
10th Percentile £232 - £300
25th Percentile £400 £513 £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £525 £340
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% +54.41% -28.42%
75th Percentile £625 £575 £588
90th Percentile £700 £738 -
South West median daily rate £500 £500 £575
% change year-on-year - -13.04% +6.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 5
10th Percentile - - £73.52
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - £15.89 £83.31
Median % change year-on-year - -80.93% -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £25.00 £83.31
% change year-on-year +160.00% -69.99% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 239 368 438
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 87.23% 85.78% 92.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 178 230 307
10th Percentile £237 £363 £295
25th Percentile £413 £458 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £545
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +0.92% +6.34%
75th Percentile £630 £675 £650
90th Percentile £729 £738 £700
South West median daily rate £520 £525 £549
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.37% +9.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 31 37
10th Percentile £25.56 £14.00 £35.00
25th Percentile £34.88 £19.57 £50.50
Median hourly rate £67.50 £35.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +92.86% -50.00% +116.05%
75th Percentile £70.00 £69.38 £78.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £71.50 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £63.00 £50.00 £61.50
% change year-on-year +26.00% -18.70% +26.16%

Continuous Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for Continuous Improvement in Gloucestershire

Continuous Improvement
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Daily rate trend for Continuous Improvement in Gloucestershire

Continuous Improvement
Daily Rate Histogram in Gloucestershire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Continuous Improvement in Gloucestershire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Continuous Improvement in Gloucestershire

Continuous Improvement
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Hourly rate trend for Continuous Improvement in Gloucestershire

Continuous Improvement
Contract Job Locations in Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 1 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
Gloucester +2 8 £600 +14.29% 52
Continuous Improvement
South West

Continuous Improvement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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 4 (30.77%) Confluence
2 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (15.38%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 5 (38.46%) Azure
2 3 (23.08%) AWS
2 3 (23.08%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (15.38%) Entra ID
3 2 (15.38%) GCP
3 2 (15.38%) Power Platform
4 1 (7.69%) Amazon GuardDuty
4 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (7.69%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) Firewall
1 1 (7.69%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) NoSQL
1 2 (15.38%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 6 (46.15%) JIRA
2 2 (15.38%) Git
General
1 6 (46.15%) Analytical Skills
1 6 (46.15%) Social Skills
2 3 (23.08%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (15.38%) Local Government
3 2 (15.38%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) Project Manager
2 3 (23.08%) Lead
2 3 (23.08%) Product Lead
3 2 (15.38%) Developer
3 2 (15.38%) Full-Stack Developer
3 2 (15.38%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Procurement Manager
3 2 (15.38%) Procurement Project Manager
3 2 (15.38%) SAP Manager
3 2 (15.38%) Senior
3 2 (15.38%) Senior Developer
3 2 (15.38%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
3 2 (15.38%) Support Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Business Intelligence Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Business Intelligence Project Manager
4 1 (7.69%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (7.69%) SAP Programme Manager
4 1 (7.69%) SAP Project Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (15.38%) Node.js
1 2 (15.38%) React
1 2 (15.38%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 5 (38.46%) Product Ownership
2 1 (7.69%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (7.69%) Cyber Defence
2 1 (7.69%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (61.54%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (38.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 4 (30.77%) Agile
3 4 (30.77%) Risk Management
3 4 (30.77%) Scrum
4 3 (23.08%) Backlog Management
4 3 (23.08%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (23.08%) Coaching
4 3 (23.08%) Epics
4 3 (23.08%) Product Backlog
4 3 (23.08%) Product Strategy
4 3 (23.08%) Product Vision
4 3 (23.08%) Project Management
4 3 (23.08%) Resource Allocation
4 3 (23.08%) Roadmaps
4 3 (23.08%) User Stories
5 2 (15.38%) Business Strategy
5 2 (15.38%) CI/CD
5 2 (15.38%) Code Quality
5 2 (15.38%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (15.38%) Go
1 2 (15.38%) JavaScript
1 2 (15.38%) Python
1 2 (15.38%) SQL
1 2 (15.38%) TypeScript
2 1 (7.69%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 5 (38.46%) SC Cleared
1 5 (38.46%) Security Cleared
2 2 (15.38%) DV Cleared
3 1 (7.69%) PMI Certification
3 1 (7.69%) PMP
3 1 (7.69%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
System Software
1 2 (15.38%) Active Directory
1 2 (15.38%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) Kubernetes
1 2 (15.38%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
2 3 (23.08%) Atlassian
2 3 (23.08%) SAP
3 2 (15.38%) Ariba
4 1 (7.69%) Fortinet
4 1 (7.69%) Palo Alto
4 1 (7.69%) ServiceNow