Continuous Improvement Contracts in Reading

Continual Improvement
Berkshire > Reading

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading 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 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 44 56 57
Rank change year-on-year +12 +1 -13
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 49 31 45
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 4.12% 2.99% 3.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.57% 3.30% 3.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 18 13
10th Percentile £468 £367 £502
25th Percentile £563 £463 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £550 £625
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -12.00% +56.25%
75th Percentile £650 £595 £656
90th Percentile £688 £626 £676
Berkshire median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - +31.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £13.53
25th Percentile £59.89 - £19.19
Median hourly rate £60.14 - £30.00
75th Percentile £60.39 - £41.94
90th Percentile - - £48.28
Berkshire median hourly rate £51.32 £20.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year +156.60% -60.00% +81.82%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Reading

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 Reading with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,072 939 1,222
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 90.24% 90.64% 90.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 580 623 819
10th Percentile £213 £363 £234
25th Percentile £413 £456 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £619 £658 £600
90th Percentile £688 £721 £656
Berkshire median daily rate £508 £525 £498
% change year-on-year -3.24% +5.53% +7.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 23 8
10th Percentile £27.58 £45.50 £12.73
25th Percentile £53.74 £53.00 £19.44
Median hourly rate £62.07 £65.00 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.50% +132.14% -35.63%
75th Percentile £82.55 £74.40 £33.13
90th Percentile £87.50 £79.19 £40.25
Berkshire median hourly rate £61.60 £57.82 £21.05
% change year-on-year +6.54% +174.67% -2.09%

Continuous Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Continuous Improvement in Reading

Continuous Improvement
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Daily rate trend for Continuous Improvement in Reading

Continuous Improvement
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Continuous Improvement in Reading over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Continuous Improvement in Reading

Continuous Improvement
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

Hourly rate trend for Continuous Improvement in Reading

Continuous Improvement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 3 (6.12%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (10.20%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (10.20%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (4.08%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 19 (38.78%) Azure
2 10 (20.41%) Azure Cosmos DB
2 10 (20.41%) Azure Monitor
3 9 (18.37%) Azure Data Factory
3 9 (18.37%) Azure Functions
3 9 (18.37%) Serverless
4 8 (16.33%) Entra ID
5 7 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (10.20%) Power Platform
7 3 (6.12%) Power Automate
8 1 (2.04%) Azure Cognitive Search
8 1 (2.04%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (2.04%) IaaS
8 1 (2.04%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (8.16%) Radio Access Network
2 2 (4.08%) Remote Desktop
2 2 (4.08%) XCAP
3 1 (2.04%) DNS
3 1 (2.04%) Firewall
3 1 (2.04%) FTP
3 1 (2.04%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (18.37%) NoSQL
2 5 (10.20%) Power BI
3 2 (4.08%) GIS
3 2 (4.08%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 10 (20.41%) Git
2 3 (6.12%) JIRA
3 1 (2.04%) Selenium
3 1 (2.04%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 14 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
2 13 (26.53%) Social Skills
3 12 (24.49%) Telecoms
4 5 (10.20%) Billing
4 5 (10.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (8.16%) Finance
5 4 (8.16%) Influencing Skills
5 4 (8.16%) Legal
6 2 (4.08%) Aviation
6 2 (4.08%) Mandarin Language
7 1 (2.04%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.04%) Retail
Job Titles
1 13 (26.53%) Developer
2 9 (18.37%) Azure Developer
2 9 (18.37%) Full Stack Developer
3 8 (16.33%) Lead
4 5 (10.20%) Full Stack Python Developer
4 5 (10.20%) Python Developer
4 5 (10.20%) Scrum Master
4 5 (10.20%) Service Manager
5 4 (8.16%) Applications Engineer
5 4 (8.16%) Lead Software Engineer
5 4 (8.16%) Problem Manager
5 4 (8.16%) Service Design Manager
5 4 (8.16%) Service Transition Manager
5 4 (8.16%) Software Engineer
5 4 (8.16%) Transition Manager
5 4 (8.16%) Web Applications Engineer
5 4 (8.16%) Web Engineer
6 3 (6.12%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 3 (6.12%) Power BI Developer
6 3 (6.12%) Quality Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (26.53%) React
2 5 (10.20%) Node.js
3 4 (8.16%) React Native
4 1 (2.04%) AngularJS
4 1 (2.04%) ARM Templates
4 1 (2.04%) JSON
4 1 (2.04%) Middleware
4 1 (2.04%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (20.41%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.04%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (2.04%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (34.69%) Agile
1 17 (34.69%) DevOps
2 13 (26.53%) Change Management
3 10 (20.41%) CI/CD
4 9 (18.37%) Full Stack Development
4 9 (18.37%) ITIL
4 9 (18.37%) Microservices
4 9 (18.37%) SDLC
4 9 (18.37%) Unit Testing
5 8 (16.33%) Coaching
5 8 (16.33%) Customer Experience
5 8 (16.33%) Product Backlog
6 6 (12.24%) Service Management
6 6 (12.24%) Software Engineering
7 5 (10.20%) Business Intelligence
7 5 (10.20%) CRM
7 5 (10.20%) Problem Management
7 5 (10.20%) Scrum
7 5 (10.20%) Service Delivery
8 4 (8.16%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 9 (18.37%) Python
2 5 (10.20%) JavaScript
3 2 (4.08%) C
4 1 (2.04%) Java
4 1 (2.04%) PowerShell
4 1 (2.04%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (8.16%) CIPD
1 4 (8.16%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 3 (6.12%) DV Cleared
2 3 (6.12%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.04%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.04%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.12%) QA
1 3 (6.12%) SLA
2 2 (4.08%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 1 (2.04%) PMO
System Software
1 9 (18.37%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.04%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (12.24%) BT
2 3 (6.12%) Microsoft
3 2 (4.08%) Remedy
4 1 (2.04%) Oracle