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 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 52 56 53
Rank change year-on-year +4 -3 -11
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 48 33 50
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 4.07% 3.19% 3.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.52% 3.53% 4.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 21 14
10th Percentile £460 £445 £395
25th Percentile £519 £525 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £563 £631
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -10.89% +57.81%
75th Percentile £650 £600 £655
90th Percentile £688 £688 £676
Berkshire median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +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 1,061 934 1,227
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 89.99% 90.42% 90.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 576 631 820
10th Percentile £213 £369 £256
25th Percentile £413 £463 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.09% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £619 £671 £600
90th Percentile £688 £721 £656
Berkshire median daily rate £513 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -2.38% +5.00% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 23 8
10th Percentile £20.17 £45.50 £12.73
25th Percentile £52.90 £53.00 £19.44
Median hourly rate £61.65 £65.00 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.16% +132.14% -35.63%
75th Percentile £80.69 £74.40 £33.13
90th Percentile £87.49 £79.19 £40.25
Berkshire median hourly rate £60.57 £56.89 £21.05
% change year-on-year +6.48% +170.24% -

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 5 May 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 (6.25%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (4.17%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 16 (33.33%) Azure
2 11 (22.92%) Azure Cosmos DB
2 11 (22.92%) Azure Monitor
3 10 (20.83%) Azure Data Factory
3 10 (20.83%) Azure Functions
3 10 (20.83%) Serverless
4 9 (18.75%) Entra ID
5 5 (10.42%) Power Platform
6 4 (8.33%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (6.25%) Power Automate
8 1 (2.08%) Azure Cognitive Search
8 1 (2.08%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (2.08%) IaaS
8 1 (2.08%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (8.33%) Radio Access Network
2 2 (4.17%) Remote Desktop
2 2 (4.17%) XCAP
3 1 (2.08%) DNS
3 1 (2.08%) Firewall
3 1 (2.08%) FTP
3 1 (2.08%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (20.83%) NoSQL
2 5 (10.42%) Power BI
3 2 (4.17%) GIS
3 2 (4.17%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 11 (22.92%) Git
2 3 (6.25%) JIRA
3 1 (2.08%) Selenium
3 1 (2.08%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 14 (29.17%) Analytical Skills
1 14 (29.17%) Social Skills
2 13 (27.08%) Telecoms
3 5 (10.42%) Billing
3 5 (10.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (8.33%) Influencing Skills
4 4 (8.33%) Legal
5 3 (6.25%) Finance
6 2 (4.17%) Aviation
7 1 (2.08%) Mandarin Language
7 1 (2.08%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.08%) Public Sector
7 1 (2.08%) Retail
Job Titles
1 14 (29.17%) Developer
2 10 (20.83%) Azure Developer
2 10 (20.83%) Full Stack Developer
3 5 (10.42%) Full Stack Python Developer
3 5 (10.42%) Lead
3 5 (10.42%) Python Developer
4 4 (8.33%) Applications Engineer
4 4 (8.33%) Lead Software Engineer
4 4 (8.33%) Problem Manager
4 4 (8.33%) Service Design Manager
4 4 (8.33%) Service Manager
4 4 (8.33%) Service Transition Manager
4 4 (8.33%) Software Engineer
4 4 (8.33%) Transition Manager
4 4 (8.33%) Web Applications Engineer
4 4 (8.33%) Web Engineer
5 3 (6.25%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 3 (6.25%) Power BI Developer
5 3 (6.25%) Quality Engineer
5 3 (6.25%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (29.17%) React
2 5 (10.42%) Node.js
3 4 (8.33%) React Native
4 1 (2.08%) AngularJS
4 1 (2.08%) ARM Templates
4 1 (2.08%) JSON
4 1 (2.08%) Middleware
4 1 (2.08%) Web Services
4 1 (2.08%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (20.83%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.08%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (2.08%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (2.08%) Life Science
2 1 (2.08%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.08%) NHS
2 1 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (33.33%) Agile
2 15 (31.25%) DevOps
3 14 (29.17%) Change Management
4 11 (22.92%) CI/CD
5 10 (20.83%) Full Stack Development
5 10 (20.83%) Microservices
5 10 (20.83%) SDLC
5 10 (20.83%) Unit Testing
6 8 (16.67%) Customer Experience
6 8 (16.67%) ITIL
6 8 (16.67%) Product Backlog
7 6 (12.50%) Coaching
7 6 (12.50%) Software Engineering
8 5 (10.42%) Business Intelligence
8 5 (10.42%) CRM
8 5 (10.42%) Service Delivery
8 5 (10.42%) Service Management
9 4 (8.33%) Data Analysis
9 4 (8.33%) Incident Management
9 4 (8.33%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (20.83%) Python
2 5 (10.42%) JavaScript
3 2 (4.17%) C
4 1 (2.08%) Java
4 1 (2.08%) PowerShell
4 1 (2.08%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (8.33%) CIPD
1 4 (8.33%) DV Cleared
1 4 (8.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 4 (8.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (2.08%) Degree
2 1 (2.08%) ISTQB
2 1 (2.08%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.25%) QA
1 3 (6.25%) SLA
2 2 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 1 (2.08%) HL7
3 1 (2.08%) PMO
System Software
1 10 (20.83%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.08%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (12.50%) BT
2 2 (4.17%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.17%) Remedy
3 1 (2.08%) Oracle