Continuous Improvement Contracts in Scotland

Continual Improvement
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 44 30 51
Rank change year-on-year -14 +21 +6
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 92 193 165
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 4.24% 6.87% 4.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.78% 7.43% 5.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 145 136
10th Percentile £308 £269 £313
25th Percentile £400 £400 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.60% - +17.65%
75th Percentile £538 £590 £580
90th Percentile £613 £638 £649
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +12.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £56.30 - -
25th Percentile £58.25 - -
Median hourly rate £61.50 - -
75th Percentile £64.75 - -
90th Percentile £66.70 - -
UK median hourly rate £38.95 £54.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -27.87% +21.35% +61.82%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,924 2,599 3,271
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 88.58% 92.52% 93.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,158 1,869 2,319
10th Percentile £225 £260 £250
25th Percentile £389 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £470
Median % change year-on-year - +1.06% +10.59%
75th Percentile £587 £558 £550
90th Percentile £663 £650 £625
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 56 48
10th Percentile £12.30 £10.63 £15.04
25th Percentile £15.75 £12.04 £19.45
Median hourly rate £18.79 £16.86 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.48% -57.86% -0.01%
75th Percentile £40.94 £49.24 £48.95
90th Percentile £60.75 £65.78 £55.75
UK median hourly rate £35.95 £35.80 £25.00
% change year-on-year +0.42% +43.20% +2.04%

Continuous Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Continuous Improvement in Scotland

Continuous Improvement
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Continuous Improvement in Scotland

Continuous Improvement
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Continuous Improvement in Scotland over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Continuous Improvement in Scotland

Continuous Improvement
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Continuous Improvement in Scotland

Continuous Improvement
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 5 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
Glasgow -17 35 £447 -14.86% 47
Edinburgh -3 30 £430 -18.64% 21
West Lothian - 16 £520 - 3
Aberdeen - 5 £575 - 19
Lanarkshire +1 1 £500 -16.67% 19
Fife -1 1 £310 +58.97% 5
South Lanarkshire -22 1 £450 +3.75% 1
Continuous Improvement
UK

Continuous Improvement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 10 (10.87%) Confluence
2 6 (6.52%) SharePoint
3 3 (3.26%) Apache
3 3 (3.26%) IBM HTTP Server
3 3 (3.26%) WebSphere
3 3 (3.26%) WebSphere Application Server
3 3 (3.26%) WebSphere Portal
4 1 (1.09%) CMS
Applications
1 3 (3.26%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (3.26%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (3.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (2.17%) Photoshop
3 1 (1.09%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (3.26%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (1.09%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.09%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 9 (9.78%) AWS
2 7 (7.61%) Azure
3 4 (4.35%) Canva
3 4 (4.35%) IaaS
3 4 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (4.35%) Slack
4 3 (3.26%) Amazon S3
4 3 (3.26%) iPaaS
4 3 (3.26%) OCI
4 3 (3.26%) OpenShift
4 3 (3.26%) PaaS
4 3 (3.26%) Serverless
4 3 (3.26%) SuccessFactors
5 2 (2.17%) Amazon EC2
5 2 (2.17%) AWS CloudFormation
5 2 (2.17%) AWS Lambda
5 2 (2.17%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (2.17%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.09%) Amazon EKS
6 1 (1.09%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.26%) 5G
1 3 (3.26%) HTTP
1 3 (3.26%) LAN
1 3 (3.26%) WAN
2 2 (2.17%) Firewall
2 2 (2.17%) Intranet
3 1 (1.09%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (1.09%) Network Security
3 1 (1.09%) SNMP
3 1 (1.09%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.35%) Oracle Database
2 2 (2.17%) Data Mining
2 2 (2.17%) Power BI
2 2 (2.17%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.09%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (1.09%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.09%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (1.09%) NonStop SQL
3 1 (1.09%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (1.09%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 12 (13.04%) JIRA
2 11 (11.96%) Jenkins
3 10 (10.87%) Cucumber
3 10 (10.87%) Git
3 10 (10.87%) JUnit
3 10 (10.87%) Postman
4 5 (5.43%) IntelliJ
4 5 (5.43%) Maven
5 4 (4.35%) Oracle APEX
6 3 (3.26%) Burp Suite
6 3 (3.26%) IBM UrbanCode
7 1 (1.09%) Artifactory
7 1 (1.09%) Cypress.io
7 1 (1.09%) GitLab
7 1 (1.09%) Gradle
7 1 (1.09%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (1.09%) TestComplete
7 1 (1.09%) Zephyr
General
1 55 (59.78%) Social Skills
2 26 (28.26%) Finance
3 21 (22.83%) Public Sector
4 17 (18.48%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (7.61%) Banking
5 7 (7.61%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (4.35%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (4.35%) Retail
7 3 (3.26%) Telecoms
8 2 (2.17%) Billing
8 2 (2.17%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (2.17%) Retail Banking
9 1 (1.09%) Avionics
9 1 (1.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 20 (21.74%) Developer
2 18 (19.57%) Analyst
2 18 (19.57%) Senior
3 12 (13.04%) Java Developer
4 10 (10.87%) Lead
5 9 (9.78%) Senior Developer
6 8 (8.70%) Senior Java Developer
7 5 (5.43%) Business Analyst
7 5 (5.43%) Data Analyst
8 4 (4.35%) Content Manager
8 4 (4.35%) Oracle Developer
8 4 (4.35%) Scrum Master
9 3 (3.26%) Architect
9 3 (3.26%) Data Quality Analyst
9 3 (3.26%) Designer
9 3 (3.26%) Ethical Hacker
9 3 (3.26%) Middleware Engineer
9 3 (3.26%) Quality Analyst
9 3 (3.26%) Senior Middleware Engineer
9 3 (3.26%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (18.48%) J2EE
2 15 (16.30%) REST
2 15 (16.30%) Spring
3 13 (14.13%) Spring Boot
4 11 (11.96%) Kafka
5 10 (10.87%) Apache Camel
6 7 (7.61%) Web Services
7 6 (6.52%) React
8 4 (4.35%) Spring Batch
9 3 (3.26%) .NET
9 3 (3.26%) AWS CDK
9 3 (3.26%) Middleware
10 2 (2.17%) Oracle Fusion
11 1 (1.09%) CSS
11 1 (1.09%) Elastic Stack
11 1 (1.09%) HTML
11 1 (1.09%) Java EE
11 1 (1.09%) JSON
11 1 (1.09%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 7 (7.61%) Product Ownership
2 5 (5.43%) Data Protection Act
2 5 (5.43%) Onboarding
3 4 (4.35%) Video Editing
4 3 (3.26%) Client/Server
4 3 (3.26%) Cyber Defence
4 3 (3.26%) N-Tier
5 2 (2.17%) FMCG
5 2 (2.17%) iPhone
5 2 (2.17%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.09%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.09%) Credit Risk
6 1 (1.09%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.09%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.09%) iPad
6 1 (1.09%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.09%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (8.70%) Linux
2 6 (6.52%) Windows
3 3 (3.26%) Kali Linux
4 2 (2.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (2.17%) Ubuntu
4 2 (2.17%) Unix
5 1 (1.09%) Android
5 1 (1.09%) Apple iOS
5 1 (1.09%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (41.30%) Agile
2 20 (21.74%) Problem-Solving
3 15 (16.30%) Coaching
4 12 (13.04%) Continuous Integration
5 11 (11.96%) End-to-End Testing
5 11 (11.96%) Project Management
5 11 (11.96%) Roadmaps
5 11 (11.96%) Scrum
6 10 (10.87%) Change Management
7 9 (9.78%) Project Delivery
8 8 (8.70%) Cybersecurity
8 8 (8.70%) Decision-Making
8 8 (8.70%) Scenario Testing
8 8 (8.70%) Stakeholder Management
8 8 (8.70%) TDD
9 7 (7.61%) Component Testing
9 7 (7.61%) ITIL
9 7 (7.61%) Service Delivery
9 7 (7.61%) Technical Leadership
10 6 (6.52%) Product Backlog
Programming Languages
1 18 (19.57%) Java
1 18 (19.57%) SQL
2 10 (10.87%) PL/SQL
3 7 (7.61%) Python
4 3 (3.26%) Bash
5 2 (2.17%) JavaScript
5 2 (2.17%) TypeScript
6 1 (1.09%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (1.09%) Groovy
6 1 (1.09%) PowerShell
6 1 (1.09%) Ruby
6 1 (1.09%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 10 (10.87%) Degree
2 8 (8.70%) Security Cleared
3 3 (3.26%) OSCP
3 3 (3.26%) PMP
3 3 (3.26%) SC Cleared
4 2 (2.17%) CISA
4 2 (2.17%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.09%) CISM
5 1 (1.09%) CISSP
5 1 (1.09%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.09%) CRISC
5 1 (1.09%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.43%) Disclosure Scotland
1 5 (5.43%) QA
2 4 (4.35%) Accessibility
2 4 (4.35%) Data Quality
2 4 (4.35%) PMO
3 3 (3.26%) PCI DSS
4 2 (2.17%) SLA
5 1 (1.09%) COBIT
5 1 (1.09%) GDPR
5 1 (1.09%) GRC
5 1 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (1.09%) NIST
System Software
1 9 (9.78%) Docker
2 5 (5.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (3.26%) Hyper-V
4 2 (2.17%) VMware NSX
4 2 (2.17%) vSphere
5 1 (1.09%) Active Directory
5 1 (1.09%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (5.43%) Kibana
2 4 (4.35%) Kubernetes
2 4 (4.35%) Terraform
3 3 (3.26%) Ansible
4 2 (2.17%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (1.09%) Grafana
5 1 (1.09%) Nagios
5 1 (1.09%) OpenView
5 1 (1.09%) SCCM
Vendors
1 22 (23.91%) Oracle
2 12 (13.04%) Microsoft
3 5 (5.43%) IBM
3 5 (5.43%) VMware
4 4 (4.35%) Cisco
5 3 (3.26%) SAP
5 3 (3.26%) ServiceNow
6 2 (2.17%) Apple
6 2 (2.17%) Dell
7 1 (1.09%) AlienVault
7 1 (1.09%) Ariba
7 1 (1.09%) Fortinet
7 1 (1.09%) Google
7 1 (1.09%) Mitel
7 1 (1.09%) OneTrust
7 1 (1.09%) Progress
7 1 (1.09%) SolarWinds
7 1 (1.09%) Splunk