Continuous Improvement Contracts in Scotland

Continual Improvement
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 43 38
Rank change year-on-year +9 -5 +18
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 94 87 171
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 5.73% 4.13% 6.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.12% 4.71% 6.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 57 128
10th Percentile £363 £306 £269
25th Percentile £411 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £440 £475
Median % change year-on-year +7.95% -7.37% -3.26%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £554
90th Percentile £589 £604 £618
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
Median hourly rate £20.94 £61.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -65.95% - -
UK median hourly rate £47.12 £36.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year +29.10% -27.00% +12.36%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,535 1,846 2,476
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 93.60% 87.57% 92.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 887 1,153 1,740
10th Percentile £263 £219 £253
25th Percentile £374 £363 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £470 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% -1.05% -
75th Percentile £538 £575 £550
90th Percentile £600 £646 £638
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 95 54
10th Percentile £16.05 £12.30 £10.63
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.84 £11.25
Median hourly rate £20.38 £19.50 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.53% +34.48% -61.26%
75th Percentile £25.15 £40.94 £35.00
90th Percentile £60.50 £60.75 £66.09
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £36.50 £36.13
% change year-on-year -24.66% +1.04% +40.67%

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 29 May 2025.

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 29 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
Glasgow +4 52 £450 +2.74% 183
Edinburgh +18 35 £513 +17.82% 164
West Lothian -6 1 - - 15
Dumfries and Galloway - 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 3 (3.19%) JBoss
1 3 (3.19%) WebLogic
2 2 (2.13%) WebSphere
3 1 (1.06%) Confluence
3 1 (1.06%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.06%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.06%) Tomcat
3 1 (1.06%) TPMS
3 1 (1.06%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 4 (4.26%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (3.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (2.13%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (2.13%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (1.06%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.06%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (1.06%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 21 (22.34%) Azure
2 18 (19.15%) AWS
3 13 (13.83%) IaaS
4 8 (8.51%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (5.32%) BlazeMeter
6 4 (4.26%) Azure AKS
6 4 (4.26%) GCP
6 4 (4.26%) GitHub
6 4 (4.26%) PaaS
7 3 (3.19%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 3 (3.19%) Amazon EKS
7 3 (3.19%) GitHub Actions
7 3 (3.19%) OCI
7 3 (3.19%) Power Platform
7 3 (3.19%) SaaS
8 1 (1.06%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (1.06%) Figma
8 1 (1.06%) GitHub Copilot
8 1 (1.06%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (1.06%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 7 (7.45%) Firewall
2 5 (5.32%) DHCP
2 5 (5.32%) DNS
2 5 (5.32%) TCP/IP
3 3 (3.19%) BGP
3 3 (3.19%) LAN
3 3 (3.19%) Network Security
3 3 (3.19%) OSPF
3 3 (3.19%) VPN
3 3 (3.19%) WAN
3 3 (3.19%) Wireless
4 1 (1.06%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (11.70%) MongoDB
2 9 (9.57%) NoSQL
3 5 (5.32%) Apache Cassandra
3 5 (5.32%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (5.32%) SQL Server
4 3 (3.19%) MySQL
4 3 (3.19%) Oracle Exadata
5 2 (2.13%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (2.13%) DB2
5 2 (2.13%) Power BI
6 1 (1.06%) Data Lake
6 1 (1.06%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (1.06%) MariaDB
6 1 (1.06%) Metadata
6 1 (1.06%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (1.06%) Power Query
6 1 (1.06%) Redis
6 1 (1.06%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 10 (10.64%) JIRA
2 9 (9.57%) JUnit
3 5 (5.32%) Git
4 4 (4.26%) GitLab
4 4 (4.26%) Jenkins
5 2 (2.13%) Bitbucket
5 2 (2.13%) Cypress.io
5 2 (2.13%) Gradle
5 2 (2.13%) Maven
5 2 (2.13%) Mockito
5 2 (2.13%) Newman
6 1 (1.06%) MSTest
6 1 (1.06%) NUnit
6 1 (1.06%) Oracle APEX
6 1 (1.06%) Postman
6 1 (1.06%) Ranorex
6 1 (1.06%) Selenium
General
1 38 (40.43%) Social Skills
2 34 (36.17%) Finance
3 26 (27.66%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (26.60%) Banking
5 11 (11.70%) Public Sector
6 7 (7.45%) Investment Banking
7 5 (5.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (5.32%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (5.32%) Retail Banking
8 3 (3.19%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (2.13%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (2.13%) Retail
10 1 (1.06%) Corporate Banking
10 1 (1.06%) Digital Health
10 1 (1.06%) Financial Institution
10 1 (1.06%) Front Office
10 1 (1.06%) Legal
10 1 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (15.96%) Developer
2 12 (12.77%) Analyst
3 11 (11.70%) Senior
4 10 (10.64%) Java Developer
4 10 (10.64%) Scrum Master
5 7 (7.45%) Architect
6 6 (6.38%) Business Analyst
7 5 (5.32%) Incident Manager
7 5 (5.32%) Solutions Architect
8 4 (4.26%) DevOps Engineer
9 3 (3.19%) Database Engineer
9 3 (3.19%) Designer
9 3 (3.19%) Full-Stack Developer
9 3 (3.19%) Full-Stack Java Developer
9 3 (3.19%) Lead
9 3 (3.19%) Network Engineer
9 3 (3.19%) Project Manager
10 2 (2.13%) Consultant
10 2 (2.13%) Data Architect
10 2 (2.13%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (12.77%) Spring
2 8 (8.51%) React
3 6 (6.38%) AngularJS
4 5 (5.32%) .NET
4 5 (5.32%) CSS
4 5 (5.32%) Spring Boot
5 4 (4.26%) Kafka
6 3 (3.19%) Node.js
7 2 (2.13%) .NET Framework
7 2 (2.13%) HTML
7 2 (2.13%) IBM Integration Bus
7 2 (2.13%) JMS
7 2 (2.13%) JPA
7 2 (2.13%) JSON
7 2 (2.13%) RabbitMQ
7 2 (2.13%) REST
7 2 (2.13%) RESTful
7 2 (2.13%) SOAP
7 2 (2.13%) Spring MVC
7 2 (2.13%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (11.70%) Product Ownership
2 8 (8.51%) Virtual Team
3 6 (6.38%) Data Protection Act
4 5 (5.32%) Algorithms
5 4 (4.26%) Cloud Native
5 4 (4.26%) Data Centre
6 3 (3.19%) Clustering
6 3 (3.19%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (3.19%) Replication
7 2 (2.13%) Data Structures
7 2 (2.13%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (1.06%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (1.06%) Driving Licence
8 1 (1.06%) Equities
8 1 (1.06%) Insider Threat
8 1 (1.06%) Linux Command Line
8 1 (1.06%) Low-Code
8 1 (1.06%) Private Cloud
8 1 (1.06%) Security Operations Centre
8 1 (1.06%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 15 (15.96%) Linux
2 9 (9.57%) Windows
3 7 (7.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (3.19%) AIX
4 3 (3.19%) Solaris
4 3 (3.19%) Windows Server
5 2 (2.13%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (46.81%) Agile
2 30 (31.91%) Problem-Solving
3 22 (23.40%) CI/CD
4 20 (21.28%) Scrum
5 19 (20.21%) DevOps
6 14 (14.89%) Roadmaps
7 12 (12.77%) SDLC
8 11 (11.70%) Cybersecurity
8 11 (11.70%) Kanban
8 11 (11.70%) Risk Management
9 10 (10.64%) Service Delivery
10 9 (9.57%) Data Protection
10 9 (9.57%) Microservices
10 9 (9.57%) Project Management
10 9 (9.57%) Stakeholder Management
10 9 (9.57%) Unit Testing
11 8 (8.51%) Mentoring
11 8 (8.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 8 (8.51%) Test Automation
11 8 (8.51%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 15 (15.96%) Java
2 13 (13.83%) SQL
3 9 (9.57%) JavaScript
3 9 (9.57%) TypeScript
4 7 (7.45%) Python
5 4 (4.26%) C#
5 4 (4.26%) PowerShell
6 1 (1.06%) Bash
6 1 (1.06%) Bicep
6 1 (1.06%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (1.06%) PL/SQL
6 1 (1.06%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 5 (5.32%) Degree
2 3 (3.19%) Azure Certification
2 3 (3.19%) CCNP
2 3 (3.19%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (2.13%) AWS Certification
3 2 (2.13%) CEH
3 2 (2.13%) CISSP
3 2 (2.13%) GCIH
3 2 (2.13%) IIBA
3 2 (2.13%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (2.13%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (2.13%) OSCP
3 2 (2.13%) PMP
4 1 (1.06%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 1 (1.06%) GCFA
4 1 (1.06%) ISACA
4 1 (1.06%) NVQ Level 3
4 1 (1.06%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.06%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (7.45%) QA
2 6 (6.38%) Disclosure Scotland
3 2 (2.13%) GDPR
4 1 (1.06%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 1 (1.06%) PMO
4 1 (1.06%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (7.45%) Virtual Servers
2 6 (6.38%) Docker
3 3 (3.19%) Active Directory
3 3 (3.19%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (1.06%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (1.06%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (9.57%) Kubernetes
2 7 (7.45%) Grafana
3 5 (5.32%) Terraform
4 3 (3.19%) Ansible
4 3 (3.19%) Data Guard
4 3 (3.19%) Failover Clustering
4 3 (3.19%) FortiGate
4 3 (3.19%) Microsoft Clustering
4 3 (3.19%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 3 (3.19%) Oracle Flashback
5 2 (2.13%) Progress Chef
5 2 (2.13%) Prometheus
6 1 (1.06%) Puppet
Vendors
1 19 (20.21%) Microsoft
2 15 (15.96%) ServiceNow
3 11 (11.70%) Dynatrace
4 8 (8.51%) Oracle
5 7 (7.45%) Splunk
6 5 (5.32%) Red Hat
7 3 (3.19%) AppDynamics
7 3 (3.19%) Cisco
7 3 (3.19%) Dell
7 3 (3.19%) IBM
7 3 (3.19%) Juniper
7 3 (3.19%) Palo Alto
8 2 (2.13%) Google
8 2 (2.13%) Sybase
8 2 (2.13%) VMware
9 1 (1.06%) Fiserv
9 1 (1.06%) Genesys
9 1 (1.06%) PagerDuty
9 1 (1.06%) Qualys
9 1 (1.06%) Salesforce