Continuous Improvement Contract Job Trends in Slough

Continual Improvement
Berkshire > Slough

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Slough requiring Continuous Improvement skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 13 16
Rank change year-on-year +2 +3 +20
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 6 2 5
As % of all contract jobs in Slough 11.11% 2.78% 4.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.24% 3.33% 5.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 2
10th Percentile £470 - £456
25th Percentile - - £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £700 £488
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% +43.59% +170.83%
75th Percentile - - £516
90th Percentile £590 - £529
Berkshire median daily rate £469 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -14.77% -4.35% +43.75%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Slough

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 Slough.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 49 60 93
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Slough 90.74% 83.33% 90.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 34 64
10th Percentile £162 £329 £309
25th Percentile £367 £416 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year - +11.76% -1.16%
75th Percentile £541 £638 £609
90th Percentile £681 £684 £650
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £540 £506
% change year-on-year -7.41% +6.82% +1.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 2 2
10th Percentile £18.44 £18.81 £27.01
25th Percentile £18.87 £18.91 £31.02
Median hourly rate £20.79 £19.38 £38.61
Median % change year-on-year +7.30% -49.82% +83.85%
75th Percentile - £20.16 £46.33
90th Percentile £21.33 £20.44 £50.42
Berkshire median hourly rate £29.31 £58.49 £61.65
% change year-on-year -49.90% -5.12% +22.07%

Continuous Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in Slough

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Continuous Improvement relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Slough.

Continuous Improvement job vacancy trend in Slough

Continuous Improvement
Daily Rate Trend in Slough

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Slough citing Continuous Improvement.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Slough citing Continuous Improvement

Continuous Improvement
Daily Rate Histogram in Slough

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Continuous Improvement in Slough over the 6 months to 3 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Continuous Improvement in Slough

Continuous Improvement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Slough by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (16.67%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Appium
1 1 (16.67%) Cypress.io
1 1 (16.67%) Selenium
General
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Local Government
2 1 (16.67%) Retail
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Data Centre Manager
1 3 (50.00%) Data Centre Project Manager
1 3 (50.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Business Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Business Improvement Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Data Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Health and Safety Manager
2 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Product Owner
2 1 (16.67%) QA Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Service Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Service Improvement Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) WebdriverIO
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Data Centre
1 3 (50.00%) Virtual Team
2 1 (16.67%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (16.67%) Mobile App
2 1 (16.67%) Private Cloud
2 1 (16.67%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Business Case
2 3 (50.00%) Budget Management
2 3 (50.00%) Change Management
2 3 (50.00%) Line Management
2 3 (50.00%) Matrix Management
2 3 (50.00%) Matrix Organization
2 3 (50.00%) PRINCE
2 3 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 3 (50.00%) Project Management
2 3 (50.00%) Virtual Team Management
3 2 (33.33%) Agile
3 2 (33.33%) User Stories
3 2 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
4 1 (16.67%) Acceptance Criteria
4 1 (16.67%) Backlog Management
4 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (16.67%) Product Backlog
4 1 (16.67%) Product Roadmap
4 1 (16.67%) Product Vision
4 1 (16.67%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) Java
1 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (16.67%) ISTQB
2 1 (16.67%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 1 (16.67%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) PMO
2 1 (16.67%) QA