Continuous Improvement Contracts in Somerset

Continual Improvement
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Somerset 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 8 30
Rank change year-on-year -7 +22 +3
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 9 22 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Somerset 6.47% 10.84% 1.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.92% 14.29% 2.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 9 3
10th Percentile - £384 -
25th Percentile £140 £450 £304
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £575 £309
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% +86.39% -54.30%
75th Percentile £775 £606 £581
90th Percentile £788 £613 £743
South West median daily rate £500 £500 £575
% change year-on-year - -13.04% +6.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 9 1
Median hourly rate - £25.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year - -50.00% -
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £25.00 £83.31
% change year-on-year +160.00% -69.99% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Somerset

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 Somerset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 130 154 186
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset 93.53% 75.86% 89.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 86 140
10th Percentile £263 £159 £234
25th Percentile £413 £397 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £675 £597 £664
90th Percentile £775 £613 £724
South West median daily rate £520 £525 £549
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.37% +9.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 29 16
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.50 £17.38
25th Percentile - - £32.11
Median hourly rate £18.51 £25.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.96% -50.00% +0.50%
75th Percentile - £40.00 £61.09
90th Percentile - £50.65 £76.84
South West median hourly rate £63.00 £50.00 £61.50
% change year-on-year +26.00% -18.70% +26.16%

Continuous Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Job vacancy trend for Continuous Improvement in Somerset

Continuous Improvement
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Daily rate trend for Continuous Improvement in Somerset

Continuous Improvement
Daily Rate Histogram in Somerset

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Continuous Improvement in Somerset over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Continuous Improvement in Somerset

Continuous Improvement
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Hourly rate trend for Continuous Improvement in Somerset

Continuous Improvement
Contract Job Locations in Somerset

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 Somerset region over the 6 months to 1 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
Bath -5 6 £395 -31.30% 56
Continuous Improvement
South West

Continuous Improvement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Somerset 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:

Applications
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) Azure
1 1 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (11.11%) Azure Event Grid
1 1 (11.11%) Azure Functions
1 1 (11.11%) SaaS
1 1 (11.11%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
General
1 7 (77.78%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 2 (22.22%) Finance
3 2 (22.22%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (22.22%) Legal
3 2 (22.22%) Military
3 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
1 3 (33.33%) Analyst
1 3 (33.33%) Service Analyst
1 3 (33.33%) Service Desk Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Lead
3 1 (11.11%) .NET Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Delivery Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Lead .NET Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Lead Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) .NET
1 1 (11.11%) .NET Framework
1 1 (11.11%) AngularJS
1 1 (11.11%) OpenAPI
1 1 (11.11%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (11.11%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (11.11%) Legacy Applications
2 1 (11.11%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (55.56%) Service Delivery
2 4 (44.44%) Customer Service
2 4 (44.44%) Incident Management
2 4 (44.44%) ITIL
3 3 (33.33%) Time Management
4 2 (22.22%) Business Case
4 2 (22.22%) Business Strategy
4 2 (22.22%) Collaborative Culture
4 2 (22.22%) Contract Negotiation
4 2 (22.22%) Financial Modelling
4 2 (22.22%) Performance Improvement
4 2 (22.22%) Service Design
4 2 (22.22%) Strategic Planning
5 1 (11.11%) Agile
5 1 (11.11%) Agile Coaching
5 1 (11.11%) Observability
5 1 (11.11%) Software Engineering
5 1 (11.11%) Software Testing
5 1 (11.11%) Storyboarding
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) C#
1 1 (11.11%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) Security Cleared
2 4 (44.44%) SC Cleared
3 3 (33.33%) A+ Certification
4 2 (22.22%) Degree
4 2 (22.22%) DV Cleared
4 2 (22.22%) Master's Degree
4 2 (22.22%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) QA
System Software
1 3 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft