Continuous Improvement Contract Job Trends in Somerset

Continual Improvement
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Somerset requiring Continuous Improvement skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 23 -
Rank change year-on-year -2 - -
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 8 7 0
As % of all contract jobs in Somerset 4.04% 4.29% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.76% 5.30% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 6 0
10th Percentile £395 £245 -
25th Percentile £463 £375 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £525 -
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% - -
75th Percentile £613 £738 -
90th Percentile £635 £938 -
South West median daily rate £525 £525 £600
% change year-on-year - -12.50% -4.00%

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 139 132 153
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset 70.20% 80.98% 85.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 89 97
10th Percentile £177 £205 £143
25th Percentile £263 £369 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £405 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -14.74% - -15.93%
75th Percentile £538 £638 £588
90th Percentile £590 £726 £680
South West median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 3 25
10th Percentile £34.03 - £35.00
25th Percentile £43.50 £12.50 £46.18
Median hourly rate £62.50 £13.00 £51.89
Median % change year-on-year +380.77% -74.95% +15.31%
75th Percentile £63.75 £15.00 £62.92
90th Percentile £63.90 £15.90 £65.00
South West median hourly rate £32.75 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -49.62% +8.33% -7.69%

Continuous Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Continuous Improvement job vacancy trend in Somerset

Continuous Improvement
Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

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

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

Continuous Improvement
Daily Rate Histogram in Somerset

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Continuous Improvement in Somerset over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Continuous Improvement in Somerset

Continuous Improvement
Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Continuous Improvement.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Continuous Improvement

Continuous Improvement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 3 (37.50%) Azure
2 3 (37.50%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (12.50%) AWS
3 1 (12.50%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (12.50%) Entra ID
3 1 (12.50%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) LAN
1 2 (25.00%) VPN
2 1 (12.50%) DHCP
2 1 (12.50%) DNS
2 1 (12.50%) Firewall
2 1 (12.50%) VLAN
2 1 (12.50%) WAN
2 1 (12.50%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (50.00%) Power BI
General
1 7 (87.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Electronics
3 1 (12.50%) Finance
3 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
3 1 (12.50%) Marketing
3 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Support Engineer
1 4 (50.00%) Technical Engineer
1 4 (50.00%) Technical Support
1 4 (50.00%) Technical Support Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Administrator
3 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) IT Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Security Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (50.00%) JDO
Miscellaneous
1 6 (75.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (12.50%) NHS
2 1 (12.50%) PMI
2 1 (12.50%) Product Ownership
2 1 (12.50%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Windows
1 2 (25.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (12.50%) Windows 10
2 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (62.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (37.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 2 (25.00%) Business Continuity
4 2 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (12.50%) Agile
5 1 (12.50%) Business Continuity Planning
5 1 (12.50%) Coaching
5 1 (12.50%) Data Protection
5 1 (12.50%) Digital Marketing
5 1 (12.50%) High Availability
5 1 (12.50%) Kanban
5 1 (12.50%) Mentoring
5 1 (12.50%) Performance Management
5 1 (12.50%) Performance Tuning
5 1 (12.50%) Programme Management
5 1 (12.50%) SIEM
5 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (12.50%) Strategic Planning
5 1 (12.50%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) PMI Certification
2 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) Accessibility
System Software
1 3 (37.50%) Active Directory
2 2 (25.00%) Hyper-V
3 1 (12.50%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (12.50%) SCCM
1 1 (12.50%) WSUS
Vendors
1 7 (87.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Citrix
2 1 (12.50%) Fortinet
2 1 (12.50%) Google
2 1 (12.50%) SAP
2 1 (12.50%) SolarWinds
2 1 (12.50%) Veeam
2 1 (12.50%) VMware