Continuous Improvement Contract Job Trends in the South East

Continual Improvement
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East citing Continuous Improvement skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 7 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	10	34	47
Rank change year-on-year	+24	+13	+33
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement	831	221	188
As % of all contract jobs in the South East	12.07%	5.69%	4.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	14.66%	6.47%	5.35%
Number of daily rates quoted	434	135	97
10^th Percentile	£360	£314	£305
25^th Percentile	£425	£413	£450
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£550	£500	£525
Median % change year-on-year	+10.00%	-4.76%	-4.55%
75^th Percentile	£625	£600	£638
90^th Percentile	£701	£640	£660
England median daily rate	£525	£500	£525
% change year-on-year	+5.00%	-4.76%	-6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted	131	25	10
10^th Percentile	£14.66	-	£13.25
25^th Percentile	£18.75	£12.50	£27.10
Median hourly rate	£55.00	£15.25	£55.00
Median % change year-on-year	+260.66%	-72.27%	-19.90%
75^th Percentile	£88.00	£30.25	£59.73
90^th Percentile	-	£58.00	£61.92
England median hourly rate	£30.90	£23.33	£33.84
% change year-on-year	+32.43%	-31.06%	-47.94%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

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 citing process or methodology skills in the South East.

	6 months to 7 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills	5,668	3,414	3,513
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East	82.34%	87.92%	84.83%
Number of daily rates quoted	3,145	2,154	2,146
10^th Percentile	£283	£219	£257
25^th Percentile	£424	£391	£400
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£525	£500	£513
Median % change year-on-year	+5.00%	-2.44%	-1.44%
75^th Percentile	£625	£588	£625
90^th Percentile	£724	£656	£688
England median daily rate	£525	£510	£525
% change year-on-year	+2.94%	-2.86%	-4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted	834	376	172
10^th Percentile	£13.50	£13.88	£16.50
25^th Percentile	£16.61	£16.17	£27.56
Median hourly rate	£38.80	£20.71	£57.52
Median % change year-on-year	+87.35%	-64.00%	+9.56%
75^th Percentile	£71.52	£33.05	£70.00
90^th Percentile	£88.00	£68.13	£75.00
England median hourly rate	£35.00	£25.15	£37.00
% change year-on-year	+39.17%	-32.03%	-16.85%

Continuous Improvement Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Continuous Improvement Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Continuous Improvement.

Continuous Improvement Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Continuous Improvement in the South East over the 6 months to 7 November 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Continuous Improvement in the South East

Continuous Improvement Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Continuous Improvement.

Continuous Improvement Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution for jobs citing Continuous Improvement in the South East over the 6 months to 7 November 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Continuous Improvement in the South East

Continuous Improvement Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 7 November 2026. 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Thames Valley	+26	403	£565	+17.71%	164
Berkshire	+26	286	£550	+15.79%	92
Hampshire	+26	236	£575	+9.52%	91
Buckinghamshire	+4	84	£577	+4.91%	32
Surrey	+28	78	£425	-15.00%	44
West Sussex	+9	50	£470	-5.95%	20
Oxfordshire	+5	33	£450	-15.65%	42
Middlesex	-	28	-	-	7
Kent	+4	25	£480	-19.04%	22
East Sussex	+2	4	£275	-43.59%	17
Sussex	-2	2	£600	-	9
Isle of Wight	-	1	£400	-	1
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Continuous Improvement Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 7 November 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Continuous Improvement also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South East region citing Continuous Improvement.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Security Cleared	51.9%	431
2	Stakeholder Management	33.9%	282
3	Problem-Solving	33.1%	275
4	Agile	32.1%	267
5	SC Cleared	30.4%	253
6	DV Cleared	23.1%	192
7	Microsoft	20.9%	174
7	Stakeholder Engagement	20.9%	174
9	Roadmaps	19.1%	159
10	Azure	18.4%	153
10	Degree	18.4%	153
12	ITIL	16.1%	134
13	DevOps	15.5%	129
14	CI/CD	15.2%	126
15	Python	13.1%	109
16	Decision-Making	13.0%	108
17	AWS	12.6%	105
18	Project Delivery	12.5%	104
19	Service Delivery	12.3%	102
19	Service Management	12.3%	102
21	Change Management	11.0%	91
22	Infrastructure as Code	10.2%	85
22	QA	10.2%	85
24	Microsoft Excel	10.0%	83
25	Project Management	9.9%	82
26	Validation	9.7%	81
27	PRINCE2	9.6%	80
27	Risk Management	9.6%	80
29	Cybersecurity	9.5%	79
30	Analytics	9.3%	77

Continuous Improvement Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Stakeholder Management	33.9%	282
2	Problem-Solving	33.1%	275
3	Agile	32.1%	267
4	Stakeholder Engagement	20.9%	174
5	Roadmaps	19.1%	159
6	ITIL	16.1%	134
7	DevOps	15.5%	129
8	CI/CD	15.2%	126
9	Decision-Making	13.0%	108
10	Project Delivery	12.5%	104
11	Service Delivery	12.3%	102
11	Service Management	12.3%	102
13	Change Management	11.0%	91
14	Infrastructure as Code	10.2%	85
15	Project Management	9.9%	82
16	Validation	9.7%	81
17	PRINCE2	9.6%	80
17	Risk Management	9.6%	80
19	Cybersecurity	9.5%	79
20	Analytics	9.3%	77