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 requiring Continuous Improvement skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 42 43
Rank change year-on-year +18 +1 +29
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 399 145 227
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 6.91% 4.83% 4.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.46% 5.28% 4.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 236 94 117
10th Percentile £306 £316 £400
25th Percentile £408 £416 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -
75th Percentile £578 £597 £650
90th Percentile £666 £668 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -6.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 9 20
10th Percentile £27.31 £20.78 £18.14
25th Percentile £80.69 £21.00 £22.59
Median hourly rate £88.00 £61.76 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +42.49% +64.69% -16.67%
75th Percentile - £67.50 £46.56
90th Percentile £96.25 £80.10 £62.40
England median hourly rate £55.00 £56.38 £37.50
% change year-on-year -2.44% +50.33% -38.78%

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 requiring process or methodology skills in the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,715 2,747 4,737
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 81.67% 91.57% 85.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,080 1,752 2,766
10th Percentile £285 £253 £232
25th Percentile £406 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% - -1.53%
75th Percentile £613 £600 £619
90th Percentile £713 £675 £698
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 425 171 429
10th Percentile £15.25 £13.85 £13.00
25th Percentile £21.00 £16.34 £18.20
Median hourly rate £50.00 £28.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +78.57% -41.05% -5.00%
75th Percentile £81.00 £62.50 £62.50
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.00 £76.86
England median hourly rate £42.69 £30.45 £35.00
% change year-on-year +40.18% -13.00% -8.74%

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 job vacancy trend 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.

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 25 April 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.

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 of jobs citing Continuous Improvement in the South East over the 6 months to 25 April 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 25 April 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
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Thames Valley +19 200 £500 - 91
Berkshire +29 170 £464 -7.20% 39
Hampshire +11 111 £508 -7.73% 80
Surrey +8 36 £525 +10.53% 37
Buckinghamshire -17 28 £518 -5.91% 27
West Sussex -10 18 £488 +25.81% 20
East Sussex +2 10 £600 +9.09% 10
Sussex - 3 - - 5
Oxfordshire -19 2 £413 +65.10% 27
Middlesex - 2 - - 16
Kent -9 1 £400 -27.27% 27
Continuous Improvement
England

Continuous Improvement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 10 (2.51%) Confluence
2 8 (2.01%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.25%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.25%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.25%) SharePoint 2010
4 1 (0.25%) SharePoint 2013
4 1 (0.25%) Tomcat
Applications
1 24 (6.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (3.26%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.50%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (1.50%) MS Visio
4 5 (1.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.75%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 10 (2.51%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (2.01%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 3 (0.75%) iTrent
3 3 (0.75%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.50%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.25%) assyst
5 1 (0.25%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle BRM
5 1 (0.25%) Primavera
5 1 (0.25%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.25%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.25%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.25%) SAP PLM
5 1 (0.25%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.25%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 70 (17.54%) Azure
2 54 (13.53%) AWS
3 28 (7.02%) GCP
4 24 (6.02%) Power Platform
5 12 (3.01%) Azure DevOps
5 12 (3.01%) SaaS
6 8 (2.01%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (1.50%) Amazon EKS
7 6 (1.50%) Serverless
8 5 (1.25%) Entra ID
8 5 (1.25%) PaaS
9 4 (1.00%) dbt
9 4 (1.00%) GitHub
9 4 (1.00%) GitHub Actions
9 4 (1.00%) Google Workspace
9 4 (1.00%) IaaS
9 4 (1.00%) OpenShift
10 3 (0.75%) Azure Logic Apps
10 3 (0.75%) Power Automate
10 3 (0.75%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 14 (3.51%) Firewall
2 13 (3.26%) Network Security
3 12 (3.01%) VPN
4 6 (1.50%) VLAN
5 5 (1.25%) TCP/IP
5 5 (1.25%) WAN
6 4 (1.00%) Broadband
6 4 (1.00%) DNS
6 4 (1.00%) MPLS
6 4 (1.00%) SD-WAN
7 3 (0.75%) BGP
7 3 (0.75%) DHCP
7 3 (0.75%) IPv4
7 3 (0.75%) IPv6
7 3 (0.75%) LAN
7 3 (0.75%) OSPF
7 3 (0.75%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.75%) Wireless
8 2 (0.50%) Intranet
8 2 (0.50%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (5.01%) Power BI
2 6 (1.50%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (1.50%) Metadata
3 5 (1.25%) Oracle Reports
3 5 (1.25%) Tableau
4 4 (1.00%) Data Lake
4 4 (1.00%) SQL Server
5 3 (0.75%) Metadata Repository
5 3 (0.75%) Pinecone
5 3 (0.75%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (0.75%) Redis
5 3 (0.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (0.75%) Weaviate
6 2 (0.50%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (0.50%) DynamoDB
6 2 (0.50%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 2 (0.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.25%) Geospatial Data
7 1 (0.25%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.25%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 27 (6.77%) Rational DOORS
2 17 (4.26%) JIRA
3 8 (2.01%) GitLab
4 6 (1.50%) Jenkins
5 5 (1.25%) Git
6 4 (1.00%) Selenium
7 2 (0.50%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.50%) Hudson
7 2 (0.50%) SpecFlow
7 2 (0.50%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.25%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.25%) Balsamiq
8 1 (0.25%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.25%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.25%) JMeter
8 1 (0.25%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.25%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.25%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.25%) Subversion
8 1 (0.25%) WebDriver
General
1 178 (44.61%) Social Skills
2 91 (22.81%) Analytical Skills
3 89 (22.31%) Finance
4 47 (11.78%) Public Sector
5 44 (11.03%) Aerospace
6 17 (4.26%) Influencing Skills
7 16 (4.01%) Legal
8 15 (3.76%) Organisational Skills
9 14 (3.51%) Law
9 14 (3.51%) Telecoms
10 10 (2.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 10 (2.51%) Retail
11 6 (1.50%) Marketing
12 5 (1.25%) Manufacturing
13 4 (1.00%) Billing
13 4 (1.00%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (1.00%) French Language
13 4 (1.00%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (1.00%) Spanish Language
14 3 (0.75%) Military
Job Titles
1 46 (11.53%) Lead
2 44 (11.03%) Delivery Manager
3 42 (10.53%) Analyst
4 41 (10.28%) Senior
5 35 (8.77%) Product Manager
6 29 (7.27%) Product Delivery Manager
7 22 (5.51%) IT Manager
7 22 (5.51%) Systems Delivery Manager
7 22 (5.51%) Systems Manager
8 17 (4.26%) Service Manager
9 14 (3.51%) Architect
10 13 (3.26%) Project Manager
11 12 (3.01%) Consultant
11 12 (3.01%) Senior Analyst
12 10 (2.51%) Accountant
12 10 (2.51%) Designer
12 10 (2.51%) Financial Analyst
12 10 (2.51%) Systems Accountant
13 9 (2.26%) Senior Financial Analyst
13 9 (2.26%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.50%) .NET
2 5 (1.25%) Oracle Fusion
3 4 (1.00%) Node.js
3 4 (1.00%) RESTful
4 3 (0.75%) EDI
4 3 (0.75%) Faiss
4 3 (0.75%) Kafka
4 3 (0.75%) Keycloak
4 3 (0.75%) Playwright
4 3 (0.75%) Spring
4 3 (0.75%) Spring Boot
4 3 (0.75%) YAML
5 2 (0.50%) ADO
5 2 (0.50%) Elastic Stack
5 2 (0.50%) JSON
5 2 (0.50%) Unity (Game Engine)
5 2 (0.50%) Unreal Engine
5 2 (0.50%) XML
6 1 (0.25%) GraphQL
6 1 (0.25%) IDoc
Miscellaneous
1 47 (11.78%) Product Ownership
2 24 (6.02%) Data Structures
3 18 (4.51%) Data Centre
4 17 (4.26%) Management Information System
4 17 (4.26%) Onboarding
5 16 (4.01%) Legacy Systems
6 13 (3.26%) Analytical Mindset
7 11 (2.76%) Cloud Native
8 9 (2.26%) PMI
8 9 (2.26%) Security Posture
9 8 (2.01%) Data Protection Act
9 8 (2.01%) Security Operations Centre
10 7 (1.75%) CMDB
10 7 (1.75%) PKI
11 6 (1.50%) Enterprise Software
11 6 (1.50%) Taxonomies
11 6 (1.50%) Virtual Team
12 5 (1.25%) e-Learning
12 5 (1.25%) Hybrid Cloud
12 5 (1.25%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 13 (3.26%) Windows
2 11 (2.76%) Linux
3 2 (0.50%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (0.50%) Unix
4 1 (0.25%) Android
4 1 (0.25%) Solaris
4 1 (0.25%) VMS
4 1 (0.25%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.25%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (26.32%) Agile
2 97 (24.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 92 (23.06%) Stakeholder Management
4 88 (22.06%) ITIL
5 79 (19.80%) Problem-Solving
6 68 (17.04%) Service Management
7 62 (15.54%) ITSM
8 60 (15.04%) Change Management
9 52 (13.03%) Roadmaps
10 44 (11.03%) PRINCE2
11 40 (10.03%) Computer Science
12 39 (9.77%) Decision-Making
13 38 (9.52%) Service Delivery
14 37 (9.27%) Configuration Management
15 36 (9.02%) Analytics
15 36 (9.02%) ERP
15 36 (9.02%) Performance Metrics
15 36 (9.02%) Scaled Agile Framework
16 35 (8.77%) Risk Management
17 34 (8.52%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 20 (5.01%) Python
2 18 (4.51%) SQL
3 13 (3.26%) Java
4 10 (2.51%) PowerShell
5 7 (1.75%) Bash
6 6 (1.50%) C#
7 4 (1.00%) Bicep
8 3 (0.75%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.75%) PL/SQL
9 2 (0.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (0.50%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.50%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.25%) ABAP
10 1 (0.25%) C
10 1 (0.25%) Objective-C
10 1 (0.25%) Perl
10 1 (0.25%) Swift
10 1 (0.25%) VB
Qualifications
1 182 (45.61%) Security Cleared
2 99 (24.81%) SC Cleared
3 74 (18.55%) Degree
4 38 (9.52%) DV Cleared
5 20 (5.01%) ACCA
5 20 (5.01%) CIMA
5 20 (5.01%) PMI Certification
6 12 (3.01%) PMP
7 11 (2.76%) Cisco Certification
8 9 (2.26%) CCNP
8 9 (2.26%) CISSP
9 7 (1.75%) Azure Certification
9 7 (1.75%) ISTQB
10 6 (1.50%) Computer Science Degree
11 5 (1.25%) CCNA
12 4 (1.00%) CISM
13 3 (0.75%) CESG Certified Professional
13 3 (0.75%) JNCIS
13 3 (0.75%) Master's Degree
13 3 (0.75%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (6.02%) Data Quality
2 22 (5.51%) QA
3 16 (4.01%) PMO
4 15 (3.76%) NIST
5 14 (3.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (3.26%) SLA
7 9 (2.26%) GDPR
8 8 (2.01%) Cyber Essentials
8 8 (2.01%) NCSC
9 6 (1.50%) Accessibility
10 5 (1.25%) GRC
11 3 (0.75%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.75%) Def Stans
11 3 (0.75%) ISO 22301
11 3 (0.75%) ISO 31000
11 3 (0.75%) NIST 800
12 1 (0.25%) COBIT
12 1 (0.25%) IFRS
12 1 (0.25%) JSP 440
12 1 (0.25%) SOC 2
System Software
1 14 (3.51%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (2.51%) Active Directory
3 9 (2.26%) Docker
4 6 (1.50%) VMware NSX
5 3 (0.75%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.50%) Firmware
6 2 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.50%) vSphere
7 1 (0.25%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 13 (3.26%) Kubernetes
2 10 (2.51%) Ansible
2 10 (2.51%) Terraform
3 6 (1.50%) Grafana
3 6 (1.50%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (1.25%) Prometheus
4 5 (1.25%) SCCM
5 4 (1.00%) Nagios
5 4 (1.00%) Nessus
6 3 (0.75%) Argo
6 3 (0.75%) OpenVAS
6 3 (0.75%) Rancher
7 2 (0.50%) Cisco Prime
7 2 (0.50%) Iperf
7 2 (0.50%) Nmap
8 1 (0.25%) CSIRT
8 1 (0.25%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.25%) Puppet
8 1 (0.25%) Red Hat Satellite
8 1 (0.25%) SELinux
Vendors
1 35 (8.77%) ServiceNow
2 32 (8.02%) Microsoft
3 28 (7.02%) SAP
4 27 (6.77%) Oracle
5 25 (6.27%) IBM
6 24 (6.02%) Google
7 23 (5.76%) VMware
8 11 (2.76%) Cisco
9 8 (2.01%) Juniper
9 8 (2.01%) Palo Alto
9 8 (2.01%) SolarWinds
10 7 (1.75%) Fortinet
11 6 (1.50%) Splunk
11 6 (1.50%) Workday
12 5 (1.25%) BMC
12 5 (1.25%) CheckPoint
12 5 (1.25%) Remedy
12 5 (1.25%) Salesforce
13 4 (1.00%) Qualys
13 4 (1.00%) Red Hat