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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 38 71
Rank change year-on-year -4 +33 -5
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 166 206 166
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 4.77% 4.49% 2.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.35% 5.43% 3.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 108 106
10th Percentile £353 £360 £300
25th Percentile £449 £450 £446
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £638
90th Percentile £650 £670 £706
England median daily rate £500 £525 £575
% change year-on-year -4.76% -8.70% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 9 6
10th Percentile £13.29 £21.85 £31.53
25th Percentile £15.13 £25.99 £42.52
Median hourly rate £15.25 £52.50 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year -70.95% -2.78% +73.35%
75th Percentile £58.00 £58.75 £69.25
90th Percentile £66.51 £60.73 £75.35
England median hourly rate £25.15 £47.50 £64.50
% change year-on-year -47.05% -26.36% +0.70%

All Process and 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 3,105 3,792 4,984
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 89.17% 82.60% 89.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,936 2,272 3,332
10th Percentile £220 £255 £250
25th Percentile £379 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £518
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -1.14% +1.65%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £625
90th Percentile £650 £688 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 305 254 256
10th Percentile £13.35 £16.08 £15.50
25th Percentile £15.50 £31.44 £24.07
Median hourly rate £21.25 £57.35 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -62.95% +9.24% +63.02%
75th Percentile £50.00 £71.86 £66.00
90th Percentile £69.65 £78.75 £75.67
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.79
% change year-on-year -41.51% -1.81% +51.01%

Continuous Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Continuous Improvement as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Continuous Improvement 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 17 September 2025.

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 17 September 2025.

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 17 September 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
Thames Valley -10 85 £506 -7.95% 196
Berkshire -16 55 £500 -9.09% 128
Hampshire +23 50 £540 +20.00% 79
Buckinghamshire +19 24 £513 -14.58% 43
Surrey +2 15 £500 -9.09% 60
West Sussex -3 8 £385 -18.95% 19
Oxfordshire -12 6 £663 +60.61% 30
Kent +2 4 - - 27
East Sussex 0 2 £488 - 28
Sussex +4 1 - - 15
Continuous Improvement
England

Continuous Improvement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 11 (6.63%) SharePoint
2 7 (4.22%) Apache
3 4 (2.41%) Camunda
3 4 (2.41%) Confluence
4 3 (1.81%) IIS
4 3 (1.81%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.60%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.60%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.60%) CMS
5 1 (0.60%) Oracle Service Bus
5 1 (0.60%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.60%) Umbraco
Applications
1 21 (12.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (4.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 7 (4.22%) Spreadsheet
3 5 (3.01%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (3.01%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (2.41%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (3.61%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (2.41%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (2.41%) SAP IBP
3 3 (1.81%) NetSuite
3 3 (1.81%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.60%) iTrent
4 1 (0.60%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.60%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.60%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.60%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.60%) SAP HCM
4 1 (0.60%) SAP HR
4 1 (0.60%) SAP PM
4 1 (0.60%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 19 (11.45%) Azure
2 9 (5.42%) Power Platform
3 8 (4.82%) AWS
4 6 (3.61%) SaaS
5 4 (2.41%) GCP
5 4 (2.41%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (1.81%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (1.81%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (1.81%) Entra ID
6 3 (1.81%) GitHub
6 3 (1.81%) Lucidchart
6 3 (1.81%) Serverless
7 2 (1.20%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (1.20%) Azure Functions
7 2 (1.20%) Azure Key Vault
7 2 (1.20%) Azure Monitor
7 2 (1.20%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 2 (1.20%) Contentstack
7 2 (1.20%) Figma
7 2 (1.20%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.01%) LAN
2 4 (2.41%) Network Security
3 3 (1.81%) DNS
3 3 (1.81%) Firewall
3 3 (1.81%) SMTP
4 2 (1.20%) HTTP
4 2 (1.20%) Internet
4 2 (1.20%) Software-Defined Networking
5 1 (0.60%) 5G
5 1 (0.60%) SSL
5 1 (0.60%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (5.42%) Power BI
2 6 (3.61%) SQL Server
3 5 (3.01%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (1.81%) Metadata
5 2 (1.20%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (1.20%) Oracle BI EE
5 2 (1.20%) Oracle Database
5 2 (1.20%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.20%) Semantic Layer
5 2 (1.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (1.20%) Tableau
6 1 (0.60%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (0.60%) DTS
6 1 (0.60%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.60%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 1 (0.60%) MySQL
6 1 (0.60%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.60%) Qlik Sense
6 1 (0.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 9 (5.42%) JIRA
2 4 (2.41%) MSI
2 4 (2.41%) Robot Framework
2 4 (2.41%) Sonatype Nexus
3 3 (1.81%) Bitbucket
3 3 (1.81%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.81%) Rational DOORS
3 3 (1.81%) Selenium
4 2 (1.20%) Browser DevTools
4 2 (1.20%) Cucumber
4 2 (1.20%) Git
4 2 (1.20%) REST Assured
4 2 (1.20%) UI Automator
5 1 (0.60%) GitLab
5 1 (0.60%) HP UFT
5 1 (0.60%) Katalon Studio
General
1 70 (42.17%) Social Skills
2 41 (24.70%) Analytical Skills
3 40 (24.10%) Finance
4 12 (7.23%) Telecoms
5 7 (4.22%) Legal
5 7 (4.22%) Manufacturing
5 7 (4.22%) Public Sector
6 6 (3.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (3.61%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (3.01%) Aerospace
7 5 (3.01%) Retail
8 4 (2.41%) Aviation
8 4 (2.41%) Billing
8 4 (2.41%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (1.81%) Automotive
9 3 (1.81%) Environmental Health
10 2 (1.20%) Electronics
10 2 (1.20%) General Ledger
10 2 (1.20%) Law
10 2 (1.20%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 22 (13.25%) Analyst
2 15 (9.04%) Senior
3 13 (7.83%) Lead
4 11 (6.63%) Consultant
5 10 (6.02%) Architect
6 8 (4.82%) Project Manager
7 7 (4.22%) Administrator
8 6 (3.61%) Developer
8 6 (3.61%) Senior Analyst
8 6 (3.61%) Support Analyst
9 5 (3.01%) Accountant
9 5 (3.01%) Junior
9 5 (3.01%) Junior Analyst
9 5 (3.01%) Junior Support Analyst
9 5 (3.01%) Network Architect
9 5 (3.01%) Portfolio Analyst
9 5 (3.01%) Release Manager
9 5 (3.01%) SAP Consultant
9 5 (3.01%) Service Analyst
10 4 (2.41%) 3rd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (5.42%) React
2 7 (4.22%) REST
3 6 (3.61%) AngularJS
4 4 (2.41%) RESTful
5 3 (1.81%) .NET
5 3 (1.81%) Lightning Web Components
5 3 (1.81%) SOAP
5 3 (1.81%) YAML
6 2 (1.20%) Ajax
6 2 (1.20%) CSS
6 2 (1.20%) HTML
6 2 (1.20%) JSON
6 2 (1.20%) Semantic HTML
6 2 (1.20%) Vue
6 2 (1.20%) XML
7 1 (0.60%) OAuth
7 1 (0.60%) OAuth2
7 1 (0.60%) Oracle Fusion
7 1 (0.60%) SAP PI
7 1 (0.60%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 9 (5.42%) Product Ownership
2 7 (4.22%) Onboarding
2 7 (4.22%) PKI
3 6 (3.61%) Data Protection Act
4 5 (3.01%) Virtual Team
5 4 (2.41%) e-Learning
5 4 (2.41%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (2.41%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (2.41%) Life Science
5 4 (2.41%) Renewable Energy
6 3 (1.81%) Cyber Threat
6 3 (1.81%) Data Centre
6 3 (1.81%) Learning Management System
6 3 (1.81%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.81%) Security Posture
6 3 (1.81%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.20%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (1.20%) FMCG
7 2 (1.20%) PMI
8 1 (0.60%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 13 (7.83%) Windows
2 7 (4.22%) Linux
3 5 (3.01%) Windows Server
4 4 (2.41%) CentOS
4 4 (2.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (2.41%) Windows 10
4 4 (2.41%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (1.81%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (30.72%) Agile
2 41 (24.70%) Problem-Solving
3 24 (14.46%) Decision-Making
4 23 (13.86%) ITIL
5 22 (13.25%) Project Management
6 20 (12.05%) Project Delivery
6 20 (12.05%) Stakeholder Management
7 19 (11.45%) DevOps
8 17 (10.24%) Process Improvement
8 17 (10.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 17 (10.24%) User Experience
9 16 (9.64%) Analytics
9 16 (9.64%) Process Management
10 15 (9.04%) Collaborative Working
10 15 (9.04%) PRINCE2
10 15 (9.04%) Service Delivery
11 14 (8.43%) Customer Service
12 13 (7.83%) Change Management
12 13 (7.83%) Roadmaps
13 12 (7.23%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 14 (8.43%) PowerShell
2 12 (7.23%) SQL
3 9 (5.42%) Python
4 4 (2.41%) PHP
5 3 (1.81%) Bash
5 3 (1.81%) C#
6 2 (1.20%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.60%) Apex Code
7 1 (0.60%) Bicep
7 1 (0.60%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.60%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 35 (21.08%) Security Cleared
2 20 (12.05%) Degree
3 18 (10.84%) DV Cleared
4 14 (8.43%) SC Cleared
5 9 (5.42%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (3.61%) PMI Certification
6 6 (3.61%) PMP
7 5 (3.01%) ACCA
7 5 (3.01%) APMP
7 5 (3.01%) CIMA
8 4 (2.41%) CCNA
8 4 (2.41%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (2.41%) CISSP
8 4 (2.41%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (1.81%) IIBA
9 3 (1.81%) Master's Degree
10 2 (1.20%) CCDA
10 2 (1.20%) CCDP
10 2 (1.20%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (1.20%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (9.64%) GDPR
2 9 (5.42%) SLA
3 7 (4.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (4.22%) QA
4 6 (3.61%) Accessibility
4 6 (3.61%) Data Quality
4 6 (3.61%) PMO
5 5 (3.01%) P3O
6 2 (1.20%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 2 (1.20%) HIPAA
6 2 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 19770
6 2 (1.20%) WCAG
7 1 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.60%) GRC
7 1 (0.60%) ISO 31000
7 1 (0.60%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (0.60%) NIST
7 1 (0.60%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 12 (7.23%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (6.02%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.20%) Docker
3 2 (1.20%) VMware NSX
3 2 (1.20%) vSphere
4 1 (0.60%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 7 (4.22%) Ansible
2 6 (3.61%) Terraform
3 4 (2.41%) WMI
4 3 (1.81%) HP ALM
4 3 (1.81%) HP Quality Center
4 3 (1.81%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (1.81%) SCCM
5 2 (1.20%) CSIRT
5 2 (1.20%) QRadar
5 2 (1.20%) vRealize
5 2 (1.20%) vRealize Orchestrator
6 1 (0.60%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 1 (0.60%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 35 (21.08%) Microsoft
2 15 (9.04%) SAP
3 12 (7.23%) IFS
3 12 (7.23%) VMware
4 11 (6.63%) Oracle
5 8 (4.82%) Cisco
5 8 (4.82%) Salesforce
6 7 (4.22%) Juniper
6 7 (4.22%) ServiceNow
7 5 (3.01%) Remedy
7 5 (3.01%) Splunk
8 3 (1.81%) Citrix
8 3 (1.81%) HP
9 2 (1.20%) BMC
9 2 (1.20%) JDA
9 2 (1.20%) Snow
10 1 (0.60%) CrowdStrike
10 1 (0.60%) Databricks
10 1 (0.60%) IBM
10 1 (0.60%) Workday