Continuous Improvement Contracts in the South East

Continual Improvement
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 44 41 75
Rank change year-on-year -3 +34 +8
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 145 235 169
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 4.82% 4.23% 2.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.26% 4.98% 3.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 124 104
10th Percentile £325 £400 £391
25th Percentile £416 £462 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - +1.94%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £638
90th Percentile £670 £688 £698
England median daily rate £518 £525 £563
% change year-on-year -1.30% -6.67% +2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 19 7
10th Percentile £20.67 £17.93 £21.43
25th Percentile £21.00 £21.18 £24.19
Median hourly rate £62.00 £37.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +65.33% -6.25% -32.20%
75th Percentile £70.22 £49.38 £55.00
90th Percentile £80.97 £63.30 £60.79
England median hourly rate £50.00 £37.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year +33.33% -37.50% +34.83%

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 2,757 4,716 5,181
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 91.59% 84.85% 89.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,756 2,743 3,594
10th Percentile £256 £243 £250
25th Percentile £400 £400 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £508
Median % change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
75th Percentile £600 £621 £619
90th Percentile £675 £700 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 434 219
10th Percentile £13.85 £13.00 £18.25
25th Percentile £15.79 £18.23 £23.83
Median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%
75th Percentile £62.50 £62.49 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.86 £74.83
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Continuous Improvement in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Continuous Improvement in the South East

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 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Continuous Improvement in the South East

Continuous Improvement
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Continuous Improvement in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Continuous Improvement in the South East

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 1 May 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 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
Thames Valley -9 64 £500 -3.61% 400
Berkshire -20 49 £500 -4.76% 192
Hampshire +32 39 £563 -4.50% 203
Buckinghamshire +16 13 £550 +18.28% 135
West Sussex +7 13 £388 -18.42% 68
Surrey +4 11 £475 -13.64% 148
East Sussex - 9 £550 - 62
Kent +3 4 £550 -15.38% 135
Oxfordshire -5 2 £250 -48.72% 95
Home Counties - 1 - -
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 3 (2.07%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.38%) Confluence
3 1 (0.69%) Anypoint
3 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.69%) Oracle Service Bus
3 1 (0.69%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 1 (0.69%) Smallworld
Applications
1 4 (2.76%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (2.76%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (2.76%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.38%) Windchill
3 1 (0.69%) CATIA
3 1 (0.69%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (2.76%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (2.07%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (1.38%) SAP IBP
3 2 (1.38%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.69%) Maximo
4 1 (0.69%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.69%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.69%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.69%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 31 (21.38%) Azure
2 17 (11.72%) AWS
3 6 (4.14%) Serverless
4 5 (3.45%) Azure Data Factory
4 5 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (3.45%) Azure Monitor
4 5 (3.45%) GCP
5 4 (2.76%) Azure Sentinel
5 4 (2.76%) Microsoft Copilot
6 3 (2.07%) AWS CloudFormation
6 3 (2.07%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 3 (2.07%) Azure Functions
6 3 (2.07%) Power Platform
6 3 (2.07%) SaaS
7 2 (1.38%) Amazon EKS
7 2 (1.38%) Azure AKS
7 2 (1.38%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 2 (1.38%) SonarCloud
8 1 (0.69%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (0.69%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 8 (5.52%) Firewall
1 8 (5.52%) LAN
2 6 (4.14%) Radio Access Network
3 4 (2.76%) 5G
4 3 (2.07%) 4G
4 3 (2.07%) 5G NR
4 3 (2.07%) Cisco Firepower
4 3 (2.07%) Cisco IOS
4 3 (2.07%) Cisco ISE
4 3 (2.07%) Junos
4 3 (2.07%) LTE
5 2 (1.38%) DHCP
5 2 (1.38%) DNS
5 2 (1.38%) Network Security
6 1 (0.69%) FTP
6 1 (0.69%) GPON
6 1 (0.69%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (0.69%) Software-Defined Radio
6 1 (0.69%) SSL
6 1 (0.69%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.76%) Metadata
1 4 (2.76%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.07%) NoSQL
2 3 (2.07%) Power BI
3 2 (1.38%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (1.38%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.38%) Oracle BI EE
3 2 (1.38%) Oracle Database
3 2 (1.38%) Qlik Sense
3 2 (1.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (1.38%) Tableau
4 1 (0.69%) GIS
4 1 (0.69%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (3.45%) Git
1 5 (3.45%) JIRA
2 4 (2.76%) Selenium
3 3 (2.07%) GitLab
4 2 (1.38%) Snyk
4 2 (1.38%) SpecFlow
4 2 (1.38%) Subversion
5 1 (0.69%) Axure RP
5 1 (0.69%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.69%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.69%) JMeter
5 1 (0.69%) JUnit
5 1 (0.69%) Postman
5 1 (0.69%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.69%) TestRail
General
1 62 (42.76%) Social Skills
2 26 (17.93%) Finance
3 24 (16.55%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (9.66%) Telecoms
5 12 (8.28%) Public Sector
6 7 (4.83%) Marketing
7 6 (4.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (4.14%) Manufacturing
8 5 (3.45%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (2.76%) Legal
10 3 (2.07%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (1.38%) Agriculture
11 2 (1.38%) Aviation
11 2 (1.38%) Banking
11 2 (1.38%) Billing
11 2 (1.38%) Electronics
12 1 (0.69%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.69%) Automotive
12 1 (0.69%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 17 (11.72%) Analyst
2 15 (10.34%) Lead
3 9 (6.21%) Consultant
3 9 (6.21%) Network Engineer
4 8 (5.52%) Architect
4 8 (5.52%) Project Manager
5 7 (4.83%) Developer
6 6 (4.14%) Full-Stack Developer
7 5 (3.45%) Delivery Manager
7 5 (3.45%) IT Manager
7 5 (3.45%) Senior
8 4 (2.76%) Data Analyst
8 4 (2.76%) Product Manager
8 4 (2.76%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
8 4 (2.76%) Service Manager
8 4 (2.76%) Test Engineer
9 3 (2.07%) Azure Engineer
9 3 (2.07%) Head of Digital
9 3 (2.07%) Juniper Engineer
9 3 (2.07%) Subject Matter Expert
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.14%) React
2 5 (3.45%) CSS
2 5 (3.45%) HTML
3 4 (2.76%) AngularJS
4 3 (2.07%) React Native
4 3 (2.07%) Redux
5 2 (1.38%) .NET
5 2 (1.38%) .NET Framework
5 2 (1.38%) Angular 2
5 2 (1.38%) ASP.NET Web API
5 2 (1.38%) Gherkin
5 2 (1.38%) HTML5
5 2 (1.38%) Node.js
5 2 (1.38%) PySpark
6 1 (0.69%) OAuth
6 1 (0.69%) OAuth2
6 1 (0.69%) REST
6 1 (0.69%) SOAP
6 1 (0.69%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 15 (10.34%) Product Ownership
2 8 (5.52%) Cloud Native
3 7 (4.83%) Management Information System
4 5 (3.45%) Security Posture
5 4 (2.76%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (2.76%) Cyber Threat
5 4 (2.76%) Onboarding
6 3 (2.07%) Cyber Defence
6 3 (2.07%) e-Learning
6 3 (2.07%) Life Science
6 3 (2.07%) NHS
6 3 (2.07%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 2 (1.38%) CMDB
7 2 (1.38%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.38%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.38%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.38%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.38%) Renewable Energy
7 2 (1.38%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.69%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.45%) Windows
2 4 (2.76%) Linux
3 2 (1.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (1.38%) Solaris
3 2 (1.38%) Unix
4 1 (0.69%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.69%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (37.24%) Agile
2 42 (28.97%) Problem-Solving
3 22 (15.17%) Stakeholder Management
4 21 (14.48%) CI/CD
4 21 (14.48%) DevOps
5 20 (13.79%) Project Management
6 17 (11.72%) ITIL
6 17 (11.72%) Roadmaps
7 15 (10.34%) Risk Management
8 14 (9.66%) Process Improvement
9 13 (8.97%) Incident Response
9 13 (8.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 12 (8.28%) Change Management
11 11 (7.59%) ITSM
11 11 (7.59%) Vulnerability Management
12 10 (6.90%) Analytics
12 10 (6.90%) Collaborative Working
12 10 (6.90%) Decision-Making
12 10 (6.90%) Full-Stack Development
12 10 (6.90%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 22 (15.17%) Python
2 10 (6.90%) SQL
3 7 (4.83%) JavaScript
4 6 (4.14%) PowerShell
5 5 (3.45%) Bash
5 5 (3.45%) Java
5 5 (3.45%) TypeScript
6 3 (2.07%) VB
7 2 (1.38%) Bicep
7 2 (1.38%) C#
7 2 (1.38%) Perl
8 1 (0.69%) DataWeave
8 1 (0.69%) Magik
8 1 (0.69%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (16.55%) Security Cleared
2 23 (15.86%) Degree
3 18 (12.41%) SC Cleared
4 11 (7.59%) CISSP
5 6 (4.14%) CISM
5 6 (4.14%) DV Cleared
6 5 (3.45%) CompTIA Security+
6 5 (3.45%) Master's Degree
6 5 (3.45%) PMI Certification
6 5 (3.45%) PMP
7 4 (2.76%) Azure Certification
7 4 (2.76%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (2.76%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (2.07%) CEH
8 3 (2.07%) CISA
8 3 (2.07%) ISSEP
8 3 (2.07%) ISTQB
8 3 (2.07%) ITIL Certification
8 3 (2.07%) SSCP
9 2 (1.38%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (7.59%) QA
2 10 (6.90%) GDPR
2 10 (6.90%) SLA
3 6 (4.14%) NIST
4 5 (3.45%) Data Quality
4 5 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (2.07%) PCI DSS
6 2 (1.38%) Accessibility
6 2 (1.38%) Def Stans
7 1 (0.69%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.69%) COBIT
7 1 (0.69%) GLP
7 1 (0.69%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.69%) ISO 14001
7 1 (0.69%) NCSC
7 1 (0.69%) P3O
7 1 (0.69%) PMO
7 1 (0.69%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 4 (2.76%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.07%) Docker
2 3 (2.07%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.38%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (1.38%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (8.97%) Ansible
2 11 (7.59%) Terraform
3 5 (3.45%) Kubernetes
4 4 (2.76%) FortiGate
5 2 (1.38%) Progress Chef
5 2 (1.38%) Puppet
5 2 (1.38%) QRadar
5 2 (1.38%) Red Hat Satellite
5 2 (1.38%) SELinux
6 1 (0.69%) CloudHub
6 1 (0.69%) CSIRT
6 1 (0.69%) Grafana
6 1 (0.69%) NSN NetAct
6 1 (0.69%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.69%) SCCM
6 1 (0.69%) SCOM
Vendors
1 24 (16.55%) Microsoft
2 8 (5.52%) SAP
3 7 (4.83%) Cisco
4 5 (3.45%) Oracle
4 5 (3.45%) ServiceNow
5 3 (2.07%) Citrix
5 3 (2.07%) F5
5 3 (2.07%) Google
5 3 (2.07%) Juniper
5 3 (2.07%) SolarWinds
5 3 (2.07%) Splunk
5 3 (2.07%) VMware
6 2 (1.38%) BMC
6 2 (1.38%) Ericsson
6 2 (1.38%) PTC
6 2 (1.38%) Red Hat
6 2 (1.38%) Remedy
6 2 (1.38%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.38%) Symantec
6 2 (1.38%) Veritas