Continuous Improvement Contracts in the South East

Continual Improvement
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Continuous Improvement skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Continuous Improvement over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 44 75 80
Rank change year-on-year +31 +5 0
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 229 172 233
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 4.14% 2.95% 3.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.88% 3.30% 3.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 119 106 136
10th Percentile £400 £394 £356
25th Percentile £461 £452 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £516
Median % change year-on-year - +1.74% +14.67%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £606
90th Percentile £688 £697 £696
England median daily rate £525 £563 £550
% change year-on-year -6.67% +2.27% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 7 6
10th Percentile £17.93 £21.43 £28.63
25th Percentile £21.18 £24.19 £49.75
Median hourly rate £37.50 £40.00 £59.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -32.20% +195.00%
75th Percentile £49.38 £55.00 £63.19
90th Percentile £63.30 £60.79 £66.00
England median hourly rate £37.50 £60.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -37.50% +34.83% +74.51%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

Continuous Improvement is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,689 5,214 6,955
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 84.87% 89.45% 89.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,728 3,619 4,703
10th Percentile £243 £250 £225
25th Percentile £400 £405 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £508 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.38% +1.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £623 £619 £588
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 431 218 287
10th Percentile £13.00 £18.37 £12.23
25th Percentile £18.20 £23.49 £16.06
Median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +122.22% -13.46%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £48.67
90th Percentile £76.86 £74.85 £62.59
England median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
% change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%

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 27 April 2024.

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 27 April 2024.

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 27 April 2024. 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 +17 147 £525 +6.06% 144
Berkshire +32 122 £525 - 56
Hampshire +15 32 £589 +12.19% 58
Surrey +10 23 £550 -12.00% 31
West Sussex +17 17 £475 -36.67% 17
Buckinghamshire -8 13 £465 -6.06% 41
Oxfordshire +11 12 £488 -11.36% 47
Kent +5 9 £650 +4.84% 36
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 6 (2.62%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.31%) Confluence
3 1 (0.44%) WebLogic
Applications
1 23 (10.04%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (6.55%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (5.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (3.49%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 6 (2.62%) Adobe After Effects
5 6 (2.62%) Adobe Premiere
5 6 (2.62%) CINEMA 4D
6 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.44%) Sketch
6 1 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.75%) Infor SunSystems
2 3 (1.31%) Primavera
3 1 (0.44%) PeopleSoft HRMS
3 1 (0.44%) Sage X3
3 1 (0.44%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 34 (14.85%) Azure
2 12 (5.24%) Power Platform
3 10 (4.37%) Azure Cosmos DB
3 10 (4.37%) Azure Monitor
3 10 (4.37%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (4.37%) Serverless
4 9 (3.93%) Azure Data Factory
4 9 (3.93%) Azure DevOps
4 9 (3.93%) Azure Functions
5 8 (3.49%) AWS
5 8 (3.49%) Entra ID
5 8 (3.49%) SuccessFactors
6 5 (2.18%) Smartsheet
7 4 (1.75%) IaaS
8 3 (1.31%) Power Automate
9 2 (0.87%) Azure Sentinel
9 2 (0.87%) Figma
9 2 (0.87%) OpenShift
9 2 (0.87%) Snowflake
10 1 (0.44%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.49%) Firewall
2 7 (3.06%) DNS
2 7 (3.06%) LAN
3 6 (2.62%) DHCP
4 4 (1.75%) BGP
4 4 (1.75%) Radio Access Network
5 3 (1.31%) Cisco IOS
5 3 (1.31%) IOS XR
5 3 (1.31%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.87%) 4G
6 2 (0.87%) 5G
6 2 (0.87%) Broadband
6 2 (0.87%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (0.87%) SAN
6 2 (0.87%) SMS
6 2 (0.87%) Software-Defined Networking
6 2 (0.87%) VPN
6 2 (0.87%) WAN
6 2 (0.87%) Wireless
6 2 (0.87%) XCAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (5.24%) Power BI
2 10 (4.37%) NoSQL
3 5 (2.18%) SQL Server
4 4 (1.75%) Tableau
5 3 (1.31%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.87%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.87%) GIS
7 1 (0.44%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.44%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
7 1 (0.44%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.44%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 18 (7.86%) Git
2 11 (4.80%) JIRA
3 5 (2.18%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.44%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.44%) Eclipse
4 1 (0.44%) GoogleTest
4 1 (0.44%) LabVIEW
4 1 (0.44%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (0.44%) Selenium
4 1 (0.44%) Subversion
4 1 (0.44%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.44%) TestRail
4 1 (0.44%) Valgrind
4 1 (0.44%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.44%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 78 (34.06%) Social Skills
2 46 (20.09%) Analytical Skills
3 43 (18.78%) Finance
4 25 (10.92%) Telecoms
5 24 (10.48%) Legal
5 24 (10.48%) Marketing
6 19 (8.30%) Public Sector
7 13 (5.68%) Influencing Skills
8 12 (5.24%) Retail
9 8 (3.49%) Manufacturing
9 8 (3.49%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (2.18%) Billing
10 5 (2.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (2.18%) Law
10 5 (2.18%) Local Government
10 5 (2.18%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (1.31%) Aviation
11 3 (1.31%) Front Office
12 2 (0.87%) Back Office
12 2 (0.87%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 33 (14.41%) Developer
2 32 (13.97%) Lead
3 28 (12.23%) Senior
4 23 (10.04%) Project Manager
5 16 (6.99%) Designer
6 14 (6.11%) Analyst
7 13 (5.68%) Architect
8 10 (4.37%) Full Stack Developer
9 9 (3.93%) Azure Developer
9 9 (3.93%) Project Leader
9 9 (3.93%) Software Engineer
10 8 (3.49%) Creative Designer
10 8 (3.49%) Linux Engineer
10 8 (3.49%) Network Engineer
10 8 (3.49%) Senior Manager
11 7 (3.06%) Consultant
11 7 (3.06%) HR Manager
11 7 (3.06%) Service Manager
12 6 (2.62%) Lead Designer
12 6 (2.62%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (6.99%) React
2 7 (3.06%) Node.js
3 5 (2.18%) .NET
3 5 (2.18%) JSON
3 5 (2.18%) REST
4 4 (1.75%) React Native
5 3 (1.31%) CSS
5 3 (1.31%) Django
5 3 (1.31%) HTML
5 3 (1.31%) RESTful
5 3 (1.31%) YAML
5 3 (1.31%) YANG
6 2 (0.87%) AngularJS
6 2 (0.87%) Entity Framework
6 2 (0.87%) Web Services
7 1 (0.44%) ASP.NET Web API
7 1 (0.44%) Autofac
7 1 (0.44%) scikit-learn
7 1 (0.44%) Swagger
7 1 (0.44%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 21 (9.17%) Management Information System
2 13 (5.68%) Product Ownership
3 12 (5.24%) Robotics
4 10 (4.37%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (2.62%) Motion Graphics
6 5 (2.18%) CMDB
6 5 (2.18%) Data Centre
6 5 (2.18%) Linux Command Line
6 5 (2.18%) Onboarding
6 5 (2.18%) PMI
7 4 (1.75%) Animation
7 4 (1.75%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.75%) Life Science
7 4 (1.75%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.31%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.87%) Photography
9 2 (0.87%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.44%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.44%) Graphic Design
10 1 (0.44%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 20 (8.73%) Linux
2 16 (6.99%) Windows
3 6 (2.62%) Ubuntu
4 5 (2.18%) Unix
5 4 (1.75%) Embedded Linux
6 3 (1.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (1.31%) Solaris
7 2 (0.87%) Windows Server 2003
7 2 (0.87%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.44%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (30.57%) Agile
2 49 (21.40%) Problem-Solving
3 42 (18.34%) Project Management
3 42 (18.34%) Roadmaps
4 37 (16.16%) DevOps
5 32 (13.97%) Coaching
6 31 (13.54%) Service Delivery
7 26 (11.35%) ITIL
8 24 (10.48%) Project Delivery
9 23 (10.04%) Stakeholder Management
10 22 (9.61%) Decision-Making
11 20 (8.73%) Change Management
12 19 (8.30%) Risk Management
13 18 (7.86%) Storytelling
14 17 (7.42%) Computer Science
14 17 (7.42%) Software Engineering
15 16 (6.99%) Customer Experience
15 16 (6.99%) Scrum
15 16 (6.99%) Service Management
15 16 (6.99%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 24 (10.48%) Python
2 15 (6.55%) JavaScript
3 10 (4.37%) Bash
3 10 (4.37%) PowerShell
4 8 (3.49%) C#
4 8 (3.49%) SQL
5 6 (2.62%) Java
6 5 (2.18%) C++
6 5 (2.18%) Perl
7 4 (1.75%) T-SQL
8 3 (1.31%) VB.NET
9 2 (0.87%) C
9 2 (0.87%) VBScript
10 1 (0.44%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 48 (20.96%) Degree
2 30 (13.10%) Security Cleared
3 17 (7.42%) DV Cleared
4 12 (5.24%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (4.37%) Master's Degree
6 7 (3.06%) SC Cleared
7 6 (2.62%) PMI Certification
8 5 (2.18%) CISM
8 5 (2.18%) CISSP
8 5 (2.18%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (1.75%) ACCA
9 4 (1.75%) CIMA
9 4 (1.75%) CIPD
9 4 (1.75%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 4 (1.75%) Postgraduate
9 4 (1.75%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 3 (1.31%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (1.31%) NVQ Level 4
11 2 (0.87%) A+ Certification
11 2 (0.87%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (9.17%) SLA
2 17 (7.42%) QA
3 13 (5.68%) Accessibility
4 6 (2.62%) GDPR
5 5 (2.18%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 4 (1.75%) NEBOSH
6 4 (1.75%) PMO
7 3 (1.31%) Data Quality
7 3 (1.31%) ISO 9001
7 3 (1.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (1.31%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 18 (7.86%) Active Directory
2 11 (4.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (3.49%) vSphere
4 6 (2.62%) VMware NSX
5 5 (2.18%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (1.31%) Docker
6 3 (1.31%) Hyper-V
6 3 (1.31%) XenApp
7 2 (0.87%) Ceph
7 2 (0.87%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 8 (3.49%) Ansible
2 3 (1.31%) Red Hat Satellite
2 3 (1.31%) SCCM
2 3 (1.31%) Terraform
2 3 (1.31%) WSUS
3 2 (0.87%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.87%) Pacemaker
3 2 (0.87%) Podman
3 2 (0.87%) vRealize
3 2 (0.87%) vRealize Orchestrator
4 1 (0.44%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.44%) SELinux
Vendors
1 23 (10.04%) Microsoft
2 14 (6.11%) VMware
3 9 (3.93%) ServiceNow
4 8 (3.49%) Adobe
5 6 (2.62%) BT
5 6 (2.62%) Cisco
5 6 (2.62%) SAP
5 6 (2.62%) SolarWinds
5 6 (2.62%) Sun
6 5 (2.18%) Red Hat
6 5 (2.18%) Reuters
7 3 (1.31%) Citrix
7 3 (1.31%) Oracle
7 3 (1.31%) TOWER Software
8 2 (0.87%) Cadence
8 2 (0.87%) F5
8 2 (0.87%) Ivanti
8 2 (0.87%) Palo Alto
8 2 (0.87%) Remedy
8 2 (0.87%) Symantec