Continuous Improvement Contracts in South Wales

Continual Improvement
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in South Wales 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 3 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 40 41
Rank change year-on-year +10 +1 +6
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 6 3 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales 2.29% 0.87% 2.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.56% 1.10% 2.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 7
10th Percentile £377 - £383
25th Percentile £463 - £531
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £509 - £650
Median % change year-on-year - - +23.22%
75th Percentile £526 - -
90th Percentile £528 - £660
Wales median daily rate £509 - £650
% change year-on-year - - +23.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
10th Percentile - £85.28 -
25th Percentile - £85.70 £19.00
Median hourly rate - £86.40 £19.49
Median % change year-on-year - +343.30% -
75th Percentile - £87.10 £19.98
90th Percentile - £87.52 -
Wales median hourly rate - £86.40 £19.49
% change year-on-year - +343.30% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 234 272 374
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 89.31% 79.30% 88.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 163 163 283
10th Percentile £190 £143 £190
25th Percentile £283 £209 £345
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -15.00% -4.60%
75th Percentile £488 £544 £600
90th Percentile £650 £598 £650
Wales median daily rate £400 £425 £475
% change year-on-year -5.88% -10.53% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 40 22
10th Percentile £13.08 £15.48 -
25th Percentile £13.94 £19.81 £16.98
Median hourly rate £15.50 £25.09 £19.49
Median % change year-on-year -38.22% +28.73% -2.11%
75th Percentile £20.75 £47.81 £26.38
90th Percentile £22.21 £53.88 £49.88
Wales median hourly rate £20.50 £22.50 £19.49
% change year-on-year -8.89% +15.44% +2.82%

Continuous Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Continuous Improvement in South Wales

Continuous Improvement
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Daily rate trend for Continuous Improvement in South Wales

Continuous Improvement
Daily Rate Histogram in South Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Continuous Improvement in South Wales over the 6 months to 3 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Continuous Improvement in South Wales

Continuous Improvement
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for Continuous Improvement in South Wales

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Contract Job Locations in South Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 3 August 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
Cardiff +9 6 £509 - 38
Continuous Improvement
Wales

Continuous Improvement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Azure
Development Applications
1 4 (66.67%) Git
2 3 (50.00%) Cypress.io
General
1 3 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Lead
2 1 (16.67%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (50.00%) .NET
1 3 (50.00%) .NET Core
1 3 (50.00%) Jest
1 3 (50.00%) Next.js
1 3 (50.00%) React
2 2 (33.33%) .NET Framework
2 2 (33.33%) Entity Framework
3 1 (16.67%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (16.67%) REST
3 1 (16.67%) SOAP
3 1 (16.67%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Client/Server
2 2 (33.33%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Code Quality
1 4 (66.67%) Mentoring
2 3 (50.00%) Agile
2 3 (50.00%) Case Management
2 3 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 3 (50.00%) End-to-End Testing
2 3 (50.00%) Front End Development
2 3 (50.00%) Performance Optimisation
2 3 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 3 (50.00%) Unit Testing
3 2 (33.33%) DevOps
3 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (33.33%) Test Automation
3 2 (33.33%) Test Strategy
4 1 (16.67%) Budgeting
4 1 (16.67%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 1 (16.67%) Service Desk Management
4 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (16.67%) Web Accessibility
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) TypeScript
2 2 (33.33%) SQL
3 1 (16.67%) Apex Code
3 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
3 1 (16.67%) SOQL
3 1 (16.67%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) Accessibility
2 2 (33.33%) QA
2 2 (33.33%) WCAG
3 1 (16.67%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
1 1 (16.67%) Salesforce