Continuous Improvement Contract Job Trends in Taunton

Continual Improvement
Somerset > Taunton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Taunton requiring Continuous Improvement skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 - 6
Rank change year-on-year - - +10
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 10 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in Taunton 11.76% - 14.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.08% - 15.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 5
10th Percentile £636 - £576
25th Percentile £645 - £588
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £690 - £600
Median % change year-on-year - - -23.81%
75th Percentile £730 - £1,100
90th Percentile - - -
Somerset median daily rate £370 £625 £575
% change year-on-year -40.80% +8.70% +11.27%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Taunton

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 Taunton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 71 16 32
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Taunton 83.53% 94.12% 94.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 15 27
10th Percentile £406 £532 £550
25th Percentile £436 £610 £566
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £715 £600
Median % change year-on-year -30.07% +19.17% -10.85%
75th Percentile £650 £886 £606
90th Percentile £744 £960 £650
Somerset median daily rate £525 £523 £500
% change year-on-year +0.48% +4.50% +1.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £14.85 - £12.50
Median hourly rate £40.54 £12.45 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year +225.62% -4.23% -
75th Percentile £43.84 - £14.25
90th Percentile - - £15.60
Somerset median hourly rate £57.50 £18.51 £25.00
% change year-on-year +210.64% -25.96% -50.74%

Continuous Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in Taunton

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Continuous Improvement relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Taunton.

Continuous Improvement job vacancy trend in Taunton

Continuous Improvement
Daily Rate Trend in Taunton

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Taunton citing Continuous Improvement.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Taunton citing Continuous Improvement

Continuous Improvement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Taunton 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 2 (20.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 4 (40.00%) Azure
1 4 (40.00%) Azure DevOps
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
Development Applications
1 3 (30.00%) JIRA
General
1 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Finance
2 1 (10.00%) Legal
2 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Lead
2 3 (30.00%) Project Manager
2 3 (30.00%) Technical Leader
3 2 (20.00%) Automation Tester
3 2 (20.00%) Delivery Manager
3 2 (20.00%) Delivery Project Manager
3 2 (20.00%) Lead Tester
3 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared Project Manager
3 2 (20.00%) Tester
4 1 (10.00%) Agile Delivery Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Agile Project Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Automation Test Lead
4 1 (10.00%) SOC Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (20.00%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Onboarding
1 2 (20.00%) PMI
1 2 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (10.00%) CSOC
2 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (10.00%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 5 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (10.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) ITIL
2 4 (40.00%) DevOps
2 4 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (40.00%) Service Management
2 4 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (40.00%) Technical Leadership
3 3 (30.00%) Agile
3 3 (30.00%) CI/CD
3 3 (30.00%) Mentoring
3 3 (30.00%) Project Delivery
3 3 (30.00%) Sprint Planning
3 3 (30.00%) Sprint Review
4 2 (20.00%) Budget Management
4 2 (20.00%) Computer Science
4 2 (20.00%) Kanban
4 2 (20.00%) Performance Testing
4 2 (20.00%) Risk Management
4 2 (20.00%) Scrum
4 2 (20.00%) Sprint Retrospective
4 2 (20.00%) Test Automation
Qualifications
1 7 (70.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (40.00%) DV Cleared
3 3 (30.00%) SC Cleared
4 2 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (20.00%) Degree
4 2 (20.00%) Master's Degree
4 2 (20.00%) PMI Certification
4 2 (20.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) QA
2 1 (10.00%) GDPR
2 1 (10.00%) ISO 9000
2 1 (10.00%) NCSC
Systems Management
1 4 (40.00%) SCCM
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft