Continuous Improvement Contracts in the Thames Valley

Continual Improvement
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 26 48
Rank change year-on-year -14 +22 +20
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 73 159 114
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 4.97% 6.09% 4.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.34% 7.00% 4.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 77 68
10th Percentile £369 £400 £360
25th Percentile £414 £450 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £638 £581
90th Percentile £676 £688 £679
South East median daily rate £500 £508 £550
% change year-on-year -1.57% -7.64% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 7 2
10th Percentile £15.13 £16.25 £20.60
25th Percentile £17.52 £23.33 £21.50
Median hourly rate £59.00 £42.50 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year +38.82% +84.78% -54.00%
75th Percentile £67.50 £49.38 £24.50
90th Percentile £75.32 £57.60 £25.40
South East median hourly rate £40.50 £34.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +17.39% -13.75% -32.20%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,366 2,273 2,557
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 92.93% 87.09% 91.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 838 1,262 1,763
10th Percentile £295 £213 £319
25th Percentile £401 £370 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.99%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £602
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year -0.05% -1.43% +1.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 167 64
10th Percentile £14.20 £14.17 £18.50
25th Percentile £14.30 £19.25 £24.13
Median hourly rate £27.76 £45.00 £51.05
Median % change year-on-year -38.31% -11.85% +200.29%
75th Percentile £62.24 £63.75 £66.21
90th Percentile £77.19 £85.65 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £27.05 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -43.06% -5.00% +132.56%

Continuous Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Continuous Improvement in the Thames Valley

Continuous Improvement
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Continuous Improvement in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Continuous Improvement in the Thames Valley

Continuous Improvement
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Continuous Improvement in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Continuous Improvement in the Thames Valley

Continuous Improvement
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Continuous Improvement in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Continuous Improvement in the Thames Valley

Continuous Improvement
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Continuous Improvement in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Continuous Improvement in the Thames Valley

Continuous Improvement
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 22 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
Berkshire -17 54 £490 -6.67% 118
Buckinghamshire +19 17 £550 +13.40% 58
Oxfordshire -11 2 £250 -48.72% 86
Continuous Improvement
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Continuous Improvement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 4 (5.48%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.74%) Oracle Service Bus
2 2 (2.74%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 1 (1.37%) Anypoint
3 1 (1.37%) Smallworld
Applications
1 5 (6.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.74%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (2.74%) MS Visio
2 2 (2.74%) Spreadsheet
2 2 (2.74%) Windchill
3 1 (1.37%) CATIA
3 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (2.74%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (2.74%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 1 (1.37%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (1.37%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 16 (21.92%) Azure
2 6 (8.22%) AWS
3 5 (6.85%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (5.48%) Microsoft Copilot
4 4 (5.48%) SaaS
5 3 (4.11%) Azure Data Factory
5 3 (4.11%) Azure Monitor
5 3 (4.11%) Figma
5 3 (4.11%) Serverless
6 2 (2.74%) Amazon EKS
6 2 (2.74%) Azure AKS
6 2 (2.74%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 2 (2.74%) GCP
6 2 (2.74%) OCI
6 2 (2.74%) SonarCloud
7 1 (1.37%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 1 (1.37%) Azure Functions
7 1 (1.37%) Azure Service Bus
7 1 (1.37%) GitHub
7 1 (1.37%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.11%) Radio Access Network
2 2 (2.74%) Firewall
2 2 (2.74%) HTTP
2 2 (2.74%) SSL
3 1 (1.37%) 5G
3 1 (1.37%) Broadband
3 1 (1.37%) DMS-100
3 1 (1.37%) FTP
3 1 (1.37%) GPON
3 1 (1.37%) ISUP
3 1 (1.37%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.74%) Azure SQL Database
1 2 (2.74%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.37%) GIS
2 1 (1.37%) NoSQL
2 1 (1.37%) Power BI
2 1 (1.37%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (2.74%) Browser DevTools
1 2 (2.74%) JIRA
1 2 (2.74%) Snyk
1 2 (2.74%) SpecFlow
1 2 (2.74%) UI Automator
2 1 (1.37%) Axure RP
2 1 (1.37%) Git
2 1 (1.37%) GitLab
2 1 (1.37%) Postman
2 1 (1.37%) Selenium
General
1 34 (46.58%) Social Skills
2 16 (21.92%) Finance
2 16 (21.92%) Telecoms
3 13 (17.81%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (12.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (6.85%) Influencing Skills
5 5 (6.85%) Manufacturing
6 4 (5.48%) Legal
6 4 (5.48%) Public Sector
7 2 (2.74%) Agriculture
7 2 (2.74%) Electronics
7 2 (2.74%) Marketing
8 1 (1.37%) Automotive
8 1 (1.37%) Billing
8 1 (1.37%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.37%) Police
Job Titles
1 11 (15.07%) Analyst
2 5 (6.85%) Architect
2 5 (6.85%) Delivery Manager
2 5 (6.85%) Project Manager
3 4 (5.48%) Consultant
3 4 (5.48%) Data Analyst
3 4 (5.48%) Developer
3 4 (5.48%) Lead
3 4 (5.48%) Senior
4 3 (4.11%) Change Analyst
5 2 (2.74%) Compliance Manager
5 2 (2.74%) Engineering Manager
5 2 (2.74%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (2.74%) Operations Director
5 2 (2.74%) Payroll Manager
5 2 (2.74%) Security Manager
5 2 (2.74%) Security Project Manager
5 2 (2.74%) Senior Test Engineer
5 2 (2.74%) Senior Tester
5 2 (2.74%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.48%) AngularJS
2 3 (4.11%) React
3 2 (2.74%) .NET
3 2 (2.74%) .NET Framework
3 2 (2.74%) Ajax
3 2 (2.74%) ASP.NET Web API
3 2 (2.74%) CSS
3 2 (2.74%) Gherkin
3 2 (2.74%) HTML
3 2 (2.74%) JSON
3 2 (2.74%) Lightning Web Components
3 2 (2.74%) OAuth
3 2 (2.74%) OAuth2
3 2 (2.74%) PySpark
3 2 (2.74%) REST
3 2 (2.74%) Semantic HTML
3 2 (2.74%) SOAP
3 2 (2.74%) Vue
3 2 (2.74%) Web Services
3 2 (2.74%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.22%) Product Ownership
2 5 (6.85%) Cloud Native
3 4 (5.48%) Analytical Mindset
4 3 (4.11%) Life Science
4 3 (4.11%) Management Information System
4 3 (4.11%) Security Posture
5 2 (2.74%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (2.74%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (2.74%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (1.37%) CMDB
6 1 (1.37%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.37%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.37%) IoT
6 1 (1.37%) Legacy Applications
6 1 (1.37%) NB-IoT
6 1 (1.37%) PMI
6 1 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.37%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.74%) Linux
1 2 (2.74%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (30.14%) Agile
2 18 (24.66%) Problem-Solving
3 15 (20.55%) Project Management
4 12 (16.44%) DevOps
5 10 (13.70%) Stakeholder Management
6 9 (12.33%) CI/CD
6 9 (12.33%) Process Improvement
6 9 (12.33%) Service Delivery
7 8 (10.96%) Change Management
7 8 (10.96%) ITIL
8 7 (9.59%) PRINCE2
8 7 (9.59%) Regulatory Compliance
9 6 (8.22%) Change Control
9 6 (8.22%) Collaborative Working
9 6 (8.22%) Configuration Management
9 6 (8.22%) ITSM
9 6 (8.22%) Project Delivery
9 6 (8.22%) Roadmaps
9 6 (8.22%) Scrum
10 5 (6.85%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 8 (10.96%) Python
2 7 (9.59%) SQL
3 4 (5.48%) JavaScript
3 4 (5.48%) PowerShell
4 3 (4.11%) Java
5 2 (2.74%) Bash
5 2 (2.74%) Bicep
5 2 (2.74%) C#
5 2 (2.74%) PL/SQL
6 1 (1.37%) DataWeave
6 1 (1.37%) Magik
Qualifications
1 9 (12.33%) Degree
2 8 (10.96%) Security Cleared
3 5 (6.85%) DV Cleared
3 5 (6.85%) SC Cleared
4 4 (5.48%) APMP
4 4 (5.48%) PMI Certification
4 4 (5.48%) PMP
5 3 (4.11%) CISSP
5 3 (4.11%) Master's Degree
6 2 (2.74%) CEH
6 2 (2.74%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (2.74%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (2.74%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (1.37%) CISA
7 1 (1.37%) CISM
7 1 (1.37%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.37%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (9.59%) GDPR
2 6 (8.22%) QA
3 4 (5.48%) P3O
4 3 (4.11%) NIST
5 2 (2.74%) Accessibility
5 2 (2.74%) Data Quality
5 2 (2.74%) Def Stans
5 2 (2.74%) PMO
5 2 (2.74%) WCAG
6 1 (1.37%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (1.37%) COBIT
6 1 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (1.37%) PCI DSS
6 1 (1.37%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (2.74%) Docker
2 1 (1.37%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.37%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (9.59%) Terraform
2 5 (6.85%) Ansible
3 3 (4.11%) Kubernetes
4 2 (2.74%) Progress Chef
4 2 (2.74%) Puppet
4 2 (2.74%) QRadar
5 1 (1.37%) CloudHub
5 1 (1.37%) Grafana
5 1 (1.37%) Prometheus
5 1 (1.37%) SCCM
5 1 (1.37%) SCOM
Vendors
1 10 (13.70%) Microsoft
2 5 (6.85%) SAP
3 4 (5.48%) IFS
3 4 (5.48%) Salesforce
4 3 (4.11%) BT
4 3 (4.11%) Oracle
4 3 (4.11%) Remedy
4 3 (4.11%) ServiceNow
5 2 (2.74%) BMC
5 2 (2.74%) Databricks
5 2 (2.74%) PTC
5 2 (2.74%) Splunk
6 1 (1.37%) BiZZdesign
6 1 (1.37%) Google
6 1 (1.37%) MuleSoft
6 1 (1.37%) SolarWinds
6 1 (1.37%) Sparx
6 1 (1.37%) VMware