Continual Improvement
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 10 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 51 | 78 | 77 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +27 | -1 | +17 |
| Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement | 1,595 | 1,784 | 2,780 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 3.71% | 3.08% | 3.18% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 4.30% | 3.43% | 3.51% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1,024 | 1,192 | 1,816 |
| 10th Percentile | £325 | £363 | £356 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £456 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | +11.11% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £550 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -9.09% | +10.00% | +11.11% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 139 | 45 | 67 |
| 10th Percentile | £16.25 | £20.53 | £24.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £25.00 | £26.25 | £34.09 |
| Median hourly rate | £37.50 | £54.00 | £44.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -30.56% | +21.35% | +61.82% |
| 75th Percentile | £65.00 | £65.00 | £49.25 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £83.31 | £61.99 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £38.23 | £50.00 | £36.46 |
| % change year-on-year | -23.55% | +37.16% | +32.56% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
UK
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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 37,090 | 51,996 | 79,100 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 86.26% | 89.82% | 90.61% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 23,884 | 36,030 | 55,497 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £325 | £343 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £438 | £427 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £530 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | +3.77% | +8.72% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +5.26% | +8.57% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,438 | 1,721 | 1,893 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.75 | £11.00 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.00 | £16.13 | £15.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £36.50 | £36.25 | £25.68 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +0.69% | +41.16% | +4.82% |
| 75th Percentile | £60.00 | £65.00 | £49.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | £75.00 | £65.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £38.06 | £35.00 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +8.74% | +75.00% | -6.98% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Continuous Improvement as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Continuous Improvement.
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Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Continuous Improvement over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Continuous Improvement.
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Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Continuous Improvement over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.
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Top 18 Contract Locations
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 UK over the 6 months to 10 May 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 |
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| England | +26 | 1,381 | £525 | -6.67% | 2,085 |
| UK excluding London | +29 | 870 | £500 | -9.09% | 1,634 |
| London | +10 | 582 | £550 | -7.17% | 541 |
| Work from Home | +32 | 517 | £500 | -9.09% | 741 |
| South East | +33 | 240 | £525 | -4.55% | 363 |
| North of England | +18 | 177 | £517 | -6.00% | 454 |
| South West | +44 | 165 | £500 | -13.04% | 199 |
| Midlands | +43 | 128 | £475 | -9.52% | 303 |
| North West | +32 | 108 | £525 | +1.94% | 259 |
| Scotland | -7 | 99 | £440 | -11.56% | 109 |
| West Midlands | +13 | 77 | £550 | +4.76% | 190 |
| East of England | +2 | 59 | £500 | - | 180 |
| Yorkshire | -4 | 50 | £500 | -8.26% | 146 |
| East Midlands | +46 | 48 | £269 | -56.96% | 113 |
| North East | +6 | 18 | £554 | -1.99% | 61 |
| Wales | +9 | 5 | £513 | +5.67% | 63 |
| Northern Ireland | +6 | 3 | £425 | +161.54% | 16 |
| Isle of Man | - | 2 | - | - | 1 |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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