Continuous Improvement Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Continual Improvement
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 45 57 89
Rank change year-on-year +12 +32 -9
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 441 522 660
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 4.45% 3.40% 2.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.89% 3.87% 2.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 291 346 475
10th Percentile £350 £363 £380
25th Percentile £413 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% -
75th Percentile £638 £600 £650
90th Percentile £850 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.88% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 18 12
10th Percentile £20.18 £33.03 £19.34
25th Percentile £22.00 £35.99 £22.96
Median hourly rate £60.00 £43.75 £51.68
Median % change year-on-year +37.14% -15.34% +16.12%
75th Percentile £68.75 £70.30 £60.94
90th Percentile £84.64 £84.09 £68.48
UK median hourly rate £40.59 £39.48 £57.99
% change year-on-year +2.82% -31.93% +30.31%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,021 13,483 23,229
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.08% 87.87% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,191 8,996 16,418
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 579 532
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.56 £25.25 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.52 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.13 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.23
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Continuous Improvement
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Continuous Improvement as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Continuous Improvement trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Continuous Improvement
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Continuous Improvement.

Continuous Improvement daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Continuous Improvement
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Continuous Improvement over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Continuous Improvement daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Continuous Improvement
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Continuous Improvement.

Continuous Improvement hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Continuous Improvement
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Continuous Improvement over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Continuous Improvement hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Continuous Improvement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 33 (7.48%) Confluence
2 10 (2.27%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.59%) Apache Spark
4 6 (1.36%) CMS
5 4 (0.91%) Headless CMS
6 3 (0.68%) Apache
6 3 (0.68%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.68%) nginx
6 3 (0.68%) SAS
7 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.23%) IBM Domino
8 1 (0.23%) JBoss
8 1 (0.23%) TPMS
8 1 (0.23%) WebLogic
Applications
1 19 (4.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (3.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (2.27%) Trello
4 9 (2.04%) Microsoft Office
5 6 (1.36%) MS Visio
6 5 (1.13%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (1.13%) Windchill
7 1 (0.23%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.23%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.23%) Revit
Business Applications
1 10 (2.27%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.91%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 3 (0.68%) Workday HCM
4 2 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.45%) SAP Hybris
4 2 (0.45%) SAP IBP
5 1 (0.23%) iTrent
5 1 (0.23%) Maximo
5 1 (0.23%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.23%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.23%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.23%) Oracle Payroll
5 1 (0.23%) Primavera
5 1 (0.23%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.23%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.23%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.23%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.23%) SessionCam
5 1 (0.23%) Siebel CRM
5 1 (0.23%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 67 (15.19%) Azure
2 49 (11.11%) AWS
3 21 (4.76%) Azure DevOps
4 19 (4.31%) Power Platform
5 17 (3.85%) SaaS
6 16 (3.63%) GCP
7 13 (2.95%) GitHub
8 8 (1.81%) Microsoft 365
9 7 (1.59%) AWS CloudFormation
10 6 (1.36%) Datadog
10 6 (1.36%) dbt
10 6 (1.36%) Miro
10 6 (1.36%) Serverless
11 5 (1.13%) Dynamics 365
11 5 (1.13%) GitHub Actions
11 5 (1.13%) IaaS
11 5 (1.13%) OCI
12 4 (0.91%) AWS Lambda
12 4 (0.91%) PaaS
12 4 (0.91%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.95%) Firewall
1 13 (2.95%) Network Security
2 8 (1.81%) TCP/IP
3 6 (1.36%) VPN
4 4 (0.91%) BGP
4 4 (0.91%) DNS
4 4 (0.91%) LAN
4 4 (0.91%) OSPF
4 4 (0.91%) Radio Access Network
4 4 (0.91%) SSL
4 4 (0.91%) WAN
4 4 (0.91%) Wireless
5 3 (0.68%) 5G
6 2 (0.45%) 4G
6 2 (0.45%) Cisco ASA
6 2 (0.45%) Cisco ISE
6 2 (0.45%) DHCP
6 2 (0.45%) HTTP
6 2 (0.45%) Wireshark
7 1 (0.23%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (3.40%) Power BI
2 14 (3.17%) SQL Server
3 10 (2.27%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (2.04%) PostgreSQL
5 7 (1.59%) Data Mining
6 6 (1.36%) MongoDB
6 6 (1.36%) Oracle Database
7 5 (1.13%) Data Lake
8 4 (0.91%) MySQL
8 4 (0.91%) NoSQL
9 3 (0.68%) Big Data
9 3 (0.68%) Data Vault
9 3 (0.68%) Redis
9 3 (0.68%) Snowflake Schema
9 3 (0.68%) Tableau
10 2 (0.45%) Amazon RDS
10 2 (0.45%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (0.45%) Elasticsearch
10 2 (0.45%) Power Query
10 2 (0.45%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 62 (14.06%) JIRA
2 45 (10.20%) Jenkins
3 21 (4.76%) Git
4 13 (2.95%) GitLab
5 6 (1.36%) Team Foundation Server
6 5 (1.13%) JMeter
7 4 (0.91%) JUnit
7 4 (0.91%) Maven
7 4 (0.91%) Postman
8 3 (0.68%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.68%) Octopus Deploy
8 3 (0.68%) Oracle APEX
8 3 (0.68%) REST Assured
8 3 (0.68%) Selenium
8 3 (0.68%) SonarQube
8 3 (0.68%) Spinnaker
8 3 (0.68%) Subversion
8 3 (0.68%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.45%) Gatling
9 2 (0.45%) MSTest
General
1 184 (41.72%) Social Skills
2 130 (29.48%) Analytical Skills
3 95 (21.54%) Finance
4 54 (12.24%) Public Sector
5 43 (9.75%) Banking
6 30 (6.80%) Organisational Skills
7 25 (5.67%) Investment Banking
8 18 (4.08%) Front Office
9 17 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 17 (3.85%) Marketing
10 16 (3.63%) Influencing Skills
10 16 (3.63%) Legal
11 14 (3.17%) Presentation Skills
11 14 (3.17%) Telecoms
12 13 (2.95%) Law
13 9 (2.04%) Automotive
13 9 (2.04%) Manufacturing
13 9 (2.04%) Retail
14 6 (1.36%) Local Government
14 6 (1.36%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 69 (15.65%) Developer
2 42 (9.52%) Analyst
3 41 (9.30%) Lead
4 32 (7.26%) Senior
5 29 (6.58%) Delivery Manager
6 26 (5.90%) Project Manager
7 24 (5.44%) Python Developer
8 21 (4.76%) Consultant
9 20 (4.54%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
9 20 (4.54%) Gen AI Developer
10 19 (4.31%) Business Analyst
11 18 (4.08%) .NET Developer
12 16 (3.63%) Architect
13 15 (3.40%) C# Developer
13 15 (3.40%) C# Developer - Electronic Trading
13 15 (3.40%) DevOps Engineer
13 15 (3.40%) Electronic Trading Developer
13 15 (3.40%) Real Time Developer
14 13 (2.95%) C# .NET Developer
15 12 (2.72%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (11.79%) .NET
2 33 (7.48%) React
3 28 (6.35%) AngularJS
4 24 (5.44%) Django
4 24 (5.44%) FastAPI
5 15 (3.40%) Reactive Extensions
6 9 (2.04%) CSS
7 8 (1.81%) HTML
8 7 (1.59%) Spring
9 6 (1.36%) REST
9 6 (1.36%) YAML
10 5 (1.13%) Next.js
10 5 (1.13%) RESTful
10 5 (1.13%) Vue
10 5 (1.13%) Web Services
11 4 (0.91%) .NET Core
11 4 (0.91%) ADO
11 4 (0.91%) SOAP
11 4 (0.91%) Spring Boot
12 3 (0.68%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 39 (8.84%) Product Ownership
2 22 (4.99%) Management Information System
3 17 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
4 15 (3.40%) Enterprise Software
5 14 (3.17%) Cloud Native
6 10 (2.27%) PMI
6 10 (2.27%) Security Posture
7 9 (2.04%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (1.59%) Data Protection Act
8 7 (1.59%) Virtual Team
9 6 (1.36%) Data Centre
9 6 (1.36%) IoT
9 6 (1.36%) Onboarding
10 5 (1.13%) Industry 4.0
10 5 (1.13%) Life Science
11 4 (0.91%) Algorithms
11 4 (0.91%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (0.91%) Greenfield Project
11 4 (0.91%) Mobile App
11 4 (0.91%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 31 (7.03%) Linux
2 15 (3.40%) Windows
3 7 (1.59%) Unix
4 5 (1.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (1.13%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.23%) AIX
5 1 (0.23%) Solaris
5 1 (0.23%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.23%) Windows 7
5 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 195 (44.22%) Agile
2 129 (29.25%) Problem-Solving
3 81 (18.37%) DevOps
4 76 (17.23%) Stakeholder Management
5 75 (17.01%) CI/CD
6 65 (14.74%) Project Management
7 57 (12.93%) Scrum
8 47 (10.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 42 (9.52%) Decision-Making
10 41 (9.30%) Risk Management
11 39 (8.84%) Project Delivery
11 39 (8.84%) SDLC
12 37 (8.39%) Machine Learning
13 36 (8.16%) Analytics
14 35 (7.94%) Artificial Intelligence
14 35 (7.94%) Change Management
15 34 (7.71%) ITIL
16 32 (7.26%) Roadmaps
17 29 (6.58%) Kanban
17 29 (6.58%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 79 (17.91%) SQL
2 70 (15.87%) Python
3 54 (12.24%) Java
4 46 (10.43%) C#
5 40 (9.07%) TypeScript
6 26 (5.90%) JavaScript
7 19 (4.31%) PowerShell
8 15 (3.40%) Bash
9 6 (1.36%) PL/SQL
10 5 (1.13%) Groovy
11 3 (0.68%) C++
11 3 (0.68%) R
11 3 (0.68%) Ruby
11 3 (0.68%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.23%) COBOL
13 1 (0.23%) Go
13 1 (0.23%) JCL
13 1 (0.23%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.23%) Rust
Qualifications
1 62 (14.06%) Degree
2 48 (10.88%) Security Cleared
3 43 (9.75%) SC Cleared
4 19 (4.31%) PMI Certification
5 16 (3.63%) CISSP
6 15 (3.40%) Master's Degree
7 14 (3.17%) Computer Science Degree
7 14 (3.17%) PMP
8 8 (1.81%) CISM
9 7 (1.59%) CEH
10 6 (1.36%) AWS Certification
11 5 (1.13%) CompTIA Security+
11 5 (1.13%) ITIL Certification
12 4 (0.91%) Azure Certification
12 4 (0.91%) Microsoft Certification
13 3 (0.68%) CCNP
13 3 (0.68%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (0.68%) DV Cleared
13 3 (0.68%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 3 (0.68%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (6.58%) QA
2 14 (3.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (3.17%) NIST
3 13 (2.95%) Data Quality
3 13 (2.95%) PMO
4 12 (2.72%) Accessibility
5 11 (2.49%) GDPR
6 10 (2.27%) SLA
7 7 (1.59%) HL7
8 5 (1.13%) Def Stans
8 5 (1.13%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.91%) Disclosure Scotland
10 3 (0.68%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.45%) 21 CFR Part 11
11 2 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.45%) Basel II
11 2 (0.45%) COREP
11 2 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.45%) FINREP
11 2 (0.45%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 46 (10.43%) Docker
2 9 (2.04%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.23%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.23%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.23%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 47 (10.66%) Kubernetes
2 36 (8.16%) Ansible
3 26 (5.90%) Terraform
4 7 (1.59%) Grafana
4 7 (1.59%) Prometheus
5 6 (1.36%) Progress Chef
6 5 (1.13%) Puppet
7 4 (0.91%) FortiGate
8 3 (0.68%) QRadar
9 2 (0.45%) Consul
9 2 (0.45%) Kibana
9 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.45%) Packer
9 2 (0.45%) SCCM
9 2 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.23%) Data Guard
10 1 (0.23%) logstash
10 1 (0.23%) NSN NetAct
10 1 (0.23%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.23%) Oracle Flashback
Vendors
1 51 (11.56%) Microsoft
2 35 (7.94%) Oracle
3 29 (6.58%) SAP
4 23 (5.22%) ServiceNow
5 11 (2.49%) Google
6 9 (2.04%) Dynatrace
7 8 (1.81%) Cisco
7 8 (1.81%) Salesforce
7 8 (1.81%) Splunk
8 7 (1.59%) Databricks
9 6 (1.36%) Palo Alto
10 5 (1.13%) CyberArk
10 5 (1.13%) PTC
10 5 (1.13%) Workday
11 4 (0.91%) Ariba
11 4 (0.91%) Red Hat
11 4 (0.91%) VMware
12 3 (0.68%) Informatica
12 3 (0.68%) Juniper
12 3 (0.68%) Sybase