Continuous Improvement Contracts in Berkshire

Continual Improvement
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire 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 31 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 30 47 46
Rank change year-on-year +17 -1 +7
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 106 75 93
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 6.62% 4.17% 3.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.47% 4.61% 4.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 30 48
10th Percentile £363 £443 £226
25th Percentile £500 £510 £299
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £410
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +40.24% -3.53%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £623
90th Percentile £655 £699 £706
South East median daily rate £525 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 5 0
10th Percentile £43.33 £34.52 -
25th Percentile £56.25 £40.69 -
Median hourly rate £57.94 £68.67 -
Median % change year-on-year -15.62% - -
75th Percentile £61.34 £72.33 -
90th Percentile £62.58 - -
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £68.67 £31.15
% change year-on-year -19.90% +120.43% +22.16%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire

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 Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,419 1,626 2,102
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 88.63% 90.48% 89.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 760 996 1,292
10th Percentile £325 £249 £307
25th Percentile £425 £400 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £516 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.60% +3.25% +5.93%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £625
90th Percentile £688 £700 £688
South East median daily rate £511 £520 £513
% change year-on-year -1.70% +1.46% +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 70 28
10th Percentile £19.34 £18.95 £20.18
25th Percentile £41.25 £45.21 £21.00
Median hourly rate £58.49 £61.45 £50.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.81% +21.68% +117.20%
75th Percentile £63.41 £72.25 £77.44
90th Percentile £75.13 £77.27 £96.63
South East median hourly rate £58.30 £52.30 £37.13
% change year-on-year +11.47% +40.86% +35.02%

Continuous Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Continuous Improvement in Berkshire

Continuous Improvement
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Continuous Improvement in Berkshire

Continuous Improvement
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Continuous Improvement in Berkshire over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Continuous Improvement in Berkshire

Continuous Improvement
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Continuous Improvement in Berkshire

Continuous Improvement
Hourly Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Continuous Improvement in Berkshire over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Continuous Improvement in Berkshire

Continuous Improvement
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

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 Berkshire region over the 6 months to 31 October 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
Reading +20 80 £600 +2.13% 17
Windsor -4 6 £570 +8.57%
Maidenhead +4 3 £375 -6.25% 1
Bracknell -3 3 £375 +715.22% 2
Slough +2 2 £700 +43.59% 1
Wokingham - 1 £475 - 1
Continuous Improvement
South East

Continuous Improvement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 2 (1.89%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.94%) Anypoint
2 1 (0.94%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.94%) OpenStack
Applications
1 7 (6.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.83%) Sketch
3 2 (1.89%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.94%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.94%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 2 (1.89%) Unit4 Business World
2 1 (0.94%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (0.94%) Primavera
2 1 (0.94%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 25 (23.58%) Azure
2 16 (15.09%) Azure Cosmos DB
2 16 (15.09%) Azure Data Factory
3 14 (13.21%) Azure Functions
3 14 (13.21%) Azure Monitor
3 14 (13.21%) Serverless
4 10 (9.43%) Entra ID
5 8 (7.55%) AWS
6 7 (6.60%) GCP
7 6 (5.66%) OCI
7 6 (5.66%) Power Platform
8 3 (2.83%) Figma
9 2 (1.89%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (1.89%) Microsoft 365
10 1 (0.94%) Azure Key Vault
10 1 (0.94%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.94%) PowerApps
10 1 (0.94%) SaaS
10 1 (0.94%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 8 (7.55%) VPN
2 7 (6.60%) BGP
2 7 (6.60%) Ethernet VPN
2 7 (6.60%) MPLS
3 5 (4.72%) Radio Access Network
4 4 (3.77%) 4G
4 4 (3.77%) 5G
5 3 (2.83%) 5G NR
5 3 (2.83%) LTE
6 2 (1.89%) Internet
6 2 (1.89%) MVNO
6 2 (1.89%) Network Security
6 2 (1.89%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.94%) 2G
7 1 (0.94%) 3G
7 1 (0.94%) DMZ
7 1 (0.94%) DNS
7 1 (0.94%) Firewall
7 1 (0.94%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.94%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (19.81%) NoSQL
2 7 (6.60%) MongoDB
3 5 (4.72%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 14 (13.21%) Git
2 13 (12.26%) Selenium
3 10 (9.43%) JIRA
4 1 (0.94%) MSI
4 1 (0.94%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (0.94%) Visual Studio
General
1 33 (31.13%) Analytical Skills
2 25 (23.58%) Social Skills
3 22 (20.75%) Telecoms
4 17 (16.04%) Finance
5 8 (7.55%) Influencing Skills
6 6 (5.66%) Manufacturing
7 4 (3.77%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (3.77%) Legal
7 4 (3.77%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (3.77%) Public Sector
8 3 (2.83%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (1.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.89%) Military
9 2 (1.89%) Retail
10 1 (0.94%) Automotive
10 1 (0.94%) Law
10 1 (0.94%) Local Government
10 1 (0.94%) Marketing
10 1 (0.94%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 25 (23.58%) Developer
2 14 (13.21%) Azure Developer
3 13 (12.26%) Full-Stack Developer
4 9 (8.49%) Senior
5 8 (7.55%) Analyst
5 8 (7.55%) Senior Developer
6 7 (6.60%) Automation Developer
6 7 (6.60%) Lead
7 6 (5.66%) Python Developer
7 6 (5.66%) Site Manager
7 6 (5.66%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
8 5 (4.72%) Architect
8 5 (4.72%) Full-Stack Python Developer
8 5 (4.72%) Operations Manager
8 5 (4.72%) React Developer
9 4 (3.77%) Coordinator
10 3 (2.83%) Change Manager
10 3 (2.83%) Financial Analyst
10 3 (2.83%) IT Manager
10 3 (2.83%) Release Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (16.04%) React
2 8 (7.55%) SOAP
3 7 (6.60%) Kafka
3 7 (6.60%) NETCONF
3 7 (6.60%) REST
3 7 (6.60%) RESTCONF
3 7 (6.60%) YANG
4 4 (3.77%) CSS
4 4 (3.77%) HTML
5 3 (2.83%) PySpark
6 2 (1.89%) AngularJS
6 2 (1.89%) Node.js
6 2 (1.89%) Redux
6 2 (1.89%) YAML
7 1 (0.94%) ADO
7 1 (0.94%) Elastic Stack
7 1 (0.94%) RESTful
7 1 (0.94%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 23 (21.70%) Product Ownership
2 6 (5.66%) Cyber Threat
3 4 (3.77%) Management Information System
4 3 (2.83%) Biopharmaceutical
4 3 (2.83%) Cloud Native
4 3 (2.83%) Data Structures
4 3 (2.83%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (1.89%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 1 (0.94%) CMDB
6 1 (0.94%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.94%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.94%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (6.60%) CentOS
1 7 (6.60%) Linux
1 7 (6.60%) Unix
2 3 (2.83%) Windows
3 1 (0.94%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (30.19%) Agile
2 27 (25.47%) CI/CD
3 21 (19.81%) Change Management
3 21 (19.81%) DevOps
3 21 (19.81%) Problem-Solving
4 20 (18.87%) Stakeholder Management
5 16 (15.09%) Microservices
6 14 (13.21%) Full-Stack Development
6 14 (13.21%) ITIL
6 14 (13.21%) SDLC
6 14 (13.21%) Unit Testing
7 13 (12.26%) Mentoring
7 13 (12.26%) Product Backlog
7 13 (12.26%) Technical Leadership
8 12 (11.32%) Risk Management
8 12 (11.32%) Test Automation
9 11 (10.38%) Collaborative Working
9 11 (10.38%) Information Security
9 11 (10.38%) Service Management
10 10 (9.43%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 27 (25.47%) Python
2 12 (11.32%) Java
3 9 (8.49%) SQL
4 4 (3.77%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.89%) C
6 1 (0.94%) PHP
6 1 (0.94%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.94%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 12 (11.32%) Degree
2 8 (7.55%) Security Cleared
3 7 (6.60%) SC Cleared
4 6 (5.66%) CIPD
5 5 (4.72%) CPIM
6 3 (2.83%) ACCA
6 3 (2.83%) CIMA
6 3 (2.83%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.89%) APMP
7 2 (1.89%) CISM
7 2 (1.89%) CISSP
7 2 (1.89%) PMI Certification
7 2 (1.89%) PMP
8 1 (0.94%) CISA
8 1 (0.94%) CISMP
8 1 (0.94%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 1 (0.94%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 1 (0.94%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.72%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 4 (3.77%) GRC
3 2 (1.89%) P3O
3 2 (1.89%) QA
4 1 (0.94%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.94%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.94%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.94%) GDPR
4 1 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.94%) NIST
4 1 (0.94%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (15.09%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.94%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (0.94%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.94%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.94%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (2.83%) Ansible
2 1 (0.94%) CloudHub
2 1 (0.94%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.94%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.94%) NSN NetAct
2 1 (0.94%) ThinApp
Vendors
1 10 (9.43%) IFS
2 7 (6.60%) BT
2 7 (6.60%) Oracle
3 5 (4.72%) ServiceNow
4 3 (2.83%) Ericsson
4 3 (2.83%) Microsoft
5 2 (1.89%) Cadence
5 2 (1.89%) Nokia
5 2 (1.89%) SAP
6 1 (0.94%) Empirix
6 1 (0.94%) IBM
6 1 (0.94%) MuleSoft
6 1 (0.94%) NetScout
6 1 (0.94%) Sparx
6 1 (0.94%) VMware