Continuous Improvement Contracts in the South East

Continual Improvement
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 37 64 75
Rank change year-on-year +27 +11 +7
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 237 177 246
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 4.36% 3.17% 3.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.17% 3.55% 3.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 127 115 137
10th Percentile £360 £374 £328
25th Percentile £453 £456 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £515
Median % change year-on-year -3.24% +1.94% +11.35%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £625
90th Percentile £688 £698 £700
England median daily rate £525 £563 £550
% change year-on-year -6.67% +2.27% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 7 6
10th Percentile £17.93 £21.43 £28.63
25th Percentile £21.18 £24.19 £49.75
Median hourly rate £37.50 £40.00 £59.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -32.20% +195.00%
75th Percentile £43.75 £55.00 £63.19
90th Percentile £60.61 £60.79 £66.00
England median hourly rate £36.50 £51.25 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.78% +15.17% +78.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 advertised in the South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,584 4,983 6,843
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 84.28% 89.17% 89.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,667 3,471 4,653
10th Percentile £250 £250 £228
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £508 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.57% +1.60% +8.70%
75th Percentile £625 £615 £594
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 436 213 284
10th Percentile £13.00 £16.25 £12.10
25th Percentile £18.20 £22.16 £14.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +132.56% -21.82%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £76.86 £75.00 £61.05
England median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +1.39% +44.00% +7.71%

Continuous Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Continuous Improvement in the South East

Continuous Improvement
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Continuous Improvement in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Continuous Improvement in the South East

Continuous Improvement
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Continuous Improvement in the South East over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Continuous Improvement in the South East

Continuous Improvement
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Continuous Improvement in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Continuous Improvement in the South East

Continuous Improvement
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Continuous Improvement in the South East over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Continuous Improvement in the South East

Continuous Improvement
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 16 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
Thames Valley +20 154 £525 +5.00% 165
Berkshire +28 128 £525 -4.55% 72
Hampshire +4 30 £475 -9.52% 73
Surrey +11 25 £538 -14.00% 31
West Sussex +22 18 £475 -36.67% 14
Buckinghamshire -4 14 £485 +5.00% 50
Oxfordshire +16 12 £488 +143.75% 43
Kent +12 9 £650 +1.56% 33
Continuous Improvement
England

Continuous Improvement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 7 (2.95%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.69%) Confluence
3 1 (0.42%) WebLogic
Applications
1 22 (9.28%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (8.02%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (5.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (3.38%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 5 (2.11%) Adobe After Effects
5 5 (2.11%) Adobe Premiere
5 5 (2.11%) CINEMA 4D
6 2 (0.84%) Sketch
7 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.42%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.69%) Infor SunSystems
2 3 (1.27%) Primavera
3 1 (0.42%) PeopleSoft HRMS
3 1 (0.42%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 32 (13.50%) Azure
2 13 (5.49%) Azure Cosmos DB
2 13 (5.49%) Azure Monitor
2 13 (5.49%) Serverless
3 12 (5.06%) Azure Data Factory
3 12 (5.06%) Azure Functions
4 11 (4.64%) Power Platform
5 10 (4.22%) Entra ID
5 10 (4.22%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (3.38%) SuccessFactors
7 7 (2.95%) AWS
8 6 (2.53%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (2.11%) Smartsheet
10 4 (1.69%) IaaS
11 3 (1.27%) Figma
11 3 (1.27%) Power Automate
12 2 (0.84%) Azure Sentinel
12 2 (0.84%) OpenShift
12 2 (0.84%) Snowflake
13 1 (0.42%) Azure Cognitive Search
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.95%) DNS
1 7 (2.95%) LAN
2 6 (2.53%) DHCP
2 6 (2.53%) Firewall
3 5 (2.11%) Radio Access Network
4 3 (1.27%) BGP
4 3 (1.27%) Broadband
4 3 (1.27%) Cisco IOS
4 3 (1.27%) IOS XR
4 3 (1.27%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.84%) 4G
5 2 (0.84%) 5G
5 2 (0.84%) Remote Desktop
5 2 (0.84%) SAN
5 2 (0.84%) Software-Defined Networking
5 2 (0.84%) XCAP
6 1 (0.42%) IP Telephony
6 1 (0.42%) NetScaler
6 1 (0.42%) VoLTE
6 1 (0.42%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (5.49%) NoSQL
2 11 (4.64%) Power BI
3 5 (2.11%) SQL Server
4 4 (1.69%) Tableau
5 3 (1.27%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.84%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.84%) GIS
7 1 (0.42%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.42%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
7 1 (0.42%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.42%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 20 (8.44%) Git
2 12 (5.06%) JIRA
3 4 (1.69%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.27%) Selenium
5 1 (0.42%) LabVIEW
5 1 (0.42%) Subversion
5 1 (0.42%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.42%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 77 (32.49%) Social Skills
2 46 (19.41%) Analytical Skills
3 40 (16.88%) Finance
4 31 (13.08%) Telecoms
5 24 (10.13%) Legal
6 21 (8.86%) Marketing
7 20 (8.44%) Public Sector
8 14 (5.91%) Influencing Skills
9 12 (5.06%) Retail
10 11 (4.64%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (3.38%) Manufacturing
12 6 (2.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (2.53%) Law
12 6 (2.53%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (2.11%) Billing
14 4 (1.69%) Local Government
15 3 (1.27%) Aviation
15 3 (1.27%) Front Office
15 3 (1.27%) Pharmaceutical
16 2 (0.84%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 36 (15.19%) Developer
2 27 (11.39%) Lead
3 26 (10.97%) Senior
4 23 (9.70%) Project Manager
5 19 (8.02%) Analyst
6 15 (6.33%) Designer
7 13 (5.49%) Architect
7 13 (5.49%) Full Stack Developer
8 12 (5.06%) Azure Developer
9 8 (3.38%) Consultant
9 8 (3.38%) Creative Designer
9 8 (3.38%) Project Leader
9 8 (3.38%) Senior Manager
9 8 (3.38%) Software Engineer
10 7 (2.95%) HR Manager
10 7 (2.95%) Linux Engineer
10 7 (2.95%) Network Engineer
11 6 (2.53%) Development Manager
11 6 (2.53%) Full Stack Python Developer
11 6 (2.53%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (8.44%) React
2 7 (2.95%) Node.js
3 6 (2.53%) Web Services
4 5 (2.11%) .NET
5 4 (1.69%) CSS
5 4 (1.69%) HTML
5 4 (1.69%) JSON
5 4 (1.69%) React Native
5 4 (1.69%) REST
6 3 (1.27%) Django
6 3 (1.27%) RESTful
6 3 (1.27%) YAML
6 3 (1.27%) YANG
7 2 (0.84%) AngularJS
7 2 (0.84%) Entity Framework
7 2 (0.84%) PySpark
8 1 (0.42%) ARM Templates
8 1 (0.42%) Blazor
8 1 (0.42%) Jest
8 1 (0.42%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 24 (10.13%) Management Information System
2 18 (7.59%) Product Ownership
3 12 (5.06%) Robotics
4 8 (3.38%) Life Science
5 7 (2.95%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (2.11%) CMDB
6 5 (2.11%) Data Centre
6 5 (2.11%) Linux Command Line
6 5 (2.11%) Motion Graphics
6 5 (2.11%) Onboarding
6 5 (2.11%) PMI
7 4 (1.69%) Animation
7 4 (1.69%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.27%) NHS
8 3 (1.27%) Public Cloud
9 2 (0.84%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.84%) Biopharmaceutical
9 2 (0.84%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (0.84%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.84%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 19 (8.02%) Linux
2 15 (6.33%) Windows
3 5 (2.11%) Ubuntu
3 5 (2.11%) Unix
4 3 (1.27%) Embedded Linux
4 3 (1.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (1.27%) Solaris
5 2 (0.84%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (0.84%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.42%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (32.49%) Agile
2 50 (21.10%) Problem-Solving
3 42 (17.72%) Project Management
3 42 (17.72%) Roadmaps
4 37 (15.61%) DevOps
5 29 (12.24%) Coaching
6 27 (11.39%) Service Delivery
7 25 (10.55%) Decision-Making
7 25 (10.55%) ITIL
8 24 (10.13%) Change Management
8 24 (10.13%) Stakeholder Management
9 23 (9.70%) Project Delivery
10 22 (9.28%) Risk Management
11 19 (8.02%) SDLC
12 18 (7.59%) Computer Science
12 18 (7.59%) Unit Testing
13 17 (7.17%) CI/CD
13 17 (7.17%) Customer Experience
13 17 (7.17%) Customer Service
13 17 (7.17%) Storytelling
Programming Languages
1 27 (11.39%) Python
2 15 (6.33%) JavaScript
3 10 (4.22%) Bash
3 10 (4.22%) PowerShell
4 8 (3.38%) SQL
5 7 (2.95%) C#
5 7 (2.95%) Java
6 5 (2.11%) Perl
7 4 (1.69%) C++
7 4 (1.69%) T-SQL
8 3 (1.27%) C
8 3 (1.27%) VB.NET
9 2 (0.84%) VBScript
10 1 (0.42%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 47 (19.83%) Degree
2 30 (12.66%) Security Cleared
3 17 (7.17%) DV Cleared
4 14 (5.91%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (3.80%) Master's Degree
6 7 (2.95%) SC Cleared
7 6 (2.53%) CIPD
7 6 (2.53%) CISM
7 6 (2.53%) PMI Certification
8 5 (2.11%) CISSP
8 5 (2.11%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (1.69%) ACCA
9 4 (1.69%) CIMA
9 4 (1.69%) ISTQB
9 4 (1.69%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 4 (1.69%) Postgraduate
9 4 (1.69%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 3 (1.27%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (1.27%) NVQ Level 4
11 2 (0.84%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (9.28%) SLA
2 19 (8.02%) QA
3 13 (5.49%) Accessibility
4 6 (2.53%) GDPR
5 5 (2.11%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 4 (1.69%) HL7
6 4 (1.69%) NEBOSH
6 4 (1.69%) PMO
7 3 (1.27%) Data Quality
7 3 (1.27%) ISO 9001
7 3 (1.27%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.42%) GRC
8 1 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.42%) NIST
System Software
1 21 (8.86%) Active Directory
2 10 (4.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (3.38%) vSphere
4 5 (2.11%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (2.11%) VMware NSX
5 3 (1.27%) Docker
5 3 (1.27%) Hyper-V
5 3 (1.27%) XenApp
6 2 (0.84%) Ceph
6 2 (0.84%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 8 (3.38%) Ansible
2 3 (1.27%) Red Hat Satellite
2 3 (1.27%) SCCM
2 3 (1.27%) Terraform
2 3 (1.27%) WSUS
3 2 (0.84%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.84%) Pacemaker
3 2 (0.84%) Podman
3 2 (0.84%) vRealize
3 2 (0.84%) vRealize Orchestrator
4 1 (0.42%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.42%) SELinux
Vendors
1 25 (10.55%) Microsoft
2 13 (5.49%) VMware
3 9 (3.80%) ServiceNow
4 8 (3.38%) Adobe
5 7 (2.95%) BT
6 6 (2.53%) SAP
6 6 (2.53%) SolarWinds
6 6 (2.53%) Sun
7 5 (2.11%) Red Hat
7 5 (2.11%) Reuters
8 4 (1.69%) Cisco
9 3 (1.27%) Citrix
9 3 (1.27%) Oracle
9 3 (1.27%) TOWER Software
10 2 (0.84%) Cadence
10 2 (0.84%) Ivanti
10 2 (0.84%) Remedy
10 2 (0.84%) Symantec
11 1 (0.42%) Blue Prism
11 1 (0.42%) Qualys