Continuous Improvement Contracts in South Wales

Continual Improvement
Wales > South Wales

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in South Wales 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 35 46 45
Rank change year-on-year +11 -1 -19
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 5 8 30
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales 1.53% 1.68% 3.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.98% 1.91% 4.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 19
10th Percentile - £264 £365
25th Percentile £496 £266 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £393 £525
Median % change year-on-year +30.57% -25.24% +2.94%
75th Percentile £529 £544 £575
90th Percentile - £578 £630
Wales median daily rate £513 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -6.82% +4.76% +2.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 1
10th Percentile £85.56 - -
25th Percentile £86.40 £19.00 -
Median hourly rate £87.80 £19.49 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +350.49% -22.04% +38.89%
75th Percentile - £19.98 -
90th Percentile - - -
Wales median hourly rate £87.80 £19.49 £25.00
% change year-on-year +350.49% -22.04% +38.89%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South Wales

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 South Wales with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 253 419 719
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 77.37% 88.21% 84.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 171 320 529
10th Percentile £143 £190 £263
25th Percentile £313 £372 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% - +15.61%
75th Percentile £566 £588 £575
90th Percentile £667 £650 £638
Wales median daily rate £490 £500 £488
% change year-on-year -2.00% +2.56% +12.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 23 21
10th Percentile £11.45 £16.37 £15.25
25th Percentile £15.48 £16.98 £19.91
Median hourly rate £20.24 £18.14 £20.24
Median % change year-on-year +11.55% -10.38% -2.58%
75th Percentile £52.31 £22.11 £46.88
90th Percentile £86.90 £49.75 £47.40
Wales median hourly rate £19.17 £18.14 £20.24
% change year-on-year +5.68% -10.38% -1.27%

Continuous Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Continuous Improvement in South Wales

Continuous Improvement
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Daily rate trend for Continuous Improvement in South Wales

Continuous Improvement
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for Continuous Improvement in South Wales

Continuous Improvement
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
Newport +5 4 £513 -14.58% 10
Cardiff +6 1 - - 14
Continuous Improvement
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Continuous Improvement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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 3 (60.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Acrobat
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) GitHub
1 1 (20.00%) GitHub Actions
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Cypress.io
1 1 (20.00%) Storybook
General
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
1 3 (60.00%) Legal
1 3 (60.00%) Local Government
1 3 (60.00%) Marketing
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Bid Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Business Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Bid Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) Playwright
1 1 (20.00%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (20.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Project Management
1 4 (80.00%) Value Proposition
2 3 (60.00%) Bill of Materials
2 3 (60.00%) Budget Management
2 3 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (60.00%) PRINCE2
2 3 (60.00%) Psychology
2 3 (60.00%) Risk Management
2 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (60.00%) Work Breakdown Structure
3 2 (40.00%) People Management
4 1 (20.00%) Business Strategy
4 1 (20.00%) CI/CD
4 1 (20.00%) Critical Thinking
4 1 (20.00%) Front End Development
4 1 (20.00%) Objectives and Key Results
4 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
4 1 (20.00%) Service Design
4 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
1 3 (60.00%) PMI Certification
1 3 (60.00%) PMP
1 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (20.00%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Adobe
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft