Continuous Improvement Contracts in England

Continual Improvement
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 51 74 77
Rank change year-on-year +23 +3 +17
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 1,363 1,473 2,244
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 3.69% 3.10% 3.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.31% 3.45% 3.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 874 968 1,450
10th Percentile £313 £375 £350
25th Percentile £425 £463 £446
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £563 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +2.27% +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £661 £670
90th Percentile £750 £764 £763
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 129 48 61
10th Percentile £16.78 £22.93 £22.50
25th Percentile £25.00 £26.25 £35.00
Median hourly rate £36.50 £51.25 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.78% +15.17% +93.48%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £65.00 £83.31 £61.50
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £50.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -27.00% +12.36% +61.82%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,623 42,710 64,053
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.71% 89.97% 90.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,632 29,989 45,672
10th Percentile £300 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £445 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £545
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +0.92% +9.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £768 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,323 1,520 1,714
10th Percentile £12.86 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.74 £15.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £37.32 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.48% +49.28% +11.11%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £49.48
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.05 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.69% +41.16% +9.74%

Continuous Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Continuous Improvement in England

Continuous Improvement
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Continuous Improvement in England

Continuous Improvement
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Continuous Improvement in England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Continuous Improvement in England

Continuous Improvement
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Continuous Improvement in England

Continuous Improvement
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Continuous Improvement in England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Continuous Improvement in England

Continuous Improvement
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England 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
London +15 567 £550 -6.78% 674
South East +26 244 £507 -7.91% 360
North of England +3 177 £500 -9.09% 398
South West +38 164 £500 -16.67% 192
Midlands +36 127 £500 -4.76% 331
North West +24 104 £525 +3.24% 226
West Midlands +11 73 £550 +4.76% 211
East of England -14 58 £500 - 159
Yorkshire -11 56 £500 -9.09% 124
East Midlands +34 50 £269 -55.52% 120
North East +1 17 £554 -1.99% 55
Continuous Improvement
UK

Continuous Improvement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 44 (3.23%) Confluence
2 40 (2.93%) SharePoint
3 15 (1.10%) SharePoint Server
4 9 (0.66%) nginx
5 7 (0.51%) CMS
6 5 (0.37%) BizTalk Server
6 5 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
7 4 (0.29%) Apache Solr
7 4 (0.29%) govService
8 2 (0.15%) IIS
8 2 (0.15%) SAS
9 1 (0.073%) Apache
9 1 (0.073%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.073%) IBM HTTP Server
9 1 (0.073%) Oracle Coherence
9 1 (0.073%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.073%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.073%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.073%) WebSphere Application Server
9 1 (0.073%) WebSphere Portal
Applications
1 62 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
2 56 (4.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 24 (1.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (1.03%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (0.59%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 8 (0.59%) CATIA
6 5 (0.37%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.37%) SPSS
7 4 (0.29%) Adobe After Effects
7 4 (0.29%) Adobe Premiere
7 4 (0.29%) CINEMA 4D
7 4 (0.29%) Trello
8 3 (0.22%) Photoshop
8 3 (0.22%) Sketch
9 2 (0.15%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.073%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 14 (1.03%) SAP S/4HANA
1 14 (1.03%) Teamcenter
2 9 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (0.59%) DELMIA
3 8 (0.59%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (0.29%) Infor SunSystems
4 4 (0.29%) SAP SD
5 3 (0.22%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (0.22%) SAP MII
6 2 (0.15%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.15%) Oracle Financials
6 2 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.15%) Primavera
6 2 (0.15%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.15%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.15%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (0.073%) Fidessa
7 1 (0.073%) PeopleSoft HRMS
7 1 (0.073%) SAP IBP
7 1 (0.073%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 207 (15.19%) Azure
2 100 (7.34%) AWS
3 82 (6.02%) Power Platform
4 59 (4.33%) Azure DevOps
5 52 (3.82%) GCP
6 50 (3.67%) Microsoft 365
7 46 (3.37%) Dynamics 365
8 36 (2.64%) Serverless
9 26 (1.91%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 24 (1.76%) Azure Functions
11 23 (1.69%) IaaS
12 22 (1.61%) Azure Monitor
13 21 (1.54%) Azure Logic Apps
13 21 (1.54%) PaaS
14 20 (1.47%) npm
15 19 (1.39%) Azure Data Factory
15 19 (1.39%) Entra ID
15 19 (1.39%) GitHub
15 19 (1.39%) PowerApps
16 18 (1.32%) Azure API Management
Communications & Networking
1 34 (2.49%) Modbus
1 34 (2.49%) RS-422
1 34 (2.49%) RS-485
2 28 (2.05%) Firewall
3 22 (1.61%) DNS
4 18 (1.32%) BGP
5 16 (1.17%) DHCP
5 16 (1.17%) TCP/IP
6 14 (1.03%) LAN
7 12 (0.88%) VPN
8 8 (0.59%) Radio Access Network
9 7 (0.51%) Broadband
9 7 (0.51%) SAN
10 6 (0.44%) Internet
11 5 (0.37%) Kerberos
11 5 (0.37%) NAS
11 5 (0.37%) VLAN
12 4 (0.29%) HTTPS
12 4 (0.29%) IPsec
12 4 (0.29%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (5.06%) Power BI
2 42 (3.08%) SQL Server
3 29 (2.13%) NoSQL
3 29 (2.13%) Relational Database
4 21 (1.54%) Data Warehouse
5 20 (1.47%) MongoDB
6 15 (1.10%) Tableau
7 12 (0.88%) Data Mining
7 12 (0.88%) Metadata
8 9 (0.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 8 (0.59%) Azure SQL Database
9 8 (0.59%) Big Data
9 8 (0.59%) MySQL
9 8 (0.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 7 (0.51%) BigQuery
10 7 (0.51%) PostgreSQL
11 6 (0.44%) Power Query
12 5 (0.37%) BusinessObjects
12 5 (0.37%) Data Lake
13 4 (0.29%) Couchbase
Development Applications
1 127 (9.32%) JIRA
2 68 (4.99%) Git
3 47 (3.45%) Jenkins
4 18 (1.32%) Selenium
5 17 (1.25%) webpack
6 16 (1.17%) Cypress.io
7 13 (0.95%) TeamCity
8 10 (0.73%) GitLab
9 9 (0.66%) Bitbucket
10 8 (0.59%) Postman
11 7 (0.51%) Maven
12 6 (0.44%) Burp Suite
12 6 (0.44%) ERwin
13 4 (0.29%) Artifactory
13 4 (0.29%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 3 (0.22%) JMeter
14 3 (0.22%) JUnit
14 3 (0.22%) LoadRunner
14 3 (0.22%) Mocha
15 2 (0.15%) Hudson
General
1 562 (41.23%) Social Skills
2 316 (23.18%) Finance
3 291 (21.35%) Analytical Skills
4 138 (10.12%) Public Sector
5 79 (5.80%) Telecoms
6 72 (5.28%) Banking
7 71 (5.21%) Manufacturing
8 61 (4.48%) Legal
9 58 (4.26%) Marketing
10 48 (3.52%) Electronics
11 46 (3.37%) Influencing Skills
12 43 (3.15%) Organisational Skills
12 43 (3.15%) Presentation Skills
13 42 (3.08%) Retail
14 41 (3.01%) Front Office
15 22 (1.61%) Investment Banking
16 21 (1.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 17 (1.25%) Local Government
18 14 (1.03%) Billing
18 14 (1.03%) Law
Job Titles
1 164 (12.03%) Analyst
2 142 (10.42%) Developer
3 140 (10.27%) Lead
4 135 (9.90%) Senior
5 84 (6.16%) Architect
6 80 (5.87%) Project Manager
7 59 (4.33%) Delivery Manager
8 49 (3.60%) Software Engineer
9 44 (3.23%) Consultant
10 41 (3.01%) Full Stack Developer
11 36 (2.64%) DevOps Engineer
12 33 (2.42%) Business Analyst
13 30 (2.20%) Service Manager
14 29 (2.13%) IT Manager
15 28 (2.05%) C++ Software Engineer
16 26 (1.91%) Senior Analyst
17 25 (1.83%) Scrum Master
18 24 (1.76%) Senior Manager
18 24 (1.76%) SOC Analyst
19 22 (1.61%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (4.99%) React
2 36 (2.64%) .NET
3 32 (2.35%) REST
4 30 (2.20%) AngularJS
4 30 (2.20%) CSS
5 29 (2.13%) HTML
6 19 (1.39%) Web Services
7 17 (1.25%) JSON
7 17 (1.25%) XML
8 16 (1.17%) RxJS
8 16 (1.17%) WebSockets
9 15 (1.10%) RESTful
10 14 (1.03%) Node.js
10 14 (1.03%) Redux
11 13 (0.95%) Kafka
11 13 (0.95%) OAuth
12 12 (0.88%) .NET Core
12 12 (0.88%) LDAP
13 10 (0.73%) .NET Framework
13 10 (0.73%) Reactive Extensions
Miscellaneous
1 102 (7.48%) Product Ownership
2 83 (6.09%) Management Information System
3 72 (5.28%) Self-Motivation
4 32 (2.35%) Security Operations Centre
5 31 (2.27%) CSOC
6 19 (1.39%) CMDB
7 18 (1.32%) Virtual Team
8 17 (1.25%) Public Cloud
9 16 (1.17%) Fixed Income
9 16 (1.17%) Life Science
9 16 (1.17%) Private Cloud
10 14 (1.03%) Cloud Native
11 13 (0.95%) Data Protection Act
11 13 (0.95%) Legacy Systems
12 12 (0.88%) Data Centre
12 12 (0.88%) Robotics
13 11 (0.81%) Analytical Mindset
13 11 (0.81%) Security Posture
13 11 (0.81%) Wiki
14 10 (0.73%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 64 (4.70%) Windows
2 54 (3.96%) Linux
3 10 (0.73%) Unix
4 9 (0.66%) Windows Server
5 8 (0.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (0.59%) Solaris
6 6 (0.44%) Kali Linux
6 6 (0.44%) Windows 10
7 5 (0.37%) Oracle Linux
7 5 (0.37%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.29%) Android
8 4 (0.29%) CentOS
9 3 (0.22%) Embedded Linux
10 2 (0.15%) Windows 7
10 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2003
10 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.073%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.073%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 481 (35.29%) Agile
2 355 (26.05%) Problem-Solving
3 252 (18.49%) Project Management
4 235 (17.24%) DevOps
5 157 (11.52%) Stakeholder Management
6 155 (11.37%) ITIL
7 146 (10.71%) Decision-Making
8 144 (10.56%) Roadmaps
9 135 (9.90%) Analytics
10 127 (9.32%) Change Management
11 122 (8.95%) Project Delivery
12 111 (8.14%) Scrum
12 111 (8.14%) Service Management
13 110 (8.07%) Mentoring
14 103 (7.56%) Coaching
15 102 (7.48%) CI/CD
16 101 (7.41%) Business Intelligence
16 101 (7.41%) Software Engineering
17 89 (6.53%) Cybersecurity
18 80 (5.87%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 140 (10.27%) Python
2 116 (8.51%) SQL
3 103 (7.56%) C#
4 83 (6.09%) JavaScript
5 54 (3.96%) Java
6 53 (3.89%) PowerShell
7 47 (3.45%) TypeScript
8 44 (3.23%) C++
9 38 (2.79%) C
10 27 (1.98%) Bash
11 16 (1.17%) T-SQL
12 15 (1.10%) Perl
13 11 (0.81%) Scala
14 10 (0.73%) Shell Script
15 9 (0.66%) PL/SQL
16 8 (0.59%) Ruby
17 7 (0.51%) Go
18 6 (0.44%) PHP
19 5 (0.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
19 5 (0.37%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 234 (17.17%) Security Cleared
2 222 (16.29%) Degree
3 143 (10.49%) SC Cleared
4 73 (5.36%) DV Cleared
5 54 (3.96%) Computer Science Degree
6 41 (3.01%) Master's Degree
7 32 (2.35%) PMI Certification
8 25 (1.83%) PMP
9 23 (1.69%) CISSP
10 22 (1.61%) SANS
11 21 (1.54%) BPSS Clearance
12 20 (1.47%) CISM
13 19 (1.39%) HNC
14 18 (1.32%) HND
15 14 (1.03%) ISTQB
15 14 (1.03%) ITIL Certification
16 13 (0.95%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 12 (0.88%) Six Sigma Green Belt
18 11 (0.81%) Azure Certification
18 11 (0.81%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 105 (7.70%) QA
2 52 (3.82%) SLA
3 49 (3.60%) GDPR
4 46 (3.37%) Accessibility
5 43 (3.15%) PMO
6 41 (3.01%) Data Quality
7 18 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 17 (1.25%) NIST
9 15 (1.10%) Government Security Classifications
10 13 (0.95%) PCI DSS
11 11 (0.81%) NCSC
12 6 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
13 5 (0.37%) GAMP
13 5 (0.37%) GxP
13 5 (0.37%) HL7
13 5 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 5 (0.37%) NEBOSH
13 5 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 4 (0.29%) HIPAA
15 3 (0.22%) WCAG
System Software
1 55 (4.04%) Docker
2 49 (3.60%) Active Directory
3 29 (2.13%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (1.17%) VMware NSX
5 10 (0.73%) vSphere
6 8 (0.59%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (0.37%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.22%) XenApp
9 2 (0.15%) Ceph
9 2 (0.15%) Firmware
9 2 (0.15%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 64 (4.70%) Kubernetes
2 58 (4.26%) Terraform
3 44 (3.23%) Ansible
4 12 (0.88%) Grafana
5 9 (0.66%) Puppet
5 9 (0.66%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (0.59%) Prometheus
6 8 (0.59%) SCCM
7 7 (0.51%) Podman
8 6 (0.44%) OPNET
8 6 (0.44%) PowerCLI
9 5 (0.37%) EMC NetWorker
9 5 (0.37%) Netcool
9 5 (0.37%) Tivoli
9 5 (0.37%) Tivoli Storage Manager
9 5 (0.37%) WSUS
10 4 (0.29%) Functional Safety
10 4 (0.29%) Kibana
10 4 (0.29%) Opsgenie
10 4 (0.29%) SCOM
Vendors
1 182 (13.35%) Microsoft
2 56 (4.11%) SAP
3 41 (3.01%) ServiceNow
4 40 (2.93%) Oracle
5 35 (2.57%) VMware
6 29 (2.13%) Atlassian
7 22 (1.61%) Cisco
7 22 (1.61%) Splunk
8 18 (1.32%) Google
9 17 (1.25%) BT
10 14 (1.03%) Cadence
10 14 (1.03%) Dell
11 10 (0.73%) Databricks
11 10 (0.73%) Remedy
12 9 (0.66%) Adobe
12 9 (0.66%) Salesforce
13 8 (0.59%) IBM
13 8 (0.59%) Siemens
13 8 (0.59%) SolarWinds
14 7 (0.51%) ForgeRock