Continuous Improvement Contracts in the UK excluding London

Continual Improvement
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 40 63 64
Rank change year-on-year +23 +1 +5
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 856 803 1,101
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 4.11% 3.53% 3.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.93% 3.95% 4.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 514 523 769
10th Percentile £268 £304 £300
25th Percentile £413 £450 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £540 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £610 £623 £588
90th Percentile £688 £700 £680
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 119 42 22
10th Percentile £15.74 £22.38 £16.48
25th Percentile £25.00 £26.25 £23.13
Median hourly rate £37.50 £46.08 £42.58
Median % change year-on-year -18.62% +8.21% +68.63%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £61.50
90th Percentile - £81.98 £67.80
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
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,348 20,314 27,218
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 83.29% 89.18% 89.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,293 13,939 19,042
10th Percentile £250 £260 £240
25th Percentile £375 £400 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% +9.18%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £694 £663
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,136 1,244 1,338
10th Percentile £12.45 £10.63 £12.47
25th Percentile £15.39 £15.21 £14.25
Median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.72 £47.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £74.70 £62.80
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 the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Continuous Improvement as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Continuous Improvement in the UK excluding London

Continuous Improvement
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Continuous Improvement in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Continuous Improvement in the UK excluding London

Continuous Improvement
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate histogram for Continuous Improvement in the UK excluding London

Continuous Improvement
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Continuous Improvement in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Continuous Improvement in the UK excluding London

Continuous Improvement
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate histogram for Continuous Improvement in the UK excluding London

Continuous Improvement
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London 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
South East +26 244 £507 -7.91% 360
North of England +3 177 £500 -9.09% 396
South West +38 164 £500 -16.67% 191
Midlands +36 127 £500 -4.76% 331
North West +24 104 £525 +3.24% 224
Scotland -9 85 £438 -7.79% 114
West Midlands +11 73 £550 +4.76% 212
East of England -14 58 £500 - 160
Yorkshire -11 56 £500 -9.09% 124
East Midlands +34 50 £269 -55.52% 119
North East +1 17 £554 -1.99% 55
Wales +12 5 £513 -6.82% 52
Northern Ireland +1 2 £640 +293.85% 24
Isle of Man - 2 - -
Continuous Improvement
UK

Continuous Improvement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 34 (3.97%) Confluence
2 33 (3.86%) SharePoint
3 15 (1.75%) SharePoint Server
4 4 (0.47%) Apache Solr
4 4 (0.47%) nginx
5 3 (0.35%) IBM HTTP Server
5 3 (0.35%) WebSphere
5 3 (0.35%) WebSphere Application Server
5 3 (0.35%) WebSphere Portal
6 2 (0.23%) Apache
6 2 (0.23%) CMS
7 1 (0.12%) Appian
7 1 (0.12%) WebLogic
Applications
1 53 (6.19%) Microsoft Office
2 46 (5.37%) Microsoft Excel
3 24 (2.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (1.17%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (0.93%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 8 (0.93%) CATIA
6 4 (0.47%) Adobe After Effects
6 4 (0.47%) Adobe Premiere
6 4 (0.47%) CINEMA 4D
7 3 (0.35%) Acrobat
7 3 (0.35%) Sketch
8 2 (0.23%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.23%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.23%) Trello
9 1 (0.12%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 15 (1.75%) Teamcenter
2 10 (1.17%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (0.93%) DELMIA
3 8 (0.93%) Remedy ITSM
4 7 (0.82%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (0.47%) Infor SunSystems
6 3 (0.35%) SAP MII
7 2 (0.23%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.23%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.23%) Primavera
7 2 (0.23%) SAP CO
7 2 (0.23%) SAP FI
7 2 (0.23%) SAP FI/CO
7 2 (0.23%) SAP SD
8 1 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.12%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
8 1 (0.12%) PeopleSoft HRMS
8 1 (0.12%) SAP AFS
8 1 (0.12%) SAP Payroll
8 1 (0.12%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 97 (11.33%) Azure
2 48 (5.61%) Power Platform
3 34 (3.97%) AWS
4 23 (2.69%) Dynamics 365
5 20 (2.34%) Microsoft 365
6 19 (2.22%) Azure DevOps
6 19 (2.22%) Serverless
7 18 (2.10%) Azure Monitor
8 17 (1.99%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 17 (1.99%) GCP
9 16 (1.87%) SuccessFactors
10 15 (1.75%) Azure Data Factory
11 14 (1.64%) Azure Stack
11 14 (1.64%) Entra ID
11 14 (1.64%) IaaS
12 13 (1.52%) Azure Functions
13 11 (1.29%) OpenShift
13 11 (1.29%) PaaS
13 11 (1.29%) PowerApps
14 5 (0.58%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 34 (3.97%) Modbus
1 34 (3.97%) RS-422
1 34 (3.97%) RS-485
2 24 (2.80%) Firewall
3 18 (2.10%) BGP
4 12 (1.40%) DNS
4 12 (1.40%) LAN
5 10 (1.17%) VPN
6 7 (0.82%) DHCP
6 7 (0.82%) TCP/IP
7 6 (0.70%) Radio Access Network
8 5 (0.58%) Broadband
8 5 (0.58%) Intranet
9 4 (0.47%) HTTP
9 4 (0.47%) HTTPS
9 4 (0.47%) IPsec
9 4 (0.47%) Software-Defined Networking
9 4 (0.47%) WAN
10 3 (0.35%) Cisco IOS
10 3 (0.35%) IOS XR
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (4.91%) Power BI
2 22 (2.57%) NoSQL
3 20 (2.34%) SQL Server
4 10 (1.17%) Data Mining
4 10 (1.17%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (0.82%) Tableau
6 6 (0.70%) BusinessObjects
6 6 (0.70%) Metadata
6 6 (0.70%) MySQL
7 5 (0.58%) BigQuery
7 5 (0.58%) Data Lake
8 4 (0.47%) Couchbase
8 4 (0.47%) Oracle Database
9 3 (0.35%) OLAP
9 3 (0.35%) Power Query
9 3 (0.35%) Relational Database
10 2 (0.23%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.23%) GIS
10 2 (0.23%) OLTP
10 2 (0.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 66 (7.71%) JIRA
2 35 (4.09%) Git
3 22 (2.57%) Jenkins
4 12 (1.40%) Selenium
5 8 (0.93%) Bitbucket
5 8 (0.93%) Postman
6 7 (0.82%) JUnit
7 6 (0.70%) Maven
8 5 (0.58%) Cucumber
9 4 (0.47%) Cypress.io
10 3 (0.35%) Burp Suite
10 3 (0.35%) GitLab
10 3 (0.35%) IBM UrbanCode
10 3 (0.35%) IntelliJ
11 2 (0.23%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 2 (0.23%) Gradle
11 2 (0.23%) Hudson
11 2 (0.23%) kappa
11 2 (0.23%) Oracle APEX
11 2 (0.23%) TestCafe
General
1 373 (43.57%) Social Skills
2 162 (18.93%) Analytical Skills
3 158 (18.46%) Finance
4 86 (10.05%) Public Sector
5 64 (7.48%) Telecoms
6 57 (6.66%) Manufacturing
7 50 (5.84%) Legal
8 45 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
9 41 (4.79%) Electronics
10 40 (4.67%) Marketing
11 32 (3.74%) Influencing Skills
12 25 (2.92%) Retail
13 24 (2.80%) Banking
14 19 (2.22%) Presentation Skills
15 18 (2.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 13 (1.52%) Law
17 12 (1.40%) Aerospace
18 11 (1.29%) Billing
18 11 (1.29%) Local Government
19 9 (1.05%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 118 (13.79%) Analyst
2 89 (10.40%) Lead
3 78 (9.11%) Senior
4 70 (8.18%) Developer
5 56 (6.54%) Project Manager
6 54 (6.31%) Architect
7 43 (5.02%) Software Engineer
8 27 (3.15%) C++ Software Engineer
9 24 (2.80%) Delivery Manager
9 24 (2.80%) IT Manager
10 23 (2.69%) Consultant
10 23 (2.69%) SOC Analyst
11 20 (2.34%) Business Analyst
12 19 (2.22%) Technical Support
13 18 (2.10%) Designer
13 18 (2.10%) Senior Manager
13 18 (2.10%) Service Manager
14 16 (1.87%) Full Stack Developer
14 16 (1.87%) IT Support
14 16 (1.87%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (3.62%) React
2 19 (2.22%) .NET
3 15 (1.75%) REST
3 15 (1.75%) Web Services
4 10 (1.17%) J2EE
4 10 (1.17%) JSON
5 9 (1.05%) Node.js
5 9 (1.05%) Spring
5 9 (1.05%) Spring Boot
6 8 (0.93%) OAuth
6 8 (0.93%) SAML
7 7 (0.82%) .NET Framework
7 7 (0.82%) LDAP
7 7 (0.82%) OpenID
7 7 (0.82%) YAML
8 6 (0.70%) HTML
8 6 (0.70%) Kafka
8 6 (0.70%) Middleware
8 6 (0.70%) ModSecurity
8 6 (0.70%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 64 (7.48%) Management Information System
2 59 (6.89%) Self-Motivation
3 54 (6.31%) Product Ownership
4 31 (3.62%) CSOC
4 31 (3.62%) Security Operations Centre
5 16 (1.87%) Private Cloud
6 13 (1.52%) Life Science
7 12 (1.40%) Onboarding
7 12 (1.40%) Robotics
8 11 (1.29%) CMDB
8 11 (1.29%) Security Posture
9 9 (1.05%) Data Centre
9 9 (1.05%) Public Cloud
10 8 (0.93%) NHS
11 7 (0.82%) IoT
12 6 (0.70%) Cyber Threat
12 6 (0.70%) Data Protection Act
12 6 (0.70%) Linux Command Line
12 6 (0.70%) PMI
12 6 (0.70%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 45 (5.26%) Windows
2 40 (4.67%) Linux
3 7 (0.82%) Ubuntu
3 7 (0.82%) Unix
4 5 (0.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (0.58%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.47%) CentOS
6 3 (0.35%) Android
6 3 (0.35%) Embedded Linux
6 3 (0.35%) Kali Linux
6 3 (0.35%) Solaris
7 2 (0.23%) Windows Server 2003
7 2 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.12%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.12%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 276 (32.24%) Agile
2 227 (26.52%) Problem-Solving
3 155 (18.11%) Project Management
4 115 (13.43%) DevOps
5 111 (12.97%) ITIL
6 98 (11.45%) Decision-Making
7 97 (11.33%) Stakeholder Management
8 83 (9.70%) Project Delivery
9 81 (9.46%) Roadmaps
10 80 (9.35%) Change Management
11 72 (8.41%) Analytics
12 70 (8.18%) Coaching
12 70 (8.18%) Service Management
13 64 (7.48%) Cybersecurity
13 64 (7.48%) Service Delivery
14 63 (7.36%) Scrum
15 59 (6.89%) Time Management
15 59 (6.89%) Unit Testing
16 57 (6.66%) Software Engineering
17 54 (6.31%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 71 (8.29%) Python
2 49 (5.72%) C#
3 44 (5.14%) SQL
4 38 (4.44%) C
4 38 (4.44%) C++
5 30 (3.50%) Java
6 27 (3.15%) PowerShell
7 25 (2.92%) JavaScript
8 16 (1.87%) Bash
9 7 (0.82%) Perl
10 6 (0.70%) Shell Script
11 5 (0.58%) PHP
11 5 (0.58%) TypeScript
12 4 (0.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 4 (0.47%) Kusto Query Language
12 4 (0.47%) PL/SQL
12 4 (0.47%) T-SQL
13 3 (0.35%) Groovy
13 3 (0.35%) Search Processing Language
13 3 (0.35%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 160 (18.69%) Degree
2 139 (16.24%) Security Cleared
3 67 (7.83%) DV Cleared
4 60 (7.01%) SC Cleared
5 24 (2.80%) Computer Science Degree
6 22 (2.57%) SANS
7 21 (2.45%) PMI Certification
8 20 (2.34%) Master's Degree
9 18 (2.10%) HNC
10 17 (1.99%) HND
11 16 (1.87%) BPSS Clearance
11 16 (1.87%) PMP
12 13 (1.52%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 12 (1.40%) CISSP
14 11 (1.29%) ISTQB
15 10 (1.17%) CIPD
16 8 (0.93%) CISM
16 8 (0.93%) ITIL Certification
16 8 (0.93%) NVQ Level 3
17 5 (0.58%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (8.06%) QA
2 39 (4.56%) SLA
3 34 (3.97%) GDPR
4 28 (3.27%) Accessibility
5 25 (2.92%) PMO
6 15 (1.75%) Government Security Classifications
7 13 (1.52%) Data Quality
8 11 (1.29%) NCSC
9 9 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 8 (0.93%) NIST
10 8 (0.93%) PCI DSS
11 5 (0.58%) GAMP
11 5 (0.58%) GxP
12 4 (0.47%) Disclosure Scotland
12 4 (0.47%) HIPAA
12 4 (0.47%) HL7
12 4 (0.47%) NEBOSH
13 3 (0.35%) GRC
13 3 (0.35%) ISO 9001
13 3 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 30 (3.50%) Active Directory
2 26 (3.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (2.69%) Docker
4 15 (1.75%) VMware NSX
5 11 (1.29%) vSphere
6 8 (0.93%) Hyper-V
7 6 (0.70%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (0.35%) XenApp
9 2 (0.23%) Ceph
9 2 (0.23%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 1 (0.12%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 28 (3.27%) Ansible
2 22 (2.57%) Kubernetes
2 22 (2.57%) Terraform
3 7 (0.82%) SCCM
3 7 (0.82%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (0.70%) Kibana
4 6 (0.70%) OPNET
4 6 (0.70%) PowerCLI
5 5 (0.58%) Grafana
5 5 (0.58%) Puppet
6 4 (0.47%) SCOM
7 3 (0.35%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (0.35%) Red Hat Satellite
7 3 (0.35%) vRealize
7 3 (0.35%) vRealize Orchestrator
7 3 (0.35%) WSUS
8 2 (0.23%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.23%) Pacemaker
8 2 (0.23%) Podman
9 1 (0.12%) SELinux
Vendors
1 119 (13.90%) Microsoft
2 43 (5.02%) SAP
3 29 (3.39%) VMware
4 28 (3.27%) Atlassian
5 20 (2.34%) Oracle
5 20 (2.34%) ServiceNow
6 16 (1.87%) Google
7 15 (1.75%) BT
8 14 (1.64%) Cisco
9 12 (1.40%) Adobe
10 10 (1.17%) Remedy
11 9 (1.05%) SolarWinds
12 8 (0.93%) Siemens
13 7 (0.82%) Cadence
13 7 (0.82%) ForgeRock
14 6 (0.70%) BMC
14 6 (0.70%) Pega
14 6 (0.70%) Salesforce
14 6 (0.70%) Splunk
14 6 (0.70%) Sun