Continuous Improvement Contracts with Work from Home Options

Continual Improvement
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 59 87 75
Rank change year-on-year +28 -12 +32
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 502 626 1,425
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 3.43% 2.60% 3.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.92% 2.90% 3.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 336 439 955
10th Percentile £366 £375 £363
25th Percentile £440 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +13.40%
75th Percentile £606 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 13 44
10th Percentile £34.47 £19.68 £25.54
25th Percentile £35.00 £23.15 £39.75
Median hourly rate £60.50 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year +72.86% -21.35% +79.47%
75th Percentile £73.73 £53.35 £49.25
90th Percentile £85.15 £58.75 £49.43
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
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,820 21,608 40,174
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.57% 89.66% 91.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,645 15,332 29,227
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £543 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +6.06%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 572 503 516
10th Percentile £14.89 £18.49 £14.50
25th Percentile £24.19 £25.85 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +31.25% +66.67%
75th Percentile £60.00 £67.50 £57.72
90th Percentile £75.00 £78.60 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.69% +41.16% +9.74%

Continuous Improvement
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Continuous Improvement as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Continuous Improvement trend for jobs with a WFH option

Continuous Improvement
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Continuous Improvement.

Continuous Improvement daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Continuous Improvement
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Continuous Improvement over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Continuous Improvement daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Continuous Improvement
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Continuous Improvement.

Continuous Improvement hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Continuous Improvement
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Continuous Improvement over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Continuous Improvement hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Continuous Improvement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 13 (2.59%) Confluence
2 10 (1.99%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.80%) Apache Solr
3 4 (0.80%) nginx
3 4 (0.80%) WebSphere
4 3 (0.60%) CMS
4 3 (0.60%) IBM HTTP Server
4 3 (0.60%) WebSphere Application Server
4 3 (0.60%) WebSphere Portal
5 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.20%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.20%) BizTalk Server
6 1 (0.20%) IIS
6 1 (0.20%) JBoss
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 23 (4.58%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (2.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (1.99%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (1.00%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.80%) Adobe After Effects
5 4 (0.80%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 4 (0.80%) Adobe Premiere
5 4 (0.80%) CINEMA 4D
6 2 (0.40%) Acrobat
6 2 (0.40%) UserZoom
7 1 (0.20%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (2.19%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.80%) SAP SD
3 3 (0.60%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.40%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.40%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.40%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.40%) SAP BPC
4 2 (0.40%) SAP CO
4 2 (0.40%) SAP FI
4 2 (0.40%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.20%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
5 1 (0.20%) Magento
5 1 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.20%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.20%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.20%) SAP GTS
5 1 (0.20%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.20%) SAP Travel Management
5 1 (0.20%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 90 (17.93%) Azure
2 49 (9.76%) AWS
3 31 (6.18%) Dynamics 365
4 28 (5.58%) Power Platform
5 27 (5.38%) GCP
6 24 (4.78%) Azure DevOps
7 21 (4.18%) Microsoft 365
8 15 (2.99%) Azure API Management
9 14 (2.79%) Azure Logic Apps
9 14 (2.79%) IaaS
10 13 (2.59%) Cloud Computing
10 13 (2.59%) PowerApps
10 13 (2.59%) SaaS
11 11 (2.19%) PaaS
12 9 (1.79%) OpenShift
13 6 (1.20%) Amazon ECS
13 6 (1.20%) Amazon EKS
13 6 (1.20%) AWS CloudFormation
13 6 (1.20%) GitHub
13 6 (1.20%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 17 (3.39%) DNS
2 13 (2.59%) Firewall
3 12 (2.39%) TCP/IP
4 10 (1.99%) DHCP
5 6 (1.20%) Radio Access Network
6 5 (1.00%) Kerberos
6 5 (1.00%) NAS
6 5 (1.00%) SAN
6 5 (1.00%) VLAN
6 5 (1.00%) VPN
7 4 (0.80%) HTTP
7 4 (0.80%) HTTPS
7 4 (0.80%) IPsec
8 3 (0.60%) BGP
8 3 (0.60%) Broadband
8 3 (0.60%) Cisco IOS
8 3 (0.60%) IOS XR
8 3 (0.60%) LAN
8 3 (0.60%) Network Security
9 2 (0.40%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (4.78%) Power BI
2 18 (3.59%) SQL Server
3 16 (3.19%) Data Warehouse
4 13 (2.59%) Metadata
4 13 (2.59%) Relational Database
5 9 (1.79%) MySQL
6 8 (1.59%) NoSQL
6 8 (1.59%) Tableau
7 5 (1.00%) Data Lake
7 5 (1.00%) Data Mining
8 4 (0.80%) Couchbase
9 3 (0.60%) Azure SQL Database
9 3 (0.60%) BigQuery
10 2 (0.40%) Amazon Redshift
10 2 (0.40%) BusinessObjects
10 2 (0.40%) GIS
10 2 (0.40%) MongoDB
10 2 (0.40%) OLAP
10 2 (0.40%) PostgreSQL
10 2 (0.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 54 (10.76%) JIRA
2 25 (4.98%) Jenkins
3 23 (4.58%) Git
4 10 (1.99%) GitLab
5 7 (1.39%) Cypress.io
5 7 (1.39%) Selenium
6 6 (1.20%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 6 (1.20%) ERwin
6 6 (1.20%) TeamCity
7 5 (1.00%) Postman
7 5 (1.00%) webpack
8 4 (0.80%) Artifactory
9 3 (0.60%) IBM UrbanCode
10 2 (0.40%) Bitbucket
10 2 (0.40%) JMeter
10 2 (0.40%) JUnit
10 2 (0.40%) LoadRunner
10 2 (0.40%) Oracle APEX
10 2 (0.40%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (0.40%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 215 (42.83%) Social Skills
2 129 (25.70%) Finance
3 96 (19.12%) Analytical Skills
4 50 (9.96%) Telecoms
5 48 (9.56%) Public Sector
6 35 (6.97%) Legal
7 30 (5.98%) Marketing
8 25 (4.98%) Manufacturing
9 23 (4.58%) Presentation Skills
10 20 (3.98%) Banking
11 17 (3.39%) Retail
12 14 (2.79%) Front Office
13 13 (2.59%) Influencing Skills
14 12 (2.39%) Electronics
14 12 (2.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 9 (1.79%) Organisational Skills
16 6 (1.20%) Local Government
16 6 (1.20%) Police
17 5 (1.00%) Billing
17 5 (1.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 63 (12.55%) Lead
2 56 (11.16%) Senior
3 49 (9.76%) Developer
4 35 (6.97%) Analyst
4 35 (6.97%) Project Manager
5 32 (6.37%) Architect
6 28 (5.58%) Consultant
7 21 (4.18%) Delivery Manager
7 21 (4.18%) DevOps Engineer
8 15 (2.99%) Senior Manager
9 14 (2.79%) Full Stack Developer
9 14 (2.79%) IT Manager
9 14 (2.79%) Service Manager
10 12 (2.39%) Designer
10 12 (2.39%) Test Manager
11 10 (1.99%) Business Analyst
11 10 (1.99%) C# Developer
11 10 (1.99%) Data Architect
11 10 (1.99%) Scrum Master
11 10 (1.99%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (4.18%) React
2 17 (3.39%) .NET
3 16 (3.19%) XML
4 15 (2.99%) HTML
5 14 (2.79%) CSS
6 13 (2.59%) AngularJS
7 11 (2.19%) JSON
7 11 (2.19%) REST
7 11 (2.19%) RESTful
8 10 (1.99%) LDAP
9 8 (1.59%) YAML
10 7 (1.39%) Redux
11 6 (1.20%) OAuth
11 6 (1.20%) SAML
12 5 (1.00%) OpenID
12 5 (1.00%) Reactive Extensions
12 5 (1.00%) RxJS
12 5 (1.00%) Vue
12 5 (1.00%) Web Services
12 5 (1.00%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 35 (6.97%) Product Ownership
2 21 (4.18%) Management Information System
3 10 (1.99%) Virtual Team
4 9 (1.79%) Analytical Mindset
5 8 (1.59%) Clustering
5 8 (1.59%) Enterprise Software
5 8 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (1.39%) CMDB
6 7 (1.39%) Data Protection Act
6 7 (1.39%) Replication
7 6 (1.20%) Wiki
8 5 (1.00%) Cloud Native
8 5 (1.00%) Cyber Threat
8 5 (1.00%) Life Science
8 5 (1.00%) Linux Command Line
8 5 (1.00%) Low-Code
8 5 (1.00%) Motion Graphics
8 5 (1.00%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.00%) Security Posture
9 4 (0.80%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 31 (6.18%) Linux
2 21 (4.18%) Windows
3 9 (1.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 7 (1.39%) Solaris
4 7 (1.39%) Windows Server
5 6 (1.20%) Ubuntu
6 5 (1.00%) CentOS
6 5 (1.00%) Oracle Linux
7 3 (0.60%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.40%) Android
8 2 (0.40%) Unix
9 1 (0.20%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.20%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.20%) Kali Linux
9 1 (0.20%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 175 (34.86%) Agile
2 125 (24.90%) Problem-Solving
3 102 (20.32%) Project Management
4 78 (15.54%) DevOps
5 63 (12.55%) Stakeholder Management
6 58 (11.55%) Roadmaps
7 57 (11.35%) Decision-Making
8 54 (10.76%) ITIL
9 50 (9.96%) Mentoring
9 50 (9.96%) Project Delivery
10 47 (9.36%) Change Management
11 45 (8.96%) Coaching
12 42 (8.37%) Scrum
13 41 (8.17%) Computer Science
13 41 (8.17%) Risk Management
14 38 (7.57%) Analytics
15 37 (7.37%) Business Intelligence
15 37 (7.37%) CI/CD
16 35 (6.97%) Service Management
17 34 (6.77%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 44 (8.76%) Python
2 40 (7.97%) SQL
3 39 (7.77%) C#
4 33 (6.57%) JavaScript
5 25 (4.98%) Bash
6 23 (4.58%) Java
7 18 (3.59%) TypeScript
8 17 (3.39%) PowerShell
9 12 (2.39%) Perl
10 7 (1.39%) Go
11 6 (1.20%) PL/SQL
12 5 (1.00%) C++
12 5 (1.00%) PHP
13 4 (0.80%) Kusto Query Language
13 4 (0.80%) T-SQL
14 3 (0.60%) Search Processing Language
15 2 (0.40%) Groovy
15 2 (0.40%) Ruby
15 2 (0.40%) Shell Script
15 2 (0.40%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 80 (15.94%) Degree
2 60 (11.95%) Security Cleared
3 46 (9.16%) SC Cleared
4 27 (5.38%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (3.98%) PMI Certification
6 16 (3.19%) PMP
7 14 (2.79%) Master's Degree
8 11 (2.19%) BPSS Clearance
9 10 (1.99%) CISSP
10 9 (1.79%) DV Cleared
11 8 (1.59%) CIPD
11 8 (1.59%) CISM
11 8 (1.59%) ITIL Certification
12 7 (1.39%) ISTQB
13 4 (0.80%) Azure Certification
13 4 (0.80%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 3 (0.60%) CISA
14 3 (0.60%) CPIM
14 3 (0.60%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 3 (0.60%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (13.15%) QA
2 35 (6.97%) GDPR
3 24 (4.78%) Accessibility
4 22 (4.38%) Data Quality
5 18 (3.59%) SLA
6 13 (2.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 12 (2.39%) PMO
8 10 (1.99%) NIST
9 6 (1.20%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 5 (1.00%) HIPAA
10 5 (1.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 4 (0.80%) PCI DSS
12 3 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
12 3 (0.60%) GRC
12 3 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 2 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
13 2 (0.40%) COBIT
13 2 (0.40%) Disclosure Scotland
13 2 (0.40%) ITGC
13 2 (0.40%) NCSC
System Software
1 17 (3.39%) Docker
2 16 (3.19%) Active Directory
3 15 (2.99%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.59%) vSphere
5 6 (1.20%) VMware NSX
6 4 (0.80%) Hyper-V
6 4 (0.80%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.40%) Ceph
7 2 (0.40%) Veritas Cluster Server
8 1 (0.20%) vCloud
8 1 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.20%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 32 (6.37%) Kubernetes
2 29 (5.78%) Terraform
3 28 (5.58%) Ansible
4 6 (1.20%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (1.00%) EMC NetWorker
5 5 (1.00%) Netcool
5 5 (1.00%) Tivoli
5 5 (1.00%) Tivoli Storage Manager
6 4 (0.80%) Functional Safety
6 4 (0.80%) Grafana
7 3 (0.60%) Kibana
7 3 (0.60%) Puppet
8 2 (0.40%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Clustering
8 2 (0.40%) Opsgenie
8 2 (0.40%) Pacemaker
8 2 (0.40%) Podman
8 2 (0.40%) Red Hat Satellite
8 2 (0.40%) WSUS
9 1 (0.20%) SCCM
Vendors
1 80 (15.94%) Microsoft
2 30 (5.98%) SAP
3 23 (4.58%) Oracle
4 20 (3.98%) ServiceNow
5 18 (3.59%) VMware
6 14 (2.79%) BT
7 13 (2.59%) Splunk
8 12 (2.39%) Cisco
9 10 (1.99%) Google
10 9 (1.79%) Dell
10 9 (1.79%) IBM
11 8 (1.59%) Adobe
12 7 (1.39%) HP
13 6 (1.20%) Qualys
13 6 (1.20%) Sparx
14 5 (1.00%) EMC
14 5 (1.00%) Isilon
14 5 (1.00%) Pega
14 5 (1.00%) Red Hat
14 5 (1.00%) Serena