Continuous Improvement Contracts in England

Continual Improvement
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Continuous Improvement skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Continuous Improvement over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 53 74 76
Rank change year-on-year +21 +2 +15
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 1,359 1,457 2,240
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 3.62% 3.10% 3.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.24% 3.45% 3.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 863 958 1,456
10th Percentile £313 £375 £350
25th Percentile £425 £463 £443
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £563 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +2.27% +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £669 £670
90th Percentile £743 £763 £763
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 130 51 64
10th Percentile £16.89 £22.38 £20.82
25th Percentile £25.00 £26.25 £33.00
Median hourly rate £36.50 £50.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.00% +12.36% +78.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £65.00 £83.31 £64.45
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £50.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -26.00% +12.36% +61.82%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Continuous Improvement falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,030 42,283 63,775
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.40% 89.90% 90.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,779 29,697 45,496
10th Percentile £300 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £440 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,363 1,526 1,693
10th Percentile £12.79 £10.69 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.01 £15.75 £15.63
Median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +40.19% +14.13%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.59 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.71 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
% change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%

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 12 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 12 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 12 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 +8 554 £550 -6.38% 587
South East +27 245 £500 -9.09% 347
North of England +4 181 £500 -9.09% 413
South West +32 164 £500 -18.53% 213
Midlands +33 125 £488 -7.14% 335
North West +24 102 £538 +5.81% 239
West Midlands +7 70 £550 +4.76% 204
East of England -7 61 £500 - 163
Yorkshire -13 59 £500 -9.09% 124
East Midlands +28 50 £269 -55.52% 131
North East -1 20 £533 -5.75% 63
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 47 (3.46%) Confluence
2 41 (3.02%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.03%) SharePoint Server
4 9 (0.66%) nginx
5 7 (0.52%) CMS
6 5 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
7 4 (0.29%) Apache Solr
7 4 (0.29%) Apache Spark
7 4 (0.29%) govService
8 3 (0.22%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (0.15%) IIS
9 2 (0.15%) SAS
10 1 (0.074%) Apache
10 1 (0.074%) IBM HTTP Server
10 1 (0.074%) Oracle Coherence
10 1 (0.074%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.074%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.074%) WebSphere
10 1 (0.074%) WebSphere Application Server
10 1 (0.074%) WebSphere Portal
Applications
1 62 (4.56%) Microsoft Office
2 58 (4.27%) Microsoft Excel
3 24 (1.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (1.10%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (0.59%) CATIA
6 7 (0.52%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 7 (0.52%) Trello
7 5 (0.37%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.37%) SPSS
8 4 (0.29%) Sketch
9 3 (0.22%) Adobe After Effects
9 3 (0.22%) Adobe Premiere
9 3 (0.22%) CINEMA 4D
9 3 (0.22%) Photoshop
10 2 (0.15%) Chatbot
10 2 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
11 1 (0.074%) Siemens NX
11 1 (0.074%) 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
5 3 (0.22%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (0.22%) SAP MII
5 3 (0.22%) SAP SD
6 2 (0.15%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.15%) Oracle Financials
6 2 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.15%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.15%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.15%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (0.074%) SAP BPC
7 1 (0.074%) SAP EHS
7 1 (0.074%) SAP GTS
7 1 (0.074%) SAP SCM
7 1 (0.074%) Unica
Cloud Services
1 209 (15.38%) Azure
2 94 (6.92%) AWS
3 81 (5.96%) Power Platform
4 62 (4.56%) Azure DevOps
5 56 (4.12%) GCP
6 53 (3.90%) Microsoft 365
7 47 (3.46%) Dynamics 365
8 32 (2.35%) Serverless
9 23 (1.69%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 22 (1.62%) Azure Functions
10 22 (1.62%) Azure Monitor
11 21 (1.55%) Azure Logic Apps
11 21 (1.55%) IaaS
11 21 (1.55%) PaaS
12 20 (1.47%) Azure API Management
13 19 (1.40%) Azure Data Factory
13 19 (1.40%) Entra ID
13 19 (1.40%) PowerApps
14 17 (1.25%) GitHub
14 17 (1.25%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 33 (2.43%) Modbus
1 33 (2.43%) RS-422
1 33 (2.43%) RS-485
2 28 (2.06%) Firewall
3 22 (1.62%) DNS
4 17 (1.25%) BGP
5 16 (1.18%) DHCP
5 16 (1.18%) TCP/IP
6 14 (1.03%) LAN
7 12 (0.88%) VPN
8 8 (0.59%) Radio Access Network
9 7 (0.52%) Broadband
9 7 (0.52%) 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 68 (5.00%) Power BI
2 41 (3.02%) SQL Server
3 31 (2.28%) NoSQL
4 30 (2.21%) Relational Database
5 21 (1.55%) Data Warehouse
6 18 (1.32%) MongoDB
7 15 (1.10%) Tableau
8 14 (1.03%) Data Mining
9 11 (0.81%) Big Data
9 11 (0.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 8 (0.59%) BigQuery
10 8 (0.59%) Metadata
10 8 (0.59%) MySQL
10 8 (0.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 7 (0.52%) Data Lake
11 7 (0.52%) PostgreSQL
12 6 (0.44%) Azure SQL Database
12 6 (0.44%) Power Query
13 4 (0.29%) Hadoop
13 4 (0.29%) KDB
Development Applications
1 122 (8.98%) JIRA
2 68 (5.00%) Git
3 45 (3.31%) Jenkins
4 18 (1.32%) Selenium
5 16 (1.18%) Cypress.io
6 13 (0.96%) webpack
7 11 (0.81%) TeamCity
8 9 (0.66%) GitLab
9 8 (0.59%) Bitbucket
9 8 (0.59%) Postman
10 7 (0.52%) Maven
11 4 (0.29%) Artifactory
11 4 (0.29%) ERwin
12 3 (0.22%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 3 (0.22%) JMeter
12 3 (0.22%) JUnit
12 3 (0.22%) LoadRunner
12 3 (0.22%) Mocha
13 2 (0.15%) Gradle
13 2 (0.15%) Rational DOORS
General
1 559 (41.13%) Social Skills
2 315 (23.18%) Finance
3 285 (20.97%) Analytical Skills
4 153 (11.26%) Public Sector
5 76 (5.59%) Telecoms
6 71 (5.22%) Banking
6 71 (5.22%) Manufacturing
7 59 (4.34%) Legal
8 56 (4.12%) Marketing
9 48 (3.53%) Influencing Skills
10 46 (3.38%) Electronics
11 44 (3.24%) Presentation Skills
12 41 (3.02%) Organisational Skills
13 39 (2.87%) Retail
14 36 (2.65%) Front Office
15 22 (1.62%) Local Government
16 21 (1.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 19 (1.40%) Investment Banking
18 14 (1.03%) Billing
18 14 (1.03%) Law
Job Titles
1 166 (12.21%) Analyst
2 142 (10.45%) Lead
3 140 (10.30%) Developer
4 139 (10.23%) Senior
5 87 (6.40%) Project Manager
6 84 (6.18%) Architect
7 65 (4.78%) Delivery Manager
8 49 (3.61%) Software Engineer
9 42 (3.09%) Consultant
10 37 (2.72%) Full Stack Developer
11 35 (2.58%) DevOps Engineer
12 33 (2.43%) Business Analyst
13 30 (2.21%) IT Manager
14 28 (2.06%) Service Manager
15 27 (1.99%) C++ Software Engineer
15 27 (1.99%) Senior Manager
16 26 (1.91%) Senior Analyst
17 21 (1.55%) Scrum Master
17 21 (1.55%) Test Engineer
18 20 (1.47%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (4.71%) React
2 33 (2.43%) .NET
3 31 (2.28%) CSS
3 31 (2.28%) HTML
4 28 (2.06%) REST
5 27 (1.99%) AngularJS
6 20 (1.47%) Web Services
7 17 (1.25%) JSON
7 17 (1.25%) XML
8 15 (1.10%) RESTful
9 14 (1.03%) Kafka
9 14 (1.03%) Node.js
9 14 (1.03%) OAuth
9 14 (1.03%) Redux
10 12 (0.88%) LDAP
10 12 (0.88%) RxJS
10 12 (0.88%) WebSockets
11 11 (0.81%) .NET Framework
12 10 (0.74%) .NET Core
12 10 (0.74%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 95 (6.99%) Product Ownership
2 75 (5.52%) Management Information System
3 70 (5.15%) Self-Motivation
4 27 (1.99%) Security Operations Centre
5 26 (1.91%) CSOC
6 20 (1.47%) Virtual Team
7 18 (1.32%) Public Cloud
8 16 (1.18%) CMDB
8 16 (1.18%) Life Science
9 15 (1.10%) Fixed Income
9 15 (1.10%) Private Cloud
10 13 (0.96%) Data Centre
10 13 (0.96%) Data Protection Act
10 13 (0.96%) Legacy Systems
11 12 (0.88%) Cloud Native
11 12 (0.88%) Robotics
11 12 (0.88%) Security Posture
12 11 (0.81%) Analytical Mindset
12 11 (0.81%) Enterprise Software
13 10 (0.74%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 62 (4.56%) Windows
2 47 (3.46%) Linux
3 10 (0.74%) Unix
4 9 (0.66%) Windows Server
5 8 (0.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (0.59%) Solaris
6 6 (0.44%) Windows 10
7 5 (0.37%) Oracle Linux
7 5 (0.37%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.29%) CentOS
9 3 (0.22%) Android
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 (0.074%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 481 (35.39%) Agile
2 363 (26.71%) Problem-Solving
3 257 (18.91%) Project Management
4 235 (17.29%) DevOps
5 163 (11.99%) Stakeholder Management
6 150 (11.04%) ITIL
7 141 (10.38%) Decision-Making
8 138 (10.15%) Roadmaps
9 133 (9.79%) Analytics
10 131 (9.64%) Change Management
11 129 (9.49%) Project Delivery
12 112 (8.24%) Mentoring
13 108 (7.95%) Coaching
13 108 (7.95%) Scrum
13 108 (7.95%) Service Management
14 100 (7.36%) CI/CD
15 97 (7.14%) Business Intelligence
16 96 (7.06%) Software Engineering
17 84 (6.18%) Computer Science
18 83 (6.11%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 134 (9.86%) Python
2 119 (8.76%) SQL
3 101 (7.43%) C#
4 78 (5.74%) JavaScript
5 54 (3.97%) Java
5 54 (3.97%) PowerShell
6 43 (3.16%) TypeScript
7 41 (3.02%) C++
8 37 (2.72%) C
9 27 (1.99%) Bash
10 15 (1.10%) Perl
11 14 (1.03%) T-SQL
12 13 (0.96%) Scala
13 10 (0.74%) Shell Script
14 8 (0.59%) PL/SQL
14 8 (0.59%) Ruby
15 6 (0.44%) Kusto Query Language
15 6 (0.44%) PHP
16 5 (0.37%) Groovy
16 5 (0.37%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 228 (16.78%) Degree
2 227 (16.70%) Security Cleared
3 146 (10.74%) SC Cleared
4 68 (5.00%) DV Cleared
5 60 (4.42%) Computer Science Degree
6 47 (3.46%) Master's Degree
7 36 (2.65%) PMI Certification
8 29 (2.13%) PMP
9 23 (1.69%) CISSP
10 22 (1.62%) SANS
11 20 (1.47%) BPSS Clearance
11 20 (1.47%) CISM
12 19 (1.40%) HNC
13 18 (1.32%) HND
14 14 (1.03%) ISTQB
15 13 (0.96%) Azure Certification
15 13 (0.96%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 12 (0.88%) ITIL Certification
16 12 (0.88%) Six Sigma Green Belt
17 11 (0.81%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 100 (7.36%) QA
2 53 (3.90%) SLA
3 46 (3.38%) Accessibility
4 42 (3.09%) GDPR
4 42 (3.09%) PMO
5 40 (2.94%) Data Quality
6 18 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 18 (1.32%) NIST
7 14 (1.03%) Government Security Classifications
8 7 (0.52%) PCI DSS
9 6 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
9 6 (0.44%) NCSC
10 5 (0.37%) GAMP
10 5 (0.37%) GxP
10 5 (0.37%) HL7
10 5 (0.37%) NEBOSH
10 5 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 4 (0.29%) HIPAA
11 4 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 3 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 57 (4.19%) Docker
2 49 (3.61%) Active Directory
3 29 (2.13%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (1.18%) VMware NSX
5 10 (0.74%) vSphere
6 8 (0.59%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.29%) 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 (4.71%) Kubernetes
2 52 (3.83%) Terraform
3 43 (3.16%) Ansible
4 12 (0.88%) Grafana
5 8 (0.59%) Prometheus
5 8 (0.59%) Puppet
5 8 (0.59%) SCCM
5 8 (0.59%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (0.52%) Podman
7 6 (0.44%) OPNET
8 5 (0.37%) EMC NetWorker
8 5 (0.37%) Netcool
8 5 (0.37%) PowerCLI
8 5 (0.37%) Tivoli
8 5 (0.37%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 5 (0.37%) WSUS
9 4 (0.29%) Functional Safety
9 4 (0.29%) Kibana
9 4 (0.29%) Microsoft Intune
9 4 (0.29%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 185 (13.61%) Microsoft
2 56 (4.12%) SAP
3 39 (2.87%) Oracle
3 39 (2.87%) ServiceNow
4 35 (2.58%) VMware
5 27 (1.99%) Atlassian
6 24 (1.77%) Cisco
7 21 (1.55%) Splunk
8 19 (1.40%) Google
9 18 (1.32%) Cadence
10 17 (1.25%) BT
11 13 (0.96%) Dell
12 10 (0.74%) Databricks
12 10 (0.74%) Remedy
13 9 (0.66%) IBM
13 9 (0.66%) Salesforce
13 9 (0.66%) SolarWinds
14 8 (0.59%) Adobe
14 8 (0.59%) Siemens
15 7 (0.52%) Informatica