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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 38 62 68
Rank change year-on-year +24 +6 +3
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 864 809 1,088
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 4.26% 3.50% 3.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.06% 3.91% 3.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 523 523 756
10th Percentile £267 £305 £297
25th Percentile £413 £450 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £609 £627 £588
90th Percentile £688 £700 £688
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 121 43 23
10th Percentile £15.89 £20.48 £16.70
25th Percentile £25.00 £26.25 £23.75
Median hourly rate £37.50 £42.16 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.04% -13.97% +84.91%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £57.00
90th Percentile - £80.65 £63.54
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 17,076 20,688 27,368
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.26% 89.44% 89.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,209 14,247 19,122
10th Percentile £250 £258 £235
25th Percentile £380 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £480
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £656
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,062 1,260 1,365
10th Percentile £12.34 £10.63 £12.30
25th Percentile £15.31 £15.25 £14.25
Median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -6.54%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £47.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.71 £61.50
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +7.00%

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 20 May 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 20 May 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 20 May 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 +27 241 £508 -7.64% 448
North of England +14 182 £500 -9.09% 429
South West +38 163 £500 -18.37% 193
Midlands +35 128 £475 -10.38% 327
North West +23 108 £525 +1.94% 245
Scotland -8 91 £440 -11.11% 121
West Midlands +13 75 £550 +0.23% 214
East of England -6 58 £500 - 178
Yorkshire -6 56 £500 -9.09% 135
East Midlands +45 50 £269 -56.08% 113
North East +2 18 £554 -1.99% 58
Wales +10 5 £513 +5.67% 72
Northern Ireland +2 2 £640 +293.85% 18
Isle of Man - 2 - - 1
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 36 (4.17%) SharePoint
2 35 (4.05%) Confluence
3 18 (2.08%) SharePoint Server
4 4 (0.46%) Apache Solr
4 4 (0.46%) nginx
5 3 (0.35%) Apache
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 1 (0.12%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.12%) Appian
6 1 (0.12%) CMS
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.12%) WebLogic
Applications
1 53 (6.13%) Microsoft Office
2 45 (5.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 25 (2.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (1.16%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (0.93%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 8 (0.93%) CATIA
6 5 (0.58%) Adobe After Effects
6 5 (0.58%) Adobe Premiere
6 5 (0.58%) CINEMA 4D
7 3 (0.35%) Acrobat
7 3 (0.35%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.23%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.23%) Sketch
8 2 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.23%) Trello
9 1 (0.12%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 15 (1.74%) Teamcenter
2 11 (1.27%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (0.93%) DELMIA
3 8 (0.93%) Remedy ITSM
3 8 (0.93%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.46%) Infor SunSystems
5 3 (0.35%) Primavera
5 3 (0.35%) SAP MII
6 2 (0.23%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.23%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.23%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.23%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.23%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.23%) SAP SD
7 1 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.12%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
7 1 (0.12%) PeopleSoft HRMS
7 1 (0.12%) SAP AFS
7 1 (0.12%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.12%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 97 (11.23%) Azure
2 49 (5.67%) Power Platform
3 33 (3.82%) AWS
4 24 (2.78%) Dynamics 365
5 21 (2.43%) Microsoft 365
6 19 (2.20%) Azure DevOps
7 18 (2.08%) Serverless
8 17 (1.97%) Azure Stack
9 16 (1.85%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 16 (1.85%) Azure Monitor
9 16 (1.85%) SuccessFactors
10 15 (1.74%) GCP
11 14 (1.62%) Azure Data Factory
12 13 (1.50%) Entra ID
12 13 (1.50%) IaaS
13 12 (1.39%) Azure Functions
14 11 (1.27%) PowerApps
15 9 (1.04%) OpenShift
15 9 (1.04%) PaaS
16 8 (0.93%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 34 (3.94%) Modbus
1 34 (3.94%) RS-422
1 34 (3.94%) RS-485
2 28 (3.24%) Firewall
3 21 (2.43%) BGP
4 13 (1.50%) DNS
5 11 (1.27%) LAN
6 8 (0.93%) DHCP
6 8 (0.93%) VPN
7 7 (0.81%) TCP/IP
8 5 (0.58%) Broadband
8 5 (0.58%) Intranet
8 5 (0.58%) Radio Access Network
9 4 (0.46%) HTTP
9 4 (0.46%) HTTPS
9 4 (0.46%) IPsec
9 4 (0.46%) WAN
10 3 (0.35%) Cisco IOS
10 3 (0.35%) IOS XR
10 3 (0.35%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (4.98%) Power BI
2 21 (2.43%) NoSQL
2 21 (2.43%) SQL Server
3 11 (1.27%) Data Warehouse
4 10 (1.16%) Data Mining
5 8 (0.93%) Metadata
5 8 (0.93%) MySQL
5 8 (0.93%) Tableau
6 6 (0.69%) BigQuery
6 6 (0.69%) BusinessObjects
6 6 (0.69%) Data Lake
7 4 (0.46%) Couchbase
7 4 (0.46%) Oracle Database
7 4 (0.46%) Relational Database
8 3 (0.35%) OLAP
8 3 (0.35%) Power Query
9 2 (0.23%) Electronic Patient Records
9 2 (0.23%) GIS
9 2 (0.23%) OLTP
9 2 (0.23%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 65 (7.52%) JIRA
2 34 (3.94%) Git
3 22 (2.55%) Jenkins
4 10 (1.16%) Selenium
5 8 (0.93%) Postman
6 7 (0.81%) JUnit
7 6 (0.69%) Bitbucket
7 6 (0.69%) Maven
8 5 (0.58%) Cucumber
9 4 (0.46%) Cypress.io
9 4 (0.46%) GitLab
10 3 (0.35%) Burp Suite
10 3 (0.35%) ERwin
10 3 (0.35%) IBM UrbanCode
10 3 (0.35%) IntelliJ
10 3 (0.35%) Oracle APEX
11 2 (0.23%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 2 (0.23%) kappa
11 2 (0.23%) Subversion
11 2 (0.23%) TestCafe
General
1 379 (43.87%) Social Skills
2 163 (18.87%) Analytical Skills
3 162 (18.75%) Finance
4 93 (10.76%) Public Sector
5 63 (7.29%) Telecoms
6 61 (7.06%) Manufacturing
7 51 (5.90%) Legal
8 49 (5.67%) Organisational Skills
9 42 (4.86%) Electronics
9 42 (4.86%) Marketing
10 29 (3.36%) Influencing Skills
10 29 (3.36%) Retail
11 25 (2.89%) Banking
12 18 (2.08%) Presentation Skills
13 17 (1.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 13 (1.50%) Law
15 12 (1.39%) Aerospace
16 11 (1.27%) Billing
17 10 (1.16%) Local Government
18 9 (1.04%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 125 (14.47%) Analyst
2 92 (10.65%) Lead
3 81 (9.38%) Senior
4 71 (8.22%) Developer
5 53 (6.13%) Architect
6 51 (5.90%) Project Manager
7 43 (4.98%) Software Engineer
8 27 (3.13%) C++ Software Engineer
9 24 (2.78%) Delivery Manager
10 23 (2.66%) Consultant
10 23 (2.66%) IT Manager
10 23 (2.66%) SOC Analyst
11 21 (2.43%) Business Analyst
12 19 (2.20%) Service Manager
12 19 (2.20%) Technical Support
13 18 (2.08%) IT Support
14 17 (1.97%) Designer
14 17 (1.97%) Senior Manager
14 17 (1.97%) Service Analyst
14 17 (1.97%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (3.47%) React
2 18 (2.08%) .NET
3 15 (1.74%) Web Services
4 14 (1.62%) REST
5 10 (1.16%) J2EE
5 10 (1.16%) JSON
6 9 (1.04%) Node.js
6 9 (1.04%) Spring
6 9 (1.04%) Spring Boot
7 7 (0.81%) LDAP
7 7 (0.81%) OAuth
7 7 (0.81%) OpenID
7 7 (0.81%) RESTful
7 7 (0.81%) SAML
7 7 (0.81%) YAML
8 6 (0.69%) .NET Framework
8 6 (0.69%) CSS
8 6 (0.69%) HTML
8 6 (0.69%) Kafka
8 6 (0.69%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 65 (7.52%) Management Information System
2 63 (7.29%) Self-Motivation
3 52 (6.02%) Product Ownership
4 31 (3.59%) CSOC
4 31 (3.59%) Security Operations Centre
5 19 (2.20%) Private Cloud
6 14 (1.62%) Onboarding
7 13 (1.50%) Life Science
8 12 (1.39%) Robotics
9 11 (1.27%) CMDB
10 9 (1.04%) Security Posture
11 8 (0.93%) Data Centre
11 8 (0.93%) Data Protection Act
11 8 (0.93%) IoT
11 8 (0.93%) NHS
12 7 (0.81%) Public Cloud
13 6 (0.69%) Analytical Mindset
13 6 (0.69%) Enterprise Software
13 6 (0.69%) Motion Graphics
13 6 (0.69%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 50 (5.79%) Windows
2 38 (4.40%) Linux
3 8 (0.93%) Unix
4 7 (0.81%) Ubuntu
5 5 (0.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (0.58%) Windows 10
6 4 (0.46%) CentOS
7 3 (0.35%) Android
7 3 (0.35%) Embedded Linux
7 3 (0.35%) Kali Linux
7 3 (0.35%) Solaris
8 2 (0.23%) Windows Server 2003
8 2 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.12%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.12%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 275 (31.83%) Agile
2 226 (26.16%) Problem-Solving
3 152 (17.59%) Project Management
4 115 (13.31%) DevOps
5 114 (13.19%) ITIL
6 97 (11.23%) Decision-Making
7 94 (10.88%) Stakeholder Management
8 83 (9.61%) Roadmaps
9 82 (9.49%) Project Delivery
10 80 (9.26%) Change Management
11 74 (8.56%) Service Management
12 71 (8.22%) Analytics
13 66 (7.64%) Coaching
14 65 (7.52%) Service Delivery
15 63 (7.29%) Scrum
16 62 (7.18%) Cybersecurity
17 58 (6.71%) Unit Testing
18 57 (6.60%) Software Engineering
19 56 (6.48%) Time Management
20 54 (6.25%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 66 (7.64%) Python
2 49 (5.67%) C#
3 47 (5.44%) SQL
4 38 (4.40%) C
4 38 (4.40%) C++
5 30 (3.47%) Java
6 25 (2.89%) JavaScript
7 22 (2.55%) PowerShell
8 15 (1.74%) Bash
9 7 (0.81%) Perl
10 6 (0.69%) PHP
10 6 (0.69%) Shell Script
10 6 (0.69%) TypeScript
11 5 (0.58%) PL/SQL
12 4 (0.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 4 (0.46%) T-SQL
13 3 (0.35%) Groovy
13 3 (0.35%) Kusto Query Language
13 3 (0.35%) Scala
13 3 (0.35%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 159 (18.40%) Degree
2 141 (16.32%) Security Cleared
3 69 (7.99%) DV Cleared
4 63 (7.29%) SC Cleared
5 25 (2.89%) Computer Science Degree
6 22 (2.55%) SANS
7 20 (2.31%) PMI Certification
8 18 (2.08%) HNC
8 18 (2.08%) Master's Degree
9 17 (1.97%) HND
10 15 (1.74%) PMP
11 14 (1.62%) BPSS Clearance
12 13 (1.50%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 11 (1.27%) CISSP
13 11 (1.27%) ISTQB
14 8 (0.93%) CISM
14 8 (0.93%) ITIL Certification
14 8 (0.93%) NVQ Level 3
15 7 (0.81%) CIPD
15 7 (0.81%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (8.10%) QA
2 38 (4.40%) SLA
3 35 (4.05%) GDPR
4 30 (3.47%) Accessibility
5 26 (3.01%) PMO
6 18 (2.08%) Government Security Classifications
7 16 (1.85%) Data Quality
8 11 (1.27%) NCSC
9 9 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 8 (0.93%) NIST
11 7 (0.81%) PCI DSS
12 5 (0.58%) Disclosure Scotland
12 5 (0.58%) GAMP
12 5 (0.58%) GxP
12 5 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 4 (0.46%) HIPAA
13 4 (0.46%) HL7
13 4 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 17025
13 4 (0.46%) ISO17020
13 4 (0.46%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 30 (3.47%) Active Directory
2 23 (2.66%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (2.43%) Docker
4 12 (1.39%) VMware NSX
5 10 (1.16%) vSphere
6 8 (0.93%) Hyper-V
7 6 (0.69%) 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 26 (3.01%) Ansible
2 20 (2.31%) Kubernetes
3 19 (2.20%) Terraform
4 7 (0.81%) SCCM
4 7 (0.81%) SCOM
4 7 (0.81%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (0.69%) Kibana
6 5 (0.58%) Grafana
6 5 (0.58%) Puppet
7 4 (0.46%) OPNET
7 4 (0.46%) PowerCLI
8 3 (0.35%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.35%) Red Hat Satellite
8 3 (0.35%) WSUS
9 2 (0.23%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (0.23%) Pacemaker
9 2 (0.23%) Podman
9 2 (0.23%) vRealize
9 2 (0.23%) vRealize Orchestrator
10 1 (0.12%) Dell DRAC
Vendors
1 125 (14.47%) Microsoft
2 47 (5.44%) SAP
3 29 (3.36%) Atlassian
4 26 (3.01%) Oracle
4 26 (3.01%) VMware
5 20 (2.31%) ServiceNow
6 14 (1.62%) BT
6 14 (1.62%) Google
7 12 (1.39%) Adobe
7 12 (1.39%) Cisco
8 10 (1.16%) Remedy
9 8 (0.93%) Siemens
9 8 (0.93%) SolarWinds
10 7 (0.81%) Cadence
10 7 (0.81%) ForgeRock
11 6 (0.69%) BMC
11 6 (0.69%) Pega
11 6 (0.69%) Salesforce
11 6 (0.69%) Sun
12 5 (0.58%) Splunk