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 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 50 76 79
Rank change year-on-year +26 +3 +13
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 1,359 1,501 2,266
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 3.73% 3.10% 3.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.32% 3.44% 3.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 877 983 1,449
10th Percentile £320 £375 £350
25th Percentile £425 £463 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £565 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.08% +2.73% +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £670
90th Percentile £750 £775 £763
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 129 49 62
10th Percentile £16.18 £22.40 £22.50
25th Percentile £24.00 £26.25 £35.00
Median hourly rate £36.50 £50.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.00% +12.36% +81.63%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £65.00 £83.31 £60.61
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 31,426 43,648 64,496
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.34% 90.08% 90.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,611 30,630 45,872
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £450 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £765 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,247 1,533 1,757
10th Percentile £12.92 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.13 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.54 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.11% +46.16% +8.70%
75th Percentile £60.13 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
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 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 20 May 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 20 May 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 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
London +8 557 £550 -8.33% 654
South East +27 241 £508 -7.64% 447
North of England +14 182 £500 -9.09% 434
South West +38 163 £500 -18.37% 192
Midlands +35 128 £475 -10.38% 327
North West +23 108 £525 +1.94% 244
West Midlands +13 75 £550 +0.23% 214
East of England -6 58 £500 - 178
Yorkshire -6 56 £500 -9.09% 140
East Midlands +45 50 £269 -56.08% 113
North East +2 18 £554 -1.99% 59
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 46 (3.38%) Confluence
2 42 (3.09%) SharePoint
3 18 (1.32%) SharePoint Server
4 8 (0.59%) nginx
5 6 (0.44%) BizTalk Server
5 6 (0.44%) CMS
6 5 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
7 4 (0.29%) Apache Solr
7 4 (0.29%) govService
8 2 (0.15%) Apache
8 2 (0.15%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.15%) IIS
9 1 (0.074%) IBM HTTP Server
9 1 (0.074%) Oracle Coherence
9 1 (0.074%) SAS
9 1 (0.074%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.074%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.074%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.074%) WebSphere Application Server
9 1 (0.074%) WebSphere Portal
Applications
1 60 (4.42%) Microsoft Office
2 55 (4.05%) Microsoft Excel
3 24 (1.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (1.03%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (0.59%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 8 (0.59%) CATIA
6 6 (0.44%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.37%) Adobe After Effects
7 5 (0.37%) Adobe Premiere
7 5 (0.37%) CINEMA 4D
8 4 (0.29%) SPSS
9 3 (0.22%) Photoshop
9 3 (0.22%) Trello
10 2 (0.15%) Chatbot
10 2 (0.15%) Sketch
10 2 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
11 1 (0.074%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 16 (1.18%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (1.03%) Teamcenter
3 10 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
4 8 (0.59%) DELMIA
4 8 (0.59%) Remedy ITSM
5 4 (0.29%) Infor SunSystems
5 4 (0.29%) SAP SD
6 3 (0.22%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.22%) Primavera
6 3 (0.22%) SAP MII
7 2 (0.15%) Adobe Campaign
7 2 (0.15%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.15%) Oracle Financials
7 2 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
7 2 (0.15%) SAP CO
7 2 (0.15%) SAP FI
7 2 (0.15%) SAP FI/CO
7 2 (0.15%) SAP MM
7 2 (0.15%) Unica
8 1 (0.074%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 200 (14.72%) Azure
2 103 (7.58%) AWS
3 82 (6.03%) Power Platform
4 51 (3.75%) GCP
5 49 (3.61%) Azure DevOps
5 49 (3.61%) Microsoft 365
6 44 (3.24%) Dynamics 365
7 36 (2.65%) Serverless
8 26 (1.91%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 23 (1.69%) Azure Functions
9 23 (1.69%) IaaS
10 22 (1.62%) Azure Logic Apps
11 21 (1.55%) npm
12 20 (1.47%) Azure Monitor
12 20 (1.47%) PaaS
13 18 (1.32%) Azure Data Factory
13 18 (1.32%) PowerApps
14 17 (1.25%) Azure Stack
14 17 (1.25%) Entra ID
14 17 (1.25%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 34 (2.50%) Modbus
1 34 (2.50%) RS-422
1 34 (2.50%) RS-485
2 33 (2.43%) Firewall
3 24 (1.77%) DNS
4 21 (1.55%) BGP
5 18 (1.32%) DHCP
6 17 (1.25%) TCP/IP
7 12 (0.88%) LAN
8 10 (0.74%) VPN
9 8 (0.59%) SAN
10 7 (0.52%) Broadband
10 7 (0.52%) Radio Access Network
11 6 (0.44%) Kerberos
11 6 (0.44%) NAS
11 6 (0.44%) VLAN
12 5 (0.37%) Internet
13 4 (0.29%) HTTPS
13 4 (0.29%) IPsec
13 4 (0.29%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (5.08%) Power BI
2 43 (3.16%) SQL Server
3 31 (2.28%) Relational Database
4 28 (2.06%) NoSQL
5 22 (1.62%) Data Warehouse
6 20 (1.47%) MongoDB
7 16 (1.18%) Metadata
7 16 (1.18%) Tableau
8 12 (0.88%) Data Mining
9 11 (0.81%) MySQL
10 9 (0.66%) Big Data
10 9 (0.66%) PostgreSQL
10 9 (0.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 8 (0.59%) Azure SQL Database
11 8 (0.59%) BigQuery
11 8 (0.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 6 (0.44%) Data Lake
12 6 (0.44%) Power Query
13 5 (0.37%) Amazon Redshift
13 5 (0.37%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 129 (9.49%) JIRA
2 69 (5.08%) Git
3 50 (3.68%) Jenkins
4 19 (1.40%) webpack
5 16 (1.18%) Selenium
6 15 (1.10%) Cypress.io
6 15 (1.10%) TeamCity
7 10 (0.74%) ERwin
8 9 (0.66%) GitLab
9 7 (0.52%) Bitbucket
9 7 (0.52%) Maven
10 6 (0.44%) Burp Suite
11 5 (0.37%) Postman
12 4 (0.29%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 3 (0.22%) Artifactory
13 3 (0.22%) JUnit
14 2 (0.15%) Gradle
14 2 (0.15%) Hudson
14 2 (0.15%) Mocha
14 2 (0.15%) Subversion
General
1 568 (41.80%) Social Skills
2 317 (23.33%) Finance
3 293 (21.56%) Analytical Skills
4 139 (10.23%) Public Sector
5 78 (5.74%) Telecoms
6 76 (5.59%) Manufacturing
7 71 (5.22%) Banking
8 65 (4.78%) Marketing
9 62 (4.56%) Legal
10 50 (3.68%) Electronics
11 47 (3.46%) Organisational Skills
12 44 (3.24%) Retail
13 42 (3.09%) Front Office
13 42 (3.09%) Influencing Skills
14 41 (3.02%) Presentation Skills
15 20 (1.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 18 (1.32%) Investment Banking
17 16 (1.18%) Local Government
18 14 (1.03%) Billing
18 14 (1.03%) Law
Job Titles
1 165 (12.14%) Analyst
2 145 (10.67%) Lead
3 142 (10.45%) Developer
4 126 (9.27%) Senior
5 84 (6.18%) Architect
6 73 (5.37%) Project Manager
7 61 (4.49%) Delivery Manager
8 51 (3.75%) Software Engineer
9 44 (3.24%) Consultant
10 43 (3.16%) Full Stack Developer
11 34 (2.50%) Business Analyst
12 31 (2.28%) Service Manager
13 30 (2.21%) DevOps Engineer
13 30 (2.21%) Scrum Master
14 28 (2.06%) C++ Software Engineer
14 28 (2.06%) IT Manager
15 25 (1.84%) Senior Analyst
16 23 (1.69%) Senior Manager
16 23 (1.69%) SOC Analyst
16 23 (1.69%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (5.22%) React
2 35 (2.58%) .NET
2 35 (2.58%) CSS
3 33 (2.43%) REST
4 32 (2.35%) HTML
5 30 (2.21%) AngularJS
6 19 (1.40%) Web Services
7 18 (1.32%) JSON
7 18 (1.32%) RxJS
7 18 (1.32%) WebSockets
8 17 (1.25%) XML
9 16 (1.18%) Node.js
10 15 (1.10%) RESTful
11 14 (1.03%) Redux
12 13 (0.96%) .NET Core
12 13 (0.96%) LDAP
13 11 (0.81%) Kafka
13 11 (0.81%) OAuth
13 11 (0.81%) Reactive Extensions
14 9 (0.66%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 99 (7.28%) Product Ownership
2 88 (6.48%) Management Information System
3 76 (5.59%) Self-Motivation
4 31 (2.28%) CSOC
4 31 (2.28%) Security Operations Centre
5 19 (1.40%) CMDB
5 19 (1.40%) Private Cloud
6 17 (1.25%) Data Protection Act
6 17 (1.25%) Virtual Team
7 16 (1.18%) Life Science
8 15 (1.10%) Cloud Native
8 15 (1.10%) Fixed Income
8 15 (1.10%) Public Cloud
8 15 (1.10%) Wiki
9 14 (1.03%) Legacy Systems
10 12 (0.88%) Robotics
11 11 (0.81%) Analytical Mindset
11 11 (0.81%) Data Centre
12 10 (0.74%) Linux Command Line
12 10 (0.74%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 66 (4.86%) Windows
2 54 (3.97%) Linux
3 11 (0.81%) Unix
4 9 (0.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 9 (0.66%) Solaris
4 9 (0.66%) Windows Server
5 6 (0.44%) Kali Linux
5 6 (0.44%) Oracle Linux
6 5 (0.37%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.29%) Android
7 4 (0.29%) CentOS
7 4 (0.29%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.22%) Embedded Linux
9 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2003
9 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.074%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.074%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 477 (35.10%) Agile
2 347 (25.53%) Problem-Solving
3 243 (17.88%) Project Management
4 227 (16.70%) DevOps
5 155 (11.41%) Stakeholder Management
6 151 (11.11%) ITIL
7 146 (10.74%) Decision-Making
8 142 (10.45%) Roadmaps
9 131 (9.64%) Analytics
10 127 (9.35%) Change Management
11 122 (8.98%) Project Delivery
12 114 (8.39%) Scrum
13 109 (8.02%) Service Management
14 108 (7.95%) Mentoring
15 104 (7.65%) Business Intelligence
15 104 (7.65%) Software Engineering
16 98 (7.21%) CI/CD
17 97 (7.14%) Coaching
18 81 (5.96%) Computer Science
18 81 (5.96%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 137 (10.08%) Python
2 115 (8.46%) SQL
3 104 (7.65%) C#
4 88 (6.48%) JavaScript
5 58 (4.27%) Java
6 53 (3.90%) TypeScript
7 48 (3.53%) PowerShell
8 45 (3.31%) C++
9 39 (2.87%) C
10 27 (1.99%) Bash
11 17 (1.25%) T-SQL
12 15 (1.10%) Perl
13 12 (0.88%) Scala
14 11 (0.81%) Go
15 10 (0.74%) Shell Script
16 9 (0.66%) PL/SQL
17 7 (0.52%) PHP
18 6 (0.44%) Ruby
19 5 (0.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
19 5 (0.37%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 224 (16.48%) Degree
2 223 (16.41%) Security Cleared
3 133 (9.79%) SC Cleared
4 76 (5.59%) DV Cleared
5 55 (4.05%) Computer Science Degree
6 39 (2.87%) Master's Degree
7 30 (2.21%) PMI Certification
8 23 (1.69%) PMP
9 22 (1.62%) SANS
10 20 (1.47%) BPSS Clearance
11 19 (1.40%) HNC
12 18 (1.32%) CISSP
12 18 (1.32%) HND
13 15 (1.10%) CISM
14 14 (1.03%) ISTQB
15 13 (0.96%) ITIL Certification
15 13 (0.96%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 12 (0.88%) Six Sigma Green Belt
17 10 (0.74%) Six Sigma Black Belt
18 8 (0.59%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 109 (8.02%) QA
2 53 (3.90%) GDPR
3 50 (3.68%) SLA
4 46 (3.38%) Accessibility
4 46 (3.38%) PMO
5 44 (3.24%) Data Quality
6 18 (1.32%) Government Security Classifications
6 18 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 12 (0.88%) NIST
8 11 (0.81%) NCSC
8 11 (0.81%) PCI DSS
9 7 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 6 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 5 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
11 5 (0.37%) GAMP
11 5 (0.37%) GxP
11 5 (0.37%) HL7
11 5 (0.37%) NEBOSH
12 4 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 17025
12 4 (0.29%) ISO17020
System Software
1 48 (3.53%) Docker
2 47 (3.46%) Active Directory
3 27 (1.99%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (0.96%) VMware NSX
5 9 (0.66%) 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 58 (4.27%) Kubernetes
2 53 (3.90%) Terraform
3 42 (3.09%) Ansible
4 10 (0.74%) Grafana
5 9 (0.66%) Puppet
5 9 (0.66%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (0.59%) SCCM
7 7 (0.52%) Podman
7 7 (0.52%) SCOM
8 6 (0.44%) EMC NetWorker
8 6 (0.44%) Netcool
8 6 (0.44%) Prometheus
8 6 (0.44%) Tivoli
8 6 (0.44%) Tivoli Storage Manager
9 5 (0.37%) WSUS
10 4 (0.29%) Functional Safety
10 4 (0.29%) Kibana
10 4 (0.29%) OPNET
10 4 (0.29%) Opsgenie
10 4 (0.29%) PowerCLI
Vendors
1 182 (13.39%) Microsoft
2 64 (4.71%) SAP
3 44 (3.24%) Oracle
3 44 (3.24%) ServiceNow
4 33 (2.43%) VMware
5 30 (2.21%) Atlassian
6 22 (1.62%) Splunk
7 21 (1.55%) Cisco
8 16 (1.18%) BT
9 14 (1.03%) Cadence
9 14 (1.03%) Google
10 12 (0.88%) Dell
11 10 (0.74%) Adobe
11 10 (0.74%) Databricks
11 10 (0.74%) Remedy
11 10 (0.74%) Sparx
12 9 (0.66%) IBM
12 9 (0.66%) Salesforce
13 8 (0.59%) HP
13 8 (0.59%) Siemens