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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 60 89 77
Rank change year-on-year +29 -12 +33
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 492 621 1,428
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 3.35% 2.60% 3.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.84% 2.90% 3.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 330 433 962
10th Percentile £365 £375 £363
25th Percentile £440 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +11.96%
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 14 45
10th Percentile £34.47 £20.01 £25.50
25th Percentile £35.00 £23.15 £39.75
Median hourly rate £60.50 £31.25 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year +93.60% -29.78% +79.47%
75th Percentile £73.73 £52.51 £49.25
90th Percentile £85.15 £58.75 £49.40
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
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 12,810 21,394 40,150
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.31% 89.63% 91.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,622 15,186 29,240
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +6.06%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 573 497 521
10th Percentile £14.90 £18.50 £14.50
25th Percentile £23.75 £25.75 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +31.25% +68.42%
75th Percentile £60.00 £67.50 £59.00
90th Percentile £74.40 £78.30 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £35.80 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.96% +39.41% +11.65%

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 9 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 9 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 (2.64%) Confluence
2 11 (2.24%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.81%) Apache Solr
3 4 (0.81%) nginx
3 4 (0.81%) WebSphere
4 3 (0.61%) CMS
4 3 (0.61%) IBM HTTP Server
4 3 (0.61%) WebSphere Application Server
4 3 (0.61%) WebSphere Portal
5 2 (0.41%) 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 24 (4.88%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (2.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 11 (2.24%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (1.02%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.81%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 3 (0.61%) Adobe After Effects
6 3 (0.61%) Adobe Premiere
6 3 (0.61%) CINEMA 4D
7 2 (0.41%) Acrobat
7 2 (0.41%) UserZoom
8 1 (0.20%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.20%) Trello
Business Applications
1 10 (2.03%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.61%) SAP SD
3 2 (0.41%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.41%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.41%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.41%) SAP BPC
3 2 (0.41%) SAP CO
3 2 (0.41%) SAP FI
3 2 (0.41%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.20%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
4 1 (0.20%) Magento
4 1 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.20%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.20%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.20%) SAP GTS
4 1 (0.20%) SAP Travel Management
4 1 (0.20%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 88 (17.89%) Azure
2 49 (9.96%) AWS
3 31 (6.30%) Dynamics 365
4 28 (5.69%) Power Platform
5 27 (5.49%) GCP
6 23 (4.67%) Azure DevOps
6 23 (4.67%) Microsoft 365
7 15 (3.05%) Azure API Management
8 14 (2.85%) Azure Logic Apps
9 13 (2.64%) Cloud Computing
9 13 (2.64%) PowerApps
9 13 (2.64%) SaaS
10 12 (2.44%) IaaS
11 11 (2.24%) PaaS
12 9 (1.83%) OpenShift
13 6 (1.22%) Amazon ECS
13 6 (1.22%) Amazon EKS
13 6 (1.22%) AWS CloudFormation
13 6 (1.22%) GitHub
13 6 (1.22%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 17 (3.46%) DNS
2 13 (2.64%) Firewall
3 12 (2.44%) TCP/IP
4 10 (2.03%) DHCP
5 6 (1.22%) Radio Access Network
6 5 (1.02%) Kerberos
6 5 (1.02%) NAS
6 5 (1.02%) SAN
6 5 (1.02%) VLAN
6 5 (1.02%) VPN
7 4 (0.81%) HTTP
7 4 (0.81%) HTTPS
7 4 (0.81%) IPsec
8 3 (0.61%) BGP
8 3 (0.61%) Broadband
8 3 (0.61%) Cisco IOS
8 3 (0.61%) IOS XR
8 3 (0.61%) LAN
8 3 (0.61%) Network Security
9 2 (0.41%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (4.88%) Power BI
2 19 (3.86%) SQL Server
3 15 (3.05%) Data Warehouse
4 13 (2.64%) Relational Database
5 10 (2.03%) Metadata
5 10 (2.03%) MySQL
6 8 (1.63%) NoSQL
6 8 (1.63%) Tableau
7 5 (1.02%) Data Lake
7 5 (1.02%) Data Mining
8 4 (0.81%) Couchbase
9 3 (0.61%) Azure SQL Database
9 3 (0.61%) BigQuery
9 3 (0.61%) PostgreSQL
10 2 (0.41%) Amazon Redshift
10 2 (0.41%) BusinessObjects
10 2 (0.41%) Data Mart
10 2 (0.41%) GIS
10 2 (0.41%) MongoDB
10 2 (0.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 50 (10.16%) JIRA
2 25 (5.08%) Jenkins
3 24 (4.88%) Git
4 10 (2.03%) GitLab
5 7 (1.42%) Cypress.io
5 7 (1.42%) Selenium
6 6 (1.22%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 6 (1.22%) TeamCity
7 5 (1.02%) Postman
7 5 (1.02%) webpack
8 4 (0.81%) Artifactory
8 4 (0.81%) ERwin
9 3 (0.61%) IBM UrbanCode
10 2 (0.41%) Bitbucket
10 2 (0.41%) JMeter
10 2 (0.41%) JUnit
10 2 (0.41%) LoadRunner
10 2 (0.41%) Oracle APEX
10 2 (0.41%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (0.41%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 209 (42.48%) Social Skills
2 123 (25.00%) Finance
3 95 (19.31%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (9.96%) Public Sector
5 47 (9.55%) Telecoms
6 34 (6.91%) Legal
7 28 (5.69%) Marketing
8 23 (4.67%) Manufacturing
9 22 (4.47%) Presentation Skills
10 20 (4.07%) Banking
11 15 (3.05%) Retail
12 14 (2.85%) Front Office
13 12 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 12 (2.44%) Influencing Skills
14 10 (2.03%) Electronics
14 10 (2.03%) Organisational Skills
15 7 (1.42%) Local Government
16 6 (1.22%) Police
17 5 (1.02%) Aviation
17 5 (1.02%) Law
Job Titles
1 63 (12.80%) Lead
2 54 (10.98%) Senior
3 49 (9.96%) Developer
4 35 (7.11%) Project Manager
5 34 (6.91%) Analyst
6 28 (5.69%) Architect
7 27 (5.49%) Consultant
8 21 (4.27%) Delivery Manager
8 21 (4.27%) DevOps Engineer
9 15 (3.05%) Senior Manager
10 14 (2.85%) Full Stack Developer
10 14 (2.85%) IT Manager
11 13 (2.64%) Designer
11 13 (2.64%) Service Manager
12 12 (2.44%) Test Manager
13 10 (2.03%) C# Developer
13 10 (2.03%) Technical Support
14 9 (1.83%) Full-Stack C# Developer
14 9 (1.83%) Product Owner
15 8 (1.63%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (4.47%) React
2 17 (3.46%) .NET
3 16 (3.25%) XML
4 15 (3.05%) HTML
5 14 (2.85%) AngularJS
5 14 (2.85%) CSS
6 11 (2.24%) JSON
6 11 (2.24%) REST
6 11 (2.24%) RESTful
7 10 (2.03%) LDAP
8 8 (1.63%) YAML
9 7 (1.42%) OAuth
9 7 (1.42%) Redux
9 7 (1.42%) SAML
10 5 (1.02%) OpenID
10 5 (1.02%) Reactive Extensions
10 5 (1.02%) RxJS
10 5 (1.02%) Vue
10 5 (1.02%) Web Services
10 5 (1.02%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 32 (6.50%) Product Ownership
2 19 (3.86%) Management Information System
3 10 (2.03%) Virtual Team
4 9 (1.83%) Analytical Mindset
5 8 (1.63%) Clustering
5 8 (1.63%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (1.42%) Replication
6 7 (1.42%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (1.02%) Cloud Native
7 5 (1.02%) CMDB
7 5 (1.02%) Cyber Threat
7 5 (1.02%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (1.02%) Life Science
7 5 (1.02%) Linux Command Line
7 5 (1.02%) Low-Code
7 5 (1.02%) Onboarding
7 5 (1.02%) Security Posture
8 4 (0.81%) Animation
8 4 (0.81%) Equities
8 4 (0.81%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 31 (6.30%) Linux
2 21 (4.27%) Windows
3 9 (1.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 7 (1.42%) Solaris
4 7 (1.42%) Windows Server
5 6 (1.22%) Ubuntu
6 5 (1.02%) CentOS
6 5 (1.02%) Oracle Linux
7 3 (0.61%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.41%) Android
8 2 (0.41%) 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
1 170 (34.55%) Agile
2 126 (25.61%) Problem-Solving
3 101 (20.53%) Project Management
4 77 (15.65%) DevOps
5 62 (12.60%) Stakeholder Management
6 54 (10.98%) Decision-Making
6 54 (10.98%) Roadmaps
7 51 (10.37%) ITIL
7 51 (10.37%) Mentoring
7 51 (10.37%) Project Delivery
8 47 (9.55%) Change Management
9 42 (8.54%) Coaching
10 41 (8.33%) Scrum
11 40 (8.13%) Computer Science
11 40 (8.13%) Risk Management
12 37 (7.52%) CI/CD
13 36 (7.32%) Analytics
14 34 (6.91%) Business Intelligence
14 34 (6.91%) Test Strategy
15 33 (6.71%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 44 (8.94%) Python
2 39 (7.93%) C#
2 39 (7.93%) SQL
3 33 (6.71%) JavaScript
4 25 (5.08%) Bash
5 23 (4.67%) Java
6 18 (3.66%) TypeScript
7 17 (3.46%) PowerShell
8 12 (2.44%) Perl
9 7 (1.42%) Go
10 6 (1.22%) PL/SQL
11 5 (1.02%) C++
11 5 (1.02%) PHP
12 4 (0.81%) Kusto Query Language
12 4 (0.81%) T-SQL
13 3 (0.61%) Search Processing Language
14 2 (0.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 2 (0.41%) Ruby
14 2 (0.41%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.41%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 79 (16.06%) Degree
2 57 (11.59%) Security Cleared
3 44 (8.94%) SC Cleared
4 26 (5.28%) Computer Science Degree
5 21 (4.27%) PMI Certification
6 17 (3.46%) PMP
7 15 (3.05%) Master's Degree
8 11 (2.24%) BPSS Clearance
9 10 (2.03%) CISSP
10 9 (1.83%) DV Cleared
11 8 (1.63%) CIPD
11 8 (1.63%) CISM
12 7 (1.42%) ISTQB
13 6 (1.22%) ITIL Certification
14 4 (0.81%) Azure Certification
14 4 (0.81%) CPIM
14 4 (0.81%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 4 (0.81%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
15 3 (0.61%) CISA
16 2 (0.41%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (12.80%) QA
2 33 (6.71%) GDPR
3 26 (5.28%) Accessibility
4 20 (4.07%) Data Quality
5 17 (3.46%) SLA
6 13 (2.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 11 (2.24%) PMO
8 10 (2.03%) NIST
9 6 (1.22%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 5 (1.02%) HIPAA
10 5 (1.02%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 4 (0.81%) PCI DSS
12 3 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
12 3 (0.61%) GRC
12 3 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 2 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
13 2 (0.41%) Disclosure Scotland
13 2 (0.41%) HL7
13 2 (0.41%) ITGC
13 2 (0.41%) NCSC
System Software
1 17 (3.46%) Active Directory
1 17 (3.46%) Docker
2 15 (3.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (1.63%) vSphere
4 6 (1.22%) VMware NSX
5 4 (0.81%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.81%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.41%) Ceph
6 2 (0.41%) Veritas Cluster Server
7 1 (0.20%) vCloud
7 1 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.20%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 32 (6.50%) Kubernetes
2 29 (5.89%) Terraform
3 28 (5.69%) Ansible
4 6 (1.22%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (1.02%) EMC NetWorker
5 5 (1.02%) Netcool
5 5 (1.02%) Tivoli
5 5 (1.02%) Tivoli Storage Manager
6 4 (0.81%) Functional Safety
6 4 (0.81%) Grafana
7 3 (0.61%) Kibana
7 3 (0.61%) Puppet
8 2 (0.41%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Clustering
8 2 (0.41%) Opsgenie
8 2 (0.41%) Pacemaker
8 2 (0.41%) Podman
8 2 (0.41%) Red Hat Satellite
8 2 (0.41%) WSUS
9 1 (0.20%) Control-M
Vendors
1 81 (16.46%) Microsoft
2 26 (5.28%) SAP
3 23 (4.67%) Oracle
4 18 (3.66%) ServiceNow
4 18 (3.66%) VMware
5 14 (2.85%) BT
6 13 (2.64%) Cisco
6 13 (2.64%) Splunk
7 10 (2.03%) Google
8 9 (1.83%) Dell
8 9 (1.83%) IBM
9 8 (1.63%) Adobe
10 7 (1.42%) HP
11 6 (1.22%) Qualys
12 5 (1.02%) CyberArk
12 5 (1.02%) EMC
12 5 (1.02%) ForgeRock
12 5 (1.02%) Isilon
12 5 (1.02%) Pega
12 5 (1.02%) Serena