Continuous Improvement Contracts in the Midlands

Continual Improvement
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 5 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 35 68 62
Rank change year-on-year +33 -6 +21
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 127 95 180
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 4.51% 2.95% 3.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.54% 3.37% 4.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 57 140
10th Percentile £254 £340 £293
25th Percentile £269 £463 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £525 £493
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +6.60% +23.13%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £586
90th Percentile £725 £743 £700
England median daily rate £525 £563 £550
% change year-on-year -6.67% +2.27% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 8 2
10th Percentile £13.66 £25.10 £13.78
25th Percentile £19.81 £26.25 £14.56
Median hourly rate £28.46 £27.50 £16.75
Median % change year-on-year +3.49% +64.18% -45.08%
75th Percentile £35.00 £29.06 £19.56
90th Percentile £70.68 £30.00 £20.73
England median hourly rate £36.50 £51.25 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.78% +15.17% +87.37%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,294 2,817 4,425
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 81.38% 87.57% 88.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,530 1,978 3,246
10th Percentile £230 £263 £250
25th Percentile £357 £370 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £696 £674
England median daily rate £525 £550 £545
% change year-on-year -4.55% +0.92% +9.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 173 95 135
10th Percentile £11.07 £12.50 £10.68
25th Percentile £14.00 £14.51 £13.94
Median hourly rate £19.00 £22.50 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.56% +25.00% +20.00%
75th Percentile £35.00 £46.88 £24.25
90th Percentile £55.00 £62.00 £35.00
England median hourly rate £37.50 £36.54 £25.00
% change year-on-year +2.63% +46.16% +11.11%

Continuous Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Continuous Improvement as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Continuous Improvement in the Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Continuous Improvement in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Continuous Improvement in the Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Continuous Improvement in the Midlands over the 6 months to 5 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Continuous Improvement in the Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Continuous Improvement in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Continuous Improvement in the Midlands

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Continuous Improvement in the Midlands over the 6 months to 5 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Continuous Improvement in the Midlands

Continuous Improvement
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 5 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
West Midlands +9 71 £550 +4.76% 209
East Midlands +32 51 £269 -55.52% 118
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England

Continuous Improvement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 1 (0.79%) Confluence
1 1 (0.79%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (7.87%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (3.15%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (2.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.57%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (3.94%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (3.15%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (2.36%) SAP MII
4 2 (1.57%) NetSuite
4 2 (1.57%) SAP CO
4 2 (1.57%) SAP FI
4 2 (1.57%) SAP FI/CO
4 2 (1.57%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.79%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.79%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.79%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 12 (9.45%) Azure
2 9 (7.09%) Power Platform
3 7 (5.51%) Dynamics 365
4 4 (3.15%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (1.57%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 2 (1.57%) Azure Monitor
5 2 (1.57%) dbt
5 2 (1.57%) Entra ID
5 2 (1.57%) GCP
5 2 (1.57%) SuccessFactors
6 1 (0.79%) Amazon EKS
6 1 (0.79%) AWS
6 1 (0.79%) Google Tag Manager
6 1 (0.79%) IaaS
6 1 (0.79%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.79%) OpenShift
6 1 (0.79%) PaaS
6 1 (0.79%) Power Automate
6 1 (0.79%) PowerApps
6 1 (0.79%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.36%) Intranet
1 3 (2.36%) VPN
2 2 (1.57%) Broadband
2 2 (1.57%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (6.30%) Power BI
2 3 (2.36%) BusinessObjects
2 3 (2.36%) Data Lake
2 3 (2.36%) Data Mining
2 3 (2.36%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.57%) Electronic Patient Records
3 2 (1.57%) NoSQL
3 2 (1.57%) Power Query
4 1 (0.79%) BigQuery
4 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 1 (0.79%) OLAP
4 1 (0.79%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (7.09%) JIRA
2 2 (1.57%) Git
General
1 73 (57.48%) Social Skills
2 32 (25.20%) Finance
3 31 (24.41%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (12.60%) Public Sector
5 12 (9.45%) Manufacturing
6 7 (5.51%) Automotive
6 7 (5.51%) Influencing Skills
6 7 (5.51%) Legal
7 6 (4.72%) Marketing
8 4 (3.15%) Banking
8 4 (3.15%) German Language
9 3 (2.36%) Local Government
9 3 (2.36%) Retail
10 2 (1.57%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.57%) Electronics
10 2 (1.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.57%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.79%) Advertising
11 1 (0.79%) Back Office
11 1 (0.79%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 21 (16.54%) Analyst
2 16 (12.60%) Architect
3 14 (11.02%) Lead
3 14 (11.02%) Senior
4 8 (6.30%) Senior Analyst
5 7 (5.51%) ForgeRock Architect
5 7 (5.51%) Team Leader
5 7 (5.51%) Test Manager
6 6 (4.72%) Business Change Manager
6 6 (4.72%) Change Manager
6 6 (4.72%) Consultant
7 5 (3.94%) Business Analyst
7 5 (3.94%) Production Manager
7 5 (3.94%) Project Manager
7 5 (3.94%) SAP Consultant
7 5 (3.94%) Service Manager
8 4 (3.15%) Business Manager
8 4 (3.15%) Delivery Manager
8 4 (3.15%) Enterprise Architect
9 3 (2.36%) Operations Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (7.09%) OAuth
1 9 (7.09%) SAML
2 7 (5.51%) LDAP
2 7 (5.51%) OpenID
3 4 (3.15%) ADO
4 2 (1.57%) Flask
4 2 (1.57%) GraphQL
4 2 (1.57%) Pandas
5 1 (0.79%) Apollo GraphQL
5 1 (0.79%) gRPC
5 1 (0.79%) Jest
5 1 (0.79%) Kafka
5 1 (0.79%) NestJS
5 1 (0.79%) Next.js
5 1 (0.79%) Node.js
5 1 (0.79%) RabbitMQ
5 1 (0.79%) RAML
5 1 (0.79%) React
5 1 (0.79%) Redux
5 1 (0.79%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 15 (11.81%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (5.51%) Management Information System
3 5 (3.94%) Product Ownership
4 4 (3.15%) Industry 4.0
4 4 (3.15%) IoT
5 2 (1.57%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.57%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 2 (1.57%) NHS
5 2 (1.57%) Operational Technology
5 2 (1.57%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 1 (0.79%) CMDB
6 1 (0.79%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.79%) Freedom of Information
6 1 (0.79%) Graphic Design
6 1 (0.79%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.79%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (0.79%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.79%) Online Banking
6 1 (0.79%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.79%) Linux
1 1 (0.79%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (41.73%) Problem-Solving
2 37 (29.13%) Agile
3 32 (25.20%) Decision-Making
4 27 (21.26%) Project Management
5 24 (18.90%) Time Management
6 23 (18.11%) Conflict Management
7 21 (16.54%) Stakeholder Management
8 17 (13.39%) Asset Management
8 17 (13.39%) Change Management
9 15 (11.81%) Critical Thinking
9 15 (11.81%) People Management
9 15 (11.81%) Roadmaps
10 13 (10.24%) Business Transformation
11 12 (9.45%) Business Case
11 12 (9.45%) Project Delivery
12 11 (8.66%) Collaborative Working
13 10 (7.87%) Migration
13 10 (7.87%) Process Improvement
13 10 (7.87%) Service Delivery
13 10 (7.87%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 6 (4.72%) SQL
2 4 (3.15%) Python
3 2 (1.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (0.79%) Java
4 1 (0.79%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.79%) R
4 1 (0.79%) TypeScript
4 1 (0.79%) X++
Qualifications
1 28 (22.05%) Degree
2 16 (12.60%) HNC
2 16 (12.60%) HND
3 8 (6.30%) NVQ Level 3
4 4 (3.15%) Security Cleared
5 3 (2.36%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 3 (2.36%) SAP Certification
5 3 (2.36%) SC Cleared
6 2 (1.57%) CIPD
7 1 (0.79%) APMP
7 1 (0.79%) CBAP
7 1 (0.79%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.79%) IIBA
7 1 (0.79%) ISEB
7 1 (0.79%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.79%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.79%) NVQ Level 4
7 1 (0.79%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.79%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (9.45%) QA
2 3 (2.36%) GDPR
2 3 (2.36%) PMO
3 2 (1.57%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.79%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.79%) Data Quality
System Software
1 4 (3.15%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.79%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (5.51%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.79%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 14 (11.02%) SAP
2 12 (9.45%) Microsoft
3 7 (5.51%) ForgeRock
4 3 (2.36%) Salesforce
5 2 (1.57%) Oracle
5 2 (1.57%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.79%) Blue Prism
6 1 (0.79%) Google
6 1 (0.79%) Hyperion
6 1 (0.79%) Kenna
6 1 (0.79%) PeopleSoft
6 1 (0.79%) UiPath