Continuous Improvement Contracts in the West Midlands

Continual Improvement
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West 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 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 38 62 59
Rank change year-on-year +24 -3 +7
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 76 81 132
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 3.95% 3.40% 3.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.70% 3.83% 4.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 45 108
10th Percentile £305 £314 £271
25th Percentile £413 £463 £373
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +10.53% +18.41%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £557
90th Percentile £855 £743 £721
England median daily rate £525 £563 £550
% change year-on-year -6.67% +2.27% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 1 1
10th Percentile £13.50 - -
25th Percentile £15.13 - £13.25
Median hourly rate £26.54 £22.41 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year +18.41% +66.00% -28.00%
75th Percentile £32.19 - £13.75
90th Percentile £72.90 - -
England median hourly rate £37.50 £60.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -37.50% +34.83% +74.51%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West 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 West Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,617 2,114 3,201
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 84.00% 88.67% 90.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,066 1,452 2,361
10th Percentile £275 £263 £270
25th Percentile £375 £401 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £512 £488
Median % change year-on-year -2.34% +5.03% +17.47%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £575
90th Percentile £750 £694 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 115 45 69
10th Percentile £11.09 £12.20 £12.00
25th Percentile £14.00 £13.31 £13.87
Median hourly rate £22.50 £17.72 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.98% +4.24% +1.07%
75th Percentile £41.13 £23.75 £19.86
90th Percentile £57.75 £51.25 £22.05
England median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
% change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%

Continuous Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Continuous Improvement in the West Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Continuous Improvement in the West Midlands

Continuous Improvement
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Continuous Improvement in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Continuous Improvement in the West Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Continuous Improvement in the West Midlands

Continuous Improvement
Hourly Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Continuous Improvement in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Continuous Improvement in the West Midlands

Continuous Improvement
Contract Job Locations in the West 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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 28 April 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
Birmingham +11 31 £529 +0.71% 47
Warwickshire +2 22 £600 +21.21% 23
Staffordshire +8 7 £500 +5.26% 27
Coventry +9 5 £575 +9.52% 15
Walsall - 1 - - 2
Herefordshire - 1 - - 1
Worcestershire - 1 £550 - 14
Continuous Improvement
England

Continuous Improvement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West 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 2 (2.63%) Confluence
2 1 (1.32%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (2.63%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (2.63%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (2.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (2.63%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (2.63%) SAP CO
1 2 (2.63%) SAP FI
1 2 (2.63%) SAP FI/CO
1 2 (2.63%) SAP S/4HANA
1 2 (2.63%) SAP SD
2 1 (1.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.32%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 11 (14.47%) Azure
2 6 (7.89%) Power Platform
3 3 (3.95%) Azure Cosmos DB
3 3 (3.95%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (3.95%) Azure Monitor
3 3 (3.95%) dbt
3 3 (3.95%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (2.63%) Serverless
4 2 (2.63%) SuccessFactors
5 1 (1.32%) AWS
5 1 (1.32%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.32%) IaaS
5 1 (1.32%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.32%) PaaS
5 1 (1.32%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.32%) PowerApps
5 1 (1.32%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.95%) Intranet
1 3 (3.95%) VPN
2 2 (2.63%) Broadband
2 2 (2.63%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (7.89%) Power BI
2 5 (6.58%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (3.95%) BusinessObjects
3 3 (3.95%) Data Lake
3 3 (3.95%) Data Mining
4 2 (2.63%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
4 2 (2.63%) Metadata
4 2 (2.63%) OLAP
4 2 (2.63%) OLTP
4 2 (2.63%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 9 (11.84%) JIRA
2 3 (3.95%) Git
3 2 (2.63%) kappa
General
1 41 (53.95%) Social Skills
2 24 (31.58%) Analytical Skills
2 24 (31.58%) Finance
3 9 (11.84%) Public Sector
4 7 (9.21%) Manufacturing
5 5 (6.58%) German Language
5 5 (6.58%) Legal
6 4 (5.26%) Telecoms
7 3 (3.95%) Automotive
7 3 (3.95%) Retail
8 2 (2.63%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (2.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (2.63%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (2.63%) Local Government
8 2 (2.63%) Marketing
8 2 (2.63%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.32%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 19 (25.00%) Analyst
2 14 (18.42%) Senior
3 9 (11.84%) Architect
4 8 (10.53%) Lead
5 7 (9.21%) Senior Analyst
6 6 (7.89%) Enterprise Architect
7 4 (5.26%) Delivery Manager
7 4 (5.26%) Service Manager
7 4 (5.26%) Technical Manager
8 3 (3.95%) Business Systems Analyst
8 3 (3.95%) Infrastructure Architect
8 3 (3.95%) IT Manager
8 3 (3.95%) Lead Architect
8 3 (3.95%) Operations Analyst
8 3 (3.95%) PMO Analyst
8 3 (3.95%) Scrum Master
8 3 (3.95%) Senior Project Manager
8 3 (3.95%) Service Delivery Manager
8 3 (3.95%) Systems Analyst
8 3 (3.95%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (7.89%) ADO
2 3 (3.95%) Flask
2 3 (3.95%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 7 (9.21%) Product Ownership
1 7 (9.21%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (6.58%) Industry 4.0
2 5 (6.58%) IoT
3 3 (3.95%) Digital Media
3 3 (3.95%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.63%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (2.63%) Driving Licence
4 2 (2.63%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 2 (2.63%) Operational Technology
4 2 (2.63%) Taxonomies
4 2 (2.63%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 1 (1.32%) CMDB
5 1 (1.32%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.32%) Graphic Design
5 1 (1.32%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (1.32%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.32%) Linux
1 1 (1.32%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (42.11%) Agile
2 24 (31.58%) Problem-Solving
3 19 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 18 (23.68%) Project Management
5 17 (22.37%) Roadmaps
6 13 (17.11%) Decision-Making
6 13 (17.11%) Project Delivery
7 11 (14.47%) Business Case
7 11 (14.47%) Business Transformation
7 11 (14.47%) Change Management
8 9 (11.84%) Business Intelligence
9 8 (10.53%) User Experience
10 7 (9.21%) Analytical Thinking
10 7 (9.21%) Analytics
10 7 (9.21%) CAFM
10 7 (9.21%) Computer Science
10 7 (9.21%) Data Architecture
11 6 (7.89%) Risk Management
11 6 (7.89%) Scrum
11 6 (7.89%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.26%) Python
1 4 (5.26%) SQL
2 2 (2.63%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (1.32%) Java
Qualifications
1 16 (21.05%) Degree
2 5 (6.58%) Security Cleared
3 4 (5.26%) SC Cleared
4 3 (3.95%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 2 (2.63%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.32%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.32%) CIPD
6 1 (1.32%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (1.32%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.32%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.58%) QA
2 3 (3.95%) ISO/IEC 17025
2 3 (3.95%) ISO17020
2 3 (3.95%) PMO
3 2 (2.63%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (1.32%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.32%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.32%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (1.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (1.32%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (2.63%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 11 (14.47%) SAP
2 7 (9.21%) Microsoft
3 3 (3.95%) Salesforce
3 3 (3.95%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.32%) Cadence