Continuous Improvement Contracts in Bedfordshire

Continual Improvement
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bedfordshire requiring Continuous Improvement skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Continuous Improvement over the 6 months leading up to 12 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 31 21
Rank change year-on-year -3 -10 +2
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 9 3 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 3.75% 1.42% 4.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.15% 1.70% 4.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 3 2
10th Percentile - £196 £429
25th Percentile - £206 £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £230 £463
Median % change year-on-year +117.43% -50.28% +9.47%
75th Percentile £527 £437 £484
90th Percentile £592 £557 £486
East of England median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +11.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bedfordshire

Continuous Improvement falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Bedfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 217 176 135
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 90.42% 83.41% 90.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 105 105 83
10th Percentile £190 £300 £213
25th Percentile £500 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £553 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year +10.50% +5.26% -3.94%
75th Percentile £625 £575 £550
90th Percentile £673 £650 £600
East of England median daily rate £500 £425 £500
% change year-on-year +17.65% -15.00% +2.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 18 2
10th Percentile £29.85 £25.59 £55.60
25th Percentile £59.00 £43.44 £56.50
Median hourly rate £80.00 £55.33 £58.50
Median % change year-on-year +44.60% -5.43% +6.36%
75th Percentile £88.75 £67.13 £61.00
90th Percentile £91.50 £69.38 £62.20
East of England median hourly rate £37.50 £42.75 £19.81
% change year-on-year -12.28% +115.80% -3.37%

Continuous Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Continuous Improvement in Bedfordshire

Continuous Improvement
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Continuous Improvement in Bedfordshire

Continuous Improvement
Daily Rate Histogram in Bedfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Continuous Improvement in Bedfordshire over the 6 months to 12 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Continuous Improvement in Bedfordshire

Continuous Improvement
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Continuous Improvement in Bedfordshire

Continuous Improvement
Contract Job Locations in Bedfordshire

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 Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 12 August 2025. 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
Luton - 9 £500 - 5
Continuous Improvement
East of England

Continuous Improvement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bedfordshire 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:

Business Applications
1 6 (66.67%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (11.11%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (11.11%) OCI
General
1 6 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 4 (44.44%) Pharmaceutical
3 2 (22.22%) Finance
3 2 (22.22%) Military
4 1 (11.11%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Analyst
1 3 (33.33%) Business Process Analyst
1 3 (33.33%) Process Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Security Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Head of PMO
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Workday Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Lean Six Sigma
1 5 (55.56%) Process Improvement
1 5 (55.56%) Process Management
1 5 (55.56%) Six Sigma
2 4 (44.44%) Business Process Mapping
2 4 (44.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (33.33%) ERP
3 3 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (22.22%) Coaching
4 2 (22.22%) Incident Response
4 2 (22.22%) Risk Assessment
4 2 (22.22%) Roadmaps
4 2 (22.22%) SAP Implementation
4 2 (22.22%) Workshop Facilitation
5 1 (11.11%) Agile
5 1 (11.11%) Decision-Making
5 1 (11.11%) Programme Governance
5 1 (11.11%) Programme Management
5 1 (11.11%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) CISM
1 2 (22.22%) CISSP
1 2 (22.22%) Degree
1 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
1 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
1 2 (22.22%) Six Sigma Green Belt
2 1 (11.11%) PMI Certification
2 1 (11.11%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) JSP 440
1 2 (22.22%) NCSC
1 2 (22.22%) NIST
1 2 (22.22%) NIST 800
2 1 (11.11%) PMO
2 1 (11.11%) QA
System Software
1 2 (22.22%) Firmware
Vendors
1 6 (66.67%) SAP
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) Oracle
2 1 (11.11%) Workday