Continuous Improvement Contracts in Cumbria

Continual Improvement
North West > Cumbria

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cumbria 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 39 15
Rank change year-on-year +4 -24 +3
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 4 1 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cumbria 2.05% 0.39% 3.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.40% 0.40% 3.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £450 -
North West median daily rate £475 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -9.52% -1.41% +9.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £41.29 - -
25th Percentile £46.52 - -
Median hourly rate £55.25 - -
75th Percentile £69.33 - -
90th Percentile £77.78 - -
North West median hourly rate £28.75 £42.50 £23.15
% change year-on-year -32.35% +83.59% -33.26%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cumbria

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 Cumbria.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 167 248 52
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cumbria 85.64% 95.75% 91.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 146 29
10th Percentile £368 £430 £350
25th Percentile £425 £489 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £522 £463
Median % change year-on-year +0.57% +12.86% -2.63%
75th Percentile £600 £666 £500
90th Percentile £638 £725 £710
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 64 8
10th Percentile £22.72 - £22.61
25th Percentile £25.26 £10.95 £44.81
Median hourly rate £31.76 £13.00 £55.38
Median % change year-on-year +144.31% -76.52% +11.80%
75th Percentile £59.24 £44.74 £66.16
90th Percentile £81.15 £51.91 £83.40
North West median hourly rate £31.88 £21.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +51.81% -40.00% +70.82%

Continuous Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

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

Job vacancy trend for Continuous Improvement in Cumbria

Continuous Improvement
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cumbria

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

Daily rate trend for Continuous Improvement in Cumbria

Continuous Improvement
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cumbria

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

Hourly rate trend for Continuous Improvement in Cumbria

Continuous Improvement
Hourly Rate Histogram in Cumbria

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Continuous Improvement in Cumbria over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Continuous Improvement in Cumbria

Continuous Improvement
Contract Job Locations in Cumbria

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 Cumbria region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Barrow-in-Furness - 3 - - 5
Continuous Improvement
North West

Continuous Improvement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cumbria 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 (50.00%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) ShareGate
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Aerospace
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Military
2 1 (25.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Architect
1 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Architect
1 1 (25.00%) Principal Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Principal Security Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Security Architect
1 1 (25.00%) Security Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) SharePoint Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (25.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (25.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Information Security
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Architectural Design
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (25.00%) Cost Reduction
3 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (25.00%) Incident Management
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL
3 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (25.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 1 (25.00%) Problem Management
3 1 (25.00%) Product Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (25.00%) Security Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) SFIA
3 1 (25.00%) Systems Engineering
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) Chartered Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) CISM
2 1 (25.00%) CISSP
2 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) NCSC
2 1 (25.00%) GRC
2 1 (25.00%) IEC 61508
2 1 (25.00%) ISO 9001
2 1 (25.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (25.00%) Nintex