Continuous Improvement Contract Job Trends in Cumbria

Continual Improvement
North West > Cumbria

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cumbria requiring Continuous Improvement skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 34 39
Rank change year-on-year +11 +5 -15
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 6 2 3
As % of all contract jobs in Cumbria 4.03% 1.01% 1.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.88% 1.22% 1.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 2
10th Percentile - - £461
25th Percentile £591 - £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £603 - £513
Median % change year-on-year - - +201.47%
75th Percentile £614 - £553
90th Percentile - - £574
North West median daily rate £450 £500 £580
% change year-on-year -10.00% -13.79% +14.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £55.25 -
North West median hourly rate £45.46 £20.00 £51.25
% change year-on-year +127.30% -60.98% -

All Process & 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 123 164 185
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cumbria 82.55% 82.41% 85.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 69 140
10th Percentile £447 £383 £363
25th Percentile £463 £425 £487
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £499 £600
Median % change year-on-year +0.92% -16.83% +40.52%
75th Percentile £565 £575 £670
90th Percentile £649 £641 £725
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +0.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 14 20
10th Percentile £29.94 £18.13 £13.00
25th Percentile £38.59 £22.72 £21.00
Median hourly rate £41.71 £38.56 £32.13
Median % change year-on-year +8.15% +20.04% -42.04%
75th Percentile £63.40 £69.74 £48.38
90th Percentile £63.77 £78.84 £53.88
North West median hourly rate £40.00 £30.20 £38.00
% change year-on-year +32.45% -20.53% +35.11%

Continuous Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Continuous Improvement relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cumbria.

Continuous Improvement job vacancy trend in Cumbria

Continuous Improvement
Daily Rate Trend in Cumbria

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing Continuous Improvement.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing Continuous Improvement

Continuous Improvement
Hourly Rate Trend in Cumbria

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing Continuous Improvement.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing Continuous Improvement

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 31 December 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 +6 4 £605 - 1
Broughton-in-Furness - 1 - -
Continuous Improvement
North West

Continuous Improvement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cumbria by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) SAP Payroll
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) SAP HANA
General
1 6 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Aerospace
2 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Architect
1 5 (83.33%) Service Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Functional Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) SAP Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) SAP Functional Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Configuration Management
1 5 (83.33%) ITIL
1 5 (83.33%) ITSM
1 5 (83.33%) Requirements Analysis
1 5 (83.33%) Service Design
1 5 (83.33%) Service Management
1 5 (83.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (50.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (16.67%) Data Integration
3 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (16.67%) Project Management
3 1 (16.67%) SAP Implementation
3 1 (16.67%) Time Management
3 1 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) SC Cleared
1 5 (83.33%) Security Cleared
2 4 (66.67%) ITIL Certification
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) SAP