Continuous Improvement Contracts in Derby

Continual Improvement
Derbyshire > Derby

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Derby 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 24 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 15 17
Rank change year-on-year -1 +2 +13
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 3 14 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Derby 3.49% 8.81% 7.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.23% 13.33% 8.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 14 6
10th Percentile - £167 £406
25th Percentile £275 £173 £514
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £254 £572
Median % change year-on-year +18.11% -55.61% -
75th Percentile £325 £264 £610
90th Percentile - £269 £724
Derbyshire median daily rate £300 £254 £535
% change year-on-year +18.11% -52.52% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Derby

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 Derby.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 71 105 108
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Derby 82.56% 66.04% 87.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 68 77
10th Percentile £171 £167 £122
25th Percentile £200 £200 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £320 £480
Median % change year-on-year +44.53% -33.33% +20.00%
75th Percentile £618 £564 £579
90th Percentile £725 £603 £660
Derbyshire median daily rate £488 £321 £480
% change year-on-year +51.87% -33.13% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 6 10
10th Percentile £24.33 - £13.02
25th Percentile £25.04 £16.25 £15.87
Median hourly rate £25.15 £17.50 £49.25
Median % change year-on-year +43.71% -64.47% +146.25%
75th Percentile - £18.75 £65.00
90th Percentile - £18.88 -
Derbyshire median hourly rate £25.08 £17.75 £45.50
% change year-on-year +41.27% -60.99% +131.38%

Continuous Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in Derby

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

Job vacancy trend for Continuous Improvement in Derby

Continuous Improvement
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Derby

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

Daily rate trend for Continuous Improvement in Derby

Continuous Improvement
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Derby

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

Hourly rate trend for Continuous Improvement in Derby

Continuous Improvement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Derby 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 (33.33%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) AWS
2 1 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) GCP
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (33.33%) Aerospace
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Lead
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) IT Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Test Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) ITIL
1 2 (66.67%) Service Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Contract Management
2 1 (33.33%) Contract Negotiation
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Data Management
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Proactive Management
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Resource Allocation
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 1 (33.33%) Service Management
2 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Supplier Management
2 1 (33.33%) Supplier Relationship Management
2 1 (33.33%) Task Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Test Planning
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Bash
1 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
1 1 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA
1 1 (33.33%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Docker
1 1 (33.33%) Hyper-V
1 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Kubernetes
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (33.33%) Podman
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Google
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) VMware