Continuous Improvement Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Continual Improvement
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring Continuous Improvement skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 22 44
Rank change year-on-year +4 +22 +25
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 64 37 19
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 7.22% 6.22% 2.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.59% 7.14% 3.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 18 13
10th Percentile £291 £205 £160
25th Percentile £351 £313 £188
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £418 £414 £275
Median % change year-on-year +0.85% +50.55% -37.14%
75th Percentile £459 £545 £438
90th Percentile £500 £634 £495
England median daily rate £500 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -5.66% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 2
10th Percentile £13.01 - £31.48
25th Percentile £14.90 £45.00 £37.06
Median hourly rate £16.50 £50.00 £47.75
Median % change year-on-year -67.00% +4.71% -
75th Percentile £20.25 £55.00 £57.06
90th Percentile £25.64 - £61.83
England median hourly rate £23.33 £33.75 £65.00
% change year-on-year -30.87% -48.08% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 745 518 615
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 83.99% 87.06% 83.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 462 319 436
10th Percentile £190 £250 £213
25th Percentile £358 £340 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £424 £436 £461
Median % change year-on-year -2.70% -5.62% -2.85%
75th Percentile £529 £550 £575
90th Percentile £625 £640 £700
England median daily rate £505 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 88 22 46
10th Percentile £16.14 £15.29 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.35 £17.00 £16.35
Median hourly rate £19.19 £22.05 £21.90
Median % change year-on-year -12.97% +0.69% +30.10%
75th Percentile £25.12 £25.02 £51.50
90th Percentile £25.15 £39.09 £60.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +23.61%

Continuous Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Continuous Improvement job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Continuous Improvement
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Continuous Improvement.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Continuous Improvement

Continuous Improvement
Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Continuous Improvement in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Continuous Improvement in the East Midlands

Continuous Improvement
Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Continuous Improvement.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Continuous Improvement

Continuous Improvement
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Continuous Improvement in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Continuous Improvement in the East Midlands

Continuous Improvement
Contract Job Locations in the East 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 East Midlands region over the 6 months to 20 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
Northamptonshire +1 23 £397 -4.05% 13
Nottinghamshire -1 13 £281 -19.64% 20
Derbyshire -5 10 £456 -25.66% 15
Leicestershire -7 9 £418 +98.81% 17
Lincolnshire -9 2 - - 16
Continuous Improvement
England

Continuous Improvement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (12.50%) Confluence
2 6 (9.38%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.56%) Apache
3 1 (1.56%) CMS
3 1 (1.56%) IIS
3 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.56%) Tomcat
Applications
1 8 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (9.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (7.81%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (4.69%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (1.56%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (3.13%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 21 (32.81%) Azure
2 12 (18.75%) Entra ID
2 12 (18.75%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (15.63%) Power Platform
4 9 (14.06%) Azure DevOps
5 8 (12.50%) AWS
5 8 (12.50%) GCP
6 4 (6.25%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
6 4 (6.25%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 3 (4.69%) IaaS
7 3 (4.69%) PaaS
8 2 (3.13%) Azure Monitor
8 2 (3.13%) SaaS
9 1 (1.56%) GitHub
9 1 (1.56%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (1.56%) Google Analytics
9 1 (1.56%) Google Workspace
9 1 (1.56%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.56%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (15.63%) Power BI
2 4 (6.25%) Tableau
3 1 (1.56%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 14 (21.88%) JIRA
2 3 (4.69%) Git
3 1 (1.56%) Cucumber
3 1 (1.56%) Postman
3 1 (1.56%) REST Assured
3 1 (1.56%) Selenium
3 1 (1.56%) SoapUI
General
1 27 (42.19%) Social Skills
2 25 (39.06%) Finance
3 9 (14.06%) Influencing Skills
4 8 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (10.94%) Marketing
5 7 (10.94%) Retail
6 5 (7.81%) Banking
6 5 (7.81%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (4.69%) Corporate Banking
7 3 (4.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (4.69%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (4.69%) Public Sector
7 3 (4.69%) Retail Banking
8 2 (3.13%) Automotive
8 2 (3.13%) Legal
9 1 (1.56%) Bulgarian Language
9 1 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.56%) Law
9 1 (1.56%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.56%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 12 (18.75%) Analyst
2 7 (10.94%) Business Analyst
2 7 (10.94%) Lead
3 6 (9.38%) Salesforce Analyst
3 6 (9.38%) Salesforce Business Analyst
4 5 (7.81%) Desktop Support
4 5 (7.81%) Project Manager
5 4 (6.25%) Desktop Support Technician
5 4 (6.25%) Desktop Technician
5 4 (6.25%) DevOps Engineer
5 4 (6.25%) Programme Manager
5 4 (6.25%) Salesforce Trainer
5 4 (6.25%) Security Specialist
5 4 (6.25%) Senior
5 4 (6.25%) Support Technician
5 4 (6.25%) Trainer
6 2 (3.13%) Application Support Team Leader
6 2 (3.13%) DevOps Specialist
6 2 (3.13%) Product Owner
6 2 (3.13%) Senior Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.25%) SailPoint
1 4 (6.25%) VML
2 1 (1.56%) .NET
2 1 (1.56%) .NET Core
2 1 (1.56%) ADO
2 1 (1.56%) ARM Templates
2 1 (1.56%) EDI
2 1 (1.56%) Hibernate
2 1 (1.56%) jQuery
2 1 (1.56%) JSON
2 1 (1.56%) LDAP
2 1 (1.56%) OAuth
2 1 (1.56%) OpenID
2 1 (1.56%) REST
2 1 (1.56%) SAML
2 1 (1.56%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 10 (15.63%) Product Ownership
2 4 (6.25%) e-Learning
2 4 (6.25%) Learning Management System
2 4 (6.25%) Onboarding
2 4 (6.25%) Smartphone
3 3 (4.69%) Management Information System
3 3 (4.69%) PMI
4 2 (3.13%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.56%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.56%) CCTV
5 1 (1.56%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.56%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.56%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 15 (23.44%) Windows
2 7 (10.94%) Mac OS
3 6 (9.38%) Windows 10
4 4 (6.25%) Apple iOS
5 2 (3.13%) Linux
6 1 (1.56%) Windows 7
6 1 (1.56%) Windows 8
6 1 (1.56%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (48.44%) Stakeholder Management
2 23 (35.94%) Agile
3 17 (26.56%) Problem-Solving
4 13 (20.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 12 (18.75%) User Experience
6 11 (17.19%) Scrum
7 10 (15.63%) Change Management
7 10 (15.63%) DevOps
7 10 (15.63%) Project Management
8 9 (14.06%) Data Protection
8 9 (14.06%) Kanban
8 9 (14.06%) Roadmaps
9 8 (12.50%) Analytics
9 8 (12.50%) CI/CD
9 8 (12.50%) Coaching
9 8 (12.50%) Decision-Making
9 8 (12.50%) Thought Leadership
9 8 (12.50%) User Stories
10 7 (10.94%) Acceptance Criteria
10 7 (10.94%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 10 (15.63%) PowerShell
2 8 (12.50%) Bash
3 2 (3.13%) Java
3 2 (3.13%) Python
4 1 (1.56%) C#
4 1 (1.56%) C++
4 1 (1.56%) Shell Script
4 1 (1.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (12.50%) Degree
1 8 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 4 (6.25%) CISA
2 4 (6.25%) CISM
2 4 (6.25%) CISSP
2 4 (6.25%) CSPO
2 4 (6.25%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
2 4 (6.25%) SC Cleared
3 3 (4.69%) Master's Degree
3 3 (4.69%) MBA
3 3 (4.69%) PMI Certification
3 3 (4.69%) PMP
3 3 (4.69%) SAFe Agilist
4 2 (3.13%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.56%) BC Cleared
5 1 (1.56%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (18.75%) GDPR
1 12 (18.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (9.38%) QA
3 5 (7.81%) PMO
4 4 (6.25%) COBIT
4 4 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 4 (6.25%) NIST
4 4 (6.25%) NIST 800
5 3 (4.69%) Basel III
6 2 (3.13%) Data Quality
6 2 (3.13%) GRC
6 2 (3.13%) SLA
7 1 (1.56%) Accessibility
7 1 (1.56%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (1.56%) HIPAA
7 1 (1.56%) ISO 19650
System Software
1 13 (20.31%) Active Directory
2 7 (10.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (3.13%) Docker
Systems Management
1 12 (18.75%) SCCM
2 11 (17.19%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (6.25%) RSA Archer
3 4 (6.25%) Terraform
4 2 (3.13%) Kubernetes
5 1 (1.56%) Prometheus
5 1 (1.56%) Tivoli Identity Manager
Vendors
1 22 (34.38%) Microsoft
2 7 (10.94%) Citrix
2 7 (10.94%) Google
2 7 (10.94%) Salesforce
2 7 (10.94%) ServiceNow
2 7 (10.94%) VMware
3 4 (6.25%) Alteryx
3 4 (6.25%) Rapid7
4 3 (4.69%) Dynatrace
4 3 (4.69%) Oracle
5 2 (3.13%) DocuSign
6 1 (1.56%) Autodesk
6 1 (1.56%) HP
6 1 (1.56%) IBM
6 1 (1.56%) Ping Identity
6 1 (1.56%) Planview
6 1 (1.56%) SAP