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 22 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 20 30
Rank change year-on-year +9 +10 +20
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 107 58 38
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 8.05% 7.31% 4.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.73% 8.53% 5.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 44 21
10th Percentile £213 £288 £205
25th Percentile £298 £340 £355
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £358 £530
Median % change year-on-year +18.72% -32.45% +6.00%
75th Percentile £528 £440 £645
90th Percentile £613 £475 £750
England median daily rate £520 £500 £529
% change year-on-year +4.00% -5.44% -8.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 1
10th Percentile - £20.36 -
25th Percentile - £20.51 £45.00
Median hourly rate £17.97 £20.90 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.02% -58.20% -23.08%
75th Percentile £27.00 £21.16 £55.00
90th Percentile £28.53 £21.25 -
England median hourly rate £32.23 £25.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +28.90% -28.57% -46.15%

All Process & 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 997 680 657
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 74.96% 85.75% 83.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 452 473 408
10th Percentile £230 £223 £263
25th Percentile £400 £340 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £410 £450
Median % change year-on-year +15.85% -8.89% -10.00%
75th Percentile £575 £500 £575
90th Percentile £644 £629 £626
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 168 59 33
10th Percentile £12.76 £15.25 £12.75
25th Percentile £13.51 £17.87 £15.10
Median hourly rate £17.87 £18.87 £18.32
Median % change year-on-year -5.30% +3.00% -20.35%
75th Percentile £26.20 £25.15 £42.25
90th Percentile £36.99 - £50.00
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -2.95%

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 22 September 2026.

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
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 22 September 2026. 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 +13 38 £402 +12.36% 79
Leicestershire +14 25 £450 - 83
Lincolnshire +1 19 £225 - 48
Nottinghamshire -10 13 £425 +3.66% 156
Derbyshire 0 12 £488 +8.33% 59
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 6 (5.61%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.74%) Oracle Workflow
3 2 (1.87%) Confluence
3 2 (1.87%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 23 (21.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (6.54%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.93%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 3 (2.80%) iTrent
2 1 (0.93%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.93%) SAP HR
2 1 (0.93%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 23 (21.50%) Power Platform
2 18 (16.82%) Azure
3 8 (7.48%) Azure DevOps
4 7 (6.54%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (5.61%) Power Automate
6 4 (3.74%) AWS
6 4 (3.74%) Entra ID
6 4 (3.74%) Microsoft Copilot
7 3 (2.80%) SuccessFactors
8 1 (0.93%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (0.93%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (0.93%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (0.93%) GCP
8 1 (0.93%) GitHub
8 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.93%) SaaS
8 1 (0.93%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.87%) LAN
1 2 (1.87%) WAN
2 1 (0.93%) Firewall
2 1 (0.93%) Network Security
2 1 (0.93%) SAN
2 1 (0.93%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (21.50%) Power BI
2 5 (4.67%) SQL Server
3 4 (3.74%) Power Query
4 2 (1.87%) DTS
4 2 (1.87%) Metadata
4 2 (1.87%) Star Schema
5 1 (0.93%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.93%) Big Data
5 1 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.93%) PowerPivot
5 1 (0.93%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (3.74%) Oracle Forms
2 3 (2.80%) JIRA
3 1 (0.93%) GitLab
General
1 47 (43.93%) Social Skills
2 34 (31.78%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (20.56%) Manufacturing
4 19 (17.76%) Finance
5 13 (12.15%) Retail
6 11 (10.28%) Public Sector
7 10 (9.35%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (7.48%) Banking
9 5 (4.67%) Local Government
10 3 (2.80%) Aerospace
10 3 (2.80%) Automotive
10 3 (2.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (2.80%) Police
11 2 (1.87%) Electronics
11 2 (1.87%) Law
11 2 (1.87%) Legal
12 1 (0.93%) Military
12 1 (0.93%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 16 (14.95%) Analyst
2 8 (7.48%) Developer
3 7 (6.54%) Consultant
3 7 (6.54%) Head of Digital
3 7 (6.54%) Senior
4 6 (5.61%) Administrator
4 6 (5.61%) Data Analyst
5 5 (4.67%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 5 (4.67%) Lead
6 4 (3.74%) Agile Coach
7 3 (2.80%) Architect
7 3 (2.80%) Business Analyst
7 3 (2.80%) Data Manager
7 3 (2.80%) Support Engineer
7 3 (2.80%) Technical Manager
8 2 (1.87%) Change Manager
8 2 (1.87%) Desktop Support
8 2 (1.87%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 2 (1.87%) Senior Analyst
8 2 (1.87%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.61%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.93%) .NET
2 1 (0.93%) Flash
2 1 (0.93%) JSON
2 1 (0.93%) REST
2 1 (0.93%) SOAP
2 1 (0.93%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 8 (7.48%) Management Information System
2 7 (6.54%) Product Ownership
3 4 (3.74%) Analytical Mindset
4 3 (2.80%) Driving Licence
5 2 (1.87%) Analogue Electronics
5 2 (1.87%) EPoS
5 2 (1.87%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.87%) Smartphone
6 1 (0.93%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.93%) CMDB
6 1 (0.93%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.93%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.93%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.93%) Enterprise Cloud
6 1 (0.93%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.93%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.93%) Manufacturing Execution System
6 1 (0.93%) Operational Technology
6 1 (0.93%) PMI
6 1 (0.93%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.74%) Windows
2 3 (2.80%) Linux
3 2 (1.87%) Apple iOS
3 2 (1.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (1.87%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.93%) CentOS
4 1 (0.93%) OpenVMS
4 1 (0.93%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.93%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.93%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (34.58%) Problem-Solving
2 25 (23.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 24 (22.43%) Decision-Making
4 23 (21.50%) Business Intelligence
5 22 (20.56%) Stakeholder Management
6 20 (18.69%) Process Improvement
7 17 (15.89%) ERP
8 16 (14.95%) Logistics
9 14 (13.08%) Agile
9 14 (13.08%) Data Analysis
9 14 (13.08%) Requirements Gathering
9 14 (13.08%) User Experience
10 13 (12.15%) Dashboard Development
10 13 (12.15%) DevOps
10 13 (12.15%) Visualisation
11 12 (11.21%) Actionable Insight
12 11 (10.28%) Data Management
13 10 (9.35%) Data Governance
13 10 (9.35%) Project Management
13 10 (9.35%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 11 (10.28%) SQL
2 5 (4.67%) Python
3 3 (2.80%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.93%) VBA
Qualifications
1 13 (12.15%) Security Cleared
2 8 (7.48%) Degree
3 4 (3.74%) SC Cleared
4 2 (1.87%) ACCA
4 2 (1.87%) APMG
4 2 (1.87%) CIMA
4 2 (1.87%) CISM
4 2 (1.87%) CISSP
4 2 (1.87%) PMI Certification
5 1 (0.93%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.93%) CEH
5 1 (0.93%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.93%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Certified Professional
5 1 (0.93%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (0.93%) PhD
5 1 (0.93%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (13.08%) Data Quality
2 7 (6.54%) Accessibility
3 6 (5.61%) GDPR
4 5 (4.67%) QA
5 4 (3.74%) PMO
6 2 (1.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.93%) GRC
7 1 (0.93%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.93%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.93%) SEPA
System Software
1 4 (3.74%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.93%) Docker
2 1 (0.93%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (2.80%) SCCM
2 2 (1.87%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.87%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.93%) Ansible
3 1 (0.93%) RSA Archer
3 1 (0.93%) VxRail
Vendors
1 31 (28.97%) Microsoft
2 17 (15.89%) SAP
3 13 (12.15%) Oracle
4 4 (3.74%) ServiceNow
4 4 (3.74%) Workday
5 3 (2.80%) CheckPoint
6 2 (1.87%) Aruba
6 2 (1.87%) NEC
6 2 (1.87%) Red Hat
6 2 (1.87%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.87%) Spotify
7 1 (0.93%) Autodesk
7 1 (0.93%) Databricks
7 1 (0.93%) NetApp
7 1 (0.93%) OneTrust
7 1 (0.93%) Siemens
7 1 (0.93%) VMware