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 23 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 18 30
Rank change year-on-year +4 +12 +49
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 91 40 37
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 9.15% 6.84% 4.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.85% 7.81% 5.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 19 31
10th Percentile £213 £205 £167
25th Percentile £313 £331 £221
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £402 £391 £267
Median % change year-on-year +2.81% +46.44% -50.78%
75th Percentile £450 £485 £280
90th Percentile £543 £550 £488
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 0 3
10th Percentile £13.81 - £29.20
25th Percentile £16.25 - £31.38
Median hourly rate £17.87 - £35.00
75th Percentile £23.06 - -
90th Percentile £78.22 - -
England median hourly rate £35.00 £54.63 £37.50
% change year-on-year -35.93% +45.67% -36.44%

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 839 512 636
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 84.41% 87.52% 81.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 470 319 438
10th Percentile £190 £202 £188
25th Percentile £358 £325 £271
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £425 £430
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -1.16% -4.44%
75th Percentile £538 £525 £538
90th Percentile £614 £600 £650
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 110 19 62
10th Percentile £14.85 £14.46 £11.78
25th Percentile £16.35 £17.00 £14.00
Median hourly rate £18.87 £22.50 £17.61
Median % change year-on-year -16.13% +27.80% +4.60%
75th Percentile £24.93 £27.33 £28.75
90th Percentile £25.77 £34.94 £51.50
England median hourly rate £27.21 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -22.26% - -

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 23 February 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Continuous Improvement in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 23 February 2026.

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 23 February 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 -5 25 £402 -0.12% 12
Derbyshire +3 22 £550 +10.00% 14
Nottinghamshire +3 20 £225 -46.11% 24
Leicestershire -1 12 £418 +98.81% 12
Lincolnshire -6 7 £531 - 10
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 10 (10.99%) Confluence
2 9 (9.89%) SharePoint
3 4 (4.40%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (1.10%) Apache
4 1 (1.10%) CMS
4 1 (1.10%) IIS
4 1 (1.10%) Tomcat
Applications
1 10 (10.99%) Microsoft Project
2 7 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (6.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (1.10%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (2.20%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (2.20%) SAP HCM
1 2 (2.20%) SAP Payroll
2 1 (1.10%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 30 (32.97%) Azure
2 18 (19.78%) Microsoft 365
3 17 (18.68%) Entra ID
4 16 (17.58%) AWS
5 14 (15.38%) Power Platform
6 10 (10.99%) Azure DevOps
6 10 (10.99%) GCP
7 4 (4.40%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
7 4 (4.40%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 3 (3.30%) Amazon GuardDuty
8 3 (3.30%) AWS CloudFormation
8 3 (3.30%) IaaS
8 3 (3.30%) PaaS
9 2 (2.20%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (1.10%) GitHub
10 1 (1.10%) GitHub Actions
10 1 (1.10%) Google Workspace
10 1 (1.10%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.30%) Network Security
1 3 (3.30%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (15.38%) Power BI
2 3 (3.30%) Tableau
3 2 (2.20%) SAP HANA
4 1 (1.10%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (1.10%) Data Lake
4 1 (1.10%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.10%) Metadata
4 1 (1.10%) MongoDB
4 1 (1.10%) Oracle Database
4 1 (1.10%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (1.10%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 14 (15.38%) JIRA
2 4 (4.40%) Git
3 1 (1.10%) Hudson
General
1 33 (36.26%) Social Skills
2 30 (32.97%) Finance
3 14 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (9.89%) Influencing Skills
5 8 (8.79%) Banking
6 7 (7.69%) Corporate Banking
6 7 (7.69%) Retail Banking
7 6 (6.59%) Marketing
7 6 (6.59%) Retail
8 5 (5.49%) Fire and Rescue
8 5 (5.49%) Local Government
8 5 (5.49%) Police
8 5 (5.49%) Public Sector
9 4 (4.40%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (4.40%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (3.30%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (2.20%) Aerospace
11 2 (2.20%) Automotive
11 2 (2.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (2.20%) Legal
Job Titles
1 17 (18.68%) Analyst
2 11 (12.09%) Desktop Support
3 10 (10.99%) Project Manager
4 8 (8.79%) Senior
5 7 (7.69%) Desktop Support Technician
5 7 (7.69%) Desktop Technician
5 7 (7.69%) Support Technician
6 5 (5.49%) Help Desk Technician
6 5 (5.49%) ICT Technician
6 5 (5.49%) Lead
6 5 (5.49%) PMO Analyst
6 5 (5.49%) Programme Manager
6 5 (5.49%) Senior Desktop Support
6 5 (5.49%) Senior Desktop Support Technician
6 5 (5.49%) Senior Support Technician
6 5 (5.49%) Senior Technician
7 4 (4.40%) Banking Project Manager
7 4 (4.40%) Deskside Support
7 4 (4.40%) DevOps Engineer
7 4 (4.40%) Salesforce Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.40%) VML
2 3 (3.30%) Lightning Web Components
2 3 (3.30%) Middleware
2 3 (3.30%) OAuth
2 3 (3.30%) OAuth2
2 3 (3.30%) OpenID
2 3 (3.30%) SAML
2 3 (3.30%) Visualforce
3 2 (2.20%) SailPoint
4 1 (1.10%) .NET
4 1 (1.10%) .NET Core
4 1 (1.10%) ADO
4 1 (1.10%) JSON
4 1 (1.10%) Web Services
4 1 (1.10%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (18.68%) Product Ownership
2 8 (8.79%) PMI
3 7 (7.69%) Smartphone
4 6 (6.59%) Management Information System
5 5 (5.49%) Driving Licence
6 4 (4.40%) e-Learning
6 4 (4.40%) Learning Management System
7 3 (3.30%) Cloud Native
8 2 (2.20%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (2.20%) Onboarding
9 1 (1.10%) CCTV
9 1 (1.10%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (1.10%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (1.10%) Mobile App
9 1 (1.10%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 25 (27.47%) Windows
2 12 (13.19%) Windows 10
3 7 (7.69%) Apple iOS
3 7 (7.69%) Mac OS
4 6 (6.59%) Linux
5 4 (4.40%) Windows 7
5 4 (4.40%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (43.96%) Stakeholder Management
2 32 (35.16%) Agile
3 23 (25.27%) Project Management
4 22 (24.18%) Problem-Solving
4 22 (24.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 18 (19.78%) Data Protection
6 17 (18.68%) DevOps
7 16 (17.58%) Change Management
8 15 (16.48%) Scrum
9 14 (15.38%) Customer Service
10 13 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
10 13 (14.29%) CI/CD
10 13 (14.29%) Roadmaps
11 12 (13.19%) Coaching
11 12 (13.19%) Kanban
12 11 (12.09%) Business Continuity
12 11 (12.09%) Process Improvement
13 10 (10.99%) Decision-Making
13 10 (10.99%) ITIL
13 10 (10.99%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 9 (9.89%) PowerShell
2 8 (8.79%) Bash
3 3 (3.30%) Apex Code
3 3 (3.30%) Bicep
3 3 (3.30%) SOQL
3 3 (3.30%) SQL
4 2 (2.20%) ABAP
4 2 (2.20%) Python
5 1 (1.10%) C#
5 1 (1.10%) C++
5 1 (1.10%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (1.10%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 11 (12.09%) Degree
3 9 (9.89%) SC Cleared
4 8 (8.79%) Master's Degree
4 8 (8.79%) PMI Certification
4 8 (8.79%) PMP
5 7 (7.69%) MBA
5 7 (7.69%) SAFe Agilist
6 6 (6.59%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (5.49%) NVQ Level 3
8 4 (4.40%) CSPO
9 2 (2.20%) Azure Certification
9 2 (2.20%) CISA
9 2 (2.20%) CISM
9 2 (2.20%) CISSP
9 2 (2.20%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 1 (1.10%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (15.38%) QA
2 13 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (13.19%) GDPR
4 7 (7.69%) Basel III
4 7 (7.69%) PMO
5 5 (5.49%) GRC
5 5 (5.49%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 5 (5.49%) NIST
6 3 (3.30%) COBIT
6 3 (3.30%) Data Quality
6 3 (3.30%) PCI DSS
6 3 (3.30%) SOC 2
7 2 (2.20%) NIST 800
7 2 (2.20%) SLA
8 1 (1.10%) Accessibility
8 1 (1.10%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (1.10%) ISO 19650
8 1 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 18 (19.78%) Active Directory
2 12 (13.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (5.49%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.10%) Docker
Systems Management
1 18 (19.78%) SCCM
2 14 (15.38%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (7.69%) Terraform
4 4 (4.40%) Kubernetes
5 3 (3.30%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (2.20%) RSA Archer
7 1 (1.10%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 27 (29.67%) Microsoft
2 12 (13.19%) VMware
3 8 (8.79%) Salesforce
4 7 (7.69%) Citrix
5 6 (6.59%) Google
5 6 (6.59%) ServiceNow
6 5 (5.49%) SAP
7 4 (4.40%) HP
7 4 (4.40%) Oracle
8 3 (3.30%) Dynatrace
8 3 (3.30%) Splunk
9 2 (2.20%) Alteryx
9 2 (2.20%) Rapid7
10 1 (1.10%) Autodesk
10 1 (1.10%) Databricks
10 1 (1.10%) IFS
10 1 (1.10%) Planview
10 1 (1.10%) Sybase