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 5 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 29 55
Rank change year-on-year +5 +26 +13
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 56 34 12
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 6.33% 4.99% 1.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.48% 5.82% 1.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 15 7
10th Percentile £306 £205 £157
25th Percentile £351 £259 £160
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £409 £350 £425
Median % change year-on-year +16.79% -17.65% -2.86%
75th Percentile £464 £448 £495
90th Percentile £488 £657 £497
England median daily rate £500 £530 £556
% change year-on-year -5.66% -4.72% +1.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 2
10th Percentile £13.83 - £31.48
25th Percentile £16.25 £45.00 £37.06
Median hourly rate £19.50 £50.00 £47.75
Median % change year-on-year -61.00% +4.71% -
75th Percentile £20.75 £55.00 £57.06
90th Percentile £21.08 - £61.83
England median hourly rate £20.58 £41.88 £65.00
% change year-on-year -50.85% -35.58% -4.55%

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 749 584 629
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 84.63% 85.63% 83.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 486 346 442
10th Percentile £186 £263 £213
25th Percentile £351 £350 £361
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £444 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.30% -6.63% +2.15%
75th Percentile £524 £550 £588
90th Percentile £625 £633 £700
England median daily rate £500 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 78 28 51
10th Percentile £16.14 £15.07 £13.00
25th Percentile £16.35 £17.00 £16.67
Median hourly rate £18.87 £23.25 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.84% +3.33% +33.69%
75th Percentile £25.11 £35.23 £51.50
90th Percentile £25.15 £51.50 £65.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +18.67%

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 5 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
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 5 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 +2 25 £358 -13.53% 38
Nottinghamshire -3 9 £394 +14.55% 51
Derbyshire -1 8 £456 -37.29% 60
Leicestershire -11 7 £418 +98.81% 45
Lincolnshire -10 1 - - 26
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 7 (12.50%) Confluence
2 3 (5.36%) SharePoint
3 2 (3.57%) CICS
4 1 (1.79%) Apache
4 1 (1.79%) CMS
4 1 (1.79%) IIS
4 1 (1.79%) Tomcat
Applications
1 5 (8.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (7.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (7.14%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (3.57%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (1.79%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 17 (30.36%) Azure
2 9 (16.07%) AWS
3 8 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
3 8 (14.29%) Entra ID
3 8 (14.29%) Power Platform
4 7 (12.50%) GCP
4 7 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (5.36%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
5 3 (5.36%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 2 (3.57%) Azure Monitor
6 2 (3.57%) IaaS
6 2 (3.57%) PaaS
6 2 (3.57%) SaaS
7 1 (1.79%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (1.79%) Azure Key Vault
7 1 (1.79%) Azure Machine Learning
7 1 (1.79%) GitHub
7 1 (1.79%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (1.79%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.79%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (14.29%) Power BI
2 4 (7.14%) Tableau
3 2 (3.57%) DB2
4 1 (1.79%) Data Lake
4 1 (1.79%) Metadata
4 1 (1.79%) Oracle Database
4 1 (1.79%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.79%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 13 (23.21%) JIRA
2 4 (7.14%) Git
3 3 (5.36%) Cucumber
3 3 (5.36%) Selenium
4 2 (3.57%) Eclipse
4 2 (3.57%) IntelliJ
4 2 (3.57%) Jenkins
4 2 (3.57%) Maven
4 2 (3.57%) REST Assured
5 1 (1.79%) Postman
5 1 (1.79%) SoapUI
General
1 22 (39.29%) Finance
1 22 (39.29%) Social Skills
2 8 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
3 7 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (8.93%) Marketing
4 5 (8.93%) Presentation Skills
4 5 (8.93%) Retail
5 4 (7.14%) Banking
6 3 (5.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (5.36%) Legal
7 2 (3.57%) Corporate Banking
7 2 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (3.57%) Public Sector
7 2 (3.57%) Retail Banking
8 1 (1.79%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.79%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.79%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 10 (17.86%) Analyst
2 8 (14.29%) Business Analyst
3 6 (10.71%) Lead
4 5 (8.93%) Project Manager
4 5 (8.93%) Salesforce Analyst
4 5 (8.93%) Salesforce Business Analyst
5 4 (7.14%) Programme Manager
5 4 (7.14%) Security Specialist
6 3 (5.36%) DevOps Engineer
6 3 (5.36%) Salesforce Trainer
6 3 (5.36%) Senior
6 3 (5.36%) Trainer
7 2 (3.57%) Application Support Team Leader
7 2 (3.57%) Azure Specialist
7 2 (3.57%) Delivery Manager
7 2 (3.57%) Desktop Support Technician
7 2 (3.57%) DevOps Specialist
7 2 (3.57%) Product Owner
7 2 (3.57%) Support Team Leader
7 2 (3.57%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.14%) SailPoint
2 3 (5.36%) VML
3 2 (3.57%) LDAP
3 2 (3.57%) REST
4 1 (1.79%) .NET
4 1 (1.79%) .NET Core
4 1 (1.79%) ADO
4 1 (1.79%) ARM Templates
4 1 (1.79%) EDI
4 1 (1.79%) Hibernate
4 1 (1.79%) jQuery
4 1 (1.79%) JSON
4 1 (1.79%) OAuth
4 1 (1.79%) OpenID
4 1 (1.79%) Prophet
4 1 (1.79%) PySpark
4 1 (1.79%) SAML
4 1 (1.79%) scikit-learn
4 1 (1.79%) Spring
4 1 (1.79%) XGBoost
Miscellaneous
1 9 (16.07%) Product Ownership
2 4 (7.14%) e-Learning
2 4 (7.14%) Onboarding
3 3 (5.36%) Learning Management System
4 2 (3.57%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (3.57%) Mainframe
4 2 (3.57%) Management Information System
4 2 (3.57%) PMI
4 2 (3.57%) Smartphone
4 2 (3.57%) VSAM
5 1 (1.79%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.79%) CCTV
5 1 (1.79%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.79%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.79%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.79%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 9 (16.07%) Windows
2 5 (8.93%) Mac OS
3 2 (3.57%) Apple iOS
3 2 (3.57%) Windows 10
4 1 (1.79%) Linux
4 1 (1.79%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (44.64%) Stakeholder Management
2 21 (37.50%) Agile
3 14 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (19.64%) DevOps
4 11 (19.64%) Scrum
4 11 (19.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 11 (19.64%) User Experience
5 10 (17.86%) Project Management
6 9 (16.07%) CI/CD
7 8 (14.29%) Change Management
7 8 (14.29%) Kanban
8 7 (12.50%) Acceptance Criteria
8 7 (12.50%) Risk Management
8 7 (12.50%) Roadmaps
8 7 (12.50%) Test Strategy
8 7 (12.50%) User Stories
9 6 (10.71%) Backlog Management
9 6 (10.71%) Decision-Making
9 6 (10.71%) Project Delivery
9 6 (10.71%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 8 (14.29%) PowerShell
2 6 (10.71%) Bash
3 4 (7.14%) Java
3 4 (7.14%) SQL
4 2 (3.57%) COBOL
4 2 (3.57%) JCL
4 2 (3.57%) Python
5 1 (1.79%) C#
5 1 (1.79%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 7 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 6 (10.71%) Degree
3 4 (7.14%) CISA
3 4 (7.14%) CISM
3 4 (7.14%) CISSP
3 4 (7.14%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
3 4 (7.14%) SC Cleared
4 3 (5.36%) CSPO
5 2 (3.57%) Azure Certification
5 2 (3.57%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (3.57%) Master's Degree
5 2 (3.57%) MBA
5 2 (3.57%) PMI Certification
5 2 (3.57%) PMP
5 2 (3.57%) SAFe Agilist
6 1 (1.79%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (17.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (14.29%) GDPR
3 6 (10.71%) QA
4 4 (7.14%) COBIT
4 4 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 4 (7.14%) NIST
4 4 (7.14%) NIST 800
4 4 (7.14%) PMO
5 2 (3.57%) Basel III
5 2 (3.57%) SLA
6 1 (1.79%) Accessibility
6 1 (1.79%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (1.79%) Data Quality
6 1 (1.79%) GRC
6 1 (1.79%) HIPAA
6 1 (1.79%) ISO 19650
System Software
1 9 (16.07%) Active Directory
2 5 (8.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (3.57%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
1 7 (12.50%) SCCM
2 4 (7.14%) RSA Archer
3 3 (5.36%) Terraform
4 2 (3.57%) Kubernetes
5 1 (1.79%) Prometheus
5 1 (1.79%) Tivoli Identity Manager
Vendors
1 18 (32.14%) Microsoft
2 7 (12.50%) ServiceNow
3 5 (8.93%) Citrix
3 5 (8.93%) Salesforce
3 5 (8.93%) VMware
4 4 (7.14%) Alteryx
4 4 (7.14%) Google
4 4 (7.14%) Oracle
4 4 (7.14%) Rapid7
5 2 (3.57%) DocuSign
5 2 (3.57%) Dynatrace
6 1 (1.79%) Ariba
6 1 (1.79%) Autodesk
6 1 (1.79%) Databricks
6 1 (1.79%) IBM
6 1 (1.79%) Ping Identity
6 1 (1.79%) SAP