Continuous Improvement Contract Job Trends in Luton

Continual Improvement
Bedfordshire > Luton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Luton requiring Continuous Improvement skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 16 34
Rank change year-on-year +5 +18 -16
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 19 6 2
As % of all contract jobs in Luton 13.38% 7.06% 1.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.08% 7.41% 1.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 4 2
10th Percentile £494 - £517
25th Percentile - £121 £524
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £123 £543
Median % change year-on-year +308.16% -77.42% -3.56%
75th Percentile £513 £124 £554
90th Percentile £640 - £558
Bedfordshire median daily rate £500 £158 £560
% change year-on-year +215.82% -71.73% -0.44%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Luton

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 Luton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 126 81 165
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Luton 88.73% 95.29% 89.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 43 118
10th Percentile £313 £170 £460
25th Percentile £408 £463 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £531 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.19% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £550
90th Percentile £638 £700 £600
Bedfordshire median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 11 3
10th Percentile £64.65 £20.26 £53.00
25th Percentile £77.63 £45.38 £53.75
Median hourly rate £90.50 £55.65 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +62.62% +1.18% -4.35%
75th Percentile £91.50 £65.80 £60.25
90th Percentile - £68.00 £61.90
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £80.00 £50.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +60.00% -9.09% -3.93%

Continuous Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in Luton

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

Continuous Improvement job vacancy trend in Luton

Continuous Improvement
Daily Rate Trend in Luton

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Luton citing Continuous Improvement.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Luton citing Continuous Improvement

Continuous Improvement
Daily Rate Histogram in Luton

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Continuous Improvement in Luton over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Continuous Improvement in Luton

Continuous Improvement
Hourly Rate Trend in Luton

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Luton citing Continuous Improvement.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Luton citing Continuous Improvement

Continuous Improvement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Luton 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:

Business Applications
1 11 (57.89%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (5.26%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.26%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (5.26%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.53%) Firewall
1 2 (10.53%) Network Security
2 1 (5.26%) LAN
2 1 (5.26%) SSL
2 1 (5.26%) WAN
2 1 (5.26%) Wireless
2 1 (5.26%) Wireless Security
General
1 11 (57.89%) Social Skills
2 7 (36.84%) Pharmaceutical
3 5 (26.32%) Finance
4 2 (10.53%) Military
5 1 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (5.26%) Aviation
5 1 (5.26%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3 (15.79%) Analyst
1 3 (15.79%) Business Process Analyst
1 3 (15.79%) Process Analyst
2 2 (10.53%) Consultant
2 2 (10.53%) IT Security Officer
2 2 (10.53%) Lean Consultant
2 2 (10.53%) Process Consultant
2 2 (10.53%) Process Mapping Consultant
2 2 (10.53%) SAP Consultant
2 2 (10.53%) SAP Supply Chain Consultant
2 2 (10.53%) Security Engineer
2 2 (10.53%) Security Officer
2 2 (10.53%) Senior
2 2 (10.53%) Six Sigma Consultant
2 2 (10.53%) Supply Chain Consultant
3 1 (5.26%) Blue Coat Engineer
3 1 (5.26%) Head of PMO
3 1 (5.26%) Scrum Master
3 1 (5.26%) Security Advisor
3 1 (5.26%) Workday Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.53%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (5.26%) Operational Technology
2 1 (5.26%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (52.63%) Lean Six Sigma
1 10 (52.63%) Process Improvement
1 10 (52.63%) Six Sigma
2 9 (47.37%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (42.11%) Business Process Mapping
3 8 (42.11%) Coaching
3 8 (42.11%) ERP
3 8 (42.11%) Process Management
4 7 (36.84%) Workshop Facilitation
5 6 (31.58%) Proactive Monitoring
5 6 (31.58%) Roadmaps
6 5 (26.32%) Incident Response
6 5 (26.32%) SAP Implementation
6 5 (26.32%) Strategic Roadmap
7 4 (21.05%) Migration
7 4 (21.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 3 (15.79%) Stakeholder Management
9 2 (10.53%) Agile
9 2 (10.53%) Risk Assessment
9 2 (10.53%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 5 (26.32%) Six Sigma Green Belt
2 3 (15.79%) SC Cleared
2 3 (15.79%) Security Cleared
3 2 (10.53%) CISM
3 2 (10.53%) CISSP
3 2 (10.53%) Degree
4 1 (5.26%) PMI Certification
4 1 (5.26%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.53%) JSP 440
1 2 (10.53%) NCSC
1 2 (10.53%) NIST
1 2 (10.53%) NIST 800
2 1 (5.26%) PMO
2 1 (5.26%) QA
System Software
1 2 (10.53%) Firmware
2 1 (5.26%) ProxySG
Vendors
1 11 (57.89%) SAP
2 1 (5.26%) Blue Coat
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.26%) Oracle
2 1 (5.26%) Workday
2 1 (5.26%) Zscaler