Continuous Improvement Contracts in the North of England

Continual Improvement
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England requiring Continuous Improvement skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Continuous Improvement over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 45 66
Rank change year-on-year +4 +21 -5
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 162 178 196
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 4.92% 3.73% 3.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.46% 4.35% 3.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 110 115 135
10th Percentile £313 £366 £366
25th Percentile £375 £450 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £486 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.43% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £580 £598 £594
90th Percentile £691 £650 £723
England median daily rate £518 £525 £563
% change year-on-year -1.30% -6.67% +2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 19 8
10th Percentile £19.00 £10.90 £16.85
25th Percentile £21.72 £25.72 £21.58
Median hourly rate £28.75 £36.50 £31.86
Median % change year-on-year -21.23% +14.55% -4.52%
75th Percentile £43.39 £43.75 £47.13
90th Percentile £74.96 £61.50 £58.35
England median hourly rate £50.00 £37.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year +33.33% -37.50% +34.83%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

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 North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,966 4,089 5,288
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 90.02% 85.76% 90.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,908 2,506 3,674
10th Percentile £263 £300 £302
25th Percentile £378 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £563 £588 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 154 355 207
10th Percentile £13.83 £11.03 £10.63
25th Percentile £18.20 £12.45 £15.25
Median hourly rate £28.75 £17.50 £27.70
Median % change year-on-year +64.29% -36.82% +49.73%
75th Percentile £55.76 £44.41 £45.05
90th Percentile £82.56 £53.90 £65.00
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Continuous Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Continuous Improvement as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Continuous Improvement in the North of England

Continuous Improvement
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Continuous Improvement in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Continuous Improvement in the North of England

Continuous Improvement
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Continuous Improvement in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Continuous Improvement in the North of England

Continuous Improvement
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Continuous Improvement in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Continuous Improvement in the North of England

Continuous Improvement
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Continuous Improvement in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Continuous Improvement in the North of England

Continuous Improvement
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
North West +4 92 £475 -9.52% 433
Yorkshire +11 56 £488 -2.50% 221
North East -4 14 £538 -2.93% 65
Continuous Improvement
England

Continuous Improvement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 15 (9.26%) Confluence
2 9 (5.56%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.85%) JBoss
3 3 (1.85%) OpenEdge
3 3 (1.85%) Tomcat
3 3 (1.85%) WebLogic
3 3 (1.85%) WebSphere
4 2 (1.23%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.62%) Appian
5 1 (0.62%) CICS
5 1 (0.62%) nginx
Applications
1 11 (6.79%) MS Visio
2 9 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (5.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (3.09%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.85%) Trello
5 1 (0.62%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (2.47%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.62%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.62%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.62%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.62%) SAP CO
2 1 (0.62%) SAP FI
2 1 (0.62%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (0.62%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 12 (7.41%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (6.79%) Azure
3 10 (6.17%) AWS
4 6 (3.70%) Power Platform
5 5 (3.09%) GitHub
6 3 (1.85%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (1.85%) SuccessFactors
7 2 (1.23%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (1.23%) Entra ID
7 2 (1.23%) GCP
7 2 (1.23%) Lucidchart
7 2 (1.23%) Microsoft Copilot
7 2 (1.23%) Microsoft Purview
7 2 (1.23%) OpenShift
7 2 (1.23%) Power Automate
7 2 (1.23%) PowerApps
7 2 (1.23%) ShareGate
8 1 (0.62%) Amazon ECS
8 1 (0.62%) Amazon EKS
8 1 (0.62%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.85%) Ethernet
1 3 (1.85%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (1.23%) Firewall
3 1 (0.62%) DNS
3 1 (0.62%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 1 (0.62%) FlexRay
3 1 (0.62%) Skype
3 1 (0.62%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.47%) DB2
1 4 (2.47%) Power BI
1 4 (2.47%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.85%) MySQL
2 3 (1.85%) SAP HANA
2 3 (1.85%) Tableau
3 2 (1.23%) Data Mining
3 2 (1.23%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.23%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.62%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.62%) DynamoDB
4 1 (0.62%) EDRMS
4 1 (0.62%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 26 (16.05%) JIRA
2 12 (7.41%) Git
2 12 (7.41%) Jenkins
3 6 (3.70%) Cucumber
3 6 (3.70%) Selenium
4 5 (3.09%) GitLab
4 5 (3.09%) JUnit
5 4 (2.47%) Gradle
5 4 (2.47%) HP UFT
5 4 (2.47%) IntelliJ
5 4 (2.47%) Maven
6 3 (1.85%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.62%) Bugzilla
7 1 (0.62%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.62%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 71 (43.83%) Social Skills
2 44 (27.16%) Analytical Skills
3 39 (24.07%) Finance
4 20 (12.35%) Public Sector
5 14 (8.64%) Banking
6 11 (6.79%) Presentation Skills
7 7 (4.32%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (4.32%) Law
8 6 (3.70%) Automotive
8 6 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (3.09%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (1.23%) Italian Language
10 2 (1.23%) Legal
10 2 (1.23%) Marketing
10 2 (1.23%) Military
10 2 (1.23%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.23%) Spanish Language
11 1 (0.62%) Corporate Banking
11 1 (0.62%) General Ledger
11 1 (0.62%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 29 (17.90%) Analyst
2 21 (12.96%) Business Analyst
3 16 (9.88%) Senior
4 15 (9.26%) Lead
5 12 (7.41%) Developer
6 11 (6.79%) Architect
7 8 (4.94%) Administrator
7 8 (4.94%) Scrum Master
7 8 (4.94%) Service Manager
8 7 (4.32%) Delivery Manager
8 7 (4.32%) Project Manager
8 7 (4.32%) Senior Analyst
9 6 (3.70%) ServiceNow Business Analyst
9 6 (3.70%) Solutions Architect
9 6 (3.70%) Test Manager
10 5 (3.09%) Contracts Manager
10 5 (3.09%) Microsoft 365 Administrator
10 5 (3.09%) Senior Business Analyst
11 4 (2.47%) Integration Developer
11 4 (2.47%) Senior Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.09%) Middleware
2 4 (2.47%) REST
2 4 (2.47%) SOAP
2 4 (2.47%) Spring
3 3 (1.85%) EJB
3 3 (1.85%) J2EE
3 3 (1.85%) JSP
3 3 (1.85%) RAML
3 3 (1.85%) Servlets
3 3 (1.85%) Spring Boot
3 3 (1.85%) Web Services
3 3 (1.85%) WSDL
4 2 (1.23%) Kafka
4 2 (1.23%) PyTorch
4 2 (1.23%) React
4 2 (1.23%) RESTful
4 2 (1.23%) TensorFlow
5 1 (0.62%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.62%) D3.js
5 1 (0.62%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 19 (11.73%) Product Ownership
2 9 (5.56%) Management Information System
3 7 (4.32%) CMDB
4 6 (3.70%) Data Protection Act
4 6 (3.70%) PMI
5 5 (3.09%) Algorithms
5 5 (3.09%) Security Posture
5 5 (3.09%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (2.47%) Cloud Native
7 3 (1.85%) Mobile App
7 3 (1.85%) Private Cloud
7 3 (1.85%) Public Cloud
8 2 (1.23%) Mainframe
8 2 (1.23%) NHS
8 2 (1.23%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 2 (1.23%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.62%) IBM Mainframe
9 1 (0.62%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.62%) Operational Technology
9 1 (0.62%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 8 (4.94%) Linux
2 3 (1.85%) Windows
3 2 (1.23%) Unix
4 1 (0.62%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (41.98%) Problem-Solving
2 66 (40.74%) Agile
3 57 (35.19%) Stakeholder Management
4 32 (19.75%) Project Management
5 29 (17.90%) Decision-Making
6 27 (16.67%) Scrum
7 26 (16.05%) Change Management
7 26 (16.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 25 (15.43%) Risk Management
9 21 (12.96%) ITIL
10 19 (11.73%) DevOps
10 19 (11.73%) Service Management
11 18 (11.11%) PRINCE2
11 18 (11.11%) Process Improvement
12 17 (10.49%) CI/CD
13 16 (9.88%) SDLC
14 14 (8.64%) Business Analysis
14 14 (8.64%) Test Strategy
15 13 (8.02%) Analytics
15 13 (8.02%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 17 (10.49%) SQL
2 15 (9.26%) Java
3 11 (6.79%) Python
4 4 (2.47%) Bash
4 4 (2.47%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.23%) PowerShell
5 2 (1.23%) R
6 1 (0.62%) Apex Code
6 1 (0.62%) C#
6 1 (0.62%) C++
6 1 (0.62%) JCL
6 1 (0.62%) REXX
Qualifications
1 28 (17.28%) Degree
2 13 (8.02%) Security Cleared
3 11 (6.79%) PMI Certification
4 9 (5.56%) SC Cleared
5 8 (4.94%) PMP
6 4 (2.47%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.85%) CBAP
7 3 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.85%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (1.23%) CIMA
8 2 (1.23%) CISM
8 2 (1.23%) CISSP
8 2 (1.23%) ISTQB
8 2 (1.23%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (1.23%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.62%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.62%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.62%) CTC Cleared
9 1 (0.62%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (0.62%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (9.26%) QA
2 12 (7.41%) PMO
3 7 (4.32%) Accessibility
3 7 (4.32%) GDPR
4 6 (3.70%) Data Quality
5 5 (3.09%) HL7
6 4 (2.47%) AUTOSAR
7 3 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (1.23%) COREP
8 2 (1.23%) FINREP
8 2 (1.23%) NCSC
8 2 (1.23%) NIST
9 1 (0.62%) COBIT
9 1 (0.62%) GRC
9 1 (0.62%) IEC 61508
9 1 (0.62%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.62%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.62%) PSD2
9 1 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.62%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (2.47%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.23%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (4.94%) Ansible
2 6 (3.70%) Terraform
3 3 (1.85%) Grafana
3 3 (1.85%) Progress Chef
4 2 (1.23%) HP Data Protector
4 2 (1.23%) Kubernetes
4 2 (1.23%) NetBackup
4 2 (1.23%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.62%) Control-M
5 1 (0.62%) Docker Swarm
5 1 (0.62%) Kibana
5 1 (0.62%) logstash
5 1 (0.62%) Oracle RMAN
5 1 (0.62%) RSA Archer
5 1 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 24 (14.81%) Microsoft
2 20 (12.35%) ServiceNow
3 7 (4.32%) SAP
4 6 (3.70%) CyberArk
5 5 (3.09%) Oracle
6 3 (1.85%) Concur
6 3 (1.85%) MuleSoft
6 3 (1.85%) Veritas
7 2 (1.23%) Blue Prism
7 2 (1.23%) BMC
7 2 (1.23%) Dell
7 2 (1.23%) Fortinet
7 2 (1.23%) Infoblox
7 2 (1.23%) Nintex
7 2 (1.23%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.23%) Workday
8 1 (0.62%) Ariba
8 1 (0.62%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.62%) IBM
8 1 (0.62%) Remedy