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 21 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 41 55
Rank change year-on-year +1 +14 +13
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 166 182 207
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 5.01% 3.95% 3.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.58% 4.62% 4.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 114 120 134
10th Percentile £313 £372 £365
25th Percentile £375 £450 £476
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £548 £594 £600
90th Percentile £668 £639 £725
England median daily rate £511 £525 £565
% change year-on-year -2.61% -7.08% +2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 20 9
10th Percentile £20.69 £10.90 £16.85
25th Percentile £26.88 £24.76 £23.15
Median hourly rate £28.75 £36.50 £40.58
Median % change year-on-year -21.23% -10.04% +50.28%
75th Percentile £46.35 £43.75 £53.35
90th Percentile £80.59 £61.38 £72.68
England median hourly rate £46.73 £36.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year +28.03% -27.00% +12.36%

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 2,973 3,937 5,092
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 89.68% 85.36% 90.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,908 2,416 3,501
10th Percentile £263 £300 £300
25th Percentile £379 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £556 £588 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 157 365 203
10th Percentile £13.50 £11.07 £10.63
25th Percentile £18.51 £12.50 £15.36
Median hourly rate £25.43 £17.72 £27.70
Median % change year-on-year +43.51% -36.03% +45.79%
75th Percentile £55.93 £45.00 £43.75
90th Percentile £78.00 £59.00 £65.00
England median hourly rate £28.41 £36.50 £36.54
% change year-on-year -22.16% -0.11% +46.16%

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 21 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 21 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 21 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 -2 96 £472 -10.10% 609
Yorkshire +16 60 £488 -2.50% 274
North East -9 12 £519 -6.32% 133
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 18 (10.84%) Confluence
2 9 (5.42%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.81%) CICS
3 3 (1.81%) JBoss
3 3 (1.81%) OpenEdge
3 3 (1.81%) Tomcat
3 3 (1.81%) WebLogic
3 3 (1.81%) WebSphere
4 2 (1.20%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.60%) Appian
5 1 (0.60%) CMS
5 1 (0.60%) IIS
5 1 (0.60%) Mule
5 1 (0.60%) Umbraco
Applications
1 11 (6.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 10 (6.02%) MS Visio
3 9 (5.42%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (2.41%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (2.41%) Trello
5 1 (0.60%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (1.81%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.60%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.60%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.60%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.60%) SAP CO
2 1 (0.60%) SAP FI
2 1 (0.60%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (0.60%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.60%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 15 (9.04%) Azure
2 13 (7.83%) AWS
3 10 (6.02%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (4.82%) Power Platform
5 7 (4.22%) GitHub
6 4 (2.41%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (2.41%) SaaS
7 3 (1.81%) Figma
7 3 (1.81%) GCP
8 2 (1.20%) Amazon S3
8 2 (1.20%) AWS CloudFormation
8 2 (1.20%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (1.20%) Entra ID
8 2 (1.20%) Lucidchart
8 2 (1.20%) Microsoft Copilot
8 2 (1.20%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (1.20%) Power Automate
8 2 (1.20%) PowerApps
8 2 (1.20%) ShareGate
8 2 (1.20%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.81%) Ethernet
1 3 (1.81%) Firewall
1 3 (1.81%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (1.20%) HTTP
3 1 (0.60%) DNS
3 1 (0.60%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 1 (0.60%) FlexRay
3 1 (0.60%) Network Security
3 1 (0.60%) Skype
3 1 (0.60%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.82%) SQL Server
2 6 (3.61%) Power BI
3 5 (3.01%) DB2
4 3 (1.81%) MySQL
4 3 (1.81%) Relational Database
4 3 (1.81%) Tableau
5 2 (1.20%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (1.20%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.20%) MongoDB
5 2 (1.20%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.60%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.60%) Data Mining
6 1 (0.60%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.60%) EDRMS
6 1 (0.60%) MariaDB
6 1 (0.60%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 30 (18.07%) JIRA
2 13 (7.83%) Git
3 12 (7.23%) Jenkins
4 7 (4.22%) Selenium
5 6 (3.61%) Cucumber
6 5 (3.01%) IntelliJ
6 5 (3.01%) JUnit
6 5 (3.01%) Maven
7 4 (2.41%) Bitbucket
7 4 (2.41%) Gradle
7 4 (2.41%) HP UFT
8 2 (1.20%) Browser DevTools
8 2 (1.20%) GitLab
8 2 (1.20%) REST Assured
8 2 (1.20%) UI Automator
9 1 (0.60%) Bitbucket Server
9 1 (0.60%) Bugzilla
9 1 (0.60%) Eclipse
9 1 (0.60%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.60%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 71 (42.77%) Social Skills
2 41 (24.70%) Analytical Skills
3 36 (21.69%) Finance
4 19 (11.45%) Public Sector
5 17 (10.24%) Banking
6 10 (6.02%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (4.22%) Law
7 7 (4.22%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (3.61%) Automotive
8 6 (3.61%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (2.41%) Legal
9 4 (2.41%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (1.20%) Marketing
10 2 (1.20%) Military
11 1 (0.60%) General Ledger
11 1 (0.60%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.60%) Italian Language
11 1 (0.60%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.60%) Retail Banking
11 1 (0.60%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 27 (16.27%) Analyst
2 21 (12.65%) Business Analyst
3 18 (10.84%) Developer
4 17 (10.24%) Senior
5 12 (7.23%) Architect
5 12 (7.23%) Lead
6 10 (6.02%) Delivery Manager
6 10 (6.02%) Scrum Master
7 7 (4.22%) Project Manager
7 7 (4.22%) Senior Analyst
7 7 (4.22%) Service Manager
7 7 (4.22%) ServiceNow Business Analyst
7 7 (4.22%) Test Manager
8 6 (3.61%) Administrator
8 6 (3.61%) Senior Business Analyst
9 5 (3.01%) Contracts Manager
9 5 (3.01%) Microsoft 365 Administrator
9 5 (3.01%) Solutions Architect
10 4 (2.41%) Agile Coach
10 4 (2.41%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.01%) .NET
1 5 (3.01%) Spring
2 4 (2.41%) J2EE
2 4 (2.41%) Middleware
2 4 (2.41%) RAML
2 4 (2.41%) React
2 4 (2.41%) Spring Boot
2 4 (2.41%) Web Services
3 3 (1.81%) .NET Core
3 3 (1.81%) ARM Templates
3 3 (1.81%) EJB
3 3 (1.81%) JSP
3 3 (1.81%) Lightning Web Components
3 3 (1.81%) REST
3 3 (1.81%) RESTful
3 3 (1.81%) Servlets
3 3 (1.81%) SOAP
3 3 (1.81%) WSDL
4 2 (1.20%) Ajax
4 2 (1.20%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 22 (13.25%) Product Ownership
2 13 (7.83%) Management Information System
3 8 (4.82%) CMDB
4 6 (3.61%) Data Protection Act
5 5 (3.01%) Security Posture
6 4 (2.41%) Algorithms
6 4 (2.41%) Mainframe
7 3 (1.81%) Cloud Native
7 3 (1.81%) Mobile App
7 3 (1.81%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.81%) PMI
7 3 (1.81%) Private Cloud
7 3 (1.81%) Public Cloud
7 3 (1.81%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.20%) NHS
8 2 (1.20%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 2 (1.20%) Virtual Team
8 2 (1.20%) VSAM
9 1 (0.60%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.60%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 8 (4.82%) Linux
2 2 (1.20%) Windows
3 1 (0.60%) Unix
3 1 (0.60%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (43.98%) Agile
2 67 (40.36%) Problem-Solving
3 51 (30.72%) Stakeholder Management
4 31 (18.67%) Scrum
5 27 (16.27%) Decision-Making
5 27 (16.27%) Project Management
6 26 (15.66%) Risk Management
7 25 (15.06%) DevOps
7 25 (15.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 22 (13.25%) Change Management
9 20 (12.05%) ITIL
9 20 (12.05%) Service Management
10 19 (11.45%) CI/CD
11 18 (10.84%) Process Improvement
12 17 (10.24%) Test Strategy
13 16 (9.64%) SDLC
14 15 (9.04%) Business Analysis
15 14 (8.43%) Cybersecurity
15 14 (8.43%) PRINCE2
15 14 (8.43%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 19 (11.45%) SQL
2 17 (10.24%) Java
3 9 (5.42%) Python
4 7 (4.22%) JavaScript
5 4 (2.41%) Bash
5 4 (2.41%) C#
6 3 (1.81%) JCL
7 2 (1.20%) COBOL
7 2 (1.20%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.60%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.60%) C++
8 1 (0.60%) R
8 1 (0.60%) REXX
8 1 (0.60%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.60%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 28 (16.87%) Degree
2 13 (7.83%) Security Cleared
3 10 (6.02%) SC Cleared
4 8 (4.82%) PMI Certification
5 7 (4.22%) PMP
6 4 (2.41%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.81%) CBAP
7 3 (1.81%) CISM
7 3 (1.81%) CISSP
7 3 (1.81%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.81%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (1.20%) CIMA
8 2 (1.20%) ISTQB
8 2 (1.20%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (1.20%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (1.20%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.60%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.60%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.60%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (0.60%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (9.04%) QA
2 9 (5.42%) PMO
3 8 (4.82%) Accessibility
3 8 (4.82%) GDPR
4 5 (3.01%) Data Quality
4 5 (3.01%) HL7
5 4 (2.41%) AUTOSAR
5 4 (2.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (1.81%) NIST
7 2 (1.20%) COREP
7 2 (1.20%) FINREP
7 2 (1.20%) NCSC
7 2 (1.20%) PCI DSS
7 2 (1.20%) WCAG
8 1 (0.60%) COBIT
8 1 (0.60%) GRC
8 1 (0.60%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.60%) IEC 61508
8 1 (0.60%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.60%) PSD2
System Software
1 4 (2.41%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.60%) Docker
2 1 (0.60%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 7 (4.22%) Ansible
2 6 (3.61%) Terraform
3 2 (1.20%) Grafana
3 2 (1.20%) HP Data Protector
3 2 (1.20%) NetBackup
4 1 (0.60%) Control-M
4 1 (0.60%) Docker Swarm
4 1 (0.60%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.60%) Oracle RMAN
4 1 (0.60%) Progress Chef
4 1 (0.60%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.60%) RSA Archer
4 1 (0.60%) SCOM
4 1 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.60%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 24 (14.46%) Microsoft
2 20 (12.05%) ServiceNow
3 6 (3.61%) Oracle
3 6 (3.61%) SAP
4 5 (3.01%) CyberArk
5 4 (2.41%) Salesforce
6 3 (1.81%) Dell
6 3 (1.81%) IBM
6 3 (1.81%) Veritas
7 2 (1.20%) Blue Prism
7 2 (1.20%) BMC
7 2 (1.20%) Concur
7 2 (1.20%) Fortinet
7 2 (1.20%) Infoblox
7 2 (1.20%) MuleSoft
7 2 (1.20%) Nintex
8 1 (0.60%) Dynatrace
8 1 (0.60%) Ping Identity
8 1 (0.60%) Thycotic
8 1 (0.60%) Workday