Continuous Improvement Contracts in the North East

Continual Improvement
England > North East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North East with a requirement for Continuous Improvement skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Continuous Improvement over the 6 months to 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 19 23 26
Rank change year-on-year +4 +3 +4
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 19 37 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North East 5.64% 8.51% 5.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.04% 9.30% 6.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 30 27
10th Percentile £389 £350 £393
25th Percentile £443 £528 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £554 £565 £530
Median % change year-on-year -1.99% +6.60% +30.86%
75th Percentile £588 £573 £600
90th Percentile £590 £580 £605
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £16.25
Median hourly rate £23.00 - £17.50
75th Percentile - - £18.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £37.50 £60.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -37.50% +34.83% +67.92%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North East

Continuous Improvement is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the North East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 270 398 434
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 80.12% 91.49% 84.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 128 307 335
10th Percentile £227 £248 £165
25th Percentile £363 £400 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £480
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +14.58% +6.67%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £588
90th Percentile £658 £708 £665
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +9.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 2 15
10th Percentile £11.48 £32.98 £10.77
25th Percentile £12.13 £35.56 £12.91
Median hourly rate £17.50 £40.75 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year -57.06% +146.97% +6.45%
75th Percentile £46.82 £45.56 £18.13
90th Percentile £50.00 £47.93 £35.25
England median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year -6.67% +56.25% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Job vacancy trend for Continuous Improvement in the North East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North East

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

Daily rate trend for Continuous Improvement in the North East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Continuous Improvement in the North East over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Continuous Improvement in the North East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North East

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

Hourly rate trend for Continuous Improvement in the North East

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Contract Job Locations in the North East

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 East region over the 6 months to 23 April 2024. 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
Tyne and Wear +6 16 £554 -1.99% 26
Durham - 2 £525 - 10
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East 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:

Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (5.26%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (5.26%) SAP Payroll
1 1 (5.26%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (10.53%) Azure
1 2 (10.53%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.53%) LTE
2 1 (5.26%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 3 (15.79%) JIRA
General
1 9 (47.37%) Social Skills
2 4 (21.05%) Telecoms
3 2 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (10.53%) Marketing
3 2 (10.53%) Retail
4 1 (5.26%) Finance
4 1 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (5.26%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (36.84%) Analyst
2 3 (15.79%) Test Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) Consultant
3 2 (10.53%) Functional Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) Functional Test Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) Lead
3 2 (10.53%) Management Consultant
3 2 (10.53%) Operations Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) PMO Manager
3 2 (10.53%) Project Manager
3 2 (10.53%) Service Management Consultant
3 2 (10.53%) Telephony Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Automation Specialist
4 1 (5.26%) Business Change Project Manager
4 1 (5.26%) ERP Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) ICT Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) IT Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Oracle Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Senior
4 1 (5.26%) Telecoms Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.53%) CCTV
1 2 (10.53%) Operational Technology
1 2 (10.53%) Product Ownership
1 2 (10.53%) SCADA
2 1 (5.26%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.26%) NHS
2 1 (5.26%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (42.11%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (36.84%) Agile
3 5 (26.32%) ITIL
3 5 (26.32%) Project Management
3 5 (26.32%) Validation
4 4 (21.05%) Portfolio Management
4 4 (21.05%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (15.79%) Decision-Making
5 3 (15.79%) Functional Testing
5 3 (15.79%) Migration
5 3 (15.79%) Non-Functional Testing
5 3 (15.79%) Scrum
6 2 (10.53%) ITSM
6 2 (10.53%) Project Planning
6 2 (10.53%) Risk Assessment
6 2 (10.53%) Risk Management
6 2 (10.53%) Service Delivery
6 2 (10.53%) Service Management
6 2 (10.53%) Workflow
6 2 (10.53%) Workflow Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.79%) C#
Qualifications
1 4 (21.05%) Degree
2 3 (15.79%) ISTQB
2 3 (15.79%) Master's Degree
2 3 (15.79%) SC Cleared
2 3 (15.79%) Security Cleared
3 2 (10.53%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (10.53%) PMI Certification
3 2 (10.53%) PMP
4 1 (5.26%) CCNA
4 1 (5.26%) CCNP
4 1 (5.26%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (5.26%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (21.05%) QA
2 3 (15.79%) PMO
3 1 (5.26%) GDPR
Vendors
1 2 (10.53%) Salesforce
1 2 (10.53%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
2 1 (5.26%) Ariba
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.26%) Oracle
2 1 (5.26%) SAP