Continuous Improvement Contract Job Trends in Stafford

Continual Improvement
Staffordshire > Stafford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Stafford requiring Continuous Improvement skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 1 - 7
Rank change year-on-year - - +3
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 16 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Stafford 39.02% - 10.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 44.44% - 10.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £320 - £300
Median % change year-on-year - - -42.86%
Staffordshire median daily rate £320 £575 £425
% change year-on-year -44.35% +35.29% -17.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £33.93
Staffordshire median hourly rate - - £24.92
% change year-on-year - - -9.40%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Stafford

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 Stafford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36 15 20
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stafford 87.80% 68.18% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 2 10
10th Percentile £210 £80 -
25th Percentile £328 £140 £125
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £246 £250
Median % change year-on-year +83.30% -1.80% -65.40%
75th Percentile £850 £357 £414
90th Percentile £912 £420 £478
Staffordshire median daily rate £450 £300 £375
% change year-on-year +50.00% -19.89% -25.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 3
10th Percentile - - £34.14
25th Percentile - £29.00 £34.47
Median hourly rate - £30.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year - -14.29% +33.33%
75th Percentile - £31.00 £36.88
90th Percentile - £35.90 £38.00
Staffordshire median hourly rate £19.41 £30.00 £33.93
% change year-on-year -35.30% -11.58% +23.38%

Continuous Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in Stafford

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

Continuous Improvement job vacancy trend in Stafford

Continuous Improvement
Daily Rate Trend in Stafford

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

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

Continuous Improvement
Hourly Rate Trend in Stafford

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

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

Continuous Improvement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stafford 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:

Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (6.25%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 7 (43.75%) Social Skills
2 4 (25.00%) Electronics
3 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (6.25%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (12.50%) Support Engineer
1 2 (12.50%) Technical Engineer
1 2 (12.50%) Technical Support
1 2 (12.50%) Technical Support Engineer
1 2 (12.50%) Test Automation Engineer
1 2 (12.50%) Test Engineer
2 1 (6.25%) Consultant
2 1 (6.25%) Lead
2 1 (6.25%) Validation Consultant
2 1 (6.25%) Validation Engineer
2 1 (6.25%) Verification Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Embedded Systems
1 2 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (6.25%) Freedom of Information
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (25.00%) Validation
3 3 (18.75%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (12.50%) Agile
4 2 (12.50%) GAP Analysis
4 2 (12.50%) Knowledge Transfer
4 2 (12.50%) Process Improvement
4 2 (12.50%) Root Cause Analysis
4 2 (12.50%) Scrum
4 2 (12.50%) SDLC
4 2 (12.50%) Service Delivery
4 2 (12.50%) System Testing
4 2 (12.50%) Technical Leadership
4 2 (12.50%) Test Automation
4 2 (12.50%) Test Management
4 2 (12.50%) Test Scripting
4 2 (12.50%) Verification and Validation
4 2 (12.50%) V-Model
5 1 (6.25%) Demand Management
5 1 (6.25%) Performance Improvement
Programming Languages
1 4 (25.00%) MATLAB
2 2 (12.50%) Python
3 1 (6.25%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (43.75%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (56.25%) QA
2 2 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 12207
2 2 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 1 (6.25%) Data Quality
3 1 (6.25%) GDPR
Vendors
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft