Continuous Improvement Contracts in Tyne and Wear

Continual Improvement
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Tyne and Wear 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 27 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 11 15
Rank change year-on-year -8 +4 +23
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 12 18 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 5.41% 10.84% 8.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.52% 11.92% 9.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 12 8
10th Percentile £268 £384 -
25th Percentile £331 £404 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £356
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% +26.32% -30.49%
75th Percentile £541 £590 £478
90th Percentile £558 £610 £587
North East median daily rate £475 £503 £356
% change year-on-year -5.47% +41.05% -30.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 4
10th Percentile - - £17.30
25th Percentile £13.37 £15.50 £17.75
Median hourly rate £13.49 £16.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.69% -15.79% +8.57%
75th Percentile £13.61 £19.75 £20.06
90th Percentile - £21.70 £20.18
North East median hourly rate £13.49 £16.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -15.69% -15.79% +8.57%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 184 151 170
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 82.88% 90.96% 85.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 116 79 121
10th Percentile £200 £325 £350
25th Percentile £405 £379 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -14.29% -
75th Percentile £570 £550 £625
90th Percentile £625 £650 £720
North East median daily rate £475 £470 £450
% change year-on-year +1.06% +4.44% -14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 14 6
10th Percentile £13.71 £15.50 £17.50
25th Percentile £15.13 £17.81 £18.19
Median hourly rate £18.28 £21.25 £19.75
Median % change year-on-year -14.00% +7.59% +22.06%
75th Percentile £20.63 £65.00 £29.06
90th Percentile £37.60 £70.00 £32.88
North East median hourly rate £17.30 £46.18 £26.00
% change year-on-year -62.54% +77.62% +48.57%

Continuous Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

Job postings citing Continuous Improvement as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear.

Job vacancy trend for Continuous Improvement in Tyne and Wear

Continuous Improvement
Daily Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Continuous Improvement.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Continuous Improvement

Continuous Improvement
Daily Rate Histogram in Tyne and Wear

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Continuous Improvement in Tyne and Wear over the 6 months to 27 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Continuous Improvement in Tyne and Wear

Continuous Improvement
Hourly Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Continuous Improvement.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Continuous Improvement

Continuous Improvement
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 27 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Newcastle upon Tyne -8 12 £475 +5.56% 19
Continuous Improvement
North East

Continuous Improvement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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 3 (25.00%) OpenEdge
2 2 (16.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (8.33%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 5 (41.67%) Power Platform
2 2 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Copilot
2 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Purview
2 2 (16.67%) Power Automate
2 2 (16.67%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (25.00%) Power BI
1 3 (25.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (16.67%) MySQL
2 2 (16.67%) Relational Database
General
1 2 (16.67%) Finance
1 2 (16.67%) Public Sector
1 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (25.00%) Developer
2 2 (16.67%) Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Delivery Manager
2 2 (16.67%) Lead
2 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Developer
2 2 (16.67%) Power Platform Developer
2 2 (16.67%) Risk Manager
2 2 (16.67%) Supply Chain Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Agile Coach
3 1 (8.33%) Consultant
3 1 (8.33%) Customer Service Representative
3 1 (8.33%) Operations Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Performance Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (25.00%) Management Information System
3 2 (16.67%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) Agile
1 4 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
1 4 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 3 (25.00%) ITIL
2 3 (25.00%) Risk Management
2 3 (25.00%) Waterfall
3 2 (16.67%) Actionable Insight
3 2 (16.67%) CAFM
3 2 (16.67%) Data Analysis
3 2 (16.67%) Facilities Management
3 2 (16.67%) Mobile Application Development
3 2 (16.67%) Service Delivery
3 2 (16.67%) Service Delivery Management
3 2 (16.67%) Supply Chain Management
4 1 (8.33%) Agile Coaching
4 1 (8.33%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (8.33%) Conversational UI
4 1 (8.33%) Decision-Making
4 1 (8.33%) Iteration Planning
4 1 (8.33%) Performance Measurement
Programming Languages
1 3 (25.00%) SQL
2 1 (8.33%) Java
2 1 (8.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (8.33%) Degree
2 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) GDPR
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.33%) Salesforce