Kaizen Contracts

Kaizen
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Kaizen skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Kaizen over the 6 months leading up to 10 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 583 699
Rank change year-on-year - +116 +129
Contract jobs citing Kaizen 0 7 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK - 0.016% 0.010%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 0.019% 0.012%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 4
10th Percentile - - £138
25th Percentile - £670 £143
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £740 £148
Median % change year-on-year - +401.69% -78.93%
75th Percentile - £810 £246
90th Percentile - - £421
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £148
% change year-on-year - - -77.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 2
Median hourly rate - £33.00 £23.15
Median % change year-on-year - +42.55% +15.75%
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £33.00 £23.15
% change year-on-year - +42.55% +15.75%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Kaizen 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,732 37,140 52,105
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.93% 86.25% 89.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,209 23,924 36,124
10th Percentile £306 £300 £325
25th Percentile £411 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +3.77%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £745 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £479 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -4.20% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,088 2,439 1,724
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.47 £16.00 £16.17
Median hourly rate £28.60 £36.50 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.64% +1.39% +42.97%
75th Percentile £60.25 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.00 £38.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -28.95% +8.57% +75.00%

Kaizen
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Kaizen as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Kaizen in the UK

Kaizen
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Kaizen.

Daily rate trend for Kaizen in the UK

Kaizen
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Kaizen.

Hourly rate trend for Kaizen in the UK