Kaizen
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Kaizen skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Kaizen over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 579 687 827
Rank change year-on-year +108 +140 -130
Contract jobs citing Kaizen 7 6 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.016% 0.010% 0.025%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.019% 0.011% 0.028%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 14
10th Percentile - £138 £551
25th Percentile £670 £143 £650
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £740 £148 £700
Median % change year-on-year +401.69% -78.93% +21.74%
75th Percentile £810 £246 £738
90th Percentile - £421 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate - £148 £713
% change year-on-year - -79.30% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 1
10th Percentile £29.05 - -
25th Percentile - - £18.50
Median hourly rate £33.00 £23.15 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +42.55% +15.75% -
75th Percentile - - £21.50
90th Percentile £35.55 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £33.00 £23.15 £20.00
% change year-on-year +42.55% +15.75% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Kaizen 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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,201 52,182 79,685
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.27% 89.83% 90.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,946 36,175 55,967
10th Percentile £300 £325 £341
25th Percentile £413 £438 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,437 1,727 1,890
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +44.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -6.98%

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

Kaizen
Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Kaizen within the UK over the 6 months to 8 May 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
England +92 7 £740 +401.69% 34
UK excluding London +70 5 - - 32
South West - 3 - - 2
Work from Home +117 2 £740 +401.69% 2
East of England - 2 - - 7
London - 2 £740 - 4

Kaizen
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (14.29%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) SaaS
General
1 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 4 (57.14%) Manufacturing
3 3 (42.86%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (28.57%) Finance
5 1 (14.29%) Aerospace
5 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (14.29%) Automotive
5 1 (14.29%) Banking
5 1 (14.29%) Front Office
5 1 (14.29%) Investment Banking
5 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Lead
2 1 (14.29%) Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Business Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Finance Business Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Financial Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) MiFID Business Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Quality Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Regulatory Business Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Senior
2 1 (14.29%) Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Derivative
1 1 (14.29%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Project Management
2 3 (42.86%) Lean Software Development
2 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (42.86%) Roadmaps
3 2 (28.57%) Quality Management
3 2 (28.57%) Six Sigma
4 1 (14.29%) Agile
4 1 (14.29%) Change Management
4 1 (14.29%) Data Analysis
4 1 (14.29%) Defect Management
4 1 (14.29%) DMAIC
4 1 (14.29%) PLM
4 1 (14.29%) Process Improvement
4 1 (14.29%) Requirements Analysis
4 1 (14.29%) Service Design
4 1 (14.29%) Software Engineering
4 1 (14.29%) Test Management
4 1 (14.29%) Test Strategy
4 1 (14.29%) Time Management
4 1 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) HNC
1 4 (57.14%) SC Cleared
1 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) HND
2 1 (14.29%) ISEB
2 1 (14.29%) ISTQB
2 1 (14.29%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) EMIR
1 1 (14.29%) MiFID
1 1 (14.29%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) SAP