Kaizen Contract Job Trends

Kaizen
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Kaizen skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 576 539 602
Rank change year-on-year -37 +63 +190
Contract jobs citing Kaizen 8 5 3
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.022% 0.015% 0.007%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.025% 0.017% 0.008%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 2 2
10th Percentile £351 £310 -
25th Percentile £391 £316 £166
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £648 £330 £168
Median % change year-on-year +96.21% +97.01% -70.61%
75th Percentile £815 £341 £169
90th Percentile £831 £347 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £353 £350 £168
% change year-on-year +0.71% +108.96% -68.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £23.41 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £23.41 -

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 32,537 30,122 39,072
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 88.36% 88.11% 88.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,461 18,405 26,081
10th Percentile £300 £306 £308
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £615 £638 £650
90th Percentile £723 £738 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £477 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -4.60% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,095 985 1,517
10th Percentile £14.57 £15.62 £14.36
25th Percentile £17.52 £20.50 £18.93
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.33
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -24.99% +23.80%
75th Percentile £50.00 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.50 £32.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -27.69% -26.97% +39.06%

Kaizen
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Kaizen relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Kaizen job vacancy trend in the UK

Kaizen
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Kaizen.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Kaizen

Kaizen
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Kaizen over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Kaizen in the UK

Kaizen
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Kaizen.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Kaizen

Kaizen
Top 5 Contract Job 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 19 December 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -26 8 £648 +96.21% 44
London -7 5 £793 +155.65% 3
Work from Home - 4 £800 - 26
UK excluding London -38 2 £353 +0.71% 43
South East - 2 £353 - 12

Kaizen
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (12.50%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Summit
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 4 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (50.00%) Finance
3 2 (25.00%) Electronics
3 2 (25.00%) Legal
3 2 (25.00%) Manufacturing
3 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (12.50%) Banking
4 1 (12.50%) Front Office
4 1 (12.50%) Games
4 1 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Business Analyst
1 3 (37.50%) Lead
2 2 (25.00%) Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) MiFID Business Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Regulatory Business Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Asset Management Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Asset Management Business Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Finance Business Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Financial Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Financial Business Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) QA Leader
3 1 (12.50%) Regulatory Reporting Business Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Senior
3 1 (12.50%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) FMCG
2 1 (12.50%) Derivative
2 1 (12.50%) DTCC
2 1 (12.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 1 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (37.50%) Agile
2 3 (37.50%) Six Sigma
3 2 (25.00%) Data Analysis
3 2 (25.00%) ERP
3 2 (25.00%) Impact Assessments
3 2 (25.00%) Logistics
3 2 (25.00%) Regulatory Change
3 2 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 2 (25.00%) SIPOC
3 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (25.00%) Supply Chain Planning
4 1 (12.50%) Analytical Thinking
4 1 (12.50%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 1 (12.50%) Decision-Making
4 1 (12.50%) End-to-End Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (12.50%) Scenario Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Supplier Relationship Management
4 1 (12.50%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Six Sigma Black Belt
1 2 (25.00%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
2 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) MiFID
2 1 (12.50%) EMIR
2 1 (12.50%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Oracle
1 2 (25.00%) SAP
2 1 (12.50%) Bloomberg
2 1 (12.50%) Murex