Continuous Improvement Contracts in the West Midlands

Continual Improvement
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for Continuous Improvement skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Continuous Improvement over the 6 months to 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 49 54 50
Rank change year-on-year +5 -4 +18
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 70 76 151
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 3.49% 3.44% 4.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.24% 3.92% 4.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 44 119
10th Percentile £275 £333 £309
25th Percentile £453 £459 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £513
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +2.44% +24.24%
75th Percentile £641 £647 £595
90th Percentile £925 £743 £700
England median daily rate £525 £563 £550
% change year-on-year -6.67% +2.27% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 8 1
10th Percentile £13.50 £25.10 -
25th Percentile £17.05 £26.25 £13.25
Median hourly rate £28.42 £27.50 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year +3.35% +103.70% +12.50%
75th Percentile £33.93 £29.06 £13.75
90th Percentile £72.90 £30.00 -
England median hourly rate £36.50 £50.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -27.00% +12.36% +81.63%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

Continuous Improvement 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 advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,649 1,938 3,236
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 82.24% 87.65% 90.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,097 1,313 2,350
10th Percentile £263 £263 £275
25th Percentile £363 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £495
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +5.00% +16.53%
75th Percentile £625 £619 £586
90th Percentile £734 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £548
% change year-on-year -4.55% +0.46% +9.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 118 51 58
10th Percentile £11.11 £12.50 £12.18
25th Percentile £14.31 £14.03 £13.90
Median hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £17.25
Median % change year-on-year - +30.43% +15.00%
75th Percentile £40.38 £28.75 £19.97
90th Percentile £58.75 £47.50 £24.50
England median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.50
% change year-on-year +4.17% +41.18% +13.33%

Continuous Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Continuous Improvement as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Continuous Improvement in the West Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Continuous Improvement in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Continuous Improvement in the West Midlands

Continuous Improvement
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Continuous Improvement in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Continuous Improvement in the West Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Continuous Improvement in the West Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Continuous Improvement in the West Midlands

Continuous Improvement
Hourly Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Continuous Improvement in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Continuous Improvement in the West Midlands

Continuous Improvement
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 9 June 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
Birmingham +12 27 £525 -12.50% 49
Warwickshire +5 21 £600 +2.13% 27
Staffordshire -1 7 £425 -17.07% 38
Worcestershire +5 3 £525 +50.00% 17
Coventry +4 3 £625 +19.05% 22
Walsall - 1 - - 5
Herefordshire - 1 - - 4
Continuous Improvement
England

Continuous Improvement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 1 (1.43%) Confluence
1 1 (1.43%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (2.86%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (2.86%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (2.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (2.86%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (5.71%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (2.86%) SAP CO
2 2 (2.86%) SAP FI
2 2 (2.86%) SAP FI/CO
2 2 (2.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (2.86%) SAP SD
3 1 (1.43%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 7 (10.00%) Azure
2 6 (8.57%) Dynamics 365
2 6 (8.57%) Power Platform
3 3 (4.29%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (2.86%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 2 (2.86%) Azure Monitor
4 2 (2.86%) dbt
4 2 (2.86%) SuccessFactors
5 1 (1.43%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.43%) GCP
5 1 (1.43%) Google Tag Manager
5 1 (1.43%) IaaS
5 1 (1.43%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.43%) PaaS
5 1 (1.43%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.43%) PowerApps
5 1 (1.43%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.29%) Intranet
1 3 (4.29%) VPN
2 2 (2.86%) Broadband
2 2 (2.86%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (8.57%) Power BI
2 3 (4.29%) Data Lake
2 3 (4.29%) Data Mining
2 3 (4.29%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (2.86%) BusinessObjects
3 2 (2.86%) Power Query
4 1 (1.43%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 8 (11.43%) JIRA
2 2 (2.86%) Git
General
1 40 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 26 (37.14%) Finance
3 24 (34.29%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (14.29%) Public Sector
5 5 (7.14%) Influencing Skills
5 5 (7.14%) Manufacturing
5 5 (7.14%) Marketing
6 4 (5.71%) Legal
7 3 (4.29%) Automotive
7 3 (4.29%) German Language
7 3 (4.29%) Local Government
7 3 (4.29%) Retail
8 2 (2.86%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (2.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (2.86%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.43%) Back Office
9 1 (1.43%) Law
Job Titles
1 18 (25.71%) Analyst
2 13 (18.57%) Senior
3 8 (11.43%) Senior Analyst
4 7 (10.00%) Architect
4 7 (10.00%) Lead
5 6 (8.57%) Business Change Manager
5 6 (8.57%) Change Manager
6 5 (7.14%) Project Manager
7 4 (5.71%) Business Manager
7 4 (5.71%) Delivery Manager
7 4 (5.71%) Enterprise Architect
8 3 (4.29%) Business Analyst
8 3 (4.29%) Infrastructure Architect
8 3 (4.29%) IT Manager
8 3 (4.29%) Operations Analyst
8 3 (4.29%) Senior Manager
8 3 (4.29%) Senior Project Manager
8 3 (4.29%) Service Delivery Manager
8 3 (4.29%) Service Manager
8 3 (4.29%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.71%) ADO
2 2 (2.86%) Flask
2 2 (2.86%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.14%) Management Information System
1 5 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (5.71%) Product Ownership
3 3 (4.29%) Industry 4.0
3 3 (4.29%) IoT
4 2 (2.86%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (2.86%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 2 (2.86%) Operational Technology
4 2 (2.86%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 1 (1.43%) CMDB
5 1 (1.43%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.43%) Freedom of Information
5 1 (1.43%) Graphic Design
5 1 (1.43%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (1.43%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.43%) Linux
1 1 (1.43%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (42.86%) Agile
2 24 (34.29%) Problem-Solving
3 22 (31.43%) Project Management
4 18 (25.71%) Stakeholder Management
5 16 (22.86%) Change Management
6 14 (20.00%) Decision-Making
6 14 (20.00%) Roadmaps
7 12 (17.14%) Business Transformation
7 12 (17.14%) Project Delivery
8 10 (14.29%) Business Case
8 10 (14.29%) User Experience
9 9 (12.86%) Customer Service
10 8 (11.43%) Service Delivery
11 7 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
11 7 (10.00%) CRM
11 7 (10.00%) Performance Management
11 7 (10.00%) PRINCE2
11 7 (10.00%) Risk Management
11 7 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 6 (8.57%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 5 (7.14%) SQL
2 4 (5.71%) Python
3 2 (2.86%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (1.43%) Java
4 1 (1.43%) R
Qualifications
1 17 (24.29%) Degree
2 3 (4.29%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 2 (2.86%) CIPD
3 2 (2.86%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.43%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (1.43%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.43%) NVQ Level 4
4 1 (1.43%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.43%) PMP
4 1 (1.43%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.29%) GDPR
1 3 (4.29%) PMO
1 3 (4.29%) QA
2 2 (2.86%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (1.43%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.43%) Data Quality
System Software
1 2 (2.86%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 9 (12.86%) Microsoft
1 9 (12.86%) SAP
2 3 (4.29%) Salesforce
3 2 (2.86%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.43%) Google
4 1 (1.43%) Kenna