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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 45 56 49
Rank change year-on-year +11 -7 +24
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 73 77 149
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 3.75% 3.44% 4.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.53% 3.92% 4.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 44 118
10th Percentile £278 £333 £307
25th Percentile £472 £459 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +24.64%
75th Percentile £638 £647 £588
90th Percentile £905 £743 £704
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 £51.25 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.78% +15.17% +93.48%

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 1,613 1,965 3,219
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 82.93% 87.84% 90.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,075 1,334 2,338
10th Percentile £263 £263 £278
25th Percentile £371 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £495
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +5.05% +16.47%
75th Percentile £625 £609 £586
90th Percentile £745 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £545
% change year-on-year -4.55% +0.92% +9.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 116 49 63
10th Percentile £11.09 £12.50 £12.05
25th Percentile £14.22 £13.70 £13.94
Median hourly rate £22.50 £20.97 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.30% +23.35% +6.25%
75th Percentile £40.81 £28.75 £19.93
90th Percentile £58.75 £48.75 £24.05
England median hourly rate £37.50 £37.32 £25.00
% change year-on-year +0.48% +49.28% +11.11%

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 1 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 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Continuous Improvement in the West Midlands

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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 1 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 +14 26 £529 -6.00% 52
Warwickshire +10 22 £600 +2.13% 32
Staffordshire +1 8 £463 -9.76% 37
Coventry +8 5 £575 +9.52% 19
Worcestershire +8 3 £525 +50.00% 15
Walsall - 1 - - 6
Herefordshire - 1 - - 3
Continuous Improvement
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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 (1.37%) Confluence
1 1 (1.37%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (2.74%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (2.74%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (2.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (2.74%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (5.48%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (2.74%) SAP CO
2 2 (2.74%) SAP FI
2 2 (2.74%) SAP FI/CO
2 2 (2.74%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (2.74%) SAP SD
3 1 (1.37%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 10 (13.70%) Azure
2 7 (9.59%) Power Platform
3 6 (8.22%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (4.11%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 3 (4.11%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (4.11%) Azure Monitor
4 3 (4.11%) dbt
5 2 (2.74%) Serverless
5 2 (2.74%) SuccessFactors
6 1 (1.37%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.37%) IaaS
6 1 (1.37%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.37%) PaaS
6 1 (1.37%) Power Automate
6 1 (1.37%) PowerApps
6 1 (1.37%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.11%) Intranet
1 3 (4.11%) VPN
2 2 (2.74%) Broadband
2 2 (2.74%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (9.59%) Power BI
2 5 (6.85%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (4.11%) BusinessObjects
3 3 (4.11%) Data Lake
3 3 (4.11%) Data Mining
4 2 (2.74%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
4 2 (2.74%) Metadata
4 2 (2.74%) OLAP
4 2 (2.74%) OLTP
4 2 (2.74%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 8 (10.96%) JIRA
2 3 (4.11%) Git
3 2 (2.74%) kappa
General
1 41 (56.16%) Social Skills
2 26 (35.62%) Finance
3 25 (34.25%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (12.33%) Public Sector
5 5 (6.85%) Influencing Skills
5 5 (6.85%) Legal
5 5 (6.85%) Manufacturing
5 5 (6.85%) Marketing
6 4 (5.48%) German Language
7 3 (4.11%) Automotive
7 3 (4.11%) Local Government
7 3 (4.11%) Retail
8 2 (2.74%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (2.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (2.74%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.37%) Back Office
9 1 (1.37%) Law
Job Titles
1 17 (23.29%) Analyst
2 12 (16.44%) Senior
3 9 (12.33%) Architect
4 7 (9.59%) Lead
4 7 (9.59%) Senior Analyst
5 6 (8.22%) Business Change Manager
5 6 (8.22%) Change Manager
5 6 (8.22%) Enterprise Architect
6 4 (5.48%) Business Manager
6 4 (5.48%) Delivery Manager
6 4 (5.48%) Project Manager
7 3 (4.11%) Business Analyst
7 3 (4.11%) Infrastructure Architect
7 3 (4.11%) IT Manager
7 3 (4.11%) Operations Analyst
7 3 (4.11%) Senior Manager
7 3 (4.11%) Senior Project Manager
7 3 (4.11%) Service Delivery Manager
7 3 (4.11%) Technical Analyst
7 3 (4.11%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.85%) ADO
2 3 (4.11%) Flask
2 3 (4.11%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.22%) Product Ownership
1 6 (8.22%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (6.85%) Management Information System
3 4 (5.48%) Industry 4.0
3 4 (5.48%) IoT
4 2 (2.74%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (2.74%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 2 (2.74%) Operational Technology
4 2 (2.74%) Taxonomies
4 2 (2.74%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 1 (1.37%) CMDB
5 1 (1.37%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.37%) Digital Media
5 1 (1.37%) Freedom of Information
5 1 (1.37%) Graphic Design
5 1 (1.37%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (1.37%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.37%) Linux
1 1 (1.37%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (42.47%) Agile
2 27 (36.99%) Problem-Solving
3 21 (28.77%) Project Management
4 18 (24.66%) Stakeholder Management
5 17 (23.29%) Roadmaps
6 15 (20.55%) Change Management
7 14 (19.18%) Decision-Making
8 13 (17.81%) Business Transformation
9 11 (15.07%) Business Case
9 11 (15.07%) Project Delivery
9 11 (15.07%) User Experience
10 10 (13.70%) Business Intelligence
11 8 (10.96%) Customer Service
11 8 (10.96%) Service Delivery
12 7 (9.59%) Analytics
12 7 (9.59%) CRM
12 7 (9.59%) Performance Management
12 7 (9.59%) PRINCE2
12 7 (9.59%) Risk Management
13 6 (8.22%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 5 (6.85%) SQL
2 4 (5.48%) Python
3 2 (2.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (1.37%) Java
Qualifications
1 18 (24.66%) Degree
2 3 (4.11%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 3 (4.11%) Security Cleared
3 2 (2.74%) CIPD
3 2 (2.74%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.37%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.37%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.37%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (1.37%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.37%) NVQ Level 4
4 1 (1.37%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.37%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.48%) QA
2 3 (4.11%) GDPR
2 3 (4.11%) PMO
3 2 (2.74%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (1.37%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.37%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.37%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 17025
4 1 (1.37%) ISO17020
System Software
1 2 (2.74%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 10 (13.70%) Microsoft
1 10 (13.70%) SAP
2 3 (4.11%) Salesforce
3 2 (2.74%) ServiceNow