Process Improvement Contracts in England

Process Improvement
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Process Improvement skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Process Improvement over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 166 219 193
Rank change year-on-year +53 -26 -3
Contract jobs citing Process Improvement 516 644 1,070
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.40% 1.27% 1.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.61% 1.41% 1.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 327 442 710
10th Percentile £343 £350 £350
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £515
Median % change year-on-year - +1.94% +16.91%
75th Percentile £615 £599 £599
90th Percentile £725 £700 £688
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £510
% change year-on-year -2.38% +2.94% +18.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 18 27
10th Percentile £13.37 £23.96 £18.30
25th Percentile £15.85 £32.30 £24.50
Median hourly rate £25.00 £43.93 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -43.09% -2.38% +80.00%
75th Percentile £36.88 £56.31 £59.20
90th Percentile £43.75 £60.00 £68.85
UK median hourly rate £26.75 £43.93 £45.00
% change year-on-year -39.11% -2.38% +87.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Process 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 England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,985 45,619 64,566
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.53% 90.25% 90.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,974 32,022 45,804
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £769 £749
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,225 1,607 1,769
10th Percentile £12.86 £10.94 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.31 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
Median % change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.15
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.34 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.27% +49.36% -

Process Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Process Improvement as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Process Improvement in England

Process Improvement
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Process Improvement in England.

Daily rate trend for Process Improvement in England

Process Improvement
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Process Improvement in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Process Improvement in England

Process Improvement
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Process Improvement in England.

Hourly rate trend for Process Improvement in England

Process Improvement
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Process Improvement in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Process Improvement in England

Process Improvement
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Process Improvement within the England region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
London +75 258 £550 - 234
South East -6 89 £475 +3.26% 108
North of England +26 58 £517 -1.52% 125
Midlands -42 43 £489 -9.32% 96
North West +20 35 £530 -3.73% 82
South West +35 31 £493 -10.45% 56
West Midlands -35 30 £425 -21.30% 67
Yorkshire +7 19 £500 +0.05% 28
East of England +19 17 £550 +34.15% 62
East Midlands +15 10 £506 -3.67% 29
North East +22 4 £493 - 18
Process Improvement
UK

Process Improvement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 10 (1.94%) Confluence
1 10 (1.94%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.55%) Apache
2 8 (1.55%) MTS
3 6 (1.16%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.58%) govService
5 2 (0.39%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 2 (0.39%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.39%) CMS
6 1 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 46 (8.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (5.23%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (3.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 18 (3.49%) MS Visio
4 13 (2.52%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.78%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.39%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.39%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 17 (3.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (1.94%) Endur
3 8 (1.55%) Aligne
3 8 (1.55%) EuroRunner
3 8 (1.55%) SAP ERP
3 8 (1.55%) Workday HCM
4 4 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.78%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 4 (0.78%) Teamcenter
5 3 (0.58%) SAP MII
5 3 (0.58%) SAP SD
6 2 (0.39%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.39%) Oracle ASCP
6 2 (0.39%) Oracle SCM
6 2 (0.39%) SAP Hybris
6 2 (0.39%) SAP IBP
6 2 (0.39%) Workfront
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle Internet Expenses
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 36 (6.98%) Power Platform
2 34 (6.59%) Azure
3 25 (4.84%) AWS
4 13 (2.52%) Azure DevOps
5 12 (2.33%) SaaS
6 11 (2.13%) SuccessFactors
7 9 (1.74%) Slack
8 7 (1.36%) GitHub
8 7 (1.36%) Microsoft 365
9 5 (0.97%) GCP
9 5 (0.97%) Lucidchart
9 5 (0.97%) NuGet
9 5 (0.97%) OCI
10 4 (0.78%) Azure API Management
10 4 (0.78%) Azure Data Factory
10 4 (0.78%) Azure Logic Apps
10 4 (0.78%) Azure Service Bus
10 4 (0.78%) Google Workspace
10 4 (0.78%) IBM Blueworks
11 3 (0.58%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.74%) Firewall
2 7 (1.36%) DNS
3 4 (0.78%) DHCP
3 4 (0.78%) Software-Defined Networking
3 4 (0.78%) SSH
3 4 (0.78%) Telnet
3 4 (0.78%) Wireless
4 3 (0.58%) Broadband
4 3 (0.58%) DMZ
4 3 (0.58%) Internet
4 3 (0.58%) Intranet
4 3 (0.58%) VPN
5 2 (0.39%) BIG-IP
5 2 (0.39%) Cisco ASA
5 2 (0.39%) Cisco Firepower
5 2 (0.39%) Cisco Nexus
5 2 (0.39%) MPLS
5 2 (0.39%) Network Security
5 2 (0.39%) VSAN
6 1 (0.19%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (6.98%) Power BI
2 11 (2.13%) Amazon Redshift
3 10 (1.94%) MySQL
4 9 (1.74%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (1.55%) SQL Server
6 7 (1.36%) Metadata
7 6 (1.16%) Flink
7 6 (1.16%) Tableau
8 4 (0.78%) GIS
9 3 (0.58%) Big Data
10 2 (0.39%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (0.39%) DynamoDB
10 2 (0.39%) Elasticsearch
10 2 (0.39%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.39%) PostgreSQL
10 2 (0.39%) Relational Database
10 2 (0.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 1 (0.19%) Data Mart
11 1 (0.19%) QlikView
11 1 (0.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 29 (5.62%) JIRA
2 17 (3.29%) Git
3 8 (1.55%) Rational DOORS
4 4 (0.78%) Browser DevTools
4 4 (0.78%) Burp Suite
5 3 (0.58%) Cypress.io
5 3 (0.58%) Team Foundation Server
6 2 (0.39%) Postman
6 2 (0.39%) Selenium
6 2 (0.39%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.19%) GoCD
7 1 (0.19%) Toad
7 1 (0.19%) Visual Studio
General
1 217 (42.05%) Social Skills
2 150 (29.07%) Finance
3 108 (20.93%) Analytical Skills
4 57 (11.05%) Presentation Skills
5 47 (9.11%) Manufacturing
5 47 (9.11%) Public Sector
6 28 (5.43%) Marketing
7 27 (5.23%) Banking
7 27 (5.23%) Influencing Skills
8 23 (4.46%) Legal
9 22 (4.26%) Retail
10 16 (3.10%) Telecoms
11 14 (2.71%) Pharmaceutical
12 9 (1.74%) Documentation Skills
12 9 (1.74%) Organisational Skills
13 7 (1.36%) Advertising
14 6 (1.16%) French Language
14 6 (1.16%) German Language
14 6 (1.16%) Law
15 5 (0.97%) Billing
Job Titles
1 127 (24.61%) Analyst
2 83 (16.09%) Business Analyst
3 46 (8.91%) Consultant
4 41 (7.95%) Lead
5 38 (7.36%) Senior
6 26 (5.04%) Developer
7 23 (4.46%) Project Manager
8 18 (3.49%) Data Analyst
9 15 (2.91%) Senior Analyst
10 14 (2.71%) Change Manager
11 13 (2.52%) Senior Business Analyst
11 13 (2.52%) Service Manager
12 12 (2.33%) Senior Manager
13 11 (2.13%) Delivery Manager
13 11 (2.13%) Support Engineer
13 11 (2.13%) Transformation Manager
14 10 (1.94%) ABAP Developer
14 10 (1.94%) Coordinator
14 10 (1.94%) IT Manager
14 10 (1.94%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (1.94%) Web Dynpro
2 7 (1.36%) .NET
3 6 (1.16%) FastAPI
3 6 (1.16%) Flask
4 5 (0.97%) Lightning Web Components
5 3 (0.58%) GraphQL
5 3 (0.58%) REST
5 3 (0.58%) SOAP
5 3 (0.58%) YAML
6 2 (0.39%) .NET Core
6 2 (0.39%) HTML
6 2 (0.39%) JSON
6 2 (0.39%) Middleware
6 2 (0.39%) React
6 2 (0.39%) SailPoint
6 2 (0.39%) Spring Boot
6 2 (0.39%) XML
7 1 (0.19%) Akka
7 1 (0.19%) Apache Camel
7 1 (0.19%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 29 (5.62%) Management Information System
2 17 (3.29%) Product Ownership
3 12 (2.33%) Life Science
3 12 (2.33%) Renewable Energy
4 10 (1.94%) Analytical Mindset
5 9 (1.74%) Solar Panel
6 8 (1.55%) Data Centre
6 8 (1.55%) Market Risk
7 7 (1.36%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (0.97%) FMCG
8 5 (0.97%) Onboarding
8 5 (0.97%) Operational Technology
8 5 (0.97%) Virtual Team
8 5 (0.97%) Wiki
9 4 (0.78%) Data Structures
9 4 (0.78%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (0.78%) NHS
9 4 (0.78%) State Machine
10 3 (0.58%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (0.39%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 27 (5.23%) Windows
2 11 (2.13%) Linux
3 10 (1.94%) Unix
4 6 (1.16%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.58%) Debian
5 3 (0.58%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.19%) VMS
6 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 124 (24.03%) Agile
1 124 (24.03%) Problem-Solving
2 111 (21.51%) Project Management
3 79 (15.31%) Stakeholder Management
4 71 (13.76%) Continuous Improvement
5 60 (11.63%) ITIL
6 55 (10.66%) Change Management
7 50 (9.69%) Project Delivery
8 48 (9.30%) Data Analysis
8 48 (9.30%) Scrum
9 46 (8.91%) Analytics
10 43 (8.33%) Risk Management
10 43 (8.33%) Test Strategy
11 41 (7.95%) Business Intelligence
12 40 (7.75%) Requirements Gathering
13 39 (7.56%) Business Analysis
14 37 (7.17%) ERP
14 37 (7.17%) Impact Assessments
15 35 (6.78%) Collaborative Working
15 35 (6.78%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 43 (8.33%) SQL
2 32 (6.20%) Python
3 10 (1.94%) ABAP
3 10 (1.94%) PowerShell
4 9 (1.74%) Java
5 8 (1.55%) Bash
5 8 (1.55%) JavaScript
6 7 (1.36%) C#
7 6 (1.16%) Bicep
7 6 (1.16%) Go
8 3 (0.58%) Google Apps Script
8 3 (0.58%) MATLAB
8 3 (0.58%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.39%) C
9 2 (0.39%) C++
9 2 (0.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (0.39%) Ruby
9 2 (0.39%) VBA
10 1 (0.19%) Scala
10 1 (0.19%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 85 (16.47%) Degree
2 82 (15.89%) Security Cleared
3 73 (14.15%) SC Cleared
4 22 (4.26%) DV Cleared
5 13 (2.52%) ITIL Certification
6 12 (2.33%) Master's Degree
7 9 (1.74%) ACCA
7 9 (1.74%) PMI Certification
7 9 (1.74%) PMP
7 9 (1.74%) Six Sigma Black Belt
8 8 (1.55%) Six Sigma Green Belt
9 7 (1.36%) SAP Certification
10 5 (0.97%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (0.97%) CIMA
11 4 (0.78%) CISSP
11 4 (0.78%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (0.78%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 4 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (0.78%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 3 (0.58%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (6.40%) QA
2 17 (3.29%) Data Quality
3 16 (3.10%) SLA
4 15 (2.91%) PMO
5 11 (2.13%) PCI DSS
6 7 (1.36%) GAMP
6 7 (1.36%) GxP
7 6 (1.16%) GDPR
8 5 (0.97%) Accessibility
8 5 (0.97%) GRC
9 4 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 3 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.39%) GMP
11 2 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 1 (0.19%) COREP
12 1 (0.19%) FINREP
12 1 (0.19%) ITGC
12 1 (0.19%) NIST
12 1 (0.19%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 10 (1.94%) Active Directory
2 9 (1.74%) Docker
3 7 (1.36%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.97%) VMware NSX
4 5 (0.97%) vSphere
5 2 (0.39%) Firmware
5 2 (0.39%) XenApp
6 1 (0.19%) HDFS
6 1 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 11 (2.13%) Grafana
2 7 (1.36%) Ansible
2 7 (1.36%) Kubernetes
3 6 (1.16%) Terraform
4 3 (0.58%) Progress Chef
4 3 (0.58%) Puppet
5 2 (0.39%) FortiGate
5 2 (0.39%) SCCM
6 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.19%) MOM
6 1 (0.19%) SCOM
6 1 (0.19%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.19%) VxRail
Vendors
1 63 (12.21%) Microsoft
2 54 (10.47%) SAP
3 18 (3.49%) Salesforce
4 15 (2.91%) Oracle
5 14 (2.71%) Adobe
5 14 (2.71%) ServiceNow
6 11 (2.13%) Workday
7 9 (1.74%) Denodo
7 9 (1.74%) Talend
8 8 (1.55%) Google
8 8 (1.55%) Yardi
9 7 (1.36%) VMware
10 6 (1.16%) Splunk
11 5 (0.97%) Cisco
12 4 (0.78%) IBM
13 3 (0.58%) Ariba
13 3 (0.58%) CheckPoint
13 3 (0.58%) Dell
13 3 (0.58%) Red Hat
13 3 (0.58%) Remedy