Process Improvement Contracts in the South West

Process Improvement
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 121 156 120
Rank change year-on-year +35 -36 -13
Contract jobs citing Process Improvement 31 18 55
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.98% 0.49% 1.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.18% 0.55% 1.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 12 47
10th Percentile £135 £401 £350
25th Percentile £359 £413 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £550 £515
Median % change year-on-year -10.45% +6.80% +28.75%
75th Percentile £591 £605 £606
90th Percentile £615 £646 £650
England median daily rate £525 £525 £515
% change year-on-year - +1.94% +16.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £13.86 £67.50 -
Median hourly rate £14.79 £81.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -81.74% - -
75th Percentile £15.73 £94.50 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £25.00 £43.93 £45.00
% change year-on-year -43.09% -2.38% +80.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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 the South West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,623 3,261 3,299
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 82.82% 89.56% 88.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,685 2,401 2,333
10th Percentile £220 £313 £300
25th Percentile £405 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £549 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.37% +9.80% +7.53%
75th Percentile £625 £644 £589
90th Percentile £700 £719 £670
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 325 341 196
10th Percentile £13.86 £9.80 £15.90
25th Percentile £26.75 £17.50 £20.00
Median hourly rate £48.00 £61.50 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year -21.95% +26.16% +8.33%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £83.40 £70.54
England median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
% change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%

Process Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Process Improvement in the South West

Process Improvement
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Process Improvement in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Process Improvement in the South West

Process Improvement
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

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

Daily rate histogram for Process Improvement in the South West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Process Improvement in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Process Improvement in the South West

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Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 South West 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
Bristol +29 13 £425 -28.27% 17
Wiltshire -5 7 £485 +3.47% 8
Devon +1 5 £162 -59.50% 6
Gloucestershire +8 3 £550 - 5
Somerset +4 2 £600 -10.38% 10
Dorset - 1 £575 - 6
Process Improvement
England

Process Improvement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 (3.23%) Confluence
1 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (9.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.23%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (9.68%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (3.23%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 4 (12.90%) Power Platform
2 1 (3.23%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (12.90%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (3.23%) JIRA
General
1 16 (51.61%) Social Skills
2 8 (25.81%) Finance
3 6 (19.35%) Manufacturing
3 6 (19.35%) Public Sector
4 3 (9.68%) Influencing Skills
4 3 (9.68%) Police
4 3 (9.68%) Telecoms
5 1 (3.23%) Electronics
5 1 (3.23%) Local Government
5 1 (3.23%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 5 (16.13%) Analyst
1 5 (16.13%) Senior
2 4 (12.90%) Business Analyst
2 4 (12.90%) Consultant
3 3 (9.68%) Accounts Payable Administrator
3 3 (9.68%) Administrator
3 3 (9.68%) Developer
3 3 (9.68%) ICT Officer
3 3 (9.68%) ICT Support
3 3 (9.68%) ICT Support Officer
3 3 (9.68%) Incident and Problem Manager
3 3 (9.68%) Incident Manager
3 3 (9.68%) Microsoft Developer
3 3 (9.68%) Problem Manager
3 3 (9.68%) Senior Analyst
3 3 (9.68%) Senior Business Analyst
3 3 (9.68%) Support Officer
3 3 (9.68%) Transformation Manager
4 2 (6.45%) Migration Consultant
4 2 (6.45%) Senior Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.90%) Product Ownership
2 2 (6.45%) Virtual Team
3 1 (3.23%) Enterprise Storage
3 1 (3.23%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.45%) Windows
2 1 (3.23%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (32.26%) Agile
2 8 (25.81%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (22.58%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (19.35%) Business Case
4 6 (19.35%) ITIL
5 5 (16.13%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (16.13%) Customer Service
5 5 (16.13%) ERP
6 4 (12.90%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (12.90%) Change Management
6 4 (12.90%) Decision-Making
7 3 (9.68%) Business Analysis
7 3 (9.68%) Contact Management
7 3 (9.68%) CRM
7 3 (9.68%) Data Management
7 3 (9.68%) GAP Analysis
7 3 (9.68%) Migration
7 3 (9.68%) Programme Management
7 3 (9.68%) Risk Management
7 3 (9.68%) Root Cause Analysis
Qualifications
1 6 (19.35%) Security Cleared
2 4 (12.90%) SC Cleared
3 3 (9.68%) AAT
3 3 (9.68%) DV Cleared
4 2 (6.45%) PMP
5 1 (3.23%) ACCA
5 1 (3.23%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (3.23%) CIMA
5 1 (3.23%) Degree
5 1 (3.23%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.23%) PMO
1 1 (3.23%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (6.45%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (6.45%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (22.58%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.45%) FIS
3 1 (3.23%) Atlassian
3 1 (3.23%) Remedy
3 1 (3.23%) SAP