Process Improvement Contracts in the UK excluding London

Process Improvement
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 156 171 137
Rank change year-on-year +15 -34 +5
Contract jobs citing Process Improvement 268 362 592
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.31% 1.54% 1.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.55% 1.72% 2.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 176 252 396
10th Percentile £278 £327 £321
25th Percentile £396 £414 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £495
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +1.01% +22.22%
75th Percentile £563 £559 £550
90th Percentile £628 £638 £638
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £510
% change year-on-year -2.38% +2.94% +16.97%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 9 14
10th Percentile £13.05 £24.11 £15.89
25th Percentile £14.18 £31.50 £18.16
Median hourly rate £21.00 £33.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -36.36% +1.54% +35.42%
75th Percentile £43.75 £60.00 £44.69
90th Percentile £60.75 £66.90 £57.46
UK median hourly rate £25.00 £43.93 £44.85
% change year-on-year -43.09% -2.04% +72.48%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,341 21,054 27,253
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.49% 89.57% 88.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,323 14,598 19,040
10th Percentile £250 £256 £232
25th Percentile £375 £400 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,053 1,291 1,337
10th Percentile £12.31 £11.00 £12.23
25th Percentile £15.17 £15.50 £14.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £46.12
90th Percentile £72.82 £73.75 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +1.39% +44.00% +2.04%

Process Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Process Improvement as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Process Improvement in the UK excluding London

Process Improvement
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Process Improvement in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Process Improvement in the UK excluding London

Process Improvement
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Process Improvement in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Process Improvement in the UK excluding London

Process Improvement
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Process Improvement in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Process Improvement in the UK excluding London

Process Improvement
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Process Improvement in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Process Improvement in the UK excluding London

Process Improvement
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 8 May 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
South East -22 84 £481 +4.62% 111
North of England +18 54 £517 -1.52% 125
Midlands -22 48 £475 -12.04% 98
West Midlands -28 34 £388 -28.24% 65
North West +24 33 £500 -9.09% 74
Scotland +45 32 £500 +3.63% 29
South West +33 32 £500 -9.09% 67
Yorkshire +13 18 £517 +3.40% 31
East of England +10 17 £550 +22.22% 55
East Midlands +18 11 £506 -6.77% 33
Northern Ireland - 5 £435 - 9
North East +18 3 £533 - 24
Wales +14 2 £200 -66.67% 18
Process Improvement
UK

Process Improvement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 6 (2.24%) Apache
1 6 (2.24%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (1.49%) Confluence
3 2 (0.75%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.37%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.37%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.37%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 35 (13.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (5.97%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (4.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (2.24%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (2.24%) MS Visio
5 3 (1.12%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.37%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.37%) Sketch
6 1 (0.37%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 7 (2.61%) SAP ERP
2 3 (1.12%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.12%) SAP MII
3 2 (0.75%) Oracle EBS R12
3 2 (0.75%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.37%) Epicor Tropos
4 1 (0.37%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.37%) PeopleSoft HRMS
4 1 (0.37%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.37%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.37%) SAP GRC
4 1 (0.37%) SAP Hybris
4 1 (0.37%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 15 (5.60%) Power Platform
2 10 (3.73%) AWS
2 10 (3.73%) SuccessFactors
3 9 (3.36%) Azure
4 6 (2.24%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (2.24%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (1.12%) Datadog
5 3 (1.12%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
6 2 (0.75%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (0.75%) NuGet
6 2 (0.75%) Power Automate
6 2 (0.75%) PowerApps
6 2 (0.75%) Veeva
7 1 (0.37%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.37%) Figma
7 1 (0.37%) OCI
7 1 (0.37%) OneDrive
7 1 (0.37%) SaaS
7 1 (0.37%) SAP Commerce Cloud
7 1 (0.37%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.87%) DNS
2 3 (1.12%) Internet
3 2 (0.75%) DHCP
3 2 (0.75%) VSAN
3 2 (0.75%) Wireless
4 1 (0.37%) Broadband
4 1 (0.37%) Firewall
4 1 (0.37%) MPLS
4 1 (0.37%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (5.60%) Power BI
2 14 (5.22%) Amazon Redshift
3 13 (4.85%) MySQL
4 6 (2.24%) Flink
5 4 (1.49%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.12%) SQL Server
7 2 (0.75%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (0.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.37%) BigQuery
8 1 (0.37%) Electronic Patient Records
8 1 (0.37%) GIS
8 1 (0.37%) Power Query
8 1 (0.37%) Qlik Sense
8 1 (0.37%) QlikView
8 1 (0.37%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.37%) SAP BW
8 1 (0.37%) SAP HANA
8 1 (0.37%) Snowflake Schema
8 1 (0.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.37%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 14 (5.22%) Git
2 8 (2.99%) JIRA
3 7 (2.61%) Rational DOORS
4 3 (1.12%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.75%) Postman
5 2 (0.75%) Selenium
6 1 (0.37%) GoCD
6 1 (0.37%) Visual Studio
General
1 102 (38.06%) Social Skills
2 62 (23.13%) Finance
3 52 (19.40%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (15.67%) Manufacturing
5 20 (7.46%) Public Sector
6 19 (7.09%) Presentation Skills
7 16 (5.97%) Marketing
8 15 (5.60%) Organisational Skills
9 13 (4.85%) Banking
10 12 (4.48%) Retail
11 11 (4.10%) Telecoms
12 10 (3.73%) Influencing Skills
13 9 (3.36%) Pharmaceutical
14 7 (2.61%) Billing
14 7 (2.61%) Documentation Skills
15 6 (2.24%) Legal
16 4 (1.49%) French Language
16 4 (1.49%) German Language
16 4 (1.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 4 (1.49%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 59 (22.01%) Analyst
2 35 (13.06%) Business Analyst
3 24 (8.96%) Lead
4 23 (8.58%) Senior
5 17 (6.34%) Developer
6 15 (5.60%) Consultant
7 14 (5.22%) Project Manager
8 11 (4.10%) Coordinator
9 9 (3.36%) Technical Support
10 8 (2.99%) Data Analyst
10 8 (2.99%) Support Engineer
11 7 (2.61%) Administrator
11 7 (2.61%) Financial Analyst
11 7 (2.61%) Senior Manager
11 7 (2.61%) Senior Systems Engineer
11 7 (2.61%) Service Manager
11 7 (2.61%) Systems Engineer
11 7 (2.61%) Technical Coordinator
12 6 (2.24%) Hardware Engineer
12 6 (2.24%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.24%) FastAPI
1 6 (2.24%) Flask
2 4 (1.49%) Web Dynpro
3 3 (1.12%) .NET
3 3 (1.12%) Lightning Web Components
4 2 (0.75%) SailPoint
5 1 (0.37%) HTML
5 1 (0.37%) Jest
5 1 (0.37%) JSON
5 1 (0.37%) Node.js
5 1 (0.37%) React
5 1 (0.37%) SAP Fiori
5 1 (0.37%) SAP MI
5 1 (0.37%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (7.09%) Management Information System
2 11 (4.10%) Life Science
3 7 (2.61%) Product Ownership
4 6 (2.24%) Analytical Mindset
5 5 (1.87%) NHS
6 3 (1.12%) Operational Technology
6 3 (1.12%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.12%) Virtual Team
7 2 (0.75%) Algorithms
7 2 (0.75%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (0.75%) Onboarding
7 2 (0.75%) PKI
7 2 (0.75%) PMI
7 2 (0.75%) Robotics
8 1 (0.37%) FMCG
8 1 (0.37%) Graphic Design
8 1 (0.37%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.37%) Replication
8 1 (0.37%) Taxonomies
8 1 (0.37%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 18 (6.72%) Windows
2 7 (2.61%) Unix
3 5 (1.87%) Linux
4 4 (1.49%) Windows 10
5 3 (1.12%) Debian
5 3 (1.12%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.37%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (24.63%) Problem-Solving
2 59 (22.01%) Agile
3 50 (18.66%) Project Management
4 45 (16.79%) Continuous Improvement
5 44 (16.42%) Stakeholder Management
6 33 (12.31%) ITIL
7 32 (11.94%) Analytics
8 29 (10.82%) ERP
9 28 (10.45%) Test Strategy
10 26 (9.70%) Requirements Gathering
11 25 (9.33%) Change Management
11 25 (9.33%) Risk Management
12 24 (8.96%) Collaborative Working
13 23 (8.58%) Data Analytics
14 21 (7.84%) Service Delivery
15 20 (7.46%) Decision-Making
15 20 (7.46%) Scrum
16 19 (7.09%) Business Analysis
16 19 (7.09%) Project Delivery
17 18 (6.72%) Business Case
Programming Languages
1 20 (7.46%) SQL
2 13 (4.85%) Python
3 4 (1.49%) ABAP
4 3 (1.12%) Bash
4 3 (1.12%) Java
4 3 (1.12%) MATLAB
4 3 (1.12%) Shell Script
5 2 (0.75%) C#
5 2 (0.75%) C++
6 1 (0.37%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.37%) PHP
6 1 (0.37%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.37%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.37%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.37%) VBA
6 1 (0.37%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 49 (18.28%) Degree
2 34 (12.69%) Security Cleared
3 31 (11.57%) SC Cleared
4 10 (3.73%) Master's Degree
5 9 (3.36%) ACCA
5 9 (3.36%) CIMA
5 9 (3.36%) DV Cleared
6 8 (2.99%) ITIL Certification
7 6 (2.24%) PMI Certification
7 6 (2.24%) PMP
8 4 (1.49%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (1.12%) AAT
9 3 (1.12%) SAP Certification
10 2 (0.75%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.75%) Dell Certification
10 2 (0.75%) PgMP
10 2 (0.75%) PhD
10 2 (0.75%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 2 (0.75%) VCAP
10 2 (0.75%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (6.34%) QA
2 13 (4.85%) PMO
3 7 (2.61%) GAMP
3 7 (2.61%) GxP
3 7 (2.61%) PCI DSS
3 7 (2.61%) SLA
4 5 (1.87%) GDPR
5 2 (0.75%) GMP
5 2 (0.75%) HIPAA
5 2 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.75%) NIST
5 2 (0.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.37%) COREP
6 1 (0.37%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.37%) FINREP
6 1 (0.37%) GRC
6 1 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (0.37%) ITGC
6 1 (0.37%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 8 (2.99%) Active Directory
2 7 (2.61%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (2.61%) VMware NSX
2 7 (2.61%) vSphere
3 6 (2.24%) Docker
4 4 (1.49%) Firmware
5 3 (1.12%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.37%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 12 (4.48%) Grafana
2 6 (2.24%) Kubernetes
3 4 (1.49%) Ansible
4 2 (0.75%) SCCM
5 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 40 (14.93%) Microsoft
2 25 (9.33%) SAP
3 12 (4.48%) Denodo
3 12 (4.48%) Talend
4 10 (3.73%) Oracle
5 7 (2.61%) Dell
5 7 (2.61%) Salesforce
5 7 (2.61%) VMware
6 6 (2.24%) Adobe
7 5 (1.87%) Cisco
7 5 (1.87%) ServiceNow
8 3 (1.12%) Red Hat
8 3 (1.12%) Workday
9 2 (0.75%) Facebook
9 2 (0.75%) FIS
9 2 (0.75%) Fujitsu
9 2 (0.75%) HP
9 2 (0.75%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 2 (0.75%) Sun
10 1 (0.37%) Intel