Process Improvement Contracts with Work from Home Options

Process Improvement
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 172 200 203
Rank change year-on-year +28 +3 +5
Contract jobs citing Process Improvement 187 308 585
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.24% 1.23% 1.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.41% 1.37% 1.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 111 217 419
10th Percentile £356 £379 £350
25th Percentile £437 £438 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £505 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.96% +1.00% +16.28%
75th Percentile £594 £580 £586
90th Percentile £725 £675 £700
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £510
% change year-on-year -2.38% +2.94% +16.97%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 4 14
10th Percentile - £37.80 £15.89
25th Percentile £15.85 £47.25 £16.87
Median hourly rate £30.12 £57.50 £22.40
Median % change year-on-year -47.62% +156.70% -35.15%
75th Percentile £35.00 £60.00 £47.69
90th Percentile £45.55 - £69.27
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
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,282 22,550 40,272
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.98% 89.75% 91.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,890 15,929 29,247
10th Percentile £325 £363 £362
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £630
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 574 522 532
10th Percentile £15.05 £18.63 £13.75
25th Percentile £25.50 £30.00 £20.00
Median hourly rate £43.00 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.82% +57.14% +41.16%
75th Percentile £60.00 £69.31 £55.38
90th Percentile £75.18 £80.25 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +1.39% +44.00% +2.04%

Process Improvement
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Process Improvement as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Process Improvement trend for jobs with a WFH option

Process Improvement
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Process Improvement.

Process Improvement daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Process Improvement
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Process Improvement over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Process Improvement daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Process Improvement
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Process Improvement.

Process Improvement hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Process Improvement
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Process Improvement over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Process Improvement hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Process Improvement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (3.21%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.14%) Confluence
3 3 (1.60%) SAS
4 2 (1.07%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 15 (8.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (5.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (3.74%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (2.67%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (1.60%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.53%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.53%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 5 (2.67%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.60%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.07%) Endur
3 2 (1.07%) NetSuite
3 2 (1.07%) OpenText VIM for SAP
3 2 (1.07%) SAP ERP
3 2 (1.07%) SAP Hybris
4 1 (0.53%) Hyperion Planning
4 1 (0.53%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.53%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.53%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.53%) SAP GTS
4 1 (0.53%) SAP Payroll
4 1 (0.53%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 19 (10.16%) Power Platform
2 12 (6.42%) Azure
3 8 (4.28%) AWS
4 5 (2.67%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (2.67%) SuccessFactors
5 4 (2.14%) Power Automate
5 4 (2.14%) PowerApps
6 3 (1.60%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (1.60%) Veeva
7 2 (1.07%) Adobe Analytics
7 2 (1.07%) Asana
7 2 (1.07%) GCP
7 2 (1.07%) OCI
7 2 (1.07%) SaaS
7 2 (1.07%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
7 2 (1.07%) SAP Commerce Cloud
7 2 (1.07%) Slack
8 1 (0.53%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (0.53%) Azure Service Bus
8 1 (0.53%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.07%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (0.53%) Broadband
2 1 (0.53%) DHCP
2 1 (0.53%) DNS
2 1 (0.53%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (9.09%) Power BI
2 5 (2.67%) Tableau
3 4 (2.14%) Amazon Redshift
3 4 (2.14%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (1.60%) DynamoDB
4 3 (1.60%) MySQL
4 3 (1.60%) NoSQL
4 3 (1.60%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.07%) BigQuery
5 2 (1.07%) GIS
5 2 (1.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.53%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.53%) Data Mart
6 1 (0.53%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (0.53%) Oracle BI EE
6 1 (0.53%) Power Query
6 1 (0.53%) Qlik Sense
6 1 (0.53%) QlikView
6 1 (0.53%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.53%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (4.81%) JIRA
2 5 (2.67%) Git
2 5 (2.67%) Rational DOORS
3 4 (2.14%) Postman
3 4 (2.14%) Selenium
4 2 (1.07%) Cypress.io
4 2 (1.07%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.53%) Visual Studio
General
1 67 (35.83%) Social Skills
2 55 (29.41%) Finance
3 33 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (9.63%) Banking
4 18 (9.63%) Public Sector
5 16 (8.56%) Presentation Skills
6 15 (8.02%) Influencing Skills
7 13 (6.95%) Manufacturing
8 12 (6.42%) Legal
9 10 (5.35%) Retail
10 8 (4.28%) Billing
10 8 (4.28%) Telecoms
11 7 (3.74%) Marketing
11 7 (3.74%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (2.67%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (2.67%) French Language
13 4 (2.14%) German Language
14 3 (1.60%) Italian Language
14 3 (1.60%) Military
14 3 (1.60%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 53 (28.34%) Analyst
2 33 (17.65%) Business Analyst
3 23 (12.30%) Consultant
4 18 (9.63%) Senior
5 14 (7.49%) Project Manager
6 13 (6.95%) Lead
7 11 (5.88%) Data Analyst
7 11 (5.88%) Developer
8 8 (4.28%) Delivery Manager
8 8 (4.28%) Senior Manager
8 8 (4.28%) Transformation Manager
9 7 (3.74%) Functional Consultant
9 7 (3.74%) Service Design Manager
10 6 (3.21%) Architect
10 6 (3.21%) Integration Engineer
10 6 (3.21%) Project Delivery Manager
10 6 (3.21%) Service Manager
11 5 (2.67%) DOORS Engineer
11 5 (2.67%) Senior Integration Engineer
11 5 (2.67%) Software Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.14%) Lightning Web Components
1 4 (2.14%) Web Dynpro
2 2 (1.07%) HTML
2 2 (1.07%) JSON
2 2 (1.07%) Playwright
2 2 (1.07%) REST
2 2 (1.07%) WebdriverIO
2 2 (1.07%) XML
3 1 (0.53%) .NET
3 1 (0.53%) .NET Core
3 1 (0.53%) GraphQL
3 1 (0.53%) Middleware
3 1 (0.53%) SailPoint
3 1 (0.53%) SAP TM
3 1 (0.53%) SOAP
3 1 (0.53%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (3.74%) Management Information System
2 4 (2.14%) Product Ownership
3 3 (1.60%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (1.07%) Data Structures
4 2 (1.07%) FMCG
4 2 (1.07%) Greenfield Project
4 2 (1.07%) NHS
4 2 (1.07%) Operational Technology
4 2 (1.07%) Virtual Team
5 1 (0.53%) Data Centre
5 1 (0.53%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (0.53%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.53%) Housing Association
5 1 (0.53%) Learning Management System
5 1 (0.53%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (0.53%) Low-Code
5 1 (0.53%) Mobile App
5 1 (0.53%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.53%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.53%) State Machine
Operating Systems
1 10 (5.35%) Windows
2 5 (2.67%) Unix
3 1 (0.53%) Linux
3 1 (0.53%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (28.34%) Agile
2 40 (21.39%) Problem-Solving
3 37 (19.79%) Project Management
4 33 (17.65%) Stakeholder Management
5 28 (14.97%) Scrum
6 27 (14.44%) Continuous Improvement
6 27 (14.44%) Project Delivery
7 24 (12.83%) Risk Management
8 23 (12.30%) Change Management
9 22 (11.76%) Migration
10 20 (10.70%) Data Analysis
11 19 (10.16%) Business Analysis
11 19 (10.16%) Business Intelligence
11 19 (10.16%) ITIL
12 18 (9.63%) Test Strategy
13 17 (9.09%) Data Migration
14 16 (8.56%) Decision-Making
14 16 (8.56%) Validation
15 15 (8.02%) Analytics
15 15 (8.02%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 17 (9.09%) SQL
2 7 (3.74%) Python
3 5 (2.67%) JavaScript
4 4 (2.14%) ABAP
4 4 (2.14%) C#
5 3 (1.60%) Java
5 3 (1.60%) PL/SQL
5 3 (1.60%) R
5 3 (1.60%) VB
6 2 (1.07%) Bicep
6 2 (1.07%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.53%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.53%) VBA
Qualifications
1 34 (18.18%) Degree
2 23 (12.30%) Security Cleared
3 20 (10.70%) SC Cleared
4 8 (4.28%) DV Cleared
5 6 (3.21%) ITIL Certification
5 6 (3.21%) Master's Degree
6 5 (2.67%) ACCA
6 5 (2.67%) CIMA
7 4 (2.14%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (1.60%) CTC Cleared
8 3 (1.60%) SAP Certification
8 3 (1.60%) Six Sigma Black Belt
9 2 (1.07%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 1 (0.53%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.53%) CGEIT
10 1 (0.53%) CISA
10 1 (0.53%) CRISC
10 1 (0.53%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 1 (0.53%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.53%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (11.76%) QA
2 10 (5.35%) PMO
3 7 (3.74%) Data Quality
4 5 (2.67%) PCI DSS
5 3 (1.60%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.60%) CDISC
5 3 (1.60%) Good Clinical Practice
5 3 (1.60%) GxP
6 2 (1.07%) SLA
7 1 (0.53%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.53%) COBIT
7 1 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.53%) NIST
7 1 (0.53%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 5 (2.67%) VMware Infrastructure
1 5 (2.67%) VMware NSX
1 5 (2.67%) vSphere
2 3 (1.60%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.60%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.53%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (1.60%) Grafana
2 2 (1.07%) HP ALM
2 2 (1.07%) Terraform
3 1 (0.53%) Ansible
3 1 (0.53%) Progress Chef
3 1 (0.53%) Puppet
3 1 (0.53%) SCCM
Vendors
1 25 (13.37%) Microsoft
2 20 (10.70%) SAP
3 7 (3.74%) Adobe
3 7 (3.74%) Oracle
3 7 (3.74%) Salesforce
4 5 (2.67%) Cisco
4 5 (2.67%) Dell
4 5 (2.67%) VMware
5 4 (2.14%) ServiceNow
6 3 (1.60%) Denodo
6 3 (1.60%) Talend
6 3 (1.60%) Workday
7 2 (1.07%) Ariba
7 2 (1.07%) Conga
7 2 (1.07%) DocuSign
7 2 (1.07%) ESRI
7 2 (1.07%) FIS
7 2 (1.07%) OpenLink
7 2 (1.07%) Remedy
7 2 (1.07%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud