Process Improvement Contracts in Berkshire

Process Improvement
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire requiring Process Improvement skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Process Improvement over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 62 105 70
Rank change year-on-year +43 -35 +19
Contract jobs citing Process Improvement 31 19 45
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 2.64% 0.96% 2.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.83% 1.08% 2.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 5 21
10th Percentile £242 £373 £325
25th Percentile £350 £481 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £428 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year -14.50% -9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £537 £519 £677
90th Percentile £600 £560 £725
South East median daily rate £524 £475 £460
% change year-on-year +10.32% +3.26% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 0
10th Percentile £28.30 - -
25th Percentile £40.89 £20.50 -
Median hourly rate £63.75 £21.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +203.55% - -
75th Percentile £65.62 £21.50 -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £63.75 £15.85 £32.30
% change year-on-year +302.18% -50.93% -0.62%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire

Process Improvement falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,096 1,764 1,640
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 93.44% 88.91% 90.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 641 918 1,053
10th Percentile £313 £213 £341
25th Percentile £413 £375 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £511 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.10% -2.71% +5.00%
75th Percentile £615 £608 £626
90th Percentile £675 £675 £711
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 101 48
10th Percentile £22.29 £20.17 £19.20
25th Percentile £32.05 £41.50 £25.72
Median hourly rate £61.50 £61.60 £57.82
Median % change year-on-year -0.17% +6.54% +174.67%
75th Percentile £76.77 £71.75 £73.69
90th Percentile £88.19 £87.46 £79.51
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%

Process Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Process Improvement in Berkshire

Process Improvement
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Process Improvement in Berkshire

Process Improvement
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Process Improvement in Berkshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Process Improvement in Berkshire

Process Improvement
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Process Improvement in Berkshire

Process Improvement
Hourly Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Process Improvement in Berkshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Process Improvement in Berkshire

Process Improvement
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

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 Berkshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Wokingham - 9 £523 - 2
Reading +25 7 £350 -29.11% 36
Slough -4 3 £190 - 24
Windsor - 2 £600 - 2
Maidenhead +4 1 - - 7
Bracknell - 1 - -
Process Improvement
South East

Process Improvement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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%) Apache Spark
1 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (3.23%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (6.45%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (16.13%) Azure
2 2 (6.45%) Azure Data Factory
2 2 (6.45%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 1 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (3.23%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (19.35%) Data Lake
2 4 (12.90%) SQL Server
3 2 (6.45%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (3.23%) Big Data
4 1 (3.23%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (3.23%) Hadoop
4 1 (3.23%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (6.45%) SpecFlow
General
1 11 (35.48%) Social Skills
2 8 (25.81%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (25.81%) Finance
3 6 (19.35%) Public Sector
3 6 (19.35%) Telecoms
4 4 (12.90%) Billing
4 4 (12.90%) Influencing Skills
4 4 (12.90%) Manufacturing
5 2 (6.45%) Electronics
5 2 (6.45%) Marketing
5 2 (6.45%) Military
5 2 (6.45%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (3.23%) Dutch Language
6 1 (3.23%) German Language
6 1 (3.23%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 8 (25.81%) Senior
2 7 (22.58%) Analyst
3 6 (19.35%) SIEM Engineer
4 4 (12.90%) Administrator
5 3 (9.68%) Data Engineer
5 3 (9.68%) DBA
5 3 (9.68%) Designer
5 3 (9.68%) Senior DBA
5 3 (9.68%) Solutions Designer
6 2 (6.45%) Automation Tester
6 2 (6.45%) Azure Engineer
6 2 (6.45%) Information Manager
6 2 (6.45%) Information Systems Manager
6 2 (6.45%) Project Manager
6 2 (6.45%) Senior Automation Tester
6 2 (6.45%) Senior Data Engineer
6 2 (6.45%) Senior Manager
6 2 (6.45%) Senior Test Automation Engineer
6 2 (6.45%) Systems Analyst
6 2 (6.45%) Test Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (29.03%) JSON
1 9 (29.03%) REST
2 3 (9.68%) PySpark
2 3 (9.68%) Web Services
3 2 (6.45%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 6 (19.35%) CSOC
1 6 (19.35%) Onboarding
2 5 (16.13%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (9.68%) Frameworx
3 3 (9.68%) TM Forum
4 2 (6.45%) CMDB
5 1 (3.23%) Management Information System
5 1 (3.23%) Pharmacovigilance
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (38.71%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (19.35%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (19.35%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (19.35%) Incident Response
2 6 (19.35%) Security Operations
2 6 (19.35%) SIEM
2 6 (19.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 6 (19.35%) Vulnerability Management
3 5 (16.13%) Agile
3 5 (16.13%) Customer Service
3 5 (16.13%) Task Automation
4 4 (12.90%) Capacity Planning
4 4 (12.90%) Disaster Recovery
4 4 (12.90%) Performance Monitoring
4 4 (12.90%) Performance Tuning
4 4 (12.90%) Project Management
4 4 (12.90%) Service Delivery
4 4 (12.90%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (12.90%) Strategic Planning
4 4 (12.90%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 7 (22.58%) SQL
2 1 (3.23%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.23%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (32.26%) Security Cleared
2 6 (19.35%) GIAC
3 4 (12.90%) DV Cleared
3 4 (12.90%) SC Cleared
4 3 (9.68%) Degree
5 1 (3.23%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (3.23%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (3.23%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (3.23%) PMI Certification
5 1 (3.23%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (29.03%) Data Quality
2 5 (16.13%) SLA
3 2 (6.45%) QA
4 1 (3.23%) COBIT
Vendors
1 5 (16.13%) Oracle
1 5 (16.13%) Salesforce
1 5 (16.13%) SAP
2 3 (9.68%) ServiceNow
3 2 (6.45%) Ariba
3 2 (6.45%) BMC
3 2 (6.45%) Databricks
3 2 (6.45%) Microsoft