Process Improvement Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Process Improvement
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring Process Improvement skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 92 61 102
Rank change year-on-year -31 +41 -44
Contract jobs citing Process Improvement 22 37 23
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 1.48% 2.56% 1.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.69% 2.81% 1.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 20 11
10th Percentile - £206 £390
25th Percentile £204 £488 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £571 £565
Median % change year-on-year -11.12% +1.06% -13.08%
75th Percentile £600 £631 £638
90th Percentile £612 £753 £700
South East median daily rate £410 £500 £473
% change year-on-year -18.00% +5.82% -14.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 0
10th Percentile - £57.72 -
25th Percentile £40.22 £59.28 -
Median hourly rate £40.44 £63.75 -
Median % change year-on-year -36.57% - -
75th Percentile £40.65 £65.62 -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £17.00 £35.00 £13.11
% change year-on-year -51.43% +167.07% -32.03%

All Process & 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 1,300 1,315 1,557
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 87.31% 91.07% 91.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 879 735 946
10th Percentile £300 £300 £213
25th Percentile £413 £411 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £533 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.10% +6.50% -0.65%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £613
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £511 £518
% change year-on-year -2.12% -1.38% +1.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 63 37 67
10th Percentile £14.75 £27.15 £28.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £42.50 £49.07
Median hourly rate £40.44 £61.50 £61.65
Median % change year-on-year -34.25% -0.24% +12.08%
75th Percentile £81.00 £64.73 £67.75
90th Percentile £97.50 £70.15 £77.57
South East median hourly rate £22.50 £47.25 £55.00
% change year-on-year -52.38% -14.10% +29.67%

Process Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Process Improvement relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Process Improvement job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Process Improvement
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Process Improvement.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Process Improvement

Process Improvement
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Process Improvement in Berkshire over the 6 months to 29 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Process Improvement in Berkshire

Process Improvement
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Process Improvement.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Process Improvement

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 29 December 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
Reading -3 9 £596 -0.67% 23
Windsor +1 6 £208 -58.50%
Maidenhead -1 1 £650 - 1
Process Improvement
South East

Process Improvement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.55%) Smallworld
Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (9.09%) SAP HCM
1 2 (9.09%) SAP PS
1 2 (9.09%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (22.73%) SaaS
2 2 (9.09%) Azure
2 2 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (9.09%) Oracle CX
3 1 (4.55%) Entra ID
3 1 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.55%) 5G
1 1 (4.55%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (22.73%) MySQL
1 5 (22.73%) Relational Database
2 1 (4.55%) GIS
General
1 5 (22.73%) Social Skills
2 3 (13.64%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (9.09%) Finance
3 2 (9.09%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (9.09%) Military
4 1 (4.55%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (31.82%) Analyst
2 5 (22.73%) Data Analyst
2 5 (22.73%) HR Analyst
2 5 (22.73%) HR Data Analyst
2 5 (22.73%) Senior
2 5 (22.73%) Technical Support
3 2 (9.09%) Business Analyst
3 2 (9.09%) Consultant
3 2 (9.09%) Lead
3 2 (9.09%) Project Manager
3 2 (9.09%) SAP Consultant
3 2 (9.09%) SAP HCM Consultant
3 2 (9.09%) Senior Manager
3 2 (9.09%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (4.55%) Delivery Project Manager
4 1 (4.55%) Developer
4 1 (4.55%) SAP PS Consultant
4 1 (4.55%) Senior Developer
4 1 (4.55%) Senior Software Developer
4 1 (4.55%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.55%) HTML
1 1 (4.55%) REST
1 1 (4.55%) SailPoint
1 1 (4.55%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.09%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 5 (22.73%) Linux
1 5 (22.73%) Unix
1 5 (22.73%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (31.82%) Computer Science
2 6 (27.27%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (22.73%) Agile
3 5 (22.73%) Benchmarking
3 5 (22.73%) Customer Requirements
3 5 (22.73%) Customer-Centricity
3 5 (22.73%) Dashboard Development
3 5 (22.73%) Data Analysis
3 5 (22.73%) Data Privacy
3 5 (22.73%) OO
3 5 (22.73%) OOP
3 5 (22.73%) People Management
3 5 (22.73%) Project Delivery
4 3 (13.64%) Customer Service
4 3 (13.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (13.64%) Waterfall
4 3 (13.64%) Workshop Facilitation
5 2 (9.09%) Customer Engagement
5 2 (9.09%) Resource Management
5 2 (9.09%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (27.27%) JavaScript
2 5 (22.73%) Java
2 5 (22.73%) Perl
2 5 (22.73%) Python
2 5 (22.73%) SQL
3 1 (4.55%) Magik
Qualifications
1 7 (31.82%) Degree
2 6 (27.27%) Computer Science Degree
2 6 (27.27%) Security Cleared
3 3 (13.64%) SC Cleared
4 1 (4.55%) ISTQB
4 1 (4.55%) PMI Certification
4 1 (4.55%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.55%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (4.55%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 7 (31.82%) Oracle
2 2 (9.09%) Ariba
2 2 (9.09%) SAP
2 2 (9.09%) Workday
3 1 (4.55%) CyberArk
3 1 (4.55%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.55%) ServiceNow