Process Improvement Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

Process Improvement
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cheshire requiring Process Improvement skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 40 37
Rank change year-on-year +6 -3 +12
Contract jobs citing Process Improvement 38 15 19
As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire 5.97% 3.29% 4.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.77% 3.67% 5.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 4 4
10th Percentile £367 £294 £254
25th Percentile £469 £334 £316
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £441 £413
Median % change year-on-year +13.51% +6.79% +26.53%
75th Percentile £698 £557 £503
90th Percentile £716 £592 £531
North West median daily rate £500 £473 £475
% change year-on-year +5.82% -0.53% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 4
10th Percentile £16.01 - £16.34
25th Percentile £21.26 - £16.86
Median hourly rate £32.00 £29.23 £17.14
Median % change year-on-year +9.48% +70.54% -
75th Percentile £65.63 - £17.29
90th Percentile £84.60 - £17.57
North West median hourly rate £35.00 £28.37 £17.14
% change year-on-year +23.39% +65.49% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 561 409 365
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 88.21% 89.69% 91.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 403 239 237
10th Percentile £268 £316 £265
25th Percentile £356 £374 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £446 £478 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.69% -4.40% +11.11%
75th Percentile £537 £575 £550
90th Percentile £683 £650 £588
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 23 24
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.00 £14.60
25th Percentile £18.87 £19.00 £17.14
Median hourly rate £22.85 £24.18 £21.84
Median % change year-on-year -5.50% +10.71% +43.21%
75th Percentile £40.00 £33.75 £35.19
90th Percentile £71.65 £84.30 £40.00
North West median hourly rate £31.75 £31.25 £35.50
% change year-on-year +1.60% -11.97% +33.81%

Process Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Process Improvement job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Process Improvement
Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

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

Process Improvement
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Process Improvement in Cheshire over the 6 months to 18 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Process Improvement in Cheshire

Process Improvement
Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

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

Process Improvement
Hourly Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Process Improvement in Cheshire over the 6 months to 18 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Process Improvement in Cheshire

Process Improvement
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

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 Cheshire region over the 6 months to 18 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
Macclesfield +12 17 £500 -4.76%
Knutsford -17 7 £395 +26.81% 1
Chester -5 3 £605 -
Crewe 0 1 - - 1
Process Improvement
North West

Process Improvement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire 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 4 (10.53%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (5.26%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (5.26%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 27 (71.05%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (10.53%) AWS
1 4 (10.53%) GitHub
2 2 (5.26%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (23.68%) SAP HANA
2 4 (10.53%) Data Lake
3 2 (5.26%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (10.53%) GitLab
2 2 (5.26%) JIRA
General
1 17 (44.74%) Social Skills
2 15 (39.47%) Finance
3 8 (21.05%) Pharmaceutical
4 3 (7.89%) Public Sector
5 2 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (5.26%) Banking
5 2 (5.26%) Corporate Banking
5 2 (5.26%) Retail Banking
6 1 (2.63%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.63%) Legal
6 1 (2.63%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (34.21%) Consultant
2 12 (31.58%) SAP Consultant
3 10 (26.32%) ABAP Consultant
4 7 (18.42%) Development Consultant
5 6 (15.79%) Analyst
6 5 (13.16%) Process Analyst
7 4 (10.53%) Business Process Analyst
8 3 (7.89%) AWS Engineer
8 3 (7.89%) Lean Consultant
8 3 (7.89%) Process Consultant
9 2 (5.26%) DevOps Engineer
9 2 (5.26%) Integration Engineer
9 2 (5.26%) Process Mapping Consultant
9 2 (5.26%) Project Manager
9 2 (5.26%) SAP Analyst
9 2 (5.26%) Six Sigma Consultant
9 2 (5.26%) Supply Chain Consultant
10 1 (2.63%) Business Process Manager
10 1 (2.63%) Incident Analyst
10 1 (2.63%) Process Improvement Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (26.32%) BAPI
1 10 (26.32%) SAP Fiori
1 10 (26.32%) Web Services
2 2 (5.26%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.26%) PMI
1 2 (5.26%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (55.26%) Continuous Improvement
2 19 (50.00%) Lean Six Sigma
2 19 (50.00%) Six Sigma
3 16 (42.11%) Problem-Solving
4 14 (36.84%) ERP
5 13 (34.21%) Business Process Mapping
5 13 (34.21%) Roadmaps
6 12 (31.58%) Coaching
6 12 (31.58%) Workshop Facilitation
7 11 (28.95%) Process Management
7 11 (28.95%) Strategic Roadmap
8 10 (26.32%) Performance Tuning
9 9 (23.68%) SAP Implementation
10 6 (15.79%) Resource Allocation
10 6 (15.79%) Stakeholder Management
10 6 (15.79%) Supply Chain Planning
11 4 (10.53%) Actionable Insight
11 4 (10.53%) Customer Acquisition
11 4 (10.53%) Data Pipeline
11 4 (10.53%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 10 (26.32%) ABAP
2 4 (10.53%) SQL
3 2 (5.26%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 11 (28.95%) Six Sigma Green Belt
2 10 (26.32%) Security Cleared
3 9 (23.68%) SC Cleared
4 4 (10.53%) Degree
5 2 (5.26%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (5.26%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 2 (5.26%) Master's Degree
5 2 (5.26%) MBA
5 2 (5.26%) PMI Certification
5 2 (5.26%) PMP
5 2 (5.26%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.26%) Basel III
1 2 (5.26%) Data Quality
1 2 (5.26%) QA
Vendors
1 27 (71.05%) SAP
2 10 (26.32%) Adobe
3 1 (2.63%) Ariba
3 1 (2.63%) Microsoft