Process Improvement Contracts in the City of London

Process Improvement
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London 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 21 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 76 107 122
Rank change year-on-year +31 +15 +22
Contract jobs citing Process Improvement 46 21 45
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 2.67% 0.96% 1.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.85% 1.07% 1.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 12 28
10th Percentile £333 £408 £291
25th Percentile £395 £425 £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £513 £568
Median % change year-on-year +3.41% -9.72% +7.61%
75th Percentile £675 £591 £752
90th Percentile £785 £671 £950
Central London median daily rate £561 £513 £568
% change year-on-year +9.50% -9.72% +8.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £50.25
Median hourly rate - - £51.50
75th Percentile - - £52.75
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate - - £51.50
% change year-on-year - - +32.05%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of London

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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,613 1,970 3,243
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 93.56% 90.41% 91.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,012 1,391 2,190
10th Percentile £351 £350 £356
25th Percentile £461 £450 £480
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £574 £560 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.46% -6.67% +4.35%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £730
90th Percentile £775 £800 £825
Central London median daily rate £563 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +2.27% -8.33% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 12 26
10th Percentile £22.00 £19.95 £14.75
25th Percentile £23.75 £20.22 £17.08
Median hourly rate £28.15 £25.63 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.85% -26.79% -12.50%
75th Percentile £43.75 £40.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £60.75 £41.65 £88.30
Central London median hourly rate £29.07 £27.81 £35.00
% change year-on-year +4.53% -20.54% -13.58%

Process Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Process Improvement in the City of London

Process Improvement
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

Daily rate trend for Process Improvement in the City of London

Process Improvement
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Process Improvement in the City of London over the 6 months to 21 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Process Improvement in the City of London

Process Improvement
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

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

Hourly rate trend for Process Improvement in the City of London

Process Improvement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 2 (4.35%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (13.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (8.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (6.52%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (6.52%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (6.52%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (2.17%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (6.52%) Workday HCM
2 1 (2.17%) Aladdin
2 1 (2.17%) Bloomberg AIM
2 1 (2.17%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.17%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (2.17%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (2.17%) SAP Retail
2 1 (2.17%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (8.70%) AWS
2 3 (6.52%) Power Platform
3 2 (4.35%) Azure
3 2 (4.35%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (2.17%) Asana
4 1 (2.17%) Google Docs
4 1 (2.17%) OCI
4 1 (2.17%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.52%) Power BI
2 2 (4.35%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (4.35%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.17%) MS Access
3 1 (2.17%) MySQL
3 1 (2.17%) Power Query
3 1 (2.17%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (10.87%) JIRA
2 2 (4.35%) Bitbucket
2 2 (4.35%) Jenkins
2 2 (4.35%) SonarQube
3 1 (2.17%) Zephyr
General
1 27 (58.70%) Social Skills
2 15 (32.61%) Analytical Skills
2 15 (32.61%) Finance
3 7 (15.22%) Public Sector
4 6 (13.04%) Banking
5 5 (10.87%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (6.52%) Investment Banking
6 3 (6.52%) Legal
7 2 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (4.35%) Military
7 2 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (2.17%) Financial Institution
8 1 (2.17%) Front Office
8 1 (2.17%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (2.17%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (2.17%) Retail
Job Titles
1 21 (45.65%) Analyst
2 13 (28.26%) Business Analyst
3 9 (19.57%) Senior
4 5 (10.87%) Senior Analyst
5 4 (8.70%) Workday Analyst
6 3 (6.52%) Data Analyst
6 3 (6.52%) Delivery Manager
6 3 (6.52%) Lead
6 3 (6.52%) Senior Business Analyst
6 3 (6.52%) Technical Analyst
7 2 (4.35%) Consultant
7 2 (4.35%) Data Business Analyst
7 2 (4.35%) Process Consultant
7 2 (4.35%) Process Improvement Consultant
7 2 (4.35%) Project Manager
7 2 (4.35%) Service Delivery Manager
7 2 (4.35%) Service Manager
7 2 (4.35%) Software Engineer
7 2 (4.35%) Technical Business Analyst
7 2 (4.35%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.35%) .NET
1 2 (4.35%) .NET Core
1 2 (4.35%) ASP.NET
1 2 (4.35%) ASP.NET Core
1 2 (4.35%) CSS
1 2 (4.35%) HTML
2 1 (2.17%) React
2 1 (2.17%) REST
2 1 (2.17%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.35%) Management Information System
1 2 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (2.17%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (2.17%) Derivative
2 1 (2.17%) Equities
2 1 (2.17%) Fixed Income
2 1 (2.17%) FMCG
2 1 (2.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (2.17%) IVR
2 1 (2.17%) Mobile App
2 1 (2.17%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.17%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.17%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (28.26%) Stakeholder Management
2 11 (23.91%) Data Analysis
3 9 (19.57%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (19.57%) Project Management
4 8 (17.39%) Agile
5 7 (15.22%) Continuous Improvement
5 7 (15.22%) Requirements Gathering
6 5 (10.87%) Business Analysis
6 5 (10.87%) Business Intelligence
6 5 (10.87%) DevOps
6 5 (10.87%) ITIL
6 5 (10.87%) Lean Six Sigma
6 5 (10.87%) Project Delivery
6 5 (10.87%) Six Sigma
7 4 (8.70%) Business Transformation
7 4 (8.70%) Decision-Making
7 4 (8.70%) Test Automation
7 4 (8.70%) User Acceptance Testing
7 4 (8.70%) Workshop Facilitation
8 3 (6.52%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 7 (15.22%) SQL
2 4 (8.70%) Python
3 2 (4.35%) C#
3 2 (4.35%) JavaScript
3 2 (4.35%) T-SQL
4 1 (2.17%) PHP
4 1 (2.17%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 9 (19.57%) SC Cleared
1 9 (19.57%) Security Cleared
2 7 (15.22%) Degree
3 5 (10.87%) PMI Certification
3 5 (10.87%) PMP
4 2 (4.35%) CBAP
4 2 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (4.35%) ISTQB
5 1 (2.17%) A+ Certification
5 1 (2.17%) CFA
5 1 (2.17%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 1 (2.17%) Master's Degree
5 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (2.17%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.52%) MiFID
2 2 (4.35%) Data Quality
2 2 (4.35%) EMIR
2 2 (4.35%) Government Security Classifications
3 1 (2.17%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.17%) Dodd-Frank
3 1 (2.17%) GDPR
3 1 (2.17%) PMO
3 1 (2.17%) QA
3 1 (2.17%) UCITS
System Software
1 3 (6.52%) Docker
2 1 (2.17%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (6.52%) Kubernetes
2 2 (4.35%) Terraform
3 1 (2.17%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (10.87%) Microsoft
2 4 (8.70%) Workday
3 2 (4.35%) Bloomberg
3 2 (4.35%) Oracle
3 2 (4.35%) Salesforce
3 2 (4.35%) SAP
4 1 (2.17%) Advent
4 1 (2.17%) Concur
4 1 (2.17%) Google
4 1 (2.17%) Marketo
4 1 (2.17%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.17%) SimCorp