Process Improvement Contract Job Trends in Derby

Process Improvement
Derbyshire > Derby

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Derby requiring Process Improvement skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 22 19
Rank change year-on-year 0 -3 +8
Contract jobs citing Process Improvement 1 2 4
As % of all contract jobs in Derby 0.93% 1.63% 3.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.18% 2.00% 4.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 4
10th Percentile - - £428
25th Percentile £575 £513 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year +23.81% +10.53% -7.09%
75th Percentile £725 £538 £534
90th Percentile - - £619
Derbyshire median daily rate £650 £481 £475
% change year-on-year +35.06% +1.32% -13.64%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Derby

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 Derby.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 85 100 93
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Derby 79.44% 81.30% 81.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 49 64
10th Percentile £171 £250 £229
25th Percentile £363 £322 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £620 £600 £625
90th Percentile £715 £656 £664
Derbyshire median daily rate £500 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +5.26% - +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 7 8
10th Percentile £24.26 - £15.25
25th Percentile £25.07 - £17.10
Median hourly rate £25.15 £17.00 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +47.94% -4.06% +2.92%
75th Percentile - £19.94 £18.29
90th Percentile - £23.40 £20.00
Derbyshire median hourly rate £25.15 £24.18 £21.50
% change year-on-year +4.01% +12.47% +26.96%

Process Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in Derby

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

Process Improvement job vacancy trend in Derby

Process Improvement
Daily Rate Trend in Derby

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

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

Process Improvement
Hourly Rate Trend in Derby

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

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

Process Improvement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derby 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) Rational DOORS
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Design Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA Design Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA
1 1 (100.00%) Verilog
1 1 (100.00%) VHDL
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA Design
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Xilinx