Process Improvement Contract Job Trends in Dorset

Process Improvement
South West > Dorset

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Dorset requiring Process Improvement skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 21 21
Rank change year-on-year -7 0 -
Contract jobs citing Process Improvement 1 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in Dorset 0.45% 0.87% 1.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.62% 0.97% 1.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £567
25th Percentile £725 £463 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £475 £599
Median % change year-on-year +57.89% -20.67% -
75th Percentile £775 £488 £622
90th Percentile - - £629
South West median daily rate £456 £425 £563
% change year-on-year +7.18% -24.44% +28.57%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Dorset

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 Dorset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 162 103 130
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset 73.64% 89.57% 87.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 66 91
10th Percentile £376 £188 £175
25th Percentile £410 £322 £311
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £539 £475 £488
Median % change year-on-year +13.42% -2.56% -7.14%
75th Percentile £673 £550 £630
90th Percentile £788 £575 £730
South West median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 19 17
10th Percentile £17.15 £15.02 -
25th Percentile £19.43 £15.25 £13.69
Median hourly rate £26.50 £15.50 £15.62
Median % change year-on-year +70.97% -0.77% -72.25%
75th Percentile £68.29 £16.97 £47.83
90th Percentile £72.63 £67.50 £56.89
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £25.15 £65.50
% change year-on-year +128.63% -61.60% +0.77%

Process Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

Process Improvement job vacancy trend in Dorset

Process Improvement
Daily Rate Trend in Dorset

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

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

Process Improvement
Hourly Rate Trend in Dorset

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

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

Process Improvement
Contract Job Locations in Dorset

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 Dorset region over the 6 months to 16 August 2026. 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
Dorchester - 1 £750 - 1
Process Improvement
South West

Process Improvement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dorset 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 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Low-Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft