Process Improvement Contract Job Trends in England

Process Improvement
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Process Improvement skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 135 97 171
Rank change year-on-year -38 +74 +24
Contract jobs citing Process Improvement 829 647 507
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.98% 2.67% 1.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.33% 2.92% 1.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 519 390 331
10th Percentile £288 £300 £313
25th Percentile £386 £401 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £511 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.20% -2.62% -
75th Percentile £575 £615 £616
90th Percentile £663 £757 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £517
% change year-on-year - -3.29% -1.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 33 39
10th Percentile £13.33 £19.38 £13.69
25th Percentile £14.22 £26.88 £14.50
Median hourly rate £23.21 £30.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.63% +36.36% -49.84%
75th Percentile £48.75 £47.50 £36.25
90th Percentile £75.07 £73.12 £43.75
UK median hourly rate £22.46 £33.11 £24.26
% change year-on-year -32.16% +36.51% -44.70%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 35,555 22,136 31,595
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.01% 91.31% 85.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,555 14,385 20,625
10th Percentile £325 £305 £300
25th Percentile £413 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.10% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £621 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £513 £525
% change year-on-year - -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,223 969 2,319
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.86
25th Percentile £20.50 £18.10 £16.00
Median hourly rate £47.00 £28.60 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +64.34% -23.73% -
75th Percentile £68.00 £60.00 £61.30
90th Percentile £81.05 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £27.97 £36.50
% change year-on-year +51.98% -23.38% -0.11%

Process Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Process Improvement job vacancy trend in England

Process Improvement
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

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

Process Improvement
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Process Improvement in England over the 6 months to 1 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Process Improvement in England

Process Improvement
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

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

Process Improvement
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Process Improvement in England over the 6 months to 1 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Process Improvement in England

Process Improvement
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
London -31 339 £500 -4.76% 262
South East -19 133 £500 -4.31% 142
North of England -62 124 £447 -10.60% 114
Midlands -12 113 £413 -13.16% 93
West Midlands -28 74 £469 -10.54% 61
Yorkshire -11 72 £468 -9.13% 47
South West -1 52 £450 -14.29% 59
East of England +5 51 £450 -10.00% 50
North West -87 42 £436 -3.11% 61
East Midlands -7 40 £392 +22.15% 32
North East -17 11 £364 -32.01% 6
Process Improvement
UK

Process Improvement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 48 (5.79%) Confluence
2 19 (2.29%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.33%) CMS
4 9 (1.09%) CICS
5 5 (0.60%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.48%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.36%) Moodle
8 2 (0.24%) Apache
8 2 (0.24%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.12%) Mattermost
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.12%) Tomcat
Applications
1 97 (11.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 39 (4.70%) Microsoft Office
3 27 (3.26%) MS Visio
4 25 (3.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 11 (1.33%) Microsoft Project
5 11 (1.33%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.24%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.12%) CATIA
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.12%) Simulink
7 1 (0.12%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 25 (3.02%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (1.33%) NetSuite
3 9 (1.09%) Dynamics CRM
4 7 (0.84%) NEC Housing
4 7 (0.84%) Oracle Payables
5 6 (0.72%) Oracle EBS
6 5 (0.60%) iTrent
6 5 (0.60%) SAP FI
7 4 (0.48%) Magento
7 4 (0.48%) Oracle Financials
7 4 (0.48%) Oracle General Ledger
7 4 (0.48%) Oracle Receivables
7 4 (0.48%) Remedy ITSM
7 4 (0.48%) SAP Business One
8 3 (0.36%) Oracle Assets
9 2 (0.24%) Oracle EBS R12
9 2 (0.24%) Oracle E-Business Tax
9 2 (0.24%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 2 (0.24%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
9 2 (0.24%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 82 (9.89%) Power Platform
2 62 (7.48%) Azure
3 33 (3.98%) AWS
4 24 (2.90%) Microsoft 365
5 23 (2.77%) SaaS
6 21 (2.53%) GitHub
7 15 (1.81%) Azure DevOps
7 15 (1.81%) GCP
7 15 (1.81%) SuccessFactors
8 14 (1.69%) Dynamics 365
9 13 (1.57%) PowerApps
10 10 (1.21%) Entra ID
10 10 (1.21%) Power Automate
11 8 (0.97%) Lucidchart
12 7 (0.84%) GitHub Actions
13 5 (0.60%) Amazon SageMaker
13 5 (0.60%) Azure AKS
13 5 (0.60%) Azure Data Factory
14 4 (0.48%) Miro
14 4 (0.48%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 22 (2.65%) Firewall
2 9 (1.09%) DNS
3 7 (0.84%) TCP/IP
4 6 (0.72%) VPN
5 5 (0.60%) FTP
5 5 (0.60%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (0.48%) DHCP
7 3 (0.36%) Internet
7 3 (0.36%) MPLS
7 3 (0.36%) SSL
7 3 (0.36%) VSAN
7 3 (0.36%) WAN
8 2 (0.24%) BGP
8 2 (0.24%) DMZ
8 2 (0.24%) SAN
8 2 (0.24%) Structured Cabling
8 2 (0.24%) Wireless
9 1 (0.12%) Cisco ISE
9 1 (0.12%) Multicast
9 1 (0.12%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (8.20%) Power BI
2 15 (1.81%) Relational Database
3 13 (1.57%) MySQL
4 12 (1.45%) Metadata
5 10 (1.21%) Tableau
6 9 (1.09%) DataStage
7 8 (0.97%) Oracle Reports
8 6 (0.72%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (0.72%) SQL Server
9 5 (0.60%) MongoDB
9 5 (0.60%) PostgreSQL
10 4 (0.48%) Power Query
10 4 (0.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (0.36%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 2 (0.24%) Ataccama
12 2 (0.24%) Big Data
12 2 (0.24%) BusinessObjects
12 2 (0.24%) Crystal Reports
13 1 (0.12%) Electronic Patient Records
13 1 (0.12%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 102 (12.30%) JIRA
2 27 (3.26%) Jenkins
3 13 (1.57%) Git
4 8 (0.97%) GitLab
4 8 (0.97%) Jaeger
4 8 (0.97%) Sonatype Nexus
5 7 (0.84%) Postman
5 7 (0.84%) Selenium
6 5 (0.60%) MLflow
7 4 (0.48%) JUnit
7 4 (0.48%) TestRail
8 3 (0.36%) CircleCI
8 3 (0.36%) Cucumber
8 3 (0.36%) IntelliJ
8 3 (0.36%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.24%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.24%) Gatling
9 2 (0.24%) JMeter
9 2 (0.24%) REST Assured
9 2 (0.24%) ScriptRunner
General
1 329 (39.69%) Finance
2 326 (39.32%) Social Skills
3 258 (31.12%) Analytical Skills
4 70 (8.44%) Banking
5 65 (7.84%) Public Sector
6 40 (4.83%) Legal
7 37 (4.46%) Documentation Skills
8 31 (3.74%) Organisational Skills
9 29 (3.50%) Retail
10 28 (3.38%) Influencing Skills
11 21 (2.53%) Manufacturing
12 16 (1.93%) Telecoms
13 15 (1.81%) General Ledger
14 14 (1.69%) Law
14 14 (1.69%) Marketing
15 13 (1.57%) Local Government
16 12 (1.45%) Billing
17 11 (1.33%) Financial Institution
17 11 (1.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 11 (1.33%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 259 (31.24%) Analyst
2 144 (17.37%) Business Analyst
3 87 (10.49%) Senior
4 79 (9.53%) Lead
5 56 (6.76%) Consultant
6 37 (4.46%) Senior Analyst
7 35 (4.22%) Project Manager
8 34 (4.10%) Accountant
9 22 (2.65%) Financial Analyst
10 21 (2.53%) Data Analyst
10 21 (2.53%) Project Officer
11 20 (2.41%) Developer
12 19 (2.29%) Management Accountant
13 18 (2.17%) Process Analyst
13 18 (2.17%) Senior Business Analyst
14 17 (2.05%) Delivery Manager
15 16 (1.93%) Support Analyst
16 15 (1.81%) Architect
16 15 (1.81%) Technical Support
17 14 (1.69%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (2.41%) Middleware
2 16 (1.93%) REST
3 13 (1.57%) .NET
4 12 (1.45%) Kafka
5 11 (1.33%) Spring Boot
6 10 (1.21%) OpenTelemetry
7 8 (0.97%) HTML5 Canvas
7 8 (0.97%) Playwright
8 7 (0.84%) HTML
8 7 (0.84%) Node.js
9 5 (0.60%) Flash
9 5 (0.60%) scikit-learn
10 4 (0.48%) GraphQL
10 4 (0.48%) JSON
10 4 (0.48%) LDAP
10 4 (0.48%) OpenID
10 4 (0.48%) Oracle Fusion
10 4 (0.48%) SailPoint
10 4 (0.48%) SOAP
10 4 (0.48%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 50 (6.03%) Onboarding
2 34 (4.10%) Product Ownership
3 32 (3.86%) Analytical Mindset
3 32 (3.86%) Management Information System
4 27 (3.26%) Self-Motivation
5 24 (2.90%) Legacy Systems
6 17 (2.05%) CMDB
7 13 (1.57%) Data Structures
8 12 (1.45%) Cloud Native
9 11 (1.33%) Data Centre
9 11 (1.33%) Operational Technology
9 11 (1.33%) Virtual Team
10 10 (1.21%) Data Protection Act
11 9 (1.09%) BYOD
11 9 (1.09%) Derivative
11 9 (1.09%) Distributed Systems
11 9 (1.09%) Mainframe
11 9 (1.09%) VSAM
12 8 (0.97%) PMI
13 7 (0.84%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 44 (5.31%) Windows
2 42 (5.07%) Linux
3 26 (3.14%) Unix
4 9 (1.09%) AIX
4 9 (1.09%) Solaris
5 8 (0.97%) Apple iOS
6 7 (0.84%) Android
6 7 (0.84%) Windows Server
7 5 (0.60%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.48%) Mac OS
8 4 (0.48%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.36%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.12%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 208 (25.09%) Problem-Solving
2 199 (24.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 180 (21.71%) Continuous Improvement
4 151 (18.21%) Agile
5 140 (16.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 135 (16.28%) Decision-Making
7 97 (11.70%) Change Management
8 96 (11.58%) Project Management
9 85 (10.25%) DevOps
9 85 (10.25%) ERP
10 82 (9.89%) Workshop Facilitation
11 80 (9.65%) User Acceptance Testing
12 78 (9.41%) AI
13 77 (9.29%) Business Analysis
13 77 (9.29%) Business Intelligence
14 76 (9.17%) Migration
15 70 (8.44%) Validation
16 66 (7.96%) Requirements Gathering
17 64 (7.72%) Mentoring
18 60 (7.24%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 99 (11.94%) SQL
2 57 (6.88%) Python
3 42 (5.07%) Java
4 25 (3.02%) JavaScript
5 13 (1.57%) Perl
6 9 (1.09%) COBOL
7 8 (0.97%) Rust
8 7 (0.84%) PowerShell
8 7 (0.84%) VBA
9 6 (0.72%) Go
9 6 (0.72%) TypeScript
10 5 (0.60%) Shell Script
11 4 (0.48%) Bash
11 4 (0.48%) C#
11 4 (0.48%) PL/SQL
12 3 (0.36%) ActionScript
12 3 (0.36%) ActionScript 2.0
12 3 (0.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 3 (0.36%) R
13 2 (0.24%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 108 (13.03%) Degree
2 106 (12.79%) Security Cleared
3 78 (9.41%) SC Cleared
4 62 (7.48%) ACCA
5 60 (7.24%) CIMA
6 21 (2.53%) PMP
7 20 (2.41%) Master's Degree
8 19 (2.29%) PMI Certification
9 16 (1.93%) Computer Science Degree
10 13 (1.57%) BPSS Clearance
11 12 (1.45%) DV Cleared
12 7 (0.84%) ITIL Certification
12 7 (0.84%) SAFe Agilist
12 7 (0.84%) Six Sigma Green Belt
13 6 (0.72%) CISM
13 6 (0.72%) CISSP
13 6 (0.72%) MBA
14 5 (0.60%) CBAP
14 5 (0.60%) IIBA
14 5 (0.60%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (7.60%) QA
2 62 (7.48%) Data Quality
3 40 (4.83%) GDPR
4 36 (4.34%) PMO
5 28 (3.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 19 (2.29%) SLA
7 15 (1.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 14 (1.69%) IFRS
9 13 (1.57%) NIST
10 8 (0.97%) GAAP
11 7 (0.84%) Accessibility
12 6 (0.72%) Basel III
13 4 (0.48%) COBIT
13 4 (0.48%) ISO 19650
13 4 (0.48%) ISO 20022
14 3 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
14 3 (0.36%) PCI DSS
14 3 (0.36%) PSD2
15 2 (0.24%) IFRS 9
16 1 (0.12%) IEC 62304
System Software
1 19 (2.29%) Docker
2 16 (1.93%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.84%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.72%) vSphere
5 5 (0.60%) GPFS
5 5 (0.60%) NFS
6 4 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.48%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.24%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
7 2 (0.24%) IAG
7 2 (0.24%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 2 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.12%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 21 (2.53%) Kubernetes
2 18 (2.17%) Ansible
3 13 (1.57%) Grafana
4 10 (1.21%) Prometheus
4 10 (1.21%) Terraform
5 8 (0.97%) Kiali
6 6 (0.72%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (0.36%) WSUS
8 2 (0.24%) Control-M
8 2 (0.24%) ITRS Geneos
8 2 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.24%) vRealize
9 1 (0.12%) Amdocs OSS
9 1 (0.12%) Argo
9 1 (0.12%) Autotask
9 1 (0.12%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.12%) HAProxy
9 1 (0.12%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 79 (9.53%) SAP
2 67 (8.08%) Microsoft
3 65 (7.84%) Oracle
4 54 (6.51%) ServiceNow
5 25 (3.02%) Workday
6 24 (2.90%) Salesforce
7 20 (2.41%) Splunk
8 18 (2.17%) IFS
9 16 (1.93%) VMware
10 15 (1.81%) IBM
11 11 (1.33%) Google
12 8 (0.97%) Okta
12 8 (0.97%) Sonatype
13 7 (0.84%) Cisco
13 7 (0.84%) NEC
14 6 (0.72%) ForgeRock
14 6 (0.72%) Sage
15 5 (0.60%) Atlassian
15 5 (0.60%) Databricks
15 5 (0.60%) Murex