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 9 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
9 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 129 100 170
Rank change year-on-year -29 +70 +28
Contract jobs citing Process Improvement 844 646 522
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.99% 2.65% 1.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.34% 2.90% 1.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 530 383 340
10th Percentile £287 £300 £311
25th Percentile £388 £400 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -
75th Percentile £575 £613 £616
90th Percentile £663 £773 £689
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £517
% change year-on-year - -3.29% -1.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 35 40
10th Percentile £13.33 £19.51 £13.77
25th Percentile £14.22 £26.88 £14.50
Median hourly rate £24.11 £30.00 £21.75
Median % change year-on-year -19.65% +37.93% -50.41%
75th Percentile £49.06 £50.63 £36.13
90th Percentile £75.24 £73.00 £43.75
UK median hourly rate £24.11 £33.11 £23.30
% change year-on-year -27.20% +42.12% -46.88%

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 36,103 22,244 31,795
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.13% 91.27% 85.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,869 14,374 20,646
10th Percentile £325 £303 £300
25th Percentile £413 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +0.49% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,268 1,001 2,353
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.81
25th Percentile £20.79 £18.10 £16.00
Median hourly rate £47.25 £28.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +65.79% -24.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £68.00 £58.75 £61.30
90th Percentile £82.00 £73.75 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £27.50 £36.50
% change year-on-year +59.85% -24.66% +1.67%

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 9 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 9 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 9 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 -20 356 £500 -5.66% 220
South East -16 139 £500 - 155
North of England -68 124 £442 -10.43% 103
Midlands -28 108 £413 -14.06% 93
Yorkshire -15 70 £472 -8.45% 46
West Midlands -37 70 £475 -9.44% 55
South West +6 51 £438 -2.78% 55
East of England +1 48 £450 -10.00% 54
North West -79 44 £435 -3.33% 51
East Midlands -9 39 £392 +22.15% 38
North East -16 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 (5.69%) Confluence
2 18 (2.13%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.18%) CMS
4 9 (1.07%) CICS
5 7 (0.83%) Microsoft Exchange
6 5 (0.59%) Apache Airflow
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 Coherence
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 98 (11.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 40 (4.74%) Microsoft Office
3 27 (3.20%) MS Visio
4 25 (2.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 11 (1.30%) Spreadsheet
6 10 (1.18%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.24%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.12%) CATIA
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle Smart View
8 1 (0.12%) Simulink
8 1 (0.12%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 26 (3.08%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (1.42%) NetSuite
3 8 (0.95%) Dynamics CRM
4 7 (0.83%) NEC Housing
4 7 (0.83%) Oracle EBS
5 6 (0.71%) Magento
5 6 (0.71%) Oracle Payables
6 5 (0.59%) iTrent
6 5 (0.59%) SAP FI
7 4 (0.47%) Oracle Receivables
7 4 (0.47%) Remedy ITSM
7 4 (0.47%) SAP Business One
8 3 (0.36%) Oracle ERP
8 3 (0.36%) Oracle Financials
8 3 (0.36%) Oracle General Ledger
8 3 (0.36%) Salesforce CRM
8 3 (0.36%) SAP SD
9 2 (0.24%) Aladdin
9 2 (0.24%) Payment Gateway
9 2 (0.24%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 81 (9.60%) Power Platform
2 63 (7.46%) Azure
3 35 (4.15%) AWS
4 27 (3.20%) Microsoft 365
5 23 (2.73%) SaaS
6 21 (2.49%) GitHub
7 16 (1.90%) Azure DevOps
8 15 (1.78%) Entra ID
8 15 (1.78%) GCP
8 15 (1.78%) SuccessFactors
9 13 (1.54%) Dynamics 365
9 13 (1.54%) PowerApps
10 9 (1.07%) Power Automate
11 8 (0.95%) Lucidchart
12 7 (0.83%) GitHub Actions
13 5 (0.59%) Amazon SageMaker
13 5 (0.59%) Azure AKS
13 5 (0.59%) Azure Data Factory
14 4 (0.47%) Google Workspace
14 4 (0.47%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 22 (2.61%) Firewall
2 9 (1.07%) DNS
2 9 (1.07%) TCP/IP
3 6 (0.71%) VPN
4 5 (0.59%) FTP
4 5 (0.59%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (0.47%) DHCP
5 4 (0.47%) WAN
6 3 (0.36%) Internet
6 3 (0.36%) MPLS
6 3 (0.36%) SSL
6 3 (0.36%) VSAN
6 3 (0.36%) Wireless
7 2 (0.24%) BGP
7 2 (0.24%) DMZ
7 2 (0.24%) IPsec
7 2 (0.24%) LAN
7 2 (0.24%) Network Security
7 2 (0.24%) SAN
7 2 (0.24%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (8.06%) Power BI
2 14 (1.66%) Relational Database
3 12 (1.42%) MySQL
4 11 (1.30%) Metadata
5 10 (1.18%) Tableau
6 9 (1.07%) DataStage
7 8 (0.95%) Oracle Reports
8 7 (0.83%) Data Warehouse
9 6 (0.71%) SQL Server
10 5 (0.59%) MongoDB
11 4 (0.47%) PostgreSQL
11 4 (0.47%) Power Query
12 3 (0.36%) Oracle BI Publisher
13 2 (0.24%) Ataccama
13 2 (0.24%) Big Data
13 2 (0.24%) BusinessObjects
13 2 (0.24%) Crystal Reports
13 2 (0.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 1 (0.12%) Elasticsearch
14 1 (0.12%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 101 (11.97%) JIRA
2 26 (3.08%) Jenkins
3 14 (1.66%) Git
4 8 (0.95%) GitLab
4 8 (0.95%) Jaeger
4 8 (0.95%) Sonatype Nexus
5 7 (0.83%) Postman
5 7 (0.83%) Selenium
6 5 (0.59%) MLflow
7 4 (0.47%) JUnit
7 4 (0.47%) 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
1 335 (39.69%) Finance
2 329 (38.98%) Social Skills
3 266 (31.52%) Analytical Skills
4 71 (8.41%) Banking
5 66 (7.82%) Public Sector
6 41 (4.86%) Legal
7 40 (4.74%) Documentation Skills
8 34 (4.03%) Organisational Skills
9 32 (3.79%) Retail
10 27 (3.20%) Influencing Skills
11 19 (2.25%) Manufacturing
11 19 (2.25%) Telecoms
12 14 (1.66%) Billing
12 14 (1.66%) General Ledger
12 14 (1.66%) Local Government
13 13 (1.54%) Law
13 13 (1.54%) Marketing
14 12 (1.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 11 (1.30%) Financial Institution
15 11 (1.30%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 261 (30.92%) Analyst
2 144 (17.06%) Business Analyst
3 89 (10.55%) Senior
4 77 (9.12%) Lead
5 58 (6.87%) Consultant
6 37 (4.38%) Senior Analyst
7 34 (4.03%) Accountant
7 34 (4.03%) Project Manager
8 23 (2.73%) Data Analyst
9 21 (2.49%) Financial Analyst
10 20 (2.37%) Developer
10 20 (2.37%) Project Officer
11 19 (2.25%) Architect
11 19 (2.25%) Management Accountant
12 18 (2.13%) Senior Business Analyst
13 17 (2.01%) Delivery Manager
13 17 (2.01%) Process Analyst
14 15 (1.78%) Designer
14 15 (1.78%) Support Analyst
14 15 (1.78%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (2.37%) Middleware
2 15 (1.78%) REST
3 12 (1.42%) .NET
3 12 (1.42%) Kafka
4 11 (1.30%) Spring Boot
5 10 (1.18%) OpenTelemetry
6 8 (0.95%) HTML5 Canvas
7 7 (0.83%) HTML
7 7 (0.83%) Playwright
8 6 (0.71%) Node.js
9 5 (0.59%) Flash
9 5 (0.59%) Oracle Fusion
9 5 (0.59%) SailPoint
9 5 (0.59%) scikit-learn
10 4 (0.47%) JSON
10 4 (0.47%) LDAP
10 4 (0.47%) OpenID
10 4 (0.47%) SOAP
10 4 (0.47%) YAML
11 3 (0.36%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 53 (6.28%) Onboarding
2 33 (3.91%) Management Information System
2 33 (3.91%) Product Ownership
3 31 (3.67%) Analytical Mindset
4 27 (3.20%) Self-Motivation
5 24 (2.84%) Legacy Systems
6 16 (1.90%) CMDB
7 13 (1.54%) Data Structures
7 13 (1.54%) Virtual Team
8 12 (1.42%) Cloud Native
9 11 (1.30%) Data Centre
9 11 (1.30%) Operational Technology
10 10 (1.18%) Data Protection Act
10 10 (1.18%) Derivative
11 9 (1.07%) BYOD
11 9 (1.07%) Distributed Systems
11 9 (1.07%) Mainframe
11 9 (1.07%) VSAM
12 7 (0.83%) AI Agents
12 7 (0.83%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 46 (5.45%) Windows
2 41 (4.86%) Linux
3 25 (2.96%) Unix
4 9 (1.07%) AIX
4 9 (1.07%) Solaris
5 8 (0.95%) Apple iOS
5 8 (0.95%) Mac OS
6 7 (0.83%) Android
6 7 (0.83%) Windows Server
7 5 (0.59%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.47%) 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
1 212 (25.12%) Problem-Solving
2 206 (24.41%) Stakeholder Management
3 182 (21.56%) Continuous Improvement
4 153 (18.13%) Agile
5 137 (16.23%) Decision-Making
5 137 (16.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 100 (11.85%) Change Management
7 95 (11.26%) Project Management
8 87 (10.31%) ERP
9 84 (9.95%) Workshop Facilitation
10 83 (9.83%) DevOps
10 83 (9.83%) User Acceptance Testing
11 77 (9.12%) Business Analysis
11 77 (9.12%) Migration
12 76 (9.00%) AI
13 75 (8.89%) Business Intelligence
13 75 (8.89%) Validation
14 69 (8.18%) Requirements Gathering
15 63 (7.46%) Project Delivery
16 60 (7.11%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 102 (12.09%) SQL
2 58 (6.87%) Python
3 41 (4.86%) Java
4 23 (2.73%) JavaScript
5 12 (1.42%) Perl
6 9 (1.07%) COBOL
6 9 (1.07%) VBA
7 8 (0.95%) PowerShell
7 8 (0.95%) Rust
8 6 (0.71%) Go
9 5 (0.59%) Shell Script
10 4 (0.47%) Bash
10 4 (0.47%) PL/SQL
10 4 (0.47%) R
10 4 (0.47%) TypeScript
11 3 (0.36%) ActionScript
11 3 (0.36%) ActionScript 2.0
11 3 (0.36%) C#
11 3 (0.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.24%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 107 (12.68%) Security Cleared
2 100 (11.85%) Degree
3 80 (9.48%) SC Cleared
4 63 (7.46%) ACCA
5 60 (7.11%) CIMA
6 19 (2.25%) PMP
7 18 (2.13%) Master's Degree
8 17 (2.01%) PMI Certification
9 14 (1.66%) Computer Science Degree
10 13 (1.54%) DV Cleared
11 12 (1.42%) BPSS Clearance
12 10 (1.18%) Six Sigma Green Belt
13 7 (0.83%) CISSP
13 7 (0.83%) ITIL Certification
14 6 (0.71%) CISM
14 6 (0.71%) SAFe Agilist
15 5 (0.59%) CBAP
15 5 (0.59%) IIBA
15 5 (0.59%) MBA
15 5 (0.59%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (7.23%) Data Quality
1 61 (7.23%) QA
2 40 (4.74%) GDPR
2 40 (4.74%) PMO
3 28 (3.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 19 (2.25%) SLA
5 15 (1.78%) IFRS
5 15 (1.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 13 (1.54%) NIST
7 9 (1.07%) GAAP
8 7 (0.83%) Accessibility
9 5 (0.59%) Basel III
10 4 (0.47%) COBIT
10 4 (0.47%) ISO 20022
11 3 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.36%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.36%) PSD2
12 2 (0.24%) GRC
12 2 (0.24%) IFRS 9
12 2 (0.24%) ISO 19650
System Software
1 23 (2.73%) Active Directory
2 18 (2.13%) Docker
3 7 (0.83%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.71%) vSphere
5 5 (0.59%) GPFS
5 5 (0.59%) NFS
5 5 (0.59%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.47%) 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 (2.49%) Kubernetes
2 19 (2.25%) Ansible
3 13 (1.54%) Grafana
4 10 (1.18%) Prometheus
4 10 (1.18%) Terraform
5 9 (1.07%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (0.95%) Kiali
7 6 (0.71%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.36%) WSUS
9 2 (0.24%) Control-M
9 2 (0.24%) ITRS Geneos
9 2 (0.24%) vRealize
10 1 (0.12%) Amdocs OSS
10 1 (0.12%) Argo
10 1 (0.12%) Autotask
10 1 (0.12%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.12%) HAProxy
10 1 (0.12%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 80 (9.48%) SAP
2 75 (8.89%) Microsoft
3 66 (7.82%) Oracle
4 55 (6.52%) ServiceNow
5 29 (3.44%) Salesforce
6 23 (2.73%) Workday
7 20 (2.37%) Splunk
8 18 (2.13%) IFS
9 16 (1.90%) VMware
10 15 (1.78%) IBM
11 11 (1.30%) Google
12 9 (1.07%) Okta
13 8 (0.95%) Cisco
13 8 (0.95%) Sonatype
14 7 (0.83%) NEC
15 6 (0.71%) Apple
15 6 (0.71%) ForgeRock
15 6 (0.71%) Sage
16 5 (0.59%) Atlassian
16 5 (0.59%) Murex
620 Process Improvement jobs in England