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

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 129 98 169
Rank change year-on-year -31 +71 -1
Contract jobs citing Process Improvement 914 706 541
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.04% 2.62% 1.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.39% 2.88% 1.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 547 429 358
10th Percentile £306 £297 £279
25th Percentile £400 £375 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £520
Median % change year-on-year - -3.85% -0.95%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £621
90th Percentile £675 £751 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £488 £510
% change year-on-year +2.56% -4.41% -0.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 39 38
10th Percentile £13.33 £19.78 £14.50
25th Percentile £14.22 £26.88 £15.87
Median hourly rate £25.50 £30.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +20.00% -22.60%
75th Percentile £49.69 £38.74 £37.06
90th Percentile £75.40 £71.00 £55.05
UK median hourly rate £25.50 £30.50 £26.25
% change year-on-year -16.39% +16.19% -18.73%

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 38,237 24,502 31,943
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.52% 90.81% 85.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,096 15,746 20,754
10th Percentile £325 £300 £306
25th Percentile £419 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.94% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £645
90th Percentile £733 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £518 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -3.81% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,381 1,253 2,276
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.20 £12.79
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.98 £16.06
Median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +86.88% -34.02% -6.07%
75th Percentile £68.75 £54.01 £61.60
90th Percentile £82.37 £70.16 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £37.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -32.93% -6.25%

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 July 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 July 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 July 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 -24 398 £510 -2.86% 275
South East -11 150 £500 - 148
North of England -72 128 £450 -6.60% 130
Midlands -36 111 £425 -5.56% 84
West Midlands -51 70 £500 +5.26% 48
North West -68 60 £436 -3.11% 69
Yorkshire -30 59 £513 +2.50% 46
South West +3 55 £450 +2.86% 55
East of England +8 49 £450 +2.86% 51
East Midlands +2 41 £402 +42.39% 36
North East -25 10 £364 -31.37% 15
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 46 (5.03%) Confluence
2 17 (1.86%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.20%) CMS
3 11 (1.20%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (0.98%) CICS
5 5 (0.55%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.33%) Moodle
7 2 (0.22%) Apache
7 2 (0.22%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.11%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.11%) Mattermost
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle Coherence
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.11%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.11%) SAS
8 1 (0.11%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 100 (10.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 40 (4.38%) Microsoft Office
3 29 (3.17%) MS Visio
4 20 (2.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 11 (1.20%) Spreadsheet
6 8 (0.88%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.33%) Simulink
8 2 (0.22%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.11%) CATIA
9 1 (0.11%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle Smart View
9 1 (0.11%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 32 (3.50%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (1.86%) NetSuite
3 10 (1.09%) iTrent
3 10 (1.09%) Oracle EBS
4 9 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
5 6 (0.66%) Magento
5 6 (0.66%) NEC Housing
5 6 (0.66%) Oracle Payables
6 5 (0.55%) Oracle Receivables
6 5 (0.55%) Salesforce CRM
6 5 (0.55%) SAP FI
6 5 (0.55%) SAP PSCD
6 5 (0.55%) SAP SD
7 4 (0.44%) SAP Business One
8 3 (0.33%) Oracle ERP
8 3 (0.33%) Primavera
9 2 (0.22%) Aladdin
9 2 (0.22%) Oracle General Ledger
9 2 (0.22%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 2 (0.22%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 93 (10.18%) Power Platform
2 77 (8.42%) Azure
3 37 (4.05%) AWS
4 33 (3.61%) Microsoft 365
5 26 (2.84%) SaaS
6 23 (2.52%) Azure DevOps
6 23 (2.52%) GitHub
7 21 (2.30%) Entra ID
8 17 (1.86%) SuccessFactors
9 16 (1.75%) Dynamics 365
10 15 (1.64%) PowerApps
11 11 (1.20%) Power Automate
12 9 (0.98%) GCP
13 8 (0.88%) Lucidchart
14 7 (0.77%) Azure Data Factory
15 6 (0.66%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 5 (0.55%) Amazon SageMaker
16 5 (0.55%) Azure Monitor
16 5 (0.55%) Datadog
16 5 (0.55%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 16 (1.75%) Firewall
2 9 (0.98%) TCP/IP
3 8 (0.88%) WAN
4 6 (0.66%) DNS
4 6 (0.66%) Wi-Fi
5 5 (0.55%) LAN
6 4 (0.44%) FTP
6 4 (0.44%) Internet
6 4 (0.44%) MPLS
6 4 (0.44%) Network Security
6 4 (0.44%) SSL
6 4 (0.44%) VPN
6 4 (0.44%) Wireless
7 3 (0.33%) BGP
7 3 (0.33%) DHCP
7 3 (0.33%) DMZ
7 3 (0.33%) IPsec
7 3 (0.33%) VSAN
8 2 (0.22%) L2TP
8 2 (0.22%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (8.42%) Power BI
2 13 (1.42%) Relational Database
2 13 (1.42%) Tableau
3 11 (1.20%) Metadata
4 9 (0.98%) DataStage
5 7 (0.77%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (0.77%) MySQL
5 7 (0.77%) Oracle Reports
6 6 (0.66%) BusinessObjects
7 5 (0.55%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (0.33%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 3 (0.33%) SAP HANA
8 3 (0.33%) SQL Server
9 2 (0.22%) Ataccama
9 2 (0.22%) Big Data
9 2 (0.22%) Crystal Reports
9 2 (0.22%) GIS
9 2 (0.22%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 93 (10.18%) JIRA
2 19 (2.08%) Jenkins
3 14 (1.53%) Git
4 8 (0.88%) Sonatype Nexus
5 5 (0.55%) MLflow
6 4 (0.44%) GitLab
7 3 (0.33%) IntelliJ
7 3 (0.33%) JUnit
7 3 (0.33%) Postman
7 3 (0.33%) Selenium
7 3 (0.33%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.22%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.22%) Gatling
8 2 (0.22%) JMeter
8 2 (0.22%) ScriptRunner
8 2 (0.22%) TestRail
9 1 (0.11%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.11%) NeoLoad
9 1 (0.11%) Robot Framework
9 1 (0.11%) WinAutomation
General
1 375 (41.03%) Finance
2 359 (39.28%) Social Skills
3 289 (31.62%) Analytical Skills
4 80 (8.75%) Public Sector
5 77 (8.42%) Banking
6 47 (5.14%) Legal
7 44 (4.81%) Documentation Skills
8 39 (4.27%) Retail
9 35 (3.83%) Influencing Skills
9 35 (3.83%) Manufacturing
10 34 (3.72%) Organisational Skills
11 20 (2.19%) Telecoms
12 18 (1.97%) Local Government
13 16 (1.75%) Billing
13 16 (1.75%) Marketing
14 15 (1.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 13 (1.42%) Back Office
15 13 (1.42%) Front Office
16 12 (1.31%) General Ledger
17 11 (1.20%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 287 (31.40%) Analyst
2 171 (18.71%) Business Analyst
3 91 (9.96%) Senior
4 83 (9.08%) Lead
5 76 (8.32%) Consultant
6 39 (4.27%) Project Manager
7 38 (4.16%) Senior Analyst
8 35 (3.83%) Accountant
9 30 (3.28%) Data Analyst
10 22 (2.41%) Architect
10 22 (2.41%) Financial Analyst
11 20 (2.19%) Developer
11 20 (2.19%) Process Analyst
12 19 (2.08%) Management Accountant
13 17 (1.86%) Administrator
13 17 (1.86%) Delivery Manager
13 17 (1.86%) Designer
13 17 (1.86%) Senior Business Analyst
14 16 (1.75%) Security Analyst
14 16 (1.75%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (2.08%) REST
2 12 (1.31%) Middleware
3 10 (1.09%) .NET
3 10 (1.09%) Oracle Fusion
4 9 (0.98%) HTML5 Canvas
4 9 (0.98%) SOAP
5 6 (0.66%) IDoc
5 6 (0.66%) SAP PI
6 5 (0.55%) AngularJS
6 5 (0.55%) HTML
6 5 (0.55%) JDBC
6 5 (0.55%) React
6 5 (0.55%) scikit-learn
7 4 (0.44%) JSON
7 4 (0.44%) Node.js
7 4 (0.44%) RESTful
7 4 (0.44%) Spring Boot
7 4 (0.44%) STL
7 4 (0.44%) Web Services
7 4 (0.44%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 62 (6.78%) Onboarding
2 37 (4.05%) Analytical Mindset
3 36 (3.94%) Management Information System
4 35 (3.83%) Product Ownership
5 29 (3.17%) Self-Motivation
6 25 (2.74%) Legacy Systems
7 21 (2.30%) CMDB
8 17 (1.86%) Cloud Native
9 14 (1.53%) Data Structures
9 14 (1.53%) Enterprise Software
10 13 (1.42%) Data Centre
11 12 (1.31%) Operational Technology
11 12 (1.31%) Reinsurance
12 11 (1.20%) Data Protection Act
12 11 (1.20%) Derivative
13 9 (0.98%) AI Agents
13 9 (0.98%) BYOD
13 9 (0.98%) Mainframe
13 9 (0.98%) Virtual Team
13 9 (0.98%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 47 (5.14%) Windows
2 32 (3.50%) Linux
3 25 (2.74%) Unix
4 12 (1.31%) Mac OS
5 9 (0.98%) AIX
5 9 (0.98%) Solaris
5 9 (0.98%) Windows Server
6 5 (0.55%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.44%) Android
7 4 (0.44%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.33%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.33%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.33%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.11%) Check Point GAiA
9 1 (0.11%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 261 (28.56%) Stakeholder Management
2 240 (26.26%) Problem-Solving
3 197 (21.55%) Continuous Improvement
4 165 (18.05%) Agile
5 157 (17.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 139 (15.21%) Decision-Making
7 110 (12.04%) Validation
8 106 (11.60%) Change Management
9 105 (11.49%) Workshop Facilitation
10 104 (11.38%) ERP
11 102 (11.16%) User Acceptance Testing
12 96 (10.50%) Business Analysis
12 96 (10.50%) Migration
13 94 (10.28%) Requirements Gathering
14 91 (9.96%) AI
15 89 (9.74%) DevOps
16 83 (9.08%) Project Management
17 82 (8.97%) Business Intelligence
18 71 (7.77%) Data Analysis
19 69 (7.55%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 101 (11.05%) SQL
2 60 (6.56%) Python
3 34 (3.72%) Java
4 21 (2.30%) JavaScript
5 17 (1.86%) VBA
6 11 (1.20%) Perl
6 11 (1.20%) PowerShell
7 9 (0.98%) ABAP
7 9 (0.98%) COBOL
8 7 (0.77%) Bash
9 5 (0.55%) MATLAB
10 4 (0.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 4 (0.44%) PL/SQL
10 4 (0.44%) R
11 3 (0.33%) ActionScript
11 3 (0.33%) ActionScript 2.0
11 3 (0.33%) C#
11 3 (0.33%) Go
11 3 (0.33%) Korn
12 2 (0.22%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 133 (14.55%) Security Cleared
2 101 (11.05%) SC Cleared
3 90 (9.85%) Degree
4 62 (6.78%) ACCA
5 58 (6.35%) CIMA
6 16 (1.75%) DV Cleared
6 16 (1.75%) PMP
7 15 (1.64%) Master's Degree
8 14 (1.53%) PMI Certification
9 13 (1.42%) ITIL Certification
10 12 (1.31%) Computer Science Degree
11 11 (1.20%) Six Sigma Green Belt
12 10 (1.09%) BPSS Clearance
13 8 (0.88%) CBAP
14 6 (0.66%) Cisco Certification
15 5 (0.55%) IIBA
15 5 (0.55%) ISEB
16 4 (0.44%) CCNP
16 4 (0.44%) CISSP
16 4 (0.44%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (8.21%) Data Quality
2 54 (5.91%) QA
3 45 (4.92%) GDPR
4 36 (3.94%) PMO
5 29 (3.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 16 (1.75%) IFRS
7 15 (1.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 15 (1.64%) SLA
8 12 (1.31%) NIST
9 10 (1.09%) GAAP
10 9 (0.98%) Accessibility
11 6 (0.66%) Actionable Recommendations
12 4 (0.44%) COBIT
12 4 (0.44%) GRC
13 3 (0.33%) PCI DSS
13 3 (0.33%) Solvency II
14 2 (0.22%) Basel III
14 2 (0.22%) IFRS 9
14 2 (0.22%) ISO 20022
15 1 (0.11%) SEPA
System Software
1 28 (3.06%) Active Directory
2 11 (1.20%) Docker
3 9 (0.98%) IAG
4 8 (0.88%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.66%) vSphere
6 5 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.44%) VMware NSX
8 3 (0.33%) GPFS
8 3 (0.33%) NFS
8 3 (0.33%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.22%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.11%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
10 1 (0.11%) Hyper-V
10 1 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 24 (2.63%) Ansible
2 20 (2.19%) Kubernetes
3 14 (1.53%) Microsoft Intune
4 13 (1.42%) Terraform
5 6 (0.66%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.33%) Grafana
6 3 (0.33%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.33%) WSUS
7 2 (0.22%) Control-M
7 2 (0.22%) ITRS Geneos
7 2 (0.22%) vRealize
8 1 (0.11%) Amdocs OSS
8 1 (0.11%) Argo
8 1 (0.11%) Autotask
8 1 (0.11%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.11%) HAProxy
8 1 (0.11%) Kiali
8 1 (0.11%) Puppet
8 1 (0.11%) Stealthwatch
8 1 (0.11%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 102 (11.16%) SAP
2 98 (10.72%) Microsoft
3 72 (7.88%) Oracle
4 63 (6.89%) ServiceNow
5 32 (3.50%) Salesforce
6 21 (2.30%) Workday
7 18 (1.97%) IFS
8 17 (1.86%) VMware
9 13 (1.42%) Google
9 13 (1.42%) IBM
9 13 (1.42%) Splunk
10 10 (1.09%) Apple
10 10 (1.09%) Cisco
11 9 (0.98%) Okta
12 8 (0.88%) Sonatype
13 7 (0.77%) Adobe
13 7 (0.77%) Databricks
14 6 (0.66%) Atlassian
14 6 (0.66%) NEC
14 6 (0.66%) Sage