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 21 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 110 122 141
Rank change year-on-year +12 +19 +33
Contract jobs citing Process Improvement 776 640 727
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.54% 2.06% 1.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.82% 2.37% 2.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 462 367 455
10th Percentile £251 £297 £319
25th Percentile £350 £410 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £489 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.90% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £616
90th Percentile £685 £734 £688
UK median daily rate £475 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 25 36
10th Percentile £13.46 £14.05 £16.57
25th Percentile £17.00 £22.00 £20.13
Median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +16.67% -4.23%
75th Percentile £40.65 £60.06 £46.85
90th Percentile £63.75 £75.00 £56.70
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £31.50
% change year-on-year -14.29% +11.11% +0.56%

All Process and 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 27,528 26,989 34,839
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.13% 86.89% 88.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,469 16,492 23,819
10th Percentile £300 £313 £313
25th Percentile £405 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
75th Percentile £625 £644 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,814 971 1,471
10th Percentile £14.81 £15.10 £14.50
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -32.03% -16.85% +23.61%
75th Percentile £49.69 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £43.90
% change year-on-year -28.14% -20.27% +25.43%

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 21 November 2025.

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 21 November 2025.

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 21 November 2025. 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 +31 335 £490 -14.78% 382
North of England -5 150 £500 -1.48% 124
South East -14 100 £495 -10.00% 209
Midlands -16 93 £425 -2.13% 103
North West +4 89 £500 +11.11% 75
West Midlands -18 62 £438 +0.57% 64
Yorkshire -20 50 £470 -24.44% 36
East of England +5 46 £458 +22.20% 68
South West -7 41 £500 +3.52% 62
East Midlands -2 31 £350 -16.17% 38
North East -3 11 £363 - 13
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 41 (5.28%) Confluence
2 23 (2.96%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.29%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (1.16%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.52%) CMS
5 4 (0.52%) Resin
6 3 (0.39%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.13%) Apache
7 1 (0.13%) JBoss
7 1 (0.13%) MQSeries
7 1 (0.13%) nginx
7 1 (0.13%) Smallworld
7 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.13%) Umbraco
Applications
1 105 (13.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 50 (6.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 39 (5.03%) Microsoft Office
4 37 (4.77%) MS Visio
5 13 (1.68%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.64%) PTC Creo
7 3 (0.39%) Adobe XD
7 3 (0.39%) Sketch
7 3 (0.39%) Trello
8 2 (0.26%) AutoCAD
8 2 (0.26%) MicroStation
8 2 (0.26%) Navisworks
8 2 (0.26%) Revit
8 2 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.26%) Windchill
9 1 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.13%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.13%) InDesign
9 1 (0.13%) NASTRAN
9 1 (0.13%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 52 (6.70%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (1.29%) SAP HCM
3 9 (1.16%) NetSuite
4 8 (1.03%) Oracle Payables
5 7 (0.90%) SAP Payroll
6 6 (0.77%) Oracle EBS
7 5 (0.64%) Oracle Receivables
8 4 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
8 4 (0.52%) Oracle EBS R12
8 4 (0.52%) Salesforce CRM
8 4 (0.52%) SAP CO
8 4 (0.52%) SAP FI
8 4 (0.52%) SAP FI/CO
9 3 (0.39%) Endur
9 3 (0.39%) Oracle ERP
9 3 (0.39%) Oracle General Ledger
9 3 (0.39%) Sprinklr
10 2 (0.26%) SAP EWM
10 2 (0.26%) Shopify
10 2 (0.26%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 73 (9.41%) Power Platform
2 65 (8.38%) Azure
3 44 (5.67%) AWS
4 37 (4.77%) Microsoft 365
5 35 (4.51%) SaaS
6 20 (2.58%) Azure DevOps
6 20 (2.58%) GitHub
7 17 (2.19%) GCP
8 15 (1.93%) PowerApps
9 14 (1.80%) Entra ID
10 13 (1.68%) Dynamics 365
11 12 (1.55%) Miro
12 10 (1.29%) SuccessFactors
13 9 (1.16%) Lucidchart
13 9 (1.16%) Power Automate
14 8 (1.03%) OCI
15 7 (0.90%) Azure Data Factory
15 7 (0.90%) Google Workspace
16 6 (0.77%) GitHub Actions
16 6 (0.77%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (2.45%) Firewall
2 16 (2.06%) DNS
3 12 (1.55%) DHCP
3 12 (1.55%) LAN
3 12 (1.55%) WAN
4 9 (1.16%) Cisco IOS
4 9 (1.16%) Wireless
5 7 (0.90%) HTTP
5 7 (0.90%) PuTTY
5 7 (0.90%) WLAN
6 6 (0.77%) Internet
7 5 (0.64%) Network Security
7 5 (0.64%) TCP/IP
8 4 (0.52%) VPN
9 3 (0.39%) Broadband
9 3 (0.39%) SSL
9 3 (0.39%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (0.26%) DWDM
10 2 (0.26%) FTP
10 2 (0.26%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (7.99%) Power BI
2 18 (2.32%) Tableau
3 15 (1.93%) Data Lake
3 15 (1.93%) MySQL
4 14 (1.80%) Relational Database
5 13 (1.68%) Oracle Reports
6 11 (1.42%) SAP HANA
6 11 (1.42%) SQL Server
7 8 (1.03%) Data Warehouse
8 7 (0.90%) Azure SQL Database
9 6 (0.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 4 (0.52%) BigQuery
10 4 (0.52%) Looker
10 4 (0.52%) Metadata
10 4 (0.52%) PostgreSQL
11 3 (0.39%) Amazon RDS
11 3 (0.39%) GIS
11 3 (0.39%) OLTP
11 3 (0.39%) Oracle Database
11 3 (0.39%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 71 (9.15%) JIRA
2 35 (4.51%) Jenkins
3 15 (1.93%) Postman
4 14 (1.80%) GitLab
5 9 (1.16%) Git
5 9 (1.16%) Sonatype Nexus
6 5 (0.64%) Appium
6 5 (0.64%) Charles Proxy
6 5 (0.64%) Katalon Studio
6 5 (0.64%) XCUITest
7 4 (0.52%) ERwin
7 4 (0.52%) IntelliJ
8 3 (0.39%) Axure RP
9 2 (0.26%) Oracle Forms
9 2 (0.26%) SoapUI
10 1 (0.13%) Dreamweaver
10 1 (0.13%) PowerDesigner
10 1 (0.13%) Rational DOORS
10 1 (0.13%) Selenium
10 1 (0.13%) Zephyr
General
1 369 (47.55%) Social Skills
2 262 (33.76%) Finance
3 164 (21.13%) Analytical Skills
4 55 (7.09%) Banking
5 45 (5.80%) Organisational Skills
6 44 (5.67%) Public Sector
7 40 (5.15%) Manufacturing
8 34 (4.38%) Telecoms
9 29 (3.74%) Retail
10 27 (3.48%) Documentation Skills
11 24 (3.09%) Influencing Skills
12 23 (2.96%) Legal
12 23 (2.96%) Presentation Skills
13 20 (2.58%) Pharmaceutical
14 19 (2.45%) Marketing
15 14 (1.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 12 (1.55%) Billing
16 12 (1.55%) Financial Institution
16 12 (1.55%) Law
17 11 (1.42%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 262 (33.76%) Analyst
2 125 (16.11%) Business Analyst
3 74 (9.54%) Senior
4 69 (8.89%) Consultant
5 53 (6.83%) Lead
6 35 (4.51%) Process Analyst
7 31 (3.99%) Data Analyst
8 28 (3.61%) SAP Consultant
9 27 (3.48%) Project Manager
10 25 (3.22%) Senior Analyst
11 23 (2.96%) Architect
12 22 (2.84%) Technical Analyst
13 21 (2.71%) Accountant
13 21 (2.71%) Administrator
14 19 (2.45%) Business Process Analyst
15 18 (2.32%) Senior Consultant
16 17 (2.19%) Financial Analyst
16 17 (2.19%) Technical Support
17 16 (2.06%) Change Manager
17 16 (2.06%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (2.84%) Web Services
2 15 (1.93%) Playwright
3 14 (1.80%) GraphQL
3 14 (1.80%) Node.js
3 14 (1.80%) Oracle Fusion
3 14 (1.80%) Vitest
4 13 (1.68%) SAP Fiori
5 11 (1.42%) BAPI
6 10 (1.29%) XML
7 9 (1.16%) YAML
8 8 (1.03%) SOAP
9 7 (0.90%) EDI
9 7 (0.90%) HTML
10 6 (0.77%) CSS
11 5 (0.64%) .NET
12 3 (0.39%) .NET Framework
12 3 (0.39%) Middleware
12 3 (0.39%) React
12 3 (0.39%) REST
12 3 (0.39%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 50 (6.44%) Onboarding
2 25 (3.22%) Management Information System
3 22 (2.84%) Analytical Mindset
4 19 (2.45%) Product Ownership
5 18 (2.32%) Cloud Native
6 17 (2.19%) Self-Motivation
7 16 (2.06%) Virtual Team
8 12 (1.55%) Data Protection Act
8 12 (1.55%) Legacy Systems
8 12 (1.55%) Reinsurance
9 10 (1.29%) Replication
10 9 (1.16%) Data Structures
11 8 (1.03%) Mobile App
12 7 (0.90%) NHS
12 7 (0.90%) PKI
13 6 (0.77%) CMDB
13 6 (0.77%) Data Centre
13 6 (0.77%) e-Learning
13 6 (0.77%) Enterprise Software
13 6 (0.77%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 45 (5.80%) Windows
2 24 (3.09%) Linux
3 20 (2.58%) Unix
4 14 (1.80%) Apple iOS
5 10 (1.29%) Android
6 6 (0.77%) VMS
6 6 (0.77%) Windows 10
7 4 (0.52%) Windows Server
8 3 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.26%) Solaris
10 1 (0.13%) AIX
10 1 (0.13%) Amazon Linux
10 1 (0.13%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.13%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.13%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 192 (24.74%) Problem-Solving
2 166 (21.39%) Agile
3 157 (20.23%) Stakeholder Management
4 136 (17.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 121 (15.59%) Continuous Improvement
6 100 (12.89%) Change Management
7 87 (11.21%) Project Management
8 85 (10.95%) ITIL
9 84 (10.82%) Workshop Facilitation
10 72 (9.28%) DevOps
11 70 (9.02%) Business Analysis
11 70 (9.02%) Data Analysis
11 70 (9.02%) Decision-Making
12 69 (8.89%) Roadmaps
13 65 (8.38%) Project Delivery
14 58 (7.47%) CI/CD
15 57 (7.35%) Business Intelligence
16 56 (7.22%) ERP
17 54 (6.96%) Six Sigma
18 52 (6.70%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 96 (12.37%) SQL
2 55 (7.09%) Python
3 28 (3.61%) JavaScript
4 18 (2.32%) ABAP
5 17 (2.19%) TypeScript
6 15 (1.93%) Java
6 15 (1.93%) Perl
7 13 (1.68%) PowerShell
8 7 (0.90%) C#
8 7 (0.90%) PL/SQL
8 7 (0.90%) Shell Script
9 5 (0.64%) Kotlin
9 5 (0.64%) Swift
10 4 (0.52%) T-SQL
10 4 (0.52%) VBA
11 3 (0.39%) Bash
12 2 (0.26%) ActionScript 2.0
12 2 (0.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.26%) Groovy
12 2 (0.26%) R
Qualifications
1 105 (13.53%) Degree
2 89 (11.47%) Security Cleared
3 75 (9.66%) SC Cleared
4 34 (4.38%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (2.32%) Six Sigma Green Belt
6 16 (2.06%) ACCA
6 16 (2.06%) BPSS Clearance
7 15 (1.93%) PMI Certification
8 14 (1.80%) Master's Degree
9 13 (1.68%) PMP
10 12 (1.55%) Azure Certification
10 12 (1.55%) CIMA
11 9 (1.16%) Cisco Certification
12 8 (1.03%) CCNP
12 8 (1.03%) ITIL Certification
13 7 (0.90%) CCNA
14 6 (0.77%) CompTIA Security+
14 6 (0.77%) Microsoft Certification
15 5 (0.64%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 4 (0.52%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (6.83%) QA
2 44 (5.67%) Data Quality
3 26 (3.35%) PMO
4 22 (2.84%) SLA
5 18 (2.32%) GDPR
6 17 (2.19%) Accessibility
7 7 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 6 (0.77%) Actionable Recommendations
8 6 (0.77%) NIST
8 6 (0.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 5 (0.64%) IFRS
10 4 (0.52%) GAAP
11 3 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.39%) EMIR
11 3 (0.39%) GRC
11 3 (0.39%) MiFID
11 3 (0.39%) NIST 800
11 3 (0.39%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.26%) Basel III
12 2 (0.26%) HL7
System Software
1 31 (3.99%) Active Directory
2 22 (2.84%) Docker
3 6 (0.77%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.39%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.13%) DFS Replication
5 1 (0.13%) Dovecot
5 1 (0.13%) Firmware
5 1 (0.13%) GPFS
5 1 (0.13%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.13%) Postfix
5 1 (0.13%) Slurm Workload Manager
5 1 (0.13%) Squid
5 1 (0.13%) Veritas Cluster Server
5 1 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.13%) Xen
5 1 (0.13%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 26 (3.35%) Kubernetes
2 21 (2.71%) Ansible
3 17 (2.19%) Terraform
4 11 (1.42%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (0.77%) Jamf Pro
5 6 (0.77%) SCCM
6 5 (0.64%) Grafana
6 5 (0.64%) HP ALM
7 4 (0.52%) HP Quality Center
7 4 (0.52%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.52%) QRadar
7 4 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.26%) McAfee ePO
8 2 (0.26%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 1 (0.13%) BladeLogic
9 1 (0.13%) ITRS Geneos
9 1 (0.13%) Nessus
9 1 (0.13%) Proxmox
9 1 (0.13%) Puppet
9 1 (0.13%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 140 (18.04%) Microsoft
2 81 (10.44%) SAP
3 56 (7.22%) Oracle
4 43 (5.54%) ServiceNow
5 21 (2.71%) Adobe
5 21 (2.71%) Google
6 18 (2.32%) Workday
7 15 (1.93%) Cisco
7 15 (1.93%) Salesforce
8 12 (1.55%) Splunk
9 9 (1.16%) Ariba
10 8 (1.03%) Remedy
10 8 (1.03%) VMware
11 7 (0.90%) Peregrine
11 7 (0.90%) Sonatype
12 6 (0.77%) Alteryx
12 6 (0.77%) Databricks
12 6 (0.77%) HP
13 5 (0.64%) Anaplan
13 5 (0.64%) CyberArk