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

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 119 98 171
Rank change year-on-year -21 +73 +41
Contract jobs citing Process Improvement 867 631 513
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.13% 2.59% 1.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.52% 2.84% 1.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 531 385 329
10th Percentile £270 £308 £330
25th Percentile £378 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £523 £520
Median % change year-on-year -6.79% +0.58% -0.95%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £615
90th Percentile £650 £756 £725
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £513
% change year-on-year -5.00% -2.44% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 30 35
10th Percentile - £19.84 £13.37
25th Percentile £13.33 £26.88 £15.85
Median hourly rate £25.08 £31.02 £22.34
Median % change year-on-year -19.17% +38.85% -49.15%
75th Percentile £45.75 £58.44 £36.88
90th Percentile £74.58 £75.00 £43.75
UK median hourly rate £21.72 £33.11 £25.00
% change year-on-year -34.42% +32.44% -43.09%

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 34,459 22,249 31,937
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.78% 91.20% 86.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,987 14,574 20,950
10th Percentile £319 £310 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £614 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,148 932 2,245
10th Percentile £15.36 £14.67 £12.92
25th Percentile £20.35 £18.50 £16.00
Median hourly rate £45.46 £30.00 £36.05
Median % change year-on-year +51.53% -16.77% -0.96%
75th Percentile £67.50 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £41.56 £29.00 £35.95
% change year-on-year +43.29% -19.33% +0.42%

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 6 May 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 6 May 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 6 May 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 -10 347 £500 -9.09% 183
South East -14 138 £500 -4.31% 126
North of England -39 138 £447 -10.60% 86
Midlands -29 106 £414 -12.89% 79
Yorkshire +3 83 £500 -3.38% 35
West Midlands -29 70 £425 -18.89% 44
South West -3 64 £500 +2.56% 41
East of England +5 56 £450 -10.00% 33
North West -88 42 £430 -9.47% 46
East Midlands -9 37 £372 +6.29% 35
North East -9 14 £363 -34.98% 5
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 56 (6.46%) Confluence
2 20 (2.31%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.04%) CICS
4 8 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (0.81%) CMS
6 5 (0.58%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.46%) Moodle
8 2 (0.23%) Apache
8 2 (0.23%) 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
1 103 (11.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 39 (4.50%) Microsoft Office
3 30 (3.46%) MS Visio
4 28 (3.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 15 (1.73%) Microsoft Project
6 12 (1.38%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.23%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.12%) CATIA
8 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle Smart View
8 1 (0.12%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 26 (3.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (1.38%) NetSuite
3 7 (0.81%) NEC Housing
3 7 (0.81%) Oracle Payables
4 6 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.69%) SAP FI
5 5 (0.58%) iTrent
5 5 (0.58%) SAP HCM
5 5 (0.58%) SAP Payroll
6 4 (0.46%) Oracle General Ledger
6 4 (0.46%) Oracle Receivables
6 4 (0.46%) Remedy ITSM
6 4 (0.46%) SAP Business One
6 4 (0.46%) SAP CO
6 4 (0.46%) SAP FI/CO
7 3 (0.35%) Oracle Assets
7 3 (0.35%) Oracle Financials
7 3 (0.35%) Shopify
8 2 (0.23%) Oracle E-Business Tax
8 2 (0.23%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 89 (10.27%) Power Platform
2 59 (6.81%) Azure
3 34 (3.92%) AWS
4 29 (3.34%) Microsoft 365
5 26 (3.00%) SaaS
6 21 (2.42%) GitHub
7 18 (2.08%) Azure DevOps
8 16 (1.85%) GCP
9 15 (1.73%) SuccessFactors
10 11 (1.27%) Dynamics 365
11 10 (1.15%) Entra ID
12 9 (1.04%) Google Workspace
13 8 (0.92%) GitHub Actions
13 8 (0.92%) Lucidchart
13 8 (0.92%) Power Automate
14 7 (0.81%) Miro
15 6 (0.69%) Azure Data Factory
16 5 (0.58%) Azure AKS
16 5 (0.58%) OCI
16 5 (0.58%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 25 (2.88%) Firewall
2 11 (1.27%) DNS
3 7 (0.81%) VPN
4 5 (0.58%) DHCP
4 5 (0.58%) FTP
5 4 (0.46%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.35%) Internet
6 3 (0.35%) VSAN
7 2 (0.23%) SSL
7 2 (0.23%) WAN
8 1 (0.12%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (0.12%) Cisco ISE
8 1 (0.12%) MPLS
8 1 (0.12%) NaaS
8 1 (0.12%) Network Security
8 1 (0.12%) SAN
8 1 (0.12%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.12%) Structured Cabling
8 1 (0.12%) WebEx
8 1 (0.12%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 81 (9.34%) Power BI
2 17 (1.96%) Relational Database
3 15 (1.73%) MySQL
4 12 (1.38%) Tableau
5 11 (1.27%) Metadata
6 9 (1.04%) DataStage
6 9 (1.04%) SQL Server
7 8 (0.92%) Oracle Reports
8 7 (0.81%) Data Warehouse
8 7 (0.81%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (0.58%) MongoDB
9 5 (0.58%) Power Query
10 4 (0.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (0.35%) Big Data
12 2 (0.23%) Ataccama
12 2 (0.23%) BusinessObjects
12 2 (0.23%) Crystal Reports
12 2 (0.23%) Data Lake
12 2 (0.23%) ImageNet
12 2 (0.23%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 116 (13.38%) JIRA
2 35 (4.04%) Jenkins
3 16 (1.85%) Git
4 9 (1.04%) GitLab
4 9 (1.04%) Sonatype Nexus
5 8 (0.92%) Jaeger
5 8 (0.92%) Postman
6 6 (0.69%) Selenium
7 4 (0.46%) JUnit
7 4 (0.46%) MLflow
7 4 (0.46%) TestRail
8 3 (0.35%) CircleCI
8 3 (0.35%) IntelliJ
8 3 (0.35%) REST Assured
8 3 (0.35%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.23%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.23%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.23%) ScriptRunner
10 1 (0.12%) WebDriver
10 1 (0.12%) WinAutomation
General
1 360 (41.52%) Social Skills
2 326 (37.60%) Finance
3 267 (30.80%) Analytical Skills
4 77 (8.88%) Banking
5 74 (8.54%) Public Sector
6 38 (4.38%) Documentation Skills
7 33 (3.81%) Influencing Skills
7 33 (3.81%) Legal
8 31 (3.58%) Retail
9 29 (3.34%) Organisational Skills
10 23 (2.65%) Telecoms
11 22 (2.54%) Manufacturing
12 19 (2.19%) Marketing
13 16 (1.85%) Billing
14 14 (1.61%) Financial Institution
14 14 (1.61%) General Ledger
15 13 (1.50%) Local Government
15 13 (1.50%) Presentation Skills
15 13 (1.50%) Retail Banking
16 11 (1.27%) Law
Job Titles
1 271 (31.26%) Analyst
2 164 (18.92%) Business Analyst
3 98 (11.30%) Senior
4 70 (8.07%) Lead
5 63 (7.27%) Consultant
6 43 (4.96%) Senior Analyst
7 38 (4.38%) Project Manager
8 36 (4.15%) Accountant
9 27 (3.11%) Financial Analyst
10 25 (2.88%) Senior Business Analyst
11 22 (2.54%) Data Analyst
12 21 (2.42%) Process Analyst
12 21 (2.42%) Project Officer
13 19 (2.19%) Management Accountant
14 18 (2.08%) Developer
14 18 (2.08%) Technical Support
15 17 (1.96%) Finance Manager
15 17 (1.96%) Technical Analyst
16 16 (1.85%) Delivery Manager
17 15 (1.73%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (2.31%) Middleware
2 17 (1.96%) REST
3 12 (1.38%) Kafka
4 11 (1.27%) Spring Boot
5 10 (1.15%) Node.js
5 10 (1.15%) OpenTelemetry
5 10 (1.15%) Playwright
5 10 (1.15%) SOAP
6 8 (0.92%) HTML
7 7 (0.81%) .NET
7 7 (0.81%) GraphQL
7 7 (0.81%) Web Services
7 7 (0.81%) XML
8 6 (0.69%) Vitest
8 6 (0.69%) YAML
9 5 (0.58%) SailPoint
10 4 (0.46%) CSS
10 4 (0.46%) HTML5 Canvas
10 4 (0.46%) OpenID
10 4 (0.46%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 56 (6.46%) Onboarding
2 35 (4.04%) Management Information System
2 35 (4.04%) Product Ownership
3 33 (3.81%) Analytical Mindset
4 31 (3.58%) Legacy Systems
5 26 (3.00%) Self-Motivation
6 18 (2.08%) CMDB
7 16 (1.85%) Data Structures
7 16 (1.85%) Virtual Team
8 14 (1.61%) Cloud Native
9 13 (1.50%) Data Centre
9 13 (1.50%) Data Protection Act
10 12 (1.38%) Operational Technology
11 10 (1.15%) Derivative
11 10 (1.15%) Mainframe
11 10 (1.15%) PMI
12 9 (1.04%) BYOD
12 9 (1.04%) Distributed Systems
12 9 (1.04%) Replication
12 9 (1.04%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 47 (5.42%) Linux
2 44 (5.07%) Windows
3 31 (3.58%) Unix
4 9 (1.04%) AIX
4 9 (1.04%) Solaris
5 6 (0.69%) Apple iOS
5 6 (0.69%) VMS
5 6 (0.69%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.46%) Android
6 4 (0.46%) Ubuntu
6 4 (0.46%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.35%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.35%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.12%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 209 (24.11%) Problem-Solving
2 188 (21.68%) Stakeholder Management
3 181 (20.88%) Agile
4 178 (20.53%) Continuous Improvement
5 157 (18.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 143 (16.49%) Decision-Making
7 111 (12.80%) Project Management
8 109 (12.57%) Change Management
9 100 (11.53%) Workshop Facilitation
10 90 (10.38%) Business Analysis
11 89 (10.27%) Business Intelligence
11 89 (10.27%) DevOps
12 88 (10.15%) AI
12 88 (10.15%) Migration
13 80 (9.23%) ERP
14 78 (9.00%) User Acceptance Testing
15 76 (8.77%) Requirements Gathering
16 65 (7.50%) Coaching
16 65 (7.50%) Roadmaps
17 62 (7.15%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 100 (11.53%) SQL
2 60 (6.92%) Python
3 43 (4.96%) Java
4 24 (2.77%) JavaScript
5 17 (1.96%) Perl
6 9 (1.04%) COBOL
6 9 (1.04%) TypeScript
7 8 (0.92%) PowerShell
7 8 (0.92%) Rust
7 8 (0.92%) VBA
8 7 (0.81%) ABAP
9 6 (0.69%) Bash
9 6 (0.69%) Go
10 5 (0.58%) Shell Script
11 4 (0.46%) C#
11 4 (0.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 4 (0.46%) PHP
11 4 (0.46%) R
12 3 (0.35%) ActionScript
12 3 (0.35%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 119 (13.73%) Security Cleared
2 115 (13.26%) Degree
3 87 (10.03%) SC Cleared
4 52 (6.00%) ACCA
5 51 (5.88%) CIMA
6 26 (3.00%) PMP
7 24 (2.77%) PMI Certification
8 21 (2.42%) Master's Degree
9 19 (2.19%) Computer Science Degree
10 15 (1.73%) BPSS Clearance
10 15 (1.73%) DV Cleared
11 9 (1.04%) ITIL Certification
11 9 (1.04%) SAFe Agilist
12 8 (0.92%) MBA
13 7 (0.81%) Six Sigma Green Belt
14 5 (0.58%) CISM
14 5 (0.58%) CISSP
14 5 (0.58%) IIBA
14 5 (0.58%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 4 (0.46%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (7.96%) QA
2 54 (6.23%) Data Quality
3 45 (5.19%) GDPR
4 32 (3.69%) PMO
5 30 (3.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 20 (2.31%) SLA
7 13 (1.50%) NIST
8 11 (1.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 8 (0.92%) Accessibility
9 8 (0.92%) Basel III
10 7 (0.81%) IFRS
11 5 (0.58%) COBIT
12 4 (0.46%) ISO 19650
12 4 (0.46%) ISO 20022
12 4 (0.46%) PCI DSS
13 3 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
13 3 (0.35%) PSD2
14 2 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
14 2 (0.23%) IFRS 9
14 2 (0.23%) PERC
System Software
1 24 (2.77%) Active Directory
1 24 (2.77%) Docker
2 7 (0.81%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (0.69%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.58%) GPFS
4 5 (0.58%) vSphere
5 4 (0.46%) NFS
5 4 (0.46%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.23%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
6 2 (0.23%) IAG
6 2 (0.23%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 2 (0.23%) Xen
7 1 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 30 (3.46%) Kubernetes
2 24 (2.77%) Ansible
3 13 (1.50%) Grafana
4 12 (1.38%) Terraform
5 10 (1.15%) Prometheus
6 8 (0.92%) Kiali
7 6 (0.69%) Microsoft Intune
8 4 (0.46%) ITRS Geneos
9 3 (0.35%) Jamf Pro
9 3 (0.35%) WSUS
10 2 (0.23%) Control-M
11 1 (0.12%) Amdocs OSS
11 1 (0.12%) Argo
11 1 (0.12%) Autotask
11 1 (0.12%) BladeLogic
11 1 (0.12%) HAProxy
11 1 (0.12%) Stealthwatch
11 1 (0.12%) vRealize
Vendors
1 79 (9.11%) SAP
2 76 (8.77%) Microsoft
3 55 (6.34%) Oracle
4 50 (5.77%) ServiceNow
5 30 (3.46%) Salesforce
5 30 (3.46%) Workday
6 21 (2.42%) Splunk
7 17 (1.96%) Google
7 17 (1.96%) IFS
8 15 (1.73%) IBM
9 14 (1.61%) VMware
10 8 (0.92%) Alteryx
10 8 (0.92%) Sonatype
11 7 (0.81%) Anaplan
11 7 (0.81%) NEC
12 6 (0.69%) Adobe
12 6 (0.69%) Cisco
12 6 (0.69%) Databricks
12 6 (0.69%) ForgeRock
12 6 (0.69%) Okta