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

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 108 120 143
Rank change year-on-year +12 +23 +31
Contract jobs citing Process Improvement 774 638 725
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.54% 2.05% 1.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.82% 2.36% 2.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 460 369 454
10th Percentile £250 £289 £318
25th Percentile £351 £410 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £489 £525 £503
Median % change year-on-year -6.90% +4.48% -4.29%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £617
90th Percentile £681 £726 £688
UK median daily rate £475 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 24 36
10th Percentile £13.40 £13.98 £16.57
25th Percentile £16.88 £21.69 £20.13
Median hourly rate £30.00 £33.75 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +12.50% -4.23%
75th Percentile £40.65 £57.02 £46.85
90th Percentile £63.75 £75.00 £56.70
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £33.75 £31.50
% change year-on-year -11.11% +7.14% +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 27,490 26,978 34,630
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.21% 86.87% 88.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,441 16,489 23,672
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 1,813 961 1,464
10th Percentile £14.87 £15.10 £14.51
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.03% -17.78% +26.90%
75th Percentile £48.75 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.62 £74.75 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £43.95
% change year-on-year -28.14% -20.36% +25.57%

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 20 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 20 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 20 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 -12.89% 385
North of England -7 148 £500 -1.48% 126
South East -18 100 £495 -10.00% 212
Midlands -12 93 £425 -2.13% 103
North West -3 88 £500 +11.11% 72
West Midlands -22 63 £450 +3.45% 63
Yorkshire -19 49 £470 -24.44% 41
East of England -3 46 £458 +22.20% 69
South West -12 40 £500 +1.73% 65
East Midlands -7 30 £335 -19.76% 38
North East -4 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 (5.30%) Confluence
2 23 (2.97%) 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 2 (0.26%) JBoss
8 1 (0.13%) Apache
8 1 (0.13%) MQSeries
8 1 (0.13%) nginx
8 1 (0.13%) Smallworld
8 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.13%) Umbraco
Applications
1 104 (13.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 52 (6.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 40 (5.17%) Microsoft Office
4 37 (4.78%) MS Visio
5 13 (1.68%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.65%) 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%) 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
9 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 52 (6.72%) 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 (0.78%) Oracle EBS
7 5 (0.65%) 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 71 (9.17%) Power Platform
2 66 (8.53%) Azure
3 44 (5.68%) AWS
4 37 (4.78%) Microsoft 365
5 34 (4.39%) SaaS
6 21 (2.71%) Azure DevOps
7 20 (2.58%) GitHub
8 17 (2.20%) GCP
9 15 (1.94%) PowerApps
10 14 (1.81%) Dynamics 365
10 14 (1.81%) Entra ID
11 12 (1.55%) Miro
12 10 (1.29%) SuccessFactors
13 9 (1.16%) Lucidchart
13 9 (1.16%) OCI
13 9 (1.16%) Power Automate
14 7 (0.90%) Azure Data Factory
15 6 (0.78%) GitHub Actions
15 6 (0.78%) Google Workspace
15 6 (0.78%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (2.45%) Firewall
2 16 (2.07%) 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 (0.78%) Internet
7 5 (0.65%) Network Security
7 5 (0.65%) 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 (8.01%) Power BI
2 18 (2.33%) Tableau
3 15 (1.94%) Data Lake
3 15 (1.94%) MySQL
4 14 (1.81%) 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 (0.78%) 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 (9.17%) JIRA
2 35 (4.52%) Jenkins
3 15 (1.94%) Postman
4 14 (1.81%) GitLab
5 9 (1.16%) Git
5 9 (1.16%) Sonatype Nexus
6 5 (0.65%) Appium
6 5 (0.65%) Charles Proxy
6 5 (0.65%) Katalon Studio
6 5 (0.65%) 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%) Burp Suite
10 1 (0.13%) Dreamweaver
10 1 (0.13%) PowerDesigner
10 1 (0.13%) Rational DOORS
10 1 (0.13%) Selenium
General
1 366 (47.29%) Social Skills
2 262 (33.85%) Finance
3 164 (21.19%) Analytical Skills
4 55 (7.11%) Banking
5 45 (5.81%) Organisational Skills
6 43 (5.56%) Public Sector
7 40 (5.17%) Manufacturing
8 34 (4.39%) Telecoms
9 30 (3.88%) Retail
10 27 (3.49%) Documentation Skills
11 24 (3.10%) Influencing Skills
11 24 (3.10%) Presentation Skills
12 23 (2.97%) Legal
13 20 (2.58%) Pharmaceutical
14 19 (2.45%) Marketing
15 14 (1.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 13 (1.68%) Law
17 12 (1.55%) Billing
17 12 (1.55%) Financial Institution
17 12 (1.55%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 263 (33.98%) Analyst
2 126 (16.28%) Business Analyst
3 73 (9.43%) Senior
4 70 (9.04%) Consultant
5 52 (6.72%) Lead
6 33 (4.26%) Process Analyst
7 31 (4.01%) Data Analyst
8 28 (3.62%) SAP Consultant
9 26 (3.36%) Project Manager
10 25 (3.23%) Senior Analyst
11 23 (2.97%) 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 (2.33%) Senior Consultant
16 17 (2.20%) Developer
16 17 (2.20%) Technical Support
17 16 (2.07%) Senior Business Analyst
18 15 (1.94%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (2.84%) Web Services
2 15 (1.94%) Playwright
3 14 (1.81%) GraphQL
3 14 (1.81%) Node.js
3 14 (1.81%) Oracle Fusion
3 14 (1.81%) Vitest
4 13 (1.68%) SAP Fiori
5 11 (1.42%) BAPI
6 10 (1.29%) XML
7 8 (1.03%) SOAP
7 8 (1.03%) YAML
8 7 (0.90%) EDI
8 7 (0.90%) HTML
9 6 (0.78%) CSS
10 5 (0.65%) .NET
11 3 (0.39%) .NET Framework
11 3 (0.39%) Middleware
11 3 (0.39%) React
11 3 (0.39%) REST
11 3 (0.39%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 49 (6.33%) Onboarding
2 24 (3.10%) Management Information System
3 21 (2.71%) Analytical Mindset
4 19 (2.45%) Product Ownership
5 18 (2.33%) Cloud Native
6 16 (2.07%) Self-Motivation
6 16 (2.07%) Virtual Team
7 12 (1.55%) Data Protection Act
7 12 (1.55%) Reinsurance
8 11 (1.42%) Legacy Systems
9 10 (1.29%) Replication
10 9 (1.16%) Data Structures
11 8 (1.03%) Mobile App
12 7 (0.90%) PKI
13 6 (0.78%) CMDB
13 6 (0.78%) Data Centre
13 6 (0.78%) e-Learning
13 6 (0.78%) Enterprise Software
13 6 (0.78%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 6 (0.78%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 45 (5.81%) Windows
2 24 (3.10%) Linux
3 20 (2.58%) Unix
4 14 (1.81%) Apple iOS
5 10 (1.29%) Android
6 6 (0.78%) Windows 10
7 5 (0.65%) VMS
8 4 (0.52%) Windows Server
9 3 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.26%) Solaris
11 1 (0.13%) AIX
11 1 (0.13%) Amazon Linux
11 1 (0.13%) Kali Linux
11 1 (0.13%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.13%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
11 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 192 (24.81%) Problem-Solving
2 166 (21.45%) Agile
3 158 (20.41%) Stakeholder Management
4 136 (17.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 121 (15.63%) Continuous Improvement
6 103 (13.31%) Change Management
7 88 (11.37%) Project Management
8 85 (10.98%) Workshop Facilitation
9 84 (10.85%) ITIL
10 73 (9.43%) DevOps
11 70 (9.04%) Data Analysis
12 69 (8.91%) Business Analysis
12 69 (8.91%) Decision-Making
12 69 (8.91%) Roadmaps
13 67 (8.66%) Project Delivery
14 58 (7.49%) CI/CD
15 57 (7.36%) Business Intelligence
16 55 (7.11%) ERP
17 54 (6.98%) Six Sigma
18 52 (6.72%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 94 (12.14%) SQL
2 55 (7.11%) Python
3 28 (3.62%) JavaScript
4 18 (2.33%) ABAP
5 17 (2.20%) TypeScript
6 15 (1.94%) Perl
7 14 (1.81%) Java
8 13 (1.68%) PowerShell
9 7 (0.90%) C#
9 7 (0.90%) PL/SQL
9 7 (0.90%) Shell Script
10 5 (0.65%) Kotlin
10 5 (0.65%) Swift
11 4 (0.52%) T-SQL
11 4 (0.52%) VBA
12 2 (0.26%) ActionScript
12 2 (0.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.26%) Groovy
12 2 (0.26%) R
12 2 (0.26%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 105 (13.57%) Degree
2 89 (11.50%) Security Cleared
3 75 (9.69%) SC Cleared
4 34 (4.39%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (2.33%) Six Sigma Green Belt
6 16 (2.07%) ACCA
6 16 (2.07%) BPSS Clearance
6 16 (2.07%) PMI Certification
7 14 (1.81%) Master's Degree
7 14 (1.81%) PMP
8 12 (1.55%) Azure Certification
8 12 (1.55%) CIMA
9 9 (1.16%) Cisco Certification
10 8 (1.03%) CCNP
10 8 (1.03%) ITIL Certification
11 7 (0.90%) CCNA
12 6 (0.78%) CompTIA Security+
12 6 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (0.65%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 4 (0.52%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (6.85%) QA
2 44 (5.68%) Data Quality
3 26 (3.36%) PMO
4 22 (2.84%) SLA
5 18 (2.33%) GDPR
6 17 (2.20%) Accessibility
7 7 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 6 (0.78%) Actionable Recommendations
8 6 (0.78%) NIST
8 6 (0.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 5 (0.65%) 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%) HL7
11 3 (0.39%) MiFID
11 3 (0.39%) NIST 800
11 3 (0.39%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.26%) Basel III
System Software
1 30 (3.88%) Active Directory
2 22 (2.84%) Docker
3 6 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.39%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.13%) DFS Replication
6 1 (0.13%) Dovecot
6 1 (0.13%) Firmware
6 1 (0.13%) GPFS
6 1 (0.13%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.13%) Postfix
6 1 (0.13%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.13%) Squid
6 1 (0.13%) Veritas Cluster Server
6 1 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.13%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 26 (3.36%) Kubernetes
2 20 (2.58%) Ansible
3 17 (2.20%) Terraform
4 11 (1.42%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (0.78%) Jamf Pro
5 6 (0.78%) SCCM
6 5 (0.65%) Grafana
6 5 (0.65%) 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
1 139 (17.96%) Microsoft
2 81 (10.47%) SAP
3 57 (7.36%) Oracle
4 42 (5.43%) ServiceNow
5 21 (2.71%) Adobe
6 20 (2.58%) Google
7 17 (2.20%) Workday
8 15 (1.94%) Cisco
8 15 (1.94%) Salesforce
9 12 (1.55%) Splunk
10 9 (1.16%) Ariba
11 8 (1.03%) Remedy
11 8 (1.03%) VMware
12 7 (0.90%) Peregrine
12 7 (0.90%) Sonatype
13 6 (0.78%) Alteryx
13 6 (0.78%) Databricks
13 6 (0.78%) HP
14 5 (0.65%) Anaplan
14 5 (0.65%) CyberArk