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

6 months to
1 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 110 107 159
Rank change year-on-year -3 +52 +29
Contract jobs citing Process Improvement 795 651 598
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.42% 2.46% 1.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.76% 2.75% 1.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 484 362 380
10th Percentile £220 £300 £306
25th Percentile £362 £414 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% - -
75th Percentile £577 £630 £615
90th Percentile £650 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £516 £513
% change year-on-year -7.99% +0.73% -0.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 26 34
10th Percentile - £14.83 £13.89
25th Percentile £13.33 £26.44 £17.17
Median hourly rate £20.00 £33.91 £36.39
Median % change year-on-year -41.01% -6.83% -17.30%
75th Percentile £40.65 £52.44 £46.86
90th Percentile £63.75 £65.62 £55.98
UK median hourly rate £17.00 £33.91 £42.50
% change year-on-year -49.86% -20.22% -3.41%

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 28,849 23,705 33,384
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.71% 89.48% 87.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,454 14,499 22,354
10th Percentile £305 £310 £300
25th Percentile £410 £413 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £528
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.47% -4.09%
75th Percentile £619 £643 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,790 754 1,912
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.62 £13.50
25th Percentile £17.87 £21.00 £17.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £34.75 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.63% -3.47% +2.86%
75th Percentile £60.00 £63.75 £62.12
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -22.62% -7.14% +7.69%

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 1 February 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 1 February 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 1 February 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 +9 346 £500 -9.09% 164
North of England -23 153 £449 -10.30% 103
South East -27 95 £388 -29.55% 150
Midlands -21 93 £450 +3.45% 81
Yorkshire -8 74 £450 -27.65% 35
North West -39 64 £500 +2.56% 58
West Midlands -17 63 £475 - 53
South West -24 52 £500 -4.76% 30
East of England -3 42 £463 +13.92% 35
East Midlands -9 31 £400 +12.36% 28
North East -8 15 £363 -36.96% 12
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 55 (6.92%) Confluence
2 24 (3.02%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.26%) Apache Airflow
4 8 (1.01%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.38%) CMS
6 1 (0.13%) Apache
6 1 (0.13%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.13%) CICS
6 1 (0.13%) Moodle
6 1 (0.13%) nginx
6 1 (0.13%) Palantir Foundry
6 1 (0.13%) Smallworld
6 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
Applications
1 109 (13.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 47 (5.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 42 (5.28%) Microsoft Office
4 34 (4.28%) MS Visio
5 20 (2.52%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.38%) Trello
8 1 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.13%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.13%) Mozilla Thunderbird
Business Applications
1 42 (5.28%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.13%) SAP HCM
3 7 (0.88%) NetSuite
3 7 (0.88%) SAP Payroll
4 6 (0.75%) SAP CO
4 6 (0.75%) SAP FI
4 6 (0.75%) SAP FI/CO
5 5 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
6 4 (0.50%) Oracle EBS R12
6 4 (0.50%) Oracle General Ledger
6 4 (0.50%) Oracle Payables
6 4 (0.50%) Remedy ITSM
6 4 (0.50%) Salesforce CRM
7 3 (0.38%) Endur
7 3 (0.38%) NEC Housing
7 3 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.38%) Shopify
8 2 (0.25%) Oracle ERP
8 2 (0.25%) Oracle Financials
8 2 (0.25%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 78 (9.81%) Power Platform
2 54 (6.79%) Azure
3 43 (5.41%) AWS
3 43 (5.41%) Microsoft 365
3 43 (5.41%) SaaS
4 30 (3.77%) GitHub
5 19 (2.39%) Azure DevOps
6 16 (2.01%) GCP
7 13 (1.64%) Dynamics 365
8 11 (1.38%) Power Automate
8 11 (1.38%) SuccessFactors
9 9 (1.13%) Entra ID
9 9 (1.13%) Google Workspace
10 8 (1.01%) GitHub Actions
11 7 (0.88%) PowerApps
12 6 (0.75%) Miro
12 6 (0.75%) OCI
12 6 (0.75%) PaaS
13 5 (0.63%) AWS CloudFormation
13 5 (0.63%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 24 (3.02%) Firewall
2 13 (1.64%) DNS
3 9 (1.13%) VPN
4 6 (0.75%) DHCP
4 6 (0.75%) HTTP
4 6 (0.75%) Internet
5 5 (0.63%) TCP/IP
6 4 (0.50%) Network Security
6 4 (0.50%) WAN
7 3 (0.38%) FTP
7 3 (0.38%) LAN
8 2 (0.25%) Cisco IOS
8 2 (0.25%) DWDM
8 2 (0.25%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.25%) SSH
8 2 (0.25%) Structured Cabling
8 2 (0.25%) Unified Communications
9 1 (0.13%) 5G
9 1 (0.13%) Cisco ISE
9 1 (0.13%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (8.93%) Power BI
2 23 (2.89%) MySQL
2 23 (2.89%) Relational Database
3 11 (1.38%) Data Lake
3 11 (1.38%) SAP HANA
4 10 (1.26%) Tableau
5 7 (0.88%) PostgreSQL
5 7 (0.88%) SQL Server
6 6 (0.75%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (0.75%) Power Query
7 5 (0.63%) Oracle Reports
8 4 (0.50%) Metadata
8 4 (0.50%) MongoDB
9 3 (0.38%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (0.38%) Big Data
9 3 (0.38%) Looker
9 3 (0.38%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.25%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (0.25%) BigQuery
10 2 (0.25%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 98 (12.33%) JIRA
2 47 (5.91%) Jenkins
3 17 (2.14%) GitLab
4 15 (1.89%) Sonatype Nexus
5 13 (1.64%) Postman
6 11 (1.38%) Git
7 8 (1.01%) Jaeger
8 6 (0.75%) Appium
9 5 (0.63%) Charles Proxy
9 5 (0.63%) Katalon Studio
9 5 (0.63%) XCUITest
10 4 (0.50%) IntelliJ
10 4 (0.50%) Selenium
11 3 (0.38%) CircleCI
11 3 (0.38%) REST Assured
12 2 (0.25%) Cucumber
12 2 (0.25%) MLflow
12 2 (0.25%) TestRail
13 1 (0.13%) SoapUI
13 1 (0.13%) WebDriver
General
1 378 (47.55%) Social Skills
2 272 (34.21%) Finance
3 192 (24.15%) Analytical Skills
4 78 (9.81%) Banking
5 64 (8.05%) Public Sector
6 41 (5.16%) Organisational Skills
7 35 (4.40%) Telecoms
8 30 (3.77%) Documentation Skills
9 25 (3.14%) Influencing Skills
10 23 (2.89%) Legal
10 23 (2.89%) Marketing
10 23 (2.89%) Presentation Skills
11 20 (2.52%) Billing
12 19 (2.39%) Financial Institution
12 19 (2.39%) Manufacturing
12 19 (2.39%) Retail
13 15 (1.89%) Law
14 12 (1.51%) Pharmaceutical
15 11 (1.38%) General Ledger
15 11 (1.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 253 (31.82%) Analyst
2 143 (17.99%) Business Analyst
3 90 (11.32%) Senior
4 76 (9.56%) Consultant
5 58 (7.30%) Lead
6 39 (4.91%) Project Manager
7 35 (4.40%) Senior Analyst
8 30 (3.77%) SAP Consultant
8 30 (3.77%) Technical Analyst
9 28 (3.52%) Data Analyst
10 27 (3.40%) Technical Support
11 25 (3.14%) Senior Business Analyst
12 20 (2.52%) IT Support
13 19 (2.39%) Administrator
13 19 (2.39%) Senior Consultant
14 18 (2.26%) Technical Business Analyst
15 17 (2.14%) Developer
16 16 (2.01%) Accountant
16 16 (2.01%) Change Manager
17 15 (1.89%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (2.89%) Web Services
2 20 (2.52%) Playwright
3 18 (2.26%) GraphQL
3 18 (2.26%) Node.js
3 18 (2.26%) Vitest
4 14 (1.76%) SAP Fiori
5 12 (1.51%) Kafka
6 11 (1.38%) BAPI
7 10 (1.26%) Middleware
7 10 (1.26%) REST
7 10 (1.26%) SOAP
7 10 (1.26%) XML
8 9 (1.13%) Oracle Fusion
8 9 (1.13%) YAML
9 8 (1.01%) OpenTelemetry
9 8 (1.01%) Spring Boot
10 7 (0.88%) .NET
10 7 (0.88%) SailPoint
11 6 (0.75%) HTML
12 5 (0.63%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 56 (7.04%) Onboarding
2 25 (3.14%) Management Information System
3 24 (3.02%) Product Ownership
4 23 (2.89%) Cloud Native
4 23 (2.89%) Legacy Systems
5 21 (2.64%) Analytical Mindset
6 19 (2.39%) Self-Motivation
7 17 (2.14%) Virtual Team
8 13 (1.64%) Data Protection Act
8 13 (1.64%) Data Structures
9 12 (1.51%) Replication
10 11 (1.38%) CMDB
11 9 (1.13%) Derivative
11 9 (1.13%) Greenfield Project
11 9 (1.13%) PMI
11 9 (1.13%) Reinsurance
12 8 (1.01%) Distributed Systems
12 8 (1.01%) Mobile App
12 8 (1.01%) NHS
13 7 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 63 (7.92%) Windows
2 43 (5.41%) Linux
3 32 (4.03%) Unix
4 14 (1.76%) Apple iOS
5 10 (1.26%) Android
6 9 (1.13%) Windows 10
7 7 (0.88%) VMS
8 2 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.25%) Windows Server
9 1 (0.13%) AIX
9 1 (0.13%) Amazon Linux
9 1 (0.13%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.13%) Solaris
9 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 199 (25.03%) Problem-Solving
2 173 (21.76%) Agile
3 168 (21.13%) Stakeholder Management
4 151 (18.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 129 (16.23%) Continuous Improvement
6 102 (12.83%) Project Management
7 100 (12.58%) Decision-Making
8 97 (12.20%) DevOps
9 93 (11.70%) Change Management
10 92 (11.57%) Workshop Facilitation
11 79 (9.94%) Business Analysis
12 71 (8.93%) Business Intelligence
12 71 (8.93%) Coaching
13 67 (8.43%) Project Delivery
14 66 (8.30%) Data Analysis
15 65 (8.18%) CI/CD
16 64 (8.05%) Roadmaps
17 63 (7.92%) AI
17 63 (7.92%) Migration
18 60 (7.55%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 102 (12.83%) SQL
2 58 (7.30%) Python
3 39 (4.91%) Java
4 31 (3.90%) JavaScript
5 23 (2.89%) Perl
5 23 (2.89%) TypeScript
6 18 (2.26%) ABAP
7 11 (1.38%) PowerShell
8 8 (1.01%) Rust
8 8 (1.01%) Shell Script
9 7 (0.88%) C#
10 6 (0.75%) Bash
10 6 (0.75%) VBA
11 5 (0.63%) Kotlin
11 5 (0.63%) Swift
12 4 (0.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 4 (0.50%) PHP
12 4 (0.50%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.38%) Go
14 2 (0.25%) ActionScript 2.0
Qualifications
1 117 (14.72%) Degree
2 99 (12.45%) Security Cleared
3 74 (9.31%) SC Cleared
4 27 (3.40%) Computer Science Degree
5 26 (3.27%) Master's Degree
6 25 (3.14%) PMI Certification
7 24 (3.02%) PMP
8 20 (2.52%) ACCA
9 16 (2.01%) CIMA
10 14 (1.76%) BPSS Clearance
11 10 (1.26%) DV Cleared
12 9 (1.13%) MBA
12 9 (1.13%) Six Sigma Green Belt
13 7 (0.88%) ITIL Certification
13 7 (0.88%) SAFe Agilist
14 6 (0.75%) CISSP
14 6 (0.75%) CompTIA Security+
15 5 (0.63%) CBAP
15 5 (0.63%) CISM
16 4 (0.50%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (7.17%) QA
2 47 (5.91%) Data Quality
3 33 (4.15%) PMO
4 25 (3.14%) GDPR
5 18 (2.26%) SLA
6 12 (1.51%) Accessibility
6 12 (1.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 10 (1.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 8 (1.01%) IFRS
9 7 (0.88%) Basel III
9 7 (0.88%) NIST
10 5 (0.63%) GAAP
10 5 (0.63%) ISO 19650
10 5 (0.63%) PCI DSS
11 4 (0.50%) ISO 20022
12 3 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
12 3 (0.38%) GRC
12 3 (0.38%) NIST 800
13 2 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
13 2 (0.25%) PSD2
System Software
1 36 (4.53%) Docker
2 28 (3.52%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.38%) GPFS
4 3 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.25%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
5 2 (0.25%) NFS
5 2 (0.25%) Xen
6 1 (0.13%) DFS Replication
6 1 (0.13%) Dovecot
6 1 (0.13%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.13%) Postfix
6 1 (0.13%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.13%) Squid
Systems Management
1 40 (5.03%) Kubernetes
2 26 (3.27%) Ansible
3 15 (1.89%) Terraform
4 14 (1.76%) Grafana
5 11 (1.38%) Prometheus
6 8 (1.01%) Kiali
6 8 (1.01%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (0.88%) Jamf Pro
8 4 (0.50%) QRadar
9 3 (0.38%) SCCM
10 2 (0.25%) ITRS Geneos
10 2 (0.25%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 2 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.13%) Argo
11 1 (0.13%) BladeLogic
11 1 (0.13%) CEMLI
11 1 (0.13%) HP ALM
11 1 (0.13%) Nessus
11 1 (0.13%) Proxmox
11 1 (0.13%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 106 (13.33%) Microsoft
2 79 (9.94%) SAP
3 53 (6.67%) Oracle
4 48 (6.04%) ServiceNow
5 28 (3.52%) Splunk
6 24 (3.02%) Salesforce
6 24 (3.02%) Workday
7 18 (2.26%) Google
8 15 (1.89%) Adobe
9 14 (1.76%) Sonatype
10 10 (1.26%) Alteryx
11 9 (1.13%) Anaplan
12 8 (1.01%) Ariba
13 6 (0.75%) IBM
14 5 (0.63%) Atlassian
14 5 (0.63%) Cisco
14 5 (0.63%) Computacenter
14 5 (0.63%) Databricks
15 4 (0.50%) MuleSoft
15 4 (0.50%) Planview