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

6 months to
17 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 117 118 136
Rank change year-on-year +1 +18 +40
Contract jobs citing Process Improvement 750 628 745
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.51% 2.03% 1.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.78% 2.34% 2.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 447 358 470
10th Percentile £254 £300 £317
25th Percentile £351 £410 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £525 £511
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +2.84% -2.76%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £617
90th Percentile £677 £727 £688
UK median daily rate £475 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 24 37
10th Percentile £13.87 £13.98 £16.68
25th Percentile £17.00 £21.69 £21.00
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 £46.86
90th Percentile £65.00 £75.00 £56.64
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 26,975 26,819 35,366
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.28% 86.81% 88.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,111 16,369 24,234
10th Percentile £300 £313 £313
25th Percentile £405 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £507 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -3.43% -3.67% -0.91%
75th Percentile £625 £643 £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 1,784 960 1,488
10th Percentile £14.75 £15.10 £14.42
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.25 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -32.48% -16.29% +27.14%
75th Percentile £46.81 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £74.76 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £43.84
% change year-on-year -28.14% -20.16% +25.24%

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 17 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 17 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 17 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 +38 320 £489 -13.11% 376
North of England -3 148 £500 -1.48% 122
South East -16 96 £500 -9.09% 198
Midlands -22 91 £450 +3.45% 105
North West -2 90 £500 +11.11% 76
West Midlands -20 64 £463 +4.52% 58
Yorkshire -19 47 £470 -23.08% 37
East of England +1 44 £463 +23.33% 63
South West -5 38 £500 +3.52% 67
East Midlands -7 27 £350 -16.17% 47
North East -2 11 £363 - 9
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 38 (5.07%) Confluence
2 23 (3.07%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.20%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (0.80%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.53%) CMS
5 4 (0.53%) Resin
6 3 (0.40%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.27%) 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
1 100 (13.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 51 (6.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 40 (5.33%) Microsoft Office
4 38 (5.07%) MS Visio
5 11 (1.47%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.67%) PTC Creo
7 3 (0.40%) Adobe XD
7 3 (0.40%) Sketch
8 2 (0.27%) AutoCAD
8 2 (0.27%) MicroStation
8 2 (0.27%) Navisworks
8 2 (0.27%) Revit
8 2 (0.27%) Trello
8 2 (0.27%) 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 (6.93%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (1.33%) SAP HCM
3 8 (1.07%) NetSuite
3 8 (1.07%) Oracle Payables
4 7 (0.93%) SAP Payroll
5 6 (0.80%) Oracle EBS
6 5 (0.67%) Oracle Receivables
7 4 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
7 4 (0.53%) Oracle EBS R12
7 4 (0.53%) Salesforce CRM
7 4 (0.53%) SAP CO
7 4 (0.53%) SAP FI
7 4 (0.53%) SAP FI/CO
8 3 (0.40%) Endur
8 3 (0.40%) Oracle ERP
8 3 (0.40%) Oracle General Ledger
8 3 (0.40%) Sprinklr
9 2 (0.27%) SAP EWM
9 2 (0.27%) SAP PS
9 2 (0.27%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 67 (8.93%) Power Platform
2 62 (8.27%) Azure
3 43 (5.73%) AWS
4 34 (4.53%) Microsoft 365
5 33 (4.40%) SaaS
6 20 (2.67%) Azure DevOps
7 19 (2.53%) GitHub
8 17 (2.27%) GCP
9 15 (2.00%) PowerApps
10 12 (1.60%) Dynamics 365
10 12 (1.60%) Entra ID
11 11 (1.47%) Miro
12 9 (1.20%) OCI
12 9 (1.20%) Power Automate
12 9 (1.20%) SuccessFactors
13 8 (1.07%) Lucidchart
14 6 (0.80%) Azure Data Factory
14 6 (0.80%) PaaS
15 5 (0.67%) GitHub Actions
15 5 (0.67%) Sentry
Communications & Networking
1 17 (2.27%) Firewall
2 14 (1.87%) DNS
3 12 (1.60%) LAN
3 12 (1.60%) WAN
4 10 (1.33%) DHCP
5 9 (1.20%) Cisco IOS
5 9 (1.20%) Wireless
6 7 (0.93%) HTTP
6 7 (0.93%) PuTTY
6 7 (0.93%) WLAN
7 6 (0.80%) Internet
8 5 (0.67%) Network Security
8 5 (0.67%) TCP/IP
9 3 (0.40%) Broadband
9 3 (0.40%) SSL
9 3 (0.40%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (0.27%) DWDM
10 2 (0.27%) FTP
10 2 (0.27%) MPLS
10 2 (0.27%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (7.73%) Power BI
2 17 (2.27%) Tableau
3 15 (2.00%) MySQL
4 14 (1.87%) Data Lake
4 14 (1.87%) Relational Database
5 13 (1.73%) Oracle Reports
6 11 (1.47%) SAP HANA
7 9 (1.20%) SQL Server
8 8 (1.07%) Data Warehouse
9 7 (0.93%) Azure SQL Database
10 6 (0.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 4 (0.53%) BigQuery
11 4 (0.53%) Looker
11 4 (0.53%) Metadata
11 4 (0.53%) PostgreSQL
12 3 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
12 3 (0.40%) GIS
12 3 (0.40%) OLTP
12 3 (0.40%) Oracle Database
12 3 (0.40%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 67 (8.93%) JIRA
2 32 (4.27%) Jenkins
3 14 (1.87%) GitLab
3 14 (1.87%) Postman
4 8 (1.07%) Git
4 8 (1.07%) Sonatype Nexus
5 5 (0.67%) Appium
5 5 (0.67%) Charles Proxy
5 5 (0.67%) Katalon Studio
5 5 (0.67%) XCUITest
6 4 (0.53%) ERwin
6 4 (0.53%) IntelliJ
7 3 (0.40%) Axure RP
8 2 (0.27%) Oracle Forms
8 2 (0.27%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.13%) Dreamweaver
9 1 (0.13%) PowerDesigner
9 1 (0.13%) Rational DOORS
9 1 (0.13%) Selenium
9 1 (0.13%) Zephyr
General
1 353 (47.07%) Social Skills
2 258 (34.40%) Finance
3 165 (22.00%) Analytical Skills
4 52 (6.93%) Banking
5 43 (5.73%) Organisational Skills
6 41 (5.47%) Public Sector
7 40 (5.33%) Manufacturing
8 34 (4.53%) Telecoms
9 29 (3.87%) Retail
10 25 (3.33%) Documentation Skills
11 24 (3.20%) Influencing Skills
11 24 (3.20%) Legal
12 23 (3.07%) Presentation Skills
13 19 (2.53%) Marketing
13 19 (2.53%) Pharmaceutical
14 14 (1.87%) Law
15 12 (1.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 12 (1.60%) Local Government
16 11 (1.47%) Billing
16 11 (1.47%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 261 (34.80%) Analyst
2 124 (16.53%) Business Analyst
3 69 (9.20%) Consultant
4 66 (8.80%) Senior
5 50 (6.67%) Lead
6 33 (4.40%) Process Analyst
7 31 (4.13%) Data Analyst
8 28 (3.73%) SAP Consultant
9 24 (3.20%) Project Manager
9 24 (3.20%) Senior Analyst
10 23 (3.07%) Architect
11 20 (2.67%) Accountant
11 20 (2.67%) Technical Analyst
12 19 (2.53%) Administrator
12 19 (2.53%) Business Process Analyst
13 17 (2.27%) Senior Consultant
13 17 (2.27%) Technical Support
14 16 (2.13%) Developer
15 15 (2.00%) Financial Analyst
15 15 (2.00%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (2.93%) Web Services
2 14 (1.87%) Oracle Fusion
2 14 (1.87%) Playwright
3 13 (1.73%) GraphQL
3 13 (1.73%) Node.js
3 13 (1.73%) SAP Fiori
3 13 (1.73%) Vitest
4 11 (1.47%) BAPI
5 10 (1.33%) XML
6 8 (1.07%) SOAP
6 8 (1.07%) YAML
7 7 (0.93%) EDI
7 7 (0.93%) HTML
8 6 (0.80%) CSS
9 5 (0.67%) .NET
10 3 (0.40%) .NET Framework
10 3 (0.40%) Middleware
10 3 (0.40%) React
10 3 (0.40%) RESTful
10 3 (0.40%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 46 (6.13%) Onboarding
2 23 (3.07%) Management Information System
3 20 (2.67%) Product Ownership
4 19 (2.53%) Analytical Mindset
5 17 (2.27%) Cloud Native
6 15 (2.00%) Self-Motivation
6 15 (2.00%) Virtual Team
7 13 (1.73%) Data Protection Act
8 12 (1.60%) Reinsurance
9 10 (1.33%) Legacy Systems
9 10 (1.33%) Replication
10 8 (1.07%) Data Structures
10 8 (1.07%) Mobile App
11 7 (0.93%) PKI
12 6 (0.80%) Data Centre
12 6 (0.80%) e-Learning
12 6 (0.80%) Enterprise Software
12 6 (0.80%) NHS
12 6 (0.80%) Security Operations Centre
12 6 (0.80%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 44 (5.87%) Windows
2 22 (2.93%) Linux
3 19 (2.53%) Unix
4 14 (1.87%) Apple iOS
5 10 (1.33%) Android
6 6 (0.80%) Windows 10
7 5 (0.67%) VMS
8 4 (0.53%) Windows Server
9 2 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.27%) 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
1 191 (25.47%) Problem-Solving
2 158 (21.07%) Agile
3 157 (20.93%) Stakeholder Management
4 128 (17.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 118 (15.73%) Continuous Improvement
6 96 (12.80%) Change Management
7 83 (11.07%) Workshop Facilitation
8 82 (10.93%) Project Management
9 80 (10.67%) ITIL
10 70 (9.33%) DevOps
11 69 (9.20%) Data Analysis
12 68 (9.07%) Decision-Making
13 65 (8.67%) Project Delivery
13 65 (8.67%) Roadmaps
14 63 (8.40%) Business Analysis
15 56 (7.47%) CI/CD
16 54 (7.20%) Business Intelligence
16 54 (7.20%) ERP
17 52 (6.93%) Six Sigma
18 49 (6.53%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 90 (12.00%) SQL
2 52 (6.93%) Python
3 28 (3.73%) JavaScript
4 18 (2.40%) ABAP
5 16 (2.13%) TypeScript
6 14 (1.87%) Java
7 13 (1.73%) Perl
8 11 (1.47%) PowerShell
9 7 (0.93%) C#
9 7 (0.93%) PL/SQL
9 7 (0.93%) Shell Script
10 5 (0.67%) Kotlin
10 5 (0.67%) Swift
11 4 (0.53%) T-SQL
11 4 (0.53%) VBA
12 2 (0.27%) ActionScript
12 2 (0.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.27%) Groovy
12 2 (0.27%) R
12 2 (0.27%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 101 (13.47%) Degree
2 87 (11.60%) Security Cleared
3 74 (9.87%) SC Cleared
4 34 (4.53%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (2.40%) Six Sigma Green Belt
6 16 (2.13%) ACCA
7 15 (2.00%) BPSS Clearance
8 14 (1.87%) Master's Degree
9 13 (1.73%) PMI Certification
10 12 (1.60%) Azure Certification
10 12 (1.60%) CIMA
11 11 (1.47%) PMP
12 9 (1.20%) Cisco Certification
13 8 (1.07%) CCNP
14 7 (0.93%) CCNA
14 7 (0.93%) ITIL Certification
15 6 (0.80%) CompTIA Security+
15 6 (0.80%) Microsoft Certification
16 4 (0.53%) CISSP
16 4 (0.53%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (7.07%) QA
2 43 (5.73%) Data Quality
3 25 (3.33%) PMO
4 22 (2.93%) SLA
5 16 (2.13%) Accessibility
6 14 (1.87%) GDPR
7 8 (1.07%) Actionable Recommendations
8 6 (0.80%) NIST
8 6 (0.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 5 (0.67%) IFRS
9 5 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 4 (0.53%) GAAP
11 3 (0.40%) EMIR
11 3 (0.40%) GRC
11 3 (0.40%) HL7
11 3 (0.40%) MiFID
11 3 (0.40%) NIST 800
11 3 (0.40%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.27%) Basel III
12 2 (0.27%) P3O
System Software
1 25 (3.33%) Active Directory
2 20 (2.67%) Docker
3 6 (0.80%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.40%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.13%) DFS Replication
5 1 (0.13%) Dovecot
5 1 (0.13%) Firmware
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%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 24 (3.20%) Kubernetes
2 17 (2.27%) Ansible
3 16 (2.13%) Terraform
4 9 (1.20%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (0.80%) SCCM
6 5 (0.67%) Grafana
6 5 (0.67%) HP ALM
6 5 (0.67%) Jamf Pro
7 4 (0.53%) HP Quality Center
7 4 (0.53%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.53%) QRadar
7 4 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.27%) McAfee ePO
8 2 (0.27%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 1 (0.13%) Argo
9 1 (0.13%) CEMLI
9 1 (0.13%) Nessus
9 1 (0.13%) Proxmox
9 1 (0.13%) Puppet
9 1 (0.13%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 136 (18.13%) Microsoft
2 78 (10.40%) SAP
3 58 (7.73%) Oracle
4 41 (5.47%) ServiceNow
5 20 (2.67%) Adobe
6 17 (2.27%) Google
6 17 (2.27%) Workday
7 15 (2.00%) Cisco
8 13 (1.73%) Salesforce
9 11 (1.47%) Splunk
10 9 (1.20%) Ariba
11 8 (1.07%) Remedy
11 8 (1.07%) VMware
12 7 (0.93%) Peregrine
12 7 (0.93%) Sonatype
13 5 (0.67%) Alteryx
13 5 (0.67%) Computacenter
13 5 (0.67%) CyberArk
13 5 (0.67%) Databricks
13 5 (0.67%) HP