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

6 months to
25 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 126 101 170
Rank change year-on-year -25 +69 +39
Contract jobs citing Process Improvement 824 629 516
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.99% 2.62% 1.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.35% 2.87% 1.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 512 384 336
10th Percentile £288 £290 £325
25th Percentile £384 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £511 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.20% -2.62% -
75th Percentile £575 £618 £615
90th Percentile £674 £770 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £521
% change year-on-year -0.10% -4.08% -0.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 29 39
10th Percentile £13.33 £19.78 £13.69
25th Percentile £14.22 £26.88 £14.50
Median hourly rate £22.46 £32.81 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.54% +49.14% -49.84%
75th Percentile £41.56 £53.75 £36.25
90th Percentile £74.91 £75.00 £43.75
UK median hourly rate £19.86 £36.00 £24.26
% change year-on-year -44.84% +48.42% -44.70%

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 35,064 21,889 31,425
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.71% 91.30% 86.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,297 14,308 20,582
10th Percentile £325 £305 £300
25th Percentile £413 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £510 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -0.49% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,170 926 2,283
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.35 £12.88
25th Percentile £20.39 £18.13 £16.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £28.18 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +59.69% -22.79% -2.46%
75th Percentile £67.84 £60.00 £61.25
90th Percentile £80.28 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.13 £27.59 £36.05
% change year-on-year +52.71% -23.47% -0.22%

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 25 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 25 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 25 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 -31 330 £500 -9.09% 226
South East -16 134 £500 -4.31% 126
North of England -71 124 £438 -10.26% 106
Midlands -15 113 £413 -14.06% 90
Yorkshire -11 74 £468 -8.68% 44
West Midlands -34 74 £463 -11.74% 53
South West -3 54 £450 -14.29% 46
East of England +8 50 £450 -13.25% 44
East Midlands -2 40 £372 +48.80% 37
North West -91 40 £435 -3.33% 56
North East -16 11 £364 -32.01% 6
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 48 (5.83%) Confluence
2 19 (2.31%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.21%) CMS
4 9 (1.09%) CICS
5 5 (0.61%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.49%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.49%) Moodle
7 2 (0.24%) Apache
7 2 (0.24%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.12%) Mattermost
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.12%) Tomcat
Applications
1 96 (11.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 37 (4.49%) Microsoft Office
3 28 (3.40%) MS Visio
4 25 (3.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 11 (1.33%) Microsoft Project
6 10 (1.21%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.24%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.12%) CATIA
8 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle Smart View
8 1 (0.12%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 24 (2.91%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.09%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.09%) NetSuite
3 7 (0.85%) NEC Housing
3 7 (0.85%) Oracle Payables
4 5 (0.61%) iTrent
4 5 (0.61%) SAP FI
5 4 (0.49%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.49%) Oracle General Ledger
5 4 (0.49%) Oracle Receivables
5 4 (0.49%) Remedy ITSM
5 4 (0.49%) SAP Business One
6 3 (0.36%) Magento
6 3 (0.36%) Oracle Assets
6 3 (0.36%) Oracle Financials
7 2 (0.24%) Endur
7 2 (0.24%) Global One
7 2 (0.24%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.24%) SAP FI/CO
7 2 (0.24%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 80 (9.71%) Power Platform
2 59 (7.16%) Azure
3 33 (4.00%) AWS
4 25 (3.03%) Microsoft 365
5 23 (2.79%) SaaS
6 20 (2.43%) GitHub
7 16 (1.94%) Azure DevOps
7 16 (1.94%) GCP
8 14 (1.70%) SuccessFactors
9 13 (1.58%) Dynamics 365
10 9 (1.09%) Entra ID
10 9 (1.09%) Power Automate
10 9 (1.09%) PowerApps
11 8 (0.97%) Lucidchart
12 7 (0.85%) GitHub Actions
13 5 (0.61%) Amazon SageMaker
13 5 (0.61%) Azure AKS
13 5 (0.61%) Azure Data Factory
14 4 (0.49%) Miro
14 4 (0.49%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 20 (2.43%) Firewall
2 8 (0.97%) DNS
3 6 (0.73%) TCP/IP
4 5 (0.61%) FTP
5 4 (0.49%) DHCP
5 4 (0.49%) VPN
6 3 (0.36%) VSAN
7 2 (0.24%) Internet
7 2 (0.24%) SAN
7 2 (0.24%) SSL
7 2 (0.24%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.12%) BGP
8 1 (0.12%) Broadband
8 1 (0.12%) Cisco ISE
8 1 (0.12%) MPLS
8 1 (0.12%) Remote Desktop
8 1 (0.12%) Structured Cabling
8 1 (0.12%) VLAN
8 1 (0.12%) WAN
8 1 (0.12%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (8.62%) Power BI
2 16 (1.94%) Relational Database
3 14 (1.70%) MySQL
4 12 (1.46%) Metadata
5 11 (1.33%) Tableau
6 9 (1.09%) DataStage
7 8 (0.97%) Oracle Reports
8 7 (0.85%) SQL Server
9 6 (0.73%) Data Warehouse
10 5 (0.61%) MongoDB
10 5 (0.61%) PostgreSQL
10 5 (0.61%) Power Query
11 4 (0.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 2 (0.24%) Ataccama
12 2 (0.24%) Big Data
12 2 (0.24%) BusinessObjects
12 2 (0.24%) Crystal Reports
12 2 (0.24%) Oracle BI Publisher
13 1 (0.12%) Data Lake
13 1 (0.12%) Looker
Development Applications
1 102 (12.38%) JIRA
2 30 (3.64%) Jenkins
3 14 (1.70%) Git
4 9 (1.09%) GitLab
5 8 (0.97%) Jaeger
5 8 (0.97%) Sonatype Nexus
6 7 (0.85%) Postman
6 7 (0.85%) Selenium
7 5 (0.61%) MLflow
8 4 (0.49%) JUnit
8 4 (0.49%) TestRail
9 3 (0.36%) CircleCI
9 3 (0.36%) Cucumber
9 3 (0.36%) IntelliJ
9 3 (0.36%) REST Assured
9 3 (0.36%) SonarQube
10 2 (0.24%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.24%) Gatling
10 2 (0.24%) JMeter
10 2 (0.24%) ScriptRunner
General
1 321 (38.96%) Finance
2 320 (38.83%) Social Skills
3 252 (30.58%) Analytical Skills
4 73 (8.86%) Banking
5 63 (7.65%) Public Sector
6 37 (4.49%) Legal
7 35 (4.25%) Documentation Skills
8 29 (3.52%) Influencing Skills
8 29 (3.52%) Retail
9 27 (3.28%) Organisational Skills
10 21 (2.55%) Manufacturing
11 17 (2.06%) Telecoms
12 16 (1.94%) Marketing
13 14 (1.70%) General Ledger
14 13 (1.58%) Billing
14 13 (1.58%) Financial Institution
15 12 (1.46%) Law
15 12 (1.46%) Local Government
15 12 (1.46%) Retail Banking
16 10 (1.21%) Dutch Language
Job Titles
1 255 (30.95%) Analyst
2 143 (17.35%) Business Analyst
3 86 (10.44%) Senior
4 73 (8.86%) Lead
5 55 (6.67%) Consultant
6 36 (4.37%) Senior Analyst
7 35 (4.25%) Project Manager
8 34 (4.13%) Accountant
9 22 (2.67%) Financial Analyst
9 22 (2.67%) Project Officer
10 21 (2.55%) Data Analyst
11 19 (2.31%) Management Accountant
12 18 (2.18%) Developer
12 18 (2.18%) Senior Business Analyst
13 17 (2.06%) Delivery Manager
13 17 (2.06%) Process Analyst
14 16 (1.94%) Support Analyst
14 16 (1.94%) Technical Support
15 14 (1.70%) Architect
15 14 (1.70%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (2.43%) Middleware
2 16 (1.94%) REST
3 12 (1.46%) Kafka
4 11 (1.33%) Spring Boot
5 10 (1.21%) .NET
5 10 (1.21%) OpenTelemetry
6 9 (1.09%) Playwright
7 8 (0.97%) HTML
7 8 (0.97%) Node.js
8 6 (0.73%) HTML5 Canvas
9 5 (0.61%) Flash
9 5 (0.61%) GraphQL
9 5 (0.61%) scikit-learn
9 5 (0.61%) SOAP
10 4 (0.49%) CSS
10 4 (0.49%) JSON
10 4 (0.49%) LDAP
10 4 (0.49%) Oracle Fusion
10 4 (0.49%) SailPoint
10 4 (0.49%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 48 (5.83%) Onboarding
2 35 (4.25%) Product Ownership
3 32 (3.88%) Management Information System
4 31 (3.76%) Analytical Mindset
5 27 (3.28%) Legacy Systems
6 26 (3.16%) Self-Motivation
7 18 (2.18%) CMDB
8 13 (1.58%) Cloud Native
8 13 (1.58%) Data Structures
9 12 (1.46%) Operational Technology
9 12 (1.46%) Virtual Team
10 11 (1.33%) Data Centre
11 9 (1.09%) BYOD
11 9 (1.09%) Data Protection Act
11 9 (1.09%) Derivative
11 9 (1.09%) Distributed Systems
11 9 (1.09%) Mainframe
11 9 (1.09%) PMI
11 9 (1.09%) VSAM
12 7 (0.85%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 43 (5.22%) Linux
2 42 (5.10%) Windows
3 28 (3.40%) Unix
4 9 (1.09%) AIX
4 9 (1.09%) Solaris
5 7 (0.85%) Apple iOS
6 6 (0.73%) Android
6 6 (0.73%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.49%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.49%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.36%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.36%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.24%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 203 (24.64%) Problem-Solving
2 193 (23.42%) Stakeholder Management
3 175 (21.24%) Continuous Improvement
4 155 (18.81%) Agile
5 140 (16.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 137 (16.63%) Decision-Making
7 100 (12.14%) Project Management
8 99 (12.01%) Change Management
9 85 (10.32%) DevOps
10 84 (10.19%) Workshop Facilitation
11 80 (9.71%) ERP
12 78 (9.47%) AI
12 78 (9.47%) Business Intelligence
12 78 (9.47%) Migration
12 78 (9.47%) User Acceptance Testing
13 74 (8.98%) Business Analysis
14 64 (7.77%) Validation
15 62 (7.52%) Requirements Gathering
16 59 (7.16%) Mentoring
17 57 (6.92%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 99 (12.01%) SQL
2 58 (7.04%) Python
3 42 (5.10%) Java
4 25 (3.03%) JavaScript
5 14 (1.70%) Perl
6 9 (1.09%) COBOL
7 8 (0.97%) Rust
7 8 (0.97%) VBA
8 7 (0.85%) TypeScript
9 6 (0.73%) Go
10 5 (0.61%) PowerShell
10 5 (0.61%) Shell Script
11 4 (0.49%) Bash
11 4 (0.49%) C#
11 4 (0.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 4 (0.49%) PL/SQL
11 4 (0.49%) R
12 3 (0.36%) ActionScript
12 3 (0.36%) ActionScript 2.0
13 2 (0.24%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 109 (13.23%) Security Cleared
2 107 (12.99%) Degree
3 81 (9.83%) SC Cleared
4 60 (7.28%) ACCA
5 58 (7.04%) CIMA
6 21 (2.55%) PMP
7 20 (2.43%) Master's Degree
8 19 (2.31%) PMI Certification
9 18 (2.18%) Computer Science Degree
10 13 (1.58%) BPSS Clearance
10 13 (1.58%) DV Cleared
11 8 (0.97%) ITIL Certification
11 8 (0.97%) SAFe Agilist
12 7 (0.85%) MBA
12 7 (0.85%) Six Sigma Green Belt
13 5 (0.61%) CBAP
13 5 (0.61%) CISM
13 5 (0.61%) CISSP
13 5 (0.61%) IIBA
14 4 (0.49%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (7.52%) QA
2 60 (7.28%) Data Quality
3 41 (4.98%) GDPR
4 36 (4.37%) PMO
5 27 (3.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 19 (2.31%) SLA
7 14 (1.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 12 (1.46%) NIST
9 11 (1.33%) IFRS
10 7 (0.85%) Accessibility
10 7 (0.85%) Basel III
11 5 (0.61%) GAAP
12 4 (0.49%) COBIT
12 4 (0.49%) ISO 19650
12 4 (0.49%) ISO 20022
13 3 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
13 3 (0.36%) PCI DSS
13 3 (0.36%) PSD2
14 2 (0.24%) IFRS 9
14 2 (0.24%) PERC
System Software
1 20 (2.43%) Docker
2 15 (1.82%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.85%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.73%) vSphere
5 5 (0.61%) GPFS
5 5 (0.61%) NFS
6 4 (0.49%) VMware NSX
7 3 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.24%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
8 2 (0.24%) IAG
8 2 (0.24%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 2 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.12%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 23 (2.79%) Kubernetes
2 19 (2.31%) Ansible
3 13 (1.58%) Grafana
4 11 (1.33%) Terraform
5 10 (1.21%) Prometheus
6 8 (0.97%) Kiali
7 5 (0.61%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.36%) ITRS Geneos
8 3 (0.36%) WSUS
9 2 (0.24%) Control-M
9 2 (0.24%) vRealize
10 1 (0.12%) Amdocs OSS
10 1 (0.12%) Argo
10 1 (0.12%) Autotask
10 1 (0.12%) HAProxy
10 1 (0.12%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.12%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 75 (9.10%) SAP
2 66 (8.01%) Microsoft
3 60 (7.28%) Oracle
4 54 (6.55%) ServiceNow
5 27 (3.28%) Workday
6 26 (3.16%) Salesforce
7 20 (2.43%) Splunk
8 18 (2.18%) IFS
9 16 (1.94%) VMware
10 15 (1.82%) IBM
11 11 (1.33%) Google
12 8 (0.97%) Sonatype
13 7 (0.85%) NEC
13 7 (0.85%) Okta
14 6 (0.73%) ForgeRock
15 5 (0.61%) Cisco
15 5 (0.61%) Databricks
15 5 (0.61%) Murex
15 5 (0.61%) Sage
16 4 (0.49%) Adobe