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

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 130 98 173
Rank change year-on-year -32 +75 +34
Contract jobs citing Process Improvement 831 638 511
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.99% 2.67% 1.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.34% 2.92% 1.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 519 383 332
10th Percentile £288 £301 £314
25th Percentile £386 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -
75th Percentile £575 £620 £615
90th Percentile £657 £761 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £520
% change year-on-year - -3.85% -0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 31 39
10th Percentile £13.33 £19.25 £13.69
25th Percentile £14.22 £26.31 £14.50
Median hourly rate £25.00 £30.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +36.36% -49.84%
75th Percentile £46.75 £50.63 £36.25
90th Percentile £74.74 £75.00 £43.75
UK median hourly rate £23.21 £33.40 £24.26
% change year-on-year -30.51% +37.70% -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 35,508 21,848 31,547
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.90% 91.31% 85.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,529 14,223 20,659
10th Percentile £325 £305 £300
25th Percentile £413 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.10% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £622 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £512 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -0.10% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,216 949 2,294
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.84
25th Percentile £20.50 £18.10 £16.00
Median hourly rate £47.00 £28.18 £36.84
Median % change year-on-year +66.78% -23.51% -1.29%
75th Percentile £68.00 £60.00 £61.30
90th Percentile £81.05 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.30 £27.59 £36.50
% change year-on-year +53.34% -24.42% +1.04%

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 29 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 29 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 29 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 -36 337 £500 -5.66% 187
South East -11 135 £500 -3.15% 127
North of England -62 124 £447 -10.60% 89
Midlands -16 114 £413 -14.06% 88
West Midlands -32 73 £469 -10.54% 55
Yorkshire -7 72 £468 -9.13% 38
South West -4 52 £450 -14.29% 46
East of England +10 51 £450 -13.25% 43
East Midlands -3 42 £390 +56.00% 33
North West -82 42 £436 -3.11% 44
North East -18 11 £364 -32.01% 7
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 49 (5.90%) Confluence
2 21 (2.53%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.32%) CMS
4 9 (1.08%) CICS
5 5 (0.60%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.48%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.48%) 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 97 (11.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 39 (4.69%) Microsoft Office
3 27 (3.25%) MS Visio
4 25 (3.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 12 (1.44%) Microsoft Project
6 10 (1.20%) 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%) Simulink
8 1 (0.12%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 25 (3.01%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (1.20%) NetSuite
3 7 (0.84%) NEC Housing
3 7 (0.84%) Oracle Payables
4 6 (0.72%) Oracle EBS
5 5 (0.60%) iTrent
5 5 (0.60%) SAP FI
6 4 (0.48%) Magento
6 4 (0.48%) Oracle Financials
6 4 (0.48%) Oracle General Ledger
6 4 (0.48%) Oracle Receivables
6 4 (0.48%) Remedy ITSM
6 4 (0.48%) SAP Business One
7 3 (0.36%) Oracle Assets
8 2 (0.24%) Oracle EBS R12
8 2 (0.24%) Oracle E-Business Tax
8 2 (0.24%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 2 (0.24%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 2 (0.24%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 85 (10.23%) Power Platform
2 61 (7.34%) Azure
3 32 (3.85%) AWS
4 25 (3.01%) Microsoft 365
5 23 (2.77%) SaaS
6 21 (2.53%) GitHub
7 16 (1.93%) Dynamics 365
8 15 (1.81%) Azure DevOps
8 15 (1.81%) GCP
9 14 (1.68%) PowerApps
9 14 (1.68%) SuccessFactors
10 12 (1.44%) Power Automate
11 10 (1.20%) Entra ID
12 8 (0.96%) Lucidchart
13 7 (0.84%) GitHub Actions
14 5 (0.60%) Amazon SageMaker
14 5 (0.60%) Azure AKS
14 5 (0.60%) Azure Data Factory
15 4 (0.48%) Miro
15 4 (0.48%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 21 (2.53%) Firewall
2 9 (1.08%) DNS
3 6 (0.72%) TCP/IP
4 5 (0.60%) FTP
4 5 (0.60%) VPN
5 4 (0.48%) DHCP
6 3 (0.36%) Internet
6 3 (0.36%) SSL
6 3 (0.36%) VSAN
6 3 (0.36%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.24%) BGP
7 2 (0.24%) MPLS
7 2 (0.24%) SAN
7 2 (0.24%) WAN
8 1 (0.12%) Broadband
8 1 (0.12%) DMZ
8 1 (0.12%) DWDM
8 1 (0.12%) Ethernet
8 1 (0.12%) OSPF
8 1 (0.12%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (8.54%) Power BI
2 15 (1.81%) Relational Database
3 13 (1.56%) MySQL
4 12 (1.44%) Metadata
5 11 (1.32%) Tableau
6 9 (1.08%) DataStage
7 8 (0.96%) Oracle Reports
8 6 (0.72%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (0.72%) SQL Server
9 5 (0.60%) MongoDB
9 5 (0.60%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (0.60%) Power Query
10 4 (0.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (0.36%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 2 (0.24%) Ataccama
12 2 (0.24%) Big Data
12 2 (0.24%) BusinessObjects
12 2 (0.24%) Crystal Reports
13 1 (0.12%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
13 1 (0.12%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 103 (12.39%) JIRA
2 27 (3.25%) Jenkins
3 13 (1.56%) Git
4 8 (0.96%) GitLab
4 8 (0.96%) Jaeger
4 8 (0.96%) Sonatype Nexus
5 7 (0.84%) Postman
5 7 (0.84%) Selenium
6 5 (0.60%) MLflow
7 4 (0.48%) JUnit
7 4 (0.48%) TestRail
8 3 (0.36%) CircleCI
8 3 (0.36%) Cucumber
8 3 (0.36%) IntelliJ
8 3 (0.36%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.24%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.24%) Gatling
9 2 (0.24%) JMeter
9 2 (0.24%) REST Assured
9 2 (0.24%) ScriptRunner
General
1 327 (39.35%) Finance
2 324 (38.99%) Social Skills
3 257 (30.93%) Analytical Skills
4 71 (8.54%) Banking
5 65 (7.82%) Public Sector
6 38 (4.57%) Legal
7 36 (4.33%) Documentation Skills
8 31 (3.73%) Organisational Skills
9 30 (3.61%) Retail
10 28 (3.37%) Influencing Skills
11 21 (2.53%) Manufacturing
12 17 (2.05%) Marketing
12 17 (2.05%) Telecoms
13 15 (1.81%) General Ledger
14 13 (1.56%) Billing
14 13 (1.56%) Law
14 13 (1.56%) Local Government
15 12 (1.44%) Retail Banking
16 11 (1.32%) Financial Institution
17 10 (1.20%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 258 (31.05%) Analyst
2 142 (17.09%) Business Analyst
3 86 (10.35%) Senior
4 78 (9.39%) Lead
5 55 (6.62%) Consultant
6 36 (4.33%) Senior Analyst
7 35 (4.21%) Accountant
7 35 (4.21%) Project Manager
8 22 (2.65%) Financial Analyst
9 21 (2.53%) Data Analyst
9 21 (2.53%) Project Officer
10 20 (2.41%) Developer
11 19 (2.29%) Management Accountant
12 18 (2.17%) Process Analyst
13 17 (2.05%) Delivery Manager
13 17 (2.05%) Senior Business Analyst
13 17 (2.05%) Support Analyst
14 15 (1.81%) Architect
14 15 (1.81%) Technical Support
15 14 (1.68%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (2.41%) Middleware
2 16 (1.93%) REST
3 13 (1.56%) .NET
4 12 (1.44%) Kafka
5 11 (1.32%) Spring Boot
6 10 (1.20%) OpenTelemetry
7 8 (0.96%) HTML5 Canvas
7 8 (0.96%) Playwright
8 7 (0.84%) HTML
8 7 (0.84%) Node.js
9 5 (0.60%) Flash
9 5 (0.60%) scikit-learn
10 4 (0.48%) GraphQL
10 4 (0.48%) JSON
10 4 (0.48%) LDAP
10 4 (0.48%) OpenID
10 4 (0.48%) Oracle Fusion
10 4 (0.48%) SailPoint
10 4 (0.48%) SOAP
10 4 (0.48%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 49 (5.90%) Onboarding
2 37 (4.45%) Product Ownership
3 32 (3.85%) Analytical Mindset
3 32 (3.85%) Management Information System
4 26 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
5 24 (2.89%) Legacy Systems
6 17 (2.05%) CMDB
7 13 (1.56%) Data Structures
8 12 (1.44%) Cloud Native
8 12 (1.44%) Virtual Team
9 11 (1.32%) Data Centre
9 11 (1.32%) Operational Technology
10 10 (1.20%) Data Protection Act
11 9 (1.08%) BYOD
11 9 (1.08%) Derivative
11 9 (1.08%) Distributed Systems
11 9 (1.08%) Mainframe
11 9 (1.08%) PMI
11 9 (1.08%) VSAM
12 7 (0.84%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 42 (5.05%) Windows
2 41 (4.93%) Linux
3 26 (3.13%) Unix
4 9 (1.08%) AIX
4 9 (1.08%) Solaris
5 8 (0.96%) Apple iOS
6 7 (0.84%) Android
7 6 (0.72%) Windows Server
8 5 (0.60%) Windows 10
9 4 (0.48%) Ubuntu
10 3 (0.36%) Mac OS
10 3 (0.36%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.12%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 207 (24.91%) Problem-Solving
2 197 (23.71%) Stakeholder Management
3 179 (21.54%) Continuous Improvement
4 153 (18.41%) Agile
5 140 (16.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 136 (16.37%) Decision-Making
7 100 (12.03%) Change Management
8 97 (11.67%) Project Management
9 85 (10.23%) DevOps
10 83 (9.99%) ERP
11 81 (9.75%) Workshop Facilitation
12 80 (9.63%) AI
12 80 (9.63%) Business Intelligence
13 79 (9.51%) User Acceptance Testing
14 75 (9.03%) Business Analysis
14 75 (9.03%) Migration
15 69 (8.30%) Validation
16 66 (7.94%) Requirements Gathering
17 62 (7.46%) Mentoring
18 59 (7.10%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 99 (11.91%) SQL
2 57 (6.86%) Python
3 42 (5.05%) Java
4 25 (3.01%) JavaScript
5 13 (1.56%) Perl
6 9 (1.08%) COBOL
7 8 (0.96%) Rust
7 8 (0.96%) VBA
8 6 (0.72%) Go
8 6 (0.72%) PowerShell
8 6 (0.72%) TypeScript
9 5 (0.60%) Shell Script
10 4 (0.48%) Bash
10 4 (0.48%) C#
10 4 (0.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 4 (0.48%) PL/SQL
10 4 (0.48%) R
11 3 (0.36%) ActionScript
11 3 (0.36%) ActionScript 2.0
12 2 (0.24%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 110 (13.24%) Degree
2 105 (12.64%) Security Cleared
3 77 (9.27%) SC Cleared
4 62 (7.46%) ACCA
5 60 (7.22%) CIMA
6 22 (2.65%) PMP
7 21 (2.53%) Master's Degree
8 20 (2.41%) PMI Certification
9 17 (2.05%) Computer Science Degree
10 13 (1.56%) BPSS Clearance
10 13 (1.56%) DV Cleared
11 8 (0.96%) SAFe Agilist
12 7 (0.84%) ITIL Certification
12 7 (0.84%) MBA
12 7 (0.84%) Six Sigma Green Belt
13 5 (0.60%) CBAP
13 5 (0.60%) CISM
13 5 (0.60%) CISSP
13 5 (0.60%) IIBA
14 4 (0.48%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (7.58%) QA
2 61 (7.34%) Data Quality
3 41 (4.93%) GDPR
4 36 (4.33%) PMO
5 27 (3.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 19 (2.29%) SLA
7 14 (1.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 13 (1.56%) IFRS
9 12 (1.44%) NIST
10 7 (0.84%) Accessibility
10 7 (0.84%) Basel III
10 7 (0.84%) GAAP
11 4 (0.48%) COBIT
11 4 (0.48%) ISO 19650
11 4 (0.48%) ISO 20022
12 3 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
12 3 (0.36%) PSD2
13 2 (0.24%) IFRS 9
13 2 (0.24%) PCI DSS
13 2 (0.24%) PERC
System Software
1 19 (2.29%) Docker
2 15 (1.81%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.84%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.72%) vSphere
5 5 (0.60%) GPFS
5 5 (0.60%) NFS
6 4 (0.48%) 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 21 (2.53%) Kubernetes
2 18 (2.17%) Ansible
3 13 (1.56%) Grafana
4 10 (1.20%) Prometheus
4 10 (1.20%) Terraform
5 8 (0.96%) Kiali
6 6 (0.72%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (0.36%) WSUS
8 2 (0.24%) Control-M
8 2 (0.24%) ITRS Geneos
8 2 (0.24%) vRealize
9 1 (0.12%) Amdocs OSS
9 1 (0.12%) Argo
9 1 (0.12%) Autotask
9 1 (0.12%) HAProxy
9 1 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.12%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 77 (9.27%) SAP
2 68 (8.18%) Microsoft
3 63 (7.58%) Oracle
4 52 (6.26%) ServiceNow
5 27 (3.25%) Salesforce
6 25 (3.01%) Workday
7 19 (2.29%) Splunk
8 18 (2.17%) IFS
9 16 (1.93%) VMware
10 15 (1.81%) IBM
11 11 (1.32%) Google
12 8 (0.96%) Sonatype
13 7 (0.84%) NEC
13 7 (0.84%) Okta
14 6 (0.72%) Cisco
14 6 (0.72%) ForgeRock
15 5 (0.60%) Atlassian
15 5 (0.60%) Databricks
15 5 (0.60%) Murex
15 5 (0.60%) Sage