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 27 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 110 119 137
Rank change year-on-year +9 +18 +29
Contract jobs citing Process Improvement 713 628 763
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.50% 2.02% 1.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.75% 2.33% 2.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 438 358 496
10th Percentile £263 £300 £314
25th Percentile £363 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £487 £535 £513
Median % change year-on-year -9.04% +4.39% -2.38%
75th Percentile £600 £637 £632
90th Percentile £691 £725 £694
UK median daily rate £475 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 28 36
10th Percentile £16.50 £14.28 £16.57
25th Percentile £17.00 £19.19 £20.13
Median hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -4.23%
75th Percentile £40.65 £57.02 £46.85
90th Percentile £63.75 £75.00 £55.70
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £30.75
% change year-on-year -7.69% +5.69% -1.84%

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 25,934 26,984 35,910
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.81% 86.59% 88.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,426 16,444 24,762
10th Percentile £297 £313 £313
25th Percentile £405 £417 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,664 1,003 1,488
10th Percentile £14.51 £15.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.59 £20.27 £18.95
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.13% -10.11% +27.14%
75th Percentile £44.75 £66.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.50 £74.35 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.13 £37.39 £43.17
% change year-on-year -32.80% -13.38% +26.81%

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 27 October 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 27 October 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 27 October 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 +32 323 £486 -11.67% 393
North of England -5 140 £500 -4.76% 143
North West +5 94 £500 -1.48% 94
Midlands -12 89 £450 +3.45% 107
South East -24 88 £500 -9.09% 360
West Midlands -11 68 £475 +5.56% 60
Yorkshire -27 39 £463 -19.57% 37
East of England -4 35 £463 +2.78% 68
South West -2 27 £338 -41.18% 71
East Midlands -9 21 £315 -24.55% 46
North East -5 7 £381 - 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 42 (5.89%) Confluence
2 24 (3.37%) SharePoint
3 7 (0.98%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (0.70%) CMS
4 5 (0.70%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.56%) Resin
6 2 (0.28%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.28%) JBoss
7 1 (0.14%) MQSeries
7 1 (0.14%) nginx
7 1 (0.14%) Smallworld
7 1 (0.14%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.14%) Umbraco
Applications
1 95 (13.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 49 (6.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 42 (5.89%) Microsoft Office
4 37 (5.19%) MS Visio
5 10 (1.40%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.70%) PTC Creo
7 3 (0.42%) Adobe XD
7 3 (0.42%) Sketch
8 2 (0.28%) AutoCAD
8 2 (0.28%) MicroStation
8 2 (0.28%) Navisworks
8 2 (0.28%) Revit
8 2 (0.28%) Trello
8 2 (0.28%) Windchill
9 1 (0.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.14%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.14%) InDesign
9 1 (0.14%) NASTRAN
9 1 (0.14%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 48 (6.73%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (0.98%) Oracle Payables
3 6 (0.84%) NetSuite
4 5 (0.70%) Oracle EBS
4 5 (0.70%) Oracle Receivables
5 4 (0.56%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (0.56%) Salesforce CRM
5 4 (0.56%) SAP HCM
6 3 (0.42%) Endur
6 3 (0.42%) Oracle EBS R12
6 3 (0.42%) Oracle General Ledger
6 3 (0.42%) SAP CO
6 3 (0.42%) SAP FI
6 3 (0.42%) SAP FI/CO
7 2 (0.28%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.28%) Oracle Financials
7 2 (0.28%) SAP EWM
7 2 (0.28%) SAP PS
7 2 (0.28%) Unit4 Business World
7 2 (0.28%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 63 (8.84%) Azure
1 63 (8.84%) Power Platform
2 41 (5.75%) AWS
3 31 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
4 28 (3.93%) SaaS
5 18 (2.52%) Azure DevOps
6 17 (2.38%) PowerApps
7 16 (2.24%) GitHub
8 15 (2.10%) Entra ID
8 15 (2.10%) GCP
9 11 (1.54%) Dynamics 365
9 11 (1.54%) Lucidchart
10 8 (1.12%) Power Automate
11 7 (0.98%) Miro
11 7 (0.98%) OCI
12 6 (0.84%) Azure Data Factory
12 6 (0.84%) PaaS
13 5 (0.70%) Sentry
14 4 (0.56%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 4 (0.56%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 19 (2.66%) Firewall
2 15 (2.10%) DNS
3 14 (1.96%) WAN
4 13 (1.82%) LAN
5 12 (1.68%) DHCP
6 11 (1.54%) Wireless
7 9 (1.26%) Cisco IOS
8 8 (1.12%) HTTP
9 7 (0.98%) PuTTY
9 7 (0.98%) WLAN
10 6 (0.84%) Network Security
11 5 (0.70%) TCP/IP
11 5 (0.70%) Wi-Fi
12 4 (0.56%) Internet
13 3 (0.42%) BIG-IP
13 3 (0.42%) Broadband
13 3 (0.42%) Cisco ASA
13 3 (0.42%) Software-Defined Networking
13 3 (0.42%) SSL
13 3 (0.42%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (7.43%) Power BI
2 19 (2.66%) Tableau
3 13 (1.82%) MySQL
4 12 (1.68%) Data Lake
4 12 (1.68%) Oracle Reports
4 12 (1.68%) Relational Database
5 11 (1.54%) SAP HANA
6 9 (1.26%) SQL Server
7 7 (0.98%) Azure SQL Database
7 7 (0.98%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (0.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (0.56%) BigQuery
9 4 (0.56%) Looker
9 4 (0.56%) PostgreSQL
10 3 (0.42%) Big Data
10 3 (0.42%) GIS
10 3 (0.42%) Metadata
10 3 (0.42%) OLTP
10 3 (0.42%) Power Query
10 3 (0.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 70 (9.82%) JIRA
2 25 (3.51%) Jenkins
3 14 (1.96%) Postman
4 12 (1.68%) GitLab
5 9 (1.26%) Git
5 9 (1.26%) Sonatype Nexus
6 5 (0.70%) Appium
6 5 (0.70%) Charles Proxy
6 5 (0.70%) Katalon Studio
6 5 (0.70%) XCUITest
7 4 (0.56%) IntelliJ
8 3 (0.42%) Axure RP
8 3 (0.42%) ERwin
9 2 (0.28%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.28%) SoapUI
10 1 (0.14%) Burp Suite
10 1 (0.14%) Rational DOORS
10 1 (0.14%) SpecFlow
10 1 (0.14%) Vagrant
10 1 (0.14%) Zephyr
General
1 335 (46.98%) Social Skills
2 259 (36.33%) Finance
3 149 (20.90%) Analytical Skills
4 61 (8.56%) Banking
5 37 (5.19%) Manufacturing
5 37 (5.19%) Organisational Skills
6 35 (4.91%) Public Sector
7 30 (4.21%) Telecoms
8 26 (3.65%) Retail
9 24 (3.37%) Documentation Skills
9 24 (3.37%) Legal
10 19 (2.66%) Pharmaceutical
11 17 (2.38%) Influencing Skills
11 17 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
12 13 (1.82%) Front Office
12 13 (1.82%) Investment Banking
12 13 (1.82%) Law
12 13 (1.82%) Marketing
13 12 (1.68%) Local Government
14 11 (1.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 253 (35.48%) Analyst
2 113 (15.85%) Business Analyst
3 63 (8.84%) Senior
4 57 (7.99%) Consultant
5 48 (6.73%) Lead
6 30 (4.21%) Data Analyst
7 28 (3.93%) Process Analyst
8 26 (3.65%) Project Manager
9 24 (3.37%) Senior Analyst
10 22 (3.09%) Architect
10 22 (3.09%) SAP Consultant
11 19 (2.66%) Business Process Analyst
12 18 (2.52%) Developer
13 17 (2.38%) Accountant
13 17 (2.38%) Technical Analyst
14 16 (2.24%) Support Analyst
15 14 (1.96%) Administrator
15 14 (1.96%) Financial Analyst
15 14 (1.96%) Senior Business Analyst
15 14 (1.96%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.24%) Web Services
2 13 (1.82%) Oracle Fusion
3 11 (1.54%) BAPI
3 11 (1.54%) SAP Fiori
4 10 (1.40%) Playwright
5 9 (1.26%) GraphQL
5 9 (1.26%) Node.js
5 9 (1.26%) Vitest
6 7 (0.98%) EDI
6 7 (0.98%) HTML
6 7 (0.98%) YAML
7 6 (0.84%) CSS
8 5 (0.70%) .NET
9 4 (0.56%) XML
10 3 (0.42%) .NET Framework
10 3 (0.42%) Middleware
10 3 (0.42%) React
10 3 (0.42%) RESTful
11 2 (0.28%) Kafka
11 2 (0.28%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 37 (5.19%) Onboarding
2 24 (3.37%) Management Information System
3 22 (3.09%) Product Ownership
4 18 (2.52%) Analytical Mindset
5 14 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
5 14 (1.96%) Virtual Team
6 12 (1.68%) Cloud Native
7 10 (1.40%) Data Structures
7 10 (1.40%) Reinsurance
8 9 (1.26%) Data Protection Act
9 7 (0.98%) Algorithms
9 7 (0.98%) Data Centre
9 7 (0.98%) Derivative
9 7 (0.98%) Mobile App
10 6 (0.84%) CMDB
10 6 (0.84%) e-Learning
10 6 (0.84%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 6 (0.84%) Market Risk
10 6 (0.84%) PKI
11 5 (0.70%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 37 (5.19%) Windows
2 19 (2.66%) Linux
3 16 (2.24%) Unix
4 11 (1.54%) Apple iOS
5 10 (1.40%) Android
6 4 (0.56%) Windows 10
6 4 (0.56%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.28%) Solaris
7 2 (0.28%) VMS
8 1 (0.14%) AIX
8 1 (0.14%) Amazon Linux
8 1 (0.14%) Kali Linux
8 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.14%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
8 1 (0.14%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 184 (25.81%) Problem-Solving
2 155 (21.74%) Agile
3 150 (21.04%) Stakeholder Management
4 109 (15.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 105 (14.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 89 (12.48%) Change Management
7 88 (12.34%) Project Management
8 84 (11.78%) ITIL
9 75 (10.52%) Workshop Facilitation
10 71 (9.96%) DevOps
11 69 (9.68%) Data Analysis
12 68 (9.54%) Decision-Making
13 63 (8.84%) Roadmaps
14 56 (7.85%) Project Delivery
15 55 (7.71%) Analytics
16 54 (7.57%) Six Sigma
17 52 (7.29%) Business Analysis
18 50 (7.01%) CI/CD
18 50 (7.01%) ERP
19 49 (6.87%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 90 (12.62%) SQL
2 52 (7.29%) Python
3 26 (3.65%) JavaScript
4 18 (2.52%) Java
5 14 (1.96%) PowerShell
6 12 (1.68%) ABAP
6 12 (1.68%) TypeScript
7 11 (1.54%) Perl
8 8 (1.12%) C#
9 6 (0.84%) Shell Script
10 5 (0.70%) Haskell
10 5 (0.70%) Kotlin
10 5 (0.70%) PL/SQL
10 5 (0.70%) Swift
11 4 (0.56%) T-SQL
11 4 (0.56%) VBA
12 3 (0.42%) Bicep
12 3 (0.42%) OCaml
12 3 (0.42%) R
13 2 (0.28%) Bash
Qualifications
1 102 (14.31%) Degree
2 80 (11.22%) Security Cleared
3 70 (9.82%) SC Cleared
4 28 (3.93%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (2.52%) Six Sigma Green Belt
6 17 (2.38%) ACCA
6 17 (2.38%) BPSS Clearance
7 14 (1.96%) Master's Degree
7 14 (1.96%) PMI Certification
8 13 (1.82%) CIMA
9 12 (1.68%) PMP
10 11 (1.54%) Azure Certification
10 11 (1.54%) Cisco Certification
11 10 (1.40%) CCNP
12 7 (0.98%) CCNA
12 7 (0.98%) ITIL Certification
13 5 (0.70%) CBAP
13 5 (0.70%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 5 (0.70%) Microsoft Certification
14 4 (0.56%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (6.59%) QA
2 41 (5.75%) Data Quality
3 24 (3.37%) PMO
4 23 (3.23%) SLA
5 16 (2.24%) Accessibility
6 13 (1.82%) GDPR
7 9 (1.26%) Actionable Recommendations
8 6 (0.84%) IFRS
8 6 (0.84%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 5 (0.70%) NIST
10 4 (0.56%) GAAP
10 4 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 4 (0.56%) MiFID
11 3 (0.42%) COREP
11 3 (0.42%) EMIR
11 3 (0.42%) GRC
12 2 (0.28%) HL7
12 2 (0.28%) NIST 800
12 2 (0.28%) P3O
12 2 (0.28%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 20 (2.81%) Active Directory
2 13 (1.82%) Docker
3 5 (0.70%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.42%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.14%) DFS Replication
5 1 (0.14%) Dovecot
5 1 (0.14%) Firmware
5 1 (0.14%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.14%) Postfix
5 1 (0.14%) Squid
5 1 (0.14%) Veritas Cluster Server
5 1 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.14%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 19 (2.66%) Ansible
2 14 (1.96%) Kubernetes
2 14 (1.96%) Terraform
3 8 (1.12%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (0.98%) SCCM
5 5 (0.70%) Grafana
5 5 (0.70%) HP ALM
6 4 (0.56%) HP Quality Center
6 4 (0.56%) QRadar
6 4 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.42%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.28%) McAfee ePO
9 1 (0.14%) Argo
9 1 (0.14%) Nessus
9 1 (0.14%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 1 (0.14%) Proxmox
9 1 (0.14%) Puppet
9 1 (0.14%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 135 (18.93%) Microsoft
2 66 (9.26%) SAP
3 55 (7.71%) Oracle
4 38 (5.33%) ServiceNow
5 21 (2.95%) Adobe
6 18 (2.52%) Cisco
7 16 (2.24%) Workday
8 14 (1.96%) Google
9 12 (1.68%) Salesforce
9 12 (1.68%) Splunk
10 8 (1.12%) Remedy
11 7 (0.98%) Peregrine
11 7 (0.98%) VMware
12 6 (0.84%) Ariba
12 6 (0.84%) Atlassian
12 6 (0.84%) Sonatype
13 5 (0.70%) CheckPoint
13 5 (0.70%) Databricks
13 5 (0.70%) HP
13 5 (0.70%) Zoho