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

6 months to
29 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 106 177
Rank change year-on-year -12 +71 +25
Contract jobs citing Process Improvement 843 604 509
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.22% 2.47% 1.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.57% 2.72% 1.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 516 368 324
10th Percentile £263 £309 £325
25th Percentile £363 £409 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £523
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +0.48% -0.48%
75th Percentile £575 £630 £611
90th Percentile £650 £752 £725
UK median daily rate £472 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.60% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 33 32
10th Percentile - £19.93 £13.13
25th Percentile £13.33 £26.88 £15.85
Median hourly rate £21.72 £32.81 £23.67
Median % change year-on-year -33.82% +38.61% -46.03%
75th Percentile £44.75 £53.75 £43.75
90th Percentile £75.40 £75.00 £49.54
UK median hourly rate £17.00 £33.11 £28.50
% change year-on-year -48.66% +16.18% -35.02%

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 32,791 22,195 32,688
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.18% 90.78% 86.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,993 14,632 21,603
10th Percentile £313 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £614 £638 £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 2,006 863 2,155
10th Percentile £15.36 £15.00 £13.00
25th Percentile £19.00 £20.24 £15.97
Median hourly rate £36.00 £32.50 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.77% -1.52% -12.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.86 £58.24
90th Percentile £77.50 £76.25 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +9.38% -1.54% -10.34%

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 March 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 March 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 March 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 -5 345 £500 -9.09% 183
North of England -45 143 £410 -18.00% 99
South East -19 121 £425 -18.66% 144
Midlands -31 97 £425 -6.25% 79
Yorkshire 0 84 £455 -12.08% 37
West Midlands -26 65 £425 -19.05% 49
South West -4 58 £500 -4.76% 27
East of England +5 57 £450 -13.25% 47
North West -81 45 £402 -10.67% 56
East Midlands -17 33 £397 +1.41% 30
North East 0 14 £363 -36.96% 8
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 60 (7.12%) Confluence
2 18 (2.14%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.30%) Apache Airflow
4 8 (0.95%) CICS
4 8 (0.95%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (0.59%) CMS
6 2 (0.24%) Apache
6 2 (0.24%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.12%) Mattermost
7 1 (0.12%) Moodle
7 1 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.12%) Tomcat
Applications
1 109 (12.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 43 (5.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 40 (4.74%) Microsoft Office
4 34 (4.03%) MS Visio
5 16 (1.90%) Microsoft Project
6 11 (1.30%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.24%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.12%) CATIA
8 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle Smart View
8 1 (0.12%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 21 (2.49%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (0.95%) NetSuite
3 7 (0.83%) SAP HCM
3 7 (0.83%) SAP Payroll
4 6 (0.71%) NEC Housing
4 6 (0.71%) Oracle Payables
4 6 (0.71%) SAP FI
5 5 (0.59%) Oracle General Ledger
5 5 (0.59%) SAP CO
5 5 (0.59%) SAP FI/CO
6 4 (0.47%) Remedy ITSM
7 3 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
7 3 (0.36%) Endur
7 3 (0.36%) Oracle Assets
7 3 (0.36%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.36%) Oracle EBS R12
7 3 (0.36%) Oracle ERP
7 3 (0.36%) Oracle Financials
7 3 (0.36%) Oracle Receivables
7 3 (0.36%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 81 (9.61%) Power Platform
2 52 (6.17%) Azure
3 43 (5.10%) AWS
4 38 (4.51%) Microsoft 365
5 30 (3.56%) GitHub
5 30 (3.56%) SaaS
6 19 (2.25%) Azure DevOps
7 17 (2.02%) GCP
8 12 (1.42%) SuccessFactors
9 11 (1.30%) Dynamics 365
9 11 (1.30%) Google Workspace
10 10 (1.19%) GitHub Actions
11 9 (1.07%) Power Automate
12 7 (0.83%) Entra ID
13 6 (0.71%) Azure Data Factory
13 6 (0.71%) Lucidchart
13 6 (0.71%) Miro
14 5 (0.59%) AWS CloudFormation
14 5 (0.59%) OCI
14 5 (0.59%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 28 (3.32%) Firewall
2 11 (1.30%) DNS
3 7 (0.83%) VPN
4 6 (0.71%) Internet
5 5 (0.59%) DHCP
5 5 (0.59%) FTP
6 4 (0.47%) TCP/IP
6 4 (0.47%) WAN
7 3 (0.36%) Network Security
7 3 (0.36%) VSAN
8 2 (0.24%) Cisco IOS
8 2 (0.24%) DWDM
8 2 (0.24%) LAN
8 2 (0.24%) SSL
8 2 (0.24%) Unified Communications
9 1 (0.12%) Broadband
9 1 (0.12%) HTTP
9 1 (0.12%) SAN
9 1 (0.12%) SSH
9 1 (0.12%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (8.90%) Power BI
2 18 (2.14%) MySQL
2 18 (2.14%) Relational Database
3 11 (1.30%) Tableau
4 9 (1.07%) Data Lake
4 9 (1.07%) Metadata
5 8 (0.95%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (0.95%) DataStage
5 8 (0.95%) SQL Server
6 7 (0.83%) PostgreSQL
7 6 (0.71%) Oracle Reports
8 5 (0.59%) MongoDB
8 5 (0.59%) Power Query
9 3 (0.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (0.24%) Amazon RDS
10 2 (0.24%) Big Data
10 2 (0.24%) BusinessObjects
10 2 (0.24%) ImageNet
10 2 (0.24%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.24%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 113 (13.40%) JIRA
2 40 (4.74%) Jenkins
3 16 (1.90%) GitLab
4 15 (1.78%) Git
5 13 (1.54%) Sonatype Nexus
6 9 (1.07%) Postman
7 8 (0.95%) Jaeger
8 6 (0.71%) Selenium
9 4 (0.47%) MLflow
9 4 (0.47%) TestRail
10 3 (0.36%) CircleCI
10 3 (0.36%) JUnit
10 3 (0.36%) REST Assured
11 2 (0.24%) Appium
11 2 (0.24%) Cucumber
11 2 (0.24%) Cypress.io
11 2 (0.24%) IntelliJ
11 2 (0.24%) ScriptRunner
11 2 (0.24%) SonarQube
12 1 (0.12%) Gatling
General
1 378 (44.84%) Social Skills
2 303 (35.94%) Finance
3 246 (29.18%) Analytical Skills
4 83 (9.85%) Banking
5 73 (8.66%) Public Sector
6 38 (4.51%) Documentation Skills
7 37 (4.39%) Organisational Skills
8 34 (4.03%) Influencing Skills
9 31 (3.68%) Telecoms
10 30 (3.56%) Legal
11 24 (2.85%) Retail
12 23 (2.73%) Presentation Skills
13 22 (2.61%) Manufacturing
14 21 (2.49%) Billing
14 21 (2.49%) Marketing
15 18 (2.14%) Financial Institution
16 14 (1.66%) Law
17 13 (1.54%) Retail Banking
18 12 (1.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
19 11 (1.30%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 265 (31.44%) Analyst
2 166 (19.69%) Business Analyst
3 92 (10.91%) Senior
4 66 (7.83%) Consultant
5 58 (6.88%) Lead
6 38 (4.51%) Senior Analyst
7 37 (4.39%) Project Manager
8 27 (3.20%) Senior Business Analyst
9 25 (2.97%) Accountant
10 23 (2.73%) Technical Analyst
11 21 (2.49%) Administrator
11 21 (2.49%) IT Support
12 20 (2.37%) Data Analyst
12 20 (2.37%) Project Officer
12 20 (2.37%) Technical Support
13 19 (2.25%) Financial Analyst
13 19 (2.25%) Process Analyst
14 18 (2.14%) Developer
15 17 (2.02%) Delivery Manager
16 16 (1.90%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.14%) Middleware
2 15 (1.78%) Playwright
2 15 (1.78%) REST
3 14 (1.66%) Node.js
4 13 (1.54%) Kafka
5 12 (1.42%) GraphQL
6 11 (1.30%) SOAP
6 11 (1.30%) Vitest
7 10 (1.19%) Spring Boot
7 10 (1.19%) Web Services
7 10 (1.19%) XML
8 9 (1.07%) .NET
8 9 (1.07%) OpenTelemetry
8 9 (1.07%) YAML
9 7 (0.83%) HTML
10 6 (0.71%) CSS
10 6 (0.71%) SailPoint
11 5 (0.59%) SAP Fiori
12 4 (0.47%) Pandas
12 4 (0.47%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 57 (6.76%) Onboarding
2 34 (4.03%) Legacy Systems
3 31 (3.68%) Analytical Mindset
4 30 (3.56%) Product Ownership
4 30 (3.56%) Self-Motivation
5 29 (3.44%) Management Information System
6 20 (2.37%) Cloud Native
7 18 (2.14%) CMDB
8 14 (1.66%) Data Protection Act
9 13 (1.54%) Data Structures
9 13 (1.54%) Virtual Team
10 12 (1.42%) Data Centre
10 12 (1.42%) Replication
11 10 (1.19%) Greenfield Project
12 9 (1.07%) Derivative
12 9 (1.07%) Distributed Systems
12 9 (1.07%) Mainframe
12 9 (1.07%) NHS
12 9 (1.07%) PMI
13 8 (0.95%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 54 (6.41%) Windows
2 48 (5.69%) Linux
3 33 (3.91%) Unix
4 8 (0.95%) AIX
4 8 (0.95%) Solaris
5 7 (0.83%) Apple iOS
5 7 (0.83%) Windows Server
6 6 (0.71%) Android
6 6 (0.71%) VMS
6 6 (0.71%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.36%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.36%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.12%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 207 (24.56%) Problem-Solving
2 181 (21.47%) Agile
3 178 (21.12%) Stakeholder Management
4 161 (19.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 151 (17.91%) Continuous Improvement
6 122 (14.47%) Decision-Making
7 110 (13.05%) Project Management
8 101 (11.98%) Change Management
9 95 (11.27%) Workshop Facilitation
10 92 (10.91%) DevOps
11 90 (10.68%) Business Analysis
12 80 (9.49%) Business Intelligence
13 77 (9.13%) Migration
14 75 (8.90%) AI
15 74 (8.78%) Requirements Gathering
16 65 (7.71%) Coaching
17 64 (7.59%) Data Analysis
18 61 (7.24%) CI/CD
18 61 (7.24%) Roadmaps
19 59 (7.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 110 (13.05%) SQL
2 58 (6.88%) Python
3 40 (4.74%) Java
4 26 (3.08%) JavaScript
5 18 (2.14%) Perl
6 15 (1.78%) TypeScript
7 11 (1.30%) PowerShell
8 9 (1.07%) VBA
9 8 (0.95%) ABAP
9 8 (0.95%) C#
9 8 (0.95%) COBOL
9 8 (0.95%) Rust
10 6 (0.71%) Bash
11 5 (0.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 5 (0.59%) Go
11 5 (0.59%) Shell Script
12 4 (0.47%) PHP
12 4 (0.47%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.36%) R
14 1 (0.12%) ActionScript 2.0
Qualifications
1 107 (12.69%) Degree
2 103 (12.22%) Security Cleared
3 72 (8.54%) SC Cleared
4 34 (4.03%) ACCA
5 31 (3.68%) CIMA
6 26 (3.08%) Master's Degree
7 23 (2.73%) PMI Certification
7 23 (2.73%) PMP
8 22 (2.61%) Computer Science Degree
9 12 (1.42%) DV Cleared
10 11 (1.30%) BPSS Clearance
11 10 (1.19%) MBA
12 9 (1.07%) ITIL Certification
13 8 (0.95%) SAFe Agilist
14 7 (0.83%) CISSP
15 6 (0.71%) CISM
16 5 (0.59%) IIBA
16 5 (0.59%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 5 (0.59%) Six Sigma Green Belt
17 4 (0.47%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (8.19%) QA
2 58 (6.88%) Data Quality
3 38 (4.51%) GDPR
4 31 (3.68%) PMO
5 25 (2.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 23 (2.73%) SLA
7 12 (1.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 10 (1.19%) NIST
9 8 (0.95%) Basel III
9 8 (0.95%) IFRS
10 5 (0.59%) Accessibility
11 4 (0.47%) COBIT
11 4 (0.47%) ISO 19650
11 4 (0.47%) ISO 20022
11 4 (0.47%) PCI DSS
12 3 (0.36%) GAAP
12 3 (0.36%) PSD2
13 2 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
13 2 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
13 2 (0.24%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 31 (3.68%) Docker
2 29 (3.44%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.83%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.71%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.47%) GPFS
5 4 (0.47%) VMware NSX
5 4 (0.47%) vSphere
6 3 (0.36%) NFS
7 2 (0.24%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
7 2 (0.24%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 2 (0.24%) Xen
8 1 (0.12%) IAG
Systems Management
1 35 (4.15%) Kubernetes
2 26 (3.08%) Ansible
3 14 (1.66%) Grafana
3 14 (1.66%) Terraform
4 11 (1.30%) Prometheus
5 8 (0.95%) Kiali
6 7 (0.83%) Jamf Pro
7 5 (0.59%) Microsoft Intune
8 4 (0.47%) QRadar
9 3 (0.36%) ITRS Geneos
9 3 (0.36%) WSUS
10 2 (0.24%) SCCM
11 1 (0.12%) Amdocs OSS
11 1 (0.12%) BladeLogic
11 1 (0.12%) CEMLI
11 1 (0.12%) Control-M
11 1 (0.12%) HAProxy
11 1 (0.12%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 1 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.12%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 89 (10.56%) Microsoft
2 67 (7.95%) SAP
3 49 (5.81%) ServiceNow
4 47 (5.58%) Oracle
5 29 (3.44%) Salesforce
6 27 (3.20%) Workday
7 26 (3.08%) Splunk
8 24 (2.85%) Google
9 14 (1.66%) VMware
10 13 (1.54%) IBM
11 12 (1.42%) Sonatype
12 9 (1.07%) Alteryx
13 8 (0.95%) Atlassian
13 8 (0.95%) IFS
14 7 (0.83%) Adobe
14 7 (0.83%) Anaplan
14 7 (0.83%) Ariba
15 6 (0.71%) Cisco
15 6 (0.71%) NEC
16 5 (0.59%) Computacenter