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

6 months to
24 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 112 121 139
Rank change year-on-year +9 +18 +31
Contract jobs citing Process Improvement 770 653 717
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.55% 2.10% 1.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.83% 2.40% 2.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 454 378 452
10th Percentile £252 £298 £318
25th Percentile £350 £413 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £489 £536 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.86% +7.25% -4.81%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £600
90th Percentile £684 £738 £688
UK median daily rate £475 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -8.65% +4.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 25 35
10th Percentile £13.46 £14.61 £16.46
25th Percentile £17.00 £26.25 £19.25
Median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +16.67% -6.98%
75th Percentile £40.65 £60.06 £46.86
90th Percentile £63.75 £75.00 £56.76
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £31.50
% change year-on-year -14.29% +11.11% -2.33%

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 27,211 27,167 34,832
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 89.94% 87.25% 88.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,255 16,583 23,814
10th Percentile £300 £313 £313
25th Percentile £405 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
75th Percentile £625 £649 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £531
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.13% -3.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,796 995 1,467
10th Percentile £14.92 £15.10 £14.50
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.22 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £36.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.14% -20.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £43.90
% change year-on-year -28.14% -20.27% +25.43%

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 24 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 24 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 24 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 +31 334 £488 -14.29% 171
North of England -7 146 £500 -4.76% 87
South East -25 98 £500 -9.09% 193
Midlands -16 92 £425 -2.30% 90
North West +2 87 £500 +11.11% 53
West Midlands -10 61 £425 -5.56% 56
Yorkshire -15 48 £475 -23.63% 23
East of England +4 46 £458 +29.82% 53
South West 0 42 £500 +3.52% 47
East Midlands -1 31 £350 -9.50% 32
North East -4 11 £363 -36.96% 11
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 39 (5.06%) Confluence
2 23 (2.99%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.30%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (1.17%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.52%) CMS
5 4 (0.52%) Resin
6 3 (0.39%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.13%) Apache
7 1 (0.13%) JBoss
7 1 (0.13%) MQSeries
7 1 (0.13%) nginx
7 1 (0.13%) Smallworld
7 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.13%) Umbraco
Applications
1 103 (13.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 49 (6.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 37 (4.81%) Microsoft Office
4 36 (4.68%) MS Visio
5 13 (1.69%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.65%) PTC Creo
7 3 (0.39%) Adobe XD
7 3 (0.39%) Sketch
7 3 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.39%) Trello
8 2 (0.26%) AutoCAD
8 2 (0.26%) MicroStation
8 2 (0.26%) Navisworks
8 2 (0.26%) Revit
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%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 52 (6.75%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (1.30%) SAP HCM
3 9 (1.17%) NetSuite
4 8 (1.04%) Oracle Payables
5 7 (0.91%) SAP Payroll
6 6 (0.78%) Oracle EBS
7 5 (0.65%) Oracle Receivables
8 4 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
8 4 (0.52%) Oracle EBS R12
8 4 (0.52%) Salesforce CRM
8 4 (0.52%) SAP CO
8 4 (0.52%) SAP FI
8 4 (0.52%) SAP FI/CO
9 3 (0.39%) Endur
9 3 (0.39%) Oracle ERP
9 3 (0.39%) Oracle General Ledger
9 3 (0.39%) Sprinklr
10 2 (0.26%) SAP EWM
10 2 (0.26%) Shopify
10 2 (0.26%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 72 (9.35%) Power Platform
2 65 (8.44%) Azure
3 45 (5.84%) AWS
4 37 (4.81%) Microsoft 365
5 35 (4.55%) SaaS
6 20 (2.60%) Azure DevOps
6 20 (2.60%) GitHub
7 16 (2.08%) GCP
8 15 (1.95%) PowerApps
9 14 (1.82%) Entra ID
10 13 (1.69%) Dynamics 365
11 11 (1.43%) Miro
12 10 (1.30%) SuccessFactors
13 9 (1.17%) Lucidchart
13 9 (1.17%) Power Automate
14 8 (1.04%) Google Workspace
14 8 (1.04%) OCI
15 7 (0.91%) Azure Data Factory
16 6 (0.78%) GitHub Actions
16 6 (0.78%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 20 (2.60%) Firewall
2 16 (2.08%) DNS
3 13 (1.69%) WAN
4 12 (1.56%) DHCP
4 12 (1.56%) LAN
5 9 (1.17%) Cisco IOS
5 9 (1.17%) Wireless
6 7 (0.91%) HTTP
6 7 (0.91%) PuTTY
6 7 (0.91%) WLAN
7 6 (0.78%) Internet
8 5 (0.65%) Network Security
8 5 (0.65%) TCP/IP
8 5 (0.65%) VPN
9 3 (0.39%) Broadband
9 3 (0.39%) SSL
9 3 (0.39%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (0.26%) DWDM
10 2 (0.26%) MPLS
10 2 (0.26%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (7.92%) Power BI
2 18 (2.34%) Tableau
3 15 (1.95%) Data Lake
3 15 (1.95%) MySQL
4 14 (1.82%) Relational Database
5 13 (1.69%) Oracle Reports
6 11 (1.43%) SAP HANA
6 11 (1.43%) SQL Server
7 8 (1.04%) Data Warehouse
8 7 (0.91%) Azure SQL Database
9 6 (0.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 5 (0.65%) PostgreSQL
11 4 (0.52%) Metadata
12 3 (0.39%) Amazon RDS
12 3 (0.39%) BigQuery
12 3 (0.39%) GIS
12 3 (0.39%) Looker
12 3 (0.39%) OLTP
12 3 (0.39%) Oracle Database
13 2 (0.26%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 70 (9.09%) JIRA
2 35 (4.55%) Jenkins
3 15 (1.95%) Postman
4 14 (1.82%) GitLab
5 9 (1.17%) Git
5 9 (1.17%) Sonatype Nexus
6 5 (0.65%) Appium
6 5 (0.65%) Charles Proxy
6 5 (0.65%) Katalon Studio
6 5 (0.65%) XCUITest
7 4 (0.52%) ERwin
7 4 (0.52%) IntelliJ
8 3 (0.39%) Axure RP
9 2 (0.26%) Oracle Forms
9 2 (0.26%) SoapUI
10 1 (0.13%) Dreamweaver
10 1 (0.13%) PowerDesigner
10 1 (0.13%) Rational DOORS
10 1 (0.13%) Selenium
10 1 (0.13%) Zephyr
General
1 365 (47.40%) Social Skills
2 259 (33.64%) Finance
3 164 (21.30%) Analytical Skills
4 53 (6.88%) Banking
5 44 (5.71%) Public Sector
6 42 (5.45%) Organisational Skills
7 40 (5.19%) Manufacturing
8 34 (4.42%) Telecoms
9 28 (3.64%) Retail
10 27 (3.51%) Documentation Skills
11 24 (3.12%) Influencing Skills
12 23 (2.99%) Presentation Skills
13 21 (2.73%) Legal
14 20 (2.60%) Pharmaceutical
15 19 (2.47%) Marketing
16 14 (1.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 12 (1.56%) Billing
17 12 (1.56%) Financial Institution
18 11 (1.43%) Law
19 10 (1.30%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 255 (33.12%) Analyst
2 120 (15.58%) Business Analyst
3 75 (9.74%) Senior
4 69 (8.96%) Consultant
5 54 (7.01%) Lead
6 34 (4.42%) Process Analyst
7 30 (3.90%) Data Analyst
8 29 (3.77%) Project Manager
9 28 (3.64%) SAP Consultant
10 25 (3.25%) Senior Analyst
11 24 (3.12%) Architect
12 22 (2.86%) Technical Analyst
13 21 (2.73%) Accountant
13 21 (2.73%) Administrator
14 19 (2.47%) Business Process Analyst
15 18 (2.34%) Senior Consultant
16 17 (2.21%) Financial Analyst
16 17 (2.21%) Technical Support
17 16 (2.08%) Change Manager
17 16 (2.08%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (2.86%) Web Services
2 15 (1.95%) Playwright
3 14 (1.82%) GraphQL
3 14 (1.82%) Node.js
3 14 (1.82%) Oracle Fusion
3 14 (1.82%) Vitest
4 13 (1.69%) SAP Fiori
5 11 (1.43%) BAPI
6 10 (1.30%) XML
6 10 (1.30%) YAML
7 8 (1.04%) SOAP
8 7 (0.91%) EDI
8 7 (0.91%) HTML
9 6 (0.78%) CSS
10 5 (0.65%) .NET
11 3 (0.39%) .NET Framework
11 3 (0.39%) Middleware
11 3 (0.39%) React
11 3 (0.39%) REST
11 3 (0.39%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 52 (6.75%) Onboarding
2 25 (3.25%) Management Information System
3 22 (2.86%) Analytical Mindset
4 19 (2.47%) Product Ownership
5 18 (2.34%) Cloud Native
6 17 (2.21%) Self-Motivation
7 16 (2.08%) Virtual Team
8 12 (1.56%) Data Protection Act
8 12 (1.56%) Legacy Systems
8 12 (1.56%) Reinsurance
9 10 (1.30%) Replication
10 8 (1.04%) Mobile App
10 8 (1.04%) NHS
11 7 (0.91%) Data Centre
11 7 (0.91%) Data Structures
11 7 (0.91%) PKI
12 6 (0.78%) e-Learning
12 6 (0.78%) Enterprise Software
12 6 (0.78%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 6 (0.78%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 45 (5.84%) Windows
2 25 (3.25%) Linux
3 20 (2.60%) Unix
4 14 (1.82%) Apple iOS
5 10 (1.30%) Android
6 6 (0.78%) VMS
6 6 (0.78%) Windows 10
7 4 (0.52%) Windows Server
8 3 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.26%) 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
1 190 (24.68%) Problem-Solving
2 163 (21.17%) Agile
3 157 (20.39%) Stakeholder Management
4 133 (17.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 120 (15.58%) Continuous Improvement
6 98 (12.73%) Change Management
7 89 (11.56%) Project Management
8 85 (11.04%) Workshop Facilitation
9 84 (10.91%) ITIL
10 73 (9.48%) Decision-Making
11 71 (9.22%) DevOps
12 70 (9.09%) Roadmaps
13 67 (8.70%) Business Analysis
14 66 (8.57%) Data Analysis
15 65 (8.44%) Project Delivery
16 57 (7.40%) Business Intelligence
16 57 (7.40%) CI/CD
17 56 (7.27%) ERP
18 53 (6.88%) Requirements Gathering
19 51 (6.62%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 96 (12.47%) SQL
2 54 (7.01%) Python
3 27 (3.51%) JavaScript
4 18 (2.34%) ABAP
5 17 (2.21%) TypeScript
6 16 (2.08%) Java
7 15 (1.95%) Perl
8 13 (1.69%) PowerShell
9 7 (0.91%) PL/SQL
9 7 (0.91%) Shell Script
10 6 (0.78%) C#
11 5 (0.65%) Kotlin
11 5 (0.65%) Swift
12 4 (0.52%) Bash
12 4 (0.52%) T-SQL
12 4 (0.52%) VBA
13 2 (0.26%) ActionScript
13 2 (0.26%) ActionScript 2.0
13 2 (0.26%) PHP
13 2 (0.26%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 101 (13.12%) Degree
2 91 (11.82%) Security Cleared
3 76 (9.87%) SC Cleared
4 34 (4.42%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (2.21%) Six Sigma Green Belt
6 16 (2.08%) ACCA
6 16 (2.08%) BPSS Clearance
6 16 (2.08%) PMI Certification
7 14 (1.82%) Master's Degree
7 14 (1.82%) PMP
8 12 (1.56%) Azure Certification
8 12 (1.56%) CIMA
9 10 (1.30%) Cisco Certification
10 9 (1.17%) CCNP
11 8 (1.04%) CCNA
11 8 (1.04%) ITIL Certification
12 6 (0.78%) CompTIA Security+
12 6 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (0.65%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 4 (0.52%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (6.88%) QA
2 43 (5.58%) Data Quality
3 28 (3.64%) PMO
4 22 (2.86%) SLA
5 18 (2.34%) GDPR
6 17 (2.21%) Accessibility
7 7 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 6 (0.78%) NIST
9 5 (0.65%) Actionable Recommendations
9 5 (0.65%) IFRS
9 5 (0.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 4 (0.52%) GAAP
11 3 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.39%) EMIR
11 3 (0.39%) MiFID
11 3 (0.39%) NIST 800
11 3 (0.39%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.26%) GRC
12 2 (0.26%) HL7
12 2 (0.26%) P3O
System Software
1 32 (4.16%) Active Directory
2 22 (2.86%) Docker
3 6 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.39%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.26%) Xen
7 1 (0.13%) DFS Replication
7 1 (0.13%) Dovecot
7 1 (0.13%) Firmware
7 1 (0.13%) GPFS
7 1 (0.13%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.13%) Postfix
7 1 (0.13%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.13%) Squid
7 1 (0.13%) Veritas Cluster Server
7 1 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.13%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 26 (3.38%) Kubernetes
2 22 (2.86%) Ansible
3 17 (2.21%) Terraform
4 11 (1.43%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (0.78%) Jamf Pro
5 6 (0.78%) SCCM
6 5 (0.65%) Grafana
6 5 (0.65%) HP ALM
7 4 (0.52%) HP Quality Center
7 4 (0.52%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.52%) QRadar
7 4 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.26%) McAfee ePO
8 2 (0.26%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 1 (0.13%) BladeLogic
9 1 (0.13%) ITRS Geneos
9 1 (0.13%) Nessus
9 1 (0.13%) Proxmox
9 1 (0.13%) Puppet
9 1 (0.13%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 140 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 82 (10.65%) SAP
3 57 (7.40%) Oracle
4 42 (5.45%) ServiceNow
5 22 (2.86%) Google
6 21 (2.73%) Adobe
7 18 (2.34%) Workday
8 16 (2.08%) Cisco
8 16 (2.08%) Salesforce
9 12 (1.56%) Splunk
10 9 (1.17%) Ariba
11 8 (1.04%) Remedy
11 8 (1.04%) VMware
12 7 (0.91%) Peregrine
12 7 (0.91%) Sonatype
13 6 (0.78%) Alteryx
13 6 (0.78%) Databricks
13 6 (0.78%) HP
14 5 (0.65%) Anaplan
14 5 (0.65%) CyberArk