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

6 months to
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 120 105 161
Rank change year-on-year -15 +56 +43
Contract jobs citing Process Improvement 819 643 548
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.32% 2.50% 1.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.65% 2.77% 1.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 502 367 346
10th Percentile £256 £300 £300
25th Percentile £369 £410 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £519
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +1.25% -1.24%
75th Percentile £575 £626 £610
90th Percentile £667 £750 £713
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 26 33
10th Percentile - £17.05 £13.61
25th Percentile £13.33 £25.88 £17.14
Median hourly rate £21.72 £30.87 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year -29.65% -9.22% -22.48%
75th Percentile £41.75 £40.56 £46.50
90th Percentile £71.00 £65.62 £55.00
UK median hourly rate £17.00 £32.50 £39.50
% change year-on-year -47.69% -17.72% -9.94%

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 30,862 23,227 32,534
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.27% 90.15% 87.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,776 14,571 21,606
10th Percentile £313 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.29% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £615 £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 1,913 757 2,031
10th Percentile £15.18 £15.62 £13.41
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £28.00 £35.00 £34.21
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +2.31% -2.26%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £59.94
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.35 £71.90
UK median hourly rate £26.61 £32.66 £33.07
% change year-on-year -18.53% -1.24% -5.53%

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 26 February 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 26 February 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 26 February 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 +5 346 £500 -9.09% 103
North of England -30 160 £447 -10.60% 56
Midlands -14 102 £425 -2.21% 48
South East -45 92 £388 -24.94% 109
Yorkshire -14 83 £460 -11.54% 18
West Midlands -20 70 £450 -0.74% 27
North West -42 65 £454 -6.87% 34
South West -16 56 £500 -2.44% 18
East of England +1 45 £475 -5.00% 33
East Midlands -13 33 £393 +5.22% 21
North East -8 12 £326 -43.26% 5
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 56 (6.84%) Confluence
2 20 (2.44%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.10%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (0.85%) CICS
4 7 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.37%) CMS
6 1 (0.12%) Apache
6 1 (0.12%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.12%) Mattermost
6 1 (0.12%) Moodle
6 1 (0.12%) nginx
6 1 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
6 1 (0.12%) Smallworld
6 1 (0.12%) Tomcat
Applications
1 112 (13.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 47 (5.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 42 (5.13%) Microsoft Office
4 34 (4.15%) MS Visio
5 19 (2.32%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (0.73%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.24%) Trello
8 1 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.12%) CATIA
8 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.12%) Mozilla Thunderbird
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle Smart View
8 1 (0.12%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 39 (4.76%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (0.98%) SAP HCM
3 7 (0.85%) NetSuite
3 7 (0.85%) SAP Payroll
4 6 (0.73%) SAP FI
5 5 (0.61%) NEC Housing
5 5 (0.61%) Oracle General Ledger
5 5 (0.61%) Oracle Payables
5 5 (0.61%) SAP CO
5 5 (0.61%) SAP FI/CO
6 4 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
6 4 (0.49%) Remedy ITSM
7 3 (0.37%) Endur
7 3 (0.37%) Oracle Assets
7 3 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.37%) Oracle EBS R12
7 3 (0.37%) Oracle ERP
7 3 (0.37%) Oracle Financials
7 3 (0.37%) SAP EWM
7 3 (0.37%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 78 (9.52%) Power Platform
2 48 (5.86%) Azure
3 43 (5.25%) AWS
4 40 (4.88%) Microsoft 365
5 35 (4.27%) SaaS
6 30 (3.66%) GitHub
7 16 (1.95%) GCP
8 15 (1.83%) Azure DevOps
9 12 (1.47%) Dynamics 365
10 11 (1.34%) Power Automate
10 11 (1.34%) SuccessFactors
11 9 (1.10%) Entra ID
11 9 (1.10%) GitHub Actions
11 9 (1.10%) Google Workspace
12 6 (0.73%) Miro
12 6 (0.73%) OCI
13 5 (0.61%) AWS CloudFormation
13 5 (0.61%) OpenShift
13 5 (0.61%) PowerApps
14 4 (0.49%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 30 (3.66%) Firewall
2 12 (1.47%) DNS
3 8 (0.98%) VPN
4 6 (0.73%) FTP
4 6 (0.73%) Internet
5 5 (0.61%) DHCP
5 5 (0.61%) TCP/IP
6 4 (0.49%) HTTP
6 4 (0.49%) WAN
7 3 (0.37%) LAN
7 3 (0.37%) Network Security
8 2 (0.24%) Cisco IOS
8 2 (0.24%) DWDM
8 2 (0.24%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.24%) SSH
8 2 (0.24%) Unified Communications
9 1 (0.12%) 5G
9 1 (0.12%) Broadband
9 1 (0.12%) IMAP
9 1 (0.12%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (8.67%) Power BI
2 19 (2.32%) MySQL
2 19 (2.32%) Relational Database
3 11 (1.34%) SAP HANA
4 10 (1.22%) Data Lake
4 10 (1.22%) Tableau
5 7 (0.85%) DataStage
5 7 (0.85%) PostgreSQL
5 7 (0.85%) SQL Server
6 6 (0.73%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (0.73%) Power Query
7 5 (0.61%) Metadata
7 5 (0.61%) Oracle Reports
8 4 (0.49%) MongoDB
9 3 (0.37%) Amazon RDS
10 2 (0.24%) Big Data
10 2 (0.24%) BusinessObjects
10 2 (0.24%) GIS
10 2 (0.24%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 107 (13.06%) JIRA
2 48 (5.86%) Jenkins
3 16 (1.95%) Sonatype Nexus
4 15 (1.83%) GitLab
5 12 (1.47%) Git
6 9 (1.10%) Postman
7 8 (0.98%) Jaeger
8 4 (0.49%) Appium
8 4 (0.49%) Selenium
9 3 (0.37%) Charles Proxy
9 3 (0.37%) CircleCI
9 3 (0.37%) Katalon Studio
9 3 (0.37%) MLflow
9 3 (0.37%) REST Assured
9 3 (0.37%) XCUITest
10 2 (0.24%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.24%) IntelliJ
10 2 (0.24%) TestRail
11 1 (0.12%) JUnit
11 1 (0.12%) Oracle Forms
General
1 394 (48.11%) Social Skills
2 286 (34.92%) Finance
3 222 (27.11%) Analytical Skills
4 83 (10.13%) Banking
5 76 (9.28%) Public Sector
6 41 (5.01%) Organisational Skills
7 33 (4.03%) Influencing Skills
8 30 (3.66%) Telecoms
9 29 (3.54%) Documentation Skills
10 24 (2.93%) Legal
11 22 (2.69%) Manufacturing
11 22 (2.69%) Presentation Skills
12 21 (2.56%) Financial Institution
12 21 (2.56%) Marketing
13 20 (2.44%) Billing
14 17 (2.08%) Retail
15 15 (1.83%) Law
16 13 (1.59%) Retail Banking
17 11 (1.34%) General Ledger
17 11 (1.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 263 (32.11%) Analyst
2 157 (19.17%) Business Analyst
3 87 (10.62%) Senior
4 78 (9.52%) Consultant
5 58 (7.08%) Lead
6 39 (4.76%) Project Manager
7 35 (4.27%) Senior Analyst
8 29 (3.54%) Technical Analyst
9 28 (3.42%) Data Analyst
9 28 (3.42%) SAP Consultant
10 25 (3.05%) Senior Business Analyst
11 23 (2.81%) Technical Support
12 20 (2.44%) IT Support
13 19 (2.32%) Senior Consultant
14 18 (2.20%) Administrator
14 18 (2.20%) Developer
14 18 (2.20%) Process Analyst
14 18 (2.20%) Project Officer
14 18 (2.20%) Technical Business Analyst
15 16 (1.95%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (2.69%) Web Services
2 18 (2.20%) Playwright
3 16 (1.95%) GraphQL
3 16 (1.95%) Middleware
3 16 (1.95%) Node.js
3 16 (1.95%) Vitest
4 15 (1.83%) SAP Fiori
5 12 (1.47%) Kafka
6 11 (1.34%) BAPI
6 11 (1.34%) REST
6 11 (1.34%) SOAP
7 10 (1.22%) XML
8 8 (0.98%) OpenTelemetry
8 8 (0.98%) Spring Boot
8 8 (0.98%) YAML
9 7 (0.85%) .NET
9 7 (0.85%) SailPoint
10 6 (0.73%) HTML
10 6 (0.73%) Oracle Fusion
11 5 (0.61%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 62 (7.57%) Onboarding
2 29 (3.54%) Legacy Systems
3 28 (3.42%) Management Information System
3 28 (3.42%) Self-Motivation
4 27 (3.30%) Product Ownership
5 26 (3.17%) Analytical Mindset
6 22 (2.69%) Cloud Native
7 14 (1.71%) Data Structures
8 13 (1.59%) CMDB
8 13 (1.59%) Data Protection Act
8 13 (1.59%) Replication
9 12 (1.47%) Data Centre
9 12 (1.47%) Virtual Team
10 10 (1.22%) PMI
11 9 (1.10%) Greenfield Project
12 8 (0.98%) Derivative
12 8 (0.98%) Distributed Systems
12 8 (0.98%) Mainframe
12 8 (0.98%) NHS
13 7 (0.85%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 58 (7.08%) Windows
2 46 (5.62%) Linux
3 34 (4.15%) Unix
4 11 (1.34%) Apple iOS
5 8 (0.98%) Android
5 8 (0.98%) Windows 10
6 7 (0.85%) AIX
6 7 (0.85%) Solaris
6 7 (0.85%) VMS
7 3 (0.37%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.12%) Amazon Linux
9 1 (0.12%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.12%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 209 (25.52%) Problem-Solving
2 175 (21.37%) Stakeholder Management
3 172 (21.00%) Agile
4 155 (18.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 146 (17.83%) Continuous Improvement
6 112 (13.68%) Decision-Making
7 104 (12.70%) Project Management
8 96 (11.72%) Change Management
9 95 (11.60%) Workshop Facilitation
10 94 (11.48%) DevOps
11 88 (10.74%) Business Analysis
12 79 (9.65%) Coaching
13 72 (8.79%) Business Intelligence
14 70 (8.55%) Roadmaps
15 69 (8.42%) Migration
16 67 (8.18%) Data Analysis
17 65 (7.94%) AI
18 64 (7.81%) CI/CD
18 64 (7.81%) Requirements Gathering
19 61 (7.45%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 101 (12.33%) SQL
2 51 (6.23%) Python
3 37 (4.52%) Java
4 26 (3.17%) JavaScript
5 20 (2.44%) TypeScript
6 19 (2.32%) Perl
7 18 (2.20%) ABAP
8 11 (1.34%) PowerShell
9 8 (0.98%) Rust
10 7 (0.85%) C#
10 7 (0.85%) COBOL
10 7 (0.85%) VBA
11 6 (0.73%) Bash
12 5 (0.61%) Shell Script
13 4 (0.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 4 (0.49%) PHP
14 3 (0.37%) ActionScript 2.0
14 3 (0.37%) Go
14 3 (0.37%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.37%) Swift
Qualifications
1 110 (13.43%) Security Cleared
2 109 (13.31%) Degree
3 78 (9.52%) SC Cleared
4 28 (3.42%) Master's Degree
5 24 (2.93%) PMI Certification
6 23 (2.81%) Computer Science Degree
6 23 (2.81%) PMP
7 20 (2.44%) ACCA
8 17 (2.08%) CIMA
9 12 (1.47%) BPSS Clearance
9 12 (1.47%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 11 (1.34%) DV Cleared
10 11 (1.34%) ITIL Certification
11 10 (1.22%) MBA
12 8 (0.98%) SAFe Agilist
13 7 (0.85%) CISSP
14 6 (0.73%) CISM
14 6 (0.73%) CompTIA Security+
15 4 (0.49%) Azure Certification
15 4 (0.49%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (7.20%) QA
2 52 (6.35%) Data Quality
3 32 (3.91%) PMO
4 27 (3.30%) GDPR
5 17 (2.08%) SLA
6 16 (1.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 11 (1.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 10 (1.22%) Accessibility
8 10 (1.22%) NIST
9 8 (0.98%) Basel III
10 6 (0.73%) IFRS
10 6 (0.73%) PCI DSS
11 5 (0.61%) ISO 19650
12 4 (0.49%) Actionable Recommendations
12 4 (0.49%) GAAP
12 4 (0.49%) ISO 20022
13 3 (0.37%) COBIT
13 3 (0.37%) GRC
13 3 (0.37%) NIST 800
14 2 (0.24%) PSD2
System Software
1 35 (4.27%) Docker
2 29 (3.54%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.61%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.49%) GPFS
4 4 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.37%) NFS
6 2 (0.24%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
6 2 (0.24%) Xen
7 1 (0.12%) DFS Replication
7 1 (0.12%) Dovecot
7 1 (0.12%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.12%) Postfix
7 1 (0.12%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.12%) Squid
Systems Management
1 40 (4.88%) Kubernetes
2 29 (3.54%) Ansible
3 14 (1.71%) Grafana
3 14 (1.71%) Terraform
4 11 (1.34%) Prometheus
5 8 (0.98%) Kiali
6 7 (0.85%) Jamf Pro
6 7 (0.85%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (0.49%) QRadar
8 2 (0.24%) ITRS Geneos
8 2 (0.24%) SCCM
8 2 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.12%) BladeLogic
9 1 (0.12%) CEMLI
9 1 (0.12%) HAProxy
9 1 (0.12%) Nessus
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 1 (0.12%) Proxmox
9 1 (0.12%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 99 (12.09%) Microsoft
2 77 (9.40%) SAP
3 47 (5.74%) ServiceNow
4 45 (5.49%) Oracle
5 27 (3.30%) Splunk
6 25 (3.05%) Workday
7 22 (2.69%) Salesforce
8 18 (2.20%) Google
9 15 (1.83%) Adobe
9 15 (1.83%) Sonatype
10 13 (1.59%) IBM
11 10 (1.22%) VMware
12 9 (1.10%) Alteryx
13 8 (0.98%) Ariba
14 7 (0.85%) Anaplan
14 7 (0.85%) Atlassian
15 5 (0.61%) Cisco
15 5 (0.61%) Computacenter
15 5 (0.61%) NEC
16 4 (0.49%) Planview