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

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 112 113 136
Rank change year-on-year +1 +23 +11
Contract jobs citing Process Improvement 1,110 691 594
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.40% 2.48% 1.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.84% 2.73% 2.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 630 426 353
10th Percentile £313 £263 £308
25th Percentile £413 £363 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £534
Median % change year-on-year - -6.37% +4.20%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £625
90th Percentile £688 £700 £713
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 82 37 27
10th Percentile £14.22 £16.43 £14.50
25th Percentile £14.72 £22.04 £15.92
Median hourly rate £21.72 £30.00 £30.12
Median % change year-on-year -27.60% -0.40% -2.05%
75th Percentile £53.17 £36.48 £35.75
90th Percentile £73.64 £52.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £21.72 £30.00 £29.31
% change year-on-year -27.60% +2.35% -6.95%

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 39,123 25,281 28,365
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.74% 90.90% 86.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,918 16,062 17,635
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £645
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,776 1,509 1,303
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.75 £17.79 £20.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -3.37%
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £66.55
90th Percentile £80.00 £68.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% -1.91%

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 18 September 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 18 September 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 18 September 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 +3 520 £525 +5.00% 1,013
North of England -40 161 £459 -8.20% 274
South East -14 158 £500 -4.76% 359
Midlands -1 147 £450 +2.74% 191
North West -42 87 £459 -8.20% 137
West Midlands -27 83 £500 +5.26% 110
Yorkshire -3 67 £451 -9.80% 100
East Midlands +18 64 £425 +70.00% 81
South West -3 55 £456 +34.96% 126
East of England -7 52 £461 +13.13% 113
North East -44 8 £488 +6.27% 40
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 55 (4.95%) Confluence
2 34 (3.06%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.26%) CMS
4 10 (0.90%) Microsoft Exchange
5 9 (0.81%) Oracle Workflow
6 3 (0.27%) Moodle
6 3 (0.27%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 3 (0.27%) TIBCO ActiveMatrix
7 1 (0.090%) Apache
7 1 (0.090%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.090%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.090%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.090%) CICS
7 1 (0.090%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.090%) MTS
7 1 (0.090%) nginx
7 1 (0.090%) Oracle Coherence
7 1 (0.090%) SAS
7 1 (0.090%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.090%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 135 (12.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 56 (5.05%) Microsoft Office
3 35 (3.15%) MS Visio
4 27 (2.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 16 (1.44%) Spreadsheet
6 7 (0.63%) ProjectWise
7 6 (0.54%) AutoCAD
7 6 (0.54%) Microsoft Project
7 6 (0.54%) Navisworks
7 6 (0.54%) Revit
8 4 (0.36%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.27%) Simulink
10 1 (0.090%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.090%) Mozilla Thunderbird
10 1 (0.090%) Oracle Smart View
10 1 (0.090%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 40 (3.60%) SAP S/4HANA
2 23 (2.07%) Dynamics CRM
3 20 (1.80%) NetSuite
4 14 (1.26%) Oracle EBS
5 12 (1.08%) iTrent
6 11 (0.99%) Oracle Payables
7 10 (0.90%) Oracle Receivables
8 9 (0.81%) Oracle ERP
8 9 (0.81%) Oracle General Ledger
9 7 (0.63%) Magento
10 6 (0.54%) Integrated Workplace Management System
10 6 (0.54%) SAP SD
11 5 (0.45%) Salesforce CRM
11 5 (0.45%) SAP PSCD
11 5 (0.45%) Workday HCM
12 4 (0.36%) Dynamics NAV
12 4 (0.36%) JDE EnterpriseOne
12 4 (0.36%) SAP Business One
12 4 (0.36%) SAP FI
13 3 (0.27%) IBM Planning Analytics
Cloud Services
1 123 (11.08%) Power Platform
2 98 (8.83%) Azure
3 53 (4.77%) Microsoft 365
4 44 (3.96%) SaaS
5 39 (3.51%) AWS
6 37 (3.33%) Dynamics 365
7 26 (2.34%) Entra ID
8 25 (2.25%) Power Automate
9 24 (2.16%) Azure DevOps
10 23 (2.07%) PowerApps
11 22 (1.98%) SuccessFactors
12 18 (1.62%) GitHub
13 17 (1.53%) Microsoft Copilot
14 11 (0.99%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 10 (0.90%) Azure Monitor
15 10 (0.90%) Datadog
15 10 (0.90%) Intacct
16 9 (0.81%) Lucidchart
16 9 (0.81%) OneDrive
17 8 (0.72%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 17 (1.53%) TCP/IP
2 14 (1.26%) Firewall
3 11 (0.99%) DNS
4 10 (0.90%) VPN
4 10 (0.90%) WAN
4 10 (0.90%) Wi-Fi
5 8 (0.72%) LAN
6 7 (0.63%) Network Security
7 5 (0.45%) SSL
7 5 (0.45%) Wireless
8 4 (0.36%) DHCP
8 4 (0.36%) MPLS
9 3 (0.27%) BGP
9 3 (0.27%) Broadband
9 3 (0.27%) DMZ
9 3 (0.27%) Internet
9 3 (0.27%) IPsec
10 2 (0.18%) DWDM
10 2 (0.18%) L2TP
10 2 (0.18%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 97 (8.74%) Power BI
2 22 (1.98%) Tableau
3 11 (0.99%) Data Warehouse
4 10 (0.90%) Metadata
4 10 (0.90%) Relational Database
5 9 (0.81%) Oracle Reports
5 9 (0.81%) Power Query
6 7 (0.63%) BusinessObjects
7 6 (0.54%) PostgreSQL
7 6 (0.54%) SQL Server
8 5 (0.45%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 4 (0.36%) MySQL
9 4 (0.36%) Oracle Database
10 3 (0.27%) SAP HANA
11 2 (0.18%) Ataccama
11 2 (0.18%) Azure SQL Database
11 2 (0.18%) Big Data
11 2 (0.18%) Crystal Reports
11 2 (0.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 93 (8.38%) JIRA
2 12 (1.08%) Git
3 9 (0.81%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.45%) Oracle Forms
4 5 (0.45%) SonarQube
5 4 (0.36%) GitLab
5 4 (0.36%) JMeter
5 4 (0.36%) Zephyr
6 3 (0.27%) eggPlant
6 3 (0.27%) JUnit
6 3 (0.27%) LoadRunner
6 3 (0.27%) Postman
6 3 (0.27%) Selenium
6 3 (0.27%) SoapUI
7 2 (0.18%) Appium
7 2 (0.18%) HP UFT
7 2 (0.18%) IntelliJ
7 2 (0.18%) Rational Rhapsody
8 1 (0.090%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.090%) Vagrant
General
1 477 (42.97%) Social Skills
2 467 (42.07%) Finance
3 334 (30.09%) Analytical Skills
4 113 (10.18%) Banking
5 78 (7.03%) Public Sector
6 62 (5.59%) Organisational Skills
7 60 (5.41%) Manufacturing
8 54 (4.86%) Documentation Skills
9 50 (4.50%) Retail
10 47 (4.23%) Legal
11 46 (4.14%) Influencing Skills
12 25 (2.25%) Marketing
13 24 (2.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 23 (2.07%) General Ledger
15 22 (1.98%) Presentation Skills
16 21 (1.89%) Billing
17 20 (1.80%) Local Government
18 19 (1.71%) Telecoms
19 18 (1.62%) Front Office
19 18 (1.62%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 343 (30.90%) Analyst
2 204 (18.38%) Business Analyst
3 106 (9.55%) Lead
4 105 (9.46%) Senior
5 95 (8.56%) Consultant
6 52 (4.68%) Senior Analyst
7 50 (4.50%) Project Manager
8 39 (3.51%) Accountant
9 34 (3.06%) Senior Business Analyst
10 33 (2.97%) Data Analyst
11 30 (2.70%) Developer
12 28 (2.52%) Financial Analyst
13 25 (2.25%) Process Analyst
14 23 (2.07%) Support Engineer
15 22 (1.98%) Administrator
15 22 (1.98%) Architect
16 19 (1.71%) SAP Consultant
16 19 (1.71%) Senior Manager
16 19 (1.71%) Systems Analyst
16 19 (1.71%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (2.97%) Oracle Fusion
2 21 (1.89%) REST
3 15 (1.35%) Terraform
4 14 (1.26%) .NET
5 13 (1.17%) Middleware
6 12 (1.08%) SOAP
7 9 (0.81%) HTML5 Canvas
8 8 (0.72%) SAP PI
9 7 (0.63%) HTML
10 6 (0.54%) JSON
10 6 (0.54%) LDAP
10 6 (0.54%) OAuth
10 6 (0.54%) OAuth2
10 6 (0.54%) Web Services
11 5 (0.45%) AngularJS
11 5 (0.45%) IDoc
11 5 (0.45%) JDBC
11 5 (0.45%) React
11 5 (0.45%) STL
12 4 (0.36%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 92 (8.29%) Onboarding
2 62 (5.59%) Management Information System
2 62 (5.59%) Product Ownership
3 33 (2.97%) Enterprise Software
4 27 (2.43%) Analytical Mindset
5 23 (2.07%) CMDB
6 20 (1.80%) Cloud Native
6 20 (1.80%) Data Protection Act
7 16 (1.44%) AI Agents
7 16 (1.44%) Legacy Systems
8 15 (1.35%) Self-Motivation
9 13 (1.17%) Greenfield Project
9 13 (1.17%) Virtual Team
10 12 (1.08%) Data Structures
10 12 (1.08%) Operational Technology
10 12 (1.08%) Reinsurance
11 11 (0.99%) FMCG
11 11 (0.99%) Low-Code
12 9 (0.81%) Data Centre
12 9 (0.81%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 52 (4.68%) Windows
2 27 (2.43%) Linux
3 18 (1.62%) Unix
4 13 (1.17%) Mac OS
5 10 (0.90%) Windows Server
6 6 (0.54%) Android
6 6 (0.54%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.36%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.27%) VMS
9 2 (0.18%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.090%) AIX
10 1 (0.090%) Amazon Linux
10 1 (0.090%) Check Point GAiA
10 1 (0.090%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 427 (38.47%) Stakeholder Management
2 319 (28.74%) Problem-Solving
3 272 (24.50%) Continuous Improvement
4 234 (21.08%) Agile
5 220 (19.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 181 (16.31%) Workshop Facilitation
7 176 (15.86%) User Acceptance Testing
8 170 (15.32%) ERP
9 164 (14.77%) Decision-Making
10 163 (14.68%) Change Management
11 159 (14.32%) Requirements Gathering
12 152 (13.69%) Validation
13 148 (13.33%) Business Analysis
14 146 (13.15%) Migration
15 141 (12.70%) AI
16 120 (10.81%) User Stories
17 113 (10.18%) Business Intelligence
17 113 (10.18%) Project Delivery
18 112 (10.09%) Data Analysis
19 106 (9.55%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 118 (10.63%) SQL
2 66 (5.95%) Python
3 32 (2.88%) Java
4 24 (2.16%) PowerShell
5 20 (1.80%) JavaScript
6 18 (1.62%) VBA
7 9 (0.81%) Bash
8 8 (0.72%) ABAP
9 7 (0.63%) C#
9 7 (0.63%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 7 (0.63%) Perl
10 6 (0.54%) Korn
10 6 (0.54%) PL/SQL
11 5 (0.45%) MATLAB
11 5 (0.45%) R
12 4 (0.36%) T-SQL
13 3 (0.27%) Bicep
13 3 (0.27%) VB.NET
14 2 (0.18%) ActionScript
14 2 (0.18%) C
Qualifications
1 150 (13.51%) Security Cleared
2 117 (10.54%) SC Cleared
3 115 (10.36%) Degree
4 62 (5.59%) ACCA
5 59 (5.32%) CIMA
6 27 (2.43%) PMP
7 24 (2.16%) DV Cleared
8 23 (2.07%) PMI Certification
9 18 (1.62%) BPSS Clearance
10 16 (1.44%) Computer Science Degree
10 16 (1.44%) Six Sigma Green Belt
11 13 (1.17%) ITIL Certification
12 10 (0.90%) CBAP
13 9 (0.81%) IIBA
14 8 (0.72%) Microsoft Certification
15 7 (0.63%) ISEB
16 6 (0.54%) Cisco Certification
16 6 (0.54%) Master's Degree
17 5 (0.45%) ISTQB
17 5 (0.45%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 108 (9.73%) Data Quality
2 66 (5.95%) QA
3 50 (4.50%) PMO
4 38 (3.42%) GDPR
5 21 (1.89%) SLA
6 19 (1.71%) GRC
7 18 (1.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 15 (1.35%) IFRS
9 13 (1.17%) Accessibility
9 13 (1.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 11 (0.99%) Actionable Recommendations
10 11 (0.99%) NIST
11 10 (0.90%) GAAP
12 6 (0.54%) ISO 19650
13 4 (0.36%) COBIT
14 3 (0.27%) SEPA
14 3 (0.27%) Solvency II
15 2 (0.18%) Basel III
15 2 (0.18%) ITGC
16 1 (0.090%) COREP
System Software
1 33 (2.97%) Active Directory
2 16 (1.44%) IAG
3 8 (0.72%) Docker
4 5 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.27%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.27%) vSphere
7 2 (0.18%) GPFS
7 2 (0.18%) NFS
7 2 (0.18%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.090%) DFS Replication
8 1 (0.090%) Dovecot
8 1 (0.090%) Postfix
8 1 (0.090%) Squid
8 1 (0.090%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 24 (2.16%) Kubernetes
2 21 (1.89%) Microsoft Intune
3 19 (1.71%) Ansible
4 10 (0.90%) SCCM
5 6 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (0.45%) Control-M
7 3 (0.27%) HP Fortify
8 2 (0.18%) Grafana
8 2 (0.18%) Istio
8 2 (0.18%) ITRS Geneos
8 2 (0.18%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.18%) vRealize
9 1 (0.090%) Argo
9 1 (0.090%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.090%) Nessus
9 1 (0.090%) Proxmox
9 1 (0.090%) Puppet
9 1 (0.090%) SCOM
9 1 (0.090%) SQL Sentry
9 1 (0.090%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 195 (17.57%) Microsoft
2 135 (12.16%) SAP
3 108 (9.73%) Oracle
4 82 (7.39%) ServiceNow
5 40 (3.60%) Salesforce
6 20 (1.80%) Workday
7 17 (1.53%) IBM
8 14 (1.26%) IFS
8 14 (1.26%) Splunk
9 12 (1.08%) Sage
10 10 (0.90%) Cisco
10 10 (0.90%) Dynatrace
10 10 (0.90%) Nexthink
11 9 (0.81%) Adobe
11 9 (0.81%) Apple
11 9 (0.81%) Autodesk
12 8 (0.72%) CyberArk
12 8 (0.72%) Google
12 8 (0.72%) JD Edwards
12 8 (0.72%) VMware