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

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 123 97 171
Rank change year-on-year -26 +74 +38
Contract jobs citing Process Improvement 827 648 496
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.05% 2.69% 1.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.42% 2.95% 1.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 510 402 319
10th Percentile £287 £287 £325
25th Percentile £385 £406 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £484 £520 £520
Median % change year-on-year -6.92% - -0.95%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £615
90th Percentile £650 £756 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £513
% change year-on-year -5.00% -2.44% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 30 36
10th Percentile £13.33 £19.84 £13.45
25th Percentile £14.22 £26.88 £15.51
Median hourly rate £25.00 £31.02 £22.17
Median % change year-on-year -19.41% +39.92% -49.53%
75th Percentile £43.25 £58.44 £36.69
90th Percentile £74.74 £75.00 £43.75
UK median hourly rate £22.46 £33.26 £24.63
% change year-on-year -32.45% +35.03% -43.94%

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 34,138 22,003 31,618
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.68% 91.23% 86.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,766 14,379 20,694
10th Percentile £319 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £618 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £505 £516 £525
% change year-on-year -2.13% -1.71% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,120 924 2,243
10th Percentile £15.31 £14.42 £12.88
25th Percentile £20.35 £18.47 £16.00
Median hourly rate £47.00 £29.02 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +61.96% -20.49% -2.25%
75th Percentile £67.84 £63.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £28.60 £36.50
% change year-on-year +48.60% -21.64% +1.39%

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 13 May 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 13 May 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 13 May 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 -28 332 £500 -9.09% 164
South East -21 135 £500 -4.31% 111
North of England -61 127 £447 -10.60% 89
Midlands -20 104 £425 -10.53% 75
Yorkshire +3 79 £472 -8.45% 38
West Midlands -29 73 £450 -14.12% 37
South West -4 58 £450 -7.69% 45
East of England +5 52 £450 -10.00% 32
North West -83 38 £436 -8.32% 45
East Midlands -14 32 £354 +18.00% 38
North East -12 11 £364 -34.75% 6
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 51 (6.17%) Confluence
2 20 (2.42%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.09%) CICS
4 8 (0.97%) CMS
5 7 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
6 5 (0.60%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.48%) Moodle
8 2 (0.24%) Apache
8 2 (0.24%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.12%) Mattermost
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.12%) Tomcat
Applications
1 103 (12.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 39 (4.72%) Microsoft Office
3 28 (3.39%) MS Visio
4 27 (3.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 13 (1.57%) Microsoft Project
6 12 (1.45%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.24%) Photoshop
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 23 (2.78%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (1.21%) NetSuite
3 7 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.85%) NEC Housing
3 7 (0.85%) Oracle Payables
4 5 (0.60%) iTrent
4 5 (0.60%) SAP FI
5 4 (0.48%) Oracle General Ledger
5 4 (0.48%) Oracle Receivables
5 4 (0.48%) Remedy ITSM
5 4 (0.48%) SAP Business One
6 3 (0.36%) Oracle Assets
6 3 (0.36%) Oracle Financials
6 3 (0.36%) SAP CO
6 3 (0.36%) SAP FI/CO
7 2 (0.24%) Endur
7 2 (0.24%) Global One
7 2 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.24%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.24%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 87 (10.52%) Power Platform
2 60 (7.26%) Azure
3 34 (4.11%) AWS
4 29 (3.51%) Microsoft 365
5 25 (3.02%) SaaS
6 21 (2.54%) GitHub
7 16 (1.93%) Azure DevOps
8 15 (1.81%) GCP
9 13 (1.57%) Dynamics 365
10 11 (1.33%) Entra ID
10 11 (1.33%) SuccessFactors
11 9 (1.09%) Power Automate
12 8 (0.97%) GitHub Actions
12 8 (0.97%) Lucidchart
13 7 (0.85%) Google Workspace
13 7 (0.85%) PowerApps
14 6 (0.73%) Azure Data Factory
14 6 (0.73%) Miro
15 5 (0.60%) Azure AKS
16 4 (0.48%) Amazon SageMaker
Communications & Networking
1 24 (2.90%) Firewall
2 11 (1.33%) DNS
3 8 (0.97%) VPN
4 6 (0.73%) DHCP
5 5 (0.60%) FTP
5 5 (0.60%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.36%) VSAN
7 2 (0.24%) Internet
7 2 (0.24%) SAN
7 2 (0.24%) SSL
7 2 (0.24%) WAN
8 1 (0.12%) BGP
8 1 (0.12%) Broadband
8 1 (0.12%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (0.12%) Cisco ISE
8 1 (0.12%) MPLS
8 1 (0.12%) Network Security
8 1 (0.12%) Structured Cabling
8 1 (0.12%) VLAN
8 1 (0.12%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (9.43%) Power BI
2 16 (1.93%) Relational Database
3 14 (1.69%) MySQL
4 12 (1.45%) Metadata
5 11 (1.33%) Tableau
6 9 (1.09%) DataStage
6 9 (1.09%) SQL Server
7 8 (0.97%) Oracle Reports
8 7 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
8 7 (0.85%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (0.60%) MongoDB
9 5 (0.60%) Power Query
10 4 (0.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (0.36%) Big Data
12 2 (0.24%) Ataccama
12 2 (0.24%) BusinessObjects
12 2 (0.24%) Crystal Reports
12 2 (0.24%) Data Lake
12 2 (0.24%) ImageNet
12 2 (0.24%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 110 (13.30%) JIRA
2 33 (3.99%) Jenkins
3 15 (1.81%) Git
4 9 (1.09%) GitLab
4 9 (1.09%) Sonatype Nexus
5 8 (0.97%) Jaeger
5 8 (0.97%) Postman
6 6 (0.73%) Selenium
7 4 (0.48%) JUnit
7 4 (0.48%) MLflow
7 4 (0.48%) TestRail
8 3 (0.36%) CircleCI
8 3 (0.36%) IntelliJ
8 3 (0.36%) REST Assured
8 3 (0.36%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.24%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.24%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.24%) ScriptRunner
10 1 (0.12%) Gatling
10 1 (0.12%) WinAutomation
General
1 334 (40.39%) Social Skills
2 322 (38.94%) Finance
3 252 (30.47%) Analytical Skills
4 75 (9.07%) Banking
5 67 (8.10%) Public Sector
6 38 (4.59%) Documentation Skills
7 30 (3.63%) Legal
8 29 (3.51%) Retail
9 28 (3.39%) Influencing Skills
10 25 (3.02%) Organisational Skills
11 21 (2.54%) Manufacturing
12 19 (2.30%) Telecoms
13 17 (2.06%) Marketing
14 15 (1.81%) Billing
14 15 (1.81%) General Ledger
15 13 (1.57%) Financial Institution
16 12 (1.45%) Local Government
16 12 (1.45%) Retail Banking
17 11 (1.33%) Law
18 10 (1.21%) Dutch Language
Job Titles
1 255 (30.83%) Analyst
2 150 (18.14%) Business Analyst
3 94 (11.37%) Senior
4 72 (8.71%) Lead
5 54 (6.53%) Consultant
6 40 (4.84%) Senior Analyst
7 35 (4.23%) Accountant
7 35 (4.23%) Project Manager
8 24 (2.90%) Financial Analyst
9 22 (2.66%) Data Analyst
9 22 (2.66%) Project Officer
9 22 (2.66%) Senior Business Analyst
10 19 (2.30%) Management Accountant
10 19 (2.30%) Process Analyst
11 18 (2.18%) Developer
12 16 (1.93%) Delivery Manager
12 16 (1.93%) Support Analyst
12 16 (1.93%) Technical Support
13 15 (1.81%) IT Support
13 15 (1.81%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (2.42%) Middleware
2 17 (2.06%) REST
3 12 (1.45%) Kafka
4 11 (1.33%) Spring Boot
5 10 (1.21%) OpenTelemetry
6 9 (1.09%) .NET
6 9 (1.09%) Node.js
6 9 (1.09%) Playwright
7 8 (0.97%) HTML
8 6 (0.73%) GraphQL
8 6 (0.73%) HTML5 Canvas
8 6 (0.73%) YAML
9 5 (0.60%) Flash
9 5 (0.60%) SOAP
9 5 (0.60%) Vitest
10 4 (0.48%) CSS
10 4 (0.48%) LDAP
10 4 (0.48%) OpenID
10 4 (0.48%) SailPoint
10 4 (0.48%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 49 (5.93%) Onboarding
2 35 (4.23%) Product Ownership
3 34 (4.11%) Management Information System
4 32 (3.87%) Analytical Mindset
5 28 (3.39%) Legacy Systems
6 26 (3.14%) Self-Motivation
7 19 (2.30%) CMDB
8 15 (1.81%) Data Structures
9 14 (1.69%) Virtual Team
10 13 (1.57%) Cloud Native
10 13 (1.57%) Data Centre
11 12 (1.45%) Operational Technology
12 10 (1.21%) Data Protection Act
12 10 (1.21%) Derivative
13 9 (1.09%) BYOD
13 9 (1.09%) Distributed Systems
13 9 (1.09%) Mainframe
13 9 (1.09%) PMI
13 9 (1.09%) VSAM
14 8 (0.97%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 47 (5.68%) Linux
2 41 (4.96%) Windows
3 30 (3.63%) Unix
4 9 (1.09%) AIX
4 9 (1.09%) Solaris
5 6 (0.73%) Apple iOS
5 6 (0.73%) Windows Server
6 5 (0.60%) Android
7 4 (0.48%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.48%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.36%) VMS
8 3 (0.36%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.12%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 200 (24.18%) Problem-Solving
2 173 (20.92%) Stakeholder Management
3 170 (20.56%) Continuous Improvement
4 169 (20.44%) Agile
5 142 (17.17%) Decision-Making
6 141 (17.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 109 (13.18%) Project Management
8 101 (12.21%) Change Management
9 91 (11.00%) Workshop Facilitation
10 86 (10.40%) Business Intelligence
10 86 (10.40%) DevOps
11 85 (10.28%) Migration
12 83 (10.04%) Business Analysis
13 80 (9.67%) AI
14 78 (9.43%) ERP
15 77 (9.31%) User Acceptance Testing
16 66 (7.98%) Requirements Gathering
17 63 (7.62%) Mentoring
18 61 (7.38%) Validation
19 59 (7.13%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 100 (12.09%) SQL
2 58 (7.01%) Python
3 42 (5.08%) Java
4 24 (2.90%) JavaScript
5 16 (1.93%) Perl
6 9 (1.09%) COBOL
7 8 (0.97%) PowerShell
7 8 (0.97%) Rust
7 8 (0.97%) TypeScript
7 8 (0.97%) VBA
8 6 (0.73%) Bash
8 6 (0.73%) Go
9 5 (0.60%) Shell Script
10 4 (0.48%) C#
10 4 (0.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 4 (0.48%) PHP
10 4 (0.48%) PL/SQL
10 4 (0.48%) R
11 3 (0.36%) ActionScript
11 3 (0.36%) ActionScript 2.0
Qualifications
1 112 (13.54%) Degree
2 111 (13.42%) Security Cleared
3 80 (9.67%) SC Cleared
4 53 (6.41%) ACCA
5 52 (6.29%) CIMA
6 26 (3.14%) PMP
7 24 (2.90%) PMI Certification
8 20 (2.42%) Master's Degree
9 18 (2.18%) Computer Science Degree
10 16 (1.93%) DV Cleared
11 14 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
12 10 (1.21%) ITIL Certification
13 8 (0.97%) SAFe Agilist
14 7 (0.85%) MBA
14 7 (0.85%) Six Sigma Green Belt
15 5 (0.60%) CBAP
15 5 (0.60%) CISM
15 5 (0.60%) CISSP
15 5 (0.60%) IIBA
15 5 (0.60%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (7.98%) QA
2 54 (6.53%) Data Quality
3 43 (5.20%) GDPR
4 33 (3.99%) PMO
5 29 (3.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 20 (2.42%) SLA
7 12 (1.45%) NIST
8 11 (1.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 8 (0.97%) Accessibility
10 7 (0.85%) Basel III
10 7 (0.85%) IFRS
11 5 (0.60%) COBIT
12 4 (0.48%) ISO 19650
12 4 (0.48%) ISO 20022
13 3 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
13 3 (0.36%) PCI DSS
13 3 (0.36%) PSD2
14 2 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
14 2 (0.24%) IFRS 9
14 2 (0.24%) PERC
System Software
1 22 (2.66%) Docker
2 21 (2.54%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
3 7 (0.85%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.73%) GPFS
4 6 (0.73%) vSphere
5 5 (0.60%) NFS
6 4 (0.48%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.24%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
7 2 (0.24%) IAG
7 2 (0.24%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 2 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.24%) Xen
8 1 (0.12%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 25 (3.02%) Kubernetes
2 24 (2.90%) Ansible
3 13 (1.57%) Grafana
4 12 (1.45%) Terraform
5 10 (1.21%) Prometheus
6 8 (0.97%) Kiali
7 7 (0.85%) Microsoft Intune
8 4 (0.48%) ITRS Geneos
9 3 (0.36%) WSUS
10 2 (0.24%) Control-M
10 2 (0.24%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.24%) vRealize
11 1 (0.12%) Amdocs OSS
11 1 (0.12%) Argo
11 1 (0.12%) Autotask
11 1 (0.12%) BladeLogic
11 1 (0.12%) HAProxy
11 1 (0.12%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 72 (8.71%) Microsoft
2 71 (8.59%) SAP
3 55 (6.65%) Oracle
4 49 (5.93%) ServiceNow
5 28 (3.39%) Workday
6 27 (3.26%) Salesforce
7 21 (2.54%) Splunk
8 18 (2.18%) IFS
9 16 (1.93%) IBM
9 16 (1.93%) VMware
10 15 (1.81%) Google
11 8 (0.97%) Sonatype
12 7 (0.85%) Cisco
12 7 (0.85%) NEC
13 6 (0.73%) Alteryx
13 6 (0.73%) Databricks
13 6 (0.73%) ForgeRock
13 6 (0.73%) Okta
14 5 (0.60%) Anaplan
14 5 (0.60%) Atlassian