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

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 114 105 160
Rank change year-on-year -9 +55 +35
Contract jobs citing Process Improvement 794 643 582
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.42% 2.42% 1.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.75% 2.70% 1.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 475 357 369
10th Percentile £216 £297 £313
25th Percentile £361 £413 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% - -
75th Percentile £588 £630 £615
90th Percentile £656 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £520 £515
% change year-on-year -8.65% +1.02% -0.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 25 31
10th Percentile £13.33 £14.61 £13.05
25th Percentile £13.37 £26.25 £16.57
Median hourly rate £20.86 £32.81 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year -36.43% -10.11% -17.05%
75th Percentile £41.48 £56.00 £48.37
90th Percentile £63.75 £65.62 £56.40
UK median hourly rate £17.00 £32.81 £42.50
% change year-on-year -48.19% -22.80% -3.41%

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 28,878 23,799 32,593
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.87% 89.45% 87.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,472 14,557 21,833
10th Percentile £305 £310 £300
25th Percentile £410 £413 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £625 £644 £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 1,785 763 1,818
10th Percentile £15.04 £15.62 £13.99
25th Percentile £17.87 £21.00 £17.02
Median hourly rate £25.15 £34.00 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year -26.03% -6.85% +4.29%
75th Percentile £60.00 £63.75 £62.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £35.96
% change year-on-year -22.62% -9.62% +10.65%

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 January 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 January 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 January 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 +14 346 £500 -9.09% 127
North of England -25 154 £450 -10.00% 97
Midlands -24 95 £456 +4.89% 75
South East -33 94 £388 -29.55% 150
Yorkshire -9 74 £450 -27.83% 33
West Midlands -10 65 £475 +2.70% 48
North West -34 65 £500 +2.56% 53
South West -16 51 £500 -4.76% 28
East of England +2 42 £463 +13.92% 37
East Midlands -14 31 £400 +3.43% 27
North East -7 15 £363 -36.96% 13
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 (6.93%) Confluence
2 24 (3.02%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.26%) Apache Airflow
4 8 (1.01%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.50%) CMS
6 1 (0.13%) Apache
6 1 (0.13%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.13%) Moodle
6 1 (0.13%) nginx
6 1 (0.13%) Smallworld
6 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
Applications
1 109 (13.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 47 (5.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 42 (5.29%) Microsoft Office
4 36 (4.53%) MS Visio
5 20 (2.52%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.38%) Trello
8 1 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.13%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.13%) Mozilla Thunderbird
Business Applications
1 43 (5.42%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.13%) SAP HCM
3 7 (0.88%) NetSuite
3 7 (0.88%) SAP Payroll
4 6 (0.76%) SAP CO
4 6 (0.76%) SAP FI
4 6 (0.76%) SAP FI/CO
5 5 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
6 4 (0.50%) Oracle EBS R12
6 4 (0.50%) Oracle General Ledger
6 4 (0.50%) Oracle Payables
6 4 (0.50%) Remedy ITSM
6 4 (0.50%) Salesforce CRM
7 3 (0.38%) Endur
7 3 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.38%) Shopify
8 2 (0.25%) Loan IQ
8 2 (0.25%) Oracle ERP
8 2 (0.25%) SAP EWM
8 2 (0.25%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 77 (9.70%) Power Platform
2 55 (6.93%) Azure
3 44 (5.54%) AWS
4 43 (5.42%) SaaS
5 42 (5.29%) Microsoft 365
6 30 (3.78%) GitHub
7 19 (2.39%) Azure DevOps
8 17 (2.14%) GCP
9 13 (1.64%) Dynamics 365
10 11 (1.39%) Power Automate
10 11 (1.39%) SuccessFactors
11 9 (1.13%) Entra ID
11 9 (1.13%) Google Workspace
12 8 (1.01%) GitHub Actions
13 7 (0.88%) PowerApps
14 6 (0.76%) Lucidchart
14 6 (0.76%) Miro
14 6 (0.76%) OCI
14 6 (0.76%) PaaS
15 5 (0.63%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 23 (2.90%) Firewall
2 13 (1.64%) DNS
3 9 (1.13%) VPN
4 6 (0.76%) DHCP
4 6 (0.76%) HTTP
4 6 (0.76%) Internet
5 5 (0.63%) TCP/IP
6 4 (0.50%) Network Security
6 4 (0.50%) WAN
7 3 (0.38%) FTP
7 3 (0.38%) LAN
8 2 (0.25%) Cisco IOS
8 2 (0.25%) DWDM
8 2 (0.25%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.25%) SSH
8 2 (0.25%) Structured Cabling
8 2 (0.25%) Unified Communications
9 1 (0.13%) 5G
9 1 (0.13%) Cisco ISE
9 1 (0.13%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (8.82%) Power BI
2 23 (2.90%) MySQL
2 23 (2.90%) Relational Database
3 11 (1.39%) Data Lake
3 11 (1.39%) SAP HANA
4 10 (1.26%) Tableau
5 7 (0.88%) PostgreSQL
5 7 (0.88%) SQL Server
6 6 (0.76%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (0.76%) Power Query
7 5 (0.63%) Oracle Reports
8 4 (0.50%) Metadata
8 4 (0.50%) MongoDB
9 3 (0.38%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (0.38%) Big Data
9 3 (0.38%) Looker
9 3 (0.38%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.25%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (0.25%) BigQuery
10 2 (0.25%) GIS
Development Applications
1 98 (12.34%) JIRA
2 48 (6.05%) Jenkins
3 17 (2.14%) GitLab
4 15 (1.89%) Sonatype Nexus
5 14 (1.76%) Postman
6 11 (1.39%) Git
7 8 (1.01%) Jaeger
8 6 (0.76%) Appium
9 5 (0.63%) Charles Proxy
9 5 (0.63%) Katalon Studio
9 5 (0.63%) XCUITest
10 4 (0.50%) IntelliJ
10 4 (0.50%) Selenium
11 3 (0.38%) CircleCI
11 3 (0.38%) MLflow
11 3 (0.38%) REST Assured
12 2 (0.25%) Cucumber
12 2 (0.25%) TestRail
13 1 (0.13%) Artifactory
13 1 (0.13%) SoapUI
General
1 375 (47.23%) Social Skills
2 275 (34.63%) Finance
3 186 (23.43%) Analytical Skills
4 81 (10.20%) Banking
5 58 (7.30%) Public Sector
6 40 (5.04%) Organisational Skills
7 35 (4.41%) Telecoms
8 31 (3.90%) Documentation Skills
9 25 (3.15%) Legal
9 25 (3.15%) Marketing
10 24 (3.02%) Influencing Skills
11 23 (2.90%) Presentation Skills
12 20 (2.52%) Billing
12 20 (2.52%) Manufacturing
13 19 (2.39%) Financial Institution
13 19 (2.39%) Retail
14 14 (1.76%) Law
15 13 (1.64%) Pharmaceutical
16 12 (1.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 11 (1.39%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 252 (31.74%) Analyst
2 142 (17.88%) Business Analyst
3 88 (11.08%) Senior
4 75 (9.45%) Consultant
5 60 (7.56%) Lead
6 39 (4.91%) Project Manager
7 35 (4.41%) Senior Analyst
8 30 (3.78%) SAP Consultant
8 30 (3.78%) Technical Analyst
9 27 (3.40%) Technical Support
10 25 (3.15%) Data Analyst
10 25 (3.15%) Senior Business Analyst
11 19 (2.39%) Administrator
11 19 (2.39%) IT Support
12 18 (2.27%) Developer
12 18 (2.27%) Senior Consultant
12 18 (2.27%) Technical Business Analyst
13 17 (2.14%) Process Analyst
14 16 (2.02%) Accountant
14 16 (2.02%) Change Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (2.90%) Web Services
2 20 (2.52%) Playwright
3 18 (2.27%) GraphQL
3 18 (2.27%) Node.js
3 18 (2.27%) Vitest
4 14 (1.76%) SAP Fiori
5 12 (1.51%) Kafka
6 11 (1.39%) BAPI
7 10 (1.26%) REST
7 10 (1.26%) SOAP
7 10 (1.26%) XML
8 9 (1.13%) Middleware
8 9 (1.13%) Oracle Fusion
8 9 (1.13%) YAML
9 8 (1.01%) OpenTelemetry
9 8 (1.01%) Spring Boot
10 7 (0.88%) .NET
10 7 (0.88%) SailPoint
11 6 (0.76%) HTML
12 5 (0.63%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 55 (6.93%) Onboarding
2 25 (3.15%) Management Information System
3 24 (3.02%) Cloud Native
3 24 (3.02%) Product Ownership
4 22 (2.77%) Legacy Systems
5 21 (2.64%) Analytical Mindset
6 18 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
7 17 (2.14%) Virtual Team
8 13 (1.64%) Data Protection Act
9 12 (1.51%) Replication
10 11 (1.39%) Data Structures
11 10 (1.26%) Reinsurance
12 9 (1.13%) CMDB
12 9 (1.13%) Derivative
12 9 (1.13%) Greenfield Project
12 9 (1.13%) PMI
13 8 (1.01%) Distributed Systems
13 8 (1.01%) Mobile App
13 8 (1.01%) NHS
14 7 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 61 (7.68%) Windows
2 42 (5.29%) Linux
3 31 (3.90%) Unix
4 14 (1.76%) Apple iOS
5 10 (1.26%) Android
6 9 (1.13%) Windows 10
7 7 (0.88%) VMS
8 2 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.13%) Amazon Linux
9 1 (0.13%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.13%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 200 (25.19%) Problem-Solving
2 176 (22.17%) Agile
3 168 (21.16%) Stakeholder Management
4 151 (19.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 134 (16.88%) Continuous Improvement
6 103 (12.97%) Project Management
7 101 (12.72%) Decision-Making
8 97 (12.22%) DevOps
9 94 (11.84%) Change Management
10 91 (11.46%) Workshop Facilitation
11 79 (9.95%) Business Analysis
12 72 (9.07%) Coaching
13 70 (8.82%) Business Intelligence
14 67 (8.44%) Project Delivery
15 65 (8.19%) CI/CD
16 64 (8.06%) Data Analysis
17 63 (7.93%) AI
18 62 (7.81%) Roadmaps
19 60 (7.56%) Requirements Gathering
20 59 (7.43%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 100 (12.59%) SQL
2 60 (7.56%) Python
3 39 (4.91%) Java
4 31 (3.90%) JavaScript
5 23 (2.90%) Perl
5 23 (2.90%) TypeScript
6 18 (2.27%) ABAP
7 11 (1.39%) PowerShell
8 9 (1.13%) Shell Script
9 8 (1.01%) Rust
10 7 (0.88%) C#
11 6 (0.76%) Bash
11 6 (0.76%) VBA
12 5 (0.63%) Kotlin
12 5 (0.63%) Swift
13 4 (0.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 4 (0.50%) PHP
13 4 (0.50%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.38%) Go
15 2 (0.25%) ActionScript 2.0
Qualifications
1 116 (14.61%) Degree
2 95 (11.96%) Security Cleared
3 73 (9.19%) SC Cleared
4 27 (3.40%) Computer Science Degree
5 25 (3.15%) PMI Certification
6 24 (3.02%) Master's Degree
6 24 (3.02%) PMP
7 21 (2.64%) ACCA
8 16 (2.02%) CIMA
9 14 (1.76%) BPSS Clearance
10 10 (1.26%) DV Cleared
10 10 (1.26%) Six Sigma Green Belt
11 9 (1.13%) MBA
12 7 (0.88%) ITIL Certification
12 7 (0.88%) SAFe Agilist
13 6 (0.76%) CompTIA Security+
14 5 (0.63%) CBAP
14 5 (0.63%) CISSP
15 4 (0.50%) CISM
15 4 (0.50%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (7.18%) QA
2 40 (5.04%) Data Quality
3 35 (4.41%) PMO
4 24 (3.02%) GDPR
5 19 (2.39%) SLA
6 12 (1.51%) Accessibility
7 10 (1.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 10 (1.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 7 (0.88%) Basel III
8 7 (0.88%) IFRS
8 7 (0.88%) NIST
9 5 (0.63%) GAAP
9 5 (0.63%) ISO 19650
9 5 (0.63%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.50%) ISO 20022
11 3 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.38%) GRC
11 3 (0.38%) NIST 800
12 2 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.25%) PSD2
System Software
1 37 (4.66%) Docker
2 28 (3.53%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.38%) GPFS
4 3 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.25%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
5 2 (0.25%) NFS
5 2 (0.25%) Xen
6 1 (0.13%) DFS Replication
6 1 (0.13%) Dovecot
6 1 (0.13%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.13%) Postfix
6 1 (0.13%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.13%) Squid
Systems Management
1 41 (5.16%) Kubernetes
2 27 (3.40%) Ansible
3 15 (1.89%) Terraform
4 14 (1.76%) Grafana
5 11 (1.39%) Prometheus
6 8 (1.01%) Kiali
6 8 (1.01%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (0.88%) Jamf Pro
8 4 (0.50%) QRadar
9 3 (0.38%) SCCM
10 2 (0.25%) ITRS Geneos
10 2 (0.25%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 2 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.13%) Argo
11 1 (0.13%) BladeLogic
11 1 (0.13%) HAProxy
11 1 (0.13%) HP ALM
11 1 (0.13%) Nessus
11 1 (0.13%) Proxmox
11 1 (0.13%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 104 (13.10%) Microsoft
2 78 (9.82%) SAP
3 53 (6.68%) Oracle
4 48 (6.05%) ServiceNow
5 28 (3.53%) Splunk
6 24 (3.02%) Salesforce
6 24 (3.02%) Workday
7 18 (2.27%) Google
8 15 (1.89%) Adobe
9 14 (1.76%) Sonatype
10 10 (1.26%) Alteryx
11 9 (1.13%) Anaplan
12 8 (1.01%) Ariba
13 5 (0.63%) Atlassian
13 5 (0.63%) Cisco
13 5 (0.63%) Computacenter
13 5 (0.63%) Databricks
13 5 (0.63%) IBM
14 4 (0.50%) MuleSoft
14 4 (0.50%) Planview