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

6 months to
19 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 111 110 151
Rank change year-on-year -1 +41 +32
Contract jobs citing Process Improvement 779 632 578
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.46% 2.37% 1.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.79% 2.66% 1.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 466 352 364
10th Percentile £220 £300 £315
25th Percentile £361 £420 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £533 £525
Median % change year-on-year -10.80% +1.43% -
75th Percentile £588 £638 £615
90th Percentile £650 £738 £688
UK median daily rate £475 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -9.52% +2.44% -1.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 24 30
10th Percentile £13.33 £14.40 £13.05
25th Percentile £14.12 £26.13 £18.31
Median hourly rate £21.25 £33.75 £36.39
Median % change year-on-year -37.04% -7.25% +10.27%
75th Percentile £41.48 £57.00 £49.13
90th Percentile £63.75 £65.62 £56.46
UK median hourly rate £17.00 £33.75 £42.50
% change year-on-year -49.63% -20.59% +28.79%

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 27,911 23,801 32,210
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.11% 89.29% 87.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,824 14,585 21,671
10th Percentile £304 £310 £304
25th Percentile £409 £413 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £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 1,743 772 1,617
10th Percentile £15.18 £15.62 £14.16
25th Percentile £17.88 £20.94 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -12.50% +14.29%
75th Percentile £57.50 £64.20 £64.50
90th Percentile £69.43 £75.00 £75.84
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £38.85
% change year-on-year -22.62% -16.34% +19.54%

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 19 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 19 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 19 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 +13 339 £500 -11.50% 122
North of England -16 146 £469 -6.20% 85
South East -22 97 £400 -27.27% 147
Midlands -3 96 £450 +3.45% 78
Yorkshire -2 67 £461 -26.20% 31
West Midlands -6 65 £475 -9.52% 51
North West -30 65 £500 +6.38% 40
South West -14 49 £500 -4.76% 30
East of England +2 42 £469 +15.46% 37
East Midlands -11 32 £354 -0.56% 27
North East -7 14 £358 -37.83% 15
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 48 (6.16%) Confluence
2 23 (2.95%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.16%) Apache Airflow
4 8 (1.03%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.51%) 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%) Resin
6 1 (0.13%) Smallworld
6 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
Applications
1 104 (13.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 44 (5.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 39 (5.01%) Microsoft Office
4 36 (4.62%) MS Visio
5 19 (2.44%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.39%) Trello
7 2 (0.26%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.13%) Mozilla Thunderbird
8 1 (0.13%) PTC Creo
Business Applications
1 44 (5.65%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.16%) SAP HCM
3 8 (1.03%) NetSuite
4 7 (0.90%) SAP Payroll
5 6 (0.77%) Oracle Payables
6 5 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
6 5 (0.64%) Oracle EBS
6 5 (0.64%) Oracle EBS R12
6 5 (0.64%) Oracle General Ledger
6 5 (0.64%) SAP CO
6 5 (0.64%) SAP FI
6 5 (0.64%) SAP FI/CO
7 4 (0.51%) Remedy ITSM
7 4 (0.51%) Salesforce CRM
8 3 (0.39%) Oracle Financials
8 3 (0.39%) Oracle Receivables
8 3 (0.39%) Shopify
9 2 (0.26%) Endur
9 2 (0.26%) Oracle Assets
9 2 (0.26%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 79 (10.14%) Power Platform
2 54 (6.93%) Azure
3 43 (5.52%) AWS
4 41 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
4 41 (5.26%) SaaS
5 24 (3.08%) GitHub
6 19 (2.44%) Azure DevOps
7 17 (2.18%) GCP
8 12 (1.54%) Dynamics 365
8 12 (1.54%) Power Automate
9 11 (1.41%) SuccessFactors
10 9 (1.16%) Entra ID
10 9 (1.16%) Google Workspace
10 9 (1.16%) PowerApps
11 8 (1.03%) Lucidchart
12 7 (0.90%) GitHub Actions
13 6 (0.77%) Miro
13 6 (0.77%) OCI
13 6 (0.77%) PaaS
14 5 (0.64%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 23 (2.95%) Firewall
2 13 (1.67%) DNS
3 9 (1.16%) VPN
4 6 (0.77%) DHCP
4 6 (0.77%) HTTP
4 6 (0.77%) Internet
5 5 (0.64%) TCP/IP
6 4 (0.51%) Network Security
6 4 (0.51%) WAN
7 3 (0.39%) FTP
7 3 (0.39%) LAN
8 2 (0.26%) Cisco IOS
8 2 (0.26%) DWDM
8 2 (0.26%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.26%) SSH
8 2 (0.26%) Structured Cabling
8 2 (0.26%) Unified Communications
9 1 (0.13%) 5G
9 1 (0.13%) Cisco ISE
9 1 (0.13%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (9.37%) Power BI
2 22 (2.82%) MySQL
3 21 (2.70%) Relational Database
4 11 (1.41%) Data Lake
4 11 (1.41%) SAP HANA
5 10 (1.28%) Tableau
6 7 (0.90%) Oracle Reports
6 7 (0.90%) PostgreSQL
6 7 (0.90%) SQL Server
7 6 (0.77%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (0.77%) Power Query
8 4 (0.51%) MongoDB
9 3 (0.39%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (0.39%) Big Data
9 3 (0.39%) Looker
9 3 (0.39%) Metadata
9 3 (0.39%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.26%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (0.26%) BigQuery
10 2 (0.26%) ImageNet
Development Applications
1 89 (11.42%) JIRA
2 44 (5.65%) Jenkins
3 17 (2.18%) GitLab
4 15 (1.93%) Postman
5 10 (1.28%) Git
5 10 (1.28%) Sonatype Nexus
6 8 (1.03%) Jaeger
7 6 (0.77%) Appium
8 5 (0.64%) Charles Proxy
8 5 (0.64%) Katalon Studio
8 5 (0.64%) XCUITest
9 4 (0.51%) IntelliJ
9 4 (0.51%) Selenium
10 3 (0.39%) CircleCI
10 3 (0.39%) REST Assured
11 2 (0.26%) Cucumber
11 2 (0.26%) MLflow
11 2 (0.26%) TestRail
12 1 (0.13%) Artifactory
12 1 (0.13%) SoapUI
General
1 371 (47.63%) Social Skills
2 267 (34.27%) Finance
3 185 (23.75%) Analytical Skills
4 76 (9.76%) Banking
5 55 (7.06%) Public Sector
6 37 (4.75%) Organisational Skills
7 33 (4.24%) Documentation Skills
8 32 (4.11%) Telecoms
9 25 (3.21%) Influencing Skills
9 25 (3.21%) Manufacturing
9 25 (3.21%) Marketing
10 23 (2.95%) Presentation Skills
11 22 (2.82%) Legal
12 20 (2.57%) Retail
13 19 (2.44%) Financial Institution
14 18 (2.31%) Billing
15 15 (1.93%) Pharmaceutical
16 14 (1.80%) Law
17 12 (1.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 11 (1.41%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 244 (31.32%) Analyst
2 130 (16.69%) Business Analyst
3 86 (11.04%) Senior
4 72 (9.24%) Consultant
5 58 (7.45%) Lead
6 37 (4.75%) Project Manager
7 32 (4.11%) Senior Analyst
8 28 (3.59%) SAP Consultant
8 28 (3.59%) Technical Analyst
9 26 (3.34%) Data Analyst
9 26 (3.34%) Technical Support
10 23 (2.95%) Senior Business Analyst
11 20 (2.57%) Administrator
11 20 (2.57%) Process Analyst
12 18 (2.31%) Developer
12 18 (2.31%) IT Support
12 18 (2.31%) Senior Consultant
13 17 (2.18%) Accountant
13 17 (2.18%) Change Manager
14 15 (1.93%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (2.82%) Web Services
2 20 (2.57%) Playwright
3 18 (2.31%) GraphQL
3 18 (2.31%) Node.js
3 18 (2.31%) Vitest
4 14 (1.80%) SAP Fiori
5 12 (1.54%) Kafka
6 11 (1.41%) BAPI
7 10 (1.28%) REST
7 10 (1.28%) SOAP
7 10 (1.28%) XML
8 9 (1.16%) Middleware
8 9 (1.16%) Oracle Fusion
8 9 (1.16%) YAML
9 8 (1.03%) OpenTelemetry
9 8 (1.03%) Spring Boot
10 7 (0.90%) .NET
10 7 (0.90%) SailPoint
11 6 (0.77%) HTML
12 5 (0.64%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 54 (6.93%) Onboarding
2 26 (3.34%) Management Information System
3 24 (3.08%) Cloud Native
4 23 (2.95%) Product Ownership
5 20 (2.57%) Analytical Mindset
5 20 (2.57%) Legacy Systems
6 17 (2.18%) Self-Motivation
7 16 (2.05%) Virtual Team
8 13 (1.67%) Data Protection Act
9 12 (1.54%) Replication
10 11 (1.41%) Reinsurance
11 9 (1.16%) CMDB
11 9 (1.16%) Data Structures
11 9 (1.16%) Greenfield Project
11 9 (1.16%) PMI
12 8 (1.03%) Distributed Systems
12 8 (1.03%) Mobile App
12 8 (1.03%) NHS
13 7 (0.90%) Derivative
13 7 (0.90%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 59 (7.57%) Windows
2 41 (5.26%) Linux
3 30 (3.85%) Unix
4 14 (1.80%) Apple iOS
5 10 (1.28%) Android
6 9 (1.16%) Windows 10
7 7 (0.90%) VMS
8 2 (0.26%) 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
1 191 (24.52%) Problem-Solving
2 172 (22.08%) Agile
3 167 (21.44%) Stakeholder Management
4 148 (19.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 135 (17.33%) Continuous Improvement
6 100 (12.84%) Project Management
7 98 (12.58%) Change Management
8 97 (12.45%) Decision-Making
9 92 (11.81%) DevOps
10 89 (11.42%) Workshop Facilitation
11 73 (9.37%) Business Analysis
12 72 (9.24%) Business Intelligence
13 69 (8.86%) Coaching
14 66 (8.47%) Project Delivery
15 64 (8.22%) Data Analysis
16 63 (8.09%) Roadmaps
17 61 (7.83%) AI
18 60 (7.70%) CI/CD
18 60 (7.70%) ITIL
19 59 (7.57%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 99 (12.71%) SQL
2 62 (7.96%) Python
3 38 (4.88%) Java
4 30 (3.85%) JavaScript
5 23 (2.95%) TypeScript
6 22 (2.82%) Perl
7 18 (2.31%) ABAP
8 12 (1.54%) PowerShell
9 10 (1.28%) Shell Script
10 8 (1.03%) Rust
11 7 (0.90%) C#
12 6 (0.77%) Bash
12 6 (0.77%) PL/SQL
13 5 (0.64%) Kotlin
13 5 (0.64%) Swift
13 5 (0.64%) VBA
14 4 (0.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 4 (0.51%) PHP
15 3 (0.39%) Go
15 3 (0.39%) R
Qualifications
1 118 (15.15%) Degree
2 93 (11.94%) Security Cleared
3 71 (9.11%) SC Cleared
4 28 (3.59%) Computer Science Degree
5 24 (3.08%) Master's Degree
5 24 (3.08%) PMI Certification
6 23 (2.95%) PMP
7 18 (2.31%) ACCA
8 15 (1.93%) BPSS Clearance
9 13 (1.67%) CIMA
10 10 (1.28%) DV Cleared
10 10 (1.28%) Six Sigma Green Belt
11 9 (1.16%) MBA
12 7 (0.90%) ITIL Certification
12 7 (0.90%) SAFe Agilist
13 5 (0.64%) CISSP
13 5 (0.64%) CompTIA Security+
14 4 (0.51%) GCIA
14 4 (0.51%) GIAC
14 4 (0.51%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (7.06%) QA
2 40 (5.13%) Data Quality
3 34 (4.36%) PMO
4 24 (3.08%) GDPR
5 20 (2.57%) SLA
6 12 (1.54%) Accessibility
7 10 (1.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 9 (1.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 7 (0.90%) Basel III
9 7 (0.90%) NIST
10 6 (0.77%) IFRS
11 5 (0.64%) GAAP
11 5 (0.64%) ISO 19650
11 5 (0.64%) PCI DSS
12 3 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
12 3 (0.39%) GRC
12 3 (0.39%) ISO 20022
12 3 (0.39%) NIST 800
13 2 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
13 2 (0.26%) PSD2
System Software
1 37 (4.75%) Docker
2 28 (3.59%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.39%) GPFS
4 3 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.26%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
5 2 (0.26%) NFS
5 2 (0.26%) 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 42 (5.39%) Kubernetes
2 23 (2.95%) Ansible
3 15 (1.93%) Terraform
4 14 (1.80%) Grafana
5 11 (1.41%) Prometheus
6 8 (1.03%) Kiali
6 8 (1.03%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (0.90%) Jamf Pro
8 4 (0.51%) QRadar
9 3 (0.39%) SCCM
10 2 (0.26%) ITRS Geneos
10 2 (0.26%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 2 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.13%) Argo
11 1 (0.13%) BladeLogic
11 1 (0.13%) CEMLI
11 1 (0.13%) HP ALM
11 1 (0.13%) Nessus
11 1 (0.13%) Proxmox
11 1 (0.13%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 103 (13.22%) Microsoft
2 77 (9.88%) SAP
3 55 (7.06%) Oracle
4 49 (6.29%) ServiceNow
5 23 (2.95%) Salesforce
5 23 (2.95%) Splunk
6 22 (2.82%) Workday
7 18 (2.31%) Google
8 15 (1.93%) Adobe
9 10 (1.28%) Alteryx
10 9 (1.16%) Anaplan
10 9 (1.16%) Sonatype
11 8 (1.03%) Ariba
12 5 (0.64%) Atlassian
12 5 (0.64%) Cisco
12 5 (0.64%) Computacenter
12 5 (0.64%) Databricks
12 5 (0.64%) IBM
13 4 (0.51%) MuleSoft
13 4 (0.51%) Planview