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

6 months to
23 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 113 175
Rank change year-on-year -5 +62 +32
Contract jobs citing Process Improvement 872 606 509
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.20% 2.47% 1.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.58% 2.71% 1.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 528 374 322
10th Percentile £263 £301 £333
25th Percentile £371 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £519
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +1.25% -1.24%
75th Percentile £575 £629 £612
90th Percentile £650 £756 £724
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 30 33
10th Percentile £13.33 £19.15 £13.21
25th Percentile £13.37 £26.03 £15.85
Median hourly rate £25.28 £29.15 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.27% +16.60% -43.18%
75th Percentile £44.00 £58.44 £43.75
90th Percentile £74.91 £75.00 £45.95
UK median hourly rate £22.46 £32.81 £26.75
% change year-on-year -31.54% +22.65% -39.20%

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 33,832 22,384 32,276
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.21% 91.08% 86.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,627 14,686 21,247
10th Percentile £315 £310 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £614 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £521 £525
% change year-on-year -4.03% -0.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,111 905 2,227
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.79 £12.86
25th Percentile £20.35 £18.51 £15.91
Median hourly rate £42.50 £31.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +37.10% -11.43% -6.67%
75th Percentile £67.25 £63.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £72.47
UK median hourly rate £39.50 £29.90 £35.00
% change year-on-year +32.11% -14.57% -6.67%

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 23 April 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 23 April 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 23 April 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 -6 352 £500 -9.09% 131
South East -14 139 £487 -6.75% 98
North of England -48 139 £436 -12.80% 79
Midlands -17 101 £403 -15.26% 66
Yorkshire +7 82 £475 -8.21% 22
West Midlands -31 68 £425 -18.97% 35
South West 0 65 £500 -2.44% 34
East of England +14 56 £450 -10.00% 31
North West -80 43 £418 -11.17% 48
East Midlands -14 34 £393 +0.51% 31
North East -9 15 £363 -34.98% 10
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 (6.42%) Confluence
2 18 (2.06%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.03%) CICS
4 8 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (0.69%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.57%) CMS
7 4 (0.46%) Moodle
8 2 (0.23%) Apache
8 2 (0.23%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.11%) Mattermost
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.11%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.11%) Tomcat
Applications
1 106 (12.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 41 (4.70%) Microsoft Office
3 32 (3.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 30 (3.44%) MS Visio
5 16 (1.83%) Microsoft Project
6 11 (1.26%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.23%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.11%) CATIA
8 1 (0.11%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle Smart View
8 1 (0.11%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.11%) Trello
Business Applications
1 26 (2.98%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (1.38%) NetSuite
3 8 (0.92%) Oracle Payables
4 7 (0.80%) NEC Housing
4 7 (0.80%) SAP FI
4 7 (0.80%) SAP HCM
4 7 (0.80%) SAP Payroll
5 5 (0.57%) iTrent
5 5 (0.57%) SAP CO
5 5 (0.57%) SAP FI/CO
6 4 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
6 4 (0.46%) Oracle General Ledger
6 4 (0.46%) Oracle Receivables
6 4 (0.46%) Remedy ITSM
6 4 (0.46%) SAP Business One
7 3 (0.34%) Oracle Assets
7 3 (0.34%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.34%) Oracle EBS R12
7 3 (0.34%) Oracle ERP
7 3 (0.34%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 88 (10.09%) Power Platform
2 55 (6.31%) Azure
3 35 (4.01%) AWS
3 35 (4.01%) Microsoft 365
4 30 (3.44%) SaaS
5 24 (2.75%) GitHub
6 18 (2.06%) Azure DevOps
7 17 (1.95%) GCP
8 16 (1.83%) SuccessFactors
9 10 (1.15%) Entra ID
9 10 (1.15%) Google Workspace
10 9 (1.03%) Dynamics 365
10 9 (1.03%) GitHub Actions
11 8 (0.92%) Miro
12 7 (0.80%) Lucidchart
12 7 (0.80%) Power Automate
13 6 (0.69%) Azure Data Factory
14 5 (0.57%) Azure AKS
14 5 (0.57%) OCI
14 5 (0.57%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 25 (2.87%) Firewall
2 11 (1.26%) DNS
3 7 (0.80%) VPN
4 5 (0.57%) DHCP
4 5 (0.57%) FTP
4 5 (0.57%) TCP/IP
5 4 (0.46%) Internet
6 3 (0.34%) SSL
6 3 (0.34%) VSAN
7 2 (0.23%) Network Security
7 2 (0.23%) WAN
8 1 (0.11%) BGP
8 1 (0.11%) Broadband
8 1 (0.11%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (0.11%) Cisco ISE
8 1 (0.11%) MPLS
8 1 (0.11%) SAN
8 1 (0.11%) Structured Cabling
8 1 (0.11%) WebEx
8 1 (0.11%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 82 (9.40%) Power BI
2 17 (1.95%) Relational Database
3 15 (1.72%) MySQL
4 12 (1.38%) Tableau
5 11 (1.26%) Metadata
6 9 (1.03%) DataStage
6 9 (1.03%) Oracle Reports
6 9 (1.03%) SQL Server
7 8 (0.92%) Data Warehouse
8 7 (0.80%) PostgreSQL
9 6 (0.69%) Power Query
10 5 (0.57%) MongoDB
11 4 (0.46%) Data Lake
11 4 (0.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 2 (0.23%) Ataccama
12 2 (0.23%) Big Data
12 2 (0.23%) BusinessObjects
12 2 (0.23%) Crystal Reports
12 2 (0.23%) ImageNet
13 1 (0.11%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 113 (12.96%) JIRA
2 37 (4.24%) Jenkins
3 14 (1.61%) Git
4 11 (1.26%) GitLab
5 10 (1.15%) Sonatype Nexus
6 8 (0.92%) Jaeger
6 8 (0.92%) Postman
7 6 (0.69%) Selenium
8 4 (0.46%) JUnit
8 4 (0.46%) MLflow
8 4 (0.46%) TestRail
9 3 (0.34%) CircleCI
9 3 (0.34%) IntelliJ
9 3 (0.34%) REST Assured
9 3 (0.34%) SonarQube
10 2 (0.23%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.23%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.23%) ScriptRunner
11 1 (0.11%) Gatling
11 1 (0.11%) WinAutomation
General
1 371 (42.55%) Social Skills
2 323 (37.04%) Finance
3 266 (30.50%) Analytical Skills
4 79 (9.06%) Banking
5 71 (8.14%) Public Sector
6 39 (4.47%) Documentation Skills
7 37 (4.24%) Influencing Skills
8 33 (3.78%) Organisational Skills
9 31 (3.56%) Legal
10 28 (3.21%) Retail
11 24 (2.75%) Telecoms
12 22 (2.52%) Manufacturing
12 22 (2.52%) Marketing
13 19 (2.18%) Billing
14 15 (1.72%) Financial Institution
14 15 (1.72%) Presentation Skills
15 14 (1.61%) General Ledger
16 13 (1.49%) Local Government
16 13 (1.49%) Retail Banking
17 12 (1.38%) Law
Job Titles
1 270 (30.96%) Analyst
2 165 (18.92%) Business Analyst
3 101 (11.58%) Senior
4 71 (8.14%) Consultant
5 63 (7.22%) Lead
6 42 (4.82%) Senior Analyst
7 36 (4.13%) Project Manager
8 34 (3.90%) Accountant
9 27 (3.10%) Senior Business Analyst
10 24 (2.75%) Financial Analyst
11 23 (2.64%) Process Analyst
12 22 (2.52%) Data Analyst
13 20 (2.29%) Project Officer
14 19 (2.18%) IT Support
15 18 (2.06%) Administrator
15 18 (2.06%) Management Accountant
15 18 (2.06%) Technical Analyst
15 18 (2.06%) Technical Support
16 17 (1.95%) Developer
17 16 (1.83%) Finance Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (2.29%) Middleware
2 16 (1.83%) REST
3 13 (1.49%) Kafka
3 13 (1.49%) Node.js
3 13 (1.49%) Playwright
4 11 (1.26%) SOAP
4 11 (1.26%) Spring Boot
5 10 (1.15%) GraphQL
5 10 (1.15%) OpenTelemetry
6 9 (1.03%) Vitest
6 9 (1.03%) Web Services
6 9 (1.03%) XML
7 8 (0.92%) HTML
8 7 (0.80%) YAML
9 6 (0.69%) .NET
10 5 (0.57%) SailPoint
11 4 (0.46%) CSS
11 4 (0.46%) OpenID
11 4 (0.46%) SAP Fiori
11 4 (0.46%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 59 (6.77%) Onboarding
2 35 (4.01%) Analytical Mindset
2 35 (4.01%) Management Information System
3 33 (3.78%) Product Ownership
4 32 (3.67%) Legacy Systems
5 29 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
6 18 (2.06%) Cloud Native
6 18 (2.06%) CMDB
7 17 (1.95%) Data Structures
8 14 (1.61%) Data Protection Act
8 14 (1.61%) Virtual Team
9 13 (1.49%) Data Centre
10 11 (1.26%) Greenfield Project
10 11 (1.26%) Replication
11 10 (1.15%) Derivative
11 10 (1.15%) Mainframe
11 10 (1.15%) Operational Technology
11 10 (1.15%) PMI
12 9 (1.03%) BYOD
12 9 (1.03%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 48 (5.50%) Windows
2 46 (5.28%) Linux
3 32 (3.67%) Unix
4 9 (1.03%) AIX
4 9 (1.03%) Solaris
5 8 (0.92%) Apple iOS
6 6 (0.69%) Windows Server
7 5 (0.57%) VMS
7 5 (0.57%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.46%) Android
8 4 (0.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.34%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.34%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.23%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 215 (24.66%) Problem-Solving
2 181 (20.76%) Agile
2 181 (20.76%) Stakeholder Management
3 174 (19.95%) Continuous Improvement
4 153 (17.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 138 (15.83%) Decision-Making
6 114 (13.07%) Project Management
7 107 (12.27%) Change Management
8 99 (11.35%) Workshop Facilitation
9 92 (10.55%) Business Analysis
10 91 (10.44%) DevOps
11 87 (9.98%) Business Intelligence
12 85 (9.75%) Migration
13 84 (9.63%) AI
14 75 (8.60%) ERP
15 74 (8.49%) Requirements Gathering
15 74 (8.49%) User Acceptance Testing
16 68 (7.80%) Coaching
17 66 (7.57%) Data Analysis
18 63 (7.22%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 102 (11.70%) SQL
2 59 (6.77%) Python
3 43 (4.93%) Java
4 23 (2.64%) JavaScript
5 17 (1.95%) Perl
6 12 (1.38%) TypeScript
7 9 (1.03%) ABAP
7 9 (1.03%) COBOL
8 8 (0.92%) PowerShell
8 8 (0.92%) Rust
8 8 (0.92%) VBA
9 6 (0.69%) Bash
9 6 (0.69%) Go
10 5 (0.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 5 (0.57%) PL/SQL
10 5 (0.57%) Shell Script
11 4 (0.46%) C#
11 4 (0.46%) PHP
12 3 (0.34%) R
13 2 (0.23%) ActionScript 2.0
Qualifications
1 111 (12.73%) Degree
2 109 (12.50%) Security Cleared
3 81 (9.29%) SC Cleared
4 49 (5.62%) ACCA
5 48 (5.50%) CIMA
6 27 (3.10%) PMP
7 25 (2.87%) PMI Certification
8 22 (2.52%) Master's Degree
9 21 (2.41%) Computer Science Degree
10 13 (1.49%) BPSS Clearance
11 12 (1.38%) DV Cleared
12 9 (1.03%) ITIL Certification
13 8 (0.92%) MBA
13 8 (0.92%) SAFe Agilist
14 7 (0.80%) CISSP
15 6 (0.69%) CISM
15 6 (0.69%) Six Sigma Green Belt
16 5 (0.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 4 (0.46%) CBAP
17 4 (0.46%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (8.26%) QA
2 57 (6.54%) Data Quality
3 44 (5.05%) GDPR
4 30 (3.44%) PMO
5 29 (3.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 20 (2.29%) SLA
7 12 (1.38%) NIST
8 10 (1.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 9 (1.03%) Accessibility
10 8 (0.92%) Basel III
11 7 (0.80%) IFRS
12 4 (0.46%) COBIT
12 4 (0.46%) ISO 19650
12 4 (0.46%) ISO 20022
12 4 (0.46%) PCI DSS
13 3 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
13 3 (0.34%) PSD2
14 2 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
14 2 (0.23%) IFRS 9
14 2 (0.23%) PERC
System Software
1 29 (3.33%) Docker
2 28 (3.21%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.80%) Virtual Machines
3 7 (0.80%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.46%) GPFS
4 4 (0.46%) VMware NSX
4 4 (0.46%) vSphere
5 3 (0.34%) NFS
5 3 (0.34%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 2 (0.23%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
6 2 (0.23%) IAG
6 2 (0.23%) Xen
Systems Management
1 35 (4.01%) Kubernetes
2 25 (2.87%) Ansible
3 14 (1.61%) Grafana
4 12 (1.38%) Terraform
5 11 (1.26%) Prometheus
6 8 (0.92%) Kiali
7 7 (0.80%) Jamf Pro
8 6 (0.69%) Microsoft Intune
9 4 (0.46%) ITRS Geneos
10 3 (0.34%) WSUS
11 2 (0.23%) Control-M
12 1 (0.11%) Amdocs OSS
12 1 (0.11%) Argo
12 1 (0.11%) BladeLogic
12 1 (0.11%) CEMLI
12 1 (0.11%) HAProxy
12 1 (0.11%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
12 1 (0.11%) SCCM
12 1 (0.11%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 87 (9.98%) Microsoft
2 80 (9.17%) SAP
3 52 (5.96%) Oracle
4 50 (5.73%) ServiceNow
5 31 (3.56%) Workday
6 30 (3.44%) Salesforce
7 21 (2.41%) Splunk
8 20 (2.29%) Google
9 15 (1.72%) IFS
10 14 (1.61%) IBM
10 14 (1.61%) VMware
11 9 (1.03%) Sonatype
12 8 (0.92%) Alteryx
13 7 (0.80%) Anaplan
13 7 (0.80%) NEC
14 6 (0.69%) Adobe
14 6 (0.69%) Ariba
14 6 (0.69%) Databricks
15 5 (0.57%) Cisco
15 5 (0.57%) Okta