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

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 105 139
Rank change year-on-year -10 +34 +9
Contract jobs citing Process Improvement 1,100 698 577
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.37% 2.51% 1.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.80% 2.76% 2.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 632 427 351
10th Percentile £313 £261 £313
25th Percentile £413 £363 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -7.14% +0.96%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £625
90th Percentile £688 £680 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 39 27
10th Percentile £13.33 £16.46 £14.50
25th Percentile £14.22 £23.59 £15.92
Median hourly rate £21.72 £30.00 £30.12
Median % change year-on-year -27.60% -0.40% -4.38%
75th Percentile £51.06 £38.24 £35.75
90th Percentile £71.57 £54.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £21.72 £30.25 £29.31
% change year-on-year -28.20% +3.21% -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 39,332 25,280 28,365
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.86% 90.86% 86.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,139 16,057 17,805
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £650
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 2,708 1,495 1,348
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.36 £14.84
25th Percentile £17.85 £17.79 £20.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% +0.58%
75th Percentile £68.00 £49.88 £66.53
90th Percentile £80.00 £68.65 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% +1.92%

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 12 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 12 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 12 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 -2 515 £525 +5.00% 715
South East -13 158 £500 -4.76% 264
North of England -42 158 £459 -5.85% 194
Midlands -14 142 £460 +2.22% 139
North West -35 87 £459 -5.85% 87
West Midlands -37 79 £500 -4.03% 81
Yorkshire -12 64 £451 -7.49% 83
East Midlands +14 63 £425 +70.00% 59
South West -9 55 £456 +34.96% 108
East of England +5 54 £461 +22.93% 80
North East -43 8 £488 +6.27% 28
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 58 (5.27%) Confluence
2 34 (3.09%) SharePoint
3 13 (1.18%) CMS
4 10 (0.91%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (0.73%) Oracle Workflow
6 3 (0.27%) Moodle
6 3 (0.27%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 3 (0.27%) TIBCO ActiveMatrix
7 2 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.091%) Apache
8 1 (0.091%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.091%) Appian
8 1 (0.091%) CICS
8 1 (0.091%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.091%) MTS
8 1 (0.091%) nginx
8 1 (0.091%) Oracle Coherence
8 1 (0.091%) SAS
8 1 (0.091%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.091%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 131 (11.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 54 (4.91%) Microsoft Office
3 34 (3.09%) MS Visio
4 28 (2.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 17 (1.55%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.55%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (0.55%) ProjectWise
7 5 (0.45%) AutoCAD
7 5 (0.45%) Navisworks
7 5 (0.45%) Revit
8 4 (0.36%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.27%) Simulink
10 1 (0.091%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.091%) Mozilla Thunderbird
10 1 (0.091%) Oracle Smart View
10 1 (0.091%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 40 (3.64%) SAP S/4HANA
2 22 (2.00%) Dynamics CRM
3 20 (1.82%) NetSuite
4 13 (1.18%) Oracle EBS
5 12 (1.09%) iTrent
6 10 (0.91%) Oracle Payables
7 9 (0.82%) Oracle ERP
7 9 (0.82%) Oracle Receivables
8 7 (0.64%) Magento
8 7 (0.64%) Oracle General Ledger
9 6 (0.55%) SAP SD
10 5 (0.45%) Integrated Workplace Management System
10 5 (0.45%) Salesforce CRM
10 5 (0.45%) SAP PSCD
10 5 (0.45%) Workday HCM
11 4 (0.36%) Dynamics NAV
11 4 (0.36%) SAP Business One
11 4 (0.36%) SAP FI
12 3 (0.27%) SAP Payroll
12 3 (0.27%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 123 (11.18%) Power Platform
2 99 (9.00%) Azure
3 52 (4.73%) Microsoft 365
4 44 (4.00%) SaaS
5 40 (3.64%) AWS
6 37 (3.36%) Dynamics 365
7 26 (2.36%) Entra ID
8 25 (2.27%) Azure DevOps
8 25 (2.27%) Power Automate
9 23 (2.09%) PowerApps
10 22 (2.00%) SuccessFactors
11 19 (1.73%) GitHub
12 17 (1.55%) Microsoft Copilot
13 11 (1.00%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 10 (0.91%) Azure Monitor
14 10 (0.91%) Datadog
15 9 (0.82%) Intacct
15 9 (0.82%) OneDrive
16 8 (0.73%) Google Workspace
16 8 (0.73%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 17 (1.55%) TCP/IP
2 14 (1.27%) Firewall
3 11 (1.00%) DNS
4 10 (0.91%) VPN
4 10 (0.91%) WAN
4 10 (0.91%) Wi-Fi
5 8 (0.73%) LAN
6 7 (0.64%) 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%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 97 (8.82%) Power BI
2 22 (2.00%) Tableau
3 12 (1.09%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (1.00%) Metadata
5 10 (0.91%) Relational Database
6 9 (0.82%) Oracle Reports
6 9 (0.82%) Power Query
7 7 (0.64%) BusinessObjects
8 6 (0.55%) PostgreSQL
8 6 (0.55%) SQL Server
9 5 (0.45%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 4 (0.36%) MySQL
10 4 (0.36%) Oracle Database
11 3 (0.27%) Big Data
11 3 (0.27%) SAP HANA
12 2 (0.18%) Ataccama
12 2 (0.18%) Azure SQL Database
12 2 (0.18%) Crystal Reports
12 2 (0.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 2 (0.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 96 (8.73%) JIRA
2 14 (1.27%) Git
3 9 (0.82%) Jenkins
4 6 (0.55%) SonarQube
5 5 (0.45%) Oracle Forms
6 4 (0.36%) JMeter
6 4 (0.36%) JUnit
6 4 (0.36%) Zephyr
7 3 (0.27%) eggPlant
7 3 (0.27%) GitLab
7 3 (0.27%) IntelliJ
7 3 (0.27%) LoadRunner
7 3 (0.27%) Postman
7 3 (0.27%) Selenium
7 3 (0.27%) SoapUI
8 2 (0.18%) Appium
8 2 (0.18%) HP UFT
8 2 (0.18%) MLflow
8 2 (0.18%) Rational Rhapsody
9 1 (0.091%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 465 (42.27%) Social Skills
2 460 (41.82%) Finance
3 330 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
4 110 (10.00%) Banking
5 77 (7.00%) Public Sector
6 59 (5.36%) Manufacturing
7 55 (5.00%) Documentation Skills
8 53 (4.82%) Organisational Skills
9 51 (4.64%) Retail
10 49 (4.45%) Legal
11 42 (3.82%) Influencing Skills
12 23 (2.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 23 (2.09%) Marketing
13 22 (2.00%) Presentation Skills
14 20 (1.82%) General Ledger
14 20 (1.82%) Local Government
15 19 (1.73%) Billing
15 19 (1.73%) Telecoms
16 18 (1.64%) Front Office
17 17 (1.55%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 341 (31.00%) Analyst
2 202 (18.36%) Business Analyst
3 105 (9.55%) Senior
4 104 (9.45%) Lead
5 97 (8.82%) Consultant
6 51 (4.64%) Senior Analyst
7 49 (4.45%) Project Manager
8 36 (3.27%) Accountant
9 33 (3.00%) Data Analyst
10 32 (2.91%) Senior Business Analyst
11 30 (2.73%) Developer
12 28 (2.55%) Financial Analyst
13 26 (2.36%) Process Analyst
14 23 (2.09%) Support Engineer
15 22 (2.00%) Administrator
15 22 (2.00%) Architect
16 20 (1.82%) Senior Manager
16 20 (1.82%) Transformation Manager
17 19 (1.73%) Finance Manager
17 19 (1.73%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (2.82%) Oracle Fusion
2 22 (2.00%) REST
3 15 (1.36%) .NET
3 15 (1.36%) Terraform
4 13 (1.18%) Middleware
4 13 (1.18%) SOAP
5 9 (0.82%) HTML5 Canvas
6 8 (0.73%) SAP PI
7 7 (0.64%) HTML
8 6 (0.55%) IDoc
8 6 (0.55%) JSON
8 6 (0.55%) LDAP
8 6 (0.55%) OAuth
8 6 (0.55%) OAuth2
8 6 (0.55%) Web Services
9 5 (0.45%) AngularJS
9 5 (0.45%) JDBC
9 5 (0.45%) React
9 5 (0.45%) STL
10 4 (0.36%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 86 (7.82%) Onboarding
2 60 (5.45%) Product Ownership
3 59 (5.36%) Management Information System
4 33 (3.00%) Enterprise Software
5 29 (2.64%) Analytical Mindset
6 24 (2.18%) CMDB
7 21 (1.91%) Cloud Native
8 20 (1.82%) Data Protection Act
9 16 (1.45%) Legacy Systems
10 15 (1.36%) AI Agents
10 15 (1.36%) Self-Motivation
11 13 (1.18%) Greenfield Project
11 13 (1.18%) Operational Technology
11 13 (1.18%) Virtual Team
12 12 (1.09%) Data Structures
12 12 (1.09%) Reinsurance
13 11 (1.00%) FMCG
14 9 (0.82%) Data Centre
14 9 (0.82%) Low-Code
15 8 (0.73%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 52 (4.73%) Windows
2 28 (2.55%) Linux
3 18 (1.64%) Unix
4 13 (1.18%) Mac OS
5 11 (1.00%) Windows Server
6 6 (0.55%) Android
6 6 (0.55%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.36%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.27%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.27%) VMS
9 1 (0.091%) AIX
9 1 (0.091%) Amazon Linux
9 1 (0.091%) Check Point GAiA
9 1 (0.091%) Solaris
9 1 (0.091%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.091%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 413 (37.55%) Stakeholder Management
2 309 (28.09%) Problem-Solving
3 262 (23.82%) Continuous Improvement
4 236 (21.45%) Agile
5 213 (19.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 179 (16.27%) Workshop Facilitation
7 174 (15.82%) User Acceptance Testing
8 169 (15.36%) ERP
9 164 (14.91%) Decision-Making
10 158 (14.36%) Change Management
11 157 (14.27%) Requirements Gathering
12 148 (13.45%) Validation
13 146 (13.27%) Business Analysis
13 146 (13.27%) Migration
14 140 (12.73%) AI
15 121 (11.00%) User Stories
16 113 (10.27%) Business Intelligence
17 110 (10.00%) Project Delivery
18 109 (9.91%) Data Analysis
19 104 (9.45%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 116 (10.55%) SQL
2 70 (6.36%) Python
3 34 (3.09%) Java
4 25 (2.27%) PowerShell
5 21 (1.91%) JavaScript
6 17 (1.55%) VBA
7 9 (0.82%) ABAP
7 9 (0.82%) Bash
8 8 (0.73%) C#
9 7 (0.64%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 7 (0.64%) Korn
9 7 (0.64%) Perl
10 6 (0.55%) 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%) Go
13 3 (0.27%) VB.NET
14 2 (0.18%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 151 (13.73%) Security Cleared
2 119 (10.82%) SC Cleared
3 117 (10.64%) Degree
4 62 (5.64%) ACCA
5 59 (5.36%) CIMA
6 27 (2.45%) PMP
7 24 (2.18%) PMI Certification
8 23 (2.09%) DV Cleared
9 17 (1.55%) BPSS Clearance
9 17 (1.55%) Computer Science Degree
10 16 (1.45%) Six Sigma Green Belt
11 13 (1.18%) ITIL Certification
12 10 (0.91%) CBAP
12 10 (0.91%) IIBA
13 8 (0.73%) ISEB
13 8 (0.73%) Microsoft Certification
14 7 (0.64%) Master's Degree
15 6 (0.55%) Cisco Certification
16 5 (0.45%) ISTQB
16 5 (0.45%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 104 (9.45%) Data Quality
2 66 (6.00%) QA
3 49 (4.45%) PMO
4 41 (3.73%) GDPR
5 22 (2.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 21 (1.91%) SLA
7 19 (1.73%) GRC
8 14 (1.27%) IFRS
9 13 (1.18%) Accessibility
9 13 (1.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 12 (1.09%) NIST
11 11 (1.00%) Actionable Recommendations
12 10 (0.91%) GAAP
13 5 (0.45%) ISO 19650
14 4 (0.36%) COBIT
15 3 (0.27%) SEPA
15 3 (0.27%) Solvency II
16 2 (0.18%) Basel III
16 2 (0.18%) ITGC
17 1 (0.091%) UCITS
System Software
1 33 (3.00%) Active Directory
2 16 (1.45%) IAG
3 9 (0.82%) Docker
4 6 (0.55%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.36%) vSphere
7 3 (0.27%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.18%) GPFS
8 2 (0.18%) NFS
8 2 (0.18%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 2 (0.18%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.091%) DFS Replication
9 1 (0.091%) Dovecot
9 1 (0.091%) Postfix
9 1 (0.091%) Squid
Systems Management
1 24 (2.18%) Kubernetes
2 21 (1.91%) Microsoft Intune
3 19 (1.73%) Ansible
4 10 (0.91%) SCCM
5 6 (0.55%) 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 (0.091%) Argo
9 1 (0.091%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.091%) Nessus
9 1 (0.091%) Proxmox
9 1 (0.091%) Puppet
9 1 (0.091%) SCOM
9 1 (0.091%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.091%) WSUS
Vendors
1 187 (17.00%) Microsoft
2 135 (12.27%) SAP
3 105 (9.55%) Oracle
4 82 (7.45%) ServiceNow
5 40 (3.64%) Salesforce
6 19 (1.73%) Workday
7 15 (1.36%) IBM
7 15 (1.36%) IFS
8 14 (1.27%) Splunk
9 11 (1.00%) Sage
10 10 (0.91%) Cisco
10 10 (0.91%) Dynatrace
10 10 (0.91%) Nexthink
11 9 (0.82%) Adobe
11 9 (0.82%) Apple
11 9 (0.82%) Google
11 9 (0.82%) VMware
12 8 (0.73%) Atlassian
12 8 (0.73%) Autodesk
12 8 (0.73%) CyberArk