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

 6 months to
14 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 119 101 165
Rank change year-on-year -18 +64 -11
Contract jobs citing Process Improvement 1,011 712 503
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.22% 2.58% 1.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.61% 2.84% 1.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 590 433 331
10th Percentile £313 £279 £325
25th Percentile £402 £369 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -
75th Percentile £600 £600 £624
90th Percentile £688 £715 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £513
% change year-on-year +5.26% -7.32% +1.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 66 44 27
10th Percentile £13.33 £16.50 £13.86
25th Percentile £14.22 £25.67 £14.50
Median hourly rate £22.47 £30.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.12% +20.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £45.50 £35.75 £35.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £68.13 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £23.21 £30.00 £24.26
% change year-on-year -22.63% +23.69% -21.12%

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 38,785 25,097 28,627
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.06% 90.81% 85.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,091 16,007 18,621
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £630 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £756
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,533 1,429 1,649
10th Percentile £14.48 £14.20 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.34 £17.87 £18.50
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +2.87%
75th Percentile £68.75 £50.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.30 £25.15 £41.50
% change year-on-year +68.19% -39.40% -2.35%

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 14 August 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 14 August 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 14 August 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 +2 462 £525 +5.00% 404
South East -23 155 £500 - 229
North of England -54 142 £500 - 160
Midlands -16 126 £450 - 106
West Midlands -41 74 £500 +5.26% 62
North West -62 73 £500 +5.26% 84
Yorkshire -15 62 £500 -2.44% 56
South West -5 57 £425 - 77
East of England +10 52 £450 -10.00% 58
East Midlands +3 52 £413 +65.00% 44
North East -39 8 £400 -25.23% 22
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 50 (4.95%) Confluence
2 28 (2.77%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.19%) CMS
4 10 (0.99%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (0.59%) Oracle Workflow
6 3 (0.30%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.30%) CICS
6 3 (0.30%) Moodle
6 3 (0.30%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 3 (0.30%) TIBCO ActiveMatrix
7 2 (0.20%) Apache
7 2 (0.20%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.099%) Appian
8 1 (0.099%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.099%) Mattermost
8 1 (0.099%) MTS
8 1 (0.099%) Oracle Coherence
8 1 (0.099%) SAS
8 1 (0.099%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.099%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 108 (10.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 41 (4.06%) Microsoft Office
3 31 (3.07%) MS Visio
4 20 (1.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 14 (1.38%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.40%) AutoCAD
7 4 (0.40%) Navisworks
7 4 (0.40%) ProjectWise
7 4 (0.40%) Revit
8 3 (0.30%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.30%) Simulink
9 2 (0.20%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.099%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.099%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 34 (3.36%) SAP S/4HANA
2 19 (1.88%) NetSuite
3 15 (1.48%) Dynamics CRM
4 12 (1.19%) iTrent
5 10 (0.99%) Oracle EBS
6 9 (0.89%) Oracle Payables
7 8 (0.79%) Oracle Receivables
8 7 (0.69%) Oracle ERP
9 6 (0.59%) Magento
9 6 (0.59%) SAP SD
10 5 (0.49%) Salesforce CRM
10 5 (0.49%) SAP PSCD
11 4 (0.40%) Integrated Workplace Management System
11 4 (0.40%) Oracle General Ledger
11 4 (0.40%) SAP Business One
12 3 (0.30%) BusinessWorks
12 3 (0.30%) SAP FI
12 3 (0.30%) SAP IBP
13 2 (0.20%) OpenText VIM for SAP
13 2 (0.20%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 108 (10.68%) Power Platform
2 95 (9.40%) Azure
3 42 (4.15%) Microsoft 365
4 39 (3.86%) AWS
5 33 (3.26%) SaaS
6 29 (2.87%) Dynamics 365
7 27 (2.67%) Entra ID
8 24 (2.37%) Azure DevOps
9 21 (2.08%) Power Automate
10 20 (1.98%) PowerApps
10 20 (1.98%) SuccessFactors
11 18 (1.78%) GitHub
12 11 (1.09%) Microsoft Copilot
13 9 (0.89%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 9 (0.89%) Lucidchart
14 8 (0.79%) Azure Monitor
14 8 (0.79%) Datadog
14 8 (0.79%) GCP
14 8 (0.79%) OneDrive
15 7 (0.69%) Intacct
Communications & Networking
1 15 (1.48%) TCP/IP
2 13 (1.29%) Firewall
3 10 (0.99%) WAN
4 9 (0.89%) DNS
4 9 (0.89%) VPN
4 9 (0.89%) Wi-Fi
5 7 (0.69%) LAN
6 5 (0.49%) Network Security
6 5 (0.49%) SSL
7 4 (0.40%) MPLS
7 4 (0.40%) Wireless
8 3 (0.30%) BGP
8 3 (0.30%) DHCP
8 3 (0.30%) DMZ
8 3 (0.30%) Internet
8 3 (0.30%) IPsec
8 3 (0.30%) VSAN
9 2 (0.20%) L2TP
9 2 (0.20%) Multicast
9 2 (0.20%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 88 (8.70%) Power BI
2 17 (1.68%) Tableau
3 12 (1.19%) Data Warehouse
3 12 (1.19%) Metadata
4 8 (0.79%) BusinessObjects
4 8 (0.79%) Relational Database
5 7 (0.69%) Oracle Reports
6 6 (0.59%) Power Query
6 6 (0.59%) SQL Server
7 5 (0.49%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (0.40%) MySQL
8 4 (0.40%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 4 (0.40%) Oracle Database
9 3 (0.30%) DataStage
9 3 (0.30%) SAP HANA
10 2 (0.20%) Big Data
10 2 (0.20%) Crystal Reports
10 2 (0.20%) MongoDB
10 2 (0.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (0.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 89 (8.80%) JIRA
2 12 (1.19%) Git
3 11 (1.09%) Jenkins
4 6 (0.59%) SonarQube
5 5 (0.49%) Postman
5 5 (0.49%) Selenium
6 4 (0.40%) JMeter
6 4 (0.40%) JUnit
6 4 (0.40%) Oracle Forms
6 4 (0.40%) Zephyr
7 3 (0.30%) eggPlant
7 3 (0.30%) IntelliJ
7 3 (0.30%) LoadRunner
7 3 (0.30%) SoapUI
8 2 (0.20%) Appium
8 2 (0.20%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.20%) GitLab
8 2 (0.20%) HP UFT
8 2 (0.20%) MLflow
8 2 (0.20%) TestRail
General
1 419 (41.44%) Finance
2 414 (40.95%) Social Skills
3 303 (29.97%) Analytical Skills
4 97 (9.59%) Banking
5 74 (7.32%) Public Sector
6 54 (5.34%) Documentation Skills
7 50 (4.95%) Manufacturing
7 50 (4.95%) Retail
8 45 (4.45%) Legal
9 42 (4.15%) Organisational Skills
10 37 (3.66%) Influencing Skills
11 22 (2.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 19 (1.88%) Marketing
13 18 (1.78%) Telecoms
14 17 (1.68%) General Ledger
14 17 (1.68%) Local Government
15 16 (1.58%) Front Office
15 16 (1.58%) Investment Banking
16 14 (1.38%) Back Office
17 13 (1.29%) Billing
Job Titles
1 320 (31.65%) Analyst
2 191 (18.89%) Business Analyst
3 101 (9.99%) Senior
4 96 (9.50%) Lead
5 88 (8.70%) Consultant
6 46 (4.55%) Senior Analyst
7 43 (4.25%) Project Manager
8 41 (4.06%) Accountant
9 32 (3.17%) Data Analyst
10 27 (2.67%) Developer
10 27 (2.67%) Senior Business Analyst
11 25 (2.47%) Financial Analyst
12 24 (2.37%) Administrator
12 24 (2.37%) Process Analyst
13 21 (2.08%) Architect
14 20 (1.98%) Senior Manager
14 20 (1.98%) Transformation Manager
15 19 (1.88%) IT Manager
16 18 (1.78%) Management Accountant
16 18 (1.78%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (2.57%) Oracle Fusion
2 19 (1.88%) REST
3 16 (1.58%) .NET
4 12 (1.19%) Middleware
4 12 (1.19%) SOAP
5 9 (0.89%) HTML5 Canvas
5 9 (0.89%) SAP PI
6 8 (0.79%) HTML
7 6 (0.59%) IDoc
7 6 (0.59%) JSON
8 5 (0.49%) AngularJS
8 5 (0.49%) JDBC
8 5 (0.49%) React
8 5 (0.49%) STL
8 5 (0.49%) Web Services
9 4 (0.40%) Node.js
9 4 (0.40%) OAuth2
9 4 (0.40%) RESTful
9 4 (0.40%) XML
9 4 (0.40%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 79 (7.81%) Onboarding
2 53 (5.24%) Product Ownership
3 49 (4.85%) Management Information System
4 37 (3.66%) Analytical Mindset
5 23 (2.27%) CMDB
5 23 (2.27%) Enterprise Software
6 20 (1.98%) Cloud Native
7 19 (1.88%) Legacy Systems
8 16 (1.58%) Data Protection Act
9 15 (1.48%) Operational Technology
10 13 (1.29%) AI Agents
10 13 (1.29%) Self-Motivation
11 12 (1.19%) Greenfield Project
11 12 (1.19%) Reinsurance
12 11 (1.09%) FMCG
12 11 (1.09%) Virtual Team
13 10 (0.99%) Data Structures
14 9 (0.89%) Data Centre
15 8 (0.79%) Derivative
15 8 (0.79%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 43 (4.25%) Windows
2 24 (2.37%) Linux
3 19 (1.88%) Unix
4 13 (1.29%) Mac OS
5 10 (0.99%) Windows Server
6 6 (0.59%) Android
6 6 (0.59%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.40%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.40%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.30%) AIX
8 3 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.30%) Solaris
8 3 (0.30%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.099%) Check Point GAiA
9 1 (0.099%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 335 (33.14%) Stakeholder Management
2 264 (26.11%) Problem-Solving
3 223 (22.06%) Continuous Improvement
4 206 (20.38%) Agile
5 183 (18.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 153 (15.13%) Workshop Facilitation
7 152 (15.03%) Decision-Making
8 149 (14.74%) User Acceptance Testing
9 145 (14.34%) ERP
10 135 (13.35%) Change Management
11 133 (13.16%) Validation
12 127 (12.56%) Requirements Gathering
13 126 (12.46%) Business Analysis
13 126 (12.46%) Migration
14 125 (12.36%) AI
15 100 (9.89%) Business Intelligence
15 100 (9.89%) User Stories
16 92 (9.10%) Data Analysis
17 87 (8.61%) DevOps
17 87 (8.61%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 109 (10.78%) SQL
2 62 (6.13%) Python
3 34 (3.36%) Java
4 21 (2.08%) JavaScript
5 18 (1.78%) VBA
6 16 (1.58%) PowerShell
7 9 (0.89%) ABAP
7 9 (0.89%) C#
8 8 (0.79%) Bash
9 7 (0.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 7 (0.69%) Perl
10 6 (0.59%) PL/SQL
11 5 (0.49%) Korn
11 5 (0.49%) MATLAB
11 5 (0.49%) R
12 3 (0.30%) ActionScript
12 3 (0.30%) ActionScript 2.0
12 3 (0.30%) COBOL
12 3 (0.30%) Go
12 3 (0.30%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 143 (14.14%) Security Cleared
2 114 (11.28%) SC Cleared
3 92 (9.10%) Degree
4 62 (6.13%) ACCA
5 59 (5.84%) CIMA
6 21 (2.08%) DV Cleared
7 18 (1.78%) PMP
8 16 (1.58%) PMI Certification
9 15 (1.48%) Computer Science Degree
10 14 (1.38%) Six Sigma Green Belt
11 13 (1.29%) BPSS Clearance
12 11 (1.09%) ITIL Certification
13 9 (0.89%) CBAP
14 8 (0.79%) ISEB
15 7 (0.69%) IIBA
15 7 (0.69%) Master's Degree
15 7 (0.69%) Microsoft Certification
16 6 (0.59%) Cisco Certification
17 5 (0.49%) ISTQB
18 4 (0.40%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (8.70%) Data Quality
2 61 (6.03%) QA
3 43 (4.25%) GDPR
3 43 (4.25%) PMO
4 25 (2.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 15 (1.48%) SLA
6 14 (1.38%) NIST
6 14 (1.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 12 (1.19%) IFRS
8 10 (0.99%) Accessibility
8 10 (0.99%) Actionable Recommendations
8 10 (0.99%) GRC
9 9 (0.89%) GAAP
10 5 (0.49%) COBIT
11 4 (0.40%) ISO 19650
12 3 (0.30%) Solvency II
13 2 (0.20%) Basel III
13 2 (0.20%) PCI DSS
13 2 (0.20%) SEPA
14 1 (0.099%) COREP
System Software
1 30 (2.97%) Active Directory
2 14 (1.38%) IAG
3 8 (0.79%) Docker
4 7 (0.69%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.59%) vSphere
6 5 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.40%) VMware NSX
8 3 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.30%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.20%) GPFS
9 2 (0.20%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.20%) NFS
9 2 (0.20%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 23 (2.27%) Kubernetes
2 19 (1.88%) Ansible
3 16 (1.58%) Microsoft Intune
4 14 (1.38%) Terraform
5 6 (0.59%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (0.49%) Control-M
6 5 (0.49%) SCCM
7 3 (0.30%) HP Fortify
7 3 (0.30%) WSUS
8 2 (0.20%) Grafana
8 2 (0.20%) ITRS Geneos
8 2 (0.20%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.20%) vRealize
9 1 (0.099%) Amdocs OSS
9 1 (0.099%) Argo
9 1 (0.099%) Autotask
9 1 (0.099%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.099%) Istio
9 1 (0.099%) Puppet
9 1 (0.099%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 138 (13.65%) Microsoft
2 120 (11.87%) SAP
3 91 (9.00%) Oracle
4 74 (7.32%) ServiceNow
5 39 (3.86%) Salesforce
6 20 (1.98%) Workday
7 18 (1.78%) IFS
8 13 (1.29%) IBM
9 12 (1.19%) Google
9 12 (1.19%) Splunk
9 12 (1.19%) VMware
10 10 (0.99%) Cisco
11 9 (0.89%) Adobe
11 9 (0.89%) Apple
11 9 (0.89%) Dynatrace
11 9 (0.89%) Okta
11 9 (0.89%) Sage
12 8 (0.79%) Nexthink
13 6 (0.59%) Databricks
13 6 (0.59%) ForgeRock
939 Process Improvement jobs in England