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

6 months to
3 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 117 105 171
Rank change year-on-year -12 +66 +28
Contract jobs citing Process Improvement 863 606 513
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.25% 2.50% 1.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.62% 2.75% 1.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 532 371 326
10th Percentile £263 £313 £325
25th Percentile £364 £411 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £523
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +0.48% -0.48%
75th Percentile £575 £638 £610
90th Percentile £650 £756 £725
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £513
% change year-on-year -5.00% -2.44% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 33 33
10th Percentile - £19.93 £13.21
25th Percentile £13.33 £26.88 £15.85
Median hourly rate £19.36 £32.81 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.00% +31.24% -43.00%
75th Percentile £47.75 £53.75 £43.75
90th Percentile £75.40 £75.00 £49.20
UK median hourly rate £17.00 £33.26 £29.31
% change year-on-year -48.88% +13.46% -33.17%

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 32,977 22,016 32,582
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.99% 90.82% 86.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,149 14,501 21,512
10th Percentile £313 £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 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,015 852 2,158
10th Percentile £15.38 £15.00 £12.92
25th Percentile £19.34 £19.96 £15.78
Median hourly rate £37.50 £32.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% - -13.33%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.64 £58.69
90th Percentile £77.50 £76.25 £70.66
UK median hourly rate £35.77 £31.76 £32.50
% change year-on-year +12.61% -2.28% -10.41%

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 3 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 3 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 3 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 -15 352 £500 -9.09% 183
North of England -44 145 £424 -15.13% 99
South East -25 124 £475 -9.13% 144
Midlands -26 98 £425 -6.25% 79
Yorkshire -2 84 £463 -10.63% 37
South West -1 64 £500 -2.44% 27
West Midlands -36 64 £425 -19.05% 49
East of England +2 58 £450 -10.00% 47
North West -87 45 £410 -8.89% 56
East Midlands -16 35 £393 +0.51% 30
North East -1 16 £363 -36.96% 8
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 (6.72%) Confluence
2 19 (2.20%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.16%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (1.04%) CICS
5 8 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
6 5 (0.58%) CMS
7 2 (0.23%) Apache
7 2 (0.23%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.12%) Mattermost
8 1 (0.12%) Moodle
8 1 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.12%) Tomcat
Applications
1 106 (12.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 40 (4.63%) Microsoft Office
2 40 (4.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 32 (3.71%) MS Visio
4 16 (1.85%) Microsoft Project
5 11 (1.27%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.23%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.12%) CATIA
7 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.12%) SOLIDWORKS
7 1 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 21 (2.43%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (1.16%) NetSuite
3 9 (1.04%) Oracle Payables
4 7 (0.81%) SAP HCM
4 7 (0.81%) SAP Payroll
5 6 (0.70%) NEC Housing
5 6 (0.70%) SAP FI
6 5 (0.58%) Oracle General Ledger
6 5 (0.58%) Oracle Receivables
6 5 (0.58%) SAP CO
6 5 (0.58%) SAP FI/CO
7 4 (0.46%) Oracle ERP
7 4 (0.46%) Remedy ITSM
8 3 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
8 3 (0.35%) Endur
8 3 (0.35%) Oracle Assets
8 3 (0.35%) Oracle EBS
8 3 (0.35%) Oracle EBS R12
8 3 (0.35%) Oracle Financials
8 3 (0.35%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 81 (9.39%) Power Platform
2 54 (6.26%) Azure
3 39 (4.52%) AWS
3 39 (4.52%) Microsoft 365
4 30 (3.48%) GitHub
5 28 (3.24%) SaaS
6 20 (2.32%) Azure DevOps
7 17 (1.97%) GCP
8 12 (1.39%) Dynamics 365
8 12 (1.39%) SuccessFactors
9 11 (1.27%) Google Workspace
10 10 (1.16%) GitHub Actions
11 9 (1.04%) Power Automate
12 8 (0.93%) Entra ID
13 7 (0.81%) Azure Data Factory
13 7 (0.81%) Lucidchart
14 6 (0.70%) Miro
15 5 (0.58%) AWS CloudFormation
15 5 (0.58%) OCI
15 5 (0.58%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 26 (3.01%) Firewall
2 11 (1.27%) DNS
3 7 (0.81%) VPN
4 5 (0.58%) DHCP
4 5 (0.58%) FTP
4 5 (0.58%) TCP/IP
5 4 (0.46%) Internet
6 3 (0.35%) Network Security
6 3 (0.35%) VSAN
6 3 (0.35%) WAN
7 2 (0.23%) Cisco IOS
7 2 (0.23%) SSL
8 1 (0.12%) Broadband
8 1 (0.12%) DWDM
8 1 (0.12%) HTTP
8 1 (0.12%) LAN
8 1 (0.12%) SAN
8 1 (0.12%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.12%) SSH
8 1 (0.12%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (8.69%) Power BI
2 19 (2.20%) Relational Database
3 18 (2.09%) MySQL
4 12 (1.39%) Tableau
5 10 (1.16%) Metadata
5 10 (1.16%) SQL Server
6 9 (1.04%) Data Warehouse
6 9 (1.04%) DataStage
7 8 (0.93%) Data Lake
8 7 (0.81%) Oracle Reports
8 7 (0.81%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (0.58%) MongoDB
9 5 (0.58%) Power Query
10 4 (0.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 2 (0.23%) Amazon RDS
11 2 (0.23%) Big Data
11 2 (0.23%) BusinessObjects
11 2 (0.23%) ImageNet
11 2 (0.23%) Oracle Database
11 2 (0.23%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 112 (12.98%) JIRA
2 39 (4.52%) Jenkins
3 15 (1.74%) Git
3 15 (1.74%) GitLab
4 13 (1.51%) Sonatype Nexus
5 9 (1.04%) Postman
6 8 (0.93%) Jaeger
7 6 (0.70%) Selenium
8 4 (0.46%) JUnit
8 4 (0.46%) MLflow
8 4 (0.46%) TestRail
9 3 (0.35%) CircleCI
9 3 (0.35%) IntelliJ
9 3 (0.35%) REST Assured
9 3 (0.35%) SonarQube
10 2 (0.23%) Appium
10 2 (0.23%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.23%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.23%) ScriptRunner
11 1 (0.12%) SoapUI
General
1 385 (44.61%) Social Skills
2 319 (36.96%) Finance
3 253 (29.32%) Analytical Skills
4 83 (9.62%) Banking
5 73 (8.46%) Public Sector
6 37 (4.29%) Documentation Skills
6 37 (4.29%) Influencing Skills
7 36 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
8 32 (3.71%) Legal
9 30 (3.48%) Telecoms
10 25 (2.90%) Retail
11 23 (2.67%) Marketing
12 22 (2.55%) Manufacturing
13 21 (2.43%) Billing
14 20 (2.32%) Presentation Skills
15 16 (1.85%) Financial Institution
16 14 (1.62%) Law
17 13 (1.51%) Retail Banking
18 12 (1.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 12 (1.39%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 269 (31.17%) Analyst
2 169 (19.58%) Business Analyst
3 92 (10.66%) Senior
4 71 (8.23%) Consultant
5 60 (6.95%) Lead
6 38 (4.40%) Senior Analyst
7 37 (4.29%) Project Manager
8 29 (3.36%) Accountant
9 27 (3.13%) Senior Business Analyst
10 21 (2.43%) Administrator
10 21 (2.43%) IT Support
10 21 (2.43%) Process Analyst
10 21 (2.43%) Technical Analyst
11 20 (2.32%) Data Analyst
11 20 (2.32%) Financial Analyst
11 20 (2.32%) Project Officer
11 20 (2.32%) Technical Support
12 17 (1.97%) Delivery Manager
13 16 (1.85%) Developer
14 15 (1.74%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (2.32%) Middleware
2 16 (1.85%) REST
3 13 (1.51%) Kafka
3 13 (1.51%) Node.js
3 13 (1.51%) Playwright
4 11 (1.27%) SOAP
4 11 (1.27%) Spring Boot
5 10 (1.16%) GraphQL
5 10 (1.16%) Web Services
5 10 (1.16%) XML
6 9 (1.04%) OpenTelemetry
6 9 (1.04%) Vitest
7 8 (0.93%) .NET
7 8 (0.93%) YAML
8 6 (0.70%) HTML
8 6 (0.70%) SailPoint
9 5 (0.58%) CSS
9 5 (0.58%) SAP Fiori
10 4 (0.46%) scikit-learn
10 4 (0.46%) Seaborn
Miscellaneous
1 56 (6.49%) Onboarding
2 33 (3.82%) Legacy Systems
2 33 (3.82%) Product Ownership
3 32 (3.71%) Analytical Mindset
4 30 (3.48%) Management Information System
4 30 (3.48%) Self-Motivation
5 19 (2.20%) Cloud Native
6 18 (2.09%) CMDB
7 15 (1.74%) Data Structures
8 14 (1.62%) Data Protection Act
9 13 (1.51%) Data Centre
9 13 (1.51%) Virtual Team
10 12 (1.39%) Replication
11 11 (1.27%) Derivative
12 10 (1.16%) Greenfield Project
12 10 (1.16%) Mainframe
13 9 (1.04%) BYOD
13 9 (1.04%) Distributed Systems
13 9 (1.04%) NHS
13 9 (1.04%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 54 (6.26%) Windows
2 49 (5.68%) Linux
3 34 (3.94%) Unix
4 9 (1.04%) AIX
4 9 (1.04%) Solaris
5 8 (0.93%) Apple iOS
6 7 (0.81%) Windows Server
7 6 (0.70%) Android
7 6 (0.70%) VMS
8 5 (0.58%) Windows 10
9 3 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.35%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.35%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.35%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.23%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 210 (24.33%) Problem-Solving
2 180 (20.86%) Stakeholder Management
3 179 (20.74%) Agile
4 164 (19.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 160 (18.54%) Continuous Improvement
6 129 (14.95%) Decision-Making
7 108 (12.51%) Project Management
8 104 (12.05%) Change Management
9 98 (11.36%) Workshop Facilitation
10 95 (11.01%) DevOps
11 90 (10.43%) Business Analysis
12 81 (9.39%) Business Intelligence
13 78 (9.04%) Migration
14 77 (8.92%) AI
15 75 (8.69%) Requirements Gathering
16 65 (7.53%) Coaching
17 63 (7.30%) Data Analysis
17 63 (7.30%) Roadmaps
18 62 (7.18%) User Acceptance Testing
19 61 (7.07%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 113 (13.09%) SQL
2 63 (7.30%) Python
3 42 (4.87%) Java
4 25 (2.90%) JavaScript
5 19 (2.20%) Perl
6 12 (1.39%) TypeScript
7 10 (1.16%) PowerShell
8 9 (1.04%) COBOL
9 8 (0.93%) ABAP
9 8 (0.93%) Rust
9 8 (0.93%) VBA
10 7 (0.81%) C#
11 6 (0.70%) Bash
11 6 (0.70%) Go
12 5 (0.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 5 (0.58%) PL/SQL
12 5 (0.58%) Shell Script
13 4 (0.46%) PHP
14 3 (0.35%) R
15 1 (0.12%) Korn
Qualifications
1 107 (12.40%) Degree
2 103 (11.94%) Security Cleared
3 74 (8.57%) SC Cleared
4 39 (4.52%) ACCA
5 36 (4.17%) CIMA
6 25 (2.90%) PMP
7 24 (2.78%) Master's Degree
8 23 (2.67%) Computer Science Degree
8 23 (2.67%) PMI Certification
9 12 (1.39%) BPSS Clearance
9 12 (1.39%) DV Cleared
10 9 (1.04%) ITIL Certification
10 9 (1.04%) MBA
11 8 (0.93%) SAFe Agilist
12 7 (0.81%) CISSP
13 6 (0.70%) CISM
14 5 (0.58%) IIBA
14 5 (0.58%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 5 (0.58%) Six Sigma Green Belt
15 4 (0.46%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (8.23%) QA
2 59 (6.84%) Data Quality
3 39 (4.52%) GDPR
4 30 (3.48%) PMO
5 27 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 24 (2.78%) SLA
7 12 (1.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 11 (1.27%) NIST
9 8 (0.93%) Basel III
9 8 (0.93%) IFRS
10 6 (0.70%) Accessibility
11 4 (0.46%) COBIT
11 4 (0.46%) ISO 19650
11 4 (0.46%) ISO 20022
11 4 (0.46%) PCI DSS
12 3 (0.35%) GAAP
12 3 (0.35%) PSD2
13 2 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
13 2 (0.23%) GRC
13 2 (0.23%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 29 (3.36%) Active Directory
1 29 (3.36%) Docker
2 8 (0.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (0.81%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.46%) GPFS
4 4 (0.46%) VMware NSX
4 4 (0.46%) vSphere
5 3 (0.35%) NFS
6 2 (0.23%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
6 2 (0.23%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 2 (0.23%) Xen
7 1 (0.12%) IAG
Systems Management
1 34 (3.94%) Kubernetes
2 27 (3.13%) Ansible
3 14 (1.62%) Grafana
3 14 (1.62%) Terraform
4 11 (1.27%) Prometheus
5 8 (0.93%) Kiali
6 7 (0.81%) Jamf Pro
7 6 (0.70%) Microsoft Intune
8 4 (0.46%) ITRS Geneos
9 3 (0.35%) WSUS
10 2 (0.23%) Control-M
11 1 (0.12%) Amdocs OSS
11 1 (0.12%) BladeLogic
11 1 (0.12%) CEMLI
11 1 (0.12%) HAProxy
11 1 (0.12%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 1 (0.12%) QRadar
11 1 (0.12%) SCCM
11 1 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.12%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 91 (10.54%) Microsoft
2 65 (7.53%) SAP
3 50 (5.79%) Oracle
3 50 (5.79%) ServiceNow
4 30 (3.48%) Salesforce
5 26 (3.01%) Workday
6 23 (2.67%) Splunk
7 21 (2.43%) Google
8 15 (1.74%) VMware
9 14 (1.62%) IBM
10 12 (1.39%) Sonatype
11 10 (1.16%) IFS
12 8 (0.93%) Alteryx
13 7 (0.81%) Adobe
13 7 (0.81%) Anaplan
13 7 (0.81%) Ariba
14 6 (0.70%) Atlassian
14 6 (0.70%) Cisco
14 6 (0.70%) Databricks
14 6 (0.70%) NEC