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 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 108 111 145
Rank change year-on-year +3 +34 +26
Contract jobs citing Process Improvement 782 666 669
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.52% 2.27% 1.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.83% 2.57% 2.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 451 391 419
10th Percentile £222 £300 £319
25th Percentile £352 £425 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £550 £513
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +7.32% -2.38%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £611
90th Percentile £688 £740 £688
UK median daily rate £475 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 25 30
10th Percentile £13.33 £14.61 £17.03
25th Percentile £16.50 £27.00 £21.13
Median hourly rate £25.42 £35.00 £32.25
Median % change year-on-year -27.39% +8.53% +2.38%
75th Percentile £40.65 £65.62 £49.13
90th Percentile £63.75 £75.00 £57.81
UK median hourly rate £22.75 £35.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year -35.00% +6.06% +4.76%

All Process and 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 27,668 25,905 33,491
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 89.00% 88.32% 88.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,615 15,999 22,793
10th Percentile £300 £310 £313
25th Percentile £406 £418 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -3.62% -3.67% -0.91%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £531
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.13% -3.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,810 882 1,400
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.54 £14.74
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.25
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -20.90% +18.63%
75th Percentile £53.75 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.26 £74.99 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £33.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -23.79% -22.35% +21.43%

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 December 2025.

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 December 2025.

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 December 2025. 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 +23 332 £488 -15.22% 145
North of England -5 154 £500 - 131
South East -15 98 £425 -26.09% 201
Midlands -14 91 £425 -5.56% 104
North West -9 86 £500 +6.38% 69
West Midlands -22 60 £450 -20.56% 67
Yorkshire -18 56 £475 -17.39% 45
East of England -1 47 £469 +32.79% 66
South West -18 47 £488 -7.14% 53
East Midlands -7 31 £354 -0.56% 35
North East -6 12 £375 -34.78% 18
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 44 (5.63%) Confluence
2 22 (2.81%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.28%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (1.15%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.51%) CMS
5 4 (0.51%) Resin
6 2 (0.26%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.13%) Apache
7 1 (0.13%) Moodle
7 1 (0.13%) MQSeries
7 1 (0.13%) nginx
7 1 (0.13%) Smallworld
7 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
Applications
1 107 (13.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 47 (6.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 34 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
4 32 (4.09%) MS Visio
5 15 (1.92%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.51%) PTC Creo
7 3 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.38%) Trello
8 2 (0.26%) AutoCAD
8 2 (0.26%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.26%) MicroStation
8 2 (0.26%) Navisworks
8 2 (0.26%) Revit
9 1 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.13%) Mozilla Thunderbird
9 1 (0.13%) NASTRAN
9 1 (0.13%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 51 (6.52%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (1.41%) NetSuite
3 10 (1.28%) Oracle Payables
4 9 (1.15%) SAP HCM
5 8 (1.02%) Oracle EBS
6 7 (0.90%) SAP Payroll
7 6 (0.77%) Oracle EBS R12
8 5 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
8 5 (0.64%) Oracle General Ledger
8 5 (0.64%) Oracle Receivables
9 4 (0.51%) Oracle Financials
9 4 (0.51%) Salesforce CRM
9 4 (0.51%) SAP CO
9 4 (0.51%) SAP FI
9 4 (0.51%) SAP FI/CO
10 3 (0.38%) Endur
10 3 (0.38%) Oracle Assets
10 3 (0.38%) Oracle ERP
11 2 (0.26%) SAP PS
11 2 (0.26%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 73 (9.34%) Power Platform
2 59 (7.54%) Azure
3 47 (6.01%) AWS
4 43 (5.50%) Microsoft 365
5 38 (4.86%) SaaS
6 20 (2.56%) Azure DevOps
6 20 (2.56%) GitHub
7 18 (2.30%) GCP
8 14 (1.79%) Dynamics 365
8 14 (1.79%) PowerApps
9 11 (1.41%) Power Automate
9 11 (1.41%) SuccessFactors
10 10 (1.28%) Entra ID
10 10 (1.28%) Miro
11 8 (1.02%) Google Workspace
11 8 (1.02%) Lucidchart
12 6 (0.77%) GitHub Actions
12 6 (0.77%) OCI
12 6 (0.77%) PaaS
13 5 (0.64%) Sentry
Communications & Networking
1 17 (2.17%) Firewall
2 11 (1.41%) DNS
3 7 (0.90%) DHCP
3 7 (0.90%) WAN
4 6 (0.77%) HTTP
4 6 (0.77%) Internet
4 6 (0.77%) LAN
4 6 (0.77%) VPN
5 5 (0.64%) Cisco IOS
5 5 (0.64%) Network Security
6 4 (0.51%) Wireless
7 3 (0.38%) Broadband
7 3 (0.38%) PuTTY
7 3 (0.38%) SSL
7 3 (0.38%) WLAN
8 2 (0.26%) DWDM
8 2 (0.26%) Structured Cabling
8 2 (0.26%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.26%) Unified Communications
8 2 (0.26%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (8.44%) Power BI
2 20 (2.56%) MySQL
3 17 (2.17%) Relational Database
4 12 (1.53%) Tableau
5 11 (1.41%) Data Lake
5 11 (1.41%) SAP HANA
6 10 (1.28%) Oracle Reports
6 10 (1.28%) SQL Server
7 5 (0.64%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (0.64%) Metadata
7 5 (0.64%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (0.38%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (0.38%) Big Data
8 3 (0.38%) BigQuery
8 3 (0.38%) Looker
8 3 (0.38%) Oracle Database
8 3 (0.38%) Power Query
9 2 (0.26%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.26%) Essbase
9 2 (0.26%) GIS
Development Applications
1 82 (10.49%) JIRA
2 42 (5.37%) Jenkins
3 17 (2.17%) GitLab
3 17 (2.17%) Postman
4 8 (1.02%) Git
4 8 (1.02%) Sonatype Nexus
5 5 (0.64%) Appium
5 5 (0.64%) Charles Proxy
5 5 (0.64%) Katalon Studio
5 5 (0.64%) XCUITest
6 4 (0.51%) IntelliJ
7 3 (0.38%) Jaeger
7 3 (0.38%) REST Assured
7 3 (0.38%) Selenium
7 3 (0.38%) SoapUI
7 3 (0.38%) TestRail
8 2 (0.26%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.26%) Oracle Forms
8 2 (0.26%) Zephyr
9 1 (0.13%) JUnit
General
1 365 (46.68%) Social Skills
2 252 (32.23%) Finance
3 159 (20.33%) Analytical Skills
4 55 (7.03%) Banking
5 50 (6.39%) Public Sector
6 39 (4.99%) Organisational Skills
7 36 (4.60%) Manufacturing
8 34 (4.35%) Telecoms
9 30 (3.84%) Documentation Skills
10 26 (3.32%) Influencing Skills
11 25 (3.20%) Presentation Skills
12 23 (2.94%) Retail
13 22 (2.81%) Marketing
14 19 (2.43%) Legal
14 19 (2.43%) Pharmaceutical
15 15 (1.92%) Billing
15 15 (1.92%) Financial Institution
16 13 (1.66%) General Ledger
17 11 (1.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 10 (1.28%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 247 (31.59%) Analyst
2 129 (16.50%) Business Analyst
3 80 (10.23%) Senior
4 66 (8.44%) Consultant
5 49 (6.27%) Lead
6 31 (3.96%) Project Manager
7 30 (3.84%) Senior Analyst
8 28 (3.58%) Process Analyst
9 27 (3.45%) SAP Consultant
10 26 (3.32%) Data Analyst
11 23 (2.94%) Accountant
11 23 (2.94%) Technical Analyst
12 22 (2.81%) Administrator
12 22 (2.81%) Senior Business Analyst
13 21 (2.69%) Technical Support
14 18 (2.30%) IT Support
15 17 (2.17%) Architect
15 17 (2.17%) Change Manager
15 17 (2.17%) Financial Analyst
16 16 (2.05%) Systems Accountant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (2.81%) Web Services
2 18 (2.30%) Playwright
3 17 (2.17%) GraphQL
3 17 (2.17%) Node.js
3 17 (2.17%) Vitest
4 14 (1.79%) SAP Fiori
5 12 (1.53%) Oracle Fusion
6 11 (1.41%) BAPI
7 10 (1.28%) XML
7 10 (1.28%) YAML
8 9 (1.15%) SOAP
9 8 (1.02%) REST
10 7 (0.90%) .NET
11 6 (0.77%) SailPoint
12 5 (0.64%) Kafka
13 4 (0.51%) EDI
13 4 (0.51%) HTML
13 4 (0.51%) LDAP
13 4 (0.51%) Middleware
14 3 (0.38%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 55 (7.03%) Onboarding
2 21 (2.69%) Cloud Native
3 20 (2.56%) Management Information System
3 20 (2.56%) Product Ownership
4 19 (2.43%) Analytical Mindset
5 17 (2.17%) Self-Motivation
6 16 (2.05%) Legacy Systems
7 14 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
7 14 (1.79%) Virtual Team
8 12 (1.53%) Reinsurance
9 10 (1.28%) Replication
10 9 (1.15%) Data Structures
11 8 (1.02%) CMDB
11 8 (1.02%) Data Centre
11 8 (1.02%) Greenfield Project
11 8 (1.02%) Mobile App
11 8 (1.02%) NHS
12 7 (0.90%) Derivative
12 7 (0.90%) PKI
13 6 (0.77%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 50 (6.39%) Windows
2 28 (3.58%) Linux
3 21 (2.69%) Unix
4 11 (1.41%) Apple iOS
5 7 (0.90%) Android
5 7 (0.90%) VMS
5 7 (0.90%) Windows 10
6 4 (0.51%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.13%) Amazon Linux
8 1 (0.13%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.13%) Solaris
8 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 191 (24.42%) Problem-Solving
2 176 (22.51%) Agile
3 153 (19.57%) Stakeholder Management
4 148 (18.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 128 (16.37%) Continuous Improvement
6 97 (12.40%) Change Management
7 92 (11.76%) Project Management
8 90 (11.51%) Workshop Facilitation
9 87 (11.13%) Decision-Making
10 80 (10.23%) DevOps
11 74 (9.46%) Business Analysis
12 72 (9.21%) Roadmaps
13 71 (9.08%) ITIL
14 68 (8.70%) Project Delivery
15 64 (8.18%) Business Intelligence
15 64 (8.18%) Data Analysis
16 61 (7.80%) CI/CD
17 56 (7.16%) ERP
17 56 (7.16%) Requirements Gathering
17 56 (7.16%) Six Sigma
Programming Languages
1 96 (12.28%) SQL
2 56 (7.16%) Python
3 30 (3.84%) JavaScript
4 25 (3.20%) Java
5 21 (2.69%) TypeScript
6 19 (2.43%) Perl
7 18 (2.30%) ABAP
8 13 (1.66%) PowerShell
9 7 (0.90%) PL/SQL
9 7 (0.90%) Shell Script
10 6 (0.77%) C#
11 5 (0.64%) Kotlin
11 5 (0.64%) Swift
12 4 (0.51%) Bash
12 4 (0.51%) PHP
12 4 (0.51%) VBA
13 3 (0.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (0.38%) R
13 3 (0.38%) Rust
14 2 (0.26%) ActionScript 2.0
Qualifications
1 118 (15.09%) Degree
2 95 (12.15%) Security Cleared
3 77 (9.85%) SC Cleared
4 34 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (2.30%) PMI Certification
6 17 (2.17%) Master's Degree
6 17 (2.17%) PMP
7 14 (1.79%) ACCA
7 14 (1.79%) BPSS Clearance
7 14 (1.79%) Six Sigma Green Belt
8 10 (1.28%) CIMA
9 8 (1.02%) Azure Certification
9 8 (1.02%) DV Cleared
10 6 (0.77%) ITIL Certification
10 6 (0.77%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 5 (0.64%) CompTIA Security+
11 5 (0.64%) MBA
12 4 (0.51%) CCAB
12 4 (0.51%) GIAC
12 4 (0.51%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (7.67%) QA
2 46 (5.88%) Data Quality
3 29 (3.71%) PMO
4 20 (2.56%) GDPR
5 18 (2.30%) SLA
6 14 (1.79%) Accessibility
7 6 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (0.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 5 (0.64%) IFRS
9 4 (0.51%) Actionable Recommendations
9 4 (0.51%) GAAP
9 4 (0.51%) NIST
9 4 (0.51%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.38%) Basel III
10 3 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.38%) EMIR
10 3 (0.38%) ISO 19650
10 3 (0.38%) MiFID
10 3 (0.38%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.26%) GRC
System Software
1 28 (3.58%) Docker
2 27 (3.45%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (0.51%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.26%) Xen
5 1 (0.13%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
5 1 (0.13%) DFS Replication
5 1 (0.13%) Dovecot
5 1 (0.13%) Firmware
5 1 (0.13%) GPFS
5 1 (0.13%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.13%) Postfix
5 1 (0.13%) Slurm Workload Manager
5 1 (0.13%) Squid
Systems Management
1 32 (4.09%) Kubernetes
2 22 (2.81%) Ansible
3 16 (2.05%) Terraform
4 10 (1.28%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (0.90%) Grafana
5 7 (0.90%) Jamf Pro
6 6 (0.77%) Prometheus
7 5 (0.64%) SCCM
8 4 (0.51%) QRadar
8 4 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.38%) Kiali
10 2 (0.26%) HP ALM
10 2 (0.26%) ITRS Geneos
10 2 (0.26%) McAfee ePO
10 2 (0.26%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 1 (0.13%) BladeLogic
11 1 (0.13%) HP Quality Center
11 1 (0.13%) Nessus
11 1 (0.13%) Proxmox
11 1 (0.13%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 125 (15.98%) Microsoft
2 82 (10.49%) SAP
3 57 (7.29%) Oracle
4 42 (5.37%) ServiceNow
5 21 (2.69%) Salesforce
6 20 (2.56%) Google
7 19 (2.43%) Workday
8 18 (2.30%) Adobe
9 17 (2.17%) Splunk
10 10 (1.28%) Cisco
11 8 (1.02%) Alteryx
12 7 (0.90%) Anaplan
12 7 (0.90%) Ariba
12 7 (0.90%) Sonatype
13 6 (0.77%) VMware
14 5 (0.64%) Atlassian
14 5 (0.64%) Computacenter
14 5 (0.64%) CyberArk
14 5 (0.64%) Databricks
15 4 (0.51%) Dynatrace