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

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 117 108 173
Rank change year-on-year -9 +65 +31
Contract jobs citing Process Improvement 867 606 513
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.21% 2.48% 1.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.58% 2.73% 1.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 528 373 328
10th Percentile £263 £311 £325
25th Percentile £371 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £513
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +2.44% -2.38%
75th Percentile £575 £630 £611
90th Percentile £652 £755 £716
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 31 33
10th Percentile - £19.25 £13.21
25th Percentile £13.33 £26.88 £15.85
Median hourly rate £25.28 £32.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.21% +30.00% -43.18%
75th Percentile £44.00 £56.88 £43.75
90th Percentile £75.40 £75.00 £49.20
UK median hourly rate £22.46 £32.66 £29.31
% change year-on-year -31.21% +11.41% -33.39%

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 33,547 22,212 32,344
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.44% 91.02% 86.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,492 14,606 21,309
10th Percentile £314 £311 £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 £613 £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 2,069 881 2,207
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.84 £12.85
25th Percentile £20.09 £18.51 £15.76
Median hourly rate £41.56 £31.76 £34.21
Median % change year-on-year +30.84% -7.16% -8.77%
75th Percentile £66.25 £64.50 £58.69
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.25 £71.75
UK median hourly rate £37.16 £30.45 £33.55
% change year-on-year +22.04% -9.24% -7.45%

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 16 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 16 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 16 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 -5 352 £500 -9.09% 119
North of England -43 142 £435 -13.00% 82
South East -15 136 £500 -4.40% 92
Midlands -30 98 £425 -6.32% 69
Yorkshire +2 82 £468 -9.57% 18
West Midlands -31 67 £425 -19.05% 41
South West +1 65 £500 -2.44% 34
East of England +3 55 £450 -10.00% 33
North West -77 45 £418 -7.22% 58
East Midlands -19 32 £390 -3.53% 28
North East -6 16 £363 -34.98% 7
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 57 (6.57%) Confluence
2 18 (2.08%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.04%) CICS
4 8 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (0.81%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.58%) CMS
7 3 (0.35%) Moodle
8 2 (0.23%) Apache
8 2 (0.23%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.12%) Mattermost
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.12%) Tomcat
Applications
1 110 (12.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 43 (4.96%) Microsoft Office
3 37 (4.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 30 (3.46%) MS Visio
5 15 (1.73%) Microsoft Project
6 11 (1.27%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.23%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.12%) CATIA
8 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle Smart View
8 1 (0.12%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 25 (2.88%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (1.27%) NetSuite
3 8 (0.92%) Oracle Payables
4 7 (0.81%) NEC Housing
4 7 (0.81%) SAP FI
4 7 (0.81%) SAP HCM
4 7 (0.81%) SAP Payroll
5 5 (0.58%) iTrent
5 5 (0.58%) SAP CO
5 5 (0.58%) 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
7 3 (0.35%) Oracle Assets
7 3 (0.35%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.35%) Oracle EBS R12
7 3 (0.35%) Oracle ERP
7 3 (0.35%) SAP Business One
7 3 (0.35%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 88 (10.15%) Power Platform
2 55 (6.34%) Azure
3 37 (4.27%) Microsoft 365
4 36 (4.15%) AWS
5 29 (3.34%) SaaS
6 27 (3.11%) GitHub
7 19 (2.19%) Azure DevOps
8 17 (1.96%) GCP
9 16 (1.85%) SuccessFactors
10 10 (1.15%) Dynamics 365
10 10 (1.15%) GitHub Actions
10 10 (1.15%) Google Workspace
11 9 (1.04%) Entra ID
12 8 (0.92%) Power Automate
13 7 (0.81%) Lucidchart
13 7 (0.81%) Miro
14 6 (0.69%) Azure Data Factory
15 5 (0.58%) AWS CloudFormation
15 5 (0.58%) OCI
15 5 (0.58%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 26 (3.00%) Firewall
2 10 (1.15%) 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
7 2 (0.23%) SSL
7 2 (0.23%) WAN
8 1 (0.12%) Broadband
8 1 (0.12%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (0.12%) Cisco ISE
8 1 (0.12%) NaaS
8 1 (0.12%) SAN
8 1 (0.12%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.12%) Structured Cabling
8 1 (0.12%) WebEx
8 1 (0.12%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 82 (9.46%) Power BI
2 17 (1.96%) Relational Database
3 15 (1.73%) MySQL
4 13 (1.50%) Tableau
5 10 (1.15%) Metadata
6 9 (1.04%) DataStage
6 9 (1.04%) Oracle Reports
6 9 (1.04%) SQL Server
7 8 (0.92%) Data Warehouse
8 7 (0.81%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (0.58%) Data Lake
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%) Crystal Reports
11 2 (0.23%) Oracle Database
11 2 (0.23%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 113 (13.03%) JIRA
2 39 (4.50%) Jenkins
3 14 (1.61%) Git
4 12 (1.38%) GitLab
4 12 (1.38%) Sonatype Nexus
5 8 (0.92%) Jaeger
5 8 (0.92%) Postman
6 6 (0.69%) Selenium
7 4 (0.46%) JUnit
7 4 (0.46%) MLflow
7 4 (0.46%) TestRail
8 3 (0.35%) CircleCI
8 3 (0.35%) IntelliJ
8 3 (0.35%) REST Assured
8 3 (0.35%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.23%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.23%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.23%) ScriptRunner
10 1 (0.12%) Gatling
10 1 (0.12%) WinAutomation
General
1 378 (43.60%) Social Skills
2 326 (37.60%) Finance
3 266 (30.68%) Analytical Skills
4 82 (9.46%) Banking
5 72 (8.30%) Public Sector
6 40 (4.61%) Influencing Skills
7 39 (4.50%) Documentation Skills
8 34 (3.92%) Organisational Skills
9 32 (3.69%) Legal
10 30 (3.46%) Retail
11 25 (2.88%) Marketing
11 25 (2.88%) Telecoms
12 23 (2.65%) Manufacturing
13 20 (2.31%) Presentation Skills
14 19 (2.19%) Billing
15 16 (1.85%) Financial Institution
16 14 (1.61%) Law
16 14 (1.61%) Local Government
17 13 (1.50%) General Ledger
17 13 (1.50%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 275 (31.72%) Analyst
2 169 (19.49%) Business Analyst
3 97 (11.19%) Senior
4 71 (8.19%) Consultant
5 61 (7.04%) Lead
6 41 (4.73%) Senior Analyst
7 37 (4.27%) Project Manager
8 32 (3.69%) Accountant
9 27 (3.11%) Senior Business Analyst
10 23 (2.65%) Data Analyst
10 23 (2.65%) Financial Analyst
10 23 (2.65%) Process Analyst
11 20 (2.31%) Project Officer
11 20 (2.31%) Technical Analyst
12 19 (2.19%) Administrator
12 19 (2.19%) IT Support
13 17 (1.96%) Management Accountant
13 17 (1.96%) Technical Support
14 16 (1.85%) Developer
14 16 (1.85%) Finance Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (2.31%) Middleware
2 16 (1.85%) REST
3 13 (1.50%) Kafka
3 13 (1.50%) Node.js
3 13 (1.50%) Playwright
4 11 (1.27%) SOAP
4 11 (1.27%) Spring Boot
5 10 (1.15%) GraphQL
6 9 (1.04%) OpenTelemetry
6 9 (1.04%) Vitest
6 9 (1.04%) Web Services
6 9 (1.04%) XML
7 7 (0.81%) HTML
7 7 (0.81%) YAML
8 6 (0.69%) .NET
8 6 (0.69%) SailPoint
9 5 (0.58%) SAP Fiori
10 4 (0.46%) CSS
10 4 (0.46%) OpenID
10 4 (0.46%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 59 (6.81%) Onboarding
2 34 (3.92%) Analytical Mindset
3 32 (3.69%) Product Ownership
4 31 (3.58%) Legacy Systems
4 31 (3.58%) Management Information System
5 29 (3.34%) Self-Motivation
6 19 (2.19%) CMDB
7 18 (2.08%) Cloud Native
8 17 (1.96%) Data Structures
9 14 (1.61%) Virtual Team
10 13 (1.50%) Data Protection Act
11 12 (1.38%) Data Centre
12 11 (1.27%) Greenfield Project
12 11 (1.27%) Replication
13 10 (1.15%) Derivative
13 10 (1.15%) Mainframe
13 10 (1.15%) Operational Technology
14 9 (1.04%) NHS
14 9 (1.04%) PMI
14 9 (1.04%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 50 (5.77%) Windows
2 45 (5.19%) Linux
3 32 (3.69%) Unix
4 9 (1.04%) AIX
4 9 (1.04%) Solaris
5 8 (0.92%) Apple iOS
6 7 (0.81%) Windows Server
7 5 (0.58%) VMS
7 5 (0.58%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.46%) Android
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
1 215 (24.80%) Problem-Solving
2 183 (21.11%) Stakeholder Management
3 180 (20.76%) Agile
4 164 (18.92%) Continuous Improvement
5 157 (18.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 136 (15.69%) Decision-Making
7 115 (13.26%) Project Management
8 104 (12.00%) Change Management
9 98 (11.30%) Workshop Facilitation
10 94 (10.84%) DevOps
11 91 (10.50%) Business Analysis
12 88 (10.15%) Business Intelligence
13 84 (9.69%) Migration
14 81 (9.34%) AI
15 75 (8.65%) Requirements Gathering
16 70 (8.07%) User Acceptance Testing
17 69 (7.96%) ERP
18 65 (7.50%) Coaching
18 65 (7.50%) Data Analysis
19 62 (7.15%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 104 (12.00%) SQL
2 60 (6.92%) Python
3 42 (4.84%) Java
4 23 (2.65%) JavaScript
5 17 (1.96%) Perl
6 12 (1.38%) TypeScript
7 9 (1.04%) ABAP
7 9 (1.04%) 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 (0.58%) PL/SQL
11 4 (0.46%) C#
11 4 (0.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 4 (0.46%) PHP
11 4 (0.46%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.35%) R
13 2 (0.23%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 109 (12.57%) Degree
2 105 (12.11%) Security Cleared
3 77 (8.88%) SC Cleared
4 46 (5.31%) ACCA
5 45 (5.19%) CIMA
6 27 (3.11%) PMP
7 24 (2.77%) PMI Certification
8 23 (2.65%) Master's Degree
9 21 (2.42%) Computer Science Degree
10 13 (1.50%) BPSS Clearance
11 12 (1.38%) DV Cleared
12 9 (1.04%) ITIL Certification
12 9 (1.04%) MBA
13 8 (0.92%) SAFe Agilist
14 7 (0.81%) CISSP
15 6 (0.69%) CISM
16 5 (0.58%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 5 (0.58%) Six Sigma Green Belt
17 4 (0.46%) CBAP
17 4 (0.46%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (8.19%) QA
2 59 (6.81%) Data Quality
3 44 (5.07%) GDPR
4 30 (3.46%) PMO
5 29 (3.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 21 (2.42%) SLA
7 12 (1.38%) NIST
7 12 (1.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 8 (0.92%) Accessibility
8 8 (0.92%) Basel III
9 6 (0.69%) IFRS
10 4 (0.46%) COBIT
10 4 (0.46%) ISO 19650
10 4 (0.46%) ISO 20022
10 4 (0.46%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.35%) PSD2
12 2 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.23%) GRC
12 2 (0.23%) IFRS 9
12 2 (0.23%) PERC
System Software
1 29 (3.34%) Docker
2 28 (3.23%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.92%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.81%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.46%) GPFS
5 4 (0.46%) VMware NSX
5 4 (0.46%) vSphere
6 3 (0.35%) NFS
7 2 (0.23%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
7 2 (0.23%) IAG
7 2 (0.23%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 2 (0.23%) Xen
Systems Management
1 35 (4.04%) Kubernetes
2 27 (3.11%) Ansible
3 14 (1.61%) Grafana
4 13 (1.50%) Terraform
5 11 (1.27%) Prometheus
6 8 (0.92%) Kiali
7 7 (0.81%) Jamf Pro
8 6 (0.69%) Microsoft Intune
9 4 (0.46%) ITRS Geneos
10 3 (0.35%) WSUS
11 2 (0.23%) Control-M
12 1 (0.12%) Amdocs OSS
12 1 (0.12%) BladeLogic
12 1 (0.12%) CEMLI
12 1 (0.12%) HAProxy
12 1 (0.12%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
12 1 (0.12%) QRadar
12 1 (0.12%) SCCM
12 1 (0.12%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 92 (10.61%) Microsoft
2 79 (9.11%) SAP
3 52 (6.00%) Oracle
4 48 (5.54%) ServiceNow
5 31 (3.58%) Salesforce
6 30 (3.46%) Workday
7 22 (2.54%) Splunk
8 21 (2.42%) Google
9 15 (1.73%) VMware
10 14 (1.61%) IBM
10 14 (1.61%) IFS
11 11 (1.27%) Sonatype
12 8 (0.92%) Alteryx
13 7 (0.81%) Anaplan
13 7 (0.81%) Ariba
13 7 (0.81%) NEC
14 6 (0.69%) Adobe
14 6 (0.69%) Databricks
15 5 (0.58%) Murex
15 5 (0.58%) Sage