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 8 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 107 111 151
Rank change year-on-year +4 +40 +19
Contract jobs citing Process Improvement 786 638 590
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.49% 2.33% 1.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.82% 2.62% 1.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 463 363 371
10th Percentile £220 £300 £313
25th Percentile £352 £423 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% - -
75th Percentile £588 £638 £624
90th Percentile £658 £738 £688
UK median daily rate £475 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -8.65% +4.00% -2.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 27 29
10th Percentile £13.33 £15.04 £13.05
25th Percentile £14.17 £28.12 £17.14
Median hourly rate £20.00 £35.00 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -42.86% +6.06% +4.76%
75th Percentile £40.65 £65.62 £49.88
90th Percentile £63.75 £75.00 £56.52
UK median hourly rate £17.00 £35.00 £34.86
% change year-on-year -51.43% +0.40% +10.67%

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 27,872 24,320 31,532
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.34% 88.88% 87.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,782 14,954 21,308
10th Percentile £304 £310 £306
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.42% -2.18%
75th Percentile £625 £645 £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 1,755 794 1,429
10th Percentile £15.20 £15.62 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.96 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +27.14%
75th Percentile £57.50 £64.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -22.62% -23.53% +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 8 January 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 8 January 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 8 January 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 +20 342 £500 -13.04% 134
North of England -19 144 £488 -2.50% 134
Midlands -5 100 £438 -2.78% 107
South East -29 97 £400 -23.81% 202
North West -23 72 £500 +8.70% 55
West Midlands -13 67 £469 -18.48% 58
Yorkshire -13 60 £463 -25.82% 60
South West -13 50 £500 -4.76% 70
East of England -2 44 £469 +32.79% 77
East Midlands -11 34 £350 -1.69% 48
North East -6 12 £369 -35.87% 20
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 45 (5.73%) Confluence
2 26 (3.31%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.15%) Apache Airflow
4 8 (1.02%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.51%) CMS
6 2 (0.25%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.13%) Apache
7 1 (0.13%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.13%) Moodle
7 1 (0.13%) MQSeries
7 1 (0.13%) nginx
7 1 (0.13%) Resin
7 1 (0.13%) Smallworld
Applications
1 107 (13.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 48 (6.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 40 (5.09%) Microsoft Office
3 40 (5.09%) MS Visio
4 18 (2.29%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.38%) Trello
6 2 (0.25%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.13%) Mozilla Thunderbird
7 1 (0.13%) NASTRAN
7 1 (0.13%) PTC Creo
7 1 (0.13%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 51 (6.49%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.15%) NetSuite
2 9 (1.15%) SAP HCM
3 7 (0.89%) SAP Payroll
4 6 (0.76%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.76%) Oracle Payables
5 5 (0.64%) Oracle EBS
5 5 (0.64%) Oracle EBS R12
6 4 (0.51%) Oracle General Ledger
6 4 (0.51%) Salesforce CRM
6 4 (0.51%) SAP CO
6 4 (0.51%) SAP FI
6 4 (0.51%) SAP FI/CO
7 3 (0.38%) Oracle ERP
7 3 (0.38%) Oracle Financials
7 3 (0.38%) Oracle Receivables
7 3 (0.38%) Remedy ITSM
8 2 (0.25%) Endur
8 2 (0.25%) SAP EWM
8 2 (0.25%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 80 (10.18%) Power Platform
2 53 (6.74%) Azure
3 43 (5.47%) Microsoft 365
4 42 (5.34%) AWS
5 39 (4.96%) SaaS
6 23 (2.93%) GitHub
7 19 (2.42%) Azure DevOps
8 15 (1.91%) GCP
9 13 (1.65%) Dynamics 365
10 11 (1.40%) Power Automate
10 11 (1.40%) PowerApps
10 11 (1.40%) SuccessFactors
11 9 (1.15%) GitHub Actions
11 9 (1.15%) Miro
12 8 (1.02%) Entra ID
12 8 (1.02%) Google Workspace
12 8 (1.02%) Lucidchart
13 6 (0.76%) OCI
13 6 (0.76%) PaaS
14 5 (0.64%) Sentry
Communications & Networking
1 21 (2.67%) Firewall
2 12 (1.53%) DNS
3 9 (1.15%) VPN
4 6 (0.76%) HTTP
4 6 (0.76%) Internet
5 5 (0.64%) DHCP
5 5 (0.64%) Network Security
5 5 (0.64%) TCP/IP
6 4 (0.51%) WAN
7 3 (0.38%) LAN
8 2 (0.25%) Cisco IOS
8 2 (0.25%) DWDM
8 2 (0.25%) FTP
8 2 (0.25%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.25%) SSH
8 2 (0.25%) Structured Cabling
8 2 (0.25%) Unified Communications
9 1 (0.13%) 5G
9 1 (0.13%) OpenLDAP
9 1 (0.13%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (9.29%) Power BI
2 21 (2.67%) MySQL
3 20 (2.54%) Relational Database
4 11 (1.40%) Data Lake
4 11 (1.40%) SAP HANA
5 10 (1.27%) Tableau
6 9 (1.15%) SQL Server
7 8 (1.02%) PostgreSQL
8 7 (0.89%) Oracle Reports
9 6 (0.76%) Data Warehouse
9 6 (0.76%) Power Query
10 5 (0.64%) Metadata
11 4 (0.51%) MongoDB
12 3 (0.38%) Amazon RDS
12 3 (0.38%) Big Data
12 3 (0.38%) BigQuery
12 3 (0.38%) Looker
12 3 (0.38%) Oracle Database
13 2 (0.25%) Azure SQL Database
13 2 (0.25%) ImageNet
Development Applications
1 85 (10.81%) JIRA
2 42 (5.34%) Jenkins
3 16 (2.04%) GitLab
3 16 (2.04%) Postman
4 9 (1.15%) Git
5 8 (1.02%) Sonatype Nexus
6 6 (0.76%) Appium
6 6 (0.76%) Jaeger
7 5 (0.64%) Charles Proxy
7 5 (0.64%) Katalon Studio
7 5 (0.64%) XCUITest
8 4 (0.51%) IntelliJ
8 4 (0.51%) Selenium
9 3 (0.38%) CircleCI
9 3 (0.38%) REST Assured
10 2 (0.25%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.25%) TestRail
11 1 (0.13%) SoapUI
11 1 (0.13%) Team Foundation Server
11 1 (0.13%) WebDriver
General
1 373 (47.46%) Social Skills
2 261 (33.21%) Finance
3 176 (22.39%) Analytical Skills
4 68 (8.65%) Banking
5 54 (6.87%) Public Sector
6 35 (4.45%) Organisational Skills
7 33 (4.20%) Documentation Skills
8 31 (3.94%) Telecoms
9 26 (3.31%) Manufacturing
10 24 (3.05%) Influencing Skills
10 24 (3.05%) Presentation Skills
11 22 (2.80%) Legal
11 22 (2.80%) Marketing
12 19 (2.42%) Pharmaceutical
13 18 (2.29%) Retail
14 17 (2.16%) Financial Institution
15 16 (2.04%) Billing
16 15 (1.91%) Law
17 11 (1.40%) General Ledger
18 9 (1.15%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 252 (32.06%) Analyst
2 128 (16.28%) Business Analyst
3 84 (10.69%) Senior
4 69 (8.78%) Consultant
5 55 (7.00%) Lead
6 37 (4.71%) Project Manager
7 32 (4.07%) Senior Analyst
8 27 (3.44%) SAP Consultant
8 27 (3.44%) Technical Analyst
9 26 (3.31%) Data Analyst
10 25 (3.18%) Process Analyst
10 25 (3.18%) Technical Support
11 24 (3.05%) Senior Business Analyst
12 22 (2.80%) Administrator
13 19 (2.42%) Accountant
14 18 (2.29%) Developer
14 18 (2.29%) IT Support
15 17 (2.16%) Senior Consultant
16 16 (2.04%) Architect
17 15 (1.91%) Change Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (2.80%) Web Services
2 19 (2.42%) Playwright
3 18 (2.29%) GraphQL
3 18 (2.29%) Node.js
3 18 (2.29%) Vitest
4 14 (1.78%) SAP Fiori
5 11 (1.40%) BAPI
5 11 (1.40%) Kafka
6 10 (1.27%) SOAP
6 10 (1.27%) XML
6 10 (1.27%) YAML
7 9 (1.15%) Oracle Fusion
7 9 (1.15%) REST
8 8 (1.02%) Middleware
9 7 (0.89%) .NET
10 6 (0.76%) HTML
10 6 (0.76%) OpenTelemetry
10 6 (0.76%) SailPoint
10 6 (0.76%) Spring Boot
11 4 (0.51%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 53 (6.74%) Onboarding
2 24 (3.05%) Management Information System
3 23 (2.93%) Cloud Native
4 21 (2.67%) Product Ownership
5 19 (2.42%) Analytical Mindset
6 18 (2.29%) Legacy Systems
7 16 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
8 14 (1.78%) Virtual Team
9 12 (1.53%) Reinsurance
9 12 (1.53%) Replication
10 11 (1.40%) CMDB
10 11 (1.40%) Data Protection Act
11 9 (1.15%) Data Structures
11 9 (1.15%) Greenfield Project
11 9 (1.15%) PMI
12 8 (1.02%) Mobile App
12 8 (1.02%) NHS
13 7 (0.89%) Derivative
13 7 (0.89%) Enterprise Software
14 6 (0.76%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 56 (7.12%) Windows
2 38 (4.83%) Linux
3 29 (3.69%) Unix
4 14 (1.78%) Apple iOS
5 10 (1.27%) Android
6 9 (1.15%) Windows 10
7 7 (0.89%) VMS
8 2 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.25%) Windows Server
9 1 (0.13%) Amazon Linux
9 1 (0.13%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 196 (24.94%) Problem-Solving
2 174 (22.14%) Agile
3 162 (20.61%) Stakeholder Management
4 152 (19.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 134 (17.05%) Continuous Improvement
6 100 (12.72%) Change Management
7 99 (12.60%) Project Management
8 98 (12.47%) Workshop Facilitation
9 94 (11.96%) Decision-Making
10 87 (11.07%) DevOps
11 73 (9.29%) Business Analysis
12 71 (9.03%) Business Intelligence
13 69 (8.78%) Roadmaps
14 68 (8.65%) Project Delivery
15 65 (8.27%) Coaching
15 65 (8.27%) Six Sigma
16 64 (8.14%) Data Analysis
16 64 (8.14%) ITIL
17 57 (7.25%) CI/CD
18 56 (7.12%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 97 (12.34%) SQL
2 60 (7.63%) Python
3 34 (4.33%) Java
4 30 (3.82%) JavaScript
5 22 (2.80%) TypeScript
6 21 (2.67%) Perl
7 18 (2.29%) ABAP
8 14 (1.78%) PowerShell
9 10 (1.27%) Shell Script
10 7 (0.89%) Bash
10 7 (0.89%) C#
11 6 (0.76%) PL/SQL
11 6 (0.76%) Rust
12 5 (0.64%) Kotlin
12 5 (0.64%) Swift
13 4 (0.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 4 (0.51%) PHP
13 4 (0.51%) VBA
14 3 (0.38%) Go
14 3 (0.38%) R
Qualifications
1 120 (15.27%) Degree
2 92 (11.70%) Security Cleared
3 71 (9.03%) SC Cleared
4 28 (3.56%) Computer Science Degree
5 24 (3.05%) Master's Degree
5 24 (3.05%) PMI Certification
6 23 (2.93%) PMP
7 15 (1.91%) ACCA
7 15 (1.91%) BPSS Clearance
8 13 (1.65%) Six Sigma Green Belt
9 11 (1.40%) CIMA
10 9 (1.15%) DV Cleared
10 9 (1.15%) MBA
11 7 (0.89%) SAFe Agilist
12 6 (0.76%) ITIL Certification
13 5 (0.64%) CISSP
13 5 (0.64%) CompTIA Security+
14 4 (0.51%) Azure Certification
14 4 (0.51%) GIAC
14 4 (0.51%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (6.62%) QA
2 44 (5.60%) Data Quality
3 34 (4.33%) PMO
4 24 (3.05%) GDPR
5 21 (2.67%) SLA
6 12 (1.53%) Accessibility
7 9 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (0.89%) Basel III
8 7 (0.89%) NIST
8 7 (0.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 5 (0.64%) IFRS
9 5 (0.64%) ISO 19650
10 4 (0.51%) GAAP
10 4 (0.51%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.38%) GRC
11 3 (0.38%) NIST 800
12 2 (0.25%) MiFID
12 2 (0.25%) PSD2
System Software
1 35 (4.45%) Docker
2 27 (3.44%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.38%) GPFS
4 3 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.25%) NFS
5 2 (0.25%) Xen
6 1 (0.13%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
6 1 (0.13%) DFS Replication
6 1 (0.13%) Dovecot
6 1 (0.13%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.13%) Postfix
6 1 (0.13%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.13%) Squid
Systems Management
1 39 (4.96%) Kubernetes
2 21 (2.67%) Ansible
3 15 (1.91%) Terraform
4 13 (1.65%) Grafana
5 9 (1.15%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (1.15%) Prometheus
6 7 (0.89%) Jamf Pro
7 6 (0.76%) Kiali
8 4 (0.51%) QRadar
9 3 (0.38%) SCCM
10 2 (0.25%) ITRS Geneos
10 2 (0.25%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 2 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.13%) Argo
11 1 (0.13%) BladeLogic
11 1 (0.13%) CEMLI
11 1 (0.13%) HP ALM
11 1 (0.13%) Nessus
11 1 (0.13%) Proxmox
11 1 (0.13%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 115 (14.63%) Microsoft
2 81 (10.31%) SAP
3 56 (7.12%) Oracle
4 51 (6.49%) ServiceNow
5 23 (2.93%) Salesforce
6 22 (2.80%) Splunk
7 20 (2.54%) Workday
8 17 (2.16%) Adobe
8 17 (2.16%) Google
9 10 (1.27%) Alteryx
10 9 (1.15%) Anaplan
11 7 (0.89%) Ariba
11 7 (0.89%) Sonatype
12 5 (0.64%) Atlassian
12 5 (0.64%) Computacenter
12 5 (0.64%) IBM
12 5 (0.64%) Planview
13 4 (0.51%) Cisco
13 4 (0.51%) Dynatrace
13 4 (0.51%) MuleSoft