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

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 114 114 127
Rank change year-on-year 0 +13 +15
Contract jobs citing Process Improvement 1,096 692 625
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.36% 2.47% 1.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.78% 2.71% 2.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 613 428 361
10th Percentile £313 £263 £300
25th Percentile £413 £363 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -7.14% +1.99%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £625
90th Percentile £688 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 81 38 29
10th Percentile £14.22 £16.45 £14.35
25th Percentile £14.82 £20.51 £15.92
Median hourly rate £21.72 £30.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.60% -7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £49.75 £40.49 £56.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £60.25 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £22.47 £30.00 £31.31
% change year-on-year -25.12% -4.18% +1.82%

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 39,417 25,490 28,010
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.73% 90.96% 86.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,890 16,169 17,141
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £645
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,936 1,564 1,197
10th Percentile £13.85 £14.44 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.59 £17.87 £20.25
Median hourly rate £40.08 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +59.36% -41.51% -3.37%
75th Percentile £67.50 £47.00 £67.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £67.43 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £38.72 £25.15 £42.27
% change year-on-year +53.96% -40.49% -0.55%

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 October 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 October 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 October 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 +4 522 £525 +7.69% 1,199
North of England -43 162 £470 -6.00% 370
South East -9 154 £500 -4.76% 447
Midlands -2 146 £450 +12.50% 257
North West -46 89 £467 -6.70% 178
West Midlands -24 84 £500 +5.26% 159
Yorkshire -4 69 £466 -4.41% 140
East Midlands +20 62 £425 +70.00% 98
South West -11 49 £500 +66.67% 174
East of England -9 45 £449 +3.10% 171
North East -46 5 £488 +6.27% 54
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 55 (5.02%) Confluence
2 34 (3.10%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.28%) CMS
4 9 (0.82%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (0.82%) Oracle Workflow
5 3 (0.27%) Moodle
5 3 (0.27%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 3 (0.27%) TIBCO ActiveMatrix
6 1 (0.091%) Apache
6 1 (0.091%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.091%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.091%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.091%) CICS
6 1 (0.091%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.091%) MTS
6 1 (0.091%) nginx
6 1 (0.091%) Oracle Coherence
6 1 (0.091%) SAS
6 1 (0.091%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.091%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 131 (11.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 57 (5.20%) Microsoft Office
3 34 (3.10%) MS Visio
4 24 (2.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 16 (1.46%) Spreadsheet
6 7 (0.64%) Microsoft Project
6 7 (0.64%) ProjectWise
7 6 (0.55%) AutoCAD
7 6 (0.55%) Navisworks
7 6 (0.55%) Revit
8 4 (0.36%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.27%) Simulink
10 1 (0.091%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.091%) Mozilla Thunderbird
10 1 (0.091%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 45 (4.11%) SAP S/4HANA
2 27 (2.46%) Dynamics CRM
3 17 (1.55%) NetSuite
4 14 (1.28%) Oracle EBS
5 12 (1.09%) iTrent
6 9 (0.82%) Oracle ERP
6 9 (0.82%) Oracle General Ledger
7 8 (0.73%) Oracle Payables
8 7 (0.64%) Magento
8 7 (0.64%) Oracle Receivables
9 6 (0.55%) Integrated Workplace Management System
10 5 (0.46%) JDE EnterpriseOne
10 5 (0.46%) Salesforce CRM
10 5 (0.46%) SAP MM
10 5 (0.46%) SAP PSCD
10 5 (0.46%) SAP SD
10 5 (0.46%) Teamcenter
10 5 (0.46%) Workday HCM
11 4 (0.36%) Oracle Financials
11 4 (0.36%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 122 (11.13%) Power Platform
2 98 (8.94%) Azure
3 57 (5.20%) Microsoft 365
4 38 (3.47%) AWS
4 38 (3.47%) SaaS
5 36 (3.28%) Dynamics 365
6 26 (2.37%) Power Automate
7 25 (2.28%) Entra ID
7 25 (2.28%) PowerApps
8 23 (2.10%) Azure DevOps
8 23 (2.10%) SuccessFactors
9 19 (1.73%) Microsoft Copilot
10 16 (1.46%) GitHub
11 12 (1.09%) Intacct
12 11 (1.00%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 10 (0.91%) Azure Monitor
13 10 (0.91%) Datadog
14 8 (0.73%) OneDrive
15 7 (0.64%) Lucidchart
15 7 (0.64%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 19 (1.73%) TCP/IP
2 15 (1.37%) Firewall
3 12 (1.09%) DNS
4 11 (1.00%) WAN
5 10 (0.91%) VPN
5 10 (0.91%) Wi-Fi
6 9 (0.82%) LAN
7 8 (0.73%) Network Security
8 5 (0.46%) MPLS
8 5 (0.46%) Wireless
9 4 (0.36%) BGP
9 4 (0.36%) SSL
10 3 (0.27%) Broadband
10 3 (0.27%) DHCP
10 3 (0.27%) DMZ
10 3 (0.27%) DWDM
10 3 (0.27%) Internet
10 3 (0.27%) IPsec
11 2 (0.18%) L2TP
11 2 (0.18%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 91 (8.30%) Power BI
2 19 (1.73%) Tableau
3 10 (0.91%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (0.82%) Power Query
5 8 (0.73%) Metadata
5 8 (0.73%) Relational Database
6 7 (0.64%) BusinessObjects
6 7 (0.64%) Oracle Reports
7 6 (0.55%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (0.46%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 4 (0.36%) MySQL
9 4 (0.36%) Oracle Database
9 4 (0.36%) SQL Server
10 3 (0.27%) SAP HANA
11 2 (0.18%) Ataccama
11 2 (0.18%) Azure SQL Database
11 2 (0.18%) Big Data
11 2 (0.18%) Looker
11 2 (0.18%) Parquet
11 2 (0.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 90 (8.21%) JIRA
2 9 (0.82%) Git
3 7 (0.64%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.46%) JMeter
4 5 (0.46%) Oracle Forms
5 4 (0.36%) eggPlant
5 4 (0.36%) GitLab
5 4 (0.36%) LoadRunner
5 4 (0.36%) Postman
5 4 (0.36%) SoapUI
5 4 (0.36%) Zephyr
6 3 (0.27%) Appium
6 3 (0.27%) Selenium
6 3 (0.27%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.18%) HP UFT
7 2 (0.18%) Rational Rhapsody
8 1 (0.091%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.091%) JDeveloper
8 1 (0.091%) JUnit
8 1 (0.091%) Visual Studio
General
1 487 (44.43%) Social Skills
2 452 (41.24%) Finance
3 331 (30.20%) Analytical Skills
4 109 (9.95%) Banking
5 86 (7.85%) Public Sector
6 74 (6.75%) Manufacturing
7 67 (6.11%) Organisational Skills
8 52 (4.74%) Retail
9 50 (4.56%) Documentation Skills
10 46 (4.20%) Influencing Skills
11 45 (4.11%) Legal
12 25 (2.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 25 (2.28%) Marketing
13 23 (2.10%) Billing
13 23 (2.10%) Local Government
14 22 (2.01%) General Ledger
15 21 (1.92%) Presentation Skills
16 19 (1.73%) Telecoms
17 15 (1.37%) Front Office
17 15 (1.37%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 338 (30.84%) Analyst
2 211 (19.25%) Business Analyst
3 103 (9.40%) Lead
3 103 (9.40%) Senior
4 89 (8.12%) Consultant
5 52 (4.74%) Senior Analyst
6 50 (4.56%) Project Manager
7 36 (3.28%) Accountant
8 35 (3.19%) Senior Business Analyst
9 33 (3.01%) Data Analyst
10 29 (2.65%) Developer
11 27 (2.46%) Architect
12 25 (2.28%) Process Analyst
13 24 (2.19%) Financial Analyst
14 22 (2.01%) Support Engineer
14 22 (2.01%) Systems Accountant
15 21 (1.92%) Administrator
15 21 (1.92%) SAP Consultant
16 19 (1.73%) Systems Analyst
17 18 (1.64%) Finance Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (3.01%) Oracle Fusion
2 18 (1.64%) REST
3 14 (1.28%) Terraform
4 13 (1.19%) .NET
4 13 (1.19%) Middleware
4 13 (1.19%) SOAP
5 9 (0.82%) HTML5 Canvas
6 8 (0.73%) SAP PI
7 6 (0.55%) HTML
7 6 (0.55%) LDAP
7 6 (0.55%) OAuth
7 6 (0.55%) OAuth2
7 6 (0.55%) Web Services
8 5 (0.46%) IDoc
8 5 (0.46%) JDBC
8 5 (0.46%) React
9 4 (0.36%) AngularJS
9 4 (0.36%) ARM Templates
9 4 (0.36%) Kafka
9 4 (0.36%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 96 (8.76%) Onboarding
2 63 (5.75%) Product Ownership
3 59 (5.38%) Management Information System
4 32 (2.92%) Enterprise Software
5 21 (1.92%) Analytical Mindset
5 21 (1.92%) Data Protection Act
6 20 (1.82%) CMDB
7 19 (1.73%) Cloud Native
8 15 (1.37%) AI Agents
8 15 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
8 15 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
9 12 (1.09%) Data Structures
9 12 (1.09%) FMCG
9 12 (1.09%) Greenfield Project
9 12 (1.09%) Reinsurance
9 12 (1.09%) Virtual Team
10 11 (1.00%) Low-Code
11 10 (0.91%) Data Centre
11 10 (0.91%) Operational Technology
12 7 (0.64%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 55 (5.02%) Windows
2 26 (2.37%) Linux
3 19 (1.73%) Unix
4 13 (1.19%) Windows Server
5 12 (1.09%) Mac OS
6 6 (0.55%) Android
7 5 (0.46%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.36%) Windows 10
9 3 (0.27%) VMS
10 2 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.18%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.091%) AIX
11 1 (0.091%) Amazon Linux
11 1 (0.091%) Check Point GAiA
11 1 (0.091%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 451 (41.15%) Stakeholder Management
2 316 (28.83%) Problem-Solving
3 259 (23.63%) Continuous Improvement
4 233 (21.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 225 (20.53%) Agile
6 186 (16.97%) Workshop Facilitation
7 178 (16.24%) User Acceptance Testing
8 169 (15.42%) ERP
9 168 (15.33%) Decision-Making
9 168 (15.33%) Requirements Gathering
10 160 (14.60%) Business Analysis
11 158 (14.42%) Change Management
11 158 (14.42%) Migration
12 155 (14.14%) Validation
13 135 (12.32%) AI
14 126 (11.50%) User Stories
15 124 (11.31%) Project Delivery
16 109 (9.95%) Data Analysis
17 106 (9.67%) Business Intelligence
18 104 (9.49%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 109 (9.95%) SQL
2 55 (5.02%) Python
3 29 (2.65%) Java
4 27 (2.46%) PowerShell
5 19 (1.73%) JavaScript
6 16 (1.46%) VBA
7 9 (0.82%) Bash
8 8 (0.73%) ABAP
9 7 (0.64%) C#
9 7 (0.64%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 6 (0.55%) Korn
11 5 (0.46%) MATLAB
11 5 (0.46%) Perl
11 5 (0.46%) R
12 4 (0.36%) PL/SQL
12 4 (0.36%) T-SQL
13 3 (0.27%) Bicep
13 3 (0.27%) VB.NET
14 2 (0.18%) ActionScript
14 2 (0.18%) C
Qualifications
1 151 (13.78%) Security Cleared
2 114 (10.40%) SC Cleared
3 109 (9.95%) Degree
4 52 (4.74%) ACCA
5 49 (4.47%) CIMA
6 27 (2.46%) DV Cleared
7 26 (2.37%) PMP
8 22 (2.01%) PMI Certification
9 21 (1.92%) BPSS Clearance
10 16 (1.46%) Six Sigma Green Belt
11 14 (1.28%) Computer Science Degree
12 13 (1.19%) ITIL Certification
13 11 (1.00%) CBAP
14 9 (0.82%) IIBA
15 8 (0.73%) ISEB
15 8 (0.73%) Microsoft Certification
16 6 (0.55%) Master's Degree
17 5 (0.46%) Cisco Certification
17 5 (0.46%) ISTQB
18 4 (0.36%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 108 (9.85%) Data Quality
2 62 (5.66%) QA
3 52 (4.74%) PMO
4 32 (2.92%) GDPR
5 20 (1.82%) GRC
5 20 (1.82%) SLA
6 14 (1.28%) Accessibility
7 13 (1.19%) IFRS
8 12 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 12 (1.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 11 (1.00%) Actionable Recommendations
10 10 (0.91%) GAAP
10 10 (0.91%) NIST
11 6 (0.55%) ISO 19650
12 4 (0.36%) COBIT
13 3 (0.27%) SEPA
13 3 (0.27%) Solvency II
14 2 (0.18%) Basel III
14 2 (0.18%) ITGC
15 1 (0.091%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 34 (3.10%) Active Directory
2 15 (1.37%) IAG
3 8 (0.73%) Docker
4 5 (0.46%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.27%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.18%) GPFS
6 2 (0.18%) NFS
6 2 (0.18%) vSphere
7 1 (0.091%) DFS Replication
7 1 (0.091%) Dovecot
7 1 (0.091%) Postfix
7 1 (0.091%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.091%) Squid
Systems Management
1 23 (2.10%) Kubernetes
2 20 (1.82%) Microsoft Intune
3 18 (1.64%) Ansible
4 10 (0.91%) SCCM
5 7 (0.64%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.36%) Control-M
7 3 (0.27%) HP Fortify
8 2 (0.18%) Grafana
8 2 (0.18%) Istio
8 2 (0.18%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.18%) vRealize
9 1 (0.091%) Argo
9 1 (0.091%) Autotask
9 1 (0.091%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.091%) Nessus
9 1 (0.091%) Proxmox
9 1 (0.091%) Puppet
9 1 (0.091%) SCOM
9 1 (0.091%) SQL Sentry
9 1 (0.091%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 209 (19.07%) Microsoft
2 147 (13.41%) SAP
3 106 (9.67%) Oracle
4 80 (7.30%) ServiceNow
5 39 (3.56%) Salesforce
6 21 (1.92%) Workday
7 20 (1.82%) IBM
8 14 (1.28%) Splunk
9 13 (1.19%) Sage
10 11 (1.00%) IFS
11 10 (0.91%) Cisco
11 10 (0.91%) Dynatrace
11 10 (0.91%) JD Edwards
11 10 (0.91%) Nexthink
12 9 (0.82%) Autodesk
13 8 (0.73%) Adobe
13 8 (0.73%) Apple
13 8 (0.73%) CyberArk
14 7 (0.64%) Atlassian
14 7 (0.64%) VMware