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

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 113 108 177
Rank change year-on-year -5 +69 +24
Contract jobs citing Process Improvement 869 593 510
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.22% 2.44% 1.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.58% 2.68% 1.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 527 363 325
10th Percentile £263 £311 £325
25th Percentile £371 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £513
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +2.44% -2.38%
75th Percentile £575 £638 £610
90th Percentile £652 £756 £708
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 30 33
10th Percentile - £19.84 £13.21
25th Percentile £13.33 £26.88 £15.85
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% +30.00% -43.18%
75th Percentile £44.75 £58.44 £43.75
90th Percentile £75.40 £75.00 £49.20
UK median hourly rate £17.50 £32.81 £30.12
% change year-on-year -46.66% +8.93% -31.55%

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 33,625 22,142 32,435
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.72% 90.94% 86.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,563 14,591 21,374
10th Percentile £313 £313 £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 2,074 866 2,196
10th Percentile £15.41 £14.95 £12.96
25th Percentile £19.91 £18.92 £15.93
Median hourly rate £40.00 £32.03 £34.11
Median % change year-on-year +24.90% -6.10% -9.05%
75th Percentile £65.81 £64.52 £58.69
90th Percentile £77.85 £75.88 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £36.71 £31.04 £33.07
% change year-on-year +18.27% -6.12% -8.15%

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 10 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 10 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 10 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 -6 353 £500 -9.09% 183
North of England -50 143 £430 -14.00% 99
South East -11 133 £500 -4.31% 144
Midlands -25 99 £425 -8.47% 79
Yorkshire +7 85 £464 -10.34% 37
West Midlands -32 68 £425 -19.05% 49
South West +1 66 £500 -4.76% 27
East of England +2 55 £450 -10.00% 47
North West -80 43 £418 -9.24% 56
East Midlands -20 32 £390 -3.53% 30
North East -6 16 £363 -34.98% 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 59 (6.79%) Confluence
2 18 (2.07%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.04%) CICS
4 8 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (0.81%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.58%) CMS
7 2 (0.23%) Apache
7 2 (0.23%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.23%) Moodle
8 1 (0.12%) Mattermost
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.12%) Tomcat
Applications
1 108 (12.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 41 (4.72%) Microsoft Office
3 38 (4.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 31 (3.57%) 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 22 (2.53%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (1.15%) 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%) SAP CO
5 5 (0.58%) SAP FI/CO
6 4 (0.46%) iTrent
6 4 (0.46%) Oracle General Ledger
6 4 (0.46%) Oracle Receivables
6 4 (0.46%) Remedy ITSM
7 3 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
7 3 (0.35%) Endur
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%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 85 (9.78%) Power Platform
2 54 (6.21%) Azure
3 37 (4.26%) Microsoft 365
4 36 (4.14%) AWS
5 30 (3.45%) SaaS
6 27 (3.11%) GitHub
7 20 (2.30%) Azure DevOps
8 17 (1.96%) GCP
9 15 (1.73%) SuccessFactors
10 11 (1.27%) Dynamics 365
11 10 (1.15%) GitHub Actions
11 10 (1.15%) Google Workspace
12 8 (0.92%) 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 (2.99%) 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
7 2 (0.23%) SSL
7 2 (0.23%) WAN
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%) SSH
8 1 (0.12%) Structured Cabling
8 1 (0.12%) WebEx
8 1 (0.12%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (9.09%) Power BI
2 18 (2.07%) Relational Database
3 16 (1.84%) MySQL
4 12 (1.38%) Tableau
5 11 (1.27%) Metadata
6 10 (1.15%) Oracle Reports
7 9 (1.04%) Data Warehouse
7 9 (1.04%) DataStage
7 9 (1.04%) SQL Server
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%) ImageNet
11 2 (0.23%) Oracle Database
11 2 (0.23%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 113 (13.00%) JIRA
2 39 (4.49%) Jenkins
3 14 (1.61%) Git
4 13 (1.50%) Sonatype Nexus
5 12 (1.38%) GitLab
6 9 (1.04%) Postman
7 8 (0.92%) Jaeger
8 6 (0.69%) Selenium
9 4 (0.46%) JUnit
9 4 (0.46%) MLflow
9 4 (0.46%) TestRail
10 3 (0.35%) CircleCI
10 3 (0.35%) IntelliJ
10 3 (0.35%) REST Assured
10 3 (0.35%) SonarQube
11 2 (0.23%) Appium
11 2 (0.23%) Cucumber
11 2 (0.23%) Cypress.io
11 2 (0.23%) ScriptRunner
12 1 (0.12%) WinAutomation
General
1 381 (43.84%) Social Skills
2 326 (37.51%) Finance
3 266 (30.61%) Analytical Skills
4 83 (9.55%) Banking
5 74 (8.52%) Public Sector
6 40 (4.60%) Influencing Skills
7 39 (4.49%) Documentation Skills
8 34 (3.91%) Organisational Skills
9 32 (3.68%) Legal
10 28 (3.22%) Retail
11 27 (3.11%) Telecoms
12 24 (2.76%) Marketing
13 21 (2.42%) Manufacturing
14 20 (2.30%) Billing
14 20 (2.30%) Presentation Skills
15 16 (1.84%) Financial Institution
16 14 (1.61%) Law
16 14 (1.61%) Local Government
17 13 (1.50%) Retail Banking
18 12 (1.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 277 (31.88%) Analyst
2 172 (19.79%) Business Analyst
3 97 (11.16%) Senior
4 72 (8.29%) Consultant
5 61 (7.02%) Lead
6 42 (4.83%) Senior Analyst
7 38 (4.37%) Project Manager
8 31 (3.57%) Accountant
9 28 (3.22%) Senior Business Analyst
10 23 (2.65%) Data Analyst
11 22 (2.53%) Financial Analyst
11 22 (2.53%) Process Analyst
12 21 (2.42%) Technical Analyst
13 20 (2.30%) Administrator
13 20 (2.30%) Project Officer
14 19 (2.19%) IT Support
15 17 (1.96%) Technical Support
16 16 (1.84%) Finance Manager
16 16 (1.84%) Management Accountant
17 15 (1.73%) Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (2.30%) Middleware
2 16 (1.84%) 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
5 10 (1.15%) Web Services
6 9 (1.04%) OpenTelemetry
6 9 (1.04%) Vitest
6 9 (1.04%) XML
7 7 (0.81%) YAML
8 6 (0.69%) .NET
8 6 (0.69%) HTML
8 6 (0.69%) SailPoint
9 5 (0.58%) SAP Fiori
10 4 (0.46%) OpenID
10 4 (0.46%) Pandas
10 4 (0.46%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 58 (6.67%) Onboarding
2 34 (3.91%) Analytical Mindset
3 32 (3.68%) Legacy Systems
3 32 (3.68%) Product Ownership
4 31 (3.57%) Management Information System
5 30 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
6 19 (2.19%) CMDB
7 18 (2.07%) Cloud Native
8 16 (1.84%) Data Structures
9 14 (1.61%) Data Protection Act
10 13 (1.50%) Data Centre
10 13 (1.50%) Virtual Team
11 12 (1.38%) Replication
12 10 (1.15%) Derivative
12 10 (1.15%) Greenfield Project
12 10 (1.15%) Mainframe
12 10 (1.15%) Operational Technology
13 9 (1.04%) BYOD
13 9 (1.04%) Distributed Systems
13 9 (1.04%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 51 (5.87%) Windows
2 47 (5.41%) Linux
3 33 (3.80%) Unix
4 9 (1.04%) AIX
4 9 (1.04%) Apple iOS
4 9 (1.04%) Solaris
5 7 (0.81%) Windows Server
6 5 (0.58%) Android
6 5 (0.58%) VMS
6 5 (0.58%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.35%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.35%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.35%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.23%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 214 (24.63%) Problem-Solving
2 186 (21.40%) Stakeholder Management
3 182 (20.94%) Agile
4 163 (18.76%) Continuous Improvement
5 162 (18.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 134 (15.42%) Decision-Making
7 113 (13.00%) Project Management
8 103 (11.85%) Change Management
9 102 (11.74%) Workshop Facilitation
10 94 (10.82%) DevOps
11 92 (10.59%) Business Analysis
12 85 (9.78%) Business Intelligence
13 82 (9.44%) AI
14 80 (9.21%) Migration
15 75 (8.63%) Requirements Gathering
16 66 (7.59%) User Acceptance Testing
17 64 (7.36%) Coaching
17 64 (7.36%) ERP
18 63 (7.25%) Roadmaps
19 62 (7.13%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 105 (12.08%) SQL
2 61 (7.02%) Python
3 42 (4.83%) Java
4 23 (2.65%) JavaScript
5 18 (2.07%) Perl
6 12 (1.38%) TypeScript
7 9 (1.04%) ABAP
7 9 (1.04%) COBOL
7 9 (1.04%) 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 (12.54%) Degree
2 106 (12.20%) Security Cleared
3 77 (8.86%) SC Cleared
4 43 (4.95%) ACCA
5 41 (4.72%) CIMA
6 27 (3.11%) PMP
7 24 (2.76%) Master's Degree
7 24 (2.76%) PMI Certification
8 22 (2.53%) Computer Science Degree
9 13 (1.50%) BPSS Clearance
10 12 (1.38%) DV Cleared
11 9 (1.04%) ITIL Certification
11 9 (1.04%) MBA
12 8 (0.92%) SAFe Agilist
13 7 (0.81%) CISSP
14 6 (0.69%) CISM
15 5 (0.58%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 4 (0.46%) CBAP
16 4 (0.46%) CompTIA Security+
16 4 (0.46%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (8.17%) QA
2 60 (6.90%) Data Quality
3 43 (4.95%) GDPR
4 30 (3.45%) PMO
5 29 (3.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 22 (2.53%) SLA
7 12 (1.38%) NIST
7 12 (1.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 8 (0.92%) Accessibility
8 8 (0.92%) Basel III
9 7 (0.81%) 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%) Active Directory
1 29 (3.34%) Docker
2 8 (0.92%) 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%) IAG
6 2 (0.23%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 2 (0.23%) Xen
Systems Management
1 34 (3.91%) 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 90 (10.36%) Microsoft
2 74 (8.52%) SAP
3 53 (6.10%) Oracle
4 50 (5.75%) ServiceNow
5 31 (3.57%) Salesforce
6 30 (3.45%) Workday
7 23 (2.65%) Splunk
8 21 (2.42%) Google
9 15 (1.73%) VMware
10 14 (1.61%) IBM
11 13 (1.50%) IFS
12 12 (1.38%) Sonatype
13 8 (0.92%) Alteryx
14 7 (0.81%) Anaplan
14 7 (0.81%) Ariba
14 7 (0.81%) NEC
15 6 (0.69%) Adobe
15 6 (0.69%) Atlassian
16 5 (0.58%) Computacenter
16 5 (0.58%) Murex