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

6 months to
27 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 104 122 145
Rank change year-on-year +18 +23 +32
Contract jobs citing Process Improvement 785 656 693
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.55% 2.10% 1.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.84% 2.40% 2.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 460 380 435
10th Percentile £250 £299 £314
25th Percentile £351 £413 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £538 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.47% +7.50% -4.99%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £608
90th Percentile £681 £738 £688
UK median daily rate £475 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 25 34
10th Percentile £13.33 £14.61 £16.34
25th Percentile £16.50 £26.25 £18.38
Median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £30.75
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +13.82% -2.38%
75th Percentile £40.33 £60.06 £46.86
90th Percentile £63.75 £75.00 £56.82
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £31.50
% change year-on-year -14.29% +11.11% -

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 27,655 27,305 34,142
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 89.92% 87.48% 88.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,548 16,677 23,333
10th Percentile £300 £313 £313
25th Percentile £405 £416 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £548
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% -4.11% -0.45%
75th Percentile £625 £648 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,803 1,004 1,443
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.22 £14.80
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.29 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.43 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -29.01% -21.27% +23.29%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £34.75 £44.00
% change year-on-year -27.63% -21.02% +25.71%

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 27 November 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 27 November 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 27 November 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 +39 339 £481 -14.44% 184
North of England -1 152 £500 -3.15% 85
South East -26 98 £500 -9.09% 213
Midlands -11 93 £425 -2.30% 98
North West -1 88 £500 +11.11% 45
West Midlands -18 62 £425 -5.56% 63
Yorkshire -15 53 £475 -23.63% 27
East of England +5 49 £463 +31.02% 56
South West -7 42 £475 -1.66% 43
East Midlands 0 31 £350 -1.69% 33
North East -4 11 £363 -36.96% 13
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 41 (5.22%) Confluence
2 23 (2.93%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.27%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (1.15%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.51%) CMS
5 4 (0.51%) Resin
6 3 (0.38%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.13%) Apache
7 1 (0.13%) JBoss
7 1 (0.13%) MQSeries
7 1 (0.13%) nginx
7 1 (0.13%) Smallworld
7 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.13%) Umbraco
Applications
1 107 (13.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 49 (6.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 37 (4.71%) Microsoft Office
4 36 (4.59%) MS Visio
5 13 (1.66%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.64%) PTC Creo
7 3 (0.38%) Adobe XD
7 3 (0.38%) Sketch
7 3 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.38%) Trello
8 2 (0.25%) AutoCAD
8 2 (0.25%) MicroStation
8 2 (0.25%) Navisworks
8 2 (0.25%) Revit
9 1 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.13%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.13%) InDesign
9 1 (0.13%) NASTRAN
9 1 (0.13%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.13%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 53 (6.75%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (1.27%) NetSuite
2 10 (1.27%) SAP HCM
3 8 (1.02%) Oracle Payables
4 7 (0.89%) SAP Payroll
5 6 (0.76%) Oracle EBS
6 5 (0.64%) Oracle Receivables
7 4 (0.51%) Oracle EBS R12
7 4 (0.51%) Salesforce CRM
7 4 (0.51%) SAP CO
7 4 (0.51%) SAP FI
7 4 (0.51%) SAP FI/CO
8 3 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
8 3 (0.38%) Endur
8 3 (0.38%) Oracle ERP
8 3 (0.38%) Oracle General Ledger
8 3 (0.38%) Sprinklr
9 2 (0.25%) SAP EWM
9 2 (0.25%) Shopify
9 2 (0.25%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 75 (9.55%) Power Platform
2 62 (7.90%) Azure
3 44 (5.61%) AWS
4 42 (5.35%) Microsoft 365
5 36 (4.59%) SaaS
6 20 (2.55%) GitHub
7 19 (2.42%) Azure DevOps
8 15 (1.91%) Entra ID
8 15 (1.91%) GCP
9 14 (1.78%) PowerApps
10 11 (1.40%) Dynamics 365
10 11 (1.40%) Miro
11 10 (1.27%) SuccessFactors
12 9 (1.15%) Lucidchart
12 9 (1.15%) Power Automate
13 8 (1.02%) Google Workspace
14 7 (0.89%) Azure Data Factory
14 7 (0.89%) OCI
15 6 (0.76%) GitHub Actions
15 6 (0.76%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 21 (2.68%) Firewall
2 17 (2.17%) DNS
3 13 (1.66%) WAN
4 12 (1.53%) DHCP
4 12 (1.53%) LAN
5 9 (1.15%) Cisco IOS
5 9 (1.15%) Wireless
6 7 (0.89%) HTTP
6 7 (0.89%) PuTTY
6 7 (0.89%) WLAN
7 6 (0.76%) Internet
7 6 (0.76%) Network Security
7 6 (0.76%) VPN
8 5 (0.64%) TCP/IP
9 3 (0.38%) Broadband
9 3 (0.38%) SSL
9 3 (0.38%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (0.25%) DWDM
10 2 (0.25%) MPLS
10 2 (0.25%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (8.41%) Power BI
2 18 (2.29%) Tableau
3 15 (1.91%) Data Lake
3 15 (1.91%) MySQL
4 14 (1.78%) Relational Database
5 13 (1.66%) Oracle Reports
6 12 (1.53%) SQL Server
7 11 (1.40%) SAP HANA
8 9 (1.15%) Data Warehouse
9 7 (0.89%) Azure SQL Database
10 6 (0.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 5 (0.64%) PostgreSQL
12 4 (0.51%) Metadata
13 3 (0.38%) Amazon RDS
13 3 (0.38%) Big Data
13 3 (0.38%) BigQuery
13 3 (0.38%) GIS
13 3 (0.38%) Looker
13 3 (0.38%) OLTP
13 3 (0.38%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 70 (8.92%) JIRA
2 36 (4.59%) Jenkins
3 15 (1.91%) Postman
4 14 (1.78%) GitLab
5 9 (1.15%) Git
5 9 (1.15%) Sonatype Nexus
6 5 (0.64%) Appium
6 5 (0.64%) Charles Proxy
6 5 (0.64%) Katalon Studio
6 5 (0.64%) XCUITest
7 4 (0.51%) ERwin
7 4 (0.51%) IntelliJ
8 3 (0.38%) Axure RP
9 2 (0.25%) Oracle Forms
9 2 (0.25%) SoapUI
10 1 (0.13%) Dreamweaver
10 1 (0.13%) InstallShield
10 1 (0.13%) MSI
10 1 (0.13%) PowerDesigner
10 1 (0.13%) Rational DOORS
General
1 366 (46.62%) Social Skills
2 263 (33.50%) Finance
3 167 (21.27%) Analytical Skills
4 56 (7.13%) Banking
5 46 (5.86%) Public Sector
6 42 (5.35%) Organisational Skills
7 40 (5.10%) Manufacturing
8 34 (4.33%) Telecoms
9 30 (3.82%) Documentation Skills
10 27 (3.44%) Retail
11 24 (3.06%) Influencing Skills
12 23 (2.93%) Presentation Skills
13 21 (2.68%) Legal
14 20 (2.55%) Pharmaceutical
15 19 (2.42%) Marketing
16 14 (1.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 13 (1.66%) Billing
18 12 (1.53%) Financial Institution
19 11 (1.40%) Law
20 10 (1.27%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 262 (33.38%) Analyst
2 125 (15.92%) Business Analyst
3 81 (10.32%) Senior
4 70 (8.92%) Consultant
5 53 (6.75%) Lead
6 34 (4.33%) Process Analyst
7 31 (3.95%) Data Analyst
8 30 (3.82%) Senior Analyst
9 28 (3.57%) Project Manager
9 28 (3.57%) SAP Consultant
10 23 (2.93%) Architect
11 22 (2.80%) Accountant
11 22 (2.80%) Administrator
11 22 (2.80%) Technical Analyst
12 21 (2.68%) Senior Business Analyst
13 19 (2.42%) Business Process Analyst
13 19 (2.42%) Senior Consultant
14 17 (2.17%) Change Manager
14 17 (2.17%) Financial Analyst
14 17 (2.17%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (2.80%) Web Services
2 16 (2.04%) Playwright
3 15 (1.91%) GraphQL
3 15 (1.91%) Node.js
3 15 (1.91%) Vitest
4 14 (1.78%) SAP Fiori
5 13 (1.66%) Oracle Fusion
6 11 (1.40%) BAPI
7 10 (1.27%) XML
7 10 (1.27%) YAML
8 8 (1.02%) SOAP
9 7 (0.89%) HTML
10 6 (0.76%) CSS
10 6 (0.76%) EDI
11 5 (0.64%) .NET
12 3 (0.38%) .NET Framework
12 3 (0.38%) React
12 3 (0.38%) REST
12 3 (0.38%) RESTful
12 3 (0.38%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 52 (6.62%) Onboarding
2 24 (3.06%) Management Information System
3 22 (2.80%) Analytical Mindset
4 19 (2.42%) Cloud Native
4 19 (2.42%) Product Ownership
5 17 (2.17%) Self-Motivation
5 17 (2.17%) Virtual Team
6 14 (1.78%) Legacy Systems
7 13 (1.66%) Data Protection Act
8 12 (1.53%) Reinsurance
9 10 (1.27%) Replication
10 8 (1.02%) Data Centre
10 8 (1.02%) Data Structures
10 8 (1.02%) Mobile App
10 8 (1.02%) NHS
11 7 (0.89%) Enterprise Software
11 7 (0.89%) PKI
12 6 (0.76%) e-Learning
12 6 (0.76%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 6 (0.76%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 45 (5.73%) Windows
2 25 (3.18%) Linux
3 20 (2.55%) Unix
4 14 (1.78%) Apple iOS
5 10 (1.27%) Android
6 7 (0.89%) Windows 10
7 6 (0.76%) VMS
8 4 (0.51%) Windows Server
9 3 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.25%) Solaris
11 1 (0.13%) AIX
11 1 (0.13%) Amazon Linux
11 1 (0.13%) Kali Linux
11 1 (0.13%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.13%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
11 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 192 (24.46%) Problem-Solving
2 168 (21.40%) Agile
3 159 (20.25%) Stakeholder Management
4 136 (17.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 122 (15.54%) Continuous Improvement
6 101 (12.87%) Change Management
7 90 (11.46%) Project Management
8 89 (11.34%) Workshop Facilitation
9 84 (10.70%) ITIL
10 81 (10.32%) Decision-Making
11 72 (9.17%) Business Analysis
12 71 (9.04%) DevOps
12 71 (9.04%) Roadmaps
13 69 (8.79%) Project Delivery
14 66 (8.41%) Data Analysis
15 63 (8.03%) Business Intelligence
16 58 (7.39%) CI/CD
17 57 (7.26%) ERP
18 55 (7.01%) Six Sigma
19 52 (6.62%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 98 (12.48%) SQL
2 54 (6.88%) Python
3 27 (3.44%) JavaScript
4 18 (2.29%) ABAP
4 18 (2.29%) TypeScript
5 16 (2.04%) Java
6 15 (1.91%) Perl
7 13 (1.66%) PowerShell
8 7 (0.89%) PL/SQL
8 7 (0.89%) Shell Script
9 6 (0.76%) C#
10 5 (0.64%) Kotlin
10 5 (0.64%) Swift
11 4 (0.51%) Bash
11 4 (0.51%) T-SQL
11 4 (0.51%) VBA
12 2 (0.25%) ActionScript
12 2 (0.25%) ActionScript 2.0
12 2 (0.25%) PHP
12 2 (0.25%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 105 (13.38%) Degree
2 93 (11.85%) Security Cleared
3 78 (9.94%) SC Cleared
4 34 (4.33%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (2.17%) Six Sigma Green Belt
6 16 (2.04%) ACCA
6 16 (2.04%) BPSS Clearance
6 16 (2.04%) PMI Certification
7 14 (1.78%) Master's Degree
7 14 (1.78%) PMP
8 12 (1.53%) Azure Certification
8 12 (1.53%) CIMA
9 10 (1.27%) Cisco Certification
10 9 (1.15%) CCNP
11 8 (1.02%) CCNA
11 8 (1.02%) ITIL Certification
12 6 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (0.64%) CompTIA Security+
13 5 (0.64%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 4 (0.51%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (6.75%) QA
2 45 (5.73%) Data Quality
3 29 (3.69%) PMO
4 22 (2.80%) SLA
5 18 (2.29%) GDPR
6 17 (2.17%) Accessibility
7 7 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (0.64%) Actionable Recommendations
8 5 (0.64%) IFRS
8 5 (0.64%) NIST
8 5 (0.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (0.51%) GAAP
10 3 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.38%) EMIR
10 3 (0.38%) MiFID
10 3 (0.38%) NIST 800
10 3 (0.38%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.25%) GRC
11 2 (0.25%) HL7
11 2 (0.25%) P3O
System Software
1 31 (3.95%) Active Directory
2 23 (2.93%) Docker
3 5 (0.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.25%) Xen
6 1 (0.13%) DFS Replication
6 1 (0.13%) Dovecot
6 1 (0.13%) Firmware
6 1 (0.13%) GPFS
6 1 (0.13%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.13%) Postfix
6 1 (0.13%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.13%) Squid
6 1 (0.13%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 27 (3.44%) Kubernetes
2 22 (2.80%) Ansible
3 17 (2.17%) Terraform
4 11 (1.40%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (0.76%) Jamf Pro
6 5 (0.64%) Grafana
6 5 (0.64%) HP ALM
6 5 (0.64%) SCCM
7 4 (0.51%) HP Quality Center
7 4 (0.51%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.51%) QRadar
7 4 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.25%) McAfee ePO
8 2 (0.25%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 1 (0.13%) BladeLogic
9 1 (0.13%) ITRS Geneos
9 1 (0.13%) Nessus
9 1 (0.13%) Proxmox
9 1 (0.13%) Puppet
9 1 (0.13%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 138 (17.58%) Microsoft
2 82 (10.45%) SAP
3 55 (7.01%) Oracle
4 42 (5.35%) ServiceNow
5 21 (2.68%) Adobe
5 21 (2.68%) Google
6 19 (2.42%) Workday
7 18 (2.29%) Salesforce
8 16 (2.04%) Cisco
9 12 (1.53%) Splunk
10 9 (1.15%) Ariba
11 8 (1.02%) Remedy
12 7 (0.89%) Alteryx
12 7 (0.89%) Peregrine
12 7 (0.89%) Sonatype
12 7 (0.89%) VMware
13 6 (0.76%) Anaplan
13 6 (0.76%) Databricks
13 6 (0.76%) HP
14 5 (0.64%) Computacenter