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

6 months to
26 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 113 104 171
Rank change year-on-year -9 +67 +43
Contract jobs citing Process Improvement 877 608 516
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.19% 2.48% 1.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.58% 2.73% 1.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 533 374 328
10th Percentile £263 £304 £344
25th Percentile £371 £407 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £523
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +0.48% -0.48%
75th Percentile £575 £626 £613
90th Percentile £650 £756 £725
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £513
% change year-on-year -5.00% -2.44% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 30 33
10th Percentile - £19.15 £13.21
25th Percentile £13.33 £26.03 £15.85
Median hourly rate £25.42 £29.15 £22.34
Median % change year-on-year -12.81% +30.48% -49.23%
75th Percentile £44.75 £58.44 £37.25
90th Percentile £75.07 £75.00 £43.75
UK median hourly rate £23.21 £32.81 £25.00
% change year-on-year -29.26% +31.24% -43.18%

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 33,993 22,301 32,213
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.07% 91.14% 86.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,750 14,633 21,159
10th Percentile £316 £310 £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 £615 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £523 £525
% change year-on-year -4.42% -0.36% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,113 919 2,234
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.74 £12.88
25th Percentile £20.35 £18.51 £16.00
Median hourly rate £43.61 £30.45 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +43.22% -13.00% -6.67%
75th Percentile £67.25 £63.75 £59.99
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £29.15 £35.00
% change year-on-year +37.22% -16.71% -6.67%

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 26 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 26 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 26 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 -8 355 £500 -9.09% 117
South East -22 140 £500 -4.49% 98
North of England -47 139 £436 -12.80% 76
Midlands -13 103 £402 -15.32% 75
Yorkshire -1 83 £475 -8.21% 24
West Midlands -29 68 £425 -18.97% 41
South West +1 66 £500 - 36
East of England +6 55 £450 -10.00% 24
North West -81 42 £418 -11.64% 45
East Midlands -17 36 £392 +0.13% 34
North East -8 15 £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 56 (6.39%) Confluence
2 19 (2.17%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.03%) CICS
4 8 (0.91%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (0.80%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.57%) CMS
7 4 (0.46%) Moodle
8 3 (0.34%) Apache
9 2 (0.23%) Apache Spark
10 1 (0.11%) Mattermost
10 1 (0.11%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.11%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.11%) Tomcat
Applications
1 105 (11.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 39 (4.45%) Microsoft Office
3 31 (3.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 31 (3.53%) MS Visio
4 15 (1.71%) Microsoft Project
5 12 (1.37%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.23%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.11%) CATIA
7 1 (0.11%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.11%) SOLIDWORKS
7 1 (0.11%) Trello
Business Applications
1 26 (2.96%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (1.37%) NetSuite
3 8 (0.91%) Oracle Payables
4 7 (0.80%) NEC Housing
4 7 (0.80%) SAP FI
5 6 (0.68%) SAP HCM
5 6 (0.68%) SAP Payroll
6 5 (0.57%) iTrent
6 5 (0.57%) SAP CO
6 5 (0.57%) SAP FI/CO
7 4 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
7 4 (0.46%) Oracle General Ledger
7 4 (0.46%) Oracle Receivables
7 4 (0.46%) Remedy ITSM
7 4 (0.46%) SAP Business One
8 3 (0.34%) Oracle Assets
8 3 (0.34%) Oracle EBS
8 3 (0.34%) Oracle EBS R12
8 3 (0.34%) Oracle ERP
8 3 (0.34%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 87 (9.92%) Power Platform
2 55 (6.27%) Azure
3 35 (3.99%) AWS
4 34 (3.88%) Microsoft 365
5 30 (3.42%) SaaS
6 24 (2.74%) GitHub
7 18 (2.05%) Azure DevOps
8 17 (1.94%) GCP
9 15 (1.71%) SuccessFactors
10 9 (1.03%) Dynamics 365
10 9 (1.03%) Entra ID
10 9 (1.03%) GitHub Actions
10 9 (1.03%) Google Workspace
11 8 (0.91%) Lucidchart
11 8 (0.91%) Miro
12 7 (0.80%) Power Automate
13 6 (0.68%) Azure Data Factory
14 5 (0.57%) Azure AKS
14 5 (0.57%) OCI
15 4 (0.46%) Amazon SageMaker
Communications & Networking
1 25 (2.85%) Firewall
2 11 (1.25%) DNS
3 7 (0.80%) VPN
4 5 (0.57%) DHCP
4 5 (0.57%) FTP
4 5 (0.57%) TCP/IP
5 4 (0.46%) Internet
6 3 (0.34%) SSL
6 3 (0.34%) VSAN
7 2 (0.23%) Network Security
7 2 (0.23%) WAN
8 1 (0.11%) BGP
8 1 (0.11%) Broadband
8 1 (0.11%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (0.11%) Cisco ISE
8 1 (0.11%) MPLS
8 1 (0.11%) SAN
8 1 (0.11%) Structured Cabling
8 1 (0.11%) WebEx
8 1 (0.11%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 81 (9.24%) Power BI
2 17 (1.94%) Relational Database
3 15 (1.71%) MySQL
4 12 (1.37%) Tableau
5 11 (1.25%) Metadata
6 9 (1.03%) DataStage
6 9 (1.03%) Oracle Reports
6 9 (1.03%) SQL Server
7 8 (0.91%) Data Warehouse
8 7 (0.80%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (0.57%) MongoDB
9 5 (0.57%) Power Query
10 4 (0.46%) Data Lake
10 4 (0.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 2 (0.23%) Ataccama
11 2 (0.23%) Big Data
11 2 (0.23%) BusinessObjects
11 2 (0.23%) Crystal Reports
11 2 (0.23%) ImageNet
12 1 (0.11%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 114 (13.00%) JIRA
2 37 (4.22%) Jenkins
3 14 (1.60%) Git
4 11 (1.25%) GitLab
5 10 (1.14%) Sonatype Nexus
6 8 (0.91%) Jaeger
6 8 (0.91%) Postman
7 6 (0.68%) Selenium
8 4 (0.46%) JUnit
8 4 (0.46%) MLflow
8 4 (0.46%) TestRail
9 3 (0.34%) CircleCI
9 3 (0.34%) IntelliJ
9 3 (0.34%) REST Assured
9 3 (0.34%) SonarQube
10 2 (0.23%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.23%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.23%) ScriptRunner
11 1 (0.11%) Gatling
11 1 (0.11%) WinAutomation
General
1 372 (42.42%) Social Skills
2 325 (37.06%) Finance
3 264 (30.10%) Analytical Skills
4 79 (9.01%) Banking
5 72 (8.21%) Public Sector
6 38 (4.33%) Documentation Skills
7 36 (4.10%) Influencing Skills
8 33 (3.76%) Legal
9 31 (3.53%) Organisational Skills
10 28 (3.19%) Retail
11 25 (2.85%) Telecoms
12 22 (2.51%) Manufacturing
12 22 (2.51%) Marketing
13 18 (2.05%) Billing
14 15 (1.71%) Financial Institution
14 15 (1.71%) Presentation Skills
15 14 (1.60%) General Ledger
16 13 (1.48%) Local Government
16 13 (1.48%) Retail Banking
17 12 (1.37%) Law
Job Titles
1 274 (31.24%) Analyst
2 168 (19.16%) Business Analyst
3 103 (11.74%) Senior
4 69 (7.87%) Consultant
5 65 (7.41%) Lead
6 44 (5.02%) Senior Analyst
7 37 (4.22%) Project Manager
8 34 (3.88%) Accountant
9 28 (3.19%) Senior Business Analyst
10 24 (2.74%) Financial Analyst
11 23 (2.62%) Data Analyst
11 23 (2.62%) Process Analyst
12 20 (2.28%) Project Officer
13 19 (2.17%) IT Support
14 18 (2.05%) Management Accountant
14 18 (2.05%) Technical Analyst
14 18 (2.05%) Technical Support
15 17 (1.94%) Administrator
15 17 (1.94%) Developer
15 17 (1.94%) Finance Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (2.28%) Middleware
2 17 (1.94%) REST
3 13 (1.48%) Kafka
3 13 (1.48%) Node.js
3 13 (1.48%) Playwright
4 11 (1.25%) SOAP
4 11 (1.25%) Spring Boot
5 10 (1.14%) GraphQL
5 10 (1.14%) OpenTelemetry
6 9 (1.03%) Vitest
7 8 (0.91%) HTML
7 8 (0.91%) Web Services
7 8 (0.91%) XML
8 7 (0.80%) YAML
9 6 (0.68%) .NET
10 5 (0.57%) SailPoint
11 4 (0.46%) CSS
11 4 (0.46%) OpenID
11 4 (0.46%) SAP Fiori
11 4 (0.46%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 58 (6.61%) Onboarding
2 35 (3.99%) Analytical Mindset
2 35 (3.99%) Management Information System
3 34 (3.88%) Product Ownership
4 33 (3.76%) Legacy Systems
5 29 (3.31%) Self-Motivation
6 18 (2.05%) Cloud Native
6 18 (2.05%) CMDB
7 17 (1.94%) Data Structures
8 15 (1.71%) Data Protection Act
9 14 (1.60%) Virtual Team
10 13 (1.48%) Data Centre
11 11 (1.25%) Greenfield Project
12 10 (1.14%) Derivative
12 10 (1.14%) Mainframe
12 10 (1.14%) Operational Technology
12 10 (1.14%) PMI
12 10 (1.14%) Replication
13 9 (1.03%) BYOD
13 9 (1.03%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 49 (5.59%) Windows
2 47 (5.36%) Linux
3 32 (3.65%) Unix
4 9 (1.03%) AIX
4 9 (1.03%) Solaris
5 8 (0.91%) Apple iOS
6 6 (0.68%) VMS
6 6 (0.68%) Windows Server
7 5 (0.57%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.46%) Android
8 4 (0.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (0.46%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.34%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.23%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 214 (24.40%) Problem-Solving
2 186 (21.21%) Stakeholder Management
3 182 (20.75%) Agile
4 177 (20.18%) Continuous Improvement
5 157 (17.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 138 (15.74%) Decision-Making
7 112 (12.77%) Project Management
8 108 (12.31%) Change Management
9 102 (11.63%) Workshop Facilitation
10 92 (10.49%) Business Analysis
10 92 (10.49%) DevOps
11 87 (9.92%) Business Intelligence
12 86 (9.81%) AI
12 86 (9.81%) Migration
13 76 (8.67%) User Acceptance Testing
14 75 (8.55%) ERP
14 75 (8.55%) Requirements Gathering
15 70 (7.98%) Coaching
16 65 (7.41%) Data Analysis
17 63 (7.18%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 102 (11.63%) SQL
2 60 (6.84%) Python
3 43 (4.90%) Java
4 23 (2.62%) JavaScript
5 17 (1.94%) Perl
6 12 (1.37%) TypeScript
7 9 (1.03%) COBOL
8 8 (0.91%) ABAP
8 8 (0.91%) PowerShell
8 8 (0.91%) Rust
8 8 (0.91%) VBA
9 6 (0.68%) Bash
9 6 (0.68%) Go
10 5 (0.57%) PL/SQL
10 5 (0.57%) Shell Script
11 4 (0.46%) C#
11 4 (0.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 4 (0.46%) PHP
12 3 (0.34%) ActionScript 2.0
12 3 (0.34%) R
Qualifications
1 114 (13.00%) Security Cleared
2 112 (12.77%) Degree
3 83 (9.46%) SC Cleared
4 49 (5.59%) ACCA
5 48 (5.47%) CIMA
6 27 (3.08%) PMP
7 25 (2.85%) PMI Certification
8 22 (2.51%) Master's Degree
9 21 (2.39%) Computer Science Degree
10 14 (1.60%) BPSS Clearance
11 13 (1.48%) DV Cleared
12 9 (1.03%) ITIL Certification
13 8 (0.91%) MBA
13 8 (0.91%) SAFe Agilist
14 6 (0.68%) CISM
14 6 (0.68%) CISSP
14 6 (0.68%) Six Sigma Green Belt
15 5 (0.57%) IIBA
15 5 (0.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 4 (0.46%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (8.10%) QA
2 57 (6.50%) Data Quality
3 45 (5.13%) GDPR
4 31 (3.53%) PMO
5 29 (3.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 21 (2.39%) SLA
7 12 (1.37%) NIST
8 10 (1.14%) Accessibility
8 10 (1.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 8 (0.91%) Basel III
10 7 (0.80%) IFRS
11 4 (0.46%) COBIT
11 4 (0.46%) ISO 19650
11 4 (0.46%) ISO 20022
11 4 (0.46%) PCI DSS
12 3 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
12 3 (0.34%) PSD2
13 2 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
13 2 (0.23%) IFRS 9
13 2 (0.23%) PERC
System Software
1 29 (3.31%) Docker
2 28 (3.19%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.80%) Virtual Machines
3 7 (0.80%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.46%) GPFS
4 4 (0.46%) VMware NSX
4 4 (0.46%) vSphere
5 3 (0.34%) NFS
5 3 (0.34%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 2 (0.23%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
6 2 (0.23%) IAG
6 2 (0.23%) Xen
Systems Management
1 35 (3.99%) Kubernetes
2 25 (2.85%) Ansible
3 14 (1.60%) Grafana
4 12 (1.37%) Terraform
5 11 (1.25%) Prometheus
6 8 (0.91%) Kiali
7 7 (0.80%) Jamf Pro
8 6 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
9 4 (0.46%) ITRS Geneos
10 3 (0.34%) WSUS
11 2 (0.23%) Control-M
12 1 (0.11%) Amdocs OSS
12 1 (0.11%) Argo
12 1 (0.11%) BladeLogic
12 1 (0.11%) CEMLI
12 1 (0.11%) HAProxy
12 1 (0.11%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
12 1 (0.11%) SCCM
12 1 (0.11%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 84 (9.58%) Microsoft
2 79 (9.01%) SAP
3 52 (5.93%) Oracle
4 51 (5.82%) ServiceNow
5 31 (3.53%) Workday
6 30 (3.42%) Salesforce
7 21 (2.39%) Splunk
8 18 (2.05%) Google
9 15 (1.71%) IFS
10 14 (1.60%) IBM
10 14 (1.60%) VMware
11 9 (1.03%) Sonatype
12 8 (0.91%) Alteryx
13 7 (0.80%) Anaplan
13 7 (0.80%) NEC
14 6 (0.68%) Adobe
14 6 (0.68%) Ariba
14 6 (0.68%) Databricks
15 5 (0.57%) Cisco
15 5 (0.57%) Okta