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

6 months to
22 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 108 176
Rank change year-on-year -13 +68 +26
Contract jobs citing Process Improvement 826 619 519
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.20% 2.51% 1.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.55% 2.76% 1.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 510 373 327
10th Percentile £263 £307 £300
25th Percentile £359 £410 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £611
90th Percentile £650 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £468 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -6.40% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 33 31
10th Percentile - £19.93 £13.05
25th Percentile £13.33 £26.88 £15.85
Median hourly rate £22.50 £33.11 £22.34
Median % change year-on-year -32.04% +48.21% -49.07%
75th Percentile £44.75 £60.00 £43.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £49.88
UK median hourly rate £17.50 £33.26 £29.50
% change year-on-year -47.38% +12.73% -32.74%

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 32,413 22,389 32,764
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.42% 90.76% 86.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,785 14,611 21,658
10th Percentile £313 £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 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,991 834 2,145
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.00 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.00 £16.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £34.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.41% +4.62% -13.33%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £58.69
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.41 £71.87
UK median hourly rate £30.50 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -6.15% - -7.29%

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 22 March 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 22 March 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 22 March 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 -6 339 £500 -9.69% 187
North of England -49 145 £410 -15.90% 106
South East -26 114 £425 -17.68% 149
Midlands -17 98 £425 -3.63% 75
Yorkshire -1 84 £455 -12.08% 44
West Midlands -36 66 £425 -18.89% 49
South West -14 55 £500 -2.44% 29
East of England +8 53 £450 -10.00% 50
North West -74 48 £402 -10.67% 55
East Midlands -18 33 £393 +10.39% 26
North East -5 13 £363 -36.96% 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 62 (7.51%) Confluence
2 18 (2.18%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.33%) Apache Airflow
4 8 (0.97%) CICS
5 7 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
6 5 (0.61%) CMS
7 2 (0.24%) Apache
7 2 (0.24%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.12%) Mattermost
8 1 (0.12%) Moodle
8 1 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.12%) Smallworld
8 1 (0.12%) Tomcat
Applications
1 111 (13.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 43 (5.21%) Microsoft Office
2 43 (5.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 34 (4.12%) MS Visio
4 16 (1.94%) Microsoft Project
5 9 (1.09%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.24%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.24%) Trello
7 1 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.12%) CATIA
7 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.12%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 23 (2.78%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (0.85%) NetSuite
2 7 (0.85%) SAP HCM
2 7 (0.85%) SAP Payroll
3 6 (0.73%) NEC Housing
3 6 (0.73%) SAP FI
4 5 (0.61%) Oracle General Ledger
4 5 (0.61%) Oracle Payables
4 5 (0.61%) SAP CO
4 5 (0.61%) SAP FI/CO
5 4 (0.48%) Remedy ITSM
6 3 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
6 3 (0.36%) Endur
6 3 (0.36%) Oracle Assets
6 3 (0.36%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.36%) Oracle EBS R12
6 3 (0.36%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.36%) Oracle Financials
6 3 (0.36%) Shopify
7 2 (0.24%) Loan IQ
Cloud Services
1 78 (9.44%) Power Platform
2 50 (6.05%) Azure
3 43 (5.21%) AWS
4 38 (4.60%) Microsoft 365
5 33 (4.00%) GitHub
6 28 (3.39%) SaaS
7 20 (2.42%) Azure DevOps
8 17 (2.06%) GCP
9 12 (1.45%) SuccessFactors
10 11 (1.33%) Dynamics 365
10 11 (1.33%) GitHub Actions
11 10 (1.21%) Google Workspace
12 9 (1.09%) Entra ID
12 9 (1.09%) Power Automate
13 7 (0.85%) Miro
14 6 (0.73%) Azure Data Factory
14 6 (0.73%) Lucidchart
15 5 (0.61%) AWS CloudFormation
15 5 (0.61%) OCI
15 5 (0.61%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 29 (3.51%) Firewall
2 11 (1.33%) DNS
3 8 (0.97%) VPN
4 6 (0.73%) Internet
5 5 (0.61%) DHCP
5 5 (0.61%) FTP
5 5 (0.61%) TCP/IP
5 5 (0.61%) WAN
6 3 (0.36%) LAN
6 3 (0.36%) Network Security
6 3 (0.36%) VSAN
7 2 (0.24%) Cisco IOS
7 2 (0.24%) DWDM
7 2 (0.24%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.24%) Unified Communications
8 1 (0.12%) Broadband
8 1 (0.12%) HTTP
8 1 (0.12%) SAN
8 1 (0.12%) SSL
8 1 (0.12%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (8.72%) Power BI
2 18 (2.18%) MySQL
3 17 (2.06%) Relational Database
4 11 (1.33%) Tableau
5 9 (1.09%) Data Lake
6 8 (0.97%) Data Warehouse
6 8 (0.97%) DataStage
6 8 (0.97%) Metadata
6 8 (0.97%) SQL Server
7 7 (0.85%) PostgreSQL
8 6 (0.73%) Power Query
9 5 (0.61%) MongoDB
9 5 (0.61%) Oracle Reports
10 3 (0.36%) SAP HANA
10 3 (0.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 2 (0.24%) Amazon RDS
11 2 (0.24%) Big Data
11 2 (0.24%) BusinessObjects
11 2 (0.24%) GIS
11 2 (0.24%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 116 (14.04%) JIRA
2 42 (5.08%) Jenkins
3 16 (1.94%) GitLab
3 16 (1.94%) Sonatype Nexus
4 13 (1.57%) Git
5 9 (1.09%) Postman
6 8 (0.97%) Jaeger
7 6 (0.73%) Selenium
8 4 (0.48%) MLflow
8 4 (0.48%) TestRail
9 3 (0.36%) CircleCI
9 3 (0.36%) REST Assured
10 2 (0.24%) Appium
10 2 (0.24%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.24%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.24%) JUnit
11 1 (0.12%) ERwin
11 1 (0.12%) IntelliJ
11 1 (0.12%) Oracle Forms
11 1 (0.12%) PowerDesigner
General
1 380 (46.00%) Social Skills
2 292 (35.35%) Finance
3 240 (29.06%) Analytical Skills
4 81 (9.81%) Banking
5 76 (9.20%) Public Sector
6 36 (4.36%) Organisational Skills
7 35 (4.24%) Documentation Skills
8 32 (3.87%) Influencing Skills
9 30 (3.63%) Telecoms
10 28 (3.39%) Legal
11 24 (2.91%) Manufacturing
12 23 (2.78%) Retail
13 21 (2.54%) Marketing
13 21 (2.54%) Presentation Skills
14 19 (2.30%) Billing
14 19 (2.30%) Financial Institution
15 14 (1.69%) Law
16 13 (1.57%) Retail Banking
17 11 (1.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 10 (1.21%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 265 (32.08%) Analyst
2 167 (20.22%) Business Analyst
3 93 (11.26%) Senior
4 64 (7.75%) Consultant
5 59 (7.14%) Lead
6 39 (4.72%) Senior Analyst
7 37 (4.48%) Project Manager
8 27 (3.27%) Senior Business Analyst
9 26 (3.15%) Technical Analyst
10 23 (2.78%) Data Analyst
11 22 (2.66%) Accountant
12 21 (2.54%) IT Support
13 20 (2.42%) Administrator
13 20 (2.42%) Project Officer
13 20 (2.42%) Technical Support
14 19 (2.30%) Technical Business Analyst
15 18 (2.18%) Developer
15 18 (2.18%) Process Analyst
16 17 (2.06%) Delivery Manager
16 17 (2.06%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.18%) Middleware
2 15 (1.82%) Playwright
2 15 (1.82%) REST
3 13 (1.57%) Kafka
4 12 (1.45%) GraphQL
4 12 (1.45%) Node.js
4 12 (1.45%) SOAP
5 11 (1.33%) Vitest
5 11 (1.33%) Web Services
6 10 (1.21%) XML
7 9 (1.09%) OpenTelemetry
7 9 (1.09%) Spring Boot
7 9 (1.09%) YAML
8 8 (0.97%) .NET
8 8 (0.97%) HTML
9 7 (0.85%) SailPoint
10 6 (0.73%) CSS
10 6 (0.73%) SAP Fiori
11 4 (0.48%) LDAP
11 4 (0.48%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 58 (7.02%) Onboarding
2 34 (4.12%) Legacy Systems
3 30 (3.63%) Product Ownership
4 29 (3.51%) Analytical Mindset
4 29 (3.51%) Self-Motivation
5 28 (3.39%) Management Information System
6 19 (2.30%) Cloud Native
7 14 (1.69%) CMDB
8 13 (1.57%) Data Centre
8 13 (1.57%) Data Structures
9 12 (1.45%) Data Protection Act
9 12 (1.45%) Replication
9 12 (1.45%) Virtual Team
10 10 (1.21%) PMI
11 9 (1.09%) Derivative
11 9 (1.09%) Distributed Systems
11 9 (1.09%) Greenfield Project
11 9 (1.09%) Mainframe
11 9 (1.09%) NHS
12 8 (0.97%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 55 (6.66%) Windows
2 47 (5.69%) Linux
3 33 (4.00%) Unix
4 8 (0.97%) AIX
4 8 (0.97%) Solaris
5 7 (0.85%) Apple iOS
5 7 (0.85%) Windows Server
6 6 (0.73%) Android
6 6 (0.73%) VMS
6 6 (0.73%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.36%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.36%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.12%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 207 (25.06%) Problem-Solving
2 177 (21.43%) Agile
3 176 (21.31%) Stakeholder Management
4 160 (19.37%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 142 (17.19%) Continuous Improvement
6 115 (13.92%) Decision-Making
7 109 (13.20%) Project Management
8 97 (11.74%) Change Management
8 97 (11.74%) Workshop Facilitation
9 94 (11.38%) DevOps
10 89 (10.77%) Business Analysis
11 77 (9.32%) Business Intelligence
11 77 (9.32%) Migration
12 73 (8.84%) Requirements Gathering
13 71 (8.60%) AI
14 66 (7.99%) Coaching
15 63 (7.63%) CI/CD
15 63 (7.63%) Data Analysis
16 62 (7.51%) Roadmaps
17 59 (7.14%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 105 (12.71%) SQL
2 52 (6.30%) Python
3 39 (4.72%) Java
4 26 (3.15%) JavaScript
5 18 (2.18%) Perl
6 15 (1.82%) TypeScript
7 12 (1.45%) PowerShell
8 9 (1.09%) ABAP
9 8 (0.97%) C#
9 8 (0.97%) COBOL
9 8 (0.97%) Rust
10 7 (0.85%) Bash
10 7 (0.85%) VBA
11 5 (0.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 5 (0.61%) Shell Script
12 4 (0.48%) Go
12 4 (0.48%) PHP
12 4 (0.48%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.24%) ActionScript
13 2 (0.24%) R
Qualifications
1 107 (12.95%) Degree
2 103 (12.47%) Security Cleared
3 71 (8.60%) SC Cleared
4 29 (3.51%) ACCA
5 27 (3.27%) Master's Degree
6 26 (3.15%) CIMA
7 25 (3.03%) PMI Certification
8 24 (2.91%) PMP
9 22 (2.66%) Computer Science Degree
10 11 (1.33%) BPSS Clearance
10 11 (1.33%) DV Cleared
11 10 (1.21%) MBA
12 9 (1.09%) ITIL Certification
13 8 (0.97%) SAFe Agilist
14 7 (0.85%) CISSP
15 6 (0.73%) CISM
15 6 (0.73%) Six Sigma Green Belt
16 5 (0.61%) CBAP
16 5 (0.61%) CompTIA Security+
16 5 (0.61%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (8.11%) QA
2 52 (6.30%) Data Quality
3 36 (4.36%) GDPR
4 31 (3.75%) PMO
5 23 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 22 (2.66%) SLA
7 12 (1.45%) NIST
7 12 (1.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 8 (0.97%) Basel III
9 6 (0.73%) IFRS
10 5 (0.61%) Accessibility
10 5 (0.61%) PCI DSS
11 4 (0.48%) COBIT
11 4 (0.48%) ISO 19650
11 4 (0.48%) ISO 20022
12 3 (0.36%) GAAP
13 2 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
13 2 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
13 2 (0.24%) GRC
13 2 (0.24%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 31 (3.75%) Docker
2 29 (3.51%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.97%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.73%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.48%) GPFS
6 3 (0.36%) NFS
6 3 (0.36%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.36%) vSphere
7 2 (0.24%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
7 2 (0.24%) Xen
8 1 (0.12%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.12%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 35 (4.24%) Kubernetes
2 29 (3.51%) Ansible
3 14 (1.69%) Grafana
3 14 (1.69%) Terraform
4 11 (1.33%) Prometheus
5 8 (0.97%) Kiali
6 7 (0.85%) Jamf Pro
7 5 (0.61%) Microsoft Intune
8 4 (0.48%) QRadar
9 3 (0.36%) ITRS Geneos
9 3 (0.36%) WSUS
10 2 (0.24%) SCCM
10 2 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.12%) Amdocs OSS
11 1 (0.12%) BladeLogic
11 1 (0.12%) CEMLI
11 1 (0.12%) Control-M
11 1 (0.12%) HAProxy
11 1 (0.12%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 1 (0.12%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 97 (11.74%) Microsoft
2 65 (7.87%) SAP
3 49 (5.93%) ServiceNow
4 46 (5.57%) Oracle
5 28 (3.39%) Salesforce
5 28 (3.39%) Workday
6 25 (3.03%) Splunk
7 22 (2.66%) Google
8 15 (1.82%) Sonatype
9 14 (1.69%) VMware
10 13 (1.57%) IBM
11 9 (1.09%) Alteryx
12 8 (0.97%) Adobe
12 8 (0.97%) Atlassian
13 7 (0.85%) Anaplan
13 7 (0.85%) Ariba
14 6 (0.73%) IFS
14 6 (0.73%) NEC
15 5 (0.61%) Cisco
15 5 (0.61%) Databricks