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

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 127 100 173
Rank change year-on-year -27 +73 +28
Contract jobs citing Process Improvement 828 641 505
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.01% 2.65% 1.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.37% 2.90% 1.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 510 393 329
10th Percentile £288 £304 £325
25th Percentile £386 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £518 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.43% -1.43% -
75th Percentile £575 £615 £615
90th Percentile £650 £755 £700
UK median daily rate £488 £500 £520
% change year-on-year -2.50% -3.85% -0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 29 38
10th Percentile £13.33 £19.78 £13.61
25th Percentile £14.22 £26.88 £14.84
Median hourly rate £22.46 £29.23 £22.17
Median % change year-on-year -23.15% +31.84% -49.45%
75th Percentile £36.94 £53.75 £36.38
90th Percentile £74.91 £75.00 £43.75
UK median hourly rate £18.00 £33.26 £24.63
% change year-on-year -45.87% +35.03% -43.85%

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 34,902 22,108 31,434
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.66% 91.30% 86.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,235 14,434 20,613
10th Percentile £325 £306 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £510 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -0.49% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,141 960 2,249
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.42 £12.92
25th Percentile £20.50 £18.22 £16.00
Median hourly rate £46.80 £28.75 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +62.78% -21.23% -0.11%
75th Percentile £67.84 £62.24 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £28.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year +51.79% -23.29% +1.39%

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 21 May 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 21 May 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 21 May 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 -28 328 £500 -4.76% 179
South East -20 133 £500 -4.40% 117
North of England -57 128 £438 -12.50% 84
Midlands -17 111 £419 -12.76% 81
Yorkshire +1 77 £468 -9.13% 36
West Midlands -28 75 £456 -13.01% 50
South West -3 56 £450 -14.29% 37
East of England +15 51 £450 -10.00% 40
North West -85 41 £435 -7.45% 43
East Midlands -8 37 £390 +30.00% 30
North East -16 11 £364 -34.75% 5
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 50 (6.04%) Confluence
2 20 (2.42%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.09%) CICS
3 9 (1.09%) CMS
4 5 (0.60%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.48%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.48%) Moodle
6 2 (0.24%) Apache
6 2 (0.24%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.12%) Mattermost
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.12%) Tomcat
Applications
1 98 (11.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 38 (4.59%) Microsoft Office
3 28 (3.38%) MS Visio
4 26 (3.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 11 (1.33%) Microsoft Project
5 11 (1.33%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.24%) Photoshop
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 25 (3.02%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (1.21%) NetSuite
3 8 (0.97%) Dynamics CRM
4 7 (0.85%) NEC Housing
4 7 (0.85%) Oracle Payables
5 6 (0.72%) SAP FI
6 5 (0.60%) iTrent
7 4 (0.48%) Oracle EBS
7 4 (0.48%) Oracle General Ledger
7 4 (0.48%) Oracle Receivables
7 4 (0.48%) Remedy ITSM
7 4 (0.48%) SAP Business One
8 3 (0.36%) Magento
8 3 (0.36%) Oracle Assets
8 3 (0.36%) Oracle Financials
8 3 (0.36%) SAP CO
8 3 (0.36%) SAP FI/CO
9 2 (0.24%) Endur
9 2 (0.24%) Oracle ERP
9 2 (0.24%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 83 (10.02%) Power Platform
2 58 (7.00%) Azure
3 33 (3.99%) AWS
4 28 (3.38%) Microsoft 365
5 23 (2.78%) SaaS
6 20 (2.42%) GitHub
7 15 (1.81%) Azure DevOps
7 15 (1.81%) GCP
8 12 (1.45%) Dynamics 365
9 10 (1.21%) Entra ID
9 10 (1.21%) SuccessFactors
10 9 (1.09%) Power Automate
11 8 (0.97%) Lucidchart
11 8 (0.97%) PowerApps
12 7 (0.85%) GitHub Actions
13 5 (0.60%) Azure AKS
13 5 (0.60%) Azure Data Factory
13 5 (0.60%) Google Workspace
14 4 (0.48%) Amazon SageMaker
14 4 (0.48%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 22 (2.66%) Firewall
2 9 (1.09%) DNS
3 6 (0.72%) VPN
4 5 (0.60%) FTP
4 5 (0.60%) TCP/IP
5 4 (0.48%) DHCP
6 3 (0.36%) VSAN
7 2 (0.24%) Internet
7 2 (0.24%) SAN
7 2 (0.24%) SSL
7 2 (0.24%) WAN
8 1 (0.12%) BGP
8 1 (0.12%) Broadband
8 1 (0.12%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (0.12%) Cisco ISE
8 1 (0.12%) MPLS
8 1 (0.12%) Network Security
8 1 (0.12%) Structured Cabling
8 1 (0.12%) VLAN
8 1 (0.12%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (9.06%) Power BI
2 16 (1.93%) Relational Database
3 14 (1.69%) MySQL
4 12 (1.45%) Metadata
5 11 (1.33%) Tableau
6 9 (1.09%) DataStage
7 8 (0.97%) Oracle Reports
8 7 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
8 7 (0.85%) SQL Server
9 6 (0.72%) PostgreSQL
10 5 (0.60%) MongoDB
10 5 (0.60%) Power Query
11 4 (0.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 3 (0.36%) Big Data
13 2 (0.24%) Ataccama
13 2 (0.24%) BusinessObjects
13 2 (0.24%) Crystal Reports
13 2 (0.24%) Oracle BI Publisher
14 1 (0.12%) Geospatial Data
14 1 (0.12%) Looker
Development Applications
1 105 (12.68%) JIRA
2 30 (3.62%) Jenkins
3 14 (1.69%) Git
4 9 (1.09%) GitLab
5 8 (0.97%) Jaeger
5 8 (0.97%) Sonatype Nexus
6 7 (0.85%) Postman
6 7 (0.85%) Selenium
7 4 (0.48%) JUnit
7 4 (0.48%) MLflow
7 4 (0.48%) TestRail
8 3 (0.36%) CircleCI
8 3 (0.36%) Cucumber
8 3 (0.36%) IntelliJ
8 3 (0.36%) REST Assured
8 3 (0.36%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.24%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.24%) Gatling
9 2 (0.24%) JMeter
9 2 (0.24%) ScriptRunner
General
1 325 (39.25%) Finance
2 321 (38.77%) Social Skills
3 256 (30.92%) Analytical Skills
4 75 (9.06%) Banking
5 66 (7.97%) Public Sector
6 37 (4.47%) Documentation Skills
7 34 (4.11%) Legal
8 29 (3.50%) Influencing Skills
9 28 (3.38%) Retail
10 27 (3.26%) Organisational Skills
11 21 (2.54%) Manufacturing
12 17 (2.05%) Telecoms
13 16 (1.93%) General Ledger
13 16 (1.93%) Marketing
14 14 (1.69%) Billing
15 13 (1.57%) Financial Institution
16 12 (1.45%) Local Government
16 12 (1.45%) Retail Banking
17 11 (1.33%) Law
18 10 (1.21%) Dutch Language
Job Titles
1 257 (31.04%) Analyst
2 147 (17.75%) Business Analyst
3 90 (10.87%) Senior
4 73 (8.82%) Lead
5 55 (6.64%) Consultant
6 39 (4.71%) Senior Analyst
7 34 (4.11%) Accountant
8 33 (3.99%) Project Manager
9 22 (2.66%) Data Analyst
9 22 (2.66%) Financial Analyst
9 22 (2.66%) Project Officer
10 21 (2.54%) Senior Business Analyst
11 19 (2.29%) Management Accountant
12 17 (2.05%) Delivery Manager
12 17 (2.05%) Developer
12 17 (2.05%) Process Analyst
12 17 (2.05%) Support Analyst
13 16 (1.93%) Technical Support
14 14 (1.69%) Architect
14 14 (1.69%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (2.42%) Middleware
2 16 (1.93%) REST
3 12 (1.45%) Kafka
4 11 (1.33%) Spring Boot
5 10 (1.21%) .NET
5 10 (1.21%) OpenTelemetry
6 9 (1.09%) Playwright
7 8 (0.97%) HTML
7 8 (0.97%) Node.js
8 6 (0.72%) HTML5 Canvas
9 5 (0.60%) Flash
9 5 (0.60%) GraphQL
9 5 (0.60%) SOAP
9 5 (0.60%) YAML
10 4 (0.48%) CSS
10 4 (0.48%) JSON
10 4 (0.48%) LDAP
10 4 (0.48%) Oracle Fusion
10 4 (0.48%) SailPoint
10 4 (0.48%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 48 (5.80%) Onboarding
2 36 (4.35%) Product Ownership
3 32 (3.86%) Management Information System
4 31 (3.74%) Analytical Mindset
5 27 (3.26%) Legacy Systems
6 26 (3.14%) Self-Motivation
7 18 (2.17%) CMDB
8 15 (1.81%) Data Structures
9 13 (1.57%) Data Centre
9 13 (1.57%) Operational Technology
9 13 (1.57%) Virtual Team
10 12 (1.45%) Cloud Native
11 10 (1.21%) Data Protection Act
12 9 (1.09%) BYOD
12 9 (1.09%) Derivative
12 9 (1.09%) Distributed Systems
12 9 (1.09%) Mainframe
12 9 (1.09%) PMI
12 9 (1.09%) VSAM
13 7 (0.85%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 44 (5.31%) Linux
2 42 (5.07%) Windows
3 28 (3.38%) Unix
4 9 (1.09%) AIX
4 9 (1.09%) Solaris
5 7 (0.85%) Apple iOS
6 6 (0.72%) Android
6 6 (0.72%) Windows Server
7 5 (0.60%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.48%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.36%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.24%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.24%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 202 (24.40%) Problem-Solving
2 187 (22.58%) Stakeholder Management
3 175 (21.14%) Continuous Improvement
4 161 (19.44%) Agile
5 147 (17.75%) Decision-Making
6 139 (16.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 102 (12.32%) Project Management
8 101 (12.20%) Change Management
9 89 (10.75%) Workshop Facilitation
10 84 (10.14%) DevOps
11 83 (10.02%) Business Intelligence
12 82 (9.90%) Migration
13 80 (9.66%) ERP
14 78 (9.42%) Business Analysis
15 77 (9.30%) AI
15 77 (9.30%) User Acceptance Testing
16 64 (7.73%) Requirements Gathering
17 63 (7.61%) Validation
18 59 (7.13%) Mentoring
19 57 (6.88%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 97 (11.71%) SQL
2 57 (6.88%) Python
3 43 (5.19%) Java
4 25 (3.02%) JavaScript
5 14 (1.69%) Perl
6 9 (1.09%) COBOL
7 8 (0.97%) Rust
7 8 (0.97%) VBA
8 7 (0.85%) TypeScript
9 6 (0.72%) Go
9 6 (0.72%) PowerShell
10 5 (0.60%) Bash
10 5 (0.60%) Shell Script
11 4 (0.48%) C#
11 4 (0.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 4 (0.48%) PL/SQL
11 4 (0.48%) R
12 3 (0.36%) ActionScript
12 3 (0.36%) ActionScript 2.0
12 3 (0.36%) PHP
Qualifications
1 113 (13.65%) Degree
2 111 (13.41%) Security Cleared
3 82 (9.90%) SC Cleared
4 59 (7.13%) ACCA
5 57 (6.88%) CIMA
6 22 (2.66%) PMP
7 20 (2.42%) Master's Degree
7 20 (2.42%) PMI Certification
8 18 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
9 14 (1.69%) DV Cleared
10 13 (1.57%) BPSS Clearance
11 9 (1.09%) ITIL Certification
12 8 (0.97%) SAFe Agilist
13 7 (0.85%) MBA
13 7 (0.85%) Six Sigma Green Belt
14 5 (0.60%) CBAP
14 5 (0.60%) CISM
14 5 (0.60%) CISSP
14 5 (0.60%) IIBA
15 4 (0.48%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (7.61%) QA
2 60 (7.25%) Data Quality
3 40 (4.83%) GDPR
4 34 (4.11%) PMO
5 27 (3.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 20 (2.42%) SLA
7 14 (1.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 12 (1.45%) NIST
9 11 (1.33%) IFRS
10 7 (0.85%) Accessibility
10 7 (0.85%) Basel III
11 5 (0.60%) COBIT
11 5 (0.60%) GAAP
12 4 (0.48%) ISO 19650
12 4 (0.48%) ISO 20022
13 3 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
13 3 (0.36%) PCI DSS
13 3 (0.36%) PSD2
14 2 (0.24%) IFRS 9
14 2 (0.24%) PERC
System Software
1 20 (2.42%) Docker
2 15 (1.81%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.85%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.72%) vSphere
5 5 (0.60%) GPFS
5 5 (0.60%) NFS
6 4 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.48%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.24%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
7 2 (0.24%) IAG
7 2 (0.24%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 2 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.12%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.12%) Xen
Systems Management
1 23 (2.78%) Kubernetes
2 20 (2.42%) Ansible
3 13 (1.57%) Grafana
4 11 (1.33%) Terraform
5 10 (1.21%) Prometheus
6 8 (0.97%) Kiali
7 6 (0.72%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.36%) ITRS Geneos
8 3 (0.36%) WSUS
9 2 (0.24%) Control-M
9 2 (0.24%) vRealize
10 1 (0.12%) Amdocs OSS
10 1 (0.12%) Argo
10 1 (0.12%) Autotask
10 1 (0.12%) HAProxy
10 1 (0.12%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.12%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 72 (8.70%) SAP
2 67 (8.09%) Microsoft
3 60 (7.25%) Oracle
4 53 (6.40%) ServiceNow
5 27 (3.26%) Salesforce
5 27 (3.26%) Workday
6 20 (2.42%) Splunk
7 18 (2.17%) IFS
8 16 (1.93%) VMware
9 15 (1.81%) IBM
10 12 (1.45%) Google
11 8 (0.97%) Sonatype
12 7 (0.85%) Cisco
12 7 (0.85%) NEC
13 6 (0.72%) ForgeRock
13 6 (0.72%) Okta
14 5 (0.60%) Alteryx
14 5 (0.60%) Databricks
14 5 (0.60%) Murex
14 5 (0.60%) Sage