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 16 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
16 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 125 101 165
Rank change year-on-year -24 +64 +2
Contract jobs citing Process Improvement 932 705 544
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.08% 2.59% 1.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.44% 2.86% 1.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 557 428 361
10th Percentile £313 £284 £275
25th Percentile £400 £369 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £490 £520
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% -5.77% +0.58%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £624
90th Percentile £680 £750 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 43 37
10th Percentile £13.33 £18.41 £14.50
25th Percentile £14.22 £26.88 £15.85
Median hourly rate £25.50 £30.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +20.00% -20.63%
75th Percentile £49.38 £35.99 £36.50
90th Percentile £75.40 £68.75 £74.25
UK median hourly rate £25.50 £30.25 £25.00
% change year-on-year -15.70% +21.00% -21.63%

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 38,234 24,648 31,320
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.43% 90.68% 85.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,071 15,798 20,362
10th Percentile £325 £300 £308
25th Percentile £420 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £645
90th Percentile £735 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,374 1,309 2,214
10th Percentile £15.57 £14.39 £13.00
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.98 £16.25
Median hourly rate £47.50 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +88.87% -34.02% -8.14%
75th Percentile £68.75 £54.00 £62.50
90th Percentile £83.00 £71.70 £73.60
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +74.79% -34.02% -5.29%

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 16 July 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 16 July 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 16 July 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 -17 405 £510 +2.00% 191
South East -4 157 £500 - 121
North of England -68 134 £462 -4.00% 95
Midlands -37 111 £425 -5.24% 76
West Midlands -51 67 £500 +5.26% 45
North West -70 66 £459 +2.00% 48
Yorkshire -32 59 £525 +5.00% 42
South West +6 54 £430 +1.18% 54
East of England +7 48 £450 +2.86% 57
East Midlands +5 44 £408 +63.00% 31
North East -31 10 £370 -30.19% 6
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 47 (5.04%) Confluence
2 17 (1.82%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.18%) CMS
4 10 (1.07%) Microsoft Exchange
5 9 (0.97%) CICS
6 5 (0.54%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.32%) Moodle
7 3 (0.32%) Oracle Workflow
7 3 (0.32%) TIBCO ActiveMatrix
8 2 (0.21%) Apache
8 2 (0.21%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.11%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.11%) Mattermost
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle Coherence
9 1 (0.11%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.11%) SAS
9 1 (0.11%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 97 (10.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 39 (4.18%) Microsoft Office
3 30 (3.22%) MS Visio
4 19 (2.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 12 (1.29%) Spreadsheet
6 8 (0.86%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.32%) Simulink
8 2 (0.21%) Oracle Smart View
8 2 (0.21%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.11%) CATIA
9 1 (0.11%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.11%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 33 (3.54%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (1.82%) NetSuite
3 13 (1.39%) Dynamics CRM
4 11 (1.18%) iTrent
5 10 (1.07%) Oracle EBS
6 7 (0.75%) Oracle Payables
7 6 (0.64%) Magento
7 6 (0.64%) NEC Housing
7 6 (0.64%) Oracle Receivables
7 6 (0.64%) SAP SD
8 5 (0.54%) Salesforce CRM
8 5 (0.54%) SAP FI
8 5 (0.54%) SAP PSCD
9 4 (0.43%) Oracle ERP
9 4 (0.43%) SAP Business One
10 3 (0.32%) Aladdin
10 3 (0.32%) BusinessWorks
11 2 (0.21%) OpenText VIM for SAP
11 2 (0.21%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
11 2 (0.21%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 95 (10.19%) Power Platform
2 83 (8.91%) Azure
3 35 (3.76%) AWS
4 33 (3.54%) Microsoft 365
5 26 (2.79%) SaaS
6 23 (2.47%) Azure DevOps
6 23 (2.47%) Entra ID
6 23 (2.47%) GitHub
7 21 (2.25%) Dynamics 365
8 18 (1.93%) SuccessFactors
9 16 (1.72%) PowerApps
10 11 (1.18%) Power Automate
11 9 (0.97%) Lucidchart
12 8 (0.86%) GCP
13 7 (0.75%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 7 (0.75%) Azure Data Factory
14 6 (0.64%) Azure Monitor
14 6 (0.64%) Datadog
15 5 (0.54%) Google Workspace
15 5 (0.54%) Intacct
Communications & Networking
1 17 (1.82%) Firewall
2 10 (1.07%) TCP/IP
3 9 (0.97%) WAN
4 6 (0.64%) LAN
4 6 (0.64%) Wi-Fi
5 5 (0.54%) DNS
5 5 (0.54%) Network Security
5 5 (0.54%) VPN
6 4 (0.43%) MPLS
6 4 (0.43%) SSL
6 4 (0.43%) Wireless
7 3 (0.32%) BGP
7 3 (0.32%) DMZ
7 3 (0.32%) FTP
7 3 (0.32%) Internet
7 3 (0.32%) IPsec
7 3 (0.32%) VSAN
8 2 (0.21%) DWDM
8 2 (0.21%) SAN
8 2 (0.21%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (8.26%) Power BI
2 12 (1.29%) Tableau
3 11 (1.18%) Metadata
3 11 (1.18%) Relational Database
4 9 (0.97%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (0.97%) DataStage
5 8 (0.86%) Oracle Reports
6 7 (0.75%) BusinessObjects
7 6 (0.64%) MySQL
8 5 (0.54%) PostgreSQL
9 4 (0.43%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 3 (0.32%) Power Query
10 3 (0.32%) SAP HANA
10 3 (0.32%) SQL Server
11 2 (0.21%) Big Data
11 2 (0.21%) Crystal Reports
11 2 (0.21%) GIS
11 2 (0.21%) MongoDB
11 2 (0.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 93 (9.98%) JIRA
2 16 (1.72%) Jenkins
3 14 (1.50%) Git
4 6 (0.64%) Sonatype Nexus
5 4 (0.43%) JUnit
5 4 (0.43%) MLflow
6 3 (0.32%) IntelliJ
6 3 (0.32%) Selenium
6 3 (0.32%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.21%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.21%) GitLab
7 2 (0.21%) Postman
7 2 (0.21%) ScriptRunner
7 2 (0.21%) TestRail
8 1 (0.11%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.11%) CircleCI
8 1 (0.11%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.11%) Gatling
8 1 (0.11%) Gradle
8 1 (0.11%) Hudson
General
1 379 (40.67%) Finance
2 362 (38.84%) Social Skills
3 286 (30.69%) Analytical Skills
4 82 (8.80%) Public Sector
5 76 (8.15%) Banking
6 48 (5.15%) Documentation Skills
7 45 (4.83%) Legal
8 39 (4.18%) Retail
9 36 (3.86%) Influencing Skills
9 36 (3.86%) Manufacturing
10 33 (3.54%) Organisational Skills
11 18 (1.93%) Local Government
11 18 (1.93%) Telecoms
12 15 (1.61%) Billing
13 14 (1.50%) General Ledger
13 14 (1.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 13 (1.39%) Back Office
14 13 (1.39%) Front Office
14 13 (1.39%) Marketing
15 11 (1.18%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 293 (31.44%) Analyst
2 177 (18.99%) Business Analyst
3 94 (10.09%) Senior
4 84 (9.01%) Consultant
5 83 (8.91%) Lead
6 41 (4.40%) Project Manager
7 39 (4.18%) Senior Analyst
8 36 (3.86%) Accountant
9 29 (3.11%) Data Analyst
10 24 (2.58%) Financial Analyst
11 22 (2.36%) Architect
11 22 (2.36%) Process Analyst
12 21 (2.25%) Developer
13 19 (2.04%) Delivery Manager
13 19 (2.04%) Management Accountant
13 19 (2.04%) Senior Business Analyst
14 18 (1.93%) Administrator
14 18 (1.93%) Designer
14 18 (1.93%) Senior Manager
15 17 (1.82%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (2.04%) REST
2 14 (1.50%) Middleware
3 13 (1.39%) Oracle Fusion
4 10 (1.07%) .NET
5 9 (0.97%) HTML5 Canvas
5 9 (0.97%) SAP PI
5 9 (0.97%) SOAP
6 6 (0.64%) IDoc
7 5 (0.54%) AngularJS
7 5 (0.54%) HTML
7 5 (0.54%) JDBC
7 5 (0.54%) React
7 5 (0.54%) STL
8 4 (0.43%) JSON
8 4 (0.43%) Node.js
8 4 (0.43%) Playwright
8 4 (0.43%) RESTful
8 4 (0.43%) scikit-learn
8 4 (0.43%) Web Services
8 4 (0.43%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 69 (7.40%) Onboarding
2 41 (4.40%) Product Ownership
3 35 (3.76%) Analytical Mindset
3 35 (3.76%) Management Information System
4 27 (2.90%) Self-Motivation
5 24 (2.58%) Legacy Systems
6 23 (2.47%) CMDB
7 17 (1.82%) Cloud Native
8 15 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
9 14 (1.50%) Data Centre
9 14 (1.50%) Data Structures
10 12 (1.29%) Data Protection Act
10 12 (1.29%) Operational Technology
10 12 (1.29%) Reinsurance
11 10 (1.07%) Derivative
12 9 (0.97%) BYOD
12 9 (0.97%) Mainframe
12 9 (0.97%) Virtual Team
12 9 (0.97%) VSAM
13 8 (0.86%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 44 (4.72%) Windows
2 29 (3.11%) Linux
3 25 (2.68%) Unix
4 12 (1.29%) Mac OS
5 10 (1.07%) Windows Server
6 9 (0.97%) AIX
6 9 (0.97%) Solaris
7 5 (0.54%) Android
7 5 (0.54%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.43%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.43%) Windows 10
9 3 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.32%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.11%) Check Point GAiA
10 1 (0.11%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 275 (29.51%) Stakeholder Management
2 244 (26.18%) Problem-Solving
3 200 (21.46%) Continuous Improvement
4 175 (18.78%) Agile
5 159 (17.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 140 (15.02%) Decision-Making
7 116 (12.45%) Validation
7 116 (12.45%) Workshop Facilitation
8 114 (12.23%) User Acceptance Testing
9 112 (12.02%) ERP
10 108 (11.59%) Change Management
11 103 (11.05%) Migration
11 103 (11.05%) Requirements Gathering
12 102 (10.94%) Business Analysis
13 92 (9.87%) AI
14 87 (9.33%) Project Management
15 86 (9.23%) DevOps
16 83 (8.91%) Business Intelligence
17 74 (7.94%) Project Delivery
18 73 (7.83%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 98 (10.52%) SQL
2 58 (6.22%) Python
3 32 (3.43%) Java
4 20 (2.15%) JavaScript
5 16 (1.72%) VBA
6 11 (1.18%) PowerShell
7 10 (1.07%) Perl
8 9 (0.97%) ABAP
8 9 (0.97%) COBOL
9 7 (0.75%) Bash
10 6 (0.64%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 5 (0.54%) MATLAB
12 4 (0.43%) Korn
12 4 (0.43%) PL/SQL
12 4 (0.43%) R
13 3 (0.32%) ActionScript
13 3 (0.32%) ActionScript 2.0
13 3 (0.32%) C#
13 3 (0.32%) Go
14 2 (0.21%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 134 (14.38%) Security Cleared
2 100 (10.73%) SC Cleared
3 88 (9.44%) Degree
4 61 (6.55%) ACCA
5 58 (6.22%) CIMA
6 18 (1.93%) DV Cleared
7 16 (1.72%) PMP
8 15 (1.61%) PMI Certification
9 14 (1.50%) Master's Degree
10 12 (1.29%) ITIL Certification
10 12 (1.29%) Six Sigma Green Belt
11 11 (1.18%) BPSS Clearance
11 11 (1.18%) Computer Science Degree
12 10 (1.07%) CBAP
13 6 (0.64%) Cisco Certification
13 6 (0.64%) ISEB
14 5 (0.54%) IIBA
15 4 (0.43%) CCNP
15 4 (0.43%) CISSP
15 4 (0.43%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (8.48%) Data Quality
2 55 (5.90%) QA
3 44 (4.72%) GDPR
4 36 (3.86%) PMO
5 28 (3.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 15 (1.61%) IFRS
7 13 (1.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 12 (1.29%) NIST
8 12 (1.29%) SLA
9 10 (1.07%) Accessibility
10 9 (0.97%) GAAP
11 7 (0.75%) Actionable Recommendations
12 6 (0.64%) GRC
13 3 (0.32%) COBIT
13 3 (0.32%) Solvency II
14 2 (0.21%) Basel III
14 2 (0.21%) IFRS 9
14 2 (0.21%) ISO 20022
14 2 (0.21%) PCI DSS
15 1 (0.11%) SEPA
System Software
1 30 (3.22%) Active Directory
2 11 (1.18%) IAG
3 10 (1.07%) Docker
4 8 (0.86%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.64%) vSphere
6 5 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.43%) VMware NSX
8 3 (0.32%) GPFS
8 3 (0.32%) NFS
8 3 (0.32%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.21%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.11%) Hyper-V
10 1 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 21 (2.25%) Ansible
2 19 (2.04%) Kubernetes
3 14 (1.50%) Microsoft Intune
4 12 (1.29%) Terraform
5 6 (0.64%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.32%) SCCM
6 3 (0.32%) WSUS
7 2 (0.21%) Control-M
7 2 (0.21%) Grafana
7 2 (0.21%) ITRS Geneos
7 2 (0.21%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.21%) vRealize
8 1 (0.11%) Amdocs OSS
8 1 (0.11%) Argo
8 1 (0.11%) Autotask
8 1 (0.11%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.11%) Puppet
8 1 (0.11%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 109 (11.70%) SAP
2 103 (11.05%) Microsoft
3 77 (8.26%) Oracle
4 67 (7.19%) ServiceNow
5 33 (3.54%) Salesforce
6 21 (2.25%) Workday
7 18 (1.93%) IFS
8 17 (1.82%) VMware
9 16 (1.72%) Splunk
10 13 (1.39%) IBM
11 11 (1.18%) Google
12 10 (1.07%) Cisco
13 9 (0.97%) Apple
13 9 (0.97%) Okta
14 8 (0.86%) Adobe
14 8 (0.86%) Atlassian
14 8 (0.86%) Sage
15 7 (0.75%) Databricks
15 7 (0.75%) Dynatrace
16 6 (0.64%) Sonatype
538 Process Improvement jobs in England