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

6 months to
17 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 114 110 172
Rank change year-on-year -4 +62 +35
Contract jobs citing Process Improvement 870 605 516
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.21% 2.48% 1.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.59% 2.72% 1.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 528 372 329
10th Percentile £263 £307 £325
25th Percentile £372 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £523 £520
Median % change year-on-year -9.13% +0.53% -0.95%
75th Percentile £575 £630 £613
90th Percentile £652 £756 £725
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £513
% change year-on-year -5.00% -2.44% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 31 34
10th Percentile - £19.25 £13.29
25th Percentile £13.33 £26.88 £15.85
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% +30.00% -43.18%
75th Percentile £43.25 £56.88 £43.75
90th Percentile £75.40 £75.00 £48.87
UK median hourly rate £21.72 £32.66 £28.50
% change year-on-year -33.50% +14.58% -35.23%

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 33,609 22,244 32,354
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.41% 91.01% 86.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,526 14,625 21,310
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 £613 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £524 £525
% change year-on-year -4.51% -0.26% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,074 884 2,215
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.84 £12.84
25th Percentile £20.27 £18.51 £15.75
Median hourly rate £41.90 £31.70 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year +32.17% -6.76% -9.33%
75th Percentile £67.19 £63.94 £58.69
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.18 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £30.43 £33.07
% change year-on-year +23.25% -7.98% -8.15%

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 17 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 17 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 17 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 -11 353 £500 -9.09% 151
North of England -47 141 £437 -12.65% 91
South East -14 136 £487 -6.75% 95
Midlands -32 101 £403 -11.21% 72
Yorkshire +1 81 £475 -8.21% 25
West Midlands -30 68 £425 -19.05% 46
South West 0 65 £500 -2.44% 38
East of England +11 55 £450 -10.00% 34
North West -77 46 £418 -7.22% 59
East Midlands -17 34 £393 +0.51% 26
North East -8 15 £363 -34.98% 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 55 (6.32%) Confluence
2 18 (2.07%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.03%) CICS
4 8 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (0.80%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.57%) CMS
7 3 (0.34%) Moodle
8 2 (0.23%) Apache
8 2 (0.23%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.11%) Mattermost
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.11%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.11%) Tomcat
Applications
1 107 (12.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 43 (4.94%) Microsoft Office
3 35 (4.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 31 (3.56%) MS Visio
5 16 (1.84%) Microsoft Project
6 11 (1.26%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.23%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.11%) CATIA
8 1 (0.11%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle Smart View
8 1 (0.11%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.11%) Trello
Business Applications
1 25 (2.87%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (1.38%) NetSuite
3 8 (0.92%) Oracle Payables
4 7 (0.80%) NEC Housing
4 7 (0.80%) SAP FI
4 7 (0.80%) SAP HCM
4 7 (0.80%) SAP Payroll
5 5 (0.57%) iTrent
5 5 (0.57%) SAP CO
5 5 (0.57%) SAP FI/CO
6 4 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
6 4 (0.46%) Oracle General Ledger
6 4 (0.46%) Oracle Receivables
6 4 (0.46%) Remedy ITSM
6 4 (0.46%) SAP Business One
7 3 (0.34%) Oracle Assets
7 3 (0.34%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.34%) Oracle EBS R12
7 3 (0.34%) Oracle ERP
7 3 (0.34%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 88 (10.11%) Power Platform
2 57 (6.55%) Azure
3 37 (4.25%) AWS
3 37 (4.25%) Microsoft 365
4 29 (3.33%) SaaS
5 25 (2.87%) GitHub
6 20 (2.30%) Azure DevOps
7 17 (1.95%) GCP
8 15 (1.72%) SuccessFactors
9 10 (1.15%) Dynamics 365
9 10 (1.15%) Entra ID
9 10 (1.15%) GitHub Actions
9 10 (1.15%) Google Workspace
10 8 (0.92%) Power Automate
11 7 (0.80%) Lucidchart
11 7 (0.80%) Miro
12 6 (0.69%) Azure Data Factory
13 5 (0.57%) AWS CloudFormation
13 5 (0.57%) Azure AKS
13 5 (0.57%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 26 (2.99%) Firewall
2 10 (1.15%) 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%) Network Security
6 3 (0.34%) VSAN
7 2 (0.23%) SSL
7 2 (0.23%) WAN
8 1 (0.11%) Broadband
8 1 (0.11%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (0.11%) Cisco ISE
8 1 (0.11%) NaaS
8 1 (0.11%) SAN
8 1 (0.11%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.11%) Structured Cabling
8 1 (0.11%) WebEx
8 1 (0.11%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 82 (9.43%) Power BI
2 17 (1.95%) Relational Database
3 15 (1.72%) MySQL
4 13 (1.49%) Tableau
5 10 (1.15%) Metadata
6 9 (1.03%) DataStage
6 9 (1.03%) Oracle Reports
6 9 (1.03%) SQL Server
7 8 (0.92%) Data Warehouse
8 7 (0.80%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (0.57%) Data Lake
9 5 (0.57%) MongoDB
9 5 (0.57%) Power Query
10 4 (0.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 2 (0.23%) Amazon RDS
11 2 (0.23%) Ataccama
11 2 (0.23%) Big Data
11 2 (0.23%) BusinessObjects
11 2 (0.23%) ImageNet
11 2 (0.23%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 111 (12.76%) JIRA
2 38 (4.37%) Jenkins
3 14 (1.61%) Git
4 12 (1.38%) GitLab
5 10 (1.15%) Sonatype Nexus
6 8 (0.92%) Jaeger
6 8 (0.92%) Postman
7 6 (0.69%) 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
1 374 (42.99%) Social Skills
2 323 (37.13%) Finance
3 266 (30.57%) Analytical Skills
4 79 (9.08%) Banking
5 70 (8.05%) Public Sector
6 40 (4.60%) Influencing Skills
7 38 (4.37%) Documentation Skills
8 32 (3.68%) Organisational Skills
9 31 (3.56%) Legal
10 30 (3.45%) Retail
11 24 (2.76%) Marketing
11 24 (2.76%) Telecoms
12 22 (2.53%) Manufacturing
13 19 (2.18%) Billing
13 19 (2.18%) Presentation Skills
14 15 (1.72%) Financial Institution
15 14 (1.61%) General Ledger
16 13 (1.49%) Law
16 13 (1.49%) Local Government
16 13 (1.49%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 270 (31.03%) Analyst
2 166 (19.08%) Business Analyst
3 97 (11.15%) Senior
4 71 (8.16%) Consultant
5 63 (7.24%) Lead
6 41 (4.71%) Senior Analyst
7 38 (4.37%) Project Manager
8 33 (3.79%) Accountant
9 27 (3.10%) Senior Business Analyst
10 23 (2.64%) Financial Analyst
10 23 (2.64%) Process Analyst
11 22 (2.53%) Data Analyst
12 20 (2.30%) Project Officer
13 19 (2.18%) IT Support
14 18 (2.07%) Administrator
14 18 (2.07%) Technical Analyst
14 18 (2.07%) Technical Support
15 17 (1.95%) Developer
15 17 (1.95%) Management Accountant
16 15 (1.72%) Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (2.30%) Middleware
2 16 (1.84%) REST
3 13 (1.49%) Kafka
3 13 (1.49%) Node.js
3 13 (1.49%) Playwright
4 11 (1.26%) SOAP
4 11 (1.26%) Spring Boot
5 10 (1.15%) GraphQL
5 10 (1.15%) OpenTelemetry
6 9 (1.03%) Vitest
6 9 (1.03%) Web Services
6 9 (1.03%) XML
7 7 (0.80%) HTML
7 7 (0.80%) YAML
8 6 (0.69%) .NET
9 5 (0.57%) SailPoint
10 4 (0.46%) CSS
10 4 (0.46%) LDAP
10 4 (0.46%) OpenID
10 4 (0.46%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 59 (6.78%) Onboarding
2 34 (3.91%) Analytical Mindset
2 34 (3.91%) Product Ownership
3 31 (3.56%) Legacy Systems
3 31 (3.56%) Management Information System
4 29 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
5 19 (2.18%) Cloud Native
6 18 (2.07%) CMDB
7 17 (1.95%) Data Structures
8 14 (1.61%) Data Protection Act
8 14 (1.61%) Virtual Team
9 12 (1.38%) Data Centre
10 11 (1.26%) Greenfield Project
10 11 (1.26%) Replication
11 10 (1.15%) Derivative
11 10 (1.15%) Mainframe
11 10 (1.15%) Operational Technology
11 10 (1.15%) PMI
12 9 (1.03%) BYOD
12 9 (1.03%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 50 (5.75%) Windows
2 45 (5.17%) Linux
3 32 (3.68%) Unix
4 9 (1.03%) AIX
4 9 (1.03%) Solaris
5 8 (0.92%) Apple iOS
6 7 (0.80%) Windows Server
7 5 (0.57%) VMS
7 5 (0.57%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.46%) Android
9 3 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.34%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.34%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.23%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 215 (24.71%) Problem-Solving
2 184 (21.15%) Agile
3 182 (20.92%) Stakeholder Management
4 169 (19.43%) Continuous Improvement
5 157 (18.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 138 (15.86%) Decision-Making
7 117 (13.45%) Project Management
8 105 (12.07%) Change Management
9 100 (11.49%) Workshop Facilitation
10 94 (10.80%) DevOps
11 90 (10.34%) Business Analysis
12 87 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
13 83 (9.54%) Migration
14 81 (9.31%) AI
15 74 (8.51%) Requirements Gathering
16 71 (8.16%) ERP
16 71 (8.16%) User Acceptance Testing
17 67 (7.70%) Coaching
18 64 (7.36%) Roadmaps
19 63 (7.24%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 104 (11.95%) SQL
2 60 (6.90%) Python
3 43 (4.94%) Java
4 23 (2.64%) JavaScript
5 17 (1.95%) Perl
6 12 (1.38%) TypeScript
7 9 (1.03%) ABAP
7 9 (1.03%) COBOL
8 8 (0.92%) PowerShell
8 8 (0.92%) Rust
8 8 (0.92%) VBA
9 6 (0.69%) Bash
9 6 (0.69%) Go
10 5 (0.57%) PL/SQL
11 4 (0.46%) C#
11 4 (0.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 4 (0.46%) PHP
11 4 (0.46%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.34%) R
13 2 (0.23%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 111 (12.76%) Degree
2 106 (12.18%) Security Cleared
3 78 (8.97%) SC Cleared
4 47 (5.40%) ACCA
5 46 (5.29%) CIMA
6 28 (3.22%) PMP
7 25 (2.87%) PMI Certification
8 23 (2.64%) Master's Degree
9 21 (2.41%) Computer Science Degree
10 13 (1.49%) BPSS Clearance
11 12 (1.38%) DV Cleared
12 9 (1.03%) ITIL Certification
12 9 (1.03%) MBA
13 8 (0.92%) SAFe Agilist
14 7 (0.80%) CISSP
15 6 (0.69%) CISM
15 6 (0.69%) Six Sigma Green Belt
16 5 (0.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 4 (0.46%) CompTIA Security+
17 4 (0.46%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (8.05%) QA
2 58 (6.67%) Data Quality
3 44 (5.06%) GDPR
4 30 (3.45%) PMO
5 29 (3.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 21 (2.41%) SLA
7 12 (1.38%) NIST
8 11 (1.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 8 (0.92%) Accessibility
9 8 (0.92%) 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%) PSD2
13 2 (0.23%) Actionable Recommendations
13 2 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
13 2 (0.23%) IFRS 9
13 2 (0.23%) PERC
System Software
1 30 (3.45%) Docker
2 28 (3.22%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.92%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.80%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.46%) GPFS
5 4 (0.46%) VMware NSX
5 4 (0.46%) vSphere
6 3 (0.34%) NFS
7 2 (0.23%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
7 2 (0.23%) IAG
7 2 (0.23%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 2 (0.23%) Xen
Systems Management
1 36 (4.14%) Kubernetes
2 25 (2.87%) Ansible
3 15 (1.72%) Grafana
4 14 (1.61%) Terraform
5 12 (1.38%) Prometheus
6 8 (0.92%) Kiali
7 7 (0.80%) Jamf Pro
8 6 (0.69%) 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%) QRadar
12 1 (0.11%) SCCM
12 1 (0.11%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 91 (10.46%) Microsoft
2 79 (9.08%) SAP
3 52 (5.98%) Oracle
4 47 (5.40%) ServiceNow
5 31 (3.56%) Salesforce
6 30 (3.45%) Workday
7 22 (2.53%) Splunk
8 21 (2.41%) Google
9 15 (1.72%) VMware
10 14 (1.61%) IBM
10 14 (1.61%) IFS
11 9 (1.03%) Sonatype
12 8 (0.92%) Alteryx
13 7 (0.80%) Anaplan
13 7 (0.80%) Ariba
13 7 (0.80%) NEC
14 6 (0.69%) Adobe
14 6 (0.69%) Databricks
15 5 (0.57%) Murex
15 5 (0.57%) Okta