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 20 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
20 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 130 95 173
Rank change year-on-year -35 +78 +12
Contract jobs citing Process Improvement 866 658 531
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.00% 2.64% 1.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.35% 2.89% 1.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 525 398 348
10th Percentile £289 £285 £294
25th Percentile £400 £376 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £517
Median % change year-on-year - -3.29% -0.58%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £615
90th Percentile £675 £752 £691
UK median daily rate £500 £485 £500
% change year-on-year +3.01% -2.92% -3.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 34 40
10th Percentile £13.33 £19.45 £13.77
25th Percentile £14.22 £26.88 £14.50
Median hourly rate £24.11 £30.00 £21.75
Median % change year-on-year -19.65% +37.93% -32.66%
75th Percentile £49.69 £41.56 £35.25
90th Percentile £74.91 £73.50 £43.75
UK median hourly rate £25.00 £32.31 £23.30
% change year-on-year -22.62% +38.68% -27.87%

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 36,836 22,759 32,181
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.26% 91.40% 85.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,282 14,723 20,802
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £415 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £730 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £502 £525
% change year-on-year +2.19% -4.48% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,303 1,078 2,398
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.79
25th Percentile £21.00 £18.10 £16.06
Median hourly rate £47.50 £27.40 £37.63
Median % change year-on-year +73.36% -27.18% +4.81%
75th Percentile £68.75 £56.25 £61.30
90th Percentile £82.25 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year +72.39% -32.00% +7.05%

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 20 June 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 20 June 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 20 June 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 -28 364 £510 -2.86% 190
South East -16 141 £500 - 146
North of England -70 124 £443 -1.50% 95
Midlands -31 110 £419 -7.56% 84
West Midlands -46 68 £500 +0.40% 48
Yorkshire -28 63 £500 -1.23% 36
South West +10 55 £450 +2.86% 60
North West -79 53 £435 -3.33% 47
East of England -1 49 £450 +20.00% 46
East Midlands +2 42 £398 +26.19% 36
North East -29 9 £363 -31.60% 14
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 51 (5.89%) Confluence
2 13 (1.50%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.27%) CMS
4 9 (1.04%) CICS
5 8 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
6 5 (0.58%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.35%) Moodle
8 2 (0.23%) Apache
8 2 (0.23%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.12%) Mattermost
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle Coherence
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.12%) SAS
9 1 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 95 (10.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 38 (4.39%) Microsoft Office
3 24 (2.77%) MS Visio
4 22 (2.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 11 (1.27%) Microsoft Project
5 11 (1.27%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.35%) Simulink
7 2 (0.23%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.12%) CATIA
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle Smart View
8 1 (0.12%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 29 (3.35%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (1.50%) NetSuite
3 8 (0.92%) Dynamics CRM
4 7 (0.81%) Oracle EBS
5 6 (0.69%) iTrent
5 6 (0.69%) Magento
5 6 (0.69%) NEC Housing
5 6 (0.69%) Oracle Payables
6 5 (0.58%) Oracle Receivables
6 5 (0.58%) SAP FI
7 4 (0.46%) SAP Business One
7 4 (0.46%) SAP SD
8 3 (0.35%) Oracle ERP
8 3 (0.35%) Salesforce CRM
9 2 (0.23%) Oracle General Ledger
9 2 (0.23%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 2 (0.23%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
9 2 (0.23%) Payment Gateway
9 2 (0.23%) Remedy ITSM
9 2 (0.23%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 82 (9.47%) Power Platform
2 66 (7.62%) Azure
3 33 (3.81%) AWS
4 27 (3.12%) Microsoft 365
5 21 (2.42%) SaaS
6 20 (2.31%) Azure DevOps
6 20 (2.31%) GitHub
7 18 (2.08%) Entra ID
8 15 (1.73%) SuccessFactors
9 14 (1.62%) PowerApps
10 13 (1.50%) Dynamics 365
11 10 (1.15%) Power Automate
12 9 (1.04%) GCP
13 8 (0.92%) Lucidchart
14 5 (0.58%) Amazon SageMaker
14 5 (0.58%) Azure AKS
14 5 (0.58%) Azure Data Factory
14 5 (0.58%) Google Workspace
15 4 (0.46%) GitHub Actions
15 4 (0.46%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 17 (1.96%) Firewall
2 7 (0.81%) TCP/IP
3 6 (0.69%) DNS
3 6 (0.69%) VPN
3 6 (0.69%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (0.58%) FTP
4 5 (0.58%) WAN
5 4 (0.46%) Internet
5 4 (0.46%) MPLS
5 4 (0.46%) Network Security
5 4 (0.46%) SSL
5 4 (0.46%) Wireless
6 3 (0.35%) BGP
6 3 (0.35%) DHCP
6 3 (0.35%) DMZ
6 3 (0.35%) IPsec
6 3 (0.35%) VSAN
7 2 (0.23%) LAN
7 2 (0.23%) SAN
7 2 (0.23%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (7.74%) Power BI
2 13 (1.50%) Relational Database
2 13 (1.50%) Tableau
3 11 (1.27%) Metadata
4 9 (1.04%) DataStage
5 8 (0.92%) MySQL
6 7 (0.81%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (0.81%) Oracle Reports
7 4 (0.46%) BusinessObjects
8 3 (0.35%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 3 (0.35%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (0.35%) SQL Server
9 2 (0.23%) Ataccama
9 2 (0.23%) Big Data
9 2 (0.23%) Crystal Reports
9 2 (0.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.12%) Amazon Athena
10 1 (0.12%) Geospatial Data
10 1 (0.12%) Power Query
10 1 (0.12%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 101 (11.66%) JIRA
2 19 (2.19%) Jenkins
3 12 (1.39%) Git
4 8 (0.92%) Sonatype Nexus
5 5 (0.58%) MLflow
6 4 (0.46%) GitLab
6 4 (0.46%) Jaeger
7 3 (0.35%) IntelliJ
7 3 (0.35%) JUnit
7 3 (0.35%) Postman
7 3 (0.35%) Selenium
7 3 (0.35%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.23%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.23%) Gatling
8 2 (0.23%) JMeter
8 2 (0.23%) ScriptRunner
8 2 (0.23%) TestRail
9 1 (0.12%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.12%) Hudson
9 1 (0.12%) Robot Framework
General
1 343 (39.61%) Finance
2 340 (39.26%) Social Skills
3 271 (31.29%) Analytical Skills
4 74 (8.55%) Public Sector
5 66 (7.62%) Banking
6 45 (5.20%) Legal
7 42 (4.85%) Documentation Skills
8 35 (4.04%) Organisational Skills
9 34 (3.93%) Retail
10 32 (3.70%) Influencing Skills
11 25 (2.89%) Manufacturing
12 20 (2.31%) Telecoms
13 18 (2.08%) Local Government
14 14 (1.62%) Billing
14 14 (1.62%) Marketing
15 13 (1.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 12 (1.39%) Front Office
16 12 (1.39%) General Ledger
17 11 (1.27%) Back Office
18 10 (1.15%) Law
Job Titles
1 269 (31.06%) Analyst
2 149 (17.21%) Business Analyst
3 86 (9.93%) Senior
4 81 (9.35%) Lead
5 58 (6.70%) Consultant
6 38 (4.39%) Project Manager
7 36 (4.16%) Senior Analyst
8 35 (4.04%) Accountant
9 27 (3.12%) Data Analyst
10 25 (2.89%) Architect
11 22 (2.54%) Financial Analyst
12 20 (2.31%) Developer
12 20 (2.31%) Project Officer
13 19 (2.19%) Management Accountant
14 18 (2.08%) Process Analyst
15 17 (1.96%) Delivery Manager
16 16 (1.85%) Security Analyst
16 16 (1.85%) Solutions Architect
17 15 (1.73%) Administrator
17 15 (1.73%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (1.73%) Middleware
2 12 (1.39%) REST
3 10 (1.15%) .NET
4 9 (1.04%) HTML5 Canvas
5 7 (0.81%) Oracle Fusion
5 7 (0.81%) Spring Boot
6 6 (0.69%) OpenTelemetry
7 5 (0.58%) Flash
7 5 (0.58%) HTML
7 5 (0.58%) Kafka
7 5 (0.58%) scikit-learn
8 4 (0.46%) AngularJS
8 4 (0.46%) JSON
8 4 (0.46%) Node.js
8 4 (0.46%) Playwright
8 4 (0.46%) SOAP
8 4 (0.46%) STL
8 4 (0.46%) YAML
9 3 (0.35%) NumPy
9 3 (0.35%) Seaborn
Miscellaneous
1 52 (6.00%) Onboarding
2 37 (4.27%) Product Ownership
3 34 (3.93%) Analytical Mindset
3 34 (3.93%) Management Information System
4 27 (3.12%) Self-Motivation
5 25 (2.89%) Legacy Systems
6 17 (1.96%) CMDB
7 13 (1.50%) Cloud Native
8 12 (1.39%) Data Structures
8 12 (1.39%) Virtual Team
9 11 (1.27%) Data Centre
9 11 (1.27%) Data Protection Act
9 11 (1.27%) Operational Technology
10 9 (1.04%) BYOD
10 9 (1.04%) Derivative
10 9 (1.04%) Mainframe
10 9 (1.04%) VSAM
11 8 (0.92%) Enterprise Software
11 8 (0.92%) PMI
12 7 (0.81%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 44 (5.08%) Windows
2 35 (4.04%) Linux
3 21 (2.42%) Unix
4 9 (1.04%) AIX
4 9 (1.04%) Mac OS
4 9 (1.04%) Solaris
5 8 (0.92%) Apple iOS
6 7 (0.81%) Android
6 7 (0.81%) Windows Server
7 5 (0.58%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.46%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.35%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.35%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.12%) Check Point GAiA
10 1 (0.12%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 233 (26.91%) Stakeholder Management
2 221 (25.52%) Problem-Solving
3 190 (21.94%) Continuous Improvement
4 149 (17.21%) Agile
5 140 (16.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 132 (15.24%) Decision-Making
7 110 (12.70%) Change Management
8 94 (10.85%) ERP
9 91 (10.51%) Project Management
10 90 (10.39%) User Acceptance Testing
11 89 (10.28%) Workshop Facilitation
12 85 (9.82%) Validation
13 83 (9.58%) Business Analysis
14 81 (9.35%) DevOps
14 81 (9.35%) Requirements Gathering
15 78 (9.01%) AI
15 78 (9.01%) Migration
16 72 (8.31%) Business Intelligence
17 68 (7.85%) Data Analysis
18 66 (7.62%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 96 (11.09%) SQL
2 55 (6.35%) Python
3 30 (3.46%) Java
4 21 (2.42%) JavaScript
5 12 (1.39%) Perl
6 11 (1.27%) VBA
7 9 (1.04%) COBOL
8 8 (0.92%) PowerShell
9 4 (0.46%) Bash
9 4 (0.46%) MATLAB
9 4 (0.46%) PL/SQL
9 4 (0.46%) R
9 4 (0.46%) Rust
10 3 (0.35%) ABAP
10 3 (0.35%) ActionScript
10 3 (0.35%) ActionScript 2.0
10 3 (0.35%) C#
10 3 (0.35%) Go
11 2 (0.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.23%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 116 (13.39%) Security Cleared
2 92 (10.62%) Degree
3 90 (10.39%) SC Cleared
4 64 (7.39%) ACCA
5 60 (6.93%) CIMA
6 20 (2.31%) PMP
7 18 (2.08%) Master's Degree
7 18 (2.08%) PMI Certification
8 14 (1.62%) DV Cleared
9 13 (1.50%) BPSS Clearance
10 12 (1.39%) Computer Science Degree
11 11 (1.27%) Six Sigma Green Belt
12 10 (1.15%) ITIL Certification
13 7 (0.81%) CISSP
14 6 (0.69%) Cisco Certification
14 6 (0.69%) CISM
14 6 (0.69%) SAFe Agilist
15 5 (0.58%) CBAP
15 5 (0.58%) MBA
16 4 (0.46%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (7.16%) Data Quality
2 53 (6.12%) QA
3 43 (4.97%) GDPR
4 38 (4.39%) PMO
5 31 (3.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 17 (1.96%) SLA
7 16 (1.85%) IFRS
8 15 (1.73%) NIST
9 14 (1.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 10 (1.15%) GAAP
11 9 (1.04%) Accessibility
12 5 (0.58%) Basel III
13 4 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
13 4 (0.46%) COBIT
13 4 (0.46%) ISO 20022
14 3 (0.35%) PCI DSS
14 3 (0.35%) PSD2
14 3 (0.35%) Solvency II
15 2 (0.23%) GRC
15 2 (0.23%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 26 (3.00%) Active Directory
2 11 (1.27%) Docker
3 7 (0.81%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.69%) vSphere
5 5 (0.58%) GPFS
5 5 (0.58%) NFS
5 5 (0.58%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.46%) IAG
6 4 (0.46%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.23%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 2 (0.23%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.12%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
8 1 (0.12%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 19 (2.19%) Ansible
2 16 (1.85%) Kubernetes
3 12 (1.39%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (1.15%) Terraform
5 6 (0.69%) Grafana
5 6 (0.69%) Prometheus
5 6 (0.69%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.46%) Kiali
7 3 (0.35%) WSUS
8 2 (0.23%) Control-M
8 2 (0.23%) ITRS Geneos
8 2 (0.23%) vRealize
9 1 (0.12%) Amdocs OSS
9 1 (0.12%) Argo
9 1 (0.12%) Autotask
9 1 (0.12%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.12%) HAProxy
9 1 (0.12%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 87 (10.05%) SAP
2 81 (9.35%) Microsoft
3 64 (7.39%) Oracle
4 54 (6.24%) ServiceNow
5 32 (3.70%) Salesforce
6 22 (2.54%) Workday
7 18 (2.08%) IFS
8 16 (1.85%) VMware
9 15 (1.73%) IBM
10 14 (1.62%) Splunk
11 13 (1.50%) Google
12 10 (1.15%) Cisco
13 9 (1.04%) Okta
14 8 (0.92%) Apple
14 8 (0.92%) Sonatype
15 6 (0.69%) ForgeRock
15 6 (0.69%) NEC
15 6 (0.69%) Sage
16 5 (0.58%) Atlassian
16 5 (0.58%) ION Trading
543 Process Improvement jobs in England