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 5 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 109 113 145
Rank change year-on-year +4 +32 +26
Contract jobs citing Process Improvement 791 668 689
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.54% 2.18% 1.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.84% 2.48% 2.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 462 391 429
10th Percentile £250 £300 £324
25th Percentile £351 £413 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £538 £513
Median % change year-on-year -11.63% +4.88% -2.38%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £613
90th Percentile £680 £738 £688
UK median daily rate £475 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 26 34
10th Percentile £13.33 £14.83 £16.34
25th Percentile £16.50 £26.25 £18.38
Median hourly rate £29.06 £33.75 £30.75
Median % change year-on-year -13.89% +9.76% -4.65%
75th Percentile £40.65 £59.05 £46.86
90th Percentile £63.75 £75.00 £56.82
UK median hourly rate £25.13 £33.75 £31.50
% change year-on-year -25.54% +7.14% -2.33%

All Process and 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 27,877 26,975 33,843
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 89.47% 87.88% 88.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,778 16,586 23,069
10th Percentile £300 £313 £313
25th Percentile £405 £418 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% -0.91%
75th Percentile £625 £649 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,797 956 1,438
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.24 £14.72
25th Percentile £17.88 £20.23 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +18.67%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.04 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.75 £42.50
% change year-on-year -23.21% -22.94% +21.43%

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 5 December 2025.

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 5 December 2025.

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 5 December 2025. 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 +33 340 £488 -15.22% 191
North of England -8 154 £500 -0.74% 242
South East -25 97 £425 -26.09% 334
Midlands -13 94 £425 -2.30% 200
North West -2 88 £500 +8.70% 117
West Midlands -14 64 £450 - 109
Yorkshire -6 55 £470 -21.47% 100
East of England +4 48 £463 +54.17% 142
South West -13 45 £475 -3.36% 116
East Midlands -3 30 £350 -1.69% 84
North East -2 11 £363 -36.96% 27
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 44 (5.56%) Confluence
2 23 (2.91%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.26%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (1.14%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.51%) Resin
6 3 (0.38%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.38%) CMS
7 1 (0.13%) Apache
7 1 (0.13%) Moodle
7 1 (0.13%) MQSeries
7 1 (0.13%) nginx
7 1 (0.13%) Smallworld
7 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
Applications
1 107 (13.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 49 (6.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 38 (4.80%) MS Visio
4 37 (4.68%) Microsoft Office
5 14 (1.77%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.63%) PTC Creo
7 3 (0.38%) Adobe XD
7 3 (0.38%) Sketch
7 3 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.38%) Trello
8 2 (0.25%) AutoCAD
8 2 (0.25%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.25%) MicroStation
8 2 (0.25%) Navisworks
8 2 (0.25%) Revit
9 1 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.13%) Mozilla Thunderbird
9 1 (0.13%) NASTRAN
9 1 (0.13%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 52 (6.57%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (1.39%) NetSuite
3 10 (1.26%) SAP HCM
4 8 (1.01%) Oracle Payables
5 7 (0.88%) SAP Payroll
6 6 (0.76%) Oracle EBS
7 5 (0.63%) Oracle Receivables
8 4 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
8 4 (0.51%) Oracle EBS R12
8 4 (0.51%) Salesforce CRM
8 4 (0.51%) SAP CO
8 4 (0.51%) SAP FI
8 4 (0.51%) SAP FI/CO
9 3 (0.38%) Endur
9 3 (0.38%) Oracle ERP
9 3 (0.38%) Oracle General Ledger
10 2 (0.25%) SAP EWM
10 2 (0.25%) SAP PS
10 2 (0.25%) Shopify
10 2 (0.25%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 72 (9.10%) Power Platform
2 57 (7.21%) Azure
3 44 (5.56%) AWS
4 42 (5.31%) Microsoft 365
5 35 (4.42%) SaaS
6 20 (2.53%) Azure DevOps
6 20 (2.53%) GitHub
7 15 (1.90%) GCP
8 13 (1.64%) PowerApps
9 12 (1.52%) Dynamics 365
9 12 (1.52%) Entra ID
10 11 (1.39%) Miro
10 11 (1.39%) SuccessFactors
11 10 (1.26%) Power Automate
12 8 (1.01%) Google Workspace
12 8 (1.01%) Lucidchart
13 7 (0.88%) OCI
14 6 (0.76%) GitHub Actions
15 5 (0.63%) PaaS
15 5 (0.63%) Sentry
Communications & Networking
1 16 (2.02%) Firewall
2 13 (1.64%) DNS
3 9 (1.14%) WAN
4 8 (1.01%) DHCP
4 8 (1.01%) LAN
5 7 (0.88%) HTTP
6 6 (0.76%) Cisco IOS
6 6 (0.76%) Internet
6 6 (0.76%) Network Security
6 6 (0.76%) VPN
7 5 (0.63%) Wireless
8 4 (0.51%) PuTTY
8 4 (0.51%) TCP/IP
8 4 (0.51%) WLAN
9 3 (0.38%) Broadband
9 3 (0.38%) SSL
9 3 (0.38%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (0.25%) DWDM
10 2 (0.25%) MPLS
10 2 (0.25%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (8.34%) Power BI
2 16 (2.02%) MySQL
2 16 (2.02%) Tableau
3 15 (1.90%) Relational Database
4 13 (1.64%) Oracle Reports
5 11 (1.39%) Data Lake
5 11 (1.39%) SAP HANA
6 9 (1.14%) SQL Server
7 5 (0.63%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (0.63%) Metadata
8 4 (0.51%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (0.38%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (0.38%) Big Data
9 3 (0.38%) BigQuery
9 3 (0.38%) GIS
9 3 (0.38%) Looker
9 3 (0.38%) OLTP
9 3 (0.38%) Oracle Database
9 3 (0.38%) Power Query
9 3 (0.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 77 (9.73%) JIRA
2 38 (4.80%) Jenkins
3 15 (1.90%) GitLab
4 14 (1.77%) Postman
5 9 (1.14%) Git
6 8 (1.01%) Sonatype Nexus
7 5 (0.63%) Appium
7 5 (0.63%) Charles Proxy
7 5 (0.63%) Katalon Studio
7 5 (0.63%) XCUITest
8 4 (0.51%) IntelliJ
9 3 (0.38%) Axure RP
10 2 (0.25%) Oracle Forms
10 2 (0.25%) SoapUI
11 1 (0.13%) Artifactory
11 1 (0.13%) ERwin
11 1 (0.13%) InstallShield
11 1 (0.13%) MSI
11 1 (0.13%) PowerDesigner
11 1 (0.13%) Vagrant
General
1 375 (47.41%) Social Skills
2 265 (33.50%) Finance
3 164 (20.73%) Analytical Skills
4 58 (7.33%) Banking
5 48 (6.07%) Public Sector
6 42 (5.31%) Organisational Skills
7 39 (4.93%) Manufacturing
8 36 (4.55%) Telecoms
9 29 (3.67%) Documentation Skills
10 26 (3.29%) Influencing Skills
11 25 (3.16%) Presentation Skills
11 25 (3.16%) Retail
12 22 (2.78%) Legal
12 22 (2.78%) Marketing
13 19 (2.40%) Pharmaceutical
14 14 (1.77%) Billing
14 14 (1.77%) Financial Institution
15 11 (1.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 10 (1.26%) Local Government
17 9 (1.14%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 255 (32.24%) Analyst
2 128 (16.18%) Business Analyst
3 75 (9.48%) Senior
4 67 (8.47%) Consultant
5 55 (6.95%) Lead
6 35 (4.42%) Process Analyst
7 31 (3.92%) Project Manager
8 29 (3.67%) Data Analyst
9 28 (3.54%) SAP Consultant
9 28 (3.54%) Senior Analyst
10 23 (2.91%) Accountant
10 23 (2.91%) Administrator
11 22 (2.78%) Technical Analyst
12 19 (2.40%) Business Process Analyst
12 19 (2.40%) Senior Business Analyst
13 18 (2.28%) Change Manager
13 18 (2.28%) Technical Support
14 17 (2.15%) Architect
14 17 (2.15%) Financial Analyst
14 17 (2.15%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (2.78%) Web Services
2 17 (2.15%) Playwright
3 16 (2.02%) GraphQL
3 16 (2.02%) Node.js
3 16 (2.02%) Vitest
4 14 (1.77%) SAP Fiori
5 13 (1.64%) Oracle Fusion
6 11 (1.39%) BAPI
7 10 (1.26%) XML
7 10 (1.26%) YAML
8 9 (1.14%) SOAP
9 7 (0.88%) HTML
10 6 (0.76%) CSS
11 5 (0.63%) REST
12 4 (0.51%) .NET
12 4 (0.51%) EDI
13 3 (0.38%) Jest
13 3 (0.38%) React
13 3 (0.38%) SailPoint
14 2 (0.25%) GeoPandas
Miscellaneous
1 54 (6.83%) Onboarding
2 22 (2.78%) Analytical Mindset
2 22 (2.78%) Product Ownership
3 20 (2.53%) Cloud Native
3 20 (2.53%) Management Information System
4 16 (2.02%) Legacy Systems
4 16 (2.02%) Self-Motivation
5 15 (1.90%) Virtual Team
6 14 (1.77%) Data Protection Act
7 12 (1.52%) Reinsurance
8 10 (1.26%) Replication
9 9 (1.14%) Data Centre
10 8 (1.01%) Data Structures
10 8 (1.01%) Mobile App
10 8 (1.01%) NHS
11 7 (0.88%) CMDB
11 7 (0.88%) Greenfield Project
11 7 (0.88%) PKI
12 6 (0.76%) Derivative
12 6 (0.76%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 46 (5.82%) Windows
2 25 (3.16%) Linux
3 19 (2.40%) Unix
4 14 (1.77%) Apple iOS
5 10 (1.26%) Android
6 7 (0.88%) VMS
6 7 (0.88%) Windows 10
7 4 (0.51%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.13%) Amazon Linux
9 1 (0.13%) Kali Linux
9 1 (0.13%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.13%) Solaris
9 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 195 (24.65%) Problem-Solving
2 171 (21.62%) Agile
3 170 (21.49%) Stakeholder Management
4 147 (18.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 127 (16.06%) Continuous Improvement
6 103 (13.02%) Change Management
7 93 (11.76%) Workshop Facilitation
8 90 (11.38%) Project Management
9 85 (10.75%) Decision-Making
10 78 (9.86%) ITIL
11 74 (9.36%) Business Analysis
12 73 (9.23%) DevOps
12 73 (9.23%) Roadmaps
13 70 (8.85%) Project Delivery
14 66 (8.34%) Data Analysis
15 64 (8.09%) Business Intelligence
16 58 (7.33%) Six Sigma
17 57 (7.21%) CI/CD
17 57 (7.21%) ERP
18 52 (6.57%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 92 (11.63%) SQL
2 56 (7.08%) Python
3 28 (3.54%) JavaScript
4 19 (2.40%) TypeScript
5 18 (2.28%) ABAP
6 17 (2.15%) Java
6 17 (2.15%) Perl
7 13 (1.64%) PowerShell
8 7 (0.88%) PL/SQL
8 7 (0.88%) Shell Script
9 5 (0.63%) C#
9 5 (0.63%) Kotlin
9 5 (0.63%) Swift
10 4 (0.51%) Bash
10 4 (0.51%) VBA
11 3 (0.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (0.38%) R
12 2 (0.25%) Groovy
12 2 (0.25%) PHP
12 2 (0.25%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 106 (13.40%) Degree
2 93 (11.76%) Security Cleared
3 77 (9.73%) SC Cleared
4 31 (3.92%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (2.28%) PMI Certification
6 17 (2.15%) ACCA
6 17 (2.15%) Six Sigma Green Belt
7 16 (2.02%) Master's Degree
7 16 (2.02%) PMP
8 15 (1.90%) BPSS Clearance
9 13 (1.64%) CIMA
10 8 (1.01%) Azure Certification
11 7 (0.88%) ITIL Certification
12 6 (0.76%) Cisco Certification
12 6 (0.76%) DV Cleared
13 5 (0.63%) CCNA
13 5 (0.63%) CCNP
13 5 (0.63%) CompTIA Security+
14 4 (0.51%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 4 (0.51%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (6.57%) QA
2 46 (5.82%) Data Quality
3 30 (3.79%) PMO
4 22 (2.78%) SLA
5 20 (2.53%) GDPR
6 17 (2.15%) Accessibility
7 6 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (0.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 5 (0.63%) IFRS
9 4 (0.51%) Actionable Recommendations
9 4 (0.51%) GAAP
9 4 (0.51%) NIST
9 4 (0.51%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.38%) EMIR
10 3 (0.38%) ISO 19650
10 3 (0.38%) MiFID
10 3 (0.38%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.25%) GRC
11 2 (0.25%) P3O
System Software
1 29 (3.67%) Active Directory
2 24 (3.03%) Docker
3 4 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (0.51%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.25%) Xen
5 1 (0.13%) DFS Replication
5 1 (0.13%) Dovecot
5 1 (0.13%) Firmware
5 1 (0.13%) GPFS
5 1 (0.13%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.13%) Postfix
5 1 (0.13%) Slurm Workload Manager
5 1 (0.13%) Squid
Systems Management
1 28 (3.54%) Kubernetes
2 22 (2.78%) Ansible
3 17 (2.15%) Terraform
4 10 (1.26%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (0.88%) Jamf Pro
6 5 (0.63%) SCCM
7 4 (0.51%) Grafana
7 4 (0.51%) QRadar
7 4 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.38%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.25%) HP ALM
9 2 (0.25%) ITRS Geneos
9 2 (0.25%) McAfee ePO
9 2 (0.25%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.13%) Argo
10 1 (0.13%) BladeLogic
10 1 (0.13%) HP Quality Center
10 1 (0.13%) Nessus
10 1 (0.13%) Proxmox
10 1 (0.13%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 133 (16.81%) Microsoft
2 82 (10.37%) SAP
3 55 (6.95%) Oracle
4 45 (5.69%) ServiceNow
5 21 (2.65%) Adobe
5 21 (2.65%) Salesforce
6 20 (2.53%) Google
6 20 (2.53%) Workday
7 14 (1.77%) Splunk
8 12 (1.52%) Cisco
9 8 (1.01%) Alteryx
9 8 (1.01%) Ariba
10 7 (0.88%) Anaplan
10 7 (0.88%) Sonatype
11 6 (0.76%) Databricks
11 6 (0.76%) VMware
12 5 (0.63%) Atlassian
12 5 (0.63%) Computacenter
12 5 (0.63%) CyberArk
12 5 (0.63%) Remedy