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

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 120 99 174
Rank change year-on-year -21 +75 +37
Contract jobs citing Process Improvement 850 652 500
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.09% 2.68% 1.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.47% 2.94% 1.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 526 399 320
10th Percentile £280 £303 £325
25th Percentile £380 £406 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £520 £523
Median % change year-on-year -5.10% -0.48% -0.48%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £615
90th Percentile £650 £758 £700
UK median daily rate £478 £500 £513
% change year-on-year -4.50% -2.44% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 30 37
10th Percentile £13.33 £19.84 £13.53
25th Percentile £13.68 £26.88 £15.85
Median hourly rate £25.28 £31.02 £22.34
Median % change year-on-year -18.50% +38.85% -49.15%
75th Percentile £47.75 £58.44 £37.25
90th Percentile £74.91 £75.00 £44.85
UK median hourly rate £24.11 £33.26 £25.00
% change year-on-year -27.51% +33.02% -43.09%

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 34,368 22,176 31,806
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.67% 91.22% 86.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,897 14,509 20,833
10th Percentile £319 £308 £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 £616 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £505 £519 £525
% change year-on-year -2.69% -1.24% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,148 935 2,251
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.45 £12.92
25th Percentile £20.35 £18.50 £16.00
Median hourly rate £47.00 £29.07 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +61.68% -20.36% -2.67%
75th Percentile £67.84 £63.40 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.40 £28.75 £36.50
% change year-on-year +47.48% -21.23% +0.29%

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 12 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 12 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 12 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 -23 340 £500 -9.09% 173
South East -18 137 £500 -4.31% 109
North of England -54 133 £437 -12.65% 85
Midlands -19 107 £403 -15.26% 70
Yorkshire +5 81 £475 -8.21% 36
West Midlands -34 72 £450 -14.12% 36
South West -1 64 £500 +2.56% 42
East of England +4 51 £450 -10.00% 30
North West -85 40 £430 -9.47% 43
East Midlands -15 36 £352 +17.33% 34
North East -9 13 £363 -34.98% 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 53 (6.24%) Confluence
2 20 (2.35%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.06%) CICS
4 8 (0.94%) CMS
5 7 (0.82%) Microsoft Exchange
6 5 (0.59%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.47%) Moodle
8 2 (0.24%) Apache
8 2 (0.24%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.12%) Mattermost
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.12%) Tomcat
Applications
1 104 (12.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 39 (4.59%) Microsoft Office
3 28 (3.29%) MS Visio
4 27 (3.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 14 (1.65%) Microsoft Project
6 12 (1.41%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.24%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.12%) CATIA
8 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle Smart View
8 1 (0.12%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 24 (2.82%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (1.29%) NetSuite
3 7 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.82%) NEC Housing
3 7 (0.82%) Oracle Payables
4 5 (0.59%) iTrent
4 5 (0.59%) SAP FI
5 4 (0.47%) Oracle General Ledger
5 4 (0.47%) Oracle Receivables
5 4 (0.47%) Remedy ITSM
5 4 (0.47%) SAP Business One
6 3 (0.35%) Oracle Assets
6 3 (0.35%) Oracle Financials
6 3 (0.35%) SAP CO
6 3 (0.35%) SAP FI/CO
7 2 (0.24%) Endur
7 2 (0.24%) Global One
7 2 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.24%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.24%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 92 (10.82%) Power Platform
2 61 (7.18%) Azure
3 35 (4.12%) AWS
4 30 (3.53%) Microsoft 365
5 25 (2.94%) SaaS
6 21 (2.47%) GitHub
7 17 (2.00%) Azure DevOps
8 16 (1.88%) GCP
9 14 (1.65%) Dynamics 365
10 11 (1.29%) Entra ID
10 11 (1.29%) SuccessFactors
11 10 (1.18%) Power Automate
12 8 (0.94%) GitHub Actions
12 8 (0.94%) Google Workspace
12 8 (0.94%) Lucidchart
12 8 (0.94%) PowerApps
13 7 (0.82%) Miro
14 6 (0.71%) Azure Data Factory
15 5 (0.59%) Azure AKS
16 4 (0.47%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 25 (2.94%) Firewall
2 12 (1.41%) DNS
3 8 (0.94%) VPN
4 6 (0.71%) DHCP
5 5 (0.59%) FTP
5 5 (0.59%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.35%) Internet
6 3 (0.35%) VSAN
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 ISE
8 1 (0.12%) MPLS
8 1 (0.12%) Remote Desktop
8 1 (0.12%) Structured Cabling
8 1 (0.12%) VLAN
8 1 (0.12%) WebEx
8 1 (0.12%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 81 (9.53%) Power BI
2 16 (1.88%) Relational Database
3 14 (1.65%) MySQL
4 11 (1.29%) Metadata
4 11 (1.29%) Tableau
5 9 (1.06%) DataStage
5 9 (1.06%) SQL Server
6 8 (0.94%) Oracle Reports
7 7 (0.82%) Data Warehouse
7 7 (0.82%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (0.59%) MongoDB
8 5 (0.59%) Power Query
9 4 (0.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (0.35%) Big Data
11 2 (0.24%) Ataccama
11 2 (0.24%) BusinessObjects
11 2 (0.24%) Crystal Reports
11 2 (0.24%) Data Lake
11 2 (0.24%) ImageNet
11 2 (0.24%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 113 (13.29%) JIRA
2 33 (3.88%) Jenkins
3 15 (1.76%) Git
4 9 (1.06%) GitLab
4 9 (1.06%) Sonatype Nexus
5 8 (0.94%) Jaeger
5 8 (0.94%) Postman
6 6 (0.71%) Selenium
7 4 (0.47%) JUnit
7 4 (0.47%) MLflow
7 4 (0.47%) TestRail
8 3 (0.35%) CircleCI
8 3 (0.35%) IntelliJ
8 3 (0.35%) REST Assured
8 3 (0.35%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.24%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.24%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.24%) ScriptRunner
10 1 (0.12%) Gatling
10 1 (0.12%) WinAutomation
General
1 345 (40.59%) Social Skills
2 324 (38.12%) Finance
3 260 (30.59%) Analytical Skills
4 75 (8.82%) Banking
5 72 (8.47%) Public Sector
6 38 (4.47%) Documentation Skills
7 33 (3.88%) Influencing Skills
7 33 (3.88%) Legal
8 29 (3.41%) Retail
9 27 (3.18%) Organisational Skills
10 22 (2.59%) Manufacturing
10 22 (2.59%) Telecoms
11 17 (2.00%) Marketing
12 15 (1.76%) Billing
12 15 (1.76%) General Ledger
13 13 (1.53%) Financial Institution
13 13 (1.53%) Local Government
13 13 (1.53%) Retail Banking
14 12 (1.41%) Presentation Skills
15 11 (1.29%) Law
Job Titles
1 267 (31.41%) Analyst
2 160 (18.82%) Business Analyst
3 96 (11.29%) Senior
4 73 (8.59%) Lead
5 56 (6.59%) Consultant
6 42 (4.94%) Senior Analyst
7 36 (4.24%) Accountant
7 36 (4.24%) Project Manager
8 26 (3.06%) Financial Analyst
9 24 (2.82%) Senior Business Analyst
10 23 (2.71%) Data Analyst
11 21 (2.47%) Process Analyst
11 21 (2.47%) Project Officer
12 19 (2.24%) Management Accountant
13 18 (2.12%) Developer
14 17 (2.00%) Finance Manager
14 17 (2.00%) Technical Support
15 16 (1.88%) Delivery Manager
15 16 (1.88%) Support Analyst
15 16 (1.88%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (2.35%) Middleware
2 17 (2.00%) REST
3 12 (1.41%) Kafka
4 11 (1.29%) Spring Boot
5 10 (1.18%) OpenTelemetry
6 9 (1.06%) .NET
6 9 (1.06%) Node.js
6 9 (1.06%) Playwright
7 8 (0.94%) HTML
8 6 (0.71%) GraphQL
8 6 (0.71%) HTML5 Canvas
8 6 (0.71%) SOAP
8 6 (0.71%) YAML
9 5 (0.59%) Flash
9 5 (0.59%) Vitest
10 4 (0.47%) CSS
10 4 (0.47%) LDAP
10 4 (0.47%) OpenID
10 4 (0.47%) SailPoint
10 4 (0.47%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 54 (6.35%) Onboarding
2 36 (4.24%) Product Ownership
3 34 (4.00%) Management Information System
4 32 (3.76%) Analytical Mindset
5 29 (3.41%) Legacy Systems
6 27 (3.18%) Self-Motivation
7 18 (2.12%) CMDB
8 15 (1.76%) Data Structures
8 15 (1.76%) Virtual Team
9 13 (1.53%) Cloud Native
9 13 (1.53%) Data Centre
9 13 (1.53%) Data Protection Act
10 12 (1.41%) Operational Technology
11 10 (1.18%) Derivative
11 10 (1.18%) PMI
12 9 (1.06%) BYOD
12 9 (1.06%) Distributed Systems
12 9 (1.06%) Mainframe
12 9 (1.06%) VSAM
13 8 (0.94%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 47 (5.53%) Linux
2 42 (4.94%) Windows
3 30 (3.53%) Unix
4 9 (1.06%) AIX
4 9 (1.06%) Solaris
5 6 (0.71%) Apple iOS
5 6 (0.71%) VMS
5 6 (0.71%) Windows Server
6 5 (0.59%) Android
7 4 (0.47%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.47%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.35%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.35%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.12%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 204 (24.00%) Problem-Solving
2 184 (21.65%) Stakeholder Management
3 178 (20.94%) Continuous Improvement
4 177 (20.82%) Agile
5 152 (17.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 143 (16.82%) Decision-Making
7 109 (12.82%) Project Management
8 104 (12.24%) Change Management
9 92 (10.82%) Workshop Facilitation
10 89 (10.47%) Business Analysis
10 89 (10.47%) Business Intelligence
11 88 (10.35%) DevOps
11 88 (10.35%) Migration
12 86 (10.12%) AI
13 80 (9.41%) ERP
14 79 (9.29%) User Acceptance Testing
15 70 (8.24%) Requirements Gathering
16 63 (7.41%) Mentoring
17 61 (7.18%) Roadmaps
17 61 (7.18%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 101 (11.88%) SQL
2 59 (6.94%) Python
3 42 (4.94%) Java
4 25 (2.94%) JavaScript
5 16 (1.88%) Perl
6 9 (1.06%) COBOL
7 8 (0.94%) PowerShell
7 8 (0.94%) Rust
7 8 (0.94%) TypeScript
7 8 (0.94%) VBA
8 6 (0.71%) Bash
8 6 (0.71%) Go
9 5 (0.59%) Shell Script
10 4 (0.47%) C#
10 4 (0.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 4 (0.47%) PHP
10 4 (0.47%) R
11 3 (0.35%) ABAP
11 3 (0.35%) ActionScript 2.0
11 3 (0.35%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 118 (13.88%) Security Cleared
2 114 (13.41%) Degree
3 86 (10.12%) SC Cleared
4 53 (6.24%) ACCA
5 52 (6.12%) CIMA
6 27 (3.18%) PMP
7 25 (2.94%) PMI Certification
8 21 (2.47%) Master's Degree
9 18 (2.12%) Computer Science Degree
10 16 (1.88%) DV Cleared
11 15 (1.76%) BPSS Clearance
12 10 (1.18%) ITIL Certification
13 9 (1.06%) SAFe Agilist
14 8 (0.94%) MBA
15 7 (0.82%) Six Sigma Green Belt
16 5 (0.59%) CBAP
16 5 (0.59%) CISM
16 5 (0.59%) CISSP
16 5 (0.59%) IIBA
16 5 (0.59%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (7.88%) QA
2 53 (6.24%) Data Quality
3 46 (5.41%) GDPR
4 33 (3.88%) PMO
5 30 (3.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 20 (2.35%) SLA
7 13 (1.53%) NIST
8 11 (1.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 8 (0.94%) Accessibility
9 8 (0.94%) Basel III
10 7 (0.82%) IFRS
11 5 (0.59%) COBIT
12 4 (0.47%) ISO 19650
12 4 (0.47%) ISO 20022
12 4 (0.47%) PCI DSS
13 3 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
13 3 (0.35%) PSD2
14 2 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
14 2 (0.24%) IFRS 9
14 2 (0.24%) PERC
System Software
1 22 (2.59%) Active Directory
1 22 (2.59%) Docker
2 7 (0.82%) Virtual Machines
2 7 (0.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (0.71%) GPFS
3 6 (0.71%) vSphere
4 5 (0.59%) NFS
5 4 (0.47%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.24%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
6 2 (0.24%) IAG
6 2 (0.24%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 2 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.24%) Xen
7 1 (0.12%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 28 (3.29%) Kubernetes
2 24 (2.82%) Ansible
3 13 (1.53%) Grafana
4 12 (1.41%) Terraform
5 10 (1.18%) Prometheus
6 8 (0.94%) Kiali
7 7 (0.82%) Microsoft Intune
8 4 (0.47%) ITRS Geneos
9 3 (0.35%) Jamf Pro
9 3 (0.35%) WSUS
10 2 (0.24%) Control-M
10 2 (0.24%) vRealize
11 1 (0.12%) Amdocs OSS
11 1 (0.12%) Argo
11 1 (0.12%) Autotask
11 1 (0.12%) BladeLogic
11 1 (0.12%) HAProxy
11 1 (0.12%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 76 (8.94%) Microsoft
2 72 (8.47%) SAP
3 55 (6.47%) Oracle
4 49 (5.76%) ServiceNow
5 29 (3.41%) Workday
6 28 (3.29%) Salesforce
7 21 (2.47%) Splunk
8 18 (2.12%) IFS
9 16 (1.88%) Google
9 16 (1.88%) IBM
9 16 (1.88%) VMware
10 8 (0.94%) Sonatype
11 7 (0.82%) Alteryx
11 7 (0.82%) Cisco
11 7 (0.82%) NEC
12 6 (0.71%) Anaplan
12 6 (0.71%) Databricks
12 6 (0.71%) ForgeRock
12 6 (0.71%) Okta
13 5 (0.59%) Atlassian