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

6 months to
4 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 122 99 169
Rank change year-on-year -23 +70 +40
Contract jobs citing Process Improvement 857 628 513
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.13% 2.58% 1.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.51% 2.82% 1.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 525 383 329
10th Percentile £268 £307 £330
25th Percentile £375 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £524 £520
Median % change year-on-year -9.35% +0.77% -0.95%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £615
90th Percentile £650 £756 £725
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £513
% change year-on-year -5.00% -2.44% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 29 35
10th Percentile - £19.78 £13.37
25th Percentile £13.33 £26.88 £15.85
Median hourly rate £25.42 £29.23 £22.34
Median % change year-on-year -13.05% +30.84% -49.15%
75th Percentile £48.75 £60.00 £36.88
90th Percentile £75.07 £75.00 £43.75
UK median hourly rate £24.11 £32.96 £25.00
% change year-on-year -26.87% +31.84% -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 34,177 22,233 31,934
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.83% 91.20% 86.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,833 14,556 20,949
10th Percentile £318 £310 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £615 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,126 928 2,245
10th Percentile £15.36 £14.65 £12.92
25th Percentile £20.35 £18.50 £16.00
Median hourly rate £45.46 £30.00 £36.05
Median % change year-on-year +51.53% -16.77% -2.97%
75th Percentile £67.50 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £41.56 £29.00 £35.83
% change year-on-year +43.29% -19.06% -0.47%

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 4 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 4 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 4 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 -12 347 £500 -9.09% 187
South East -19 137 £500 -4.35% 121
North of England -46 136 £447 -10.60% 81
Midlands -29 103 £402 -15.37% 76
Yorkshire +11 81 £500 -3.38% 32
West Midlands -36 67 £425 -18.89% 43
South West -4 62 £500 +2.56% 39
East of England +2 54 £450 -10.00% 34
North West -78 42 £430 -9.47% 47
East Midlands -12 37 £372 +6.29% 33
North East -10 14 £363 -34.98% 2
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 56 (6.53%) Confluence
2 20 (2.33%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.05%) CICS
4 8 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (0.58%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (0.58%) CMS
6 4 (0.47%) Moodle
7 2 (0.23%) Apache
7 2 (0.23%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.12%) Mattermost
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.12%) Tomcat
Applications
1 102 (11.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 39 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
3 30 (3.50%) MS Visio
4 28 (3.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 15 (1.75%) Microsoft Project
6 12 (1.40%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.23%) 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 25 (2.92%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (1.40%) NetSuite
3 7 (0.82%) NEC Housing
3 7 (0.82%) Oracle Payables
4 6 (0.70%) SAP FI
5 5 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
5 5 (0.58%) iTrent
5 5 (0.58%) SAP HCM
5 5 (0.58%) SAP Payroll
6 4 (0.47%) Oracle General Ledger
6 4 (0.47%) Oracle Receivables
6 4 (0.47%) Remedy ITSM
6 4 (0.47%) SAP Business One
6 4 (0.47%) SAP CO
6 4 (0.47%) SAP FI/CO
7 3 (0.35%) Oracle Assets
7 3 (0.35%) Oracle Financials
7 3 (0.35%) Shopify
8 2 (0.23%) Oracle E-Business Tax
8 2 (0.23%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 87 (10.15%) Power Platform
2 59 (6.88%) Azure
3 33 (3.85%) AWS
4 31 (3.62%) Microsoft 365
5 27 (3.15%) SaaS
6 21 (2.45%) GitHub
7 18 (2.10%) Azure DevOps
8 16 (1.87%) GCP
9 14 (1.63%) SuccessFactors
10 10 (1.17%) Dynamics 365
10 10 (1.17%) Entra ID
11 9 (1.05%) Google Workspace
12 8 (0.93%) GitHub Actions
12 8 (0.93%) Lucidchart
12 8 (0.93%) Power Automate
13 7 (0.82%) Miro
14 6 (0.70%) Azure Data Factory
15 5 (0.58%) Azure AKS
15 5 (0.58%) OCI
16 4 (0.47%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 25 (2.92%) Firewall
2 11 (1.28%) DNS
3 7 (0.82%) VPN
4 5 (0.58%) DHCP
4 5 (0.58%) FTP
5 4 (0.47%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.35%) Internet
6 3 (0.35%) VSAN
7 2 (0.23%) SSL
7 2 (0.23%) WAN
8 1 (0.12%) BGP
8 1 (0.12%) Broadband
8 1 (0.12%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (0.12%) Cisco ISE
8 1 (0.12%) MPLS
8 1 (0.12%) Network Security
8 1 (0.12%) SAN
8 1 (0.12%) Structured Cabling
8 1 (0.12%) WebEx
8 1 (0.12%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (9.33%) Power BI
2 17 (1.98%) Relational Database
3 15 (1.75%) MySQL
4 12 (1.40%) Tableau
5 10 (1.17%) Metadata
6 9 (1.05%) DataStage
6 9 (1.05%) SQL Server
7 8 (0.93%) Oracle Reports
8 7 (0.82%) Data Warehouse
8 7 (0.82%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (0.58%) MongoDB
9 5 (0.58%) Power Query
10 4 (0.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (0.35%) Big Data
12 2 (0.23%) Ataccama
12 2 (0.23%) BusinessObjects
12 2 (0.23%) Crystal Reports
12 2 (0.23%) Data Lake
12 2 (0.23%) ImageNet
13 1 (0.12%) Looker
Development Applications
1 116 (13.54%) JIRA
2 36 (4.20%) Jenkins
3 16 (1.87%) Git
4 9 (1.05%) GitLab
4 9 (1.05%) Sonatype Nexus
5 8 (0.93%) Jaeger
5 8 (0.93%) Postman
6 6 (0.70%) 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 (0.23%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.23%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.23%) ScriptRunner
10 1 (0.12%) Gatling
10 1 (0.12%) WinAutomation
General
1 361 (42.12%) Social Skills
2 320 (37.34%) Finance
3 263 (30.69%) Analytical Skills
4 77 (8.98%) Banking
5 74 (8.63%) Public Sector
6 37 (4.32%) Documentation Skills
7 34 (3.97%) Influencing Skills
8 33 (3.85%) Legal
9 29 (3.38%) Organisational Skills
10 28 (3.27%) Retail
11 23 (2.68%) Telecoms
12 22 (2.57%) Manufacturing
13 18 (2.10%) Marketing
14 16 (1.87%) Billing
15 14 (1.63%) Financial Institution
15 14 (1.63%) General Ledger
16 13 (1.52%) Local Government
16 13 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
16 13 (1.52%) Retail Banking
17 11 (1.28%) Law
Job Titles
1 270 (31.51%) Analyst
2 165 (19.25%) Business Analyst
3 99 (11.55%) Senior
4 68 (7.93%) Lead
5 63 (7.35%) Consultant
6 43 (5.02%) Senior Analyst
7 37 (4.32%) Project Manager
8 35 (4.08%) Accountant
9 26 (3.03%) Financial Analyst
9 26 (3.03%) Senior Business Analyst
10 22 (2.57%) Data Analyst
11 21 (2.45%) Process Analyst
12 20 (2.33%) Project Officer
13 18 (2.10%) Developer
13 18 (2.10%) Management Accountant
13 18 (2.10%) Technical Support
14 17 (1.98%) Finance Manager
14 17 (1.98%) IT Support
14 17 (1.98%) Technical Analyst
15 15 (1.75%) Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (2.33%) Middleware
2 17 (1.98%) REST
3 12 (1.40%) Kafka
4 11 (1.28%) Node.js
4 11 (1.28%) Playwright
4 11 (1.28%) Spring Boot
5 10 (1.17%) OpenTelemetry
5 10 (1.17%) SOAP
6 8 (0.93%) GraphQL
6 8 (0.93%) HTML
7 7 (0.82%) .NET
7 7 (0.82%) Vitest
7 7 (0.82%) Web Services
7 7 (0.82%) XML
8 6 (0.70%) YAML
9 5 (0.58%) SailPoint
10 4 (0.47%) HTML5 Canvas
10 4 (0.47%) OpenID
10 4 (0.47%) Oracle Fusion
10 4 (0.47%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 56 (6.53%) Onboarding
2 35 (4.08%) Product Ownership
3 34 (3.97%) Management Information System
4 33 (3.85%) Analytical Mindset
5 31 (3.62%) Legacy Systems
6 28 (3.27%) Self-Motivation
7 18 (2.10%) CMDB
8 16 (1.87%) Data Structures
8 16 (1.87%) Virtual Team
9 15 (1.75%) Cloud Native
10 13 (1.52%) Data Centre
10 13 (1.52%) Data Protection Act
11 12 (1.40%) Operational Technology
12 10 (1.17%) Derivative
12 10 (1.17%) Greenfield Project
12 10 (1.17%) Mainframe
12 10 (1.17%) PMI
13 9 (1.05%) BYOD
13 9 (1.05%) Distributed Systems
13 9 (1.05%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 46 (5.37%) Linux
1 46 (5.37%) Windows
2 31 (3.62%) Unix
3 9 (1.05%) AIX
3 9 (1.05%) Solaris
4 7 (0.82%) Apple iOS
5 6 (0.70%) VMS
5 6 (0.70%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.47%) Android
6 4 (0.47%) Ubuntu
6 4 (0.47%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.35%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.35%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.12%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 207 (24.15%) Problem-Solving
2 185 (21.59%) Stakeholder Management
3 182 (21.24%) Agile
4 175 (20.42%) Continuous Improvement
5 156 (18.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 142 (16.57%) Decision-Making
7 108 (12.60%) Project Management
8 106 (12.37%) Change Management
9 99 (11.55%) Workshop Facilitation
10 90 (10.50%) Business Analysis
10 90 (10.50%) DevOps
11 87 (10.15%) AI
11 87 (10.15%) Business Intelligence
12 86 (10.04%) Migration
13 78 (9.10%) ERP
14 75 (8.75%) User Acceptance Testing
15 74 (8.63%) Requirements Gathering
16 67 (7.82%) Coaching
17 63 (7.35%) Mentoring
17 63 (7.35%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 99 (11.55%) SQL
2 60 (7.00%) Python
3 43 (5.02%) Java
4 24 (2.80%) JavaScript
5 17 (1.98%) Perl
6 10 (1.17%) TypeScript
7 9 (1.05%) COBOL
8 8 (0.93%) PowerShell
8 8 (0.93%) Rust
8 8 (0.93%) VBA
9 7 (0.82%) ABAP
10 6 (0.70%) Bash
10 6 (0.70%) Go
11 5 (0.58%) Shell Script
12 4 (0.47%) C#
12 4 (0.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 4 (0.47%) PHP
12 4 (0.47%) R
13 3 (0.35%) ActionScript 2.0
13 3 (0.35%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 120 (14.00%) Security Cleared
2 114 (13.30%) Degree
3 88 (10.27%) SC Cleared
4 50 (5.83%) ACCA
5 49 (5.72%) CIMA
6 26 (3.03%) PMP
7 24 (2.80%) PMI Certification
8 21 (2.45%) Master's Degree
9 19 (2.22%) Computer Science Degree
10 15 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
10 15 (1.75%) DV Cleared
11 9 (1.05%) ITIL Certification
11 9 (1.05%) SAFe Agilist
12 8 (0.93%) MBA
13 7 (0.82%) Six Sigma Green Belt
14 5 (0.58%) CISM
14 5 (0.58%) CISSP
14 5 (0.58%) IIBA
14 5 (0.58%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 4 (0.47%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (8.05%) QA
2 54 (6.30%) Data Quality
3 43 (5.02%) GDPR
4 32 (3.73%) PMO
5 29 (3.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 20 (2.33%) SLA
7 12 (1.40%) NIST
8 11 (1.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 9 (1.05%) Accessibility
10 8 (0.93%) Basel III
11 7 (0.82%) IFRS
12 4 (0.47%) 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 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
14 2 (0.23%) IFRS 9
14 2 (0.23%) PERC
System Software
1 26 (3.03%) Active Directory
2 25 (2.92%) Docker
3 7 (0.82%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (0.70%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.47%) GPFS
5 4 (0.47%) VMware NSX
5 4 (0.47%) vSphere
6 3 (0.35%) 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 31 (3.62%) Kubernetes
2 24 (2.80%) Ansible
3 13 (1.52%) Grafana
4 12 (1.40%) Terraform
5 10 (1.17%) Prometheus
6 8 (0.93%) Kiali
7 6 (0.70%) Microsoft Intune
8 5 (0.58%) Jamf Pro
9 4 (0.47%) ITRS Geneos
10 3 (0.35%) WSUS
11 2 (0.23%) Control-M
12 1 (0.12%) Amdocs OSS
12 1 (0.12%) Argo
12 1 (0.12%) BladeLogic
12 1 (0.12%) HAProxy
12 1 (0.12%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 78 (9.10%) Microsoft
2 75 (8.75%) SAP
3 53 (6.18%) Oracle
4 48 (5.60%) ServiceNow
5 30 (3.50%) Salesforce
5 30 (3.50%) Workday
6 21 (2.45%) Splunk
7 17 (1.98%) Google
8 16 (1.87%) IFS
9 14 (1.63%) IBM
10 13 (1.52%) VMware
11 8 (0.93%) Alteryx
11 8 (0.93%) Sonatype
12 7 (0.82%) Anaplan
12 7 (0.82%) NEC
13 6 (0.70%) Adobe
13 6 (0.70%) Databricks
13 6 (0.70%) ForgeRock
13 6 (0.70%) Okta
14 5 (0.58%) Atlassian