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

6 months to
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 133 98 178
Rank change year-on-year -35 +80 +19
Contract jobs citing Process Improvement 832 642 502
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.99% 2.68% 1.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.34% 2.93% 1.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 522 385 327
10th Percentile £288 £300 £308
25th Percentile £388 £400 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% -
75th Percentile £575 £615 £616
90th Percentile £663 £760 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £517
% change year-on-year - -3.29% -1.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 33 39
10th Percentile £13.33 £19.38 £13.69
25th Percentile £14.22 £26.88 £14.50
Median hourly rate £25.00 £30.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +36.36% -49.84%
75th Percentile £49.38 £47.50 £36.25
90th Percentile £75.40 £73.12 £43.75
UK median hourly rate £25.00 £33.11 £24.26
% change year-on-year -24.49% +36.51% -44.70%

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 35,523 21,911 31,466
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.02% 91.34% 85.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,505 14,200 20,503
10th Percentile £325 £303 £300
25th Percentile £413 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £523 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.55% -0.36% -4.55%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £513 £525
% change year-on-year - -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,228 974 2,317
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.83
25th Percentile £20.69 £18.10 £16.00
Median hourly rate £47.00 £28.53 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +64.77% -23.93% +0.54%
75th Percentile £68.00 £59.75 £61.30
90th Percentile £82.00 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.71 £27.64 £36.50
% change year-on-year +54.50% -24.27% +1.39%

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 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 4 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 4 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 -23 348 £500 -4.76% 289
South East -17 137 £500 -3.15% 154
North of England -68 121 £448 -10.40% 115
Midlands -24 109 £413 -13.16% 110
West Midlands -36 70 £463 -11.74% 69
Yorkshire -19 69 £472 -8.45% 43
South West -4 53 £450 -14.29% 59
East of England +2 48 £450 -10.00% 57
North West -73 42 £436 -3.11% 67
East Midlands -6 40 £392 +22.15% 41
North East -19 11 £364 -32.01% 5
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 47 (5.65%) Confluence
2 18 (2.16%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.32%) CMS
4 9 (1.08%) CICS
5 6 (0.72%) Microsoft Exchange
6 5 (0.60%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.36%) 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 96 (11.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 38 (4.57%) Microsoft Office
3 26 (3.13%) MS Visio
4 25 (3.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 11 (1.32%) Microsoft Project
5 11 (1.32%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.24%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.12%) CATIA
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.12%) Simulink
7 1 (0.12%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 26 (3.13%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (1.32%) NetSuite
3 9 (1.08%) Dynamics CRM
4 7 (0.84%) NEC Housing
4 7 (0.84%) Oracle EBS
4 7 (0.84%) Oracle Payables
5 5 (0.60%) iTrent
5 5 (0.60%) Magento
5 5 (0.60%) SAP FI
6 4 (0.48%) Oracle Financials
6 4 (0.48%) Oracle General Ledger
6 4 (0.48%) Oracle Receivables
6 4 (0.48%) Remedy ITSM
6 4 (0.48%) SAP Business One
7 3 (0.36%) Oracle Assets
7 3 (0.36%) Salesforce CRM
7 3 (0.36%) SAP SD
8 2 (0.24%) Endur
8 2 (0.24%) Global One
8 2 (0.24%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 83 (9.98%) Power Platform
2 63 (7.57%) Azure
3 35 (4.21%) AWS
4 26 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
5 22 (2.64%) SaaS
6 21 (2.52%) GitHub
7 15 (1.80%) Azure DevOps
7 15 (1.80%) GCP
7 15 (1.80%) SuccessFactors
8 14 (1.68%) Dynamics 365
8 14 (1.68%) Entra ID
9 13 (1.56%) PowerApps
10 10 (1.20%) Power Automate
11 8 (0.96%) Lucidchart
12 7 (0.84%) GitHub Actions
13 5 (0.60%) Amazon SageMaker
13 5 (0.60%) Azure AKS
13 5 (0.60%) Azure Data Factory
14 4 (0.48%) Miro
14 4 (0.48%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 22 (2.64%) Firewall
2 9 (1.08%) DNS
3 7 (0.84%) TCP/IP
4 6 (0.72%) VPN
5 5 (0.60%) FTP
6 4 (0.48%) DHCP
6 4 (0.48%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.36%) Internet
7 3 (0.36%) MPLS
7 3 (0.36%) SSL
7 3 (0.36%) VSAN
7 3 (0.36%) WAN
8 2 (0.24%) BGP
8 2 (0.24%) DMZ
8 2 (0.24%) SAN
8 2 (0.24%) Wireless
9 1 (0.12%) DWDM
9 1 (0.12%) IPsec
9 1 (0.12%) L2TP
9 1 (0.12%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (8.29%) Power BI
2 15 (1.80%) Relational Database
3 13 (1.56%) MySQL
4 11 (1.32%) Metadata
5 10 (1.20%) Tableau
6 9 (1.08%) DataStage
7 8 (0.96%) Oracle Reports
8 7 (0.84%) Data Warehouse
9 6 (0.72%) SQL Server
10 5 (0.60%) MongoDB
10 5 (0.60%) PostgreSQL
11 4 (0.48%) Power Query
12 3 (0.36%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 3 (0.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 2 (0.24%) Ataccama
13 2 (0.24%) Big Data
13 2 (0.24%) BusinessObjects
13 2 (0.24%) Crystal Reports
14 1 (0.12%) Amazon Athena
14 1 (0.12%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 99 (11.90%) JIRA
2 26 (3.13%) Jenkins
3 13 (1.56%) Git
4 8 (0.96%) GitLab
4 8 (0.96%) Jaeger
4 8 (0.96%) Sonatype Nexus
5 7 (0.84%) Postman
5 7 (0.84%) Selenium
6 5 (0.60%) MLflow
7 4 (0.48%) JUnit
7 4 (0.48%) TestRail
8 3 (0.36%) CircleCI
8 3 (0.36%) Cucumber
8 3 (0.36%) IntelliJ
8 3 (0.36%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.24%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.24%) Gatling
9 2 (0.24%) JMeter
9 2 (0.24%) REST Assured
9 2 (0.24%) ScriptRunner
General
1 328 (39.42%) Finance
2 322 (38.70%) Social Skills
3 261 (31.37%) Analytical Skills
4 69 (8.29%) Banking
5 66 (7.93%) Public Sector
6 40 (4.81%) Legal
7 37 (4.45%) Documentation Skills
8 32 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
8 32 (3.85%) Retail
9 27 (3.25%) Influencing Skills
10 19 (2.28%) Manufacturing
10 19 (2.28%) Telecoms
11 15 (1.80%) General Ledger
12 14 (1.68%) Law
12 14 (1.68%) Local Government
13 13 (1.56%) Marketing
14 12 (1.44%) Billing
14 12 (1.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 11 (1.32%) Financial Institution
15 11 (1.32%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 260 (31.25%) Analyst
2 141 (16.95%) Business Analyst
3 87 (10.46%) Senior
4 77 (9.25%) Lead
5 56 (6.73%) Consultant
6 36 (4.33%) Senior Analyst
7 35 (4.21%) Project Manager
8 34 (4.09%) Accountant
9 23 (2.76%) Data Analyst
10 22 (2.64%) Financial Analyst
11 20 (2.40%) Developer
11 20 (2.40%) Project Officer
12 19 (2.28%) Management Accountant
13 18 (2.16%) Architect
14 17 (2.04%) Delivery Manager
14 17 (2.04%) Process Analyst
14 17 (2.04%) Senior Business Analyst
15 16 (1.92%) Support Analyst
16 15 (1.80%) Designer
16 15 (1.80%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (2.40%) Middleware
2 15 (1.80%) REST
3 13 (1.56%) .NET
4 12 (1.44%) Kafka
5 11 (1.32%) Spring Boot
6 10 (1.20%) OpenTelemetry
7 8 (0.96%) HTML5 Canvas
8 7 (0.84%) HTML
8 7 (0.84%) Playwright
9 6 (0.72%) Node.js
10 5 (0.60%) Flash
10 5 (0.60%) scikit-learn
11 4 (0.48%) JSON
11 4 (0.48%) LDAP
11 4 (0.48%) OpenID
11 4 (0.48%) Oracle Fusion
11 4 (0.48%) SailPoint
11 4 (0.48%) SOAP
11 4 (0.48%) YAML
12 3 (0.36%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 50 (6.01%) Onboarding
2 34 (4.09%) Product Ownership
3 32 (3.85%) Management Information System
4 31 (3.73%) Analytical Mindset
5 27 (3.25%) Self-Motivation
6 24 (2.88%) Legacy Systems
7 17 (2.04%) CMDB
8 13 (1.56%) Data Structures
9 12 (1.44%) Cloud Native
9 12 (1.44%) Virtual Team
10 11 (1.32%) Data Centre
10 11 (1.32%) Operational Technology
11 10 (1.20%) Data Protection Act
12 9 (1.08%) BYOD
12 9 (1.08%) Derivative
12 9 (1.08%) Distributed Systems
12 9 (1.08%) Mainframe
12 9 (1.08%) VSAM
13 8 (0.96%) PMI
14 7 (0.84%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 46 (5.53%) Windows
2 42 (5.05%) Linux
3 26 (3.13%) Unix
4 9 (1.08%) AIX
4 9 (1.08%) Solaris
5 8 (0.96%) Apple iOS
6 7 (0.84%) Android
6 7 (0.84%) Windows Server
7 6 (0.72%) Mac OS
8 5 (0.60%) Windows 10
9 4 (0.48%) Ubuntu
10 3 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.36%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.12%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 207 (24.88%) Problem-Solving
2 201 (24.16%) Stakeholder Management
3 181 (21.75%) Continuous Improvement
4 151 (18.15%) Agile
5 137 (16.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 136 (16.35%) Decision-Making
7 98 (11.78%) Change Management
8 95 (11.42%) Project Management
9 84 (10.10%) DevOps
9 84 (10.10%) ERP
10 82 (9.86%) Workshop Facilitation
11 81 (9.74%) User Acceptance Testing
12 76 (9.13%) Migration
13 75 (9.01%) Business Analysis
13 75 (9.01%) Business Intelligence
14 73 (8.77%) AI
15 71 (8.53%) Validation
16 68 (8.17%) Requirements Gathering
17 61 (7.33%) Mentoring
18 60 (7.21%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 101 (12.14%) SQL
2 58 (6.97%) Python
3 42 (5.05%) Java
4 25 (3.00%) JavaScript
5 13 (1.56%) Perl
6 9 (1.08%) COBOL
7 8 (0.96%) Rust
8 7 (0.84%) PowerShell
8 7 (0.84%) VBA
9 6 (0.72%) Go
10 5 (0.60%) Shell Script
10 5 (0.60%) TypeScript
11 4 (0.48%) Bash
11 4 (0.48%) C#
11 4 (0.48%) PL/SQL
11 4 (0.48%) R
12 3 (0.36%) ActionScript
12 3 (0.36%) ActionScript 2.0
12 3 (0.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.24%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 107 (12.86%) Security Cleared
2 103 (12.38%) Degree
3 79 (9.50%) SC Cleared
4 62 (7.45%) ACCA
5 60 (7.21%) CIMA
6 20 (2.40%) PMP
7 19 (2.28%) Master's Degree
8 18 (2.16%) PMI Certification
9 16 (1.92%) Computer Science Degree
10 13 (1.56%) BPSS Clearance
11 12 (1.44%) DV Cleared
12 9 (1.08%) Six Sigma Green Belt
13 7 (0.84%) CISSP
13 7 (0.84%) ITIL Certification
13 7 (0.84%) SAFe Agilist
14 6 (0.72%) CISM
14 6 (0.72%) MBA
15 5 (0.60%) Cisco Certification
15 5 (0.60%) IIBA
15 5 (0.60%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (7.57%) QA
2 61 (7.33%) Data Quality
3 40 (4.81%) GDPR
4 39 (4.69%) PMO
5 28 (3.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 19 (2.28%) SLA
7 15 (1.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 14 (1.68%) IFRS
9 13 (1.56%) NIST
10 8 (0.96%) GAAP
11 7 (0.84%) Accessibility
12 6 (0.72%) Basel III
13 4 (0.48%) COBIT
13 4 (0.48%) ISO 20022
14 3 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
14 3 (0.36%) PCI DSS
14 3 (0.36%) PSD2
15 2 (0.24%) IFRS 9
15 2 (0.24%) ISO 19650
16 1 (0.12%) PERC
System Software
1 20 (2.40%) Active Directory
2 18 (2.16%) Docker
3 7 (0.84%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.72%) vSphere
5 5 (0.60%) GPFS
5 5 (0.60%) NFS
5 5 (0.60%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.48%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.24%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
7 2 (0.24%) IAG
7 2 (0.24%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 2 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.12%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 21 (2.52%) Kubernetes
2 18 (2.16%) Ansible
3 13 (1.56%) Grafana
4 10 (1.20%) Prometheus
4 10 (1.20%) Terraform
5 8 (0.96%) Kiali
5 8 (0.96%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (0.36%) WSUS
7 2 (0.24%) Control-M
7 2 (0.24%) ITRS Geneos
7 2 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.24%) vRealize
8 1 (0.12%) Amdocs OSS
8 1 (0.12%) Argo
8 1 (0.12%) Autotask
8 1 (0.12%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.12%) HAProxy
8 1 (0.12%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 80 (9.62%) SAP
2 72 (8.65%) Microsoft
3 66 (7.93%) Oracle
4 54 (6.49%) ServiceNow
5 27 (3.25%) Salesforce
6 23 (2.76%) Workday
7 20 (2.40%) Splunk
8 18 (2.16%) IFS
9 16 (1.92%) VMware
10 15 (1.80%) IBM
11 11 (1.32%) Google
12 8 (0.96%) Okta
12 8 (0.96%) Sonatype
13 7 (0.84%) Cisco
13 7 (0.84%) NEC
14 6 (0.72%) ForgeRock
14 6 (0.72%) Sage
15 5 (0.60%) Apple
15 5 (0.60%) Atlassian
15 5 (0.60%) Murex