Process Improvement Contracts in England

Process Improvement
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Process Improvement skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Process Improvement over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 172 211 196
Rank change year-on-year +39 -15 -2
Contract jobs citing Process Improvement 514 637 1,094
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.39% 1.28% 1.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.60% 1.41% 1.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 330 433 724
10th Percentile £325 £350 £350
25th Percentile £413 £435 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £525 £515
Median % change year-on-year -1.24% +1.94% +14.44%
75th Percentile £615 £600 £600
90th Percentile £725 £700 £688
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £510
% change year-on-year -2.38% +2.94% +16.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 18 28
10th Percentile £13.37 £23.96 £17.62
25th Percentile £15.85 £32.30 £25.29
Median hourly rate £22.34 £43.93 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -49.15% -2.38% +80.00%
75th Percentile £36.88 £56.31 £61.09
90th Percentile £43.75 £60.00 £67.83
UK median hourly rate £25.00 £43.93 £44.85
% change year-on-year -43.09% -2.04% +79.38%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Process Improvement is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,103 45,050 64,614
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.60% 90.20% 90.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,075 31,613 45,917
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.61%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,251 1,592 1,754
10th Percentile £12.92 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.50 £37.15 £24.35
Median % change year-on-year -1.75% +52.57% +3.62%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £64.42
UK median hourly rate £35.96 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -0.11% +44.00% +2.04%

Process Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Process Improvement as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Process Improvement in England

Process Improvement
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Process Improvement in England.

Daily rate trend for Process Improvement in England

Process Improvement
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Process Improvement in England over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Process Improvement in England

Process Improvement
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Process Improvement in England.

Hourly rate trend for Process Improvement in England

Process Improvement
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Process Improvement in England over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

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 6 May 2024. 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 +81 253 £550 - 237
South East -8 91 £475 +3.26% 117
North of England +18 57 £517 -1.52% 129
Midlands -24 46 £476 -11.64% 107
North West +28 35 £530 -3.73% 76
West Midlands -36 33 £375 -30.43% 71
South West +36 32 £500 -9.09% 67
Yorkshire +7 18 £517 +3.40% 34
East of England +14 17 £550 +22.22% 60
East Midlands +17 10 £506 -6.77% 36
North East +20 4 £493 - 22
Process Improvement
UK

Process Improvement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 11 (2.14%) SharePoint
2 10 (1.95%) Confluence
3 8 (1.56%) Apache
3 8 (1.56%) MTS
4 7 (1.36%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.58%) govService
6 2 (0.39%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.39%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.39%) CMS
7 1 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 46 (8.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 29 (5.64%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (3.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 18 (3.50%) MS Visio
4 13 (2.53%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.78%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.19%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.19%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 16 (3.11%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (1.95%) Endur
3 8 (1.56%) Aligne
3 8 (1.56%) EuroRunner
3 8 (1.56%) SAP ERP
3 8 (1.56%) Workday HCM
4 4 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.78%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 4 (0.78%) Teamcenter
5 3 (0.58%) SAP MII
6 2 (0.39%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.39%) SAP Hybris
6 2 (0.39%) SAP IBP
6 2 (0.39%) SAP SD
6 2 (0.39%) Workfront
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle E-Business Tax
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 36 (7.00%) Power Platform
2 33 (6.42%) Azure
3 24 (4.67%) AWS
4 14 (2.72%) Azure DevOps
5 11 (2.14%) SuccessFactors
6 10 (1.95%) SaaS
7 9 (1.75%) Slack
8 7 (1.36%) Microsoft 365
9 5 (0.97%) GCP
9 5 (0.97%) GitHub
9 5 (0.97%) Lucidchart
9 5 (0.97%) NuGet
10 4 (0.78%) Azure API Management
10 4 (0.78%) Azure Data Factory
10 4 (0.78%) Azure Logic Apps
10 4 (0.78%) Azure Service Bus
10 4 (0.78%) Google Workspace
10 4 (0.78%) IBM Blueworks
11 3 (0.58%) OCI
11 3 (0.58%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.36%) DNS
1 7 (1.36%) Firewall
2 4 (0.78%) DHCP
2 4 (0.78%) Software-Defined Networking
2 4 (0.78%) SSH
2 4 (0.78%) Telnet
2 4 (0.78%) Wireless
3 3 (0.58%) Internet
3 3 (0.58%) Intranet
4 2 (0.39%) BIG-IP
4 2 (0.39%) Cisco ASA
4 2 (0.39%) Cisco Firepower
4 2 (0.39%) Cisco Nexus
4 2 (0.39%) MPLS
4 2 (0.39%) Network Security
4 2 (0.39%) VSAN
5 1 (0.19%) Broadband
5 1 (0.19%) DMZ
5 1 (0.19%) VoIP
5 1 (0.19%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (7.00%) Power BI
2 15 (2.92%) Amazon Redshift
3 14 (2.72%) MySQL
4 8 (1.56%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (1.56%) SQL Server
5 7 (1.36%) Metadata
6 6 (1.17%) Flink
6 6 (1.17%) Tableau
7 3 (0.58%) Big Data
7 3 (0.58%) DynamoDB
7 3 (0.58%) GIS
7 3 (0.58%) NoSQL
7 3 (0.58%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.39%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.39%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (0.39%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.19%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.19%) Impala
9 1 (0.19%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 27 (5.25%) JIRA
2 21 (4.09%) Git
3 8 (1.56%) Rational DOORS
4 4 (0.78%) Browser DevTools
4 4 (0.78%) Burp Suite
5 3 (0.58%) Cypress.io
5 3 (0.58%) Team Foundation Server
6 2 (0.39%) Postman
6 2 (0.39%) Selenium
6 2 (0.39%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.19%) GoCD
7 1 (0.19%) Toad
7 1 (0.19%) Visual Studio
General
1 213 (41.44%) Social Skills
2 150 (29.18%) Finance
3 107 (20.82%) Analytical Skills
4 54 (10.51%) Presentation Skills
5 47 (9.14%) Manufacturing
6 46 (8.95%) Public Sector
7 29 (5.64%) Banking
8 27 (5.25%) Marketing
9 26 (5.06%) Influencing Skills
10 23 (4.47%) Legal
11 22 (4.28%) Retail
12 14 (2.72%) Telecoms
13 12 (2.33%) Pharmaceutical
14 9 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
14 9 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
15 7 (1.36%) Advertising
16 6 (1.17%) Billing
16 6 (1.17%) French Language
16 6 (1.17%) Law
16 6 (1.17%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 129 (25.10%) Analyst
2 84 (16.34%) Business Analyst
3 44 (8.56%) Consultant
4 42 (8.17%) Lead
5 37 (7.20%) Senior
6 26 (5.06%) Developer
7 22 (4.28%) Project Manager
8 19 (3.70%) Data Analyst
9 15 (2.92%) Senior Analyst
10 14 (2.72%) Change Manager
11 13 (2.53%) Senior Business Analyst
11 13 (2.53%) Service Manager
12 11 (2.14%) Delivery Manager
12 11 (2.14%) Senior Manager
12 11 (2.14%) Support Engineer
12 11 (2.14%) Transformation Manager
13 10 (1.95%) ABAP Developer
13 10 (1.95%) Coordinator
13 10 (1.95%) IT Manager
13 10 (1.95%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (1.95%) Web Dynpro
2 8 (1.56%) .NET
3 6 (1.17%) FastAPI
3 6 (1.17%) Flask
4 5 (0.97%) Lightning Web Components
5 3 (0.58%) GraphQL
5 3 (0.58%) REST
5 3 (0.58%) SOAP
5 3 (0.58%) YAML
6 2 (0.39%) .NET Core
6 2 (0.39%) HTML
6 2 (0.39%) JSON
6 2 (0.39%) Middleware
6 2 (0.39%) React
6 2 (0.39%) SailPoint
6 2 (0.39%) Spring Boot
6 2 (0.39%) XML
7 1 (0.19%) Akka
7 1 (0.19%) Apache Camel
7 1 (0.19%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 30 (5.84%) Management Information System
2 17 (3.31%) Product Ownership
3 12 (2.33%) Life Science
3 12 (2.33%) Renewable Energy
4 10 (1.95%) Analytical Mindset
5 9 (1.75%) Solar Panel
6 8 (1.56%) Market Risk
6 8 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (1.36%) Data Centre
8 5 (0.97%) FMCG
8 5 (0.97%) Onboarding
8 5 (0.97%) Operational Technology
8 5 (0.97%) Virtual Team
8 5 (0.97%) Wiki
9 4 (0.78%) Data Structures
9 4 (0.78%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (0.78%) NHS
9 4 (0.78%) State Machine
10 3 (0.58%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (0.39%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 27 (5.25%) Windows
2 11 (2.14%) Linux
3 10 (1.95%) Unix
4 7 (1.36%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.78%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.58%) Debian
7 1 (0.19%) VMS
7 1 (0.19%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (24.71%) Agile
2 124 (24.12%) Problem-Solving
3 109 (21.21%) Project Management
4 80 (15.56%) Stakeholder Management
5 71 (13.81%) Continuous Improvement
6 60 (11.67%) ITIL
7 55 (10.70%) Change Management
8 52 (10.12%) Project Delivery
9 50 (9.73%) Scrum
10 49 (9.53%) Data Analysis
11 48 (9.34%) Analytics
12 47 (9.14%) Test Strategy
13 46 (8.95%) Requirements Gathering
14 41 (7.98%) Business Intelligence
14 41 (7.98%) Risk Management
15 39 (7.59%) Business Analysis
16 37 (7.20%) ERP
16 37 (7.20%) Impact Assessments
17 35 (6.81%) Collaborative Working
17 35 (6.81%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 43 (8.37%) SQL
2 32 (6.23%) Python
3 10 (1.95%) ABAP
3 10 (1.95%) PowerShell
4 9 (1.75%) Java
5 8 (1.56%) Bash
5 8 (1.56%) JavaScript
6 7 (1.36%) C#
7 6 (1.17%) Bicep
7 6 (1.17%) Go
8 3 (0.58%) Google Apps Script
8 3 (0.58%) MATLAB
8 3 (0.58%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.39%) C
9 2 (0.39%) C++
9 2 (0.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (0.39%) Ruby
9 2 (0.39%) VBA
10 1 (0.19%) Scala
10 1 (0.19%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 85 (16.54%) Degree
2 83 (16.15%) Security Cleared
3 74 (14.40%) SC Cleared
4 22 (4.28%) DV Cleared
5 13 (2.53%) ITIL Certification
6 11 (2.14%) Master's Degree
7 10 (1.95%) Six Sigma Black Belt
8 9 (1.75%) ACCA
8 9 (1.75%) PMI Certification
8 9 (1.75%) PMP
8 9 (1.75%) Six Sigma Green Belt
9 7 (1.36%) SAP Certification
10 5 (0.97%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (0.97%) CIMA
11 4 (0.78%) CISSP
11 4 (0.78%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (0.78%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 4 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (0.78%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 3 (0.58%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (6.23%) QA
2 17 (3.31%) Data Quality
3 16 (3.11%) SLA
4 14 (2.72%) PMO
5 11 (2.14%) PCI DSS
6 7 (1.36%) GAMP
6 7 (1.36%) GxP
7 6 (1.17%) GDPR
8 5 (0.97%) Accessibility
8 5 (0.97%) GRC
9 4 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 3 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.39%) GMP
11 2 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 1 (0.19%) COREP
12 1 (0.19%) FINREP
12 1 (0.19%) ITGC
12 1 (0.19%) NIST
12 1 (0.19%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 11 (2.14%) Active Directory
2 9 (1.75%) Docker
3 7 (1.36%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.97%) VMware NSX
4 5 (0.97%) vSphere
5 2 (0.39%) Firmware
5 2 (0.39%) XenApp
6 1 (0.19%) HDFS
6 1 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 15 (2.92%) Grafana
2 7 (1.36%) Ansible
2 7 (1.36%) Kubernetes
3 6 (1.17%) Terraform
4 3 (0.58%) Progress Chef
4 3 (0.58%) Puppet
5 2 (0.39%) FortiGate
5 2 (0.39%) SCCM
6 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.19%) MOM
6 1 (0.19%) SCOM
6 1 (0.19%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.19%) VxRail
Vendors
1 62 (12.06%) Microsoft
2 52 (10.12%) SAP
3 16 (3.11%) Salesforce
4 14 (2.72%) ServiceNow
5 13 (2.53%) Adobe
5 13 (2.53%) Denodo
5 13 (2.53%) Oracle
5 13 (2.53%) Talend
6 11 (2.14%) Workday
7 8 (1.56%) Yardi
8 7 (1.36%) VMware
9 6 (1.17%) Google
9 6 (1.17%) Splunk
10 5 (0.97%) Cisco
11 4 (0.78%) IBM
12 3 (0.58%) Ariba
12 3 (0.58%) CheckPoint
12 3 (0.58%) Dell
12 3 (0.58%) Red Hat
12 3 (0.58%) Remedy