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

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 111 171
Rank change year-on-year -7 +60 +36
Contract jobs citing Process Improvement 809 612 534
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.23% 2.48% 1.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.57% 2.74% 1.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 497 360 335
10th Percentile £263 £303 £305
25th Percentile £363 £412 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £517
Median % change year-on-year -9.44% +1.45% -1.52%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £611
90th Percentile £654 £750 £715
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 32 33
10th Percentile £13.33 £19.32 £13.21
25th Percentile £13.42 £26.59 £15.85
Median hourly rate £22.50 £32.50 £22.34
Median % change year-on-year -30.77% +45.48% -49.07%
75th Percentile £43.25 £57.00 £43.75
90th Percentile £73.08 £75.00 £52.78
UK median hourly rate £20.00 £32.50 £29.50
% change year-on-year -38.46% +10.17% -32.74%

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 31,421 22,365 33,112
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.55% 90.61% 86.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,102 14,445 21,880
10th Percentile £313 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £615 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,952 795 2,164
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.25 £13.02
25th Percentile £18.80 £21.01 £16.06
Median hourly rate £30.00 £34.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +6.15% -9.72%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £58.53
90th Percentile £74.26 £76.81 £71.83
UK median hourly rate £29.61 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -8.89% - -7.14%

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 11 March 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 11 March 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 11 March 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 -4 331 £500 -9.09% 181
North of England -41 154 £425 -15.00% 91
South East -42 101 £400 -21.57% 154
Midlands -19 99 £425 -2.13% 80
Yorkshire -10 83 £460 -11.11% 32
West Midlands -24 67 £425 -6.18% 53
North West -61 59 £430 -9.47% 53
South West -1 55 £500 - 33
East of England +3 48 £463 -7.50% 42
East Midlands -18 33 £393 +5.22% 27
North East -5 12 £326 -43.26% 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 55 (6.80%) Confluence
2 18 (2.22%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.11%) Apache Airflow
4 8 (0.99%) CICS
5 7 (0.87%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.49%) CMS
7 2 (0.25%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.12%) Apache
8 1 (0.12%) Mattermost
8 1 (0.12%) Moodle
8 1 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.12%) Smallworld
8 1 (0.12%) Tomcat
Applications
1 110 (13.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 44 (5.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 41 (5.07%) Microsoft Office
4 32 (3.96%) MS Visio
5 17 (2.10%) Microsoft Project
6 7 (0.87%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.25%) Trello
8 1 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.12%) CATIA
8 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle Smart View
8 1 (0.12%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.12%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 31 (3.83%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (0.87%) NetSuite
2 7 (0.87%) SAP HCM
2 7 (0.87%) SAP Payroll
3 6 (0.74%) SAP FI
4 5 (0.62%) NEC Housing
4 5 (0.62%) Oracle General Ledger
4 5 (0.62%) Oracle Payables
4 5 (0.62%) SAP CO
4 5 (0.62%) SAP FI/CO
5 4 (0.49%) Remedy ITSM
6 3 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
6 3 (0.37%) Endur
6 3 (0.37%) Oracle Assets
6 3 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.37%) Oracle EBS R12
6 3 (0.37%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.37%) Oracle Financials
6 3 (0.37%) Shopify
7 2 (0.25%) Loan IQ
Cloud Services
1 77 (9.52%) Power Platform
2 48 (5.93%) Azure
3 42 (5.19%) AWS
4 38 (4.70%) Microsoft 365
5 30 (3.71%) GitHub
5 30 (3.71%) SaaS
6 17 (2.10%) Azure DevOps
6 17 (2.10%) GCP
7 11 (1.36%) Dynamics 365
7 11 (1.36%) SuccessFactors
8 9 (1.11%) Entra ID
8 9 (1.11%) GitHub Actions
8 9 (1.11%) Google Workspace
8 9 (1.11%) Power Automate
9 6 (0.74%) Miro
9 6 (0.74%) OCI
10 5 (0.62%) AWS CloudFormation
10 5 (0.62%) Azure Data Factory
10 5 (0.62%) OpenShift
11 4 (0.49%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 30 (3.71%) Firewall
2 11 (1.36%) DNS
3 8 (0.99%) VPN
4 6 (0.74%) Internet
5 5 (0.62%) DHCP
5 5 (0.62%) FTP
5 5 (0.62%) TCP/IP
5 5 (0.62%) WAN
6 3 (0.37%) LAN
6 3 (0.37%) Network Security
7 2 (0.25%) Cisco IOS
7 2 (0.25%) DWDM
7 2 (0.25%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.25%) Unified Communications
7 2 (0.25%) VSAN
8 1 (0.12%) 5G
8 1 (0.12%) Broadband
8 1 (0.12%) NaaS
8 1 (0.12%) SAN
8 1 (0.12%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (8.78%) Power BI
2 18 (2.22%) MySQL
3 17 (2.10%) Relational Database
4 11 (1.36%) SAP HANA
5 10 (1.24%) Data Lake
5 10 (1.24%) Tableau
6 8 (0.99%) Data Warehouse
6 8 (0.99%) DataStage
6 8 (0.99%) SQL Server
7 7 (0.87%) Metadata
7 7 (0.87%) PostgreSQL
8 6 (0.74%) Power Query
9 5 (0.62%) MongoDB
9 5 (0.62%) Oracle Reports
10 2 (0.25%) Amazon RDS
10 2 (0.25%) Big Data
10 2 (0.25%) BusinessObjects
10 2 (0.25%) GIS
10 2 (0.25%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 107 (13.23%) JIRA
2 43 (5.32%) Jenkins
3 16 (1.98%) Sonatype Nexus
4 15 (1.85%) GitLab
5 11 (1.36%) Git
6 9 (1.11%) Postman
7 8 (0.99%) Jaeger
8 6 (0.74%) Selenium
9 4 (0.49%) TestRail
10 3 (0.37%) CircleCI
10 3 (0.37%) MLflow
10 3 (0.37%) REST Assured
11 2 (0.25%) Appium
11 2 (0.25%) Cucumber
11 2 (0.25%) Cypress.io
12 1 (0.12%) Artifactory
12 1 (0.12%) NeoLoad
12 1 (0.12%) Robot Framework
12 1 (0.12%) SoapUI
12 1 (0.12%) Zephyr
General
1 384 (47.47%) Social Skills
2 284 (35.11%) Finance
3 230 (28.43%) Analytical Skills
4 79 (9.77%) Banking
4 79 (9.77%) Public Sector
5 42 (5.19%) Organisational Skills
6 35 (4.33%) Influencing Skills
7 31 (3.83%) Telecoms
8 30 (3.71%) Documentation Skills
9 26 (3.21%) Legal
10 24 (2.97%) Manufacturing
11 21 (2.60%) Financial Institution
11 21 (2.60%) Marketing
11 21 (2.60%) Presentation Skills
12 19 (2.35%) Billing
12 19 (2.35%) Retail
13 15 (1.85%) Law
14 13 (1.61%) Retail Banking
15 11 (1.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 10 (1.24%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 258 (31.89%) Analyst
2 156 (19.28%) Business Analyst
3 89 (11.00%) Senior
4 74 (9.15%) Consultant
5 60 (7.42%) Lead
6 38 (4.70%) Project Manager
7 36 (4.45%) Senior Analyst
8 26 (3.21%) SAP Consultant
8 26 (3.21%) Senior Business Analyst
8 26 (3.21%) Technical Analyst
9 25 (3.09%) Data Analyst
10 21 (2.60%) IT Support
11 20 (2.47%) Project Officer
11 20 (2.47%) Technical Support
12 19 (2.35%) Accountant
13 18 (2.22%) Administrator
13 18 (2.22%) Technical Business Analyst
14 17 (2.10%) Developer
14 17 (2.10%) Senior Consultant
15 16 (1.98%) Process Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (2.47%) Web Services
2 17 (2.10%) Middleware
3 16 (1.98%) Playwright
4 15 (1.85%) SAP Fiori
5 14 (1.73%) REST
6 13 (1.61%) GraphQL
6 13 (1.61%) Kafka
7 12 (1.48%) Node.js
7 12 (1.48%) Vitest
8 11 (1.36%) SOAP
9 10 (1.24%) BAPI
9 10 (1.24%) XML
10 9 (1.11%) OpenTelemetry
11 8 (0.99%) Spring Boot
12 7 (0.87%) .NET
12 7 (0.87%) HTML
12 7 (0.87%) SailPoint
12 7 (0.87%) YAML
13 6 (0.74%) Oracle Fusion
14 5 (0.62%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 61 (7.54%) Onboarding
2 32 (3.96%) Legacy Systems
3 28 (3.46%) Management Information System
3 28 (3.46%) Product Ownership
3 28 (3.46%) Self-Motivation
4 27 (3.34%) Analytical Mindset
5 19 (2.35%) Cloud Native
6 14 (1.73%) CMDB
7 13 (1.61%) Data Centre
7 13 (1.61%) Data Structures
8 12 (1.48%) Data Protection Act
8 12 (1.48%) Replication
8 12 (1.48%) Virtual Team
9 10 (1.24%) PMI
10 9 (1.11%) Distributed Systems
10 9 (1.11%) Greenfield Project
10 9 (1.11%) Mainframe
10 9 (1.11%) NHS
11 8 (0.99%) Derivative
11 8 (0.99%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 56 (6.92%) Windows
2 46 (5.69%) Linux
3 33 (4.08%) Unix
4 8 (0.99%) AIX
4 8 (0.99%) Solaris
5 7 (0.87%) Apple iOS
6 6 (0.74%) Android
6 6 (0.74%) VMS
6 6 (0.74%) Windows 10
6 6 (0.74%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.25%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.25%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.12%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 203 (25.09%) Problem-Solving
2 171 (21.14%) Stakeholder Management
3 165 (20.40%) Agile
4 160 (19.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 140 (17.31%) Continuous Improvement
6 114 (14.09%) Decision-Making
7 107 (13.23%) Project Management
8 96 (11.87%) Change Management
9 91 (11.25%) DevOps
9 91 (11.25%) Workshop Facilitation
10 88 (10.88%) Business Analysis
11 74 (9.15%) Business Intelligence
12 72 (8.90%) Coaching
13 70 (8.65%) Migration
14 69 (8.53%) AI
15 65 (8.03%) Requirements Gathering
15 65 (8.03%) Roadmaps
16 63 (7.79%) Data Analysis
17 60 (7.42%) CI/CD
17 60 (7.42%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 102 (12.61%) SQL
2 48 (5.93%) Python
3 36 (4.45%) Java
4 24 (2.97%) JavaScript
5 17 (2.10%) ABAP
5 17 (2.10%) Perl
6 16 (1.98%) TypeScript
7 11 (1.36%) PowerShell
8 8 (0.99%) COBOL
8 8 (0.99%) Rust
9 7 (0.87%) C#
9 7 (0.87%) VBA
10 6 (0.74%) Bash
11 5 (0.62%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 5 (0.62%) Shell Script
12 4 (0.49%) PHP
13 3 (0.37%) ActionScript
13 3 (0.37%) ActionScript 2.0
13 3 (0.37%) Go
13 3 (0.37%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 111 (13.72%) Security Cleared
2 104 (12.86%) Degree
3 79 (9.77%) SC Cleared
4 26 (3.21%) Master's Degree
5 24 (2.97%) PMI Certification
6 23 (2.84%) ACCA
6 23 (2.84%) PMP
7 21 (2.60%) Computer Science Degree
8 20 (2.47%) CIMA
9 12 (1.48%) BPSS Clearance
10 11 (1.36%) DV Cleared
10 11 (1.36%) ITIL Certification
11 10 (1.24%) MBA
12 8 (0.99%) SAFe Agilist
12 8 (0.99%) Six Sigma Green Belt
13 7 (0.87%) CISSP
14 6 (0.74%) CISM
14 6 (0.74%) CompTIA Security+
15 5 (0.62%) CBAP
15 5 (0.62%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (7.66%) QA
2 53 (6.55%) Data Quality
3 31 (3.83%) GDPR
3 31 (3.83%) PMO
4 20 (2.47%) SLA
5 19 (2.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (1.36%) NIST
6 11 (1.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 8 (0.99%) Basel III
8 6 (0.74%) Accessibility
8 6 (0.74%) IFRS
8 6 (0.74%) PCI DSS
9 5 (0.62%) ISO 19650
10 4 (0.49%) GAAP
10 4 (0.49%) ISO 20022
11 3 (0.37%) COBIT
11 3 (0.37%) GRC
11 3 (0.37%) NIST 800
12 2 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.25%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 30 (3.71%) Docker
2 29 (3.58%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.87%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.62%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.49%) GPFS
6 3 (0.37%) NFS
7 2 (0.25%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
7 2 (0.25%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.25%) vSphere
7 2 (0.25%) Xen
8 1 (0.12%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.12%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 36 (4.45%) Kubernetes
2 29 (3.58%) Ansible
3 14 (1.73%) Grafana
4 13 (1.61%) Terraform
5 11 (1.36%) Prometheus
6 8 (0.99%) Kiali
7 7 (0.87%) Jamf Pro
8 5 (0.62%) Microsoft Intune
9 4 (0.49%) QRadar
10 2 (0.25%) ITRS Geneos
10 2 (0.25%) SCCM
10 2 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.25%) WSUS
11 1 (0.12%) Amdocs OSS
11 1 (0.12%) BladeLogic
11 1 (0.12%) CEMLI
11 1 (0.12%) HAProxy
11 1 (0.12%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 1 (0.12%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 95 (11.74%) Microsoft
2 71 (8.78%) SAP
3 46 (5.69%) Oracle
3 46 (5.69%) ServiceNow
4 27 (3.34%) Workday
5 25 (3.09%) Splunk
6 23 (2.84%) Salesforce
7 20 (2.47%) Google
8 16 (1.98%) Adobe
9 15 (1.85%) Sonatype
10 14 (1.73%) IBM
11 13 (1.61%) VMware
12 9 (1.11%) Alteryx
13 7 (0.87%) Anaplan
13 7 (0.87%) Ariba
13 7 (0.87%) Atlassian
14 5 (0.62%) Cisco
14 5 (0.62%) Computacenter
14 5 (0.62%) Databricks
14 5 (0.62%) NEC