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

6 months to
26 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 123 107 176
Rank change year-on-year -16 +69 +23
Contract jobs citing Process Improvement 828 600 516
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.20% 2.47% 1.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.56% 2.72% 1.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 510 365 327
10th Percentile £263 £308 £300
25th Percentile £363 £409 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £524 £513
Median % change year-on-year -9.35% +2.24% -2.38%
75th Percentile £575 £626 £611
90th Percentile £639 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 32 31
10th Percentile - £19.92 £13.05
25th Percentile £13.33 £26.88 £15.85
Median hourly rate £22.11 £32.66 £22.34
Median % change year-on-year -32.30% +46.17% -49.07%
75th Percentile £45.75 £55.31 £43.75
90th Percentile £75.40 £75.00 £49.88
UK median hourly rate £17.25 £32.81 £29.50
% change year-on-year -47.42% +11.22% -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 32,394 22,046 32,724
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.25% 90.85% 86.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,755 14,514 21,646
10th Percentile £313 £313 £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 £614 £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 1,983 845 2,157
10th Percentile £15.34 £15.00 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £20.30 £16.00
Median hourly rate £35.55 £32.50 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% -1.52% -12.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £76.20 £76.25 £71.90
UK median hourly rate £34.50 £32.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +7.81% -1.54% -9.72%

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 26 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 26 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 26 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 -7 340 £500 -9.09% 183
North of England -45 142 £410 -15.90% 99
South East -33 113 £450 -13.88% 144
Midlands -23 98 £425 -4.71% 79
Yorkshire +5 83 £460 -11.11% 37
West Midlands -34 66 £425 -14.91% 49
South West -2 57 £500 -4.76% 27
East of England +8 56 £450 -13.25% 47
North West -84 45 £402 -10.67% 56
East Midlands -17 33 £397 +6.16% 30
North East -1 14 £363 -36.96% 8
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 60 (7.25%) Confluence
2 18 (2.17%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.33%) Apache Airflow
4 8 (0.97%) CICS
4 8 (0.97%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (0.60%) CMS
6 2 (0.24%) Apache
6 2 (0.24%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.12%) Mattermost
7 1 (0.12%) Moodle
7 1 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.12%) Tomcat
Applications
1 107 (12.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 42 (5.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 40 (4.83%) Microsoft Office
4 34 (4.11%) MS Visio
5 16 (1.93%) Microsoft Project
6 10 (1.21%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.24%) Photoshop
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%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 22 (2.66%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (0.97%) NetSuite
3 7 (0.85%) SAP HCM
3 7 (0.85%) SAP Payroll
4 6 (0.72%) NEC Housing
4 6 (0.72%) Oracle Payables
4 6 (0.72%) SAP FI
5 5 (0.60%) Oracle General Ledger
5 5 (0.60%) SAP CO
5 5 (0.60%) SAP FI/CO
6 4 (0.48%) Remedy ITSM
7 3 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
7 3 (0.36%) Endur
7 3 (0.36%) Oracle Assets
7 3 (0.36%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.36%) Oracle EBS R12
7 3 (0.36%) Oracle ERP
7 3 (0.36%) Oracle Financials
7 3 (0.36%) Oracle Receivables
7 3 (0.36%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 75 (9.06%) Power Platform
2 52 (6.28%) Azure
3 43 (5.19%) AWS
4 38 (4.59%) Microsoft 365
5 31 (3.74%) GitHub
6 30 (3.62%) SaaS
7 19 (2.29%) Azure DevOps
8 17 (2.05%) GCP
9 12 (1.45%) SuccessFactors
10 11 (1.33%) Dynamics 365
10 11 (1.33%) Google Workspace
11 10 (1.21%) GitHub Actions
12 9 (1.09%) Power Automate
13 7 (0.85%) Entra ID
14 6 (0.72%) Azure Data Factory
14 6 (0.72%) Lucidchart
14 6 (0.72%) Miro
15 5 (0.60%) AWS CloudFormation
15 5 (0.60%) OCI
15 5 (0.60%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 28 (3.38%) Firewall
2 11 (1.33%) DNS
3 7 (0.85%) VPN
4 6 (0.72%) Internet
5 5 (0.60%) DHCP
5 5 (0.60%) FTP
6 4 (0.48%) TCP/IP
6 4 (0.48%) WAN
7 3 (0.36%) Network Security
7 3 (0.36%) VSAN
8 2 (0.24%) Cisco IOS
8 2 (0.24%) DWDM
8 2 (0.24%) LAN
8 2 (0.24%) SSL
8 2 (0.24%) Unified Communications
9 1 (0.12%) Broadband
9 1 (0.12%) HTTP
9 1 (0.12%) SAN
9 1 (0.12%) SSH
9 1 (0.12%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (8.33%) Power BI
2 18 (2.17%) MySQL
2 18 (2.17%) Relational Database
3 11 (1.33%) Tableau
4 9 (1.09%) Data Lake
4 9 (1.09%) Metadata
5 8 (0.97%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (0.97%) DataStage
5 8 (0.97%) SQL Server
6 7 (0.85%) PostgreSQL
7 6 (0.72%) Oracle Reports
8 5 (0.60%) MongoDB
8 5 (0.60%) Power Query
9 3 (0.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (0.24%) Amazon RDS
10 2 (0.24%) Big Data
10 2 (0.24%) BusinessObjects
10 2 (0.24%) ImageNet
10 2 (0.24%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.24%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 113 (13.65%) JIRA
2 41 (4.95%) Jenkins
3 16 (1.93%) GitLab
4 15 (1.81%) Git
5 14 (1.69%) Sonatype Nexus
6 9 (1.09%) Postman
7 8 (0.97%) Jaeger
8 6 (0.72%) Selenium
9 4 (0.48%) MLflow
9 4 (0.48%) TestRail
10 3 (0.36%) CircleCI
10 3 (0.36%) JUnit
10 3 (0.36%) REST Assured
11 2 (0.24%) Appium
11 2 (0.24%) Cucumber
11 2 (0.24%) Cypress.io
11 2 (0.24%) IntelliJ
11 2 (0.24%) SonarQube
12 1 (0.12%) Artifactory
12 1 (0.12%) Robot Framework
General
1 374 (45.17%) Social Skills
2 297 (35.87%) Finance
3 238 (28.74%) Analytical Skills
4 81 (9.78%) Banking
5 73 (8.82%) Public Sector
6 36 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
6 36 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
7 34 (4.11%) Influencing Skills
8 31 (3.74%) Telecoms
9 29 (3.50%) Legal
10 23 (2.78%) Manufacturing
10 23 (2.78%) Retail
11 22 (2.66%) Presentation Skills
12 21 (2.54%) Marketing
13 20 (2.42%) Billing
14 18 (2.17%) Financial Institution
15 14 (1.69%) Law
16 13 (1.57%) Retail Banking
17 12 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 10 (1.21%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 259 (31.28%) Analyst
2 163 (19.69%) Business Analyst
3 91 (10.99%) Senior
4 65 (7.85%) Consultant
5 57 (6.88%) Lead
6 37 (4.47%) Project Manager
6 37 (4.47%) Senior Analyst
7 27 (3.26%) Senior Business Analyst
8 24 (2.90%) Accountant
9 23 (2.78%) Technical Analyst
10 21 (2.54%) IT Support
11 20 (2.42%) Administrator
11 20 (2.42%) Data Analyst
11 20 (2.42%) Project Officer
11 20 (2.42%) Technical Support
12 19 (2.29%) Process Analyst
13 18 (2.17%) Developer
14 17 (2.05%) Delivery Manager
14 17 (2.05%) Financial Analyst
15 16 (1.93%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.17%) Middleware
2 15 (1.81%) Playwright
3 14 (1.69%) Node.js
3 14 (1.69%) REST
4 13 (1.57%) Kafka
5 12 (1.45%) GraphQL
6 11 (1.33%) SOAP
6 11 (1.33%) Vitest
7 10 (1.21%) Spring Boot
7 10 (1.21%) Web Services
7 10 (1.21%) XML
8 9 (1.09%) .NET
8 9 (1.09%) OpenTelemetry
8 9 (1.09%) YAML
9 7 (0.85%) HTML
10 6 (0.72%) CSS
10 6 (0.72%) SailPoint
11 5 (0.60%) SAP Fiori
12 4 (0.48%) Pandas
12 4 (0.48%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 57 (6.88%) Onboarding
2 34 (4.11%) Legacy Systems
3 30 (3.62%) Product Ownership
4 29 (3.50%) Analytical Mindset
4 29 (3.50%) Self-Motivation
5 28 (3.38%) Management Information System
6 20 (2.42%) Cloud Native
7 15 (1.81%) CMDB
8 13 (1.57%) Data Protection Act
8 13 (1.57%) Data Structures
9 12 (1.45%) Data Centre
9 12 (1.45%) Replication
9 12 (1.45%) Virtual Team
10 10 (1.21%) Greenfield Project
11 9 (1.09%) Derivative
11 9 (1.09%) Distributed Systems
11 9 (1.09%) Mainframe
11 9 (1.09%) NHS
11 9 (1.09%) PMI
12 8 (0.97%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 54 (6.52%) Windows
2 48 (5.80%) Linux
3 33 (3.99%) Unix
4 8 (0.97%) AIX
4 8 (0.97%) Solaris
5 7 (0.85%) Apple iOS
5 7 (0.85%) Windows Server
6 6 (0.72%) Android
6 6 (0.72%) VMS
6 6 (0.72%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.36%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.36%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.12%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 204 (24.64%) Problem-Solving
2 177 (21.38%) Agile
3 174 (21.01%) Stakeholder Management
4 159 (19.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 147 (17.75%) Continuous Improvement
6 118 (14.25%) Decision-Making
7 108 (13.04%) Project Management
8 99 (11.96%) Change Management
9 95 (11.47%) Workshop Facilitation
10 92 (11.11%) DevOps
11 88 (10.63%) Business Analysis
12 76 (9.18%) Migration
13 74 (8.94%) Business Intelligence
14 73 (8.82%) AI
15 72 (8.70%) Requirements Gathering
16 66 (7.97%) Coaching
17 62 (7.49%) CI/CD
17 62 (7.49%) Roadmaps
18 59 (7.13%) Data Analysis
19 58 (7.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 108 (13.04%) SQL
2 54 (6.52%) Python
3 40 (4.83%) Java
4 25 (3.02%) JavaScript
5 18 (2.17%) Perl
6 15 (1.81%) TypeScript
7 11 (1.33%) PowerShell
8 8 (0.97%) ABAP
8 8 (0.97%) C#
8 8 (0.97%) COBOL
8 8 (0.97%) Rust
8 8 (0.97%) VBA
9 6 (0.72%) Bash
10 5 (0.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 5 (0.60%) Go
10 5 (0.60%) Shell Script
11 4 (0.48%) PHP
11 4 (0.48%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.24%) R
13 1 (0.12%) ActionScript 2.0
Qualifications
1 106 (12.80%) Degree
2 101 (12.20%) Security Cleared
3 70 (8.45%) SC Cleared
4 31 (3.74%) ACCA
5 28 (3.38%) CIMA
6 27 (3.26%) Master's Degree
7 23 (2.78%) PMI Certification
7 23 (2.78%) PMP
8 22 (2.66%) Computer Science Degree
9 12 (1.45%) DV Cleared
10 10 (1.21%) BPSS Clearance
10 10 (1.21%) MBA
11 9 (1.09%) ITIL Certification
12 8 (0.97%) SAFe Agilist
13 7 (0.85%) CISSP
14 6 (0.72%) CISM
14 6 (0.72%) Six Sigma Green Belt
15 5 (0.60%) IIBA
15 5 (0.60%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 4 (0.48%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (8.21%) QA
2 54 (6.52%) Data Quality
3 37 (4.47%) GDPR
4 30 (3.62%) PMO
5 23 (2.78%) SLA
6 22 (2.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 12 (1.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 10 (1.21%) NIST
9 8 (0.97%) Basel III
10 6 (0.72%) IFRS
11 5 (0.60%) Accessibility
12 4 (0.48%) COBIT
12 4 (0.48%) ISO 19650
12 4 (0.48%) ISO 20022
12 4 (0.48%) PCI DSS
13 3 (0.36%) GAAP
14 2 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
14 2 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
14 2 (0.24%) GRC
14 2 (0.24%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 31 (3.74%) Docker
2 29 (3.50%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.85%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.72%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.48%) GPFS
5 4 (0.48%) VMware NSX
5 4 (0.48%) vSphere
6 3 (0.36%) NFS
7 2 (0.24%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
7 2 (0.24%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 2 (0.24%) Xen
8 1 (0.12%) IAG
Systems Management
1 35 (4.23%) Kubernetes
2 27 (3.26%) Ansible
3 14 (1.69%) Grafana
3 14 (1.69%) Terraform
4 11 (1.33%) Prometheus
5 8 (0.97%) Kiali
6 7 (0.85%) Jamf Pro
7 5 (0.60%) Microsoft Intune
8 4 (0.48%) QRadar
9 3 (0.36%) ITRS Geneos
9 3 (0.36%) WSUS
10 2 (0.24%) SCCM
11 1 (0.12%) Amdocs OSS
11 1 (0.12%) BladeLogic
11 1 (0.12%) CEMLI
11 1 (0.12%) Control-M
11 1 (0.12%) HAProxy
11 1 (0.12%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 1 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.12%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 89 (10.75%) Microsoft
2 66 (7.97%) SAP
3 49 (5.92%) ServiceNow
4 47 (5.68%) Oracle
5 28 (3.38%) Salesforce
6 27 (3.26%) Workday
7 25 (3.02%) Splunk
8 24 (2.90%) Google
9 14 (1.69%) VMware
10 13 (1.57%) IBM
10 13 (1.57%) Sonatype
11 9 (1.09%) Alteryx
12 7 (0.85%) Adobe
12 7 (0.85%) Anaplan
12 7 (0.85%) Ariba
12 7 (0.85%) Atlassian
12 7 (0.85%) IFS
13 6 (0.72%) Cisco
13 6 (0.72%) NEC
14 5 (0.60%) Computacenter