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

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 126 97 165
Rank change year-on-year -29 +68 +37
Contract jobs citing Process Improvement 842 648 528
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.99% 2.65% 1.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.34% 2.90% 1.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 531 389 343
10th Percentile £288 £285 £302
25th Percentile £388 £385 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £616
90th Percentile £663 £765 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £490 £517
% change year-on-year +2.04% -5.22% -1.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 35 41
10th Percentile £13.33 £19.51 £13.86
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% -49.05%
75th Percentile £50.00 £50.63 £36.00
90th Percentile £75.07 £73.00 £43.75
UK median hourly rate £25.00 £33.11 £24.26
% change year-on-year -24.49% +36.51% -43.83%

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 35,948 22,351 32,031
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.10% 91.35% 85.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,764 14,463 20,809
10th Percentile £325 £303 £300
25th Percentile £413 £407 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +0.99% -3.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,246 1,016 2,371
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.81
25th Percentile £20.75 £18.12 £16.00
Median hourly rate £47.00 £28.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +67.86% -25.33% +4.17%
75th Percentile £68.00 £58.75 £61.30
90th Percentile £82.25 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £27.28 £36.50
% change year-on-year +61.14% -25.26% +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 10 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 10 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 10 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 -32 357 £500 -4.76% 215
South East -20 138 £500 - 153
North of England -66 123 £442 -6.89% 99
Midlands -31 107 £413 -13.16% 90
West Midlands -35 69 £488 -7.05% 55
Yorkshire -19 67 £472 -6.86% 44
South West +11 51 £450 +2.04% 54
East of England +6 48 £450 -10.00% 49
North West -74 46 £435 -3.33% 50
East Midlands -9 39 £392 +24.29% 35
North East -14 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 48 (5.70%) Confluence
2 18 (2.14%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.19%) CMS
4 9 (1.07%) CICS
5 7 (0.83%) Microsoft Exchange
6 5 (0.59%) 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 Coherence
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 95 (11.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 40 (4.75%) Microsoft Office
3 27 (3.21%) MS Visio
4 25 (2.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 11 (1.31%) Spreadsheet
6 10 (1.19%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.24%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.12%) CATIA
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle Smart View
8 1 (0.12%) Simulink
8 1 (0.12%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 27 (3.21%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (1.43%) NetSuite
3 8 (0.95%) Dynamics CRM
4 7 (0.83%) NEC Housing
4 7 (0.83%) Oracle EBS
5 6 (0.71%) Magento
6 5 (0.59%) iTrent
6 5 (0.59%) Oracle Payables
6 5 (0.59%) SAP FI
7 4 (0.48%) Oracle Receivables
7 4 (0.48%) Remedy ITSM
7 4 (0.48%) SAP Business One
8 3 (0.36%) Oracle ERP
8 3 (0.36%) Salesforce CRM
8 3 (0.36%) SAP SD
9 2 (0.24%) Endur
9 2 (0.24%) Front Arena
9 2 (0.24%) Oracle Financials
9 2 (0.24%) Primavera
9 2 (0.24%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 81 (9.62%) Power Platform
2 64 (7.60%) Azure
3 35 (4.16%) AWS
4 26 (3.09%) Microsoft 365
5 22 (2.61%) SaaS
6 21 (2.49%) GitHub
7 16 (1.90%) Azure DevOps
7 16 (1.90%) Entra ID
8 15 (1.78%) GCP
8 15 (1.78%) SuccessFactors
9 13 (1.54%) PowerApps
10 12 (1.43%) Dynamics 365
11 9 (1.07%) Power Automate
12 8 (0.95%) Lucidchart
13 7 (0.83%) GitHub Actions
14 5 (0.59%) Amazon SageMaker
14 5 (0.59%) Azure AKS
14 5 (0.59%) Azure Data Factory
15 4 (0.48%) Miro
15 4 (0.48%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 21 (2.49%) Firewall
2 9 (1.07%) DNS
2 9 (1.07%) TCP/IP
3 6 (0.71%) VPN
4 5 (0.59%) FTP
4 5 (0.59%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (0.48%) DHCP
5 4 (0.48%) WAN
6 3 (0.36%) Internet
6 3 (0.36%) MPLS
6 3 (0.36%) SSL
6 3 (0.36%) VSAN
6 3 (0.36%) Wireless
7 2 (0.24%) BGP
7 2 (0.24%) DMZ
7 2 (0.24%) IPsec
7 2 (0.24%) LAN
7 2 (0.24%) Network Security
7 2 (0.24%) SAN
7 2 (0.24%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (8.08%) Power BI
2 14 (1.66%) Relational Database
3 12 (1.43%) MySQL
4 11 (1.31%) Metadata
4 11 (1.31%) Tableau
5 9 (1.07%) DataStage
6 8 (0.95%) Oracle Reports
7 7 (0.83%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (0.71%) SQL Server
9 5 (0.59%) MongoDB
10 4 (0.48%) PostgreSQL
10 4 (0.48%) Power Query
11 3 (0.36%) BusinessObjects
11 3 (0.36%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 2 (0.24%) Ataccama
12 2 (0.24%) Big Data
12 2 (0.24%) Crystal Reports
12 2 (0.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 1 (0.12%) Amazon Athena
13 1 (0.12%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 102 (12.11%) JIRA
2 25 (2.97%) Jenkins
3 14 (1.66%) Git
4 8 (0.95%) GitLab
4 8 (0.95%) Sonatype Nexus
5 7 (0.83%) Jaeger
5 7 (0.83%) Postman
5 7 (0.83%) Selenium
6 5 (0.59%) 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
1 334 (39.67%) Finance
2 325 (38.60%) Social Skills
3 266 (31.59%) Analytical Skills
4 70 (8.31%) Banking
5 67 (7.96%) Public Sector
6 41 (4.87%) Legal
7 38 (4.51%) Documentation Skills
8 34 (4.04%) Organisational Skills
9 33 (3.92%) Retail
10 28 (3.33%) Influencing Skills
11 19 (2.26%) Manufacturing
11 19 (2.26%) Telecoms
12 14 (1.66%) Local Government
13 13 (1.54%) Billing
13 13 (1.54%) Law
13 13 (1.54%) Marketing
14 12 (1.43%) Front Office
14 12 (1.43%) General Ledger
14 12 (1.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 10 (1.19%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 261 (31.00%) Analyst
2 143 (16.98%) Business Analyst
3 86 (10.21%) Senior
4 77 (9.14%) Lead
5 59 (7.01%) Consultant
6 36 (4.28%) Project Manager
7 35 (4.16%) Senior Analyst
8 34 (4.04%) Accountant
9 23 (2.73%) Data Analyst
10 20 (2.38%) Developer
10 20 (2.38%) Financial Analyst
10 20 (2.38%) Project Officer
11 19 (2.26%) Architect
11 19 (2.26%) Management Accountant
12 17 (2.02%) Delivery Manager
12 17 (2.02%) Process Analyst
13 16 (1.90%) Technical Analyst
14 15 (1.78%) Security Analyst
14 15 (1.78%) Senior Business Analyst
14 15 (1.78%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (2.26%) Middleware
2 16 (1.90%) REST
3 12 (1.43%) .NET
4 11 (1.31%) Kafka
5 10 (1.19%) Spring Boot
6 9 (1.07%) OpenTelemetry
7 8 (0.95%) HTML5 Canvas
8 7 (0.83%) HTML
9 6 (0.71%) Playwright
10 5 (0.59%) Flash
10 5 (0.59%) Node.js
10 5 (0.59%) Oracle Fusion
10 5 (0.59%) SailPoint
10 5 (0.59%) scikit-learn
10 5 (0.59%) SOAP
11 4 (0.48%) JSON
11 4 (0.48%) LDAP
11 4 (0.48%) OpenID
11 4 (0.48%) YAML
12 3 (0.36%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 53 (6.29%) Onboarding
2 33 (3.92%) Product Ownership
3 32 (3.80%) Management Information System
4 31 (3.68%) Analytical Mindset
5 27 (3.21%) Self-Motivation
6 24 (2.85%) Legacy Systems
7 16 (1.90%) CMDB
8 13 (1.54%) Virtual Team
9 12 (1.43%) Data Structures
10 11 (1.31%) Cloud Native
10 11 (1.31%) Data Centre
10 11 (1.31%) Operational Technology
11 10 (1.19%) Data Protection Act
11 10 (1.19%) Derivative
12 9 (1.07%) BYOD
12 9 (1.07%) Mainframe
12 9 (1.07%) VSAM
13 8 (0.95%) Distributed Systems
14 7 (0.83%) AI Agents
14 7 (0.83%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 49 (5.82%) Windows
2 41 (4.87%) Linux
3 25 (2.97%) Unix
4 9 (1.07%) AIX
4 9 (1.07%) Solaris
5 8 (0.95%) Apple iOS
5 8 (0.95%) Mac OS
6 7 (0.83%) Android
6 7 (0.83%) Windows Server
7 5 (0.59%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.48%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.36%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.12%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 211 (25.06%) Problem-Solving
2 210 (24.94%) Stakeholder Management
3 181 (21.50%) Continuous Improvement
4 152 (18.05%) Agile
5 137 (16.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 136 (16.15%) Decision-Making
7 102 (12.11%) Change Management
8 95 (11.28%) Project Management
9 87 (10.33%) ERP
10 85 (10.10%) Workshop Facilitation
11 84 (9.98%) User Acceptance Testing
12 80 (9.50%) DevOps
13 76 (9.03%) Business Analysis
14 75 (8.91%) AI
14 75 (8.91%) Migration
15 74 (8.79%) Business Intelligence
15 74 (8.79%) Validation
16 68 (8.08%) Requirements Gathering
17 63 (7.48%) Project Delivery
18 60 (7.13%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 102 (12.11%) SQL
2 61 (7.24%) Python
3 40 (4.75%) Java
4 23 (2.73%) JavaScript
5 13 (1.54%) Perl
6 10 (1.19%) PowerShell
7 9 (1.07%) COBOL
7 9 (1.07%) VBA
8 7 (0.83%) Rust
9 6 (0.71%) Bash
9 6 (0.71%) Go
10 5 (0.59%) PL/SQL
10 5 (0.59%) Shell Script
11 4 (0.48%) R
12 3 (0.36%) ABAP
12 3 (0.36%) ActionScript
12 3 (0.36%) ActionScript 2.0
12 3 (0.36%) C#
12 3 (0.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 3 (0.36%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 109 (12.95%) Security Cleared
2 94 (11.16%) Degree
3 81 (9.62%) SC Cleared
4 63 (7.48%) ACCA
5 60 (7.13%) CIMA
6 20 (2.38%) PMP
7 18 (2.14%) Master's Degree
7 18 (2.14%) PMI Certification
8 13 (1.54%) Computer Science Degree
8 13 (1.54%) DV Cleared
9 12 (1.43%) BPSS Clearance
10 10 (1.19%) Six Sigma Green Belt
11 8 (0.95%) ITIL Certification
12 7 (0.83%) CISSP
13 6 (0.71%) CISM
13 6 (0.71%) SAFe Agilist
14 5 (0.59%) CBAP
14 5 (0.59%) Cisco Certification
14 5 (0.59%) IIBA
14 5 (0.59%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (7.13%) Data Quality
2 57 (6.77%) QA
3 41 (4.87%) GDPR
3 41 (4.87%) PMO
4 30 (3.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 19 (2.26%) SLA
6 15 (1.78%) IFRS
6 15 (1.78%) NIST
6 15 (1.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 9 (1.07%) GAAP
8 7 (0.83%) Accessibility
9 5 (0.59%) Basel III
10 4 (0.48%) COBIT
10 4 (0.48%) ISO 20022
11 3 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.36%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.36%) PSD2
12 2 (0.24%) GRC
12 2 (0.24%) IFRS 9
12 2 (0.24%) ISO 19650
System Software
1 24 (2.85%) Active Directory
2 16 (1.90%) Docker
3 7 (0.83%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.71%) vSphere
5 5 (0.59%) GPFS
5 5 (0.59%) NFS
5 5 (0.59%) 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 19 (2.26%) Ansible
1 19 (2.26%) Kubernetes
2 12 (1.43%) Grafana
3 10 (1.19%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (1.19%) Terraform
4 9 (1.07%) Prometheus
5 7 (0.83%) Kiali
6 6 (0.71%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.36%) WSUS
8 2 (0.24%) Control-M
8 2 (0.24%) ITRS Geneos
8 2 (0.24%) vRealize
9 1 (0.12%) Amdocs OSS
9 1 (0.12%) Argo
9 1 (0.12%) Autotask
9 1 (0.12%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.12%) HAProxy
9 1 (0.12%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 82 (9.74%) SAP
2 75 (8.91%) Microsoft
3 66 (7.84%) Oracle
4 56 (6.65%) ServiceNow
5 29 (3.44%) Salesforce
6 23 (2.73%) Workday
7 19 (2.26%) Splunk
8 18 (2.14%) IFS
9 16 (1.90%) VMware
10 15 (1.78%) IBM
11 11 (1.31%) Google
12 9 (1.07%) Okta
13 8 (0.95%) Cisco
13 8 (0.95%) Sonatype
14 7 (0.83%) NEC
14 7 (0.83%) Sage
15 6 (0.71%) Apple
15 6 (0.71%) ForgeRock
16 5 (0.59%) Atlassian
16 5 (0.59%) Databricks