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

6 months to
23 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 131 100 170
Rank change year-on-year -31 +70 +42
Contract jobs citing Process Improvement 833 623 507
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.01% 2.61% 1.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.37% 2.86% 1.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 516 381 332
10th Percentile £288 £300 £325
25th Percentile £387 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -
75th Percentile £575 £625 £615
90th Percentile £669 £773 £699
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £524
% change year-on-year -0.10% -4.53% -0.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 28 38
10th Percentile £13.33 £19.71 £13.61
25th Percentile £14.22 £26.59 £14.84
Median hourly rate £22.46 £31.02 £22.17
Median % change year-on-year -27.59% +39.92% -49.45%
75th Percentile £41.56 £55.31 £36.38
90th Percentile £74.91 £75.00 £43.75
UK median hourly rate £19.86 £34.70 £24.63
% change year-on-year -42.77% +40.90% -43.85%

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 35,196 21,756 31,344
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.75% 91.30% 86.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,391 14,220 20,552
10th Percentile £325 £305 £300
25th Percentile £413 £411 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £510 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -0.49% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,171 917 2,255
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.41 £12.89
25th Percentile £20.50 £18.20 £15.97
Median hourly rate £45.59 £28.55 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +59.67% -21.78% -2.67%
75th Percentile £67.84 £60.00 £60.13
90th Percentile £80.20 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £27.97 £36.05
% change year-on-year +51.98% -22.42% -2.58%

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 23 May 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 23 May 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 23 May 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 -34 333 £500 -7.41% 234
South East -23 134 £500 -4.31% 132
North of England -65 128 £438 -12.50% 108
Midlands -25 113 £413 -14.06% 87
Yorkshire -7 77 £468 -8.68% 46
West Midlands -33 75 £456 -12.93% 53
South West -5 54 £450 -14.29% 47
East of England +10 51 £450 -13.25% 48
North West -87 41 £435 -5.43% 56
East Midlands -8 39 £390 +56.00% 34
North East -17 11 £364 -32.01% 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 50 (6.00%) Confluence
2 19 (2.28%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.08%) CICS
3 9 (1.08%) CMS
4 5 (0.60%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.48%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.48%) Moodle
6 2 (0.24%) Apache
6 2 (0.24%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.12%) Mattermost
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.12%) Tomcat
Applications
1 96 (11.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 37 (4.44%) Microsoft Office
3 28 (3.36%) MS Visio
4 25 (3.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 11 (1.32%) Microsoft Project
6 10 (1.20%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.24%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.12%) CATIA
8 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle Smart View
8 1 (0.12%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 25 (3.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (1.20%) NetSuite
3 8 (0.96%) Dynamics CRM
4 7 (0.84%) NEC Housing
4 7 (0.84%) Oracle Payables
5 6 (0.72%) SAP FI
6 5 (0.60%) iTrent
7 4 (0.48%) Oracle EBS
7 4 (0.48%) Oracle General Ledger
7 4 (0.48%) Oracle Receivables
7 4 (0.48%) Remedy ITSM
7 4 (0.48%) SAP Business One
8 3 (0.36%) Magento
8 3 (0.36%) Oracle Assets
8 3 (0.36%) Oracle Financials
8 3 (0.36%) SAP CO
8 3 (0.36%) SAP FI/CO
9 2 (0.24%) Endur
9 2 (0.24%) Oracle ERP
9 2 (0.24%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 83 (9.96%) Power Platform
2 58 (6.96%) Azure
3 32 (3.84%) AWS
4 29 (3.48%) Microsoft 365
5 23 (2.76%) SaaS
6 20 (2.40%) GitHub
7 16 (1.92%) Azure DevOps
8 15 (1.80%) GCP
9 14 (1.68%) SuccessFactors
10 12 (1.44%) Dynamics 365
11 10 (1.20%) Entra ID
12 9 (1.08%) Power Automate
13 8 (0.96%) Lucidchart
13 8 (0.96%) PowerApps
14 7 (0.84%) GitHub Actions
15 5 (0.60%) Azure AKS
15 5 (0.60%) Azure Data Factory
16 4 (0.48%) Amazon SageMaker
16 4 (0.48%) Miro
16 4 (0.48%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 21 (2.52%) Firewall
2 9 (1.08%) DNS
3 6 (0.72%) TCP/IP
4 5 (0.60%) FTP
4 5 (0.60%) VPN
5 4 (0.48%) DHCP
6 3 (0.36%) VSAN
7 2 (0.24%) Internet
7 2 (0.24%) SAN
7 2 (0.24%) SSL
7 2 (0.24%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.12%) BGP
8 1 (0.12%) Broadband
8 1 (0.12%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (0.12%) Cisco ISE
8 1 (0.12%) MPLS
8 1 (0.12%) Network Security
8 1 (0.12%) Structured Cabling
8 1 (0.12%) VLAN
8 1 (0.12%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (9.00%) Power BI
2 16 (1.92%) Relational Database
3 14 (1.68%) MySQL
4 12 (1.44%) Metadata
5 11 (1.32%) Tableau
6 9 (1.08%) DataStage
7 8 (0.96%) Oracle Reports
8 7 (0.84%) Data Warehouse
8 7 (0.84%) SQL Server
9 5 (0.60%) MongoDB
9 5 (0.60%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (0.60%) Power Query
10 4 (0.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (0.36%) Big Data
12 2 (0.24%) Ataccama
12 2 (0.24%) BusinessObjects
12 2 (0.24%) Crystal Reports
12 2 (0.24%) Oracle BI Publisher
13 1 (0.12%) Data Lake
13 1 (0.12%) Looker
Development Applications
1 104 (12.48%) JIRA
2 30 (3.60%) Jenkins
3 14 (1.68%) Git
4 9 (1.08%) GitLab
5 8 (0.96%) Jaeger
5 8 (0.96%) Sonatype Nexus
6 7 (0.84%) Postman
6 7 (0.84%) Selenium
7 4 (0.48%) JUnit
7 4 (0.48%) MLflow
7 4 (0.48%) TestRail
8 3 (0.36%) CircleCI
8 3 (0.36%) Cucumber
8 3 (0.36%) IntelliJ
8 3 (0.36%) REST Assured
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%) ScriptRunner
General
1 326 (39.14%) Finance
2 322 (38.66%) Social Skills
3 254 (30.49%) Analytical Skills
4 75 (9.00%) Banking
5 65 (7.80%) Public Sector
6 38 (4.56%) Documentation Skills
7 37 (4.44%) Legal
8 29 (3.48%) Influencing Skills
8 29 (3.48%) Retail
9 27 (3.24%) Organisational Skills
10 21 (2.52%) Manufacturing
11 17 (2.04%) Telecoms
12 16 (1.92%) General Ledger
12 16 (1.92%) Marketing
13 14 (1.68%) Billing
14 13 (1.56%) Financial Institution
15 12 (1.44%) Law
15 12 (1.44%) Local Government
15 12 (1.44%) Retail Banking
16 10 (1.20%) Dutch Language
Job Titles
1 261 (31.33%) Analyst
2 147 (17.65%) Business Analyst
3 89 (10.68%) Senior
4 73 (8.76%) Lead
5 56 (6.72%) Consultant
6 39 (4.68%) Senior Analyst
7 35 (4.20%) Project Manager
8 34 (4.08%) Accountant
9 22 (2.64%) Data Analyst
9 22 (2.64%) Financial Analyst
9 22 (2.64%) Project Officer
10 21 (2.52%) Senior Business Analyst
11 19 (2.28%) Management Accountant
12 18 (2.16%) Developer
13 17 (2.04%) Delivery Manager
13 17 (2.04%) Process Analyst
13 17 (2.04%) Support Analyst
14 16 (1.92%) Technical Support
15 14 (1.68%) Architect
15 14 (1.68%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (2.40%) Middleware
2 16 (1.92%) REST
3 12 (1.44%) Kafka
4 11 (1.32%) Spring Boot
5 10 (1.20%) .NET
5 10 (1.20%) OpenTelemetry
6 9 (1.08%) Playwright
7 8 (0.96%) HTML
7 8 (0.96%) Node.js
8 6 (0.72%) HTML5 Canvas
9 5 (0.60%) Flash
9 5 (0.60%) GraphQL
9 5 (0.60%) SOAP
10 4 (0.48%) CSS
10 4 (0.48%) JSON
10 4 (0.48%) LDAP
10 4 (0.48%) OpenID
10 4 (0.48%) SailPoint
10 4 (0.48%) scikit-learn
10 4 (0.48%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 48 (5.76%) Onboarding
2 36 (4.32%) Product Ownership
3 32 (3.84%) Management Information System
4 31 (3.72%) Analytical Mindset
5 27 (3.24%) Legacy Systems
6 26 (3.12%) Self-Motivation
7 18 (2.16%) CMDB
8 15 (1.80%) Data Structures
9 13 (1.56%) Virtual Team
10 12 (1.44%) Cloud Native
10 12 (1.44%) Data Centre
10 12 (1.44%) 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%) PMI
12 9 (1.08%) VSAM
13 7 (0.84%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 43 (5.16%) Linux
1 43 (5.16%) Windows
2 28 (3.36%) Unix
3 9 (1.08%) AIX
3 9 (1.08%) Solaris
4 7 (0.84%) Apple iOS
5 6 (0.72%) Android
5 6 (0.72%) Windows Server
6 5 (0.60%) Windows 10
7 4 (0.48%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.36%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.36%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.24%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 202 (24.25%) Problem-Solving
2 194 (23.29%) Stakeholder Management
3 176 (21.13%) Continuous Improvement
4 160 (19.21%) Agile
5 143 (17.17%) Decision-Making
6 142 (17.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 102 (12.24%) Change Management
8 100 (12.00%) Project Management
9 88 (10.56%) Workshop Facilitation
10 85 (10.20%) DevOps
11 83 (9.96%) Business Intelligence
12 82 (9.84%) Migration
13 80 (9.60%) ERP
14 78 (9.36%) Business Analysis
14 78 (9.36%) User Acceptance Testing
15 76 (9.12%) AI
16 65 (7.80%) Validation
17 62 (7.44%) Requirements Gathering
18 59 (7.08%) Mentoring
18 59 (7.08%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 98 (11.76%) SQL
2 57 (6.84%) Python
3 42 (5.04%) Java
4 25 (3.00%) JavaScript
5 14 (1.68%) Perl
6 9 (1.08%) COBOL
7 8 (0.96%) Rust
7 8 (0.96%) VBA
8 7 (0.84%) TypeScript
9 6 (0.72%) Go
9 6 (0.72%) PowerShell
10 5 (0.60%) Shell Script
11 4 (0.48%) Bash
11 4 (0.48%) C#
11 4 (0.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 4 (0.48%) PL/SQL
11 4 (0.48%) R
12 3 (0.36%) ActionScript
12 3 (0.36%) ActionScript 2.0
13 2 (0.24%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 112 (13.45%) Degree
2 110 (13.21%) Security Cleared
3 82 (9.84%) SC Cleared
4 59 (7.08%) ACCA
5 57 (6.84%) CIMA
6 21 (2.52%) PMP
7 20 (2.40%) Master's Degree
8 19 (2.28%) PMI Certification
9 18 (2.16%) Computer Science Degree
10 13 (1.56%) BPSS Clearance
10 13 (1.56%) DV Cleared
11 8 (0.96%) ITIL Certification
11 8 (0.96%) SAFe Agilist
12 7 (0.84%) MBA
12 7 (0.84%) Six Sigma Green Belt
13 5 (0.60%) CBAP
13 5 (0.60%) CISM
13 5 (0.60%) CISSP
13 5 (0.60%) IIBA
14 4 (0.48%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (7.44%) Data Quality
1 62 (7.44%) QA
2 40 (4.80%) GDPR
3 37 (4.44%) PMO
4 27 (3.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 20 (2.40%) SLA
6 14 (1.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 12 (1.44%) NIST
8 11 (1.32%) IFRS
9 7 (0.84%) Accessibility
9 7 (0.84%) Basel III
10 5 (0.60%) GAAP
11 4 (0.48%) COBIT
11 4 (0.48%) ISO 19650
11 4 (0.48%) ISO 20022
12 3 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
12 3 (0.36%) PCI DSS
12 3 (0.36%) PSD2
13 2 (0.24%) IFRS 9
13 2 (0.24%) PERC
System Software
1 20 (2.40%) Docker
2 15 (1.80%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.84%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.72%) vSphere
5 5 (0.60%) GPFS
5 5 (0.60%) NFS
6 4 (0.48%) VMware NSX
7 3 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.24%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
8 2 (0.24%) IAG
8 2 (0.24%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 2 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.12%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 23 (2.76%) Kubernetes
2 19 (2.28%) Ansible
3 13 (1.56%) Grafana
4 11 (1.32%) Terraform
5 10 (1.20%) Prometheus
6 8 (0.96%) Kiali
7 6 (0.72%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.36%) ITRS Geneos
8 3 (0.36%) WSUS
9 2 (0.24%) Control-M
9 2 (0.24%) vRealize
10 1 (0.12%) Amdocs OSS
10 1 (0.12%) Argo
10 1 (0.12%) Autotask
10 1 (0.12%) HAProxy
10 1 (0.12%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.12%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 76 (9.12%) SAP
2 67 (8.04%) Microsoft
3 59 (7.08%) Oracle
4 55 (6.60%) ServiceNow
5 27 (3.24%) Salesforce
5 27 (3.24%) Workday
6 20 (2.40%) Splunk
7 18 (2.16%) IFS
8 16 (1.92%) VMware
9 15 (1.80%) IBM
10 11 (1.32%) Google
11 8 (0.96%) Sonatype
12 7 (0.84%) NEC
12 7 (0.84%) Okta
13 6 (0.72%) Cisco
13 6 (0.72%) ForgeRock
14 5 (0.60%) Alteryx
14 5 (0.60%) Databricks
14 5 (0.60%) Murex
14 5 (0.60%) Sage