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 7 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 108 176
Rank change year-on-year -7 +68 +23
Contract jobs citing Process Improvement 870 606 512
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.23% 2.48% 1.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.60% 2.73% 1.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 531 373 326
10th Percentile £263 £311 £328
25th Percentile £368 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £523
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +0.48% -0.48%
75th Percentile £575 £638 £612
90th Percentile £650 £761 £719
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £513
% change year-on-year -5.00% -2.44% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 32 33
10th Percentile - £19.92 £13.21
25th Percentile £13.33 £26.88 £15.85
Median hourly rate £25.08 £32.66 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.21% +30.62% -43.09%
75th Percentile £45.75 £55.31 £43.75
90th Percentile £75.40 £75.00 £49.20
UK median hourly rate £17.50 £33.11 £28.50
% change year-on-year -47.15% +16.18% -35.12%

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 33,455 22,163 32,367
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.84% 90.86% 86.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,444 14,600 21,357
10th Percentile £313 £311 £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 2,067 867 2,171
10th Percentile £15.50 £14.99 £12.92
25th Percentile £19.54 £19.00 £15.87
Median hourly rate £38.25 £32.50 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year +17.69% -1.52% -12.00%
75th Percentile £65.59 £65.00 £58.69
90th Percentile £77.50 £75.80 £70.50
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £31.51 £33.00
% change year-on-year +14.25% -4.52% -11.53%

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 7 April 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 7 April 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 7 April 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 -3 353 £500 -9.09% 183
North of England -52 145 £424 -15.13% 99
South East -23 129 £500 -4.40% 144
Midlands -35 97 £425 -6.25% 79
Yorkshire +4 84 £468 -9.57% 37
South West +4 67 £500 -4.76% 27
West Midlands -31 64 £425 -19.05% 49
East of England +1 57 £450 -10.00% 47
North West -77 45 £410 -10.87% 56
East Midlands -18 34 £393 +0.51% 30
North East -3 16 £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 58 (6.67%) Confluence
2 18 (2.07%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.15%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (1.03%) CICS
5 8 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
6 6 (0.69%) CMS
7 2 (0.23%) Apache
7 2 (0.23%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.11%) Mattermost
8 1 (0.11%) Moodle
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.11%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.11%) Tomcat
Applications
1 110 (12.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 41 (4.71%) Microsoft Office
3 40 (4.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 32 (3.68%) MS Visio
5 16 (1.84%) Microsoft Project
6 11 (1.26%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.23%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.11%) CATIA
8 1 (0.11%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle Smart View
8 1 (0.11%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.11%) Trello
Business Applications
1 20 (2.30%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (1.15%) NetSuite
3 9 (1.03%) Oracle Payables
4 7 (0.80%) NEC Housing
4 7 (0.80%) SAP HCM
4 7 (0.80%) SAP Payroll
5 6 (0.69%) SAP FI
6 5 (0.57%) Oracle General Ledger
6 5 (0.57%) Oracle Receivables
6 5 (0.57%) SAP CO
6 5 (0.57%) SAP FI/CO
7 4 (0.46%) iTrent
7 4 (0.46%) Oracle ERP
7 4 (0.46%) Remedy ITSM
8 3 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
8 3 (0.34%) Endur
8 3 (0.34%) Oracle Assets
8 3 (0.34%) Oracle EBS
8 3 (0.34%) Oracle EBS R12
8 3 (0.34%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 84 (9.66%) Power Platform
2 53 (6.09%) Azure
3 39 (4.48%) AWS
4 38 (4.37%) Microsoft 365
5 30 (3.45%) GitHub
5 30 (3.45%) SaaS
6 19 (2.18%) Azure DevOps
7 17 (1.95%) GCP
8 15 (1.72%) SuccessFactors
9 12 (1.38%) Dynamics 365
10 11 (1.26%) Google Workspace
11 10 (1.15%) GitHub Actions
12 8 (0.92%) Entra ID
12 8 (0.92%) Power Automate
13 7 (0.80%) Azure Data Factory
13 7 (0.80%) Lucidchart
14 6 (0.69%) Miro
15 5 (0.57%) AWS CloudFormation
15 5 (0.57%) OCI
15 5 (0.57%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 26 (2.99%) Firewall
2 11 (1.26%) DNS
3 7 (0.80%) VPN
4 5 (0.57%) DHCP
4 5 (0.57%) FTP
4 5 (0.57%) TCP/IP
5 4 (0.46%) Internet
6 3 (0.34%) Network Security
6 3 (0.34%) VSAN
6 3 (0.34%) WAN
7 2 (0.23%) SSL
8 1 (0.11%) Broadband
8 1 (0.11%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (0.11%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (0.11%) DWDM
8 1 (0.11%) HTTP
8 1 (0.11%) LAN
8 1 (0.11%) SAN
8 1 (0.11%) SSH
8 1 (0.11%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (8.97%) Power BI
2 18 (2.07%) Relational Database
3 17 (1.95%) MySQL
4 12 (1.38%) Tableau
5 11 (1.26%) Metadata
6 10 (1.15%) Oracle Reports
6 10 (1.15%) SQL Server
7 9 (1.03%) Data Warehouse
7 9 (1.03%) DataStage
8 8 (0.92%) Data Lake
9 7 (0.80%) PostgreSQL
10 5 (0.57%) MongoDB
10 5 (0.57%) Power Query
11 4 (0.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 2 (0.23%) Amazon RDS
12 2 (0.23%) Big Data
12 2 (0.23%) BusinessObjects
12 2 (0.23%) Crystal Reports
12 2 (0.23%) Oracle Database
12 2 (0.23%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 112 (12.87%) JIRA
2 39 (4.48%) Jenkins
3 15 (1.72%) Git
3 15 (1.72%) GitLab
4 13 (1.49%) Sonatype Nexus
5 9 (1.03%) Postman
6 8 (0.92%) Jaeger
7 6 (0.69%) Selenium
8 4 (0.46%) JUnit
8 4 (0.46%) MLflow
8 4 (0.46%) TestRail
9 3 (0.34%) CircleCI
9 3 (0.34%) IntelliJ
9 3 (0.34%) REST Assured
9 3 (0.34%) SonarQube
10 2 (0.23%) Appium
10 2 (0.23%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.23%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.23%) ScriptRunner
11 1 (0.11%) WinAutomation
General
1 382 (43.91%) Social Skills
2 325 (37.36%) Finance
3 260 (29.89%) Analytical Skills
4 83 (9.54%) Banking
5 75 (8.62%) Public Sector
6 39 (4.48%) Influencing Skills
7 38 (4.37%) Documentation Skills
8 37 (4.25%) Organisational Skills
9 32 (3.68%) Legal
10 30 (3.45%) Telecoms
11 26 (2.99%) Retail
12 24 (2.76%) Marketing
13 21 (2.41%) Billing
13 21 (2.41%) Manufacturing
14 20 (2.30%) Presentation Skills
15 16 (1.84%) Financial Institution
16 14 (1.61%) Law
16 14 (1.61%) Local Government
17 13 (1.49%) Retail Banking
18 12 (1.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 273 (31.38%) Analyst
2 169 (19.43%) Business Analyst
3 95 (10.92%) Senior
4 70 (8.05%) Consultant
5 60 (6.90%) Lead
6 40 (4.60%) Senior Analyst
7 38 (4.37%) Project Manager
8 30 (3.45%) Accountant
9 27 (3.10%) Senior Business Analyst
10 23 (2.64%) Data Analyst
11 22 (2.53%) Process Analyst
12 21 (2.41%) Administrator
12 21 (2.41%) Financial Analyst
12 21 (2.41%) Technical Analyst
13 20 (2.30%) IT Support
13 20 (2.30%) Project Officer
14 18 (2.07%) Technical Support
15 16 (1.84%) Delivery Manager
15 16 (1.84%) Developer
15 16 (1.84%) Finance Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (2.30%) Middleware
2 16 (1.84%) REST
3 13 (1.49%) Kafka
3 13 (1.49%) Node.js
3 13 (1.49%) Playwright
4 11 (1.26%) SOAP
4 11 (1.26%) Spring Boot
5 10 (1.15%) GraphQL
5 10 (1.15%) Web Services
6 9 (1.03%) OpenTelemetry
6 9 (1.03%) Vitest
6 9 (1.03%) XML
7 8 (0.92%) .NET
7 8 (0.92%) YAML
8 6 (0.69%) HTML
8 6 (0.69%) SailPoint
9 5 (0.57%) CSS
9 5 (0.57%) SAP Fiori
10 4 (0.46%) Pandas
10 4 (0.46%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 57 (6.55%) Onboarding
2 34 (3.91%) Product Ownership
3 32 (3.68%) Analytical Mindset
3 32 (3.68%) Legacy Systems
4 30 (3.45%) Management Information System
4 30 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
5 19 (2.18%) Cloud Native
6 18 (2.07%) CMDB
7 16 (1.84%) Data Structures
8 14 (1.61%) Data Protection Act
9 13 (1.49%) Data Centre
9 13 (1.49%) Virtual Team
10 12 (1.38%) Replication
11 11 (1.26%) Derivative
12 10 (1.15%) Greenfield Project
12 10 (1.15%) Mainframe
12 10 (1.15%) NHS
13 9 (1.03%) Distributed Systems
13 9 (1.03%) Operational Technology
13 9 (1.03%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 52 (5.98%) Windows
2 48 (5.52%) Linux
3 33 (3.79%) Unix
4 9 (1.03%) AIX
4 9 (1.03%) Solaris
5 8 (0.92%) Apple iOS
6 7 (0.80%) Windows Server
7 6 (0.69%) VMS
8 5 (0.57%) Android
8 5 (0.57%) Windows 10
9 3 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.34%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.34%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.23%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 212 (24.37%) Problem-Solving
2 182 (20.92%) Agile
3 181 (20.80%) Stakeholder Management
4 164 (18.85%) Continuous Improvement
4 164 (18.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 132 (15.17%) Decision-Making
6 111 (12.76%) Project Management
7 106 (12.18%) Change Management
8 98 (11.26%) Workshop Facilitation
9 96 (11.03%) DevOps
10 90 (10.34%) Business Analysis
11 84 (9.66%) Business Intelligence
12 79 (9.08%) Migration
13 77 (8.85%) AI
14 75 (8.62%) Requirements Gathering
15 64 (7.36%) Coaching
16 63 (7.24%) Data Analysis
16 63 (7.24%) Roadmaps
16 63 (7.24%) User Acceptance Testing
17 61 (7.01%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 111 (12.76%) SQL
2 61 (7.01%) Python
3 41 (4.71%) Java
4 24 (2.76%) JavaScript
5 18 (2.07%) Perl
6 12 (1.38%) TypeScript
7 10 (1.15%) PowerShell
8 9 (1.03%) COBOL
9 8 (0.92%) ABAP
9 8 (0.92%) Rust
9 8 (0.92%) VBA
10 6 (0.69%) Bash
10 6 (0.69%) C#
10 6 (0.69%) Go
11 5 (0.57%) PL/SQL
11 5 (0.57%) Shell Script
12 4 (0.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 4 (0.46%) PHP
13 3 (0.34%) R
14 1 (0.11%) Scala
Qualifications
1 107 (12.30%) Degree
1 107 (12.30%) Security Cleared
2 77 (8.85%) SC Cleared
3 41 (4.71%) ACCA
4 38 (4.37%) CIMA
5 27 (3.10%) PMP
6 24 (2.76%) Master's Degree
6 24 (2.76%) PMI Certification
7 22 (2.53%) Computer Science Degree
8 13 (1.49%) BPSS Clearance
9 12 (1.38%) DV Cleared
10 9 (1.03%) ITIL Certification
10 9 (1.03%) MBA
11 8 (0.92%) SAFe Agilist
12 7 (0.80%) CISSP
13 6 (0.69%) CISM
14 5 (0.57%) IIBA
14 5 (0.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 5 (0.57%) Six Sigma Green Belt
15 4 (0.46%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (8.39%) QA
2 61 (7.01%) Data Quality
3 40 (4.60%) GDPR
4 30 (3.45%) PMO
5 27 (3.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 23 (2.64%) SLA
7 12 (1.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 11 (1.26%) NIST
9 8 (0.92%) Basel III
9 8 (0.92%) IFRS
10 6 (0.69%) Accessibility
11 4 (0.46%) COBIT
11 4 (0.46%) ISO 19650
11 4 (0.46%) ISO 20022
11 4 (0.46%) PCI DSS
12 3 (0.34%) GAAP
12 3 (0.34%) PSD2
13 2 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
13 2 (0.23%) GRC
13 2 (0.23%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 29 (3.33%) Active Directory
1 29 (3.33%) Docker
2 8 (0.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (0.80%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.46%) GPFS
4 4 (0.46%) VMware NSX
4 4 (0.46%) vSphere
5 3 (0.34%) NFS
6 2 (0.23%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
6 2 (0.23%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 2 (0.23%) Xen
7 1 (0.11%) IAG
Systems Management
1 34 (3.91%) Kubernetes
2 27 (3.10%) Ansible
3 14 (1.61%) Grafana
3 14 (1.61%) Terraform
4 11 (1.26%) Prometheus
5 8 (0.92%) Kiali
6 7 (0.80%) Jamf Pro
7 6 (0.69%) Microsoft Intune
8 4 (0.46%) ITRS Geneos
9 3 (0.34%) WSUS
10 2 (0.23%) Control-M
11 1 (0.11%) Amdocs OSS
11 1 (0.11%) BladeLogic
11 1 (0.11%) CEMLI
11 1 (0.11%) HAProxy
11 1 (0.11%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 1 (0.11%) QRadar
11 1 (0.11%) SCCM
11 1 (0.11%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 93 (10.69%) Microsoft
2 70 (8.05%) SAP
3 55 (6.32%) Oracle
4 49 (5.63%) ServiceNow
5 30 (3.45%) Salesforce
5 30 (3.45%) Workday
6 23 (2.64%) Splunk
7 21 (2.41%) Google
8 15 (1.72%) VMware
9 14 (1.61%) IBM
10 12 (1.38%) Sonatype
11 11 (1.26%) IFS
12 8 (0.92%) Alteryx
13 7 (0.80%) Adobe
13 7 (0.80%) Anaplan
13 7 (0.80%) Ariba
13 7 (0.80%) NEC
14 6 (0.69%) Atlassian
14 6 (0.69%) Databricks
15 5 (0.57%) Cisco