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

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 112 171
Rank change year-on-year -9 +59 +34
Contract jobs citing Process Improvement 807 616 535
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.18% 2.52% 1.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.52% 2.78% 1.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 497 366 335
10th Percentile £263 £311 £300
25th Percentile £358 £413 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £513
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +2.44% -2.38%
75th Percentile £569 £625 £611
90th Percentile £650 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £464 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -7.25% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 35 33
10th Percentile - £19.51 £13.21
25th Percentile £13.33 £26.88 £15.85
Median hourly rate £20.86 £32.81 £22.34
Median % change year-on-year -36.43% +46.87% -49.07%
75th Percentile £41.75 £58.00 £43.75
90th Percentile £70.75 £75.00 £52.78
UK median hourly rate £17.00 £32.96 £29.50
% change year-on-year -48.42% +11.73% -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 31,979 22,196 32,870
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.42% 90.71% 86.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,491 14,461 21,766
10th Percentile £313 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.05% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £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 1,970 819 2,143
10th Percentile £15.34 £15.08 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.00 £16.06
Median hourly rate £31.45 £33.40 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.84% +2.77% -10.41%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.50 £70.63
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £32.12
% change year-on-year -7.69% +1.20% -8.24%

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 19 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 19 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 19 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 -3 334 £500 -11.11% 169
North of England -54 141 £403 -19.50% 95
South East -33 110 £420 -19.62% 153
Midlands -27 96 £425 -5.56% 73
Yorkshire +2 82 £455 -12.08% 39
West Midlands -32 64 £425 -18.89% 45
South West -2 54 £500 -2.44% 32
East of England +7 51 £450 -10.00% 46
North West -79 46 £402 -8.11% 49
East Midlands -19 33 £393 +0.51% 28
North East +1 13 £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 61 (7.56%) Confluence
2 18 (2.23%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.36%) Apache Airflow
4 8 (0.99%) CICS
5 7 (0.87%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.50%) CMS
7 2 (0.25%) Apache
7 2 (0.25%) Apache Spark
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
1 109 (13.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 43 (5.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 41 (5.08%) Microsoft Office
4 32 (3.97%) MS Visio
5 16 (1.98%) Microsoft Project
6 8 (0.99%) 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 21 (2.60%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (0.87%) NetSuite
2 7 (0.87%) SAP HCM
2 7 (0.87%) SAP Payroll
3 6 (0.74%) NEC Housing
3 6 (0.74%) SAP FI
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 (0.50%) 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 (9.54%) Power Platform
2 48 (5.95%) Azure
3 42 (5.20%) AWS
4 38 (4.71%) Microsoft 365
5 33 (4.09%) GitHub
6 27 (3.35%) SaaS
7 18 (2.23%) Azure DevOps
8 17 (2.11%) GCP
9 11 (1.36%) Dynamics 365
9 11 (1.36%) GitHub Actions
9 11 (1.36%) SuccessFactors
10 9 (1.12%) Entra ID
10 9 (1.12%) Google Workspace
10 9 (1.12%) Power Automate
11 6 (0.74%) Azure Data Factory
11 6 (0.74%) Miro
12 5 (0.62%) AWS CloudFormation
12 5 (0.62%) OCI
12 5 (0.62%) OpenShift
13 4 (0.50%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 29 (3.59%) 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
6 3 (0.37%) VSAN
7 2 (0.25%) Cisco IOS
7 2 (0.25%) DWDM
7 2 (0.25%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.25%) Unified Communications
8 1 (0.12%) Broadband
8 1 (0.12%) HTTP
8 1 (0.12%) SAN
8 1 (0.12%) SSL
8 1 (0.12%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (8.80%) Power BI
2 18 (2.23%) MySQL
3 17 (2.11%) Relational Database
4 10 (1.24%) Tableau
5 9 (1.12%) Data Lake
6 8 (0.99%) Data Warehouse
6 8 (0.99%) DataStage
6 8 (0.99%) Metadata
6 8 (0.99%) SQL Server
7 7 (0.87%) PostgreSQL
8 6 (0.74%) Power Query
9 5 (0.62%) MongoDB
9 5 (0.62%) Oracle Reports
10 3 (0.37%) SAP HANA
11 2 (0.25%) Amazon RDS
11 2 (0.25%) Big Data
11 2 (0.25%) BusinessObjects
11 2 (0.25%) GIS
11 2 (0.25%) Oracle Database
11 2 (0.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 112 (13.88%) JIRA
2 42 (5.20%) Jenkins
3 16 (1.98%) GitLab
3 16 (1.98%) Sonatype Nexus
4 13 (1.61%) Git
5 9 (1.12%) Postman
6 8 (0.99%) Jaeger
7 6 (0.74%) Selenium
8 4 (0.50%) MLflow
8 4 (0.50%) TestRail
9 3 (0.37%) CircleCI
9 3 (0.37%) REST Assured
10 2 (0.25%) Appium
10 2 (0.25%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.25%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.25%) JUnit
11 1 (0.12%) HP UFT
11 1 (0.12%) IntelliJ
11 1 (0.12%) LoadRunner
11 1 (0.12%) Oracle Forms
General
1 375 (46.47%) Social Skills
2 287 (35.56%) Finance
3 235 (29.12%) Analytical Skills
4 80 (9.91%) Banking
5 75 (9.29%) Public Sector
6 35 (4.34%) Organisational Skills
7 33 (4.09%) Documentation Skills
8 32 (3.97%) Influencing Skills
9 30 (3.72%) Telecoms
10 28 (3.47%) Legal
11 24 (2.97%) Manufacturing
12 22 (2.73%) Retail
13 21 (2.60%) Marketing
13 21 (2.60%) Presentation Skills
14 19 (2.35%) Billing
14 19 (2.35%) Financial Institution
15 14 (1.73%) Law
16 13 (1.61%) Retail Banking
17 11 (1.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 10 (1.24%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 258 (31.97%) Analyst
2 161 (19.95%) Business Analyst
3 90 (11.15%) Senior
4 61 (7.56%) Consultant
5 57 (7.06%) Lead
6 37 (4.58%) Project Manager
6 37 (4.58%) Senior Analyst
7 26 (3.22%) Senior Business Analyst
7 26 (3.22%) Technical Analyst
8 23 (2.85%) Data Analyst
9 21 (2.60%) Accountant
9 21 (2.60%) Administrator
9 21 (2.60%) IT Support
10 20 (2.48%) Project Officer
10 20 (2.48%) Technical Support
11 19 (2.35%) Technical Business Analyst
12 18 (2.23%) Developer
12 18 (2.23%) Process Analyst
13 16 (1.98%) Delivery Manager
13 16 (1.98%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (2.11%) Middleware
2 15 (1.86%) Playwright
2 15 (1.86%) REST
3 13 (1.61%) Kafka
4 12 (1.49%) GraphQL
4 12 (1.49%) Node.js
4 12 (1.49%) SOAP
5 11 (1.36%) Vitest
5 11 (1.36%) Web Services
6 10 (1.24%) XML
7 9 (1.12%) OpenTelemetry
7 9 (1.12%) Spring Boot
7 9 (1.12%) YAML
8 8 (0.99%) .NET
9 7 (0.87%) HTML
9 7 (0.87%) SailPoint
10 6 (0.74%) SAP Fiori
11 5 (0.62%) CSS
12 4 (0.50%) LDAP
12 4 (0.50%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 58 (7.19%) Onboarding
2 32 (3.97%) Legacy Systems
3 29 (3.59%) Analytical Mindset
3 29 (3.59%) Self-Motivation
4 28 (3.47%) Management Information System
4 28 (3.47%) Product Ownership
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 (1.49%) Data Protection Act
8 12 (1.49%) Replication
8 12 (1.49%) Virtual Team
9 10 (1.24%) PMI
10 9 (1.12%) Distributed Systems
10 9 (1.12%) Greenfield Project
10 9 (1.12%) Mainframe
10 9 (1.12%) NHS
11 8 (0.99%) Derivative
11 8 (0.99%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 55 (6.82%) Windows
2 47 (5.82%) Linux
3 33 (4.09%) Unix
4 8 (0.99%) AIX
4 8 (0.99%) Solaris
5 7 (0.87%) Apple iOS
5 7 (0.87%) Windows Server
6 6 (0.74%) Android
6 6 (0.74%) VMS
6 6 (0.74%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.37%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.37%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.37%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.12%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 199 (24.66%) Problem-Solving
2 170 (21.07%) Agile
2 170 (21.07%) Stakeholder Management
3 160 (19.83%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 137 (16.98%) Continuous Improvement
5 113 (14.00%) Decision-Making
6 104 (12.89%) Project Management
7 95 (11.77%) Change Management
8 93 (11.52%) Workshop Facilitation
9 92 (11.40%) DevOps
10 89 (11.03%) Business Analysis
11 76 (9.42%) Business Intelligence
12 74 (9.17%) Migration
13 68 (8.43%) AI
13 68 (8.43%) Requirements Gathering
14 66 (8.18%) Coaching
15 63 (7.81%) CI/CD
16 61 (7.56%) Data Analysis
17 60 (7.43%) Roadmaps
18 59 (7.31%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 104 (12.89%) SQL
2 51 (6.32%) Python
3 38 (4.71%) Java
4 25 (3.10%) JavaScript
5 17 (2.11%) Perl
6 15 (1.86%) TypeScript
7 12 (1.49%) PowerShell
8 9 (1.12%) ABAP
9 8 (0.99%) C#
9 8 (0.99%) COBOL
9 8 (0.99%) Rust
10 7 (0.87%) Bash
10 7 (0.87%) VBA
11 5 (0.62%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 5 (0.62%) Shell Script
12 4 (0.50%) Go
12 4 (0.50%) PHP
13 3 (0.37%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.25%) ActionScript
14 2 (0.25%) ActionScript 2.0
Qualifications
1 106 (13.14%) Degree
2 101 (12.52%) Security Cleared
3 69 (8.55%) SC Cleared
4 27 (3.35%) Master's Degree
5 26 (3.22%) ACCA
6 25 (3.10%) PMI Certification
7 24 (2.97%) PMP
8 23 (2.85%) CIMA
9 22 (2.73%) Computer Science Degree
10 11 (1.36%) BPSS Clearance
10 11 (1.36%) DV Cleared
11 10 (1.24%) MBA
12 9 (1.12%) ITIL Certification
13 8 (0.99%) SAFe Agilist
14 7 (0.87%) CISSP
15 6 (0.74%) CISM
15 6 (0.74%) Six Sigma Green Belt
16 5 (0.62%) CBAP
16 5 (0.62%) CompTIA Security+
16 5 (0.62%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (7.93%) QA
2 52 (6.44%) Data Quality
3 34 (4.21%) GDPR
4 31 (3.84%) PMO
5 22 (2.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 21 (2.60%) SLA
7 11 (1.36%) NIST
7 11 (1.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 8 (0.99%) Basel III
9 6 (0.74%) IFRS
10 5 (0.62%) PCI DSS
11 4 (0.50%) Accessibility
11 4 (0.50%) ISO 19650
11 4 (0.50%) ISO 20022
12 3 (0.37%) COBIT
12 3 (0.37%) GAAP
13 2 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
13 2 (0.25%) GRC
13 2 (0.25%) IFRS 9
13 2 (0.25%) NIST 800
System Software
1 31 (3.84%) Docker
2 29 (3.59%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.99%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.74%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.50%) GPFS
6 3 (0.37%) NFS
6 3 (0.37%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.37%) vSphere
7 2 (0.25%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
7 2 (0.25%) Xen
8 1 (0.12%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.12%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 35 (4.34%) Kubernetes
2 29 (3.59%) Ansible
3 14 (1.73%) Grafana
3 14 (1.73%) Terraform
4 11 (1.36%) Prometheus
5 8 (0.99%) Kiali
6 7 (0.87%) Jamf Pro
7 5 (0.62%) Microsoft Intune
8 4 (0.50%) QRadar
9 3 (0.37%) WSUS
10 2 (0.25%) ITRS Geneos
10 2 (0.25%) SCCM
10 2 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
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 (11.77%) Microsoft
2 61 (7.56%) SAP
3 47 (5.82%) ServiceNow
4 45 (5.58%) Oracle
5 28 (3.47%) Workday
6 26 (3.22%) Salesforce
7 25 (3.10%) Splunk
8 21 (2.60%) Google
9 15 (1.86%) Sonatype
10 14 (1.73%) VMware
11 13 (1.61%) IBM
12 9 (1.12%) Alteryx
13 8 (0.99%) Atlassian
14 7 (0.87%) Adobe
14 7 (0.87%) Anaplan
14 7 (0.87%) Ariba
15 6 (0.74%) NEC
16 5 (0.62%) Cisco
16 5 (0.62%) Computacenter
16 5 (0.62%) IFS