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 11 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 127 100 169
Rank change year-on-year -27 +69 +6
Contract jobs citing Process Improvement 922 709 537
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.05% 2.62% 1.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.39% 2.88% 1.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 552 432 353
10th Percentile £313 £300 £276
25th Percentile £400 £375 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £517
Median % change year-on-year - -3.29% -0.58%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £622
90th Percentile £675 £748 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £485 £500
% change year-on-year +3.01% -2.92% -1.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 41 37
10th Percentile £13.33 £19.25 £14.50
25th Percentile £14.22 £26.88 £15.85
Median hourly rate £25.50 £30.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +20.00% -22.60%
75th Percentile £49.38 £36.48 £36.50
90th Percentile £75.40 £70.00 £74.25
UK median hourly rate £25.50 £30.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year -16.39% +22.00% -22.60%

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 38,535 24,596 31,653
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.57% 90.73% 85.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,284 15,811 20,551
10th Percentile £325 £300 £306
25th Percentile £419 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £514 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.14% -2.10% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £645
90th Percentile £733 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £518 £501 £525
% change year-on-year +3.40% -4.67% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,389 1,270 2,240
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.20 £13.00
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.98 £16.25
Median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +86.88% -34.02% -6.09%
75th Percentile £68.75 £54.94 £62.50
90th Percentile £82.60 £72.50 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +74.79% -34.02% -4.70%

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 11 July 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 11 July 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 11 July 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 -21 402 £510 -1.92% 239
South East -13 151 £500 - 146
North of England -69 129 £449 -6.70% 119
Midlands -34 112 £425 -5.56% 88
West Midlands -56 69 £500 +5.26% 51
North West -75 61 £441 -2.11% 59
Yorkshire -30 59 £513 +2.50% 50
South West +1 55 £450 +5.88% 53
East of England +7 50 £450 +2.86% 51
East Midlands -2 43 £403 +42.48% 37
North East -25 10 £364 -31.37% 11
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 47 (5.10%) Confluence
2 17 (1.84%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.19%) CMS
3 11 (1.19%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (0.98%) CICS
5 5 (0.54%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.33%) Moodle
7 2 (0.22%) Apache
7 2 (0.22%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.11%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.11%) Mattermost
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle Coherence
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.11%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.11%) SAS
8 1 (0.11%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 99 (10.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 40 (4.34%) Microsoft Office
3 29 (3.15%) MS Visio
4 20 (2.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 11 (1.19%) Spreadsheet
6 8 (0.87%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.33%) Simulink
8 2 (0.22%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.11%) CATIA
9 1 (0.11%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle Smart View
9 1 (0.11%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 32 (3.47%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (1.84%) NetSuite
3 11 (1.19%) iTrent
4 10 (1.08%) Oracle EBS
5 9 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
6 6 (0.65%) Magento
6 6 (0.65%) NEC Housing
6 6 (0.65%) Oracle Payables
7 5 (0.54%) Oracle Receivables
7 5 (0.54%) Salesforce CRM
7 5 (0.54%) SAP FI
7 5 (0.54%) SAP PSCD
7 5 (0.54%) SAP SD
8 4 (0.43%) SAP Business One
9 3 (0.33%) Oracle ERP
9 3 (0.33%) Primavera
10 2 (0.22%) Endur
10 2 (0.22%) Front Arena
10 2 (0.22%) Oracle Financials
10 2 (0.22%) SAP CO
Cloud Services
1 93 (10.09%) Power Platform
2 78 (8.46%) Azure
3 37 (4.01%) AWS
4 33 (3.58%) Microsoft 365
5 26 (2.82%) SaaS
6 24 (2.60%) GitHub
7 23 (2.49%) Azure DevOps
7 23 (2.49%) Entra ID
8 18 (1.95%) SuccessFactors
9 16 (1.74%) Dynamics 365
10 15 (1.63%) PowerApps
11 11 (1.19%) Power Automate
12 9 (0.98%) GCP
13 8 (0.87%) Lucidchart
14 7 (0.76%) Azure Data Factory
15 6 (0.65%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 5 (0.54%) Amazon SageMaker
16 5 (0.54%) Azure AKS
16 5 (0.54%) Datadog
16 5 (0.54%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 16 (1.74%) Firewall
2 9 (0.98%) TCP/IP
3 8 (0.87%) WAN
4 6 (0.65%) DNS
4 6 (0.65%) Wi-Fi
5 5 (0.54%) LAN
6 4 (0.43%) FTP
6 4 (0.43%) Internet
6 4 (0.43%) MPLS
6 4 (0.43%) Network Security
6 4 (0.43%) SSL
6 4 (0.43%) VPN
6 4 (0.43%) Wireless
7 3 (0.33%) BGP
7 3 (0.33%) DHCP
7 3 (0.33%) DMZ
7 3 (0.33%) IPsec
7 3 (0.33%) VSAN
8 2 (0.22%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.22%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (8.24%) Power BI
2 13 (1.41%) Tableau
3 12 (1.30%) Relational Database
4 11 (1.19%) Metadata
5 9 (0.98%) DataStage
6 7 (0.76%) BusinessObjects
6 7 (0.76%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (0.76%) Oracle Reports
7 6 (0.65%) MySQL
8 5 (0.54%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (0.33%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 3 (0.33%) SAP HANA
9 3 (0.33%) SQL Server
10 2 (0.22%) Ataccama
10 2 (0.22%) Big Data
10 2 (0.22%) Crystal Reports
10 2 (0.22%) GIS
10 2 (0.22%) MongoDB
10 2 (0.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (0.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 94 (10.20%) JIRA
2 19 (2.06%) Jenkins
3 14 (1.52%) Git
4 8 (0.87%) Sonatype Nexus
5 5 (0.54%) MLflow
6 4 (0.43%) GitLab
6 4 (0.43%) JUnit
7 3 (0.33%) IntelliJ
7 3 (0.33%) Postman
7 3 (0.33%) Selenium
7 3 (0.33%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.22%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.22%) Gatling
8 2 (0.22%) JMeter
8 2 (0.22%) ScriptRunner
8 2 (0.22%) TestRail
9 1 (0.11%) Eclipse
9 1 (0.11%) JDeveloper
9 1 (0.11%) LoadRunner
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle Forms
General
1 377 (40.89%) Finance
2 362 (39.26%) Social Skills
3 292 (31.67%) Analytical Skills
4 81 (8.79%) Public Sector
5 78 (8.46%) Banking
6 47 (5.10%) Legal
7 46 (4.99%) Documentation Skills
8 39 (4.23%) Retail
9 36 (3.90%) Manufacturing
10 35 (3.80%) Influencing Skills
10 35 (3.80%) Organisational Skills
11 20 (2.17%) Telecoms
12 18 (1.95%) Local Government
13 16 (1.74%) Billing
13 16 (1.74%) Marketing
14 15 (1.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 13 (1.41%) Back Office
15 13 (1.41%) Front Office
15 13 (1.41%) General Ledger
16 11 (1.19%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 290 (31.45%) Analyst
2 174 (18.87%) Business Analyst
3 92 (9.98%) Senior
4 83 (9.00%) Lead
5 77 (8.35%) Consultant
6 40 (4.34%) Project Manager
7 38 (4.12%) Senior Analyst
8 35 (3.80%) Accountant
9 29 (3.15%) Data Analyst
10 22 (2.39%) Architect
10 22 (2.39%) Financial Analyst
10 22 (2.39%) Process Analyst
11 21 (2.28%) Developer
12 19 (2.06%) Management Accountant
13 18 (1.95%) Administrator
13 18 (1.95%) Delivery Manager
13 18 (1.95%) Senior Business Analyst
14 17 (1.84%) Designer
14 17 (1.84%) Senior Manager
15 16 (1.74%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (2.17%) REST
2 12 (1.30%) Middleware
3 10 (1.08%) .NET
3 10 (1.08%) Oracle Fusion
4 9 (0.98%) HTML5 Canvas
4 9 (0.98%) SOAP
5 6 (0.65%) IDoc
5 6 (0.65%) SAP PI
6 5 (0.54%) AngularJS
6 5 (0.54%) HTML
6 5 (0.54%) JDBC
6 5 (0.54%) React
6 5 (0.54%) scikit-learn
7 4 (0.43%) JSON
7 4 (0.43%) Node.js
7 4 (0.43%) OpenID
7 4 (0.43%) Spring Boot
7 4 (0.43%) STL
7 4 (0.43%) Web Services
7 4 (0.43%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 63 (6.83%) Onboarding
2 37 (4.01%) Analytical Mindset
2 37 (4.01%) Product Ownership
3 36 (3.90%) Management Information System
4 29 (3.15%) Self-Motivation
5 25 (2.71%) Legacy Systems
6 21 (2.28%) CMDB
7 17 (1.84%) Cloud Native
8 14 (1.52%) Data Structures
8 14 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
9 13 (1.41%) Data Centre
10 12 (1.30%) Operational Technology
10 12 (1.30%) Reinsurance
11 11 (1.19%) Data Protection Act
11 11 (1.19%) Derivative
12 9 (0.98%) AI Agents
12 9 (0.98%) BYOD
12 9 (0.98%) Mainframe
12 9 (0.98%) Virtual Team
12 9 (0.98%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 46 (4.99%) Windows
2 31 (3.36%) Linux
3 24 (2.60%) Unix
4 12 (1.30%) Mac OS
5 9 (0.98%) AIX
5 9 (0.98%) Solaris
5 9 (0.98%) Windows Server
6 5 (0.54%) Android
6 5 (0.54%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.43%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.33%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.33%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.33%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.11%) Check Point GAiA
9 1 (0.11%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 264 (28.63%) Stakeholder Management
2 244 (26.46%) Problem-Solving
3 199 (21.58%) Continuous Improvement
4 168 (18.22%) Agile
5 157 (17.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 140 (15.18%) Decision-Making
7 111 (12.04%) Validation
8 107 (11.61%) Workshop Facilitation
9 106 (11.50%) Change Management
10 105 (11.39%) ERP
10 105 (11.39%) User Acceptance Testing
11 99 (10.74%) Business Analysis
11 99 (10.74%) Migration
12 96 (10.41%) Requirements Gathering
13 92 (9.98%) AI
14 91 (9.87%) DevOps
15 85 (9.22%) Project Management
16 80 (8.68%) Business Intelligence
17 73 (7.92%) Data Analysis
18 70 (7.59%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 101 (10.95%) SQL
2 60 (6.51%) Python
3 34 (3.69%) Java
4 20 (2.17%) JavaScript
5 16 (1.74%) VBA
6 11 (1.19%) PowerShell
7 10 (1.08%) Perl
8 9 (0.98%) ABAP
8 9 (0.98%) COBOL
9 7 (0.76%) Bash
10 5 (0.54%) MATLAB
11 4 (0.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 4 (0.43%) Korn
11 4 (0.43%) PL/SQL
11 4 (0.43%) R
12 3 (0.33%) ActionScript
12 3 (0.33%) ActionScript 2.0
12 3 (0.33%) C#
12 3 (0.33%) Go
13 2 (0.22%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 133 (14.43%) Security Cleared
2 102 (11.06%) SC Cleared
3 88 (9.54%) Degree
4 61 (6.62%) ACCA
5 58 (6.29%) CIMA
6 16 (1.74%) PMP
7 15 (1.63%) DV Cleared
7 15 (1.63%) Master's Degree
8 14 (1.52%) PMI Certification
9 13 (1.41%) ITIL Certification
10 11 (1.19%) Computer Science Degree
10 11 (1.19%) Six Sigma Green Belt
11 10 (1.08%) BPSS Clearance
11 10 (1.08%) CBAP
12 6 (0.65%) Cisco Certification
12 6 (0.65%) ISEB
13 5 (0.54%) IIBA
14 4 (0.43%) CCNP
14 4 (0.43%) CISSP
14 4 (0.43%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (8.35%) Data Quality
2 56 (6.07%) QA
3 46 (4.99%) GDPR
4 36 (3.90%) PMO
5 29 (3.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 16 (1.74%) IFRS
7 15 (1.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 15 (1.63%) SLA
8 12 (1.30%) NIST
9 9 (0.98%) Accessibility
9 9 (0.98%) GAAP
10 6 (0.65%) Actionable Recommendations
11 4 (0.43%) COBIT
11 4 (0.43%) GRC
12 3 (0.33%) PCI DSS
12 3 (0.33%) Solvency II
13 2 (0.22%) Basel III
13 2 (0.22%) IFRS 9
13 2 (0.22%) ISO 20022
14 1 (0.11%) IEC 62304
System Software
1 30 (3.25%) Active Directory
2 11 (1.19%) Docker
3 9 (0.98%) IAG
4 8 (0.87%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.65%) vSphere
6 5 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.43%) VMware NSX
8 3 (0.33%) GPFS
8 3 (0.33%) NFS
8 3 (0.33%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.22%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.11%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
10 1 (0.11%) Hyper-V
10 1 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 24 (2.60%) Ansible
2 20 (2.17%) Kubernetes
3 14 (1.52%) Microsoft Intune
4 13 (1.41%) Terraform
5 6 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.33%) Grafana
6 3 (0.33%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.33%) WSUS
7 2 (0.22%) Control-M
7 2 (0.22%) ITRS Geneos
7 2 (0.22%) SCCM
7 2 (0.22%) vRealize
8 1 (0.11%) Amdocs OSS
8 1 (0.11%) Argo
8 1 (0.11%) Autotask
8 1 (0.11%) HAProxy
8 1 (0.11%) Kiali
8 1 (0.11%) Puppet
8 1 (0.11%) Stealthwatch
8 1 (0.11%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 104 (11.28%) SAP
2 101 (10.95%) Microsoft
3 71 (7.70%) Oracle
4 65 (7.05%) ServiceNow
5 33 (3.58%) Salesforce
6 22 (2.39%) Workday
7 18 (1.95%) IFS
8 17 (1.84%) VMware
9 13 (1.41%) Google
9 13 (1.41%) IBM
9 13 (1.41%) Splunk
10 10 (1.08%) Apple
10 10 (1.08%) Cisco
11 9 (0.98%) Okta
12 8 (0.87%) Sonatype
13 7 (0.76%) Adobe
13 7 (0.76%) Atlassian
13 7 (0.76%) Databricks
14 6 (0.65%) Dynatrace
14 6 (0.65%) ForgeRock