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 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 116 124 140
Rank change year-on-year +8 +16 +32
Contract jobs citing Process Improvement 720 628 758
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.44% 2.04% 1.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.70% 2.35% 2.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 433 361 484
10th Percentile £250 £300 £318
25th Percentile £351 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £486 £535 £513
Median % change year-on-year -9.19% +4.39% -2.43%
75th Percentile £598 £634 £613
90th Percentile £685 £725 £688
UK median daily rate £475 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 26 37
10th Percentile £16.50 £14.13 £16.68
25th Percentile £17.00 £21.06 £21.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -4.23%
75th Percentile £40.65 £51.25 £46.85
90th Percentile £63.75 £75.00 £55.56
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £31.50
% change year-on-year -7.69% +3.17% +0.56%

All Process and 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 26,673 26,735 35,521
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.45% 86.67% 88.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,934 16,321 24,366
10th Percentile £300 £313 £313
25th Percentile £405 £415 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -4.50% -0.05%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,740 959 1,495
10th Percentile £14.69 £15.09 £14.36
25th Percentile £17.69 £20.06 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £36.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -31.10% -17.98% +27.14%
75th Percentile £45.46 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.50 £73.80 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £43.63
% change year-on-year -28.14% -19.77% +24.64%

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 November 2025.

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 November 2025.

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 November 2025. 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 +38 313 £475 -13.64% 307
North of England -7 144 £500 - 135
South East -16 92 £500 -9.09% 268
North West +7 90 £500 +11.11% 88
Midlands -16 85 £438 +0.57% 111
West Midlands -18 64 £463 +2.78% 60
Yorkshire -20 45 £466 -18.91% 38
East of England -3 40 £481 +6.94% 65
South West -4 32 £413 -28.10% 69
East Midlands -9 21 £335 -19.76% 51
North East -7 9 £381 - 9
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 36 (5.00%) Confluence
2 22 (3.06%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.25%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (0.69%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.56%) CMS
5 4 (0.56%) Resin
6 3 (0.42%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.28%) JBoss
8 1 (0.14%) Apache
8 1 (0.14%) MQSeries
8 1 (0.14%) nginx
8 1 (0.14%) Smallworld
8 1 (0.14%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.14%) Umbraco
Applications
1 96 (13.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 49 (6.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 39 (5.42%) Microsoft Office
4 37 (5.14%) MS Visio
5 10 (1.39%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.69%) PTC Creo
7 3 (0.42%) Adobe XD
7 3 (0.42%) Sketch
8 2 (0.28%) AutoCAD
8 2 (0.28%) MicroStation
8 2 (0.28%) Navisworks
8 2 (0.28%) Revit
8 2 (0.28%) Trello
8 2 (0.28%) Windchill
9 1 (0.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.14%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.14%) InDesign
9 1 (0.14%) NASTRAN
9 1 (0.14%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 51 (7.08%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.25%) SAP HCM
3 8 (1.11%) Oracle Payables
4 7 (0.97%) NetSuite
5 6 (0.83%) Oracle EBS
5 6 (0.83%) SAP Payroll
6 5 (0.69%) Oracle Receivables
7 4 (0.56%) Dynamics CRM
7 4 (0.56%) Oracle EBS R12
7 4 (0.56%) Salesforce CRM
7 4 (0.56%) SAP CO
7 4 (0.56%) SAP FI
7 4 (0.56%) SAP FI/CO
8 3 (0.42%) Endur
8 3 (0.42%) Oracle ERP
8 3 (0.42%) Oracle General Ledger
8 3 (0.42%) Sprinklr
9 2 (0.28%) SAP EWM
9 2 (0.28%) SAP PS
9 2 (0.28%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 61 (8.47%) Power Platform
2 60 (8.33%) Azure
3 42 (5.83%) AWS
4 33 (4.58%) Microsoft 365
5 32 (4.44%) SaaS
6 19 (2.64%) GitHub
7 18 (2.50%) Azure DevOps
8 16 (2.22%) GCP
9 14 (1.94%) PowerApps
10 13 (1.81%) Entra ID
11 11 (1.53%) Dynamics 365
12 9 (1.25%) Lucidchart
12 9 (1.25%) Miro
13 8 (1.11%) OCI
13 8 (1.11%) Power Automate
14 7 (0.97%) SuccessFactors
15 6 (0.83%) Azure Data Factory
15 6 (0.83%) PaaS
16 5 (0.69%) GitHub Actions
16 5 (0.69%) Sentry
Communications & Networking
1 17 (2.36%) Firewall
2 13 (1.81%) DNS
3 12 (1.67%) LAN
3 12 (1.67%) WAN
4 10 (1.39%) DHCP
5 9 (1.25%) Cisco IOS
5 9 (1.25%) Wireless
6 7 (0.97%) HTTP
6 7 (0.97%) PuTTY
6 7 (0.97%) WLAN
7 6 (0.83%) Network Security
8 5 (0.69%) Internet
8 5 (0.69%) TCP/IP
9 3 (0.42%) Broadband
9 3 (0.42%) SSL
9 3 (0.42%) VPN
9 3 (0.42%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (0.28%) DWDM
10 2 (0.28%) FTP
10 2 (0.28%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (7.50%) Power BI
2 18 (2.50%) Tableau
3 15 (2.08%) MySQL
4 14 (1.94%) Data Lake
4 14 (1.94%) Relational Database
5 13 (1.81%) Oracle Reports
6 11 (1.53%) SAP HANA
7 9 (1.25%) SQL Server
8 8 (1.11%) Data Warehouse
9 7 (0.97%) Azure SQL Database
10 6 (0.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 4 (0.56%) BigQuery
11 4 (0.56%) Looker
11 4 (0.56%) Metadata
11 4 (0.56%) PostgreSQL
12 3 (0.42%) Amazon RDS
12 3 (0.42%) GIS
12 3 (0.42%) OLTP
12 3 (0.42%) Oracle Database
12 3 (0.42%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 62 (8.61%) JIRA
2 30 (4.17%) Jenkins
3 14 (1.94%) GitLab
3 14 (1.94%) Postman
4 8 (1.11%) Sonatype Nexus
5 7 (0.97%) Git
6 5 (0.69%) Appium
6 5 (0.69%) Charles Proxy
6 5 (0.69%) Katalon Studio
6 5 (0.69%) XCUITest
7 4 (0.56%) ERwin
7 4 (0.56%) IntelliJ
8 3 (0.42%) Axure RP
9 2 (0.28%) Oracle Forms
9 2 (0.28%) SoapUI
10 1 (0.14%) Dreamweaver
10 1 (0.14%) PowerDesigner
10 1 (0.14%) Rational DOORS
10 1 (0.14%) Selenium
10 1 (0.14%) Zephyr
General
1 339 (47.08%) Social Skills
2 252 (35.00%) Finance
3 155 (21.53%) Analytical Skills
4 52 (7.22%) Banking
5 39 (5.42%) Manufacturing
5 39 (5.42%) Organisational Skills
6 35 (4.86%) Public Sector
7 32 (4.44%) Telecoms
8 28 (3.89%) Retail
9 25 (3.47%) Documentation Skills
10 22 (3.06%) Legal
11 19 (2.64%) Influencing Skills
11 19 (2.64%) Pharmaceutical
11 19 (2.64%) Presentation Skills
12 18 (2.50%) Marketing
13 14 (1.94%) Law
14 12 (1.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 11 (1.53%) Financial Institution
15 11 (1.53%) Local Government
16 10 (1.39%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 248 (34.44%) Analyst
2 111 (15.42%) Business Analyst
3 66 (9.17%) Consultant
4 64 (8.89%) Senior
5 48 (6.67%) Lead
6 31 (4.31%) Process Analyst
7 30 (4.17%) Data Analyst
8 27 (3.75%) SAP Consultant
9 23 (3.19%) Architect
10 22 (3.06%) Senior Analyst
11 21 (2.92%) Project Manager
12 20 (2.78%) Business Process Analyst
13 18 (2.50%) Accountant
13 18 (2.50%) Technical Analyst
14 17 (2.36%) Developer
15 16 (2.22%) Administrator
15 16 (2.22%) Senior Consultant
15 16 (2.22%) Technical Support
16 15 (2.08%) Support Analyst
17 14 (1.94%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (2.92%) Web Services
2 14 (1.94%) Oracle Fusion
3 13 (1.81%) Playwright
3 13 (1.81%) SAP Fiori
4 12 (1.67%) GraphQL
4 12 (1.67%) Node.js
4 12 (1.67%) Vitest
5 11 (1.53%) BAPI
6 9 (1.25%) XML
7 8 (1.11%) YAML
8 7 (0.97%) EDI
8 7 (0.97%) HTML
8 7 (0.97%) SOAP
9 6 (0.83%) CSS
10 5 (0.69%) .NET
11 3 (0.42%) .NET Framework
11 3 (0.42%) Jest
11 3 (0.42%) Middleware
11 3 (0.42%) React
11 3 (0.42%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 39 (5.42%) Onboarding
2 23 (3.19%) Management Information System
3 20 (2.78%) Analytical Mindset
3 20 (2.78%) Product Ownership
4 16 (2.22%) Cloud Native
5 15 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
6 14 (1.94%) Virtual Team
7 12 (1.67%) Reinsurance
8 11 (1.53%) Replication
9 10 (1.39%) Data Protection Act
10 9 (1.25%) Legacy Systems
11 8 (1.11%) Data Structures
11 8 (1.11%) Mobile App
12 6 (0.83%) Data Centre
12 6 (0.83%) e-Learning
12 6 (0.83%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 6 (0.83%) NHS
12 6 (0.83%) PKI
12 6 (0.83%) Security Operations Centre
12 6 (0.83%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 44 (6.11%) Windows
2 22 (3.06%) Linux
3 19 (2.64%) Unix
4 13 (1.81%) Apple iOS
5 10 (1.39%) Android
6 5 (0.69%) Windows 10
7 4 (0.56%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.28%) Solaris
8 2 (0.28%) VMS
9 1 (0.14%) AIX
9 1 (0.14%) Amazon Linux
9 1 (0.14%) Kali Linux
9 1 (0.14%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.14%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
9 1 (0.14%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 185 (25.69%) Problem-Solving
2 146 (20.28%) Agile
3 143 (19.86%) Stakeholder Management
4 115 (15.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 107 (14.86%) Continuous Improvement
6 91 (12.64%) Change Management
7 82 (11.39%) Workshop Facilitation
8 81 (11.25%) ITIL
8 81 (11.25%) Project Management
9 67 (9.31%) Data Analysis
9 67 (9.31%) Decision-Making
10 66 (9.17%) DevOps
11 63 (8.75%) Roadmaps
12 60 (8.33%) Project Delivery
13 54 (7.50%) Business Analysis
13 54 (7.50%) CI/CD
14 52 (7.22%) Six Sigma
15 51 (7.08%) Analytics
16 50 (6.94%) ERP
17 49 (6.81%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 91 (12.64%) SQL
2 53 (7.36%) Python
3 28 (3.89%) JavaScript
4 17 (2.36%) ABAP
5 15 (2.08%) Java
5 15 (2.08%) TypeScript
6 14 (1.94%) PowerShell
7 13 (1.81%) Perl
8 8 (1.11%) C#
9 7 (0.97%) PL/SQL
9 7 (0.97%) Shell Script
10 5 (0.69%) Kotlin
10 5 (0.69%) Swift
11 4 (0.56%) T-SQL
11 4 (0.56%) VBA
12 3 (0.42%) Bicep
12 3 (0.42%) R
13 2 (0.28%) ActionScript 2.0
13 2 (0.28%) Bash
13 2 (0.28%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 100 (13.89%) Degree
2 80 (11.11%) Security Cleared
3 69 (9.58%) SC Cleared
4 32 (4.44%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (2.50%) Six Sigma Green Belt
6 17 (2.36%) ACCA
7 15 (2.08%) BPSS Clearance
8 13 (1.81%) CIMA
8 13 (1.81%) Master's Degree
9 12 (1.67%) Azure Certification
10 11 (1.53%) PMI Certification
11 9 (1.25%) Cisco Certification
11 9 (1.25%) PMP
12 8 (1.11%) CCNP
13 7 (0.97%) CCNA
13 7 (0.97%) ITIL Certification
14 5 (0.69%) CompTIA Security+
14 5 (0.69%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 5 (0.69%) Microsoft Certification
15 4 (0.56%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (6.81%) QA
2 43 (5.97%) Data Quality
3 24 (3.33%) SLA
4 23 (3.19%) PMO
5 17 (2.36%) Accessibility
6 13 (1.81%) GDPR
7 9 (1.25%) Actionable Recommendations
8 7 (0.97%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 5 (0.69%) IFRS
9 5 (0.69%) NIST
10 4 (0.56%) GAAP
10 4 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 4 (0.56%) MiFID
11 3 (0.42%) EMIR
11 3 (0.42%) GRC
11 3 (0.42%) HL7
12 2 (0.28%) NIST 800
12 2 (0.28%) P3O
12 2 (0.28%) PCI DSS
13 1 (0.14%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 23 (3.19%) Active Directory
2 18 (2.50%) Docker
3 6 (0.83%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.42%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.14%) DFS Replication
5 1 (0.14%) Dovecot
5 1 (0.14%) Firmware
5 1 (0.14%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.14%) Postfix
5 1 (0.14%) Slurm Workload Manager
5 1 (0.14%) Squid
5 1 (0.14%) Veritas Cluster Server
5 1 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.14%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 19 (2.64%) Kubernetes
2 17 (2.36%) Ansible
3 16 (2.22%) Terraform
4 8 (1.11%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (1.11%) SCCM
5 5 (0.69%) Grafana
5 5 (0.69%) HP ALM
6 4 (0.56%) HP Quality Center
6 4 (0.56%) Jamf Pro
6 4 (0.56%) Prometheus
6 4 (0.56%) QRadar
6 4 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.28%) McAfee ePO
7 2 (0.28%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 1 (0.14%) Argo
8 1 (0.14%) CEMLI
8 1 (0.14%) Nessus
8 1 (0.14%) Proxmox
8 1 (0.14%) Puppet
8 1 (0.14%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 132 (18.33%) Microsoft
2 74 (10.28%) SAP
3 58 (8.06%) Oracle
4 39 (5.42%) ServiceNow
5 20 (2.78%) Adobe
6 17 (2.36%) Workday
7 15 (2.08%) Cisco
7 15 (2.08%) Google
8 13 (1.81%) Salesforce
9 11 (1.53%) Splunk
10 9 (1.25%) Ariba
11 8 (1.11%) Remedy
11 8 (1.11%) VMware
12 7 (0.97%) Peregrine
12 7 (0.97%) Sonatype
13 5 (0.69%) Computacenter
13 5 (0.69%) Databricks
13 5 (0.69%) HP
14 4 (0.56%) Alteryx
14 4 (0.56%) Concur