Process Improvement Contracts in England

Process Improvement
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Process Improvement skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Process Improvement over the 6 months to 21 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
21 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 169 204 191
Rank change year-on-year +35 -13 +4
Contract jobs citing Process Improvement 507 625 1,100
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.39% 1.30% 1.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.62% 1.45% 1.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 331 426 732
10th Percentile £325 £369 £350
25th Percentile £413 £432 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £515
Median % change year-on-year - +1.94% +14.44%
75th Percentile £615 £600 £600
90th Percentile £700 £700 £688
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £513
% change year-on-year - +2.44% +16.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 18 27
10th Percentile £13.61 £23.96 £17.49
25th Percentile £14.84 £32.30 £24.33
Median hourly rate £22.17 £43.93 £44.69
Median % change year-on-year -49.53% -1.70% +72.18%
75th Percentile £36.38 £56.41 £61.56
90th Percentile £43.75 £60.00 £68.85
UK median hourly rate £24.63 £43.93 £44.68
% change year-on-year -43.94% -1.68% +72.14%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Process Improvement is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,359 43,239 64,479
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.26% 90.08% 90.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,563 30,348 45,861
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £767 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,244 1,528 1,759
10th Percentile £12.92 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.02 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.77 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.73% +47.08% +8.70%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.27 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.76% +40.19% +7.00%

Process Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Process Improvement as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Process Improvement in England

Process Improvement
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Process Improvement in England.

Daily rate trend for Process Improvement in England

Process Improvement
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Process Improvement in England over the 6 months to 21 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Process Improvement in England

Process Improvement
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Process Improvement in England.

Hourly rate trend for Process Improvement in England

Process Improvement
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Process Improvement in England over the 6 months to 21 May 2024.

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 21 May 2024. 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 +53 246 £550 - 208
South East -21 90 £488 +5.98% 114
North of England +20 56 £517 -6.00% 121
Midlands -18 51 £476 -11.48% 107
West Midlands -24 37 £400 -25.65% 72
North West +25 33 £513 -8.18% 66
South West +22 30 £500 -13.04% 51
Yorkshire +12 20 £500 -5.61% 35
East of England +24 18 £550 +10.00% 54
East Midlands +17 11 £506 -6.77% 35
North East +12 3 £533 - 22
Process Improvement
UK

Process Improvement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 15 (2.96%) SharePoint
2 10 (1.97%) Confluence
3 9 (1.78%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (1.58%) Apache
4 8 (1.58%) MTS
5 3 (0.59%) govService
6 2 (0.39%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.39%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.39%) CMS
7 1 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 48 (9.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (5.13%) Microsoft Office
3 17 (3.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 17 (3.35%) MS Visio
4 11 (2.17%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (1.18%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (2.76%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (1.97%) Endur
3 8 (1.58%) Aligne
3 8 (1.58%) EuroRunner
3 8 (1.58%) Workday HCM
4 7 (1.38%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
6 3 (0.59%) SAP MII
7 2 (0.39%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.39%) OpenText VIM for SAP
7 2 (0.39%) SAP Hybris
7 2 (0.39%) Teamcenter
7 2 (0.39%) Workfront
8 1 (0.20%) Epicor Tropos
8 1 (0.20%) Oracle Assets
8 1 (0.20%) Oracle E-Business Tax
8 1 (0.20%) Oracle Internet Expenses
8 1 (0.20%) Oracle Payables
8 1 (0.20%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 37 (7.30%) Power Platform
2 33 (6.51%) Azure
3 31 (6.11%) AWS
4 13 (2.56%) Azure DevOps
5 10 (1.97%) Slack
5 10 (1.97%) SuccessFactors
6 8 (1.58%) SaaS
7 6 (1.18%) Microsoft 365
8 5 (0.99%) Google Workspace
8 5 (0.99%) Lucidchart
9 4 (0.79%) GCP
9 4 (0.79%) GitHub
9 4 (0.79%) IBM Blueworks
9 4 (0.79%) NuGet
9 4 (0.79%) Zapier
10 3 (0.59%) Azure Data Factory
10 3 (0.59%) Azure Logic Apps
10 3 (0.59%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (0.59%) Power Automate
10 3 (0.59%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.38%) DNS
2 6 (1.18%) Firewall
3 4 (0.79%) DHCP
3 4 (0.79%) Software-Defined Networking
3 4 (0.79%) SSH
3 4 (0.79%) Telnet
3 4 (0.79%) Wireless
4 3 (0.59%) Internet
4 3 (0.59%) Intranet
5 2 (0.39%) BIG-IP
5 2 (0.39%) Cisco ASA
5 2 (0.39%) Cisco Firepower
5 2 (0.39%) Cisco Nexus
5 2 (0.39%) MPLS
5 2 (0.39%) Network Security
5 2 (0.39%) VSAN
6 1 (0.20%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (7.30%) Power BI
2 15 (2.96%) Amazon Redshift
3 14 (2.76%) MySQL
4 8 (1.58%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (1.38%) Metadata
5 7 (1.38%) SQL Server
5 7 (1.38%) Tableau
6 6 (1.18%) Flink
7 5 (0.99%) NoSQL
8 4 (0.79%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (0.59%) Big Data
9 3 (0.59%) DynamoDB
9 3 (0.59%) GIS
10 2 (0.39%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (0.39%) Elasticsearch
10 2 (0.39%) Relational Database
10 2 (0.39%) SAP HANA
10 2 (0.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 1 (0.20%) Data Mart
11 1 (0.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 26 (5.13%) Git
2 25 (4.93%) JIRA
3 8 (1.58%) Rational DOORS
4 7 (1.38%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.79%) Browser DevTools
5 4 (0.79%) Burp Suite
5 4 (0.79%) Selenium
6 3 (0.59%) Cypress.io
6 3 (0.59%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (0.39%) Postman
7 2 (0.39%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.20%) GoCD
8 1 (0.20%) JUnit
8 1 (0.20%) Toad
8 1 (0.20%) Visual Studio
General
1 199 (39.25%) Social Skills
2 148 (29.19%) Finance
3 111 (21.89%) Analytical Skills
4 51 (10.06%) Presentation Skills
5 45 (8.88%) Manufacturing
6 43 (8.48%) Public Sector
7 33 (6.51%) Banking
8 28 (5.52%) Marketing
9 24 (4.73%) Influencing Skills
10 23 (4.54%) Retail
11 21 (4.14%) Legal
12 14 (2.76%) Pharmaceutical
13 13 (2.56%) Telecoms
14 9 (1.78%) Documentation Skills
15 8 (1.58%) Organisational Skills
16 7 (1.38%) Advertising
16 7 (1.38%) Billing
17 6 (1.18%) Aviation
17 6 (1.18%) Law
17 6 (1.18%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 131 (25.84%) Analyst
2 85 (16.77%) Business Analyst
3 45 (8.88%) Lead
4 38 (7.50%) Senior
5 36 (7.10%) Consultant
6 19 (3.75%) Developer
6 19 (3.75%) Project Manager
7 18 (3.55%) Data Analyst
8 16 (3.16%) Senior Analyst
9 15 (2.96%) Change Manager
10 14 (2.76%) Senior Business Analyst
10 14 (2.76%) Service Manager
11 11 (2.17%) Architect
11 11 (2.17%) Delivery Manager
12 10 (1.97%) Financial Analyst
12 10 (1.97%) Senior Manager
13 9 (1.78%) Administrator
13 9 (1.78%) Coordinator
13 9 (1.78%) Support Engineer
13 9 (1.78%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (2.56%) FastAPI
2 12 (2.37%) Spring Boot
3 9 (1.78%) J2EE
4 8 (1.58%) .NET
5 6 (1.18%) Flask
6 5 (0.99%) Lightning Web Components
7 2 (0.39%) .NET Core
7 2 (0.39%) GraphQL
7 2 (0.39%) HTML
7 2 (0.39%) JSON
7 2 (0.39%) React
7 2 (0.39%) REST
7 2 (0.39%) SailPoint
7 2 (0.39%) SOAP
7 2 (0.39%) Web Dynpro
7 2 (0.39%) XML
7 2 (0.39%) YAML
8 1 (0.20%) Oracle Fusion
8 1 (0.20%) SAP PI
8 1 (0.20%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 27 (5.33%) Management Information System
2 20 (3.94%) Product Ownership
3 12 (2.37%) Life Science
3 12 (2.37%) Renewable Energy
4 9 (1.78%) Solar Panel
5 8 (1.58%) Analytical Mindset
5 8 (1.58%) Market Risk
6 7 (1.38%) FMCG
6 7 (1.38%) Onboarding
7 6 (1.18%) Data Centre
7 6 (1.18%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (0.99%) Operational Technology
9 4 (0.79%) Data Structures
9 4 (0.79%) NHS
9 4 (0.79%) State Machine
9 4 (0.79%) Wiki
10 3 (0.59%) Distributed Systems
10 3 (0.59%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (0.59%) Learning Management System
11 2 (0.39%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 23 (4.54%) Windows
2 9 (1.78%) Linux
3 8 (1.58%) Unix
4 6 (1.18%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.59%) Debian
5 3 (0.59%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.20%) VMS
6 1 (0.20%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (23.87%) Agile
2 116 (22.88%) Problem-Solving
3 100 (19.72%) Project Management
4 78 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
5 77 (15.19%) Continuous Improvement
6 53 (10.45%) ITIL
7 52 (10.26%) Change Management
8 51 (10.06%) Project Delivery
9 48 (9.47%) Analytics
10 47 (9.27%) Data Analysis
11 45 (8.88%) Requirements Gathering
11 45 (8.88%) Scrum
12 44 (8.68%) DevOps
13 40 (7.89%) Business Intelligence
14 39 (7.69%) Risk Management
14 39 (7.69%) Test Strategy
15 35 (6.90%) Business Analysis
15 35 (6.90%) Impact Assessments
16 34 (6.71%) ERP
17 33 (6.51%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 49 (9.66%) Python
2 47 (9.27%) SQL
3 22 (4.34%) Java
4 17 (3.35%) PowerShell
5 12 (2.37%) Shell Script
6 11 (2.17%) Bash
6 11 (2.17%) C
6 11 (2.17%) C++
7 7 (1.38%) C#
7 7 (1.38%) JavaScript
8 6 (1.18%) Go
9 4 (0.79%) Bicep
9 4 (0.79%) Google Apps Script
10 3 (0.59%) MATLAB
11 2 (0.39%) ABAP
11 2 (0.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.39%) Ruby
11 2 (0.39%) VBA
12 1 (0.20%) Scala
12 1 (0.20%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 80 (15.78%) Degree
2 76 (14.99%) Security Cleared
3 70 (13.81%) SC Cleared
4 20 (3.94%) DV Cleared
5 12 (2.37%) ITIL Certification
5 12 (2.37%) Six Sigma Green Belt
6 11 (2.17%) Master's Degree
7 10 (1.97%) PMI Certification
8 9 (1.78%) ACCA
8 9 (1.78%) Six Sigma Black Belt
9 8 (1.58%) PMP
10 7 (1.38%) SAP Certification
11 4 (0.79%) CIMA
11 4 (0.79%) CISSP
11 4 (0.79%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (0.79%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 3 (0.59%) APMG
12 3 (0.59%) CBAP
12 3 (0.59%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (6.11%) QA
2 15 (2.96%) SLA
3 14 (2.76%) Data Quality
4 13 (2.56%) PMO
5 12 (2.37%) PCI DSS
6 7 (1.38%) GAMP
6 7 (1.38%) GxP
7 5 (0.99%) Accessibility
7 5 (0.99%) GDPR
7 5 (0.99%) GRC
8 4 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.39%) GMP
10 2 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.20%) ISO 20022
11 1 (0.20%) ITGC
11 1 (0.20%) NIST
11 1 (0.20%) PMBOK
11 1 (0.20%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 16 (3.16%) Docker
2 10 (1.97%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.38%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.99%) VMware NSX
4 5 (0.99%) vSphere
5 2 (0.39%) Firmware
5 2 (0.39%) XenApp
6 1 (0.20%) HDFS
6 1 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 16 (3.16%) Kubernetes
2 15 (2.96%) Ansible
3 14 (2.76%) Terraform
4 13 (2.56%) Grafana
5 9 (1.78%) Puppet
6 2 (0.39%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.39%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.20%) HAProxy
7 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.20%) SCCM
7 1 (0.20%) SCOM
7 1 (0.20%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.20%) VxRail
Vendors
1 59 (11.64%) Microsoft
2 38 (7.50%) SAP
3 16 (3.16%) Salesforce
4 14 (2.76%) Oracle
5 13 (2.56%) Denodo
5 13 (2.56%) Talend
6 12 (2.37%) ServiceNow
7 11 (2.17%) Workday
8 8 (1.58%) Yardi
9 7 (1.38%) Google
9 7 (1.38%) VMware
10 5 (0.99%) Cisco
10 5 (0.99%) Splunk
11 4 (0.79%) Adobe
11 4 (0.79%) Okta
12 3 (0.59%) CheckPoint
12 3 (0.59%) Dell
12 3 (0.59%) IBM
12 3 (0.59%) Red Hat
12 3 (0.59%) Remedy