Process Improvement Contracts in Lancashire

Process Improvement
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Lancashire requiring Process Improvement skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Process Improvement over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 29 33
Rank change year-on-year +22 +4 +3
Contract jobs citing Process Improvement 23 3 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Lancashire 13.14% 1.54% 0.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.56% 1.95% 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £783 -
North West median daily rate £475 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -10.29% -3.73% +22.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £26.88 - £41.25
Median hourly rate £28.75 - £42.50
75th Percentile £30.63 - £43.75
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate £28.75 £42.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -32.35% - -19.92%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 158 154 211
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 90.29% 78.97% 87.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 74 118
10th Percentile £400 £313 £339
25th Percentile £463 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £538 £533
Median % change year-on-year -0.93% +0.94% +11.52%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £625
90th Percentile £630 £747 £700
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 51 42
10th Percentile £14.62 - £22.31
25th Percentile £23.87 £16.06 £28.85
Median hourly rate £28.75 £19.18 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +49.90% -54.87% +7.59%
75th Percentile £43.94 £46.03 £49.52
90th Percentile £60.59 £48.00 £53.43
North West median hourly rate £31.88 £21.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +51.81% -40.00% +70.82%

Process Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Job vacancy trend for Process Improvement in Lancashire

Process Improvement
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

Daily rate trend for Process Improvement in Lancashire

Process Improvement
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

Hourly rate trend for Process Improvement in Lancashire

Process Improvement
Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

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 Lancashire region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Preston - 5 - - 28
Process Improvement
North West

Process Improvement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (21.74%) Microsoft 365
General
1 5 (21.74%) Documentation Skills
1 5 (21.74%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 22 (95.65%) Administrator
1 22 (95.65%) Microsoft 365 Administrator
2 1 (4.35%) Buyer
2 1 (4.35%) Senior
2 1 (4.35%) Senior Buyer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (21.74%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (95.65%) Budget Management
1 22 (95.65%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (73.91%) Cloud Security
3 5 (21.74%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (21.74%) Migration
3 5 (21.74%) Performance Metrics
3 5 (21.74%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 1 (4.35%) Demand Management
Qualifications
1 17 (73.91%) BPSS Clearance
Vendors
1 5 (21.74%) Microsoft