Process Improvement Contracts in London

Process Improvement
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 127 165 244
Rank change year-on-year +38 +79 -13
Contract jobs citing Process Improvement 281 259 279
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 2.24% 1.45% 1.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.43% 1.64% 1.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 180 157 189
10th Percentile £315 £350 £375
25th Percentile £425 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.76%
75th Percentile £738 £663 £650
90th Percentile £820 £768 £799
England median daily rate £524 £520 £525
% change year-on-year +0.77% -0.95% +2.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 10 9
10th Percentile £31.29 £21.85 £38.89
25th Percentile £34.63 £23.07 £43.86
Median hourly rate £38.49 £32.06 £44.00
Median % change year-on-year +20.06% -27.14% -9.43%
75th Percentile £55.06 £36.45 £52.75
90th Percentile £79.03 £47.20 £57.60
England median hourly rate £29.15 £25.00 £43.93
% change year-on-year +16.60% -43.09% -2.81%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,564 15,790 24,631
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.16% 88.55% 91.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,847 11,316 17,711
10th Percentile £350 £338 £375
25th Percentile £440 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £590
Median % change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £700
90th Percentile £813 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 324 278
10th Percentile £16.17 £16.00 £18.59
25th Percentile £22.68 £20.00 £22.53
Median hourly rate £31.67 £29.50 £38.13
Median % change year-on-year +7.36% -22.62% +5.90%
75th Percentile £50.75 £47.56 £62.64
90th Percentile £63.75 £65.93 £76.78
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Process Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Process Improvement in London

Process Improvement
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Process Improvement in London

Process Improvement
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Process Improvement in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Process Improvement in London

Process Improvement
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Process Improvement in London

Process Improvement
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Process Improvement in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Process Improvement in London

Process Improvement
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London 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
Central London +28 54 £557 +6.16% 32
South London - 9 £600 - 2
West London +7 4 £188 -54.55% 11
East London +17 3 £413 -31.25% 5
North London - 2 £550 - 1
Process Improvement
England

Process Improvement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 12 (4.27%) Confluence
2 9 (3.20%) SharePoint
3 8 (2.85%) Apache
4 7 (2.49%) Apache Spark
5 6 (2.14%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (1.42%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.71%) JBoss
7 2 (0.71%) WebSphere Application Server
8 1 (0.36%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 22 (7.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (3.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (3.20%) MS Visio
4 8 (2.85%) Microsoft Office
5 6 (2.14%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (1.07%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (1.07%) Trello
7 1 (0.36%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.36%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 13 (4.63%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (2.49%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (2.14%) Endur
4 4 (1.42%) SAP Retail
5 3 (1.07%) Workday HCM
6 2 (0.71%) Actimize
6 2 (0.71%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.71%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.71%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 2 (0.71%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.71%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.71%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (0.36%) NEC Housing
7 1 (0.36%) Oracle Financials
7 1 (0.36%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.36%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.36%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.36%) SAP GRC
7 1 (0.36%) Shopify
7 1 (0.36%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 30 (10.68%) Azure
2 29 (10.32%) AWS
3 23 (8.19%) Power Platform
4 11 (3.91%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (3.20%) Dynamics 365
6 6 (2.14%) Amazon EKS
6 6 (2.14%) Amazon S3
6 6 (2.14%) Entra ID
6 6 (2.14%) OCI
7 5 (1.78%) Amazon EC2
7 5 (1.78%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (1.78%) SaaS
8 4 (1.42%) Cloud Computing
8 4 (1.42%) GCP
8 4 (1.42%) Power Automate
8 4 (1.42%) PowerApps
9 3 (1.07%) AWS CloudFormation
9 3 (1.07%) GitHub
9 3 (1.07%) OneDrive
9 3 (1.07%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.49%) Firewall
1 7 (2.49%) SSL
1 7 (2.49%) WAN
2 6 (2.14%) BGP
2 6 (2.14%) Wi-Fi
3 5 (1.78%) VPN
3 5 (1.78%) Wireshark
4 4 (1.42%) DNS
4 4 (1.42%) HTTPS
4 4 (1.42%) Network Security
4 4 (1.42%) OSPF
4 4 (1.42%) TCP/IP
4 4 (1.42%) Wireless
5 3 (1.07%) IPsec
5 3 (1.07%) LAN
5 3 (1.07%) MPLS
5 3 (1.07%) SSH
6 2 (0.71%) BIG-IP
6 2 (0.71%) Cisco IOS
6 2 (0.71%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (7.12%) Power BI
2 8 (2.85%) Big Data
2 8 (2.85%) Tableau
3 5 (1.78%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (1.78%) SQL Server
4 4 (1.42%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (1.42%) DB2
4 4 (1.42%) Oracle Database
5 3 (1.07%) Hadoop
5 3 (1.07%) MS Access
5 3 (1.07%) NoSQL
5 3 (1.07%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.71%) Amazon Redshift
6 2 (0.71%) Apache Hive
6 2 (0.71%) Impala
6 2 (0.71%) IMS/DB
6 2 (0.71%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.71%) RDBMS
6 2 (0.71%) Snowflake Schema
6 2 (0.71%) Sqoop
Development Applications
1 25 (8.90%) JIRA
2 9 (3.20%) Git
2 9 (3.20%) Jenkins
3 5 (1.78%) GitLab
4 4 (1.42%) Subversion
5 3 (1.07%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.71%) Selenium
6 2 (0.71%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.36%) CircleCI
7 1 (0.36%) IntelliJ
7 1 (0.36%) JMeter
7 1 (0.36%) JProfiler
7 1 (0.36%) JUnit
7 1 (0.36%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.36%) MSTest
7 1 (0.36%) NUnit
7 1 (0.36%) Ranorex
7 1 (0.36%) Toad
7 1 (0.36%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.36%) Zephyr
General
1 143 (50.89%) Social Skills
2 120 (42.70%) Finance
3 83 (29.54%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (12.10%) Banking
5 20 (7.12%) Public Sector
6 18 (6.41%) Pharmaceutical
7 15 (5.34%) Legal
7 15 (5.34%) Presentation Skills
8 13 (4.63%) Investment Banking
9 12 (4.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 10 (3.56%) Front Office
10 10 (3.56%) Influencing Skills
11 7 (2.49%) Back Office
11 7 (2.49%) Documentation Skills
11 7 (2.49%) Marketing
12 6 (2.14%) Organisational Skills
12 6 (2.14%) Telecoms
13 5 (1.78%) Law
13 5 (1.78%) Local Government
14 4 (1.42%) Retail
Job Titles
1 105 (37.37%) Analyst
2 74 (26.33%) Business Analyst
3 30 (10.68%) Senior
4 20 (7.12%) Consultant
4 20 (7.12%) Lead
5 19 (6.76%) Project Manager
6 13 (4.63%) Senior Analyst
7 12 (4.27%) Data Analyst
8 11 (3.91%) Architect
9 10 (3.56%) Process Analyst
10 9 (3.20%) Project Analyst
11 6 (2.14%) Business Process Analyst
11 6 (2.14%) Data Business Analyst
11 6 (2.14%) DevOps Engineer
11 6 (2.14%) Network Engineer
11 6 (2.14%) Senior Business Analyst
11 6 (2.14%) Support Engineer
11 6 (2.14%) Technical Analyst
12 5 (1.78%) Data Engineer
12 5 (1.78%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.14%) .NET
2 4 (1.42%) CSS
2 4 (1.42%) HTML
2 4 (1.42%) REST
2 4 (1.42%) SOAP
2 4 (1.42%) WebSphere MQ
2 4 (1.42%) XML
3 3 (1.07%) JSON
3 3 (1.07%) Middleware
4 2 (0.71%) .NET Framework
4 2 (0.71%) ASP.NET
4 2 (0.71%) EJB
4 2 (0.71%) FIX Protocol
4 2 (0.71%) J2EE
4 2 (0.71%) JDBC
4 2 (0.71%) Murex MxML
4 2 (0.71%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (0.71%) RESTful
4 2 (0.71%) Web Services
4 2 (0.71%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 17 (6.05%) Onboarding
2 12 (4.27%) Management Information System
3 8 (2.85%) Data Centre
4 7 (2.49%) Data Protection Act
5 6 (2.14%) Product Ownership
6 5 (1.78%) Data Structures
6 5 (1.78%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 5 (1.78%) Greenfield Project
7 4 (1.42%) Derivative
7 4 (1.42%) Fixed Income
8 3 (1.07%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.07%) CMDB
8 3 (1.07%) iPhone
8 3 (1.07%) Mobile App
8 3 (1.07%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.71%) Algorithms
9 2 (0.71%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (0.71%) Learning Management System
9 2 (0.71%) Market Risk
9 2 (0.71%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 12 (4.27%) Linux
2 9 (3.20%) Windows
3 5 (1.78%) Unix
4 3 (1.07%) Android
4 3 (1.07%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.71%) CentOS
6 1 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.36%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.36%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.36%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (31.32%) Problem-Solving
2 73 (25.98%) Stakeholder Management
3 72 (25.62%) Agile
4 53 (18.86%) Project Management
5 40 (14.23%) Continuous Improvement
6 39 (13.88%) Data Analysis
7 37 (13.17%) Business Analysis
8 35 (12.46%) Decision-Making
9 31 (11.03%) DevOps
10 29 (10.32%) Change Management
11 25 (8.90%) Business Intelligence
11 25 (8.90%) Risk Management
12 24 (8.54%) Project Delivery
12 24 (8.54%) Requirements Gathering
13 23 (8.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 22 (7.83%) Analytics
15 20 (7.12%) CI/CD
16 19 (6.76%) ITIL
17 18 (6.41%) ERP
17 18 (6.41%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 45 (16.01%) SQL
2 32 (11.39%) Python
3 17 (6.05%) Java
4 12 (4.27%) PowerShell
5 7 (2.49%) C#
6 6 (2.14%) JavaScript
7 4 (1.42%) VBA
8 3 (1.07%) ActionScript
8 3 (1.07%) ActionScript 2.0
8 3 (1.07%) Bash
9 2 (0.71%) Perl
9 2 (0.71%) PL/SQL
9 2 (0.71%) R
9 2 (0.71%) REXX
9 2 (0.71%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.36%) C
10 1 (0.36%) PHP
10 1 (0.36%) Scala
10 1 (0.36%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.36%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 43 (15.30%) Degree
2 24 (8.54%) Security Cleared
3 20 (7.12%) SC Cleared
4 12 (4.27%) PMI Certification
5 10 (3.56%) PMP
6 9 (3.20%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (2.49%) Master's Degree
8 6 (2.14%) CBAP
8 6 (2.14%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (1.07%) AWS Certification
9 3 (1.07%) Azure Certification
9 3 (1.07%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (1.07%) IIBA
9 3 (1.07%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.71%) ACCA
10 2 (0.71%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.71%) CCIE
10 2 (0.71%) CCNP
10 2 (0.71%) CISSP
10 2 (0.71%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (5.69%) QA
2 10 (3.56%) Data Quality
3 8 (2.85%) PMO
4 7 (2.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 6 (2.14%) MiFID
6 5 (1.78%) EMIR
6 5 (1.78%) GDPR
7 2 (0.71%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.71%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.71%) Basel III
7 2 (0.71%) Dodd-Frank
7 2 (0.71%) Government Security Classifications
7 2 (0.71%) GRC
7 2 (0.71%) IFRS
7 2 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.71%) NIST
7 2 (0.71%) SLA
8 1 (0.36%) COBIT
8 1 (0.36%) GAAP
8 1 (0.36%) GMP
System Software
1 9 (3.20%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.14%) Docker
3 2 (0.71%) HDFS
4 1 (0.36%) Firmware
4 1 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.36%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 12 (4.27%) Kubernetes
2 9 (3.20%) Terraform
3 7 (2.49%) Ansible
4 3 (1.07%) Puppet
4 3 (1.07%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.71%) OPNET
5 2 (0.71%) Rundeck
5 2 (0.71%) SCCM
6 1 (0.36%) Grafana
6 1 (0.36%) McAfee ePO
6 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.36%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.36%) QRadar
Vendors
1 41 (14.59%) Microsoft
2 38 (13.52%) SAP
3 19 (6.76%) Oracle
3 19 (6.76%) Salesforce
4 14 (4.98%) ServiceNow
5 11 (3.91%) IBM
6 8 (2.85%) Cisco
6 8 (2.85%) Workday
7 5 (1.78%) Adobe
7 5 (1.78%) Google
7 5 (1.78%) Murex
8 4 (1.42%) Splunk
9 3 (1.07%) Apple
9 3 (1.07%) Arista
9 3 (1.07%) CheckPoint
9 3 (1.07%) IBM Sterling
9 3 (1.07%) McAfee
9 3 (1.07%) Meraki
9 3 (1.07%) Red Hat
10 2 (0.71%) Remedy