Process Improvement Contract Job Trends in London

Process Improvement
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Process Improvement skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 118 142 146
Rank change year-on-year +24 +4 +103
Contract jobs citing Process Improvement 352 278 308
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.43% 1.87% 1.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.67% 2.07% 1.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 218 176 190
10th Percentile £263 £335 £298
25th Percentile £371 £463 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -15.22% +9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £695 £634
90th Percentile £655 £774 £675
England median daily rate £475 £538 £517
% change year-on-year -11.63% +3.97% -1.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 3 14
10th Percentile £25.15 £56.60 £21.73
25th Percentile £29.25 £63.50 £30.06
Median hourly rate £40.50 £75.00 £40.06
Median % change year-on-year -46.00% +87.23% -8.96%
75th Percentile £46.25 £85.00 £49.13
90th Percentile £64.63 £91.00 £70.28
England median hourly rate £23.83 £35.00 £32.25
% change year-on-year -31.93% +8.53% -

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 13,199 13,432 16,602
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.29% 90.15% 89.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,690 8,615 11,895
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% -4.66%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £681
90th Percentile £758 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 231 164 245
10th Percentile £18.25 £18.03 £17.85
25th Percentile £24.77 £23.80 £20.02
Median hourly rate £31.50 £36.65 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.05% +12.77% -15.72%
75th Percentile £53.75 £55.38 £58.75
90th Percentile £67.70 £80.75 £74.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +23.09%

Process Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Process Improvement relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Process Improvement job vacancy trend in London

Process Improvement
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Process Improvement.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Process Improvement

Process Improvement
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Process Improvement in London over the 6 months to 26 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Process Improvement in London

Process Improvement
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Process Improvement.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Process Improvement

Process Improvement
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Process Improvement in London over the 6 months to 26 December 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 26 December 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 +14 59 £525 -19.23% 51
West London +9 31 £208 -48.13% 8
South London +2 8 £386 -22.90% 19
North London +4 2 £550 -
East London - 1 - - 5
Process Improvement
England

Process Improvement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 25 (7.10%) Confluence
2 10 (2.84%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.99%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.57%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.28%) CMS
5 1 (0.28%) MQSeries
5 1 (0.28%) nginx
Applications
1 52 (14.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 30 (8.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 23 (6.53%) Microsoft Office
4 22 (6.25%) MS Visio
5 6 (1.70%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.57%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.28%) Mozilla Thunderbird
7 1 (0.28%) Trello
Business Applications
1 10 (2.84%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (2.56%) NetSuite
3 6 (1.70%) Oracle EBS
3 6 (1.70%) Oracle Payables
4 4 (1.14%) Oracle EBS R12
4 4 (1.14%) Oracle Financials
5 3 (0.85%) Endur
5 3 (0.85%) Oracle Assets
5 3 (0.85%) Oracle General Ledger
5 3 (0.85%) Oracle Receivables
5 3 (0.85%) Remedy ITSM
5 3 (0.85%) SAP CO
5 3 (0.85%) SAP FI
5 3 (0.85%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.57%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.57%) Oracle E-Business Tax
6 2 (0.57%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.57%) Shopify
6 2 (0.57%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.28%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 52 (14.77%) Power Platform
2 26 (7.39%) Azure
2 26 (7.39%) SaaS
3 21 (5.97%) Microsoft 365
4 16 (4.55%) AWS
5 9 (2.56%) Power Automate
6 8 (2.27%) PowerApps
7 6 (1.70%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (1.70%) Dynamics 365
7 6 (1.70%) Miro
8 5 (1.42%) PaaS
8 5 (1.42%) Sentry
9 4 (1.14%) Entra ID
10 3 (0.85%) GCP
10 3 (0.85%) GitHub
10 3 (0.85%) Google Workspace
10 3 (0.85%) IBM Blueworks
10 3 (0.85%) OneDrive
10 3 (0.85%) OpenShift
10 3 (0.85%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.27%) DNS
2 7 (1.99%) VPN
3 6 (1.70%) HTTP
4 5 (1.42%) DHCP
4 5 (1.42%) Firewall
5 3 (0.85%) Network Security
6 2 (0.57%) Internet
6 2 (0.57%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.57%) SSH
6 2 (0.57%) WAN
7 1 (0.28%) 4G
7 1 (0.28%) 5G
7 1 (0.28%) FTP
7 1 (0.28%) LAN
7 1 (0.28%) MPLS
7 1 (0.28%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (0.28%) SMTP
7 1 (0.28%) SSL
7 1 (0.28%) Structured Cabling
7 1 (0.28%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (13.07%) Power BI
2 10 (2.84%) MySQL
2 10 (2.84%) Relational Database
3 9 (2.56%) SQL Server
4 8 (2.27%) Tableau
5 7 (1.99%) Oracle Reports
6 5 (1.42%) Power Query
7 4 (1.14%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (1.14%) Metadata
7 4 (1.14%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (0.85%) Big Data
8 3 (0.85%) BigQuery
8 3 (0.85%) Looker
9 2 (0.57%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.57%) Data Mining
9 2 (0.57%) Essbase
9 2 (0.57%) ImageNet
9 2 (0.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.28%) Apache Hive
10 1 (0.28%) Spotfire
Development Applications
1 36 (10.23%) JIRA
2 26 (7.39%) Jenkins
3 6 (1.70%) Appium
4 5 (1.42%) Charles Proxy
4 5 (1.42%) Katalon Studio
4 5 (1.42%) Postman
4 5 (1.42%) XCUITest
5 4 (1.14%) IntelliJ
6 3 (0.85%) Git
6 3 (0.85%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.57%) GitLab
8 1 (0.28%) ERwin
8 1 (0.28%) HP UFT
8 1 (0.28%) MLflow
8 1 (0.28%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.28%) PowerDesigner
8 1 (0.28%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.28%) Selenium
8 1 (0.28%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.28%) Vagrant
General
1 154 (43.75%) Social Skills
2 151 (42.90%) Finance
3 92 (26.14%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (11.36%) Banking
5 27 (7.67%) Public Sector
6 17 (4.83%) Marketing
7 14 (3.98%) Legal
7 14 (3.98%) Presentation Skills
8 13 (3.69%) Retail
9 12 (3.41%) Documentation Skills
9 12 (3.41%) Financial Institution
10 11 (3.13%) Influencing Skills
11 9 (2.56%) Manufacturing
11 9 (2.56%) Telecoms
12 7 (1.99%) Organisational Skills
13 6 (1.70%) General Ledger
13 6 (1.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 4 (1.14%) Billing
14 4 (1.14%) Investment Banking
14 4 (1.14%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 140 (39.77%) Analyst
2 75 (21.31%) Business Analyst
3 55 (15.63%) Senior
4 29 (8.24%) Consultant
5 23 (6.53%) Lead
6 20 (5.68%) Senior Analyst
7 18 (5.11%) Technical Analyst
8 16 (4.55%) Financial Analyst
9 15 (4.26%) Senior Consultant
10 14 (3.98%) Data Analyst
11 13 (3.69%) Project Manager
11 13 (3.69%) Senior Business Analyst
11 13 (3.69%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
12 12 (3.41%) Process Analyst
12 12 (3.41%) Senior Technical Consultant
12 12 (3.41%) Senior Technical Specialist
12 12 (3.41%) Senior Unix Technical Specialist
12 12 (3.41%) Technical Consultant
12 12 (3.41%) Technical Specialist
13 11 (3.13%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (5.40%) Playwright
2 18 (5.11%) GraphQL
2 18 (5.11%) Node.js
2 18 (5.11%) Vitest
3 9 (2.56%) Oracle Fusion
3 9 (2.56%) YAML
4 5 (1.42%) Web Services
5 3 (0.85%) EDI
5 3 (0.85%) Jest
6 2 (0.57%) .NET
6 2 (0.57%) HTML
6 2 (0.57%) Middleware
6 2 (0.57%) SAP Fiori
6 2 (0.57%) XML
7 1 (0.28%) ADO
7 1 (0.28%) CSS
7 1 (0.28%) LDAP
7 1 (0.28%) NumPy
7 1 (0.28%) SAML
7 1 (0.28%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 24 (6.82%) Onboarding
2 23 (6.53%) Cloud Native
3 12 (3.41%) Analytical Mindset
3 12 (3.41%) Reinsurance
4 11 (3.13%) Virtual Team
5 10 (2.84%) Product Ownership
6 9 (2.56%) Greenfield Project
7 7 (1.99%) Derivative
7 7 (1.99%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (1.70%) Data Structures
8 6 (1.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 5 (1.42%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (1.42%) Management Information System
9 5 (1.42%) Mobile App
9 5 (1.42%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.14%) CMDB
10 4 (1.14%) Data Centre
10 4 (1.14%) Fixed Income
11 3 (0.85%) Educational Technology
12 2 (0.57%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 22 (6.25%) Windows
2 16 (4.55%) Linux
3 11 (3.13%) Unix
4 8 (2.27%) Apple iOS
5 6 (1.70%) Android
6 3 (0.85%) VMS
7 2 (0.57%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.57%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.28%) Amazon Linux
8 1 (0.28%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (29.55%) Agile
2 98 (27.84%) Problem-Solving
3 79 (22.44%) Stakeholder Management
4 61 (17.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 49 (13.92%) Change Management
5 49 (13.92%) Continuous Improvement
6 45 (12.78%) Business Intelligence
6 45 (12.78%) Decision-Making
7 44 (12.50%) Project Management
8 42 (11.93%) DevOps
9 41 (11.65%) Business Analysis
10 40 (11.36%) Data Analysis
10 40 (11.36%) Workshop Facilitation
11 32 (9.09%) AI
11 32 (9.09%) Roadmaps
12 31 (8.81%) Analytics
13 30 (8.52%) CI/CD
13 30 (8.52%) Mentoring
13 30 (8.52%) Requirements Gathering
14 29 (8.24%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 59 (16.76%) SQL
2 33 (9.38%) Python
3 19 (5.40%) TypeScript
4 11 (3.13%) Java
4 11 (3.13%) JavaScript
5 10 (2.84%) Perl
6 9 (2.56%) PowerShell
7 5 (1.42%) Kotlin
7 5 (1.42%) Swift
8 4 (1.14%) C#
8 4 (1.14%) PL/SQL
9 3 (0.85%) Bash
9 3 (0.85%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.57%) ActionScript
10 2 (0.57%) ActionScript 2.0
10 2 (0.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.57%) Groovy
10 2 (0.57%) PHP
10 2 (0.57%) VBA
11 1 (0.28%) R
Qualifications
1 56 (15.91%) Degree
2 21 (5.97%) Security Cleared
3 18 (5.11%) SC Cleared
4 13 (3.69%) PMI Certification
5 12 (3.41%) Computer Science Degree
6 11 (3.13%) Master's Degree
6 11 (3.13%) PMP
7 6 (1.70%) ACCA
7 6 (1.70%) CIMA
8 5 (1.42%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.85%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.85%) CBAP
9 3 (0.85%) CISM
9 3 (0.85%) CISSP
10 2 (0.57%) CRISC
10 2 (0.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 2 (0.57%) MBA
10 2 (0.57%) SAP Certification
10 2 (0.57%) Six Sigma Black Belt
11 1 (0.28%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (8.81%) QA
2 21 (5.97%) Data Quality
3 18 (5.11%) PMO
4 12 (3.41%) GDPR
5 7 (1.99%) Accessibility
6 6 (1.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.85%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.57%) EMIR
9 2 (0.57%) GAAP
9 2 (0.57%) MiFID
9 2 (0.57%) NIST
9 2 (0.57%) SLA
10 1 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.28%) GRC
10 1 (0.28%) IFRS
10 1 (0.28%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.28%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.28%) PSD2
System Software
1 19 (5.40%) Docker
2 15 (4.26%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.14%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.85%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.57%) Xen
6 1 (0.28%) DFS Replication
6 1 (0.28%) Dovecot
6 1 (0.28%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.28%) Postfix
6 1 (0.28%) Squid
6 1 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 18 (5.11%) Kubernetes
2 9 (2.56%) Ansible
3 6 (1.70%) Terraform
4 4 (1.14%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.85%) SCCM
6 2 (0.57%) Grafana
6 2 (0.57%) ITRS Geneos
6 2 (0.57%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.28%) McAfee ePO
7 1 (0.28%) Nessus
7 1 (0.28%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.28%) Proxmox
7 1 (0.28%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 65 (18.47%) Microsoft
2 34 (9.66%) Oracle
3 26 (7.39%) SAP
4 23 (6.53%) ServiceNow
5 13 (3.69%) Salesforce
6 10 (2.84%) Splunk
7 8 (2.27%) Alteryx
7 8 (2.27%) Google
8 7 (1.99%) Anaplan
9 6 (1.70%) Workday
10 4 (1.14%) Adobe
10 4 (1.14%) Ariba
10 4 (1.14%) Atlassian
10 4 (1.14%) Bloomberg
10 4 (1.14%) Databricks
10 4 (1.14%) Dynatrace
10 4 (1.14%) VMware
11 3 (0.85%) Cisco
11 3 (0.85%) OpenLink
11 3 (0.85%) Remedy