Process Improvement Contract Job Trends in Merseyside

Process Improvement
North West > Merseyside

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Merseyside requiring Process Improvement skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 17 28
Rank change year-on-year -22 +11 +11
Contract jobs citing Process Improvement 5 13 1
As % of all contract jobs in Merseyside 1.74% 6.25% 0.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.12% 8.13% 0.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 1
10th Percentile £227 £383 -
25th Percentile £334 £413 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £380
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +44.74% -20.00%
75th Percentile £588 £619 £383
90th Percentile £618 £630 -
North West median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +29.41%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Merseyside

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 Merseyside.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 236 160 178
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside 81.94% 76.92% 82.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 124 89 86
10th Percentile £133 £145 £223
25th Percentile £151 £206 £312
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £293 £400 £425
Median % change year-on-year -26.88% -5.88% -10.53%
75th Percentile £500 £538 £563
90th Percentile £634 £638 £644
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 5 21
10th Percentile - £12.43 £13.13
25th Percentile £15.18 £13.70 £15.50
Median hourly rate £41.86 £20.19 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +107.31% -3.86% +19.59%
75th Percentile £51.02 £23.00 £34.32
90th Percentile - £29.67 £37.18
North West median hourly rate £41.94 £30.40 £36.50
% change year-on-year +37.96% -16.71% -2.14%

Process Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

Process Improvement job vacancy trend in Merseyside

Process Improvement
Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside

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

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

Process Improvement
Daily Rate Histogram in Merseyside

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Process Improvement in Merseyside over the 6 months to 24 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Process Improvement in Merseyside

Process Improvement
Hourly Rate Trend in Merseyside

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

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

Process Improvement
Contract Job Locations in Merseyside

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 Merseyside region over the 6 months to 24 January 2026. 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
Liverpool -10 5 £525 -14.29% 7
Process Improvement
North West

Process Improvement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) InstallShield
1 1 (20.00%) MSI
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Deployment Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Hardware Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
2 1 (20.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Application Packaging
1 1 (20.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (20.00%) Business Case
1 1 (20.00%) Business Process Mapping
1 1 (20.00%) Change Management
1 1 (20.00%) Coaching
1 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (20.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (20.00%) Information Security
1 1 (20.00%) Inventory Management
1 1 (20.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (20.00%) Logistics
1 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (20.00%) SEO
1 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (20.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft