Process Improvement Contracts in the Midlands

Process Improvement
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 58 87 58
Rank change year-on-year +29 -29 -7
Contract jobs citing Process Improvement 56 46 129
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.93% 1.67% 3.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.34% 2.03% 4.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 36 101
10th Percentile £250 - £388
25th Percentile £332 £358 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £476 £538
Median % change year-on-year +1.84% -11.48% +4.47%
75th Percentile £564 £603 £540
90th Percentile £638 £725 £588
England median daily rate £524 £520 £525
% change year-on-year +0.77% -0.95% +2.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £16.25
Median hourly rate £18.20 - £17.50
75th Percentile - - £18.75
90th Percentile - - -
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
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,676 2,266 3,045
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 87.57% 82.19% 88.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,099 1,510 2,125
10th Percentile £200 £237 £250
25th Percentile £358 £356 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £495
Median % change year-on-year - -4.04% +4.21%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £588
90th Percentile £650 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 93 172 119
10th Percentile £12.62 £11.07 £11.96
25th Percentile £13.81 £13.81 £15.05
Median hourly rate £18.13 £19.00 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -4.58% +7.22% +1.37%
75th Percentile £24.22 £35.00 £26.81
90th Percentile £36.55 £55.00 £55.50
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 the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Process Improvement in the Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Process Improvement in the Midlands

Process Improvement
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for Process Improvement in the Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Process Improvement in the Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands 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
West Midlands +22 41 £524 +39.73% 71
East Midlands +15 15 £391 -22.69% 42
Process Improvement
England

Process Improvement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 2 (3.57%) Confluence
1 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.79%) SAS
Applications
1 8 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (5.36%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.79%) Fusion 360
3 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.79%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.79%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 2 (3.57%) SAP BPC
1 2 (3.57%) SAP GRC
1 2 (3.57%) SAP S/4HANA
1 2 (3.57%) Teamcenter
2 1 (1.79%) Actimize
2 1 (1.79%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 20 (35.71%) Azure
2 13 (23.21%) Power Platform
2 13 (23.21%) PowerApps
3 6 (10.71%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (7.14%) AWS
5 2 (3.57%) SuccessFactors
6 1 (1.79%) Asana
6 1 (1.79%) Azure API Management
6 1 (1.79%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.79%) DHCP
1 1 (1.79%) DNS
1 1 (1.79%) Firewall
1 1 (1.79%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.57%) SAP BW
1 2 (3.57%) SAP HANA
2 1 (1.79%) Big Data
2 1 (1.79%) Data Mining
2 1 (1.79%) Looker
2 1 (1.79%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (14.29%) JIRA
2 3 (5.36%) GitLab
3 1 (1.79%) PyCharm
General
1 42 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 9 (16.07%) Finance
3 6 (10.71%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (5.36%) Law
4 3 (5.36%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (3.57%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (3.57%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.79%) Advertising
6 1 (1.79%) Banking
6 1 (1.79%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.79%) Legal
Job Titles
1 10 (17.86%) Lead
2 9 (16.07%) Technical Leader
3 6 (10.71%) Analyst
3 6 (10.71%) Developer
4 5 (8.93%) Power Platform Developer
5 4 (7.14%) Business Analyst
6 3 (5.36%) Consultant
6 3 (5.36%) Delivery Manager
7 2 (3.57%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 2 (3.57%) 2nd Line Support
7 2 (3.57%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 2 (3.57%) Architect
7 2 (3.57%) Change Manager
7 2 (3.57%) Operations Engineer
7 2 (3.57%) Programme Change Manager
7 2 (3.57%) Project Manager
7 2 (3.57%) SAP Consultant
7 2 (3.57%) SAP Security Consultant
7 2 (3.57%) Security Consultant
7 2 (3.57%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.57%) SailPoint
1 2 (3.57%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (1.79%) JSON
2 1 (1.79%) Kafka
2 1 (1.79%) SOAP
2 1 (1.79%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.14%) Smartphone
2 2 (3.57%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (3.57%) e-Learning
2 2 (3.57%) Operational Technology
3 1 (1.79%) CMDB
3 1 (1.79%) Data Structures
3 1 (1.79%) Derivative
3 1 (1.79%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.79%) NHS
3 1 (1.79%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 4 (7.14%) Android
1 4 (7.14%) Linux
2 3 (5.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 3 (5.36%) Windows
3 2 (3.57%) Mac OS X
3 2 (3.57%) Windows 10
4 1 (1.79%) CentOS
4 1 (1.79%) Rocky
4 1 (1.79%) Ubuntu
4 1 (1.79%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (50.00%) Agile
1 28 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (28.57%) DevOps
3 14 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 13 (23.21%) Configuration Management
4 13 (23.21%) Test Strategy
5 12 (21.43%) Data Modelling
5 12 (21.43%) OO
5 12 (21.43%) Problem Management
6 7 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
6 7 (12.50%) Customer Service
7 6 (10.71%) Workflow
8 5 (8.93%) Change Management
8 5 (8.93%) Continuous Integration
8 5 (8.93%) Data Collection
8 5 (8.93%) Demand Management
8 5 (8.93%) Software Engineering
8 5 (8.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 4 (7.14%) Analytics
9 4 (7.14%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 16 (28.57%) SQL
2 1 (1.79%) JavaScript
2 1 (1.79%) Python
2 1 (1.79%) VBA
Qualifications
1 8 (14.29%) Degree
2 3 (5.36%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (5.36%) SC Cleared
2 3 (5.36%) Security Cleared
3 2 (3.57%) A+ Certification
3 2 (3.57%) MCP
3 2 (3.57%) PMI Certification
3 2 (3.57%) PMP
4 1 (1.79%) CBAP
4 1 (1.79%) IIBA
4 1 (1.79%) SAS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.36%) Data Quality
1 3 (5.36%) SLA
2 2 (3.57%) GRC
2 2 (3.57%) PMO
2 2 (3.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (1.79%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (1.79%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.79%) QA
System Software
1 4 (7.14%) BitLocker
2 2 (3.57%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.79%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (7.14%) Ansible
2 3 (5.36%) Opsview
2 3 (5.36%) Terraform
3 1 (1.79%) FortiGate
3 1 (1.79%) Grafana
Vendors
1 18 (32.14%) Microsoft
2 5 (8.93%) Atlassian
3 4 (7.14%) Apple
4 3 (5.36%) PagerDuty
4 3 (5.36%) SAP
5 2 (3.57%) Concur
5 2 (3.57%) NEC
5 2 (3.57%) ServiceNow
5 2 (3.57%) Siemens
6 1 (1.79%) Autodesk
6 1 (1.79%) Cisco
6 1 (1.79%) Planview
6 1 (1.79%) Splunk