Process Improvement Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Process Improvement
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Process Improvement skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 78 60 103
Rank change year-on-year -18 +43 -72
Contract jobs citing Process Improvement 92 66 32
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 2.91% 2.87% 1.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.37% 3.33% 1.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 43 24
10th Percentile £250 £342 £347
25th Percentile £311 £381 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £450 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -14.29% -0.94%
75th Percentile £550 £613 £635
90th Percentile £689 £638 £703
England median daily rate £475 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £18.71 - -
25th Percentile £26.16 - -
Median hourly rate £30.00 - -
75th Percentile £31.00 - -
90th Percentile £50.50 - -
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year -28.14% +6.06% +4.76%

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 2,729 1,983 2,203
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 86.31% 86.29% 84.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,704 1,248 1,515
10th Percentile £250 £250 £255
25th Percentile £377 £375 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -4.04%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £594
90th Percentile £650 £700 £688
England median daily rate £505 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 203 71 95
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.70 £13.10
25th Percentile £16.35 £17.00 £16.87
Median hourly rate £19.50 £22.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.36% -4.35% +36.66%
75th Percentile £25.15 £32.91 £51.50
90th Percentile £30.85 £52.50 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +23.61%

Process Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Process Improvement job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Process Improvement
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Process Improvement

Process Improvement
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Process Improvement in the Midlands over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Process Improvement in the Midlands

Process Improvement
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Process Improvement

Process Improvement
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Process Improvement in the Midlands over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Process Improvement in the Midlands

Process Improvement
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 20 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
West Midlands -12 62 £450 -20.56% 45
East Midlands -7 31 £352 -1.12% 23
Process Improvement
England

Process Improvement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 6 (6.52%) Confluence
2 4 (4.35%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.17%) CMS
4 1 (1.09%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (1.09%) nginx
Applications
1 8 (8.70%) Microsoft Excel
1 8 (8.70%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (5.43%) MS Visio
3 4 (4.35%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (3.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (1.09%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (1.09%) Chatbot
5 1 (1.09%) Mozilla Thunderbird
5 1 (1.09%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (3.26%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (2.17%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (1.09%) Aareon QL
3 1 (1.09%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.09%) Maximo
3 1 (1.09%) MIS ActiveH
3 1 (1.09%) NEC Housing
3 1 (1.09%) OPENHousing
3 1 (1.09%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (1.09%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (1.09%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (1.09%) Orchard Housing
3 1 (1.09%) SAP BPC
3 1 (1.09%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 9 (9.78%) Power Platform
2 6 (6.52%) AWS
3 5 (5.43%) Azure
4 3 (3.26%) Google Workspace
5 2 (2.17%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (2.17%) Kontent
5 2 (2.17%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (2.17%) OpenShift
6 1 (1.09%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 1 (1.09%) Amazon ECS
6 1 (1.09%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (1.09%) Azure Service Bus
6 1 (1.09%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.09%) Figma
6 1 (1.09%) Lucidchart
6 1 (1.09%) PaaS
6 1 (1.09%) Power Automate
6 1 (1.09%) PowerApps
6 1 (1.09%) SaaS
6 1 (1.09%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 7 (7.61%) Firewall
2 3 (3.26%) DNS
2 3 (3.26%) Internet
2 3 (3.26%) LAN
2 3 (3.26%) WAN
3 2 (2.17%) Cisco IOS
3 2 (2.17%) DHCP
3 2 (2.17%) PuTTY
3 2 (2.17%) Wireless
3 2 (2.17%) WLAN
4 1 (1.09%) DWDM
4 1 (1.09%) FTP
4 1 (1.09%) HTTP
4 1 (1.09%) IMAP
4 1 (1.09%) Network Security
4 1 (1.09%) OpenLDAP
4 1 (1.09%) SMTP
4 1 (1.09%) SSH
4 1 (1.09%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.09%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (8.70%) Power BI
2 2 (2.17%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (2.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (2.17%) Tableau
3 1 (1.09%) Amazon Aurora
3 1 (1.09%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (1.09%) Power Query
3 1 (1.09%) SAP BW
3 1 (1.09%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 10 (10.87%) JIRA
2 4 (4.35%) Git
3 1 (1.09%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.09%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (1.09%) Vagrant
General
1 52 (56.52%) Social Skills
2 23 (25.00%) Finance
3 19 (20.65%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (9.78%) Banking
5 8 (8.70%) Manufacturing
6 6 (6.52%) Influencing Skills
6 6 (6.52%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (5.43%) Law
8 4 (4.35%) Corporate Banking
8 4 (4.35%) Retail Banking
9 3 (3.26%) Public Sector
10 2 (2.17%) Legal
10 2 (2.17%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (2.17%) Retail
10 2 (2.17%) Telecoms
11 1 (1.09%) Aerospace
11 1 (1.09%) Billing
11 1 (1.09%) Environmental Health
11 1 (1.09%) General Ledger
11 1 (1.09%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 16 (17.39%) Analyst
2 8 (8.70%) Business Analyst
3 6 (6.52%) Lead
3 6 (6.52%) Project Manager
4 5 (5.43%) Consultant
5 4 (4.35%) Delivery Manager
5 4 (4.35%) SOC Manager
6 2 (2.17%) Agile Delivery Manager
6 2 (2.17%) Azure Specialist
6 2 (2.17%) CMS Developer
6 2 (2.17%) Data Steward
6 2 (2.17%) DevOps Specialist
6 2 (2.17%) Digital Analyst
6 2 (2.17%) Digital Business Analyst
6 2 (2.17%) Full-Stack Developer
6 2 (2.17%) Junior
6 2 (2.17%) Manufacturing Engineer
6 2 (2.17%) PMO Lead
6 2 (2.17%) PMO Manager
6 2 (2.17%) SAP Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.26%) .NET
2 2 (2.17%) .NET Framework
2 2 (2.17%) AngularJS
2 2 (2.17%) ASP.NET
2 2 (2.17%) ASP.NET MVC
2 2 (2.17%) CSS
2 2 (2.17%) HTML
2 2 (2.17%) React
2 2 (2.17%) RESTful
3 1 (1.09%) ASP.NET Web API
3 1 (1.09%) LDAP
3 1 (1.09%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (1.09%) REST
3 1 (1.09%) SailPoint
3 1 (1.09%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (1.09%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (8.70%) Onboarding
2 6 (6.52%) Analytical Mindset
3 4 (4.35%) PKI
3 4 (4.35%) Product Ownership
3 4 (4.35%) Security Operations Centre
3 4 (4.35%) Social Media
4 3 (3.26%) CMDB
4 3 (3.26%) Data Structures
4 3 (3.26%) PMI
4 3 (3.26%) Security Posture
5 2 (2.17%) Mobile App
5 2 (2.17%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.09%) CCTV
6 1 (1.09%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.09%) e-Learning
6 1 (1.09%) Learning Management System
6 1 (1.09%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.09%) Replication
6 1 (1.09%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.09%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.17%) Windows
2 1 (1.09%) Amazon Linux
2 1 (1.09%) Linux
2 1 (1.09%) Ubuntu
2 1 (1.09%) VMS
2 1 (1.09%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (27.17%) Agile
2 23 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 20 (21.74%) Continuous Improvement
4 19 (20.65%) Project Management
5 18 (19.57%) Decision-Making
5 18 (19.57%) Problem-Solving
6 17 (18.48%) Change Management
7 13 (14.13%) Logistics
8 11 (11.96%) Coaching
8 11 (11.96%) Stakeholder Management
9 10 (10.87%) Risk Management
10 9 (9.78%) Data Analysis
10 9 (9.78%) Roadmaps
11 8 (8.70%) AI
11 8 (8.70%) Data Management
11 8 (8.70%) ITIL
11 8 (8.70%) Scrum
12 7 (7.61%) Business Intelligence
12 7 (7.61%) ERP
12 7 (7.61%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 8 (8.70%) SQL
2 5 (5.43%) Python
3 4 (4.35%) JavaScript
4 3 (3.26%) C#
5 2 (2.17%) PowerShell
5 2 (2.17%) R
6 1 (1.09%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (1.09%) Google Apps Script
6 1 (1.09%) Groovy
6 1 (1.09%) TypeScript
6 1 (1.09%) VBA
Qualifications
1 25 (27.17%) Degree
2 5 (5.43%) Master's Degree
2 5 (5.43%) Security Cleared
3 4 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (4.35%) PMI Certification
3 4 (4.35%) PMP
4 3 (3.26%) MBA
4 3 (3.26%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 3 (3.26%) SAFe Agilist
4 3 (3.26%) SC Cleared
5 2 (2.17%) CCNA
5 2 (2.17%) CCNP
5 2 (2.17%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.09%) AAT
6 1 (1.09%) APMG
6 1 (1.09%) AWS Certification
6 1 (1.09%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.09%) IIBA
6 1 (1.09%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (1.09%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (9.78%) Data Quality
1 9 (9.78%) PMO
2 8 (8.70%) QA
3 3 (3.26%) Basel III
3 3 (3.26%) ISO 19650
3 3 (3.26%) SLA
4 2 (2.17%) Accessibility
5 1 (1.09%) COSHH
5 1 (1.09%) GDPR
5 1 (1.09%) GRC
5 1 (1.09%) ISO 14001
5 1 (1.09%) NEBOSH
5 1 (1.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (1.09%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.09%) DFS Replication
1 1 (1.09%) Docker
1 1 (1.09%) Dovecot
1 1 (1.09%) Firmware
1 1 (1.09%) Postfix
1 1 (1.09%) Squid
Systems Management
1 4 (4.35%) QRadar
2 2 (2.17%) Terraform
3 1 (1.09%) Ansible
3 1 (1.09%) Grafana
3 1 (1.09%) Nessus
3 1 (1.09%) Prometheus
3 1 (1.09%) Proxmox
3 1 (1.09%) SCCM
Vendors
1 18 (19.57%) Microsoft
2 7 (7.61%) ServiceNow
3 6 (6.52%) Google
4 5 (5.43%) SAP
5 4 (4.35%) Splunk
6 3 (3.26%) Oracle
7 2 (2.17%) Adobe
7 2 (2.17%) Cisco
7 2 (2.17%) Peregrine
7 2 (2.17%) Planview
7 2 (2.17%) Remedy
8 1 (1.09%) Aareon
8 1 (1.09%) BeyondTrust
8 1 (1.09%) Concur
8 1 (1.09%) CyberArk
8 1 (1.09%) Jaspersoft
8 1 (1.09%) Oneserve
8 1 (1.09%) Sage
8 1 (1.09%) Xilinx
8 1 (1.09%) Zoho