Process Improvement Contracts in the North East

Process Improvement
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North East 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 22 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 34 32
Rank change year-on-year +4 -2 -
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Process Improvement 5 1 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North East 1.79% 0.42% 1.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.22% 0.49% 2.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 2
10th Percentile £365 - £386
25th Percentile £369 - £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 - £506
75th Percentile £545 - £580
90th Percentile £567 - £622
England median daily rate £489 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -6.90% - +1.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £14.50 -
England median hourly rate £30.00 £28.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% -6.67% -7.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North East

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 North East.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 225 203 235
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 80.36% 85.29% 87.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 102 174
10th Percentile £200 £279 £314
25th Percentile £414 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £478 £460 £450
Median % change year-on-year +3.80% +2.22% -14.29%
75th Percentile £575 £578 £575
90th Percentile £626 £716 £693
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 25 10
10th Percentile £11.60 £14.25 £16.93
25th Percentile £12.49 £18.00 £18.19
Median hourly rate £17.30 £46.18 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -62.54% +77.62% +55.22%
75th Percentile £20.63 £50.00 £33.75
90th Percentile £47.34 £70.00 £46.18
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £41.50
% change year-on-year -40.82% +2.41% +53.76%

Process Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Job vacancy trend for Process Improvement in the North East

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Daily Rate Trend in the North East

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

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

Process Improvement
Daily Rate Histogram in the North East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Process Improvement in the North East over the 6 months to 22 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Process Improvement in the North East

Process Improvement
Hourly Rate Trend in the North East

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

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

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DemandTrendContract Job Locations in the North East

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 North East region over the 6 months to 22 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Durham - 3 £530 - 4
Tyne and Wear -5 2 £475 - 15
Process Improvement
England

Process Improvement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) SAP PP
1 1 (20.00%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Purview
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Consultant
1 2 (40.00%) SAP Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Programme Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) SAP MM Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) SAP PP Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) SAP QM Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) SAP SD Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) SAP SD/MM Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (20.00%) Robotics
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (40.00%) Data Protection
2 2 (40.00%) GAP Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) SAP Implementation
3 1 (20.00%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (20.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Business Process Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Data Security
3 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) Mechatronics
3 1 (20.00%) Programme Management
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (20.00%) SFIA
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) SAP
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft