Process Improvement Contracts in the North West

Process Improvement
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for Process Improvement skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Process Improvement over the 6 months to 5 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 104 116 126
Rank change year-on-year +12 +10 -14
Contract jobs citing Process Improvement 32 37 60
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 1.17% 1.23% 1.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.38% 1.37% 1.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 24 36
10th Percentile £363 £428 £238
25th Percentile £463 £463 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £558 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.13% +24.03% +2.04%
75th Percentile £579 £593 £550
90th Percentile £613 £638 £660
England median daily rate £525 £525 £520
% change year-on-year - +0.96% +15.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 2
10th Percentile £15.92 - £46.23
25th Percentile £28.59 £41.25 £48.57
Median hourly rate £42.50 £42.50 £53.08
Median % change year-on-year - -19.92% +138.78%
75th Percentile £43.75 £43.75 £58.21
90th Percentile - - £60.92
England median hourly rate £21.75 £43.86 £44.68
% change year-on-year -50.41% -1.84% +71.85%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Process Improvement is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,323 2,695 3,587
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 84.78% 89.74% 88.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,437 1,890 2,613
10th Percentile £308 £313 £240
25th Percentile £400 £413 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £575
90th Percentile £675 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £545
% change year-on-year -4.55% +0.92% +9.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 270 140 159
10th Percentile £11.00 £16.00 £10.63
25th Percentile £14.03 £21.25 £14.25
Median hourly rate £27.00 £32.88 £23.39
Median % change year-on-year -17.88% +40.56% +29.12%
75th Percentile £46.18 £46.39 £52.63
90th Percentile £66.61 £66.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £37.50 £36.54 £25.00
% change year-on-year +2.63% +46.16% +11.11%

Process Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Process Improvement in the North West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Process Improvement in the North West

Process Improvement
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Process Improvement in the North West over the 6 months to 5 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Process Improvement in the North West

Process Improvement
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for Process Improvement in the North West

Process Improvement
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Process Improvement in the North West over the 6 months to 5 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Process Improvement in the North West

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Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 5 June 2024. 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
Cheshire +17 17 £550 +86.44% 13
Manchester +9 11 £500 -13.04% 32
Lancashire 0 2 £475 -4.16% 8
Merseyside +5 1 £500 +5.26% 10
Process Improvement
England

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

Applications
1 6 (18.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (15.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (15.63%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (6.25%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (18.75%) Power Platform
2 2 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (3.13%) AWS
3 1 (3.13%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (18.75%) Power BI
2 1 (3.13%) Amazon Redshift
2 1 (3.13%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (3.13%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (3.13%) MySQL
2 1 (3.13%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Cypress.io
1 1 (3.13%) Git
1 1 (3.13%) GoCD
1 1 (3.13%) JIRA
General
1 11 (34.38%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 5 (15.63%) Manufacturing
4 4 (12.50%) Finance
4 4 (12.50%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (3.13%) Automotive
5 1 (3.13%) Banking
5 1 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.13%) General Ledger
5 1 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (3.13%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (18.75%) Analyst
2 5 (15.63%) Manufacturing Engineer
2 5 (15.63%) Sourcing Manager
2 5 (15.63%) Support Engineer
3 4 (12.50%) Business Analyst
4 3 (9.38%) IT Engineer
4 3 (9.38%) IT Support
4 3 (9.38%) IT Support Engineer
4 3 (9.38%) Senior
5 2 (6.25%) Analytics Manager
5 2 (6.25%) Architect
5 2 (6.25%) Data Analytics Manager
5 2 (6.25%) Lead
5 2 (6.25%) Programme Manager
5 2 (6.25%) Project Assistant
5 2 (6.25%) Project Management Assistant
5 2 (6.25%) Project Manager
5 2 (6.25%) Software Engineer
5 2 (6.25%) Test Engineer
6 1 (3.13%) Integration Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.25%) Node.js
1 2 (6.25%) React
2 1 (3.13%) Jest
2 1 (3.13%) Middleware
2 1 (3.13%) React Native
2 1 (3.13%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 7 (21.88%) Life Science
2 3 (9.38%) Management Information System
2 3 (9.38%) NHS
3 1 (3.13%) Data Structures
3 1 (3.13%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (3.13%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (3.13%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.13%) Windows
1 1 (3.13%) Windows 10
1 1 (3.13%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (46.88%) Project Management
2 12 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (28.13%) Continuous Improvement
4 7 (21.88%) Analytics
5 6 (18.75%) Business Intelligence
5 6 (18.75%) Contract Negotiation
6 5 (15.63%) Data Analytics
6 5 (15.63%) Data Extraction
6 5 (15.63%) FMEA
6 5 (15.63%) Smart Manufacturing
6 5 (15.63%) Test Scripting
6 5 (15.63%) Validation
7 4 (12.50%) Change Management
7 4 (12.50%) Requirements Gathering
8 3 (9.38%) Agile
8 3 (9.38%) Business Continuity
8 3 (9.38%) Computer Science
8 3 (9.38%) Decision-Making
8 3 (9.38%) Incident Management
8 3 (9.38%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 6 (18.75%) SQL
2 1 (3.13%) Java
2 1 (3.13%) PHP
2 1 (3.13%) Python
2 1 (3.13%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (12.50%) Degree
2 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (6.25%) PMI Certification
2 2 (6.25%) PMP
3 1 (3.13%) Azure Certification
3 1 (3.13%) CBAP
3 1 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (3.13%) MCSE
3 1 (3.13%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (15.63%) GAMP
1 5 (15.63%) GxP
2 2 (6.25%) SLA
3 1 (3.13%) PMO
3 1 (3.13%) QA
System Software
1 1 (3.13%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (6.25%) Microsoft
1 2 (6.25%) SAP
2 1 (3.13%) MicroStrategy
2 1 (3.13%) Oracle
2 1 (3.13%) Salesforce