Process Improvement Contract Job Trends in Portsmouth

Process Improvement
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Portsmouth requiring Process Improvement skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 10 32
Rank change year-on-year -16 +22 +12
Contract jobs citing Process Improvement 1 13 4
As % of all contract jobs in Portsmouth 0.56% 11.02% 1.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.72% 13.40% 1.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £538 £608
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 £615
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -6.50% -
75th Percentile - £613 £623
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median daily rate £500 £580 £510
% change year-on-year -13.79% +13.73% -6.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 0
Median hourly rate - £35.00 -
Hampshire median hourly rate £17.00 £35.00 £13.05
% change year-on-year -51.43% +168.20% -15.15%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Portsmouth

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 Portsmouth.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 139 97 242
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth 77.22% 82.20% 86.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 77 54 126
10th Percentile £268 £333 £385
25th Percentile £418 £400 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £506 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% -7.95% +7.32%
75th Percentile £556 £613 £665
90th Percentile £623 £688 £800
Hampshire median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +2.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 21 52
10th Percentile £16.92 £31.25 £26.38
25th Percentile £25.00 £35.00 £55.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £57.25 £62.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.03% -7.66% +3.33%
75th Percentile £48.75 £62.50 £67.02
90th Percentile £58.04 £65.00 £75.16
Hampshire median hourly rate £20.71 £35.00 £59.44
% change year-on-year -40.83% -41.12% +40.14%

Process Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

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

Process Improvement job vacancy trend in Portsmouth

Process Improvement
Daily Rate Trend in Portsmouth

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

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

Process Improvement
Hourly Rate Trend in Portsmouth

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

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

Process Improvement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Budget Management
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Lean Six Sigma
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Six Sigma
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree