Process Improvement Contract Job Trends in Reading

Process Improvement
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading requiring Process Improvement skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 66 69
Rank change year-on-year 0 +3 -10
Contract jobs citing Process Improvement 9 25 20
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 1.23% 2.56% 2.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.37% 2.79% 2.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 16 9
10th Percentile £500 £500 £372
25th Percentile £538 £559 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £596 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.67% +4.35% -11.54%
75th Percentile £603 £672 £688
90th Percentile £610 £793 £700
Berkshire median daily rate £508 £583 £565
% change year-on-year -12.95% +3.19% -13.08%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 655 895 923
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 89.36% 91.79% 92.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 458 505 607
10th Percentile £350 £314 £213
25th Percentile £425 £450 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% -
75th Percentile £615 £650 £615
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £540 £500
% change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% -1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 7 17
10th Percentile £14.75 £27.90 £41.24
25th Percentile £24.81 £35.75 £59.89
Median hourly rate £68.50 £57.50 £63.29
Median % change year-on-year +19.13% -9.15% -2.63%
75th Percentile £95.00 £63.24 £65.25
90th Percentile £103.85 £68.78 £66.96
Berkshire median hourly rate £40.44 £59.00 £61.45
% change year-on-year -31.47% -3.98% +24.77%

Process Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Process Improvement job vacancy trend in Reading

Process Improvement
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

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

Process Improvement
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Process Improvement in Reading over the 6 months to 22 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Process Improvement in Reading

Process Improvement
Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

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

Process Improvement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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 1 (11.11%) Smallworld
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (22.22%) SAP HCM
1 2 (22.22%) SAP PS
1 2 (22.22%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) Oracle CX
2 1 (11.11%) Azure
2 1 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (11.11%) Entra ID
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) 5G
1 1 (11.11%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) GIS
General
1 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Finance
2 2 (22.22%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Senior
2 2 (22.22%) Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Business Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Consultant
2 2 (22.22%) Lead
2 2 (22.22%) Project Manager
2 2 (22.22%) SAP Consultant
2 2 (22.22%) SAP HCM Consultant
2 2 (22.22%) Senior Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Senior Project Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Delivery Project Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Lead Project Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Project Leader
3 1 (11.11%) SAP PS Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Business Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Software Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) HTML
1 1 (11.11%) REST
1 1 (11.11%) SailPoint
1 1 (11.11%) SOAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Agile
2 3 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 3 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (33.33%) Waterfall
2 3 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
3 2 (22.22%) Business Case
3 2 (22.22%) Case Management
3 2 (22.22%) Computer Science
3 2 (22.22%) Customer Engagement
3 2 (22.22%) Customer Experience
3 2 (22.22%) Impact Assessments
3 2 (22.22%) Mentoring
3 2 (22.22%) PRINCE2
3 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (22.22%) Resource Management
3 2 (22.22%) Service Management
3 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (11.11%) Lean Six Sigma
4 1 (11.11%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) JavaScript
1 1 (11.11%) Magik
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) Degree
2 1 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (11.11%) PMI Certification
2 1 (11.11%) PMP
2 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Ariba
1 2 (22.22%) Oracle
1 2 (22.22%) SAP
2 1 (11.11%) CyberArk
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft