Process Improvement Contracts in the South East

Process Improvement
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 73 116 105
Rank change year-on-year +43 -11 +34
Contract jobs citing Process Improvement 89 90 122
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 2.96% 1.62% 2.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.23% 1.91% 2.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 58 79
10th Percentile £350 £205 £330
25th Percentile £426 £407 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £524 £475 £460
Median % change year-on-year +10.32% +3.26% -4.17%
75th Percentile £616 £552 £573
90th Percentile £725 £563 £675
England median daily rate £524 £520 £525
% change year-on-year +0.77% -0.95% +2.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 9 3
10th Percentile £19.55 - £27.32
25th Percentile £29.34 £13.05 £29.19
Median hourly rate £63.75 £15.85 £32.30
Median % change year-on-year +302.18% -50.93% -0.62%
75th Percentile £75.00 - -
90th Percentile - £21.50 -
England median hourly rate £29.15 £25.00 £43.93
% change year-on-year +16.60% -43.09% -2.81%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South 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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,757 4,716 5,181
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 91.59% 84.85% 89.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,756 2,743 3,594
10th Percentile £256 £243 £250
25th Percentile £400 £400 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £508
Median % change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
75th Percentile £600 £621 £619
90th Percentile £675 £700 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 434 219
10th Percentile £13.85 £13.00 £18.25
25th Percentile £15.79 £18.23 £23.83
Median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%
75th Percentile £62.50 £62.49 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.86 £74.83
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Process Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Process Improvement in the South East

Process Improvement
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Process Improvement in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Process Improvement in the South East

Process Improvement
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Process Improvement in the South East over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Process Improvement in the South East

Process Improvement
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Process Improvement in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Process Improvement in the South East

Process Improvement
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Process Improvement in the South East over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Process Improvement in the South East

Process Improvement
Contract Job Locations in the South 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 South East region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Thames Valley +43 39 £450 -5.26% 155
Hampshire +42 33 £550 +161.90% 95
Berkshire +43 31 £428 -14.50% 75
Buckinghamshire +6 5 £458 +6.10% 55
East Sussex 0 5 £700 +30.23% 36
Surrey +5 4 £400 -23.81% 47
Oxfordshire +3 3 £500 - 36
Kent +6 2 £250 -48.05% 51
West Sussex +3 2 £775 +88.11% 40
Home Counties - 1 - -
Process Improvement
England

Process Improvement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.12%) Apache Spark
1 1 (1.12%) Confluence
1 1 (1.12%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.12%) SharePoint
1 1 (1.12%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 4 (4.49%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (4.49%) MS Visio
2 2 (2.25%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.12%) CATIA
Business Applications
1 8 (8.99%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (4.49%) SAP ECC
3 2 (2.25%) SAP CO
3 2 (2.25%) SAP FI
3 2 (2.25%) SAP FI/CO
3 2 (2.25%) SAP GTS
3 2 (2.25%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 10 (11.24%) Azure
2 5 (5.62%) Azure Sentinel
2 5 (5.62%) Power Platform
3 4 (4.49%) Entra ID
4 2 (2.25%) Azure Data Factory
4 2 (2.25%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 2 (2.25%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.12%) Lucidchart
5 1 (1.12%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.25%) NetScaler
2 1 (1.12%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (6.74%) Data Lake
2 5 (5.62%) Power BI
2 5 (5.62%) SQL Server
3 2 (2.25%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (2.25%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (2.25%) Tableau
4 1 (1.12%) Big Data
4 1 (1.12%) Hadoop
4 1 (1.12%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (2.25%) JIRA
1 2 (2.25%) SpecFlow
2 1 (1.12%) Cypress.io
2 1 (1.12%) JMeter
2 1 (1.12%) JUnit
2 1 (1.12%) Selenium
2 1 (1.12%) TestRail
General
1 34 (38.20%) Social Skills
2 22 (24.72%) Finance
3 16 (17.98%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (13.48%) Public Sector
5 8 (8.99%) Manufacturing
6 7 (7.87%) Telecoms
7 6 (6.74%) Billing
8 4 (4.49%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (3.37%) Electronics
9 3 (3.37%) Legal
9 3 (3.37%) Marketing
9 3 (3.37%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (2.25%) Aerospace
10 2 (2.25%) Automotive
10 2 (2.25%) Aviation
10 2 (2.25%) Military
10 2 (2.25%) Retail
11 1 (1.12%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (1.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (1.12%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 26 (29.21%) Analyst
2 9 (10.11%) Architect
2 9 (10.11%) Senior
3 7 (7.87%) Data Analyst
4 6 (6.74%) SIEM Engineer
5 5 (5.62%) Business Analyst
5 5 (5.62%) Infrastructure Architect
5 5 (5.62%) Lead
5 5 (5.62%) Project Manager
5 5 (5.62%) Systems Analyst
6 4 (4.49%) Administrator
6 4 (4.49%) DV Cleared Business Analyst
6 4 (4.49%) ERP Implementation Manager
6 4 (4.49%) ERP Manager
6 4 (4.49%) Implementation Manager
6 4 (4.49%) Technical Analyst
7 3 (3.37%) Data Engineer
7 3 (3.37%) Designer
7 3 (3.37%) Financial Services Project Manager
7 3 (3.37%) ServiceNow Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (10.11%) JSON
1 9 (10.11%) REST
2 3 (3.37%) PySpark
2 3 (3.37%) Web Services
3 2 (2.25%) Gherkin
4 1 (1.12%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 10 (11.24%) Cyber Threat
2 6 (6.74%) CSOC
2 6 (6.74%) Onboarding
3 5 (5.62%) CMDB
3 5 (5.62%) Management Information System
4 3 (3.37%) Cyber Defence
4 3 (3.37%) Frameworx
4 3 (3.37%) IoT
4 3 (3.37%) Operational Technology
4 3 (3.37%) TM Forum
5 1 (1.12%) Industrial Internet of Things
5 1 (1.12%) Mainframe
5 1 (1.12%) Pharmacovigilance
5 1 (1.12%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 9 (10.11%) Windows
2 7 (7.87%) Linux
3 1 (1.12%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.12%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (22.47%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (17.98%) Project Management
2 16 (17.98%) Stakeholder Management
3 15 (16.85%) Agile
4 14 (15.73%) Continuous Improvement
5 11 (12.36%) Cybersecurity
5 11 (12.36%) ERP
5 11 (12.36%) Incident Response
6 10 (11.24%) Analytics
6 10 (11.24%) Data Analysis
7 9 (10.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 9 (10.11%) Vulnerability Management
8 8 (8.99%) SIEM
9 7 (7.87%) Business Intelligence
9 7 (7.87%) Mentoring
9 7 (7.87%) Migration
9 7 (7.87%) PRINCE2
9 7 (7.87%) Privileged Access Management
9 7 (7.87%) Service Delivery
9 7 (7.87%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 9 (10.11%) SQL
2 3 (3.37%) ABAP
3 2 (2.25%) Kusto Query Language
3 2 (2.25%) Python
4 1 (1.12%) COBOL
4 1 (1.12%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.12%) R
Qualifications
1 26 (29.21%) Security Cleared
2 15 (16.85%) Degree
2 15 (16.85%) DV Cleared
3 10 (11.24%) PMP
4 9 (10.11%) SC Cleared
5 6 (6.74%) GIAC
5 6 (6.74%) PMI Certification
6 4 (4.49%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (3.37%) Azure Certification
7 3 (3.37%) CISSP
7 3 (3.37%) CompTIA Security+
7 3 (3.37%) ISSEP
7 3 (3.37%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (3.37%) SSCP
8 2 (2.25%) CISM
9 1 (1.12%) CTC Cleared
9 1 (1.12%) ISTQB
9 1 (1.12%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (1.12%) MBA
9 1 (1.12%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (12.36%) Data Quality
2 7 (7.87%) QA
3 5 (5.62%) SLA
4 2 (2.25%) GRC
4 2 (2.25%) PMO
5 1 (1.12%) COBIT
5 1 (1.12%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 6 (6.74%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.37%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (2.25%) Terraform
Vendors
1 15 (16.85%) SAP
2 13 (14.61%) Microsoft
3 7 (7.87%) Oracle
4 6 (6.74%) Salesforce
4 6 (6.74%) ServiceNow
5 5 (5.62%) VMware
6 3 (3.37%) Ariba
7 2 (2.25%) ArcSight
7 2 (2.25%) BMC
7 2 (2.25%) Citrix
7 2 (2.25%) CyberArk
7 2 (2.25%) Databricks
8 1 (1.12%) Aruba
8 1 (1.12%) Liquidlogic
8 1 (1.12%) Workday