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 20 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 65 103 88
Rank change year-on-year +38 -15 +28
Contract jobs citing Process Improvement 86 88 133
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 2.88% 1.61% 2.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.15% 1.91% 2.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 58 85
10th Percentile £350 £205 £410
25th Percentile £403 £407 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £488 £460
Median % change year-on-year +7.28% +5.98% -4.17%
75th Percentile £603 £561 £538
90th Percentile £725 £591 £649
England median daily rate £518 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -1.43% - +1.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 12 5
10th Percentile £19.55 - £28.57
25th Percentile £29.34 £13.05 -
Median hourly rate £63.75 £15.00 £32.30
Median % change year-on-year +324.97% -53.56% -0.62%
75th Percentile £75.00 £15.85 -
90th Percentile - £20.94 £44.81
England median hourly rate £31.02 £22.17 £43.86
% change year-on-year +39.92% -49.45% -1.86%

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 2,731 4,596 5,017
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 91.43% 84.24% 89.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,743 2,676 3,476
10th Percentile £250 £250 £248
25th Percentile £395 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £508
Median % change year-on-year -0.05% -1.43% +1.50%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £615
90th Percentile £663 £700 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 175 439 218
10th Percentile £13.15 £13.00 £16.25
25th Percentile £15.00 £18.20 £22.16
Median hourly rate £26.34 £47.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -44.56% -5.00% +132.56%
75th Percentile £61.87 £62.50 £64.63
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.86 £75.00
England median hourly rate £28.60 £36.50 £37.15
% change year-on-year -21.64% -1.75% +48.60%

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 20 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 20 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Process Improvement in the South East

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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 20 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 +36 42 £430 -8.51% 90
Berkshire +43 32 £425 -15.00% 45
Hampshire +44 30 £575 +173.81% 53
Oxfordshire 0 6 £500 - 26
Surrey +3 4 £400 -23.81% 25
Buckinghamshire +2 4 £450 +5.59% 27
East Sussex -2 3 £700 +30.23% 13
Kent +1 2 £250 -48.05% 8
West Sussex +14 1 £775 +88.11% 23
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 (1.16%) Apache Spark
1 1 (1.16%) Confluence
1 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.16%) SharePoint
1 1 (1.16%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 4 (4.65%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (4.65%) MS Visio
2 2 (2.33%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.16%) CATIA
Business Applications
1 7 (8.14%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (4.65%) SAP ECC
3 2 (2.33%) SAP CO
3 2 (2.33%) SAP FI
3 2 (2.33%) SAP FI/CO
3 2 (2.33%) SAP GTS
3 2 (2.33%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 8 (9.30%) Azure
2 4 (4.65%) Entra ID
2 4 (4.65%) Power Platform
3 3 (3.49%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (2.33%) Azure Data Factory
4 2 (2.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 2 (2.33%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.16%) Lucidchart
5 1 (1.16%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.33%) NetScaler
2 1 (1.16%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (6.98%) Data Lake
2 4 (4.65%) Power BI
2 4 (4.65%) SQL Server
3 2 (2.33%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (1.16%) Big Data
4 1 (1.16%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.16%) Hadoop
4 1 (1.16%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.16%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (2.33%) JIRA
1 2 (2.33%) SpecFlow
2 1 (1.16%) Cypress.io
2 1 (1.16%) JMeter
2 1 (1.16%) JUnit
2 1 (1.16%) Selenium
2 1 (1.16%) TestRail
General
1 31 (36.05%) Social Skills
2 23 (26.74%) Finance
3 16 (18.60%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (12.79%) Public Sector
5 7 (8.14%) Manufacturing
5 7 (8.14%) Telecoms
6 6 (6.98%) Billing
7 4 (4.65%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (3.49%) Electronics
8 3 (3.49%) Legal
8 3 (3.49%) Marketing
8 3 (3.49%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (2.33%) Aerospace
9 2 (2.33%) Automotive
9 2 (2.33%) Aviation
9 2 (2.33%) Military
9 2 (2.33%) Retail
10 1 (1.16%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (1.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.16%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 28 (32.56%) Analyst
2 9 (10.47%) Senior
3 7 (8.14%) Systems Analyst
4 6 (6.98%) Architect
4 6 (6.98%) Data Analyst
4 6 (6.98%) SIEM Engineer
4 6 (6.98%) Support Analyst
5 5 (5.81%) Business Analyst
5 5 (5.81%) Business Support Analyst
5 5 (5.81%) Infrastructure Architect
5 5 (5.81%) Lead
5 5 (5.81%) Project Manager
6 4 (4.65%) Administrator
6 4 (4.65%) Business IT Analyst
6 4 (4.65%) Business Systems Analyst
6 4 (4.65%) Implementation Manager
6 4 (4.65%) IT Support Analyst
6 4 (4.65%) Systems Support
6 4 (4.65%) Systems Support Analyst
6 4 (4.65%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (10.47%) JSON
1 9 (10.47%) REST
2 3 (3.49%) PySpark
2 3 (3.49%) Web Services
3 2 (2.33%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 8 (9.30%) Cyber Threat
2 6 (6.98%) CSOC
2 6 (6.98%) Onboarding
3 5 (5.81%) Management Information System
4 3 (3.49%) Frameworx
4 3 (3.49%) IoT
4 3 (3.49%) Operational Technology
4 3 (3.49%) TM Forum
5 2 (2.33%) CMDB
6 1 (1.16%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.16%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (1.16%) Industrial Internet of Things
6 1 (1.16%) Mainframe
6 1 (1.16%) Pharmacovigilance
6 1 (1.16%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 9 (10.47%) Windows
2 7 (8.14%) Linux
3 1 (1.16%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.16%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (25.58%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (23.26%) Stakeholder Management
3 16 (18.60%) Project Management
4 15 (17.44%) Agile
5 13 (15.12%) Continuous Improvement
6 12 (13.95%) Analytics
7 11 (12.79%) ERP
8 9 (10.47%) Cybersecurity
8 9 (10.47%) Incident Response
8 9 (10.47%) Service Delivery
8 9 (10.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 8 (9.30%) Data Analysis
9 8 (9.30%) Performance Monitoring
9 8 (9.30%) SIEM
10 7 (8.14%) Migration
10 7 (8.14%) PRINCE2
10 7 (8.14%) Privileged Access Management
10 7 (8.14%) Task Automation
10 7 (8.14%) Vulnerability Management
11 6 (6.98%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 8 (9.30%) SQL
2 2 (2.33%) ABAP
2 2 (2.33%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (1.16%) COBOL
3 1 (1.16%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.16%) Python
Qualifications
1 26 (30.23%) Security Cleared
2 15 (17.44%) DV Cleared
3 12 (13.95%) Degree
4 10 (11.63%) PMP
5 9 (10.47%) SC Cleared
6 6 (6.98%) GIAC
6 6 (6.98%) PMI Certification
7 4 (4.65%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (1.16%) Azure Certification
8 1 (1.16%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (1.16%) CISM
8 1 (1.16%) CISSP
8 1 (1.16%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (1.16%) DBS Check
8 1 (1.16%) ISSEP
8 1 (1.16%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (1.16%) Master's Degree
8 1 (1.16%) MBA
8 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (1.16%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (15.12%) Data Quality
2 5 (5.81%) SLA
3 4 (4.65%) QA
4 3 (3.49%) PMO
5 2 (2.33%) GRC
6 1 (1.16%) Accessibility
6 1 (1.16%) COBIT
6 1 (1.16%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 6 (6.98%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.49%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (2.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (15.12%) SAP
2 8 (9.30%) Microsoft
3 6 (6.98%) Oracle
3 6 (6.98%) Salesforce
4 5 (5.81%) VMware
5 4 (4.65%) Liquidlogic
6 3 (3.49%) Ariba
6 3 (3.49%) ServiceNow
7 2 (2.33%) ArcSight
7 2 (2.33%) BMC
7 2 (2.33%) Citrix
7 2 (2.33%) CyberArk
7 2 (2.33%) Databricks
8 1 (1.16%) Aruba
8 1 (1.16%) Workday