Process Improvement Contracts in the South West

Process Improvement
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 79 126 149
Rank change year-on-year +47 +23 -29
Contract jobs citing Process Improvement 32 31 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 1.91% 0.97% 0.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.11% 1.17% 0.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 20 12
10th Percentile £395 £135 £401
25th Percentile £422 £359 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £493 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.02% -10.45% +10.83%
75th Percentile £625 £591 £605
90th Percentile £675 £615 £646
England median daily rate £524 £520 £525
% change year-on-year +0.77% -0.95% +2.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £25.75 £13.86 £67.50
Median hourly rate £26.50 £14.79 £81.00
Median % change year-on-year +79.18% -81.74% -
75th Percentile £27.25 £15.73 £94.50
90th Percentile - - -
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 West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,516 2,656 3,250
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 90.35% 83.03% 89.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 965 1,696 2,395
10th Percentile £235 £220 £313
25th Percentile £400 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £549
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.37% +9.80%
75th Percentile £623 £625 £644
90th Percentile £688 £700 £719
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 145 336 335
10th Percentile £18.33 £13.86 £9.80
25th Percentile £20.48 £27.50 £17.00
Median hourly rate £63.00 £50.00 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year +26.00% -18.70% +26.16%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £70.30
90th Percentile £70.00 £77.50 £83.36
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for Process Improvement in the South West

Process Improvement
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Process Improvement in the South West

Process Improvement
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

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

Daily rate histogram for Process Improvement in the South West

Process Improvement
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Process Improvement in the South West

Process Improvement
Contract Job Locations in the South 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 South West 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
Bristol +21 15 £450 +5.88% 41
Wiltshire +33 8 £575 +18.56% 26
Dorset +8 5 £441 -23.30% 26
Somerset +3 2 £720 +20.00% 31
Process Improvement
England

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

Application Platforms
1 2 (6.25%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (3.13%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (3.13%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 6 (18.75%) AWS
2 2 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (3.13%) Azure
3 1 (3.13%) Power Platform
3 1 (3.13%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.25%) 2G
1 2 (6.25%) 4G
1 2 (6.25%) 5G
1 2 (6.25%) Radio Access Network
1 2 (6.25%) Wireshark
2 1 (3.13%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.13%) Power BI
1 1 (3.13%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (6.25%) Git
1 2 (6.25%) JIRA
2 1 (3.13%) Ant
2 1 (3.13%) GitLab
2 1 (3.13%) Jenkins
General
1 10 (31.25%) Analytical Skills
1 10 (31.25%) Social Skills
2 8 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 7 (21.88%) Finance
4 6 (18.75%) Manufacturing
5 5 (15.63%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (12.50%) Electronics
6 4 (12.50%) Telecoms
7 3 (9.38%) Marketing
8 2 (6.25%) Legal
8 2 (6.25%) Police
9 1 (3.13%) Billing
9 1 (3.13%) Fire and Rescue
9 1 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 8 (25.00%) Analyst
2 7 (21.88%) Developer
3 6 (18.75%) Business Analyst
4 5 (15.63%) Configuration Manager
4 5 (15.63%) Java Developer
5 3 (9.38%) Architect
5 3 (9.38%) DV Cleared Business Analyst
5 3 (9.38%) Lead
6 2 (6.25%) Full-Stack Developer
6 2 (6.25%) Full-Stack Java Developer
6 2 (6.25%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 2 (6.25%) Infrastructure Architect
6 2 (6.25%) Infrastructure Business Analyst
6 2 (6.25%) Network Design Specialist
6 2 (6.25%) Network Specialist
6 2 (6.25%) React Developer
6 2 (6.25%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
6 2 (6.25%) Senior
6 2 (6.25%) Senior Analyst
6 2 (6.25%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (12.50%) React
1 4 (12.50%) Spring
1 4 (12.50%) Spring Boot
2 1 (3.13%) CSS
2 1 (3.13%) HTML
2 1 (3.13%) Lightning Web Components
2 1 (3.13%) REST
2 1 (3.13%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.38%) CMDB
2 2 (6.25%) Management Information System
2 2 (6.25%) Product Ownership
3 1 (3.13%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (3.13%) Data Centre
3 1 (3.13%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (3.13%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (9.38%) Linux
2 2 (6.25%) Windows
3 1 (3.13%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (43.75%) Agile
2 8 (25.00%) Configuration Management
3 7 (21.88%) ITIL
3 7 (21.88%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (18.75%) Change Management
4 6 (18.75%) CI/CD
4 6 (18.75%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (18.75%) Project Delivery
5 5 (15.63%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (12.50%) Business Analysis
6 4 (12.50%) Business Case
6 4 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (12.50%) Business Process Improvement
6 4 (12.50%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 4 (12.50%) Trend Analysis
6 4 (12.50%) Use Case
6 4 (12.50%) User Stories
6 4 (12.50%) Waterfall
7 3 (9.38%) Customer Service
7 3 (9.38%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 5 (15.63%) Java
2 2 (6.25%) SQL
3 1 (3.13%) Apex Code
3 1 (3.13%) JavaScript
3 1 (3.13%) Python
3 1 (3.13%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 14 (43.75%) Security Cleared
2 8 (25.00%) DV Cleared
3 6 (18.75%) SC Cleared
4 5 (15.63%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (3.13%) AWS Certification
5 1 (3.13%) Degree
5 1 (3.13%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.25%) QA
2 1 (3.13%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (3.13%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.13%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (6.25%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (15.63%) Terraform
2 1 (3.13%) Ansible
2 1 (3.13%) Kubernetes
2 1 (3.13%) Puppet
Vendors
1 3 (9.38%) Microsoft
1 3 (9.38%) SAP
2 2 (6.25%) Ericsson
2 2 (6.25%) Nokia
2 2 (6.25%) ServiceNow
2 2 (6.25%) VMware
3 1 (3.13%) Aruba
3 1 (3.13%) Atlassian
3 1 (3.13%) BMC
3 1 (3.13%) Cisco
3 1 (3.13%) Foundry
3 1 (3.13%) HP
3 1 (3.13%) Juniper
3 1 (3.13%) Oracle
3 1 (3.13%) Pardot
3 1 (3.13%) Red Hat
3 1 (3.13%) Remedy
3 1 (3.13%) Salesforce