Process Improvement Contract Job Trends in the South West

Process Improvement
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Process Improvement skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 106 101 92
Rank change year-on-year -5 -9 +20
Contract jobs citing Process Improvement 49 25 42
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 1.32% 1.26% 1.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.70% 1.40% 1.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 14 21
10th Percentile £325 £220 £300
25th Percentile £403 £241 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £338 £500
Median % change year-on-year +55.56% -32.50% +9.29%
75th Percentile £638 £494 £775
90th Percentile £735 £596 £830
England median daily rate £500 £487 £535
% change year-on-year +2.74% -8.95% +4.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 5 0
10th Percentile - £16.40 -
25th Percentile £19.75 £20.00 -
Median hourly rate £70.00 £30.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +133.33% - -
75th Percentile £73.38 £40.00 -
90th Percentile £76.75 £51.25 -
England median hourly rate £21.50 £30.00 £33.75
% change year-on-year -28.33% -11.11% +12.50%

All Process & 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 2,885 1,785 2,134
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 77.97% 90.29% 83.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,601 1,010 1,225
10th Percentile £340 £213 £304
25th Percentile £460 £368 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +7.50% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £622 £638
90th Percentile £733 £716 £725
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 479 270 209
10th Percentile £14.30 £15.25 £22.50
25th Percentile £24.38 £18.87 £48.00
Median hourly rate £62.00 £25.15 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year +146.52% -62.74% +12.50%
75th Percentile £69.38 £62.81 £72.50
90th Percentile £76.90 £68.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +59.05% -40.82% -4.49%

Process Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Process Improvement job vacancy trend in the South West

Process Improvement
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Process Improvement.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Process Improvement

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 10 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Process Improvement in the South West

Process Improvement
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Process Improvement.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Process Improvement

Process Improvement
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Process Improvement in the South West over the 6 months to 10 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram 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 10 October 2026. 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 -16 13 £456 +21.47% 25
Gloucestershire +9 11 £419 +90.34% 24
Devon -6 9 £513 -14.58% 25
Wiltshire -8 9 £500 +19.76% 19
Dorset -8 3 £575 - 26
Somerset -29 3 £725 +229.55% 17
Process Improvement
England

Process Improvement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 4 (8.16%) Confluence
2 3 (6.12%) CMS
3 1 (2.04%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.04%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 4 (8.16%) MS Visio
2 2 (4.08%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (4.08%) Sprinklr
2 1 (2.04%) Magento
2 1 (2.04%) SAP CRM
2 1 (2.04%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (6.12%) Azure
2 2 (4.08%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (4.08%) Power Platform
3 1 (2.04%) Lucidchart
3 1 (2.04%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.04%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.04%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.08%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 7 (14.29%) JIRA
2 2 (4.08%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 15 (30.61%) Analytical Skills
1 15 (30.61%) Social Skills
2 14 (28.57%) Finance
3 5 (10.20%) Manufacturing
4 3 (6.12%) Local Government
5 2 (4.08%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (4.08%) Legal
5 2 (4.08%) Public Sector
5 2 (4.08%) Publishing
6 1 (2.04%) Aerospace
6 1 (2.04%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.04%) Military
6 1 (2.04%) Police
6 1 (2.04%) Retail
6 1 (2.04%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 22 (44.90%) Analyst
2 15 (30.61%) Business Analyst
3 7 (14.29%) Lead
4 6 (12.24%) Senior
5 5 (10.20%) Accountant
6 4 (8.16%) Process Analyst
6 4 (8.16%) Senior Analyst
6 4 (8.16%) Senior Business Analyst
7 3 (6.12%) AS400 Support
7 3 (6.12%) Delivery Manager
7 3 (6.12%) Management Accountant
7 3 (6.12%) Support Specialist
8 2 (4.08%) Configuration Manager
8 2 (4.08%) Content Manager
8 2 (4.08%) PMO Analyst
8 2 (4.08%) Project Manager
8 2 (4.08%) Senior Content Manager
8 2 (4.08%) Service Manager
8 2 (4.08%) Software Team Leader
8 2 (4.08%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.04%) Handlebars
1 1 (2.04%) JSON
1 1 (2.04%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.12%) AS400
1 3 (6.12%) CMDB
1 3 (6.12%) Onboarding
2 2 (4.08%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (4.08%) Data Structures
2 2 (4.08%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (2.04%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (2.04%) Low-Code
3 1 (2.04%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.04%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.04%) Linux
1 1 (2.04%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (30.61%) Continuous Improvement
2 14 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 10 (20.41%) Validation
4 9 (18.37%) Agile
4 9 (18.37%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (18.37%) Stakeholder Management
4 9 (18.37%) Workshop Facilitation
5 7 (14.29%) Business Analysis
6 6 (12.24%) Business Process Improvement
6 6 (12.24%) Decision-Making
6 6 (12.24%) Project Delivery
6 6 (12.24%) Requirements Gathering
6 6 (12.24%) Service Delivery
6 6 (12.24%) User Stories
7 5 (10.20%) Business Case
7 5 (10.20%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 5 (10.20%) ERP
7 5 (10.20%) Waterfall
8 4 (8.16%) Data Analysis
8 4 (8.16%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 4 (8.16%) SQL
2 2 (4.08%) C
2 2 (4.08%) C++
2 2 (4.08%) Python
3 1 (2.04%) Bash
3 1 (2.04%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 13 (26.53%) Security Cleared
2 7 (14.29%) DV Cleared
3 5 (10.20%) ACCA
3 5 (10.20%) CIMA
3 5 (10.20%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.04%) CompTIA CySA+
4 1 (2.04%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (2.04%) Degree
4 1 (2.04%) HNC
4 1 (2.04%) HND
4 1 (2.04%) MCSE
4 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (2.04%) SAFe Agilist
4 1 (2.04%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.12%) QA
2 2 (4.08%) Data Quality
2 2 (4.08%) PMO
3 1 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.04%) NIST
3 1 (2.04%) SLA
Vendors
1 5 (10.20%) IBM
2 3 (6.12%) Microsoft
2 3 (6.12%) SAP
3 2 (4.08%) Atlassian
3 2 (4.08%) Instagram
3 2 (4.08%) Remedy
3 2 (4.08%) ServiceNow
3 2 (4.08%) TikTok
3 2 (4.08%) YouTube
4 1 (2.04%) Apple
4 1 (2.04%) IFS
4 1 (2.04%) Sitecore
4 1 (2.04%) SolarWinds