Process Improvement Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Process Improvement
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Process Improvement skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 90 60 92
Rank change year-on-year -30 +32 +2
Contract jobs citing Process Improvement 38 61 50
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 1.84% 3.02% 2.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.09% 3.40% 2.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 39 30
10th Percentile £204 £412 £357
25th Percentile £222 £500 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £324 £582 £469
Median % change year-on-year -44.37% +24.16% -27.88%
75th Percentile £575 £638 £561
90th Percentile £603 £801 £689
South East median daily rate £425 £575 £469
% change year-on-year -26.09% +22.67% -17.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 1
10th Percentile - £57.21 -
25th Percentile £40.22 £57.98 -
Median hourly rate £40.44 £61.06 £13.16
Median % change year-on-year -33.78% +363.98% -
75th Percentile £40.65 £64.23 -
90th Percentile - £65.06 -
South East median hourly rate £17.00 £35.00 £39.48
% change year-on-year -51.43% -11.34% +105.06%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,816 1,793 2,293
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 87.86% 88.67% 91.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,183 1,051 1,470
10th Percentile £268 £298 £213
25th Percentile £400 £410 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £638 £613
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -2.91% -1.90% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 138 54 105
10th Percentile £14.75 £18.92 £18.95
25th Percentile £17.35 £29.75 £25.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £56.75 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -55.68% +13.49% +138.10%
75th Percentile £55.00 £63.00 £64.50
90th Percentile £87.09 £69.03 £74.08
South East median hourly rate £22.00 £51.00 £51.96
% change year-on-year -56.86% -1.85% +38.56%

Process Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Process Improvement job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Process Improvement
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Process Improvement.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Process Improvement

Process Improvement
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Process Improvement in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Process Improvement in the Thames Valley

Process Improvement
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Process Improvement.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Process Improvement

Process Improvement
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 14 December 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
Berkshire -34 22 £513 -13.17% 29
Oxfordshire -2 12 £275 - 10
Buckinghamshire +2 4 £425 - 9
Process Improvement
South East

Process Improvement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (2.63%) Confluence
1 1 (2.63%) Smallworld
Applications
1 6 (15.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (7.89%) MS Visio
3 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (2.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (5.26%) SAP HCM
1 2 (5.26%) SAP PS
1 2 (5.26%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 7 (18.42%) Power Platform
2 6 (15.79%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (13.16%) PowerApps
3 5 (13.16%) SaaS
4 3 (7.89%) Lucidchart
5 2 (5.26%) Azure
5 2 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (5.26%) Oracle CX
6 1 (2.63%) Entra ID
6 1 (2.63%) GitHub
6 1 (2.63%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (2.63%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.63%) 5G
1 1 (2.63%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (18.42%) Power BI
2 4 (10.53%) MySQL
2 4 (10.53%) Relational Database
3 1 (2.63%) GIS
3 1 (2.63%) Metadata
3 1 (2.63%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 3 (7.89%) JIRA
General
1 20 (52.63%) Social Skills
2 8 (21.05%) Finance
3 7 (18.42%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (10.53%) Local Government
4 4 (10.53%) Manufacturing
5 2 (5.26%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (5.26%) Military
5 2 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.63%) Aerospace
6 1 (2.63%) Financial Institution
6 1 (2.63%) Law
6 1 (2.63%) Legal
6 1 (2.63%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (26.32%) Analyst
1 10 (26.32%) Senior
2 6 (15.79%) Data Analyst
3 5 (13.16%) HR Analyst
3 5 (13.16%) HR Data Analyst
3 5 (13.16%) IT Engineer
3 5 (13.16%) IT Support
3 5 (13.16%) IT Support Engineer
3 5 (13.16%) Support Engineer
4 4 (10.53%) Accountant
4 4 (10.53%) Financial Accountant
4 4 (10.53%) Lead
4 4 (10.53%) Senior Accountant
4 4 (10.53%) Senior Systems Accountant
4 4 (10.53%) Systems Accountant
4 4 (10.53%) Technical Support
5 3 (7.89%) Business Analyst
5 3 (7.89%) Consultant
5 3 (7.89%) Project Manager
6 2 (5.26%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.63%) HTML
1 1 (2.63%) REST
1 1 (2.63%) SailPoint
1 1 (2.63%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.16%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (10.53%) Management Information System
3 3 (7.89%) Life Science
3 3 (7.89%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (2.63%) AS400
4 1 (2.63%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.63%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 9 (23.68%) Windows
2 4 (10.53%) Linux
2 4 (10.53%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (31.58%) Customer Service
2 10 (26.32%) Project Delivery
3 9 (23.68%) Agile
3 9 (23.68%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (23.68%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (18.42%) Business Intelligence
4 7 (18.42%) Project Management
5 6 (15.79%) Asset Management
5 6 (15.79%) Computer Science
5 6 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (15.79%) Dashboard Development
5 6 (15.79%) Decision-Making
6 5 (13.16%) Break/Fix
6 5 (13.16%) Customer Requirements
6 5 (13.16%) Customer-Centricity
6 5 (13.16%) Cybersecurity
6 5 (13.16%) Data Analysis
6 5 (13.16%) Data Privacy
6 5 (13.16%) Inventory Management
6 5 (13.16%) People Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (13.16%) JavaScript
1 5 (13.16%) Python
2 4 (10.53%) Java
2 4 (10.53%) Perl
2 4 (10.53%) SQL
3 1 (2.63%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (2.63%) Magik
Qualifications
1 11 (28.95%) Security Cleared
2 9 (23.68%) Degree
3 8 (21.05%) SC Cleared
4 5 (13.16%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (10.53%) CCAB
6 1 (2.63%) ISTQB
6 1 (2.63%) PMI Certification
6 1 (2.63%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (13.16%) Data Quality
2 2 (5.26%) QA
3 1 (2.63%) GDPR
3 1 (2.63%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (13.16%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (13.16%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (2.63%) HP ALM
2 1 (2.63%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (2.63%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 10 (26.32%) Microsoft
2 6 (15.79%) Oracle
3 3 (7.89%) ServiceNow
4 2 (5.26%) Ariba
4 2 (5.26%) SAP
4 2 (5.26%) Workday
5 1 (2.63%) CyberArk
5 1 (2.63%) HP
5 1 (2.63%) Salesforce