Process Improvement Contracts in the Thames Valley

Process Improvement
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 3 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 53 87 66
Rank change year-on-year +34 -21 +25
Contract jobs citing Process Improvement 46 45 82
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 3.17% 1.70% 2.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.40% 1.98% 3.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 20 47
10th Percentile £350 £294 £386
25th Percentile £373 £409 £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £470 £462
Median % change year-on-year +3.72% +1.75% -16.02%
75th Percentile £538 £520 £550
90th Percentile £584 £541 £617
South East median daily rate £516 £488 £460
% change year-on-year +5.90% +5.98% -12.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 9 5
10th Percentile £24.87 - £28.57
25th Percentile £32.31 £14.50 -
Median hourly rate £52.50 £15.85 £32.30
Median % change year-on-year +231.23% -50.93% +74.59%
75th Percentile £65.62 - -
90th Percentile - £21.50 £44.81
South East median hourly rate £58.12 £15.00 £32.30
% change year-on-year +287.48% -53.56% -0.62%

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 1,352 2,269 2,607
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 93.05% 85.82% 90.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 844 1,246 1,767
10th Percentile £300 £213 £313
25th Percentile £409 £375 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £508
Median % change year-on-year - -1.57% +4.21%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £613
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £505
% change year-on-year -1.96% +0.99% +1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 66 166 70
10th Percentile £14.20 £14.09 £16.25
25th Percentile £14.51 £19.25 £24.86
Median hourly rate £25.23 £46.25 £52.30
Median % change year-on-year -45.46% -11.57% +200.23%
75th Percentile £62.44 £64.42 £72.69
90th Percentile £78.75 £85.65 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £47.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year -47.05% -9.52% +138.80%

Process Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Process Improvement in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Process Improvement in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Process Improvement in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Process Improvement in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 3 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Process Improvement in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Process Improvement in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Process Improvement in the Thames Valley

Process Improvement
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Process Improvement in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 3 June 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Process Improvement in the Thames Valley

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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 3 June 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 +38 34 £510 +2.00% 234
Oxfordshire +6 7 £500 - 86
Buckinghamshire +2 5 £458 +7.35% 149
Process Improvement
South East

Process Improvement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (2.17%) Confluence
1 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (2.17%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (6.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.17%) CATIA
2 1 (2.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (2.17%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (8.70%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (2.17%) BPCS
Cloud Services
1 4 (8.70%) Azure
2 3 (6.52%) Power Platform
3 1 (2.17%) Azure AKS
3 1 (2.17%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (2.17%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (2.17%) Azure Monitor
3 1 (2.17%) Azure Storage
3 1 (2.17%) IaaS
3 1 (2.17%) Lucidchart
3 1 (2.17%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.17%) PaaS
3 1 (2.17%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (13.04%) Data Lake
2 4 (8.70%) SQL Server
3 2 (4.35%) Power BI
4 1 (2.17%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (2.17%) Relational Database
4 1 (2.17%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (2.17%) JIRA
General
1 15 (32.61%) Social Skills
2 12 (26.09%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (19.57%) Finance
4 5 (10.87%) Public Sector
4 5 (10.87%) Telecoms
5 4 (8.70%) Billing
5 4 (8.70%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (4.35%) Automotive
6 2 (4.35%) Military
6 2 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.17%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (2.17%) Electronics
7 1 (2.17%) Legal
7 1 (2.17%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.17%) Marketing
7 1 (2.17%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.17%) Retail
Job Titles
1 16 (34.78%) Analyst
2 11 (23.91%) Senior
3 6 (13.04%) Business Support Analyst
3 6 (13.04%) IT Analyst
3 6 (13.04%) SIEM Engineer
3 6 (13.04%) Support Analyst
4 5 (10.87%) Business IT Analyst
4 5 (10.87%) Business Systems Analyst
4 5 (10.87%) IT Support
4 5 (10.87%) IT Support Analyst
4 5 (10.87%) Systems Analyst
4 5 (10.87%) Systems Support
4 5 (10.87%) Systems Support Analyst
5 4 (8.70%) Administrator
6 3 (6.52%) Data Analyst
6 3 (6.52%) Designer
6 3 (6.52%) Process Analyst
6 3 (6.52%) QA Consultant
6 3 (6.52%) Senior DBA
6 3 (6.52%) Solutions Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (19.57%) JSON
1 9 (19.57%) REST
2 3 (6.52%) Web Services
3 1 (2.17%) ADO
3 1 (2.17%) ARM Templates
3 1 (2.17%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.04%) CSOC
1 6 (13.04%) Onboarding
2 5 (10.87%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (6.52%) Frameworx
3 3 (6.52%) TM Forum
4 2 (4.35%) CMDB
5 1 (2.17%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (2.17%) Data Structures
5 1 (2.17%) Mainframe
5 1 (2.17%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (39.13%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (23.91%) Stakeholder Management
3 10 (21.74%) Service Delivery
4 9 (19.57%) Continuous Improvement
4 9 (19.57%) Performance Monitoring
5 8 (17.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 7 (15.22%) Agile
6 7 (15.22%) Performance Metrics
7 6 (13.04%) Analytics
7 6 (13.04%) Customer Service
7 6 (13.04%) Cybersecurity
7 6 (13.04%) Incident Response
7 6 (13.04%) ITIL
7 6 (13.04%) Knowledge Management
7 6 (13.04%) Project Management
7 6 (13.04%) Release Management
7 6 (13.04%) Security Operations
7 6 (13.04%) SIEM
7 6 (13.04%) Vulnerability Management
8 5 (10.87%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 6 (13.04%) SQL
2 1 (2.17%) Bicep
2 1 (2.17%) COBOL
2 1 (2.17%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (21.74%) Security Cleared
2 6 (13.04%) GIAC
3 5 (10.87%) DV Cleared
4 3 (6.52%) Degree
4 3 (6.52%) SC Cleared
5 2 (4.35%) PMI Certification
5 2 (4.35%) PMP
6 1 (2.17%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (2.17%) CTC Cleared
6 1 (2.17%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (2.17%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (2.17%) Master's Degree
6 1 (2.17%) MBA
6 1 (2.17%) Six Sigma Black Belt
6 1 (2.17%) Six Sigma Green Belt
6 1 (2.17%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (23.91%) Data Quality
2 5 (10.87%) SLA
3 4 (8.70%) QA
4 1 (2.17%) Accessibility
4 1 (2.17%) COBIT
4 1 (2.17%) PMO
Systems Management
1 3 (6.52%) HP ALM
1 3 (6.52%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (2.17%) Grafana
2 1 (2.17%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.17%) Prometheus
2 1 (2.17%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (13.04%) Oracle
1 6 (13.04%) Salesforce
1 6 (13.04%) SAP
2 5 (10.87%) Liquidlogic
3 4 (8.70%) Ariba
4 3 (6.52%) HP
4 3 (6.52%) Microsoft
4 3 (6.52%) ServiceNow
5 2 (4.35%) BMC
6 1 (2.17%) Aruba
6 1 (2.17%) PeopleSoft