Process Improvement Contracts in the UK excluding London

Process Improvement
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 79 154 168
Rank change year-on-year +75 +14 -23
Contract jobs citing Process Improvement 370 281 373
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.90% 1.36% 1.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.21% 1.60% 1.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 228 184 258
10th Percentile £250 £280 £332
25th Percentile £368 £400 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £477 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.15% -2.55% +1.06%
75th Percentile £553 £563 £558
90th Percentile £630 £638 £629
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% +3.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 31 9
10th Percentile £19.58 £13.05 £24.11
25th Percentile £26.03 £14.18 £31.50
Median hourly rate £28.99 £21.00 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year +38.05% -36.36% +1.54%
75th Percentile £58.44 £43.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £60.75 £66.90
UK median hourly rate £32.96 £25.00 £43.93
% change year-on-year +31.84% -43.09% -2.38%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,544 17,537 21,420
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.36% 84.72% 89.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,245 10,476 14,867
10th Percentile £235 £250 £255
25th Percentile £375 £378 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £662 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 827 2,058 1,303
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.33 £11.00
25th Percentile £17.31 £15.24 £15.75
Median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.35% +6.69% +75.00%
75th Percentile £64.50 £60.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £72.98
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.58 £36.00
% change year-on-year -18.48% -1.18% +44.00%

Process Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Process Improvement as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Process Improvement in the UK excluding London

Process Improvement
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Process Improvement in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Process Improvement in the UK excluding London

Process Improvement
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Process Improvement in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Process Improvement in the UK excluding London

Process Improvement
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Process Improvement in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Process Improvement in the UK excluding London

Process Improvement
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Process Improvement in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Process Improvement in the UK excluding London

Process Improvement
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 3 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
North of England +60 118 £500 -3.29% 231
North West +58 95 £475 -10.29% 142
South East +31 89 £523 +10.05% 277
Midlands +30 59 £475 -0.26% 119
Scotland +23 48 £441 -2.65% 40
West Midlands +23 42 £524 +39.73% 71
South West +29 31 £488 -2.50% 91
Yorkshire +9 19 £518 +0.10% 69
East Midlands +21 17 £350 -30.80% 39
East of England +37 16 £500 -9.09% 101
Northern Ireland -3 8 £316 -27.30% 12
North East -4 4 £558 +13.03% 25
Wales +6 1 £306 +53.00% 34
Process Improvement
UK

Process Improvement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 11 (2.97%) Confluence
2 5 (1.35%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.08%) Skype for Business
4 3 (0.81%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.27%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.27%) SAS
5 1 (0.27%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.27%) ThingWorx
5 1 (0.27%) WebSphere
Applications
1 24 (6.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (5.14%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (2.97%) MS Visio
4 8 (2.16%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (1.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.54%) Trello
7 1 (0.27%) CATIA
7 1 (0.27%) Fusion 360
7 1 (0.27%) Siemens NX
7 1 (0.27%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 18 (4.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.08%) SAP CO
2 4 (1.08%) SAP ECC
2 4 (1.08%) SAP FI
2 4 (1.08%) SAP FI/CO
2 4 (1.08%) Teamcenter
3 3 (0.81%) SAP GRC
3 3 (0.81%) SAP SD
4 2 (0.54%) Finacle
4 2 (0.54%) Movex
4 2 (0.54%) SAP BPC
4 2 (0.54%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.54%) SAP GTS
5 1 (0.27%) Actimize
5 1 (0.27%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.27%) SAP HR
5 1 (0.27%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 39 (10.54%) Azure
2 33 (8.92%) Power Platform
3 30 (8.11%) AWS
4 16 (4.32%) Microsoft 365
5 15 (4.05%) PowerApps
6 8 (2.16%) Entra ID
7 5 (1.35%) GitHub
7 5 (1.35%) SuccessFactors
8 4 (1.08%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (1.08%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (0.81%) SaaS
10 2 (0.54%) Asana
10 2 (0.54%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (0.54%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 2 (0.54%) Power Automate
11 1 (0.27%) Amazon ECS
11 1 (0.27%) Amazon EKS
11 1 (0.27%) AWS Fargate
11 1 (0.27%) AWS Lambda
11 1 (0.27%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.08%) Firewall
1 4 (1.08%) Skype
2 3 (0.81%) SSL
3 2 (0.54%) 2G
3 2 (0.54%) 4G
3 2 (0.54%) 5G
3 2 (0.54%) DNS
3 2 (0.54%) Internet
3 2 (0.54%) NetScaler
3 2 (0.54%) Radio Access Network
3 2 (0.54%) SNA
3 2 (0.54%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.54%) VPN
3 2 (0.54%) Wireless
3 2 (0.54%) Wireshark
4 1 (0.27%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (0.27%) DWDM
4 1 (0.27%) Multicast
4 1 (0.27%) Network Security
4 1 (0.27%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (5.41%) Power BI
2 11 (2.97%) Data Lake
2 11 (2.97%) SAP HANA
2 11 (2.97%) Tableau
3 8 (2.16%) SQL Server
4 4 (1.08%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (1.08%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.54%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (0.54%) Big Data
5 2 (0.54%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.54%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.54%) Qlik Sense
5 2 (0.54%) QlikView
5 2 (0.54%) SAP BW
6 1 (0.27%) Data Mining
6 1 (0.27%) GIS
6 1 (0.27%) Hadoop
6 1 (0.27%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 29 (7.84%) JIRA
2 11 (2.97%) GitLab
3 10 (2.70%) Git
4 7 (1.89%) Selenium
5 5 (1.35%) JMeter
6 4 (1.08%) LoadRunner
7 3 (0.81%) JUnit
8 2 (0.54%) Jenkins
8 2 (0.54%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.27%) Ant
9 1 (0.27%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.27%) Mockito
9 1 (0.27%) MSTest
9 1 (0.27%) NUnit
9 1 (0.27%) Postman
9 1 (0.27%) PyCharm
9 1 (0.27%) Ranorex
9 1 (0.27%) TestRail
9 1 (0.27%) Toad
9 1 (0.27%) Visual Studio
General
1 151 (40.81%) Social Skills
2 93 (25.14%) Finance
3 78 (21.08%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (7.84%) Public Sector
5 21 (5.68%) Manufacturing
6 19 (5.14%) Banking
7 18 (4.86%) Telecoms
8 13 (3.51%) Organisational Skills
9 12 (3.24%) Presentation Skills
10 11 (2.97%) Marketing
10 11 (2.97%) Pharmaceutical
11 10 (2.70%) Legal
12 9 (2.43%) Documentation Skills
12 9 (2.43%) Influencing Skills
13 8 (2.16%) Billing
14 7 (1.89%) Electronics
15 6 (1.62%) Automotive
16 5 (1.35%) Retail
17 4 (1.08%) Aerospace
17 4 (1.08%) Law
Job Titles
1 87 (23.51%) Analyst
2 48 (12.97%) Developer
3 36 (9.73%) Business Analyst
4 33 (8.92%) Administrator
5 25 (6.76%) Lead
6 23 (6.22%) Senior
7 22 (5.95%) Microsoft 365 Administrator
8 19 (5.14%) Java Developer
8 19 (5.14%) Project Manager
9 17 (4.59%) Architect
10 14 (3.78%) Technical Analyst
11 12 (3.24%) Consultant
11 12 (3.24%) Data Analyst
11 12 (3.24%) SAP Developer
12 9 (2.43%) ABAP Developer
12 9 (2.43%) Technical Leader
13 8 (2.16%) Systems Analyst
14 7 (1.89%) Service Analyst
14 7 (1.89%) Service Desk Analyst
14 7 (1.89%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (5.95%) Spring
2 21 (5.68%) Spring Boot
3 13 (3.51%) REST
4 12 (3.24%) Web Services
5 11 (2.97%) JSON
6 9 (2.43%) BAPI
7 8 (2.16%) React
8 6 (1.62%) SAP Fiori
9 5 (1.35%) XML
10 4 (1.08%) CSS
10 4 (1.08%) HTML
10 4 (1.08%) Node.js
11 3 (0.81%) HTML5
11 3 (0.81%) PySpark
11 3 (0.81%) SAPUI5
11 3 (0.81%) SOAP
12 2 (0.54%) Gherkin
12 2 (0.54%) Kafka
12 2 (0.54%) Middleware
12 2 (0.54%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 17 (4.59%) Management Information System
2 11 (2.97%) CMDB
2 11 (2.97%) Cyber Threat
3 9 (2.43%) Operational Technology
4 7 (1.89%) Onboarding
4 7 (1.89%) PMI
5 6 (1.62%) CSOC
5 6 (1.62%) Product Ownership
5 6 (1.62%) Security Posture
6 5 (1.35%) Analytical Mindset
6 5 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.08%) Derivative
7 4 (1.08%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (1.08%) Smartphone
8 3 (0.81%) Data Structures
8 3 (0.81%) Frameworx
8 3 (0.81%) IoT
8 3 (0.81%) Mainframe
8 3 (0.81%) TM Forum
9 2 (0.54%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 16 (4.32%) Linux
2 15 (4.05%) Windows
3 6 (1.62%) Unix
4 4 (1.08%) Android
4 4 (1.08%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.54%) CentOS
6 2 (0.54%) Mac OS X
6 2 (0.54%) zOS
7 1 (0.27%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.27%) Rocky
7 1 (0.27%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.27%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.27%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (34.32%) Problem-Solving
2 96 (25.95%) Agile
3 63 (17.03%) Stakeholder Management
4 52 (14.05%) Continuous Improvement
5 49 (13.24%) Change Management
6 46 (12.43%) DevOps
7 45 (12.16%) Project Delivery
8 43 (11.62%) Project Management
9 37 (10.00%) CI/CD
10 31 (8.38%) Budget Management
11 29 (7.84%) ITIL
11 29 (7.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 28 (7.57%) Configuration Management
13 26 (7.03%) Business Intelligence
14 24 (6.49%) Data Analysis
14 24 (6.49%) Decision-Making
15 22 (5.95%) Cloud Security
15 22 (5.95%) Roadmaps
16 21 (5.68%) Business Analysis
16 21 (5.68%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 47 (12.70%) SQL
2 28 (7.57%) Java
3 12 (3.24%) ABAP
4 10 (2.70%) Python
5 6 (1.62%) JavaScript
6 3 (0.81%) PowerShell
7 2 (0.54%) Apex Code
7 2 (0.54%) Bash
7 2 (0.54%) JCL
7 2 (0.54%) Kusto Query Language
7 2 (0.54%) R
7 2 (0.54%) REXX
7 2 (0.54%) T-SQL
7 2 (0.54%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.27%) C#
8 1 (0.27%) Perl
8 1 (0.27%) PHP
8 1 (0.27%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.27%) Ruby
8 1 (0.27%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 58 (15.68%) Security Cleared
2 52 (14.05%) Degree
3 31 (8.38%) BPSS Clearance
3 31 (8.38%) SC Cleared
4 23 (6.22%) DV Cleared
5 18 (4.86%) PMI Certification
6 17 (4.59%) PMP
7 13 (3.51%) ITIL Certification
8 7 (1.89%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (1.62%) GIAC
10 5 (1.35%) ISTQB
11 3 (0.81%) CBAP
11 3 (0.81%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.54%) ACCA
12 2 (0.54%) Azure Certification
12 2 (0.54%) CISM
12 2 (0.54%) ISSEP
12 2 (0.54%) MBA
12 2 (0.54%) Tableau Certification
12 2 (0.54%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (4.86%) Data Quality
2 17 (4.59%) SLA
3 15 (4.05%) QA
4 9 (2.43%) PMO
5 6 (1.62%) GDPR
6 5 (1.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (1.08%) GRC
8 2 (0.54%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.54%) Def Stans
8 2 (0.54%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.27%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.27%) Automotive SPICE
9 1 (0.27%) COBIT
9 1 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.27%) GxP
9 1 (0.27%) IFRS
9 1 (0.27%) ISO 26262
9 1 (0.27%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.27%) PSD2
9 1 (0.27%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 13 (3.51%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.08%) BitLocker
2 4 (1.08%) RACF
3 3 (0.81%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.54%) Docker
4 2 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.27%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 26 (7.03%) Terraform
2 8 (2.16%) Ansible
3 3 (0.81%) Opsview
4 2 (0.54%) Tivoli NetView
5 1 (0.27%) Control-M
5 1 (0.27%) EMC NetWorker
5 1 (0.27%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.27%) Grafana
5 1 (0.27%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.27%) Puppet
Vendors
1 55 (14.86%) Microsoft
2 49 (13.24%) SAP
3 23 (6.22%) ServiceNow
4 13 (3.51%) Oracle
4 13 (3.51%) Salesforce
5 7 (1.89%) Atlassian
5 7 (1.89%) CyberArk
5 7 (1.89%) VMware
6 5 (1.35%) Apple
7 4 (1.08%) Ariba
7 4 (1.08%) IBM
8 3 (0.81%) BMC
8 3 (0.81%) Cisco
8 3 (0.81%) Fortinet
8 3 (0.81%) PagerDuty
8 3 (0.81%) Splunk
9 2 (0.54%) ArcSight
9 2 (0.54%) Concur
9 2 (0.54%) Databricks
9 2 (0.54%) Workday