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 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 82 162 172
Rank change year-on-year +80 +10 -33
Contract jobs citing Process Improvement 370 264 350
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.89% 1.30% 1.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.19% 1.54% 1.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 230 178 239
10th Percentile £250 £279 £350
25th Percentile £364 £400 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £482 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.60% - -
75th Percentile £561 £571 £563
90th Percentile £638 £638 £638
UK median daily rate £500 £517 £525
% change year-on-year -3.29% -1.52% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 32 9
10th Percentile £19.58 £13.05 £24.11
25th Percentile £26.03 £14.34 £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 £59.05 £66.90
UK median hourly rate £33.26 £25.00 £43.93
% change year-on-year +33.02% -43.09% -1.68%

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 11,601 17,153 20,838
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.50% 84.38% 89.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,223 10,226 14,391
10th Percentile £235 £250 £256
25th Percentile £375 £378 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £581 £600 £600
90th Percentile £656 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 837 2,053 1,276
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.31 £10.93
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.25 £15.40
Median hourly rate £25.43 £38.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.08% +8.57% +75.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.82 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £28.30 £36.50 £36.40
% change year-on-year -22.48% +0.29% +41.73%

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 15 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 15 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 15 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 +78 125 £500 -3.29% 303
North West +65 101 £475 -5.00% 166
South East +48 90 £523 +7.18% 387
Midlands +28 61 £475 -0.26% 151
Scotland +24 46 £441 -11.80% 74
West Midlands +22 43 £524 +31.00% 94
South West +40 26 £525 +5.00% 120
Yorkshire +20 20 £515 -0.39% 104
East Midlands +18 18 £300 -40.68% 44
East of England +22 14 £500 -13.04% 109
Northern Ireland -5 7 £316 -27.30% 21
North East -1 4 £558 +4.69% 38
Wales +1 1 £306 +53.00% 32
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 19 (5.14%) Confluence
2 5 (1.35%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (0.81%) Skype for Business
4 2 (0.54%) 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 27 (7.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (4.32%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (3.24%) MS Visio
4 7 (1.89%) 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%) 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 Payables
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.27%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.27%) SAP HR
5 1 (0.27%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 36 (9.73%) Azure
2 33 (8.92%) Power Platform
3 28 (7.57%) AWS
4 15 (4.05%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (4.05%) PowerApps
5 8 (2.16%) Entra ID
6 5 (1.35%) GitHub
6 5 (1.35%) SuccessFactors
7 4 (1.08%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (0.81%) Azure Sentinel
8 3 (0.81%) SaaS
9 2 (0.54%) Asana
9 2 (0.54%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (0.54%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 2 (0.54%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.27%) AWS Lambda
10 1 (0.27%) IaaS
10 1 (0.27%) Lucidchart
10 1 (0.27%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 1 (0.27%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.08%) Firewall
2 3 (0.81%) Skype
2 3 (0.81%) SSL
3 2 (0.54%) DNS
3 2 (0.54%) Internet
3 2 (0.54%) NetScaler
3 2 (0.54%) SNA
3 2 (0.54%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.54%) VPN
3 2 (0.54%) Wireless
4 1 (0.27%) BGP
4 1 (0.27%) DHCP
4 1 (0.27%) DMZ
4 1 (0.27%) DWDM
4 1 (0.27%) IPsec
4 1 (0.27%) L2TP
4 1 (0.27%) MPLS
4 1 (0.27%) OSPF
4 1 (0.27%) WAN
4 1 (0.27%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (5.41%) Power BI
2 12 (3.24%) Tableau
3 11 (2.97%) Data Lake
3 11 (2.97%) SAP HANA
4 8 (2.16%) SQL Server
5 4 (1.08%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (0.81%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.54%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.54%) Big Data
7 2 (0.54%) Qlik Sense
7 2 (0.54%) QlikView
7 2 (0.54%) SAP BW
8 1 (0.27%) Data Mining
8 1 (0.27%) Hadoop
8 1 (0.27%) Looker
8 1 (0.27%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.27%) MySQL
8 1 (0.27%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 36 (9.73%) 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 2 (0.54%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.54%) JUnit
7 2 (0.54%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.27%) Ant
8 1 (0.27%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.27%) Mockito
8 1 (0.27%) MSTest
8 1 (0.27%) NUnit
8 1 (0.27%) Postman
8 1 (0.27%) PyCharm
8 1 (0.27%) Ranorex
8 1 (0.27%) TestRail
8 1 (0.27%) Toad
8 1 (0.27%) Visual Studio
General
1 150 (40.54%) Social Skills
2 92 (24.86%) Finance
3 71 (19.19%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (7.03%) Public Sector
5 21 (5.68%) Banking
6 20 (5.41%) Manufacturing
7 18 (4.86%) Telecoms
8 11 (2.97%) Legal
8 11 (2.97%) Organisational Skills
8 11 (2.97%) Presentation Skills
9 10 (2.70%) Marketing
9 10 (2.70%) Pharmaceutical
10 9 (2.43%) Documentation Skills
10 9 (2.43%) Influencing Skills
11 8 (2.16%) Automotive
11 8 (2.16%) Billing
12 7 (1.89%) Electronics
13 5 (1.35%) Retail
14 4 (1.08%) Aerospace
14 4 (1.08%) Law
Job Titles
1 85 (22.97%) Analyst
2 45 (12.16%) Developer
3 33 (8.92%) Business Analyst
4 32 (8.65%) Administrator
5 26 (7.03%) Senior
6 25 (6.76%) Lead
7 22 (5.95%) Microsoft 365 Administrator
8 19 (5.14%) Project Manager
9 18 (4.86%) Architect
10 16 (4.32%) Java Developer
11 14 (3.78%) Consultant
11 14 (3.78%) Technical Analyst
12 12 (3.24%) SAP Developer
13 11 (2.97%) Data Analyst
14 10 (2.70%) Systems Analyst
15 9 (2.43%) ABAP Developer
15 9 (2.43%) Technical Leader
16 8 (2.16%) Engineering Manager
17 7 (1.89%) Senior Business Analyst
17 7 (1.89%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (5.14%) Spring
1 19 (5.14%) Spring Boot
2 13 (3.51%) REST
3 12 (3.24%) Web Services
4 11 (2.97%) JSON
5 9 (2.43%) BAPI
6 6 (1.62%) React
6 6 (1.62%) SAP Fiori
7 5 (1.35%) XML
8 4 (1.08%) CSS
8 4 (1.08%) HTML
8 4 (1.08%) Node.js
9 3 (0.81%) HTML5
9 3 (0.81%) PySpark
9 3 (0.81%) SAPUI5
9 3 (0.81%) SOAP
10 2 (0.54%) AWS CDK
10 2 (0.54%) Gherkin
10 2 (0.54%) Lightning Web Components
10 2 (0.54%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 16 (4.32%) Management Information System
2 11 (2.97%) CMDB
3 10 (2.70%) Cyber Threat
4 9 (2.43%) Operational Technology
5 7 (1.89%) Onboarding
6 6 (1.62%) Analytical Mindset
6 6 (1.62%) CSOC
6 6 (1.62%) PMI
6 6 (1.62%) Product Ownership
6 6 (1.62%) Security Posture
7 5 (1.35%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (1.08%) Derivative
8 4 (1.08%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (1.08%) Smartphone
9 3 (0.81%) Frameworx
9 3 (0.81%) IoT
9 3 (0.81%) Mainframe
9 3 (0.81%) TM Forum
10 2 (0.54%) Data Structures
10 2 (0.54%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 17 (4.59%) Windows
2 15 (4.05%) Linux
3 6 (1.62%) Unix
4 4 (1.08%) Android
5 3 (0.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.81%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.54%) CentOS
6 2 (0.54%) zOS
7 1 (0.27%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.27%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.27%) Rocky
7 1 (0.27%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.27%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.27%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 125 (33.78%) Problem-Solving
2 99 (26.76%) Agile
3 65 (17.57%) Stakeholder Management
4 53 (14.32%) DevOps
5 50 (13.51%) Change Management
5 50 (13.51%) Continuous Improvement
6 46 (12.43%) Project Management
7 41 (11.08%) Project Delivery
8 35 (9.46%) CI/CD
9 30 (8.11%) Budget Management
10 29 (7.84%) ITIL
10 29 (7.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 28 (7.57%) Configuration Management
11 28 (7.57%) Decision-Making
12 26 (7.03%) Business Intelligence
13 25 (6.76%) Scrum
14 23 (6.22%) Analytics
14 23 (6.22%) Data Analysis
15 22 (5.95%) Cloud Security
15 22 (5.95%) Performance Metrics
Programming Languages
1 48 (12.97%) SQL
2 32 (8.65%) Java
3 12 (3.24%) ABAP
4 10 (2.70%) Python
5 6 (1.62%) JavaScript
6 5 (1.35%) PowerShell
7 3 (0.81%) R
8 2 (0.54%) Apex Code
8 2 (0.54%) Bash
8 2 (0.54%) JCL
8 2 (0.54%) Kusto Query Language
8 2 (0.54%) REXX
8 2 (0.54%) T-SQL
8 2 (0.54%) TypeScript
8 2 (0.54%) VBScript
9 1 (0.27%) C#
9 1 (0.27%) COBOL
9 1 (0.27%) Perl
9 1 (0.27%) PHP
9 1 (0.27%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 57 (15.41%) Security Cleared
2 51 (13.78%) Degree
3 32 (8.65%) BPSS Clearance
4 30 (8.11%) SC Cleared
5 23 (6.22%) DV Cleared
6 18 (4.86%) PMP
7 17 (4.59%) PMI Certification
8 12 (3.24%) ITIL Certification
9 7 (1.89%) Computer Science Degree
10 6 (1.62%) GIAC
11 5 (1.35%) ISTQB
12 4 (1.08%) CBAP
13 3 (0.81%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 3 (0.81%) Master's Degree
14 2 (0.54%) ACCA
14 2 (0.54%) MBA
14 2 (0.54%) SAP Certification
14 2 (0.54%) Tableau Certification
14 2 (0.54%) TOGAF Certification
15 1 (0.27%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (5.14%) Data Quality
2 18 (4.86%) SLA
3 15 (4.05%) QA
4 7 (1.89%) GDPR
4 7 (1.89%) PMO
5 5 (1.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 4 (1.08%) GRC
7 2 (0.54%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.54%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.54%) Def Stans
7 2 (0.54%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.27%) Automotive SPICE
8 1 (0.27%) COBIT
8 1 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.27%) GxP
8 1 (0.27%) IFRS
8 1 (0.27%) ISO 26262
8 1 (0.27%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.27%) PSD2
8 1 (0.27%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 12 (3.24%) 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 24 (6.49%) Terraform
2 8 (2.16%) Ansible
3 3 (0.81%) Opsview
4 2 (0.54%) SCCM
4 2 (0.54%) Tivoli NetView
5 1 (0.27%) Control-M
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 48 (12.97%) SAP
3 24 (6.49%) ServiceNow
4 12 (3.24%) Oracle
4 12 (3.24%) 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%) Liquidlogic
8 3 (0.81%) PagerDuty
8 3 (0.81%) Splunk
9 2 (0.54%) Concur
9 2 (0.54%) Databricks
9 2 (0.54%) Workday