Process Improvement Contracts

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Process Improvement skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Process Improvement over the 3 months to 26 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Process Improvement UK
Location	3 months to 26 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	235	198	194
Rank change year-on-year	-37	-4
Contract jobs citing Process Improvement	476	708	669
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK	1.01%	1.33%	1.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	1.20%	1.60%	1.48%
Number of daily rates quoted	324	463	386
Median daily rate	£416	£420	£425
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	-0.89%	-1.17%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£305	£278	£286
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£550	£550	£575
UK excluding London median daily rate	£400	£400	£400
Number of hourly rates quoted	11	11	15
Median hourly rate	£42.50	£22.25	£35.00
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	+91.01%	-36.42%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£20.00	£15.82	£22.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£46.00	£40.50	£73.98
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£42.50	£22.25	£30.00
% change year-on-year	+91.01%	-25.83%

Process Improvement is in the process and methodology skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process and methodology skills.

Contract Process & Methodology Skills UK
Contract job vacancies with a requirement for process and methodology skills	39704	44234	45146
As % of all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK	84.45%	83.33%	80.72%
Number of daily rates quoted	25886	29348	28980
Median daily rate	£450	£438	£413
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+2.85%	+6.06%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£313	£300	£285
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£600	£600	£575
UK excluding London median daily rate	£415	£400	£380
% change year-on-year	+3.75%	+5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted	1051	1071	1257
Median hourly rate	£32.50	£27.50	£27.50
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	+18.18%	-
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£13.00	£12.58	£12.35
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£53.00	£48.65	£50.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£34.00	£28.50	£30.00
% change year-on-year	+19.29%	-5.00%

Process Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend

The job posting trend of jobs advertised citing Process Improvement as a proportion of all contract or permanent IT jobs with a match in the Processes & Methodologies category.

Job vacancy trend for Process Improvement in the UK

Process Improvement
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing Process Improvement.

Contractor daily rate trend for Process Improvement in the UK

Process Improvement
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing Process Improvement over the 3 months to 26 June 2017.

Contractor daily rate histogram for Process Improvement in the UK

Process Improvement
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing Process Improvement.

Contractor hourly rate trend for Process Improvement in the UK

Process Improvement
Contractor Hourly Rate Histogram

The hourly rate distribution of IT jobs citing Process Improvement over the 3 months to 26 June 2017.

Contractor hourly rate histogram for Process Improvement in the UK

Process Improvement
Top 30 Contract Locations

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 over the 3 months to 26 June 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Median Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
England	-30	446	£425	-	166
London	-76	141	£463	+2.77%	66
South East	+5	126	£400	-5.88%	39
North West	+25	43	£369	-13.69%	11
Berkshire	+16	34	£375	-21.05%	4
City of London	-13	34	£475	-5.00%	24
Surrey	+18	30	£463	-2.11%	12
South West	+11	30	£365	-8.75%	13
Yorkshire	+33	27	£423	+17.36%	10
West Yorkshire	+34	26	£423	+13.42%	7
Manchester	+23	26	£363	-15.15%	7
East Midlands	-3	24	£320	-18.98%	9
East of England	-28	24	£500	+11.11%	12
Leeds	+40	22	£410	+50.45%	4
Hampshire	+2	18	£360	-22.16%	9
West Midlands	-27	17	£450	+19.20%	5
West Sussex	+17	16	£406	-5.52%	1
Nottingham	+9	15	£356	-5.00%	6
Nottinghamshire	+5	15	£356	-5.00%	7
Buckinghamshire	-9	14	£325	-7.14%	6
Milton Keynes	-8	13	£325	+0.38%	2
Scotland	-15	12	£390	-2.50%	10
Reading	+16	11	£463	+23.33%
Wiltshire	+11	11	£352	-14.66%	2
North East	+62	10	£340	+4.61%	1
Swindon	+8	10	£351	-17.41%
Warwickshire	+16	9	£475	+58.33%
Durham	+6	9	£340	-
Bristol	-4	9	£403	+0.62%	5
Bedfordshire	-8	8	£413	-8.33%	3

Process Improvement
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills

For the 6 months to 26 June 2017, IT contractor jobs citing Process Improvement also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all contract ads with a requirement for Process Improvement.

1	274 (27.70%)	Finance
2	237 (23.96%)	Agile Software Development
3	199 (20.12%)	Project Management
4	150 (15.17%)	Stakeholder Management
5	141 (14.26%)	Analytical Skills
6	121 (12.23%)	Business Analysis
7	112 (11.32%)	SQL
8	107 (10.82%)	Degree
9	102 (10.31%)	Microsoft
10	92 (9.30%)	Change Management
10	92 (9.30%)	Banking
11	91 (9.20%)	Six Sigma
12	89 (9.00%)	ITIL
13	86 (8.70%)	Microsoft Excel
14	85 (8.59%)	Scrum

15	84 (8.49%)	Workflow
16	77 (7.79%)	Oracle
17	76 (7.68%)	JIRA
18	74 (7.48%)	Service Delivery
19	73 (7.38%)	SAP
20	72 (7.28%)	Continuous Improvement
21	63 (6.37%)	Telecoms
22	60 (6.07%)	Microsoft Office
23	59 (5.97%)	Java
23	59 (5.97%)	Business Process Improvement
24	58 (5.86%)	Security Cleared
24	58 (5.86%)	PRINCE2
24	58 (5.86%)	Coaching
25	57 (5.76%)	Service Management
26	51 (5.16%)	Windows

Process Improvement
Co-occurring IT Skills by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	32 (3.24%)	SharePoint
2	24 (2.43%)	Confluence
3	19 (1.92%)	WebLogic
4	9 (0.91%)	IIS
5	8 (0.81%)	Tomcat
6	7 (0.71%)	SAS
7	6 (0.61%)	Oracle SOA Suite
7	6 (0.61%)	WebSphere
8	5 (0.51%)	Apache
8	5 (0.51%)	JBoss
9	4 (0.40%)	MS Project Server
9	4 (0.40%)	Oracle Workflow
10	2 (0.20%)	Apache Spark
10	2 (0.20%)	BizTalk Server
10	2 (0.20%)	Jetty
10	2 (0.20%)	Oracle Coherence
10	2 (0.20%)	SAP Portal
10	2 (0.20%)	Skype for Business
11	1 (0.10%)	Adobe Experience Manager
11	1 (0.10%)	NetWeaver

Applications
1	86 (8.70%)	Microsoft Excel
2	60 (6.07%)	Microsoft Office
3	44 (4.45%)	Microsoft PowerPoint
4	37 (3.74%)	MS Visio
5	31 (3.13%)	Microsoft Project
6	21 (2.12%)	Spreadsheet
7	1 (0.10%)	Simulink
7	1 (0.10%)	SPSS
7	1 (0.10%)	Windchill

Business Applications
1	11 (1.11%)	Dynamics CRM
1	11 (1.11%)	Oracle EBS
2	7 (0.71%)	Oracle BPM
3	6 (0.61%)	Oracle HRMS
3	6 (0.61%)	SAP Oil and Gas
4	5 (0.51%)	Oracle EBS R12
4	5 (0.51%)	SAP BPC
4	5 (0.51%)	SAP EHS
4	5 (0.51%)	SAP ERP
4	5 (0.51%)	SAP IS-U
4	5 (0.51%)	SAP PLM
4	5 (0.51%)	Workday HCM
5	4 (0.40%)	Dynamics AX
5	4 (0.40%)	SAP SD
6	3 (0.30%)	Oracle 11i
6	3 (0.30%)	Oracle Payroll
6	3 (0.30%)	SAP CO
6	3 (0.30%)	SAP FSCM
7	2 (0.20%)	SAP GRC
7	2 (0.20%)	SAP PSCD

Cloud Services
1	16 (1.62%)	Microsoft Azure
2	14 (1.42%)	Office 365
3	8 (0.81%)	Cloud Computing
4	7 (0.71%)	Amazon AWS
4	7 (0.71%)	IBM Blueworks
4	7 (0.71%)	SaaS
5	6 (0.61%)	PaaS
6	4 (0.40%)	Boomi
7	3 (0.30%)	Datadog
7	3 (0.30%)	Google Play
8	2 (0.20%)	G Suite
8	2 (0.20%)	Salesforce Service Cloud
8	2 (0.20%)	SuccessFactors
9	1 (0.10%)	Force.com
9	1 (0.10%)	GoToWebinar
9	1 (0.10%)	IaaS

Communications & Networking
1	23 (2.33%)	WAN
2	12 (1.21%)	Firewall
2	12 (1.21%)	TCP/IP
3	11 (1.11%)	Internet
3	11 (1.11%)	VPN
4	9 (0.91%)	LAN
5	8 (0.81%)	Wireless
6	7 (0.71%)	Broadband
6	7 (0.71%)	FTP
6	7 (0.71%)	SAN
6	7 (0.71%)	VoIP
7	6 (0.61%)	LDAP
8	5 (0.51%)	3G
8	5 (0.51%)	4G
8	5 (0.51%)	DNS
8	5 (0.51%)	Radio Access Network
9	4 (0.40%)	Intrusion Detection
9	4 (0.40%)	LTE
9	4 (0.40%)	VLAN
10	3 (0.30%)	Intranet

Database & Business Intelligence
1	42 (4.25%)	SQL Server
2	34 (3.44%)	Data Warehouse
3	22 (2.22%)	Big Data
4	17 (1.72%)	Oracle Reports
5	14 (1.42%)	BusinessObjects
5	14 (1.42%)	Oracle Database
6	13 (1.31%)	Relational Database
7	11 (1.11%)	Oracle Database 10g
8	10 (1.01%)	Crystal Reports
9	9 (0.91%)	Hadoop
9	9 (0.91%)	MS Access
9	9 (0.91%)	SAP HANA
9	9 (0.91%)	SQL Server Integration Services
10	8 (0.81%)	SQL Server 2008
11	7 (0.71%)	Oracle Database 11g
11	7 (0.71%)	Oracle Database 12c
12	6 (0.61%)	Data Mining
12	6 (0.61%)	DB2
13	5 (0.51%)	MySQL
13	5 (0.51%)	SAP BW

Development Applications
1	76 (7.68%)	JIRA
2	24 (2.43%)	Selenium
3	20 (2.02%)	Git (software)
4	19 (1.92%)	Jenkins
5	18 (1.82%)	Rational DOORS
6	13 (1.31%)	Subversion
7	12 (1.21%)	HP UFT
7	12 (1.21%)	WebDriver
8	10 (1.01%)	Maven
8	10 (1.01%)	Visual Studio
9	9 (0.91%)	TeamCity
10	7 (0.71%)	LoadRunner
10	7 (0.71%)	Mockito
10	7 (0.71%)	Moq
10	7 (0.71%)	SoapUI
11	6 (0.61%)	Bitbucket
11	6 (0.61%)	NUnit
12	5 (0.51%)	ERwin
12	5 (0.51%)	Gradle
12	5 (0.51%)	SpecFlow

General
1	274 (27.70%)	Finance
2	92 (9.30%)	Banking
3	63 (6.37%)	Telecoms
4	44 (4.45%)	Marketing
5	39 (3.94%)	Retail
6	27 (2.73%)	Legal
7	23 (2.33%)	Manufacturing
8	15 (1.52%)	Billing
9	14 (1.42%)	Back Office
10	10 (1.01%)	Investment Banking
10	10 (1.01%)	Pharmaceutical
11	9 (0.91%)	Automotive
11	9 (0.91%)	Law
12	7 (0.71%)	Electronics
12	7 (0.71%)	Front Office
12	7 (0.71%)	Military
13	6 (0.61%)	Advertising
14	5 (0.51%)	German Language
14	5 (0.51%)	Publishing
15	4 (0.40%)	International Banking

Job Titles
1	375 (37.92%)	Analyst
2	219 (22.14%)	Business Analyst
3	98 (9.91%)	Project Manager
4	68 (6.88%)	Developer
5	67 (6.77%)	Consultant
6	57 (5.76%)	Process Analyst
7	47 (4.75%)	Senior Analyst
8	36 (3.64%)	Architect
9	28 (2.83%)	Change Analyst
10	26 (2.63%)	IT Analyst
11	22 (2.22%)	Business Change Analyst
12	21 (2.12%)	Security Analyst
12	21 (2.12%)	Senior Business Analyst
12	21 (2.12%)	Service Analyst
13	20 (2.02%)	Business Process Analyst
13	20 (2.02%)	Test Manager
14	19 (1.92%)	Business Change Business Analyst
14	19 (1.92%)	Business IT Analyst
15	18 (1.82%)	C# Developer
15	18 (1.82%)	IT Business Analyst

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	41 (4.15%)	Web Services
2	38 (3.84%)	.NET
3	28 (2.83%)	XML
4	19 (1.92%)	.NET Framework
4	19 (1.92%)	RESTful
5	15 (1.52%)	REST
6	13 (1.31%)	AngularJS
7	11 (1.11%)	jQuery
7	11 (1.11%)	SOAP
7	11 (1.11%)	Spring
8	10 (1.01%)	Hibernate
8	10 (1.01%)	HTML
8	10 (1.01%)	JSON
8	10 (1.01%)	Middleware
9	9 (0.91%)	Twitter Bootstrap
10	8 (0.81%)	EJB
10	8 (0.81%)	EJB 3.0
10	8 (0.81%)	JMS
10	8 (0.81%)	XSD
10	8 (0.81%)	XSLT

Miscellaneous
1	141 (14.26%)	Analytical Skills
2	49 (4.95%)	Management Information System
3	33 (3.34%)	User Experience
4	22 (2.22%)	Virtual Team
5	21 (2.12%)	Computer Science
6	17 (1.72%)	Reinsurance
7	15 (1.52%)	PMI
8	13 (1.31%)	Enterprise Software
9	9 (0.91%)	FMCG
10	8 (0.81%)	Data Centre
10	8 (0.81%)	IVR
11	7 (0.71%)	Credit Risk
12	6 (0.61%)	Minimum Viable Product
12	6 (0.61%)	Mobile App
12	6 (0.61%)	Reference Data
12	6 (0.61%)	Social Media
13	5 (0.51%)	Data Structures
13	5 (0.51%)	Equities
13	5 (0.51%)	Robotics
13	5 (0.51%)	Wiki

Operating Systems
1	51 (5.16%)	Windows
2	47 (4.75%)	Linux
3	40 (4.04%)	Unix
4	11 (1.11%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4	11 (1.11%)	Solaris
5	8 (0.81%)	Windows Server
6	7 (0.71%)	Android
7	6 (0.61%)	SUSE
7	6 (0.61%)	Windows Server 2008
7	6 (0.61%)	Windows Server 2012
8	5 (0.51%)	Apple iOS
8	5 (0.51%)	CentOS
8	5 (0.51%)	Windows 7
9	3 (0.30%)	SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
9	3 (0.30%)	Ubuntu
9	3 (0.30%)	Windows 10
10	2 (0.20%)	AIX
10	2 (0.20%)	Mac OS
10	2 (0.20%)	Mac OS X
10	2 (0.20%)	OS/390

Processes & Methodologies
1	237 (23.96%)	Agile Software Development
2	199 (20.12%)	Project Management
3	150 (15.17%)	Stakeholder Management
4	121 (12.23%)	Business Analysis
5	92 (9.30%)	Change Management
6	91 (9.20%)	Six Sigma
7	89 (9.00%)	ITIL
8	85 (8.59%)	Scrum
9	84 (8.49%)	Workflow
10	74 (7.48%)	Service Delivery
11	72 (7.28%)	Continuous Improvement
12	59 (5.97%)	Business Process Improvement
13	58 (5.86%)	Coaching
13	58 (5.86%)	PRINCE2
14	57 (5.76%)	Service Management
15	51 (5.16%)	Test Automation
16	50 (5.06%)	SDLC
16	50 (5.06%)	User Acceptance Testing
17	48 (4.85%)	Lean Six Sigma
18	47 (4.75%)	Data Analysis

Programming Languages
1	112 (11.32%)	SQL
2	59 (5.97%)	Java
3	31 (3.13%)	C#
3	31 (3.13%)	Python
4	29 (2.93%)	JavaScript
5	22 (2.22%)	C
6	17 (1.72%)	Perl
7	16 (1.62%)	PL/SQL
8	13 (1.31%)	VBA
9	11 (1.11%)	Bash Shell
10	10 (1.01%)	T-SQL
11	9 (0.91%)	ABAP
11	9 (0.91%)	PowerShell
12	7 (0.71%)	C++
12	7 (0.71%)	Shell Script
13	6 (0.61%)	C++/CLI
14	5 (0.51%)	Groovy
14	5 (0.51%)	Ruby
15	3 (0.30%)	SAS Macro
15	3 (0.30%)	VBScript

Qualifications
1	107 (10.82%)	Degree
2	58 (5.86%)	Security Cleared
3	47 (4.75%)	ISEB
4	32 (3.24%)	SC Cleared
5	29 (2.93%)	PMI Certification
6	22 (2.22%)	Six Sigma Green Belt
7	20 (2.02%)	Six Sigma Black Belt
8	16 (1.62%)	PMP
9	15 (1.52%)	ISTQB
10	14 (1.42%)	ACCA
11	13 (1.31%)	CIMA
11	13 (1.31%)	CISSP
11	13 (1.31%)	Computer Science Degree
11	13 (1.31%)	ITIL Certification
12	8 (0.81%)	HNC
13	7 (0.71%)	Cisco Certification
13	7 (0.71%)	CISM
13	7 (0.71%)	Master's Degree
13	7 (0.71%)	Six Sigma Master Black Belt
14	6 (0.61%)	APMP

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	45 (4.55%)	PMO
2	44 (4.45%)	QA
3	35 (3.54%)	SLA
4	15 (1.52%)	Data Quality
5	10 (1.01%)	ISO 9000
6	8 (0.81%)	ISO/IEC 27001
7	6 (0.61%)	GDPR
8	5 (0.51%)	COBIT
8	5 (0.51%)	Disclosure Scotland
8	5 (0.51%)	Sarbanes-Oxley
9	4 (0.40%)	COSO
10	3 (0.30%)	HMG Security Policy Framework
10	3 (0.30%)	IFRS
10	3 (0.30%)	ISO 9001
10	3 (0.30%)	MiFID
10	3 (0.30%)	P3O
11	2 (0.20%)	GAAP
11	2 (0.20%)	PCI DSS
12	1 (0.10%)	GxP
12	1 (0.10%)	ISO/IEC 20000

System Software
1	16 (1.62%)	Active Directory
1	16 (1.62%)	VMware Infrastructure
2	9 (0.91%)	Docker
3	7 (0.71%)	Firmware
4	5 (0.51%)	VMware ESXi
5	3 (0.30%)	vSphere
6	2 (0.20%)	NFS
6	2 (0.20%)	Time Sharing Option
7	1 (0.10%)	Oracle RAC
7	1 (0.10%)	ProxySG
7	1 (0.10%)	Terminal Services
7	1 (0.10%)	Tivoli Workload Scheduler
7	1 (0.10%)	Virtual Machines
7	1 (0.10%)	Virtual Servers

Systems Management
1	32 (3.24%)	HP Quality Center
2	11 (1.11%)	Puppet
2	11 (1.11%)	SCOM
3	9 (0.91%)	Ansible
4	5 (0.51%)	Kubernetes
4	5 (0.51%)	SCCM
4	5 (0.51%)	Terraform
5	4 (0.40%)	Nagios
5	4 (0.40%)	Red Hat Satellite
5	4 (0.40%)	RSA enVision
6	3 (0.30%)	Control-M
6	3 (0.30%)	ITRS Geneos
6	3 (0.30%)	Kibana
6	3 (0.30%)	logstash
6	3 (0.30%)	Packer
6	3 (0.30%)	QRadar
7	2 (0.20%)	Netcool
7	2 (0.20%)	Tivoli
8	1 (0.10%)	TeamSite
8	1 (0.10%)	Tivoli Storage Manager

Vendors
1	102 (10.31%)	Microsoft
2	77 (7.79%)	Oracle
3	73 (7.38%)	SAP
4	35 (3.54%)	HP
5	31 (3.13%)	IBM
6	22 (2.22%)	CA Agile Central
7	19 (1.92%)	Atlassian
7	19 (1.92%)	CA
7	19 (1.92%)	VMware
8	17 (1.72%)	Red Hat
8	17 (1.72%)	Salesforce.com
9	13 (1.31%)	Cisco
10	12 (1.21%)	Google
10	12 (1.21%)	webMethods
11	11 (1.11%)	Pega
11	11 (1.11%)	Workday
12	10 (1.01%)	ServiceNow
12	10 (1.01%)	Splunk
13	8 (0.81%)	Remedy
14	7 (0.71%)	Cloudera