Process Improvement Contracts

Process Improvement
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 97 175 209
Rank change year-on-year +78 +34 -22
Contract jobs citing Process Improvement 757 575 728
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.60% 1.34% 1.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.85% 1.57% 1.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 454 359 487
10th Percentile £293 £288 £375
25th Percentile £388 £412 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £517 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.29% -1.52% +2.44%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £600
90th Percentile £725 £688 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 45 18
10th Percentile £19.78 £13.37 £24.56
25th Percentile £26.88 £14.50 £32.30
Median hourly rate £33.11 £24.26 £43.86
Median % change year-on-year +36.51% -44.70% +34.95%
75th Percentile £53.95 £43.75 £53.05
90th Percentile £75.00 £57.85 £60.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £18.59 £37.40
% change year-on-year +61.42% -50.31% +15.08%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,538 36,713 50,320
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 91.00% 85.58% 89.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,936 23,592 34,845
10th Percentile £300 £300 £325
25th Percentile £408 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,114 2,515 1,670
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.75 £10.63
25th Percentile £17.87 £16.00 £15.50
Median hourly rate £27.85 £36.50 £36.77
Median % change year-on-year -23.70% -0.73% +43.19%
75th Percentile £57.50 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £35.00
% change year-on-year -34.02% +8.91% +75.00%

Process Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Process Improvement as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Process Improvement in the UK

Process Improvement
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Process Improvement in the UK

Process Improvement
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Process Improvement over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Process Improvement in the UK

Process Improvement
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Process Improvement in the UK

Process Improvement
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Process Improvement over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Process Improvement in the UK

Process Improvement
Top 17 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 6 months to 31 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
England +74 647 £511 -2.62% 649
UK excluding London +67 368 £475 -5.00% 486
London +74 313 £525 -3.45% 213
Work from Home +67 239 £500 -4.76% 383
North of England +71 126 £500 -3.29% 164
North West +65 100 £450 -12.20% 88
South East +33 82 £523 +7.18% 116
Midlands +26 66 £475 +3.26% 89
West Midlands +20 46 £524 +31.00% 69
Scotland +22 44 £417 -12.21% 17
South West +41 26 £525 +5.00% 38
Yorkshire +17 24 £515 +2.95% 51
East Midlands +17 20 £321 -38.95% 20
East of England +16 13 £500 -9.09% 36
Northern Ireland -10 9 £313 -28.16% 12
Wales +3 2 £306 +53.00% 16
North East 0 2 £535 +0.47% 26

Process Improvement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 45 (5.94%) Confluence
2 16 (2.11%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.45%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (0.92%) Apache Spark
5 6 (0.79%) Apache
6 4 (0.53%) JBoss
6 4 (0.53%) WebSphere
7 3 (0.40%) Skype for Business
8 2 (0.26%) CMS
8 2 (0.26%) WebSphere Application Server
9 1 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.13%) SAS
9 1 (0.13%) ThingWorx
9 1 (0.13%) Umbraco
Applications
1 62 (8.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 35 (4.62%) Microsoft Office
3 27 (3.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 26 (3.43%) MS Visio
5 12 (1.59%) Microsoft Project
6 8 (1.06%) Trello
7 3 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.13%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.13%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.13%) CATIA
8 1 (0.13%) Fusion 360
8 1 (0.13%) InDesign
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle Smart View
8 1 (0.13%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.13%) Siemens NX
8 1 (0.13%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 36 (4.76%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (1.32%) SAP CO
2 10 (1.32%) SAP FI
2 10 (1.32%) SAP FI/CO
3 8 (1.06%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.66%) Endur
4 5 (0.66%) Teamcenter
5 4 (0.53%) Actimize
5 4 (0.53%) SAP ECC
5 4 (0.53%) SAP GRC
5 4 (0.53%) SAP MDG
6 3 (0.40%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 3 (0.40%) SAP EWM
6 3 (0.40%) SAP PS
6 3 (0.40%) SAP SD
6 3 (0.40%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.26%) Finacle
7 2 (0.26%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.26%) SAP PP
7 2 (0.26%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 76 (10.04%) Azure
2 66 (8.72%) Power Platform
3 60 (7.93%) AWS
4 31 (4.10%) Microsoft 365
5 20 (2.64%) PowerApps
6 16 (2.11%) Entra ID
7 14 (1.85%) Azure DevOps
7 14 (1.85%) Dynamics 365
8 11 (1.45%) GitHub
9 10 (1.32%) SaaS
10 9 (1.19%) OCI
10 9 (1.19%) SuccessFactors
11 8 (1.06%) Amazon S3
11 8 (1.06%) GCP
12 7 (0.92%) Amazon EKS
13 6 (0.79%) Lucidchart
13 6 (0.79%) Serverless
14 5 (0.66%) AWS CloudFormation
14 5 (0.66%) Azure Data Factory
14 5 (0.66%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 20 (2.64%) Firewall
2 15 (1.98%) WAN
3 11 (1.45%) DNS
3 11 (1.45%) SSL
3 11 (1.45%) Wireless
4 10 (1.32%) Wi-Fi
5 9 (1.19%) LAN
5 9 (1.19%) VPN
6 8 (1.06%) BGP
6 8 (1.06%) DHCP
6 8 (1.06%) Network Security
6 8 (1.06%) TCP/IP
7 7 (0.92%) HTTPS
8 6 (0.79%) Cisco IOS
9 5 (0.66%) OSPF
9 5 (0.66%) SSH
10 4 (0.53%) BIG-IP
10 4 (0.53%) Cisco Nexus
10 4 (0.53%) IPsec
10 4 (0.53%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (5.94%) Power BI
2 24 (3.17%) Tableau
3 16 (2.11%) Data Lake
4 15 (1.98%) SQL Server
5 13 (1.72%) SAP HANA
6 11 (1.45%) Relational Database
7 9 (1.19%) Big Data
7 9 (1.19%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (0.79%) MySQL
8 6 (0.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 5 (0.66%) Amazon RDS
9 5 (0.66%) Azure SQL Database
9 5 (0.66%) MS Access
9 5 (0.66%) NoSQL
9 5 (0.66%) PostgreSQL
10 4 (0.53%) Looker
10 4 (0.53%) MongoDB
10 4 (0.53%) Oracle Database
10 4 (0.53%) RDBMS
10 4 (0.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 79 (10.44%) JIRA
2 20 (2.64%) Git
3 16 (2.11%) GitLab
4 11 (1.45%) Selenium
5 10 (1.32%) Jenkins
6 6 (0.79%) JMeter
7 5 (0.66%) LoadRunner
8 4 (0.53%) Subversion
9 3 (0.40%) ERwin
9 3 (0.40%) JUnit
9 3 (0.40%) Postman
9 3 (0.40%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (0.26%) Bitbucket
10 2 (0.26%) Gradle
10 2 (0.26%) MSTest
10 2 (0.26%) NUnit
10 2 (0.26%) Ranorex
10 2 (0.26%) Toad
11 1 (0.13%) Dreamweaver
11 1 (0.13%) Visual Studio
General
1 340 (44.91%) Social Skills
2 262 (34.61%) Finance
3 189 (24.97%) Analytical Skills
4 63 (8.32%) Banking
5 54 (7.13%) Public Sector
6 37 (4.89%) Manufacturing
7 33 (4.36%) Pharmaceutical
8 31 (4.10%) Legal
9 26 (3.43%) Presentation Skills
10 24 (3.17%) Organisational Skills
11 22 (2.91%) Documentation Skills
11 22 (2.91%) Influencing Skills
12 21 (2.77%) Telecoms
13 19 (2.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 18 (2.38%) Marketing
15 15 (1.98%) Front Office
15 15 (1.98%) Investment Banking
15 15 (1.98%) Retail
16 14 (1.85%) Back Office
17 12 (1.59%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 233 (30.78%) Analyst
2 141 (18.63%) Business Analyst
3 62 (8.19%) Senior
4 55 (7.27%) Lead
5 54 (7.13%) Consultant
6 52 (6.87%) Developer
7 45 (5.94%) Project Manager
8 35 (4.62%) Administrator
9 28 (3.70%) Architect
10 25 (3.30%) Senior Analyst
11 23 (3.04%) Data Analyst
12 22 (2.91%) Microsoft 365 Administrator
13 18 (2.38%) SAP Consultant
14 17 (2.25%) Senior Business Analyst
15 15 (1.98%) Delivery Manager
16 14 (1.85%) DevOps Engineer
16 14 (1.85%) Network Engineer
16 14 (1.85%) Process Analyst
17 13 (1.72%) SAP Developer
17 13 (1.72%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (2.64%) REST
2 17 (2.25%) Spring
2 17 (2.25%) Spring Boot
3 15 (1.98%) Web Services
4 14 (1.85%) JSON
5 10 (1.32%) BAPI
5 10 (1.32%) XML
6 9 (1.19%) React
7 8 (1.06%) SAP Fiori
7 8 (1.06%) SOAP
8 7 (0.92%) CSS
8 7 (0.92%) HTML
9 6 (0.79%) .NET
9 6 (0.79%) Middleware
10 4 (0.53%) AWS CDK
10 4 (0.53%) Node.js
10 4 (0.53%) SailPoint
10 4 (0.53%) Symfony
10 4 (0.53%) WebSphere MQ
11 3 (0.40%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 29 (3.83%) Onboarding
2 25 (3.30%) Management Information System
3 21 (2.77%) Product Ownership
4 16 (2.11%) Data Structures
5 13 (1.72%) Analytical Mindset
6 11 (1.45%) Data Protection Act
6 11 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
7 10 (1.32%) Cyber Threat
7 10 (1.32%) Derivative
7 10 (1.32%) Virtual Team
8 9 (1.19%) CMDB
8 9 (1.19%) Data Centre
8 9 (1.19%) PMI
9 8 (1.06%) Algorithms
9 8 (1.06%) Market Risk
10 7 (0.92%) Operational Technology
11 6 (0.79%) CSOC
11 6 (0.79%) Enterprise Software
11 6 (0.79%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 6 (0.79%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 27 (3.57%) Linux
1 27 (3.57%) Windows
2 14 (1.85%) Unix
3 7 (0.92%) Android
4 6 (0.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (0.53%) CentOS
5 4 (0.53%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.40%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.26%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.26%) Windows 7
7 2 (0.26%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.26%) zOS
8 1 (0.13%) AIX
8 1 (0.13%) Rocky
8 1 (0.13%) Solaris
8 1 (0.13%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
8 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 229 (30.25%) Problem-Solving
2 204 (26.95%) Agile
3 156 (20.61%) Stakeholder Management
4 112 (14.80%) Project Management
5 95 (12.55%) Continuous Improvement
6 92 (12.15%) DevOps
7 87 (11.49%) Change Management
8 70 (9.25%) Project Delivery
9 69 (9.11%) Data Analysis
9 69 (9.11%) Decision-Making
10 63 (8.32%) Business Analysis
11 62 (8.19%) Analytics
12 60 (7.93%) ITIL
13 59 (7.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 58 (7.66%) CI/CD
15 55 (7.27%) Business Intelligence
15 55 (7.27%) Scrum
16 51 (6.74%) Workshop Facilitation
17 49 (6.47%) Risk Management
18 42 (5.55%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 102 (13.47%) SQL
2 47 (6.21%) Java
3 42 (5.55%) Python
4 16 (2.11%) PowerShell
5 13 (1.72%) JavaScript
6 12 (1.59%) ABAP
7 9 (1.19%) C#
8 8 (1.06%) TypeScript
9 7 (0.92%) Bash
10 6 (0.79%) R
10 6 (0.79%) T-SQL
11 5 (0.66%) ActionScript
11 5 (0.66%) ActionScript 2.0
11 5 (0.66%) Haskell
11 5 (0.66%) VBA
12 4 (0.53%) PHP
12 4 (0.53%) PL/SQL
12 4 (0.53%) REXX
13 3 (0.40%) OCaml
13 3 (0.40%) Perl
Qualifications
1 110 (14.53%) Degree
2 88 (11.62%) Security Cleared
3 60 (7.93%) SC Cleared
4 39 (5.15%) BPSS Clearance
5 31 (4.10%) PMI Certification
6 29 (3.83%) PMP
7 21 (2.77%) DV Cleared
8 18 (2.38%) ITIL Certification
9 15 (1.98%) Computer Science Degree
10 10 (1.32%) CBAP
10 10 (1.32%) Cisco Certification
10 10 (1.32%) Microsoft Certification
11 9 (1.19%) CCNP
11 9 (1.19%) Master's Degree
12 8 (1.06%) ISTQB
13 7 (0.92%) Azure Certification
14 6 (0.79%) GIAC
15 5 (0.66%) IIBA
16 4 (0.53%) AWS Certification
16 4 (0.53%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (4.62%) QA
2 27 (3.57%) Data Quality
3 21 (2.77%) SLA
4 17 (2.25%) GDPR
4 17 (2.25%) PMO
4 17 (2.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 11 (1.45%) Actionable Recommendations
6 7 (0.92%) Accessibility
7 6 (0.79%) GRC
7 6 (0.79%) IFRS
8 5 (0.66%) MiFID
9 4 (0.53%) COREP
10 3 (0.40%) Basel III
10 3 (0.40%) EMIR
10 3 (0.40%) NIST
11 2 (0.26%) Def Stans
11 2 (0.26%) GxP
11 2 (0.26%) HL7
11 2 (0.26%) NCSC
11 2 (0.26%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 22 (2.91%) Active Directory
2 9 (1.19%) Docker
3 5 (0.66%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.53%) BitLocker
5 2 (0.26%) Firmware
5 2 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.13%) Veritas Cluster Server
6 1 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.13%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 34 (4.49%) Terraform
2 22 (2.91%) Ansible
3 13 (1.72%) Kubernetes
4 6 (0.79%) Grafana
5 5 (0.66%) SCCM
6 4 (0.53%) Prometheus
6 4 (0.53%) Puppet
7 3 (0.40%) HP ALM
7 3 (0.40%) HP Quality Center
7 3 (0.40%) Opsview
7 3 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.26%) Tivoli NetView
9 1 (0.13%) Argo
9 1 (0.13%) Control-M
9 1 (0.13%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.13%) Istio
9 1 (0.13%) OPNET
9 1 (0.13%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.13%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 115 (15.19%) Microsoft
2 98 (12.95%) SAP
3 44 (5.81%) Oracle
4 40 (5.28%) ServiceNow
5 35 (4.62%) Salesforce
6 18 (2.38%) Cisco
7 17 (2.25%) IBM
8 16 (2.11%) Workday
9 10 (1.32%) Atlassian
10 9 (1.19%) Apple
10 9 (1.19%) Ariba
10 9 (1.19%) Google
11 8 (1.06%) Splunk
11 8 (1.06%) VMware
12 7 (0.92%) Adobe
13 6 (0.79%) CheckPoint
13 6 (0.79%) Infoblox
13 6 (0.79%) Murex
13 6 (0.79%) Red Hat
14 5 (0.66%) IBM Sterling