Process Improvement Contract Job Trends in Wales

Process Improvement
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wales requiring Process Improvement skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 43 55
Rank change year-on-year +7 +12 +1
Contract jobs citing Process Improvement 6 4 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 1.67% 0.94% 0.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.97% 1.20% 0.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 3
10th Percentile £324 - £520
25th Percentile £355 - £531
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £200 £550
Median % change year-on-year +106.25% -63.64% +22.22%
75th Percentile £463 - £575
90th Percentile £489 - £590
UK median daily rate £475 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £25.11 - -
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £28.50 £31.50
% change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Wales

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 Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 305 333 421
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 84.96% 78.17% 86.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 193 179 315
10th Percentile £190 £142 £184
25th Percentile £283 £211 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -5.56% -10.00%
75th Percentile £488 £547 £578
90th Percentile £670 £638 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 49 25
10th Percentile £13.08 £15.48 £16.98
25th Percentile £16.15 £20.12 £21.25
Median hourly rate £20.50 £25.36 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.16% -2.46% +44.44%
75th Percentile £25.15 £48.75 £48.75
90th Percentile - £53.75 £55.25
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.79
% change year-on-year -41.51% -1.81% +53.66%

Process Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Process Improvement in Wales

Process Improvement
Daily Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Process Improvement.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Process Improvement

Process Improvement
Daily Rate Histogram in Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Process Improvement in Wales over the 6 months to 20 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Process Improvement in Wales

Process Improvement
Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Process Improvement.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Process Improvement

Process Improvement
Contract Job Locations in Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 20 September 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
South Wales +8 4 £413 +106.25% 15
North Wales - 1 - -
Process Improvement
UK

Process Improvement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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 2 (33.33%) Confluence
1 2 (33.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (16.67%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Asana
1 2 (33.33%) Azure
1 2 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
General
1 2 (33.33%) Finance
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Local Government
2 1 (16.67%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (16.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Business Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Designer
2 1 (16.67%) Digital Transformation
2 1 (16.67%) Financial Services Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Interaction Designer
2 1 (16.67%) IT Manager
2 1 (16.67%) IT Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) IT Services Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Lead
2 1 (16.67%) Lead Designer
2 1 (16.67%) Project Officer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Project Management
2 3 (50.00%) Agile
2 3 (50.00%) Business Case
2 3 (50.00%) Project Delivery
3 2 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 2 (33.33%) DevOps
3 2 (33.33%) Kanban
3 2 (33.33%) Portfolio Management
3 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (33.33%) Service Management
3 2 (33.33%) Waterfall
4 1 (16.67%) Business Analysis
4 1 (16.67%) Change Management
4 1 (16.67%) Dependency Management
4 1 (16.67%) ITSM
4 1 (16.67%) Migration
4 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
4 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
4 1 (16.67%) Strategic Planning
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) PMO
2 1 (16.67%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
1 1 (16.67%) ServiceNow