Process Improvement Contracts in the West Midlands

Process Improvement
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 56 78 44
Rank change year-on-year +22 -34 -5
Contract jobs citing Process Improvement 41 33 115
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 3.05% 1.69% 4.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.45% 2.02% 5.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 25 89
10th Percentile £242 £356 £361
25th Percentile £425 £358 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £524 £375 £538
Median % change year-on-year +39.73% -30.30% +4.06%
75th Percentile £539 £538 £540
90th Percentile £613 £657 £590
England median daily rate £524 £520 £525
% change year-on-year +0.77% -0.95% +2.41%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,188 1,636 2,114
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 88.33% 84.03% 88.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 786 1,083 1,452
10th Percentile £195 £275 £263
25th Percentile £381 £375 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £512
Median % change year-on-year - -2.34% +5.03%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £600
90th Percentile £675 £750 £694
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 115 45
10th Percentile £12.62 £11.09 £12.20
25th Percentile £14.14 £14.00 £13.31
Median hourly rate £18.00 £22.50 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +26.98% +4.24%
75th Percentile £23.99 £41.13 £23.75
90th Percentile £38.19 £57.75 £51.25
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Process Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Process Improvement as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Process Improvement in the West Midlands

Process Improvement
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Process Improvement in the West Midlands

Process Improvement
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Process Improvement in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Process Improvement in the West Midlands

Process Improvement
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Process Improvement in the West Midlands

Process Improvement
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 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
Shropshire +7 23 £487 +36.13% 39
Warwickshire +6 9 £575 +9.52% 13
Birmingham +17 8 £453 +3.54% 54
Process Improvement
England

Process Improvement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 (4.88%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (17.07%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (7.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (4.88%) SAP BPC
1 2 (4.88%) SAP GRC
1 2 (4.88%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (2.44%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 19 (46.34%) Azure
2 13 (31.71%) Power Platform
2 13 (31.71%) PowerApps
3 3 (7.32%) AWS
4 2 (4.88%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (4.88%) SuccessFactors
5 1 (2.44%) Azure API Management
5 1 (2.44%) Azure Logic Apps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.88%) SAP BW
1 2 (4.88%) SAP HANA
2 1 (2.44%) Big Data
2 1 (2.44%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (14.63%) JIRA
2 3 (7.32%) GitLab
General
1 31 (75.61%) Social Skills
2 5 (12.20%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (12.20%) Finance
3 3 (7.32%) Law
4 2 (4.88%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (4.88%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.44%) Advertising
5 1 (2.44%) Banking
5 1 (2.44%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.44%) Legal
5 1 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (21.95%) Lead
2 8 (19.51%) Technical Leader
3 6 (14.63%) Developer
4 5 (12.20%) Power Platform Developer
5 4 (9.76%) Analyst
6 3 (7.32%) Business Analyst
7 2 (4.88%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 2 (4.88%) 2nd Line Support
7 2 (4.88%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 2 (4.88%) Change Manager
7 2 (4.88%) Consultant
7 2 (4.88%) Delivery Manager
7 2 (4.88%) Operations Engineer
7 2 (4.88%) Programme Change Manager
7 2 (4.88%) Project Manager
7 2 (4.88%) SAP Consultant
7 2 (4.88%) SAP Security Consultant
7 2 (4.88%) Security Consultant
7 2 (4.88%) Support Engineer
8 1 (2.44%) Head of Business Change
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.88%) SailPoint
1 2 (4.88%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (2.44%) JSON
2 1 (2.44%) Kafka
2 1 (2.44%) SOAP
2 1 (2.44%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.88%) e-Learning
1 2 (4.88%) Operational Technology
2 1 (2.44%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (2.44%) CMDB
2 1 (2.44%) Data Structures
2 1 (2.44%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 3 (7.32%) Linux
1 3 (7.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (4.88%) Mac OS X
2 2 (4.88%) Windows
2 2 (4.88%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (60.98%) Problem-Solving
2 21 (51.22%) Agile
3 16 (39.02%) DevOps
4 13 (31.71%) Configuration Management
4 13 (31.71%) Test Strategy
5 12 (29.27%) Data Modelling
5 12 (29.27%) OO
5 12 (29.27%) Problem Management
6 9 (21.95%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (14.63%) Workflow
8 5 (12.20%) Change Management
8 5 (12.20%) Data Collection
8 5 (12.20%) Demand Management
8 5 (12.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 4 (9.76%) Continuous Improvement
9 4 (9.76%) Cybersecurity
9 4 (9.76%) Programme Management
10 3 (7.32%) Data Analysis
10 3 (7.32%) Project Management
10 3 (7.32%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 14 (34.15%) SQL
2 1 (2.44%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (7.32%) BPSS Clearance
1 3 (7.32%) Degree
1 3 (7.32%) SC Cleared
1 3 (7.32%) Security Cleared
2 2 (4.88%) A+ Certification
2 2 (4.88%) MCP
3 1 (2.44%) PMI Certification
3 1 (2.44%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.88%) Data Quality
1 2 (4.88%) GRC
1 2 (4.88%) PMO
1 2 (4.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (2.44%) QA
2 1 (2.44%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (4.88%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (7.32%) Ansible
1 3 (7.32%) Opsview
1 3 (7.32%) Terraform
2 1 (2.44%) Grafana
Vendors
1 11 (26.83%) Microsoft
2 5 (12.20%) Atlassian
3 3 (7.32%) PagerDuty
4 2 (4.88%) Concur
4 2 (4.88%) NEC
4 2 (4.88%) SAP
4 2 (4.88%) ServiceNow
5 1 (2.44%) Planview
5 1 (2.44%) Splunk