Process Improvement Contracts in Scotland

Process Improvement
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 90 132 129
Rank change year-on-year +42 -3 +1
Contract jobs citing Process Improvement 30 29 48
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 1.41% 1.07% 1.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.60% 1.16% 1.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 18 30
10th Percentile £281 £352 £287
25th Percentile £400 £372 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £478 £463
Median % change year-on-year +7.33% +3.24% +12.12%
75th Percentile £538 £547 £538
90th Percentile £553 £594 £552
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -0.95% +2.44% +15.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 2
10th Percentile £38.10 - £15.51
25th Percentile £60.25 - £15.53
Median hourly rate £60.50 - £16.13
75th Percentile £60.75 - £16.78
90th Percentile - - £16.84
UK median hourly rate £24.63 £43.86 £44.68
% change year-on-year -43.85% -1.84% +71.85%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Process Improvement is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,870 2,508 3,203
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 88.00% 92.44% 93.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,150 1,773 2,261
10th Percentile £220 £260 £250
25th Percentile £369 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £471
Median % change year-on-year - +0.95% +10.71%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £550
90th Percentile £650 £650 £625
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 92 55 50
10th Percentile £12.30 £10.63 £15.04
25th Percentile £15.92 £11.25 £17.56
Median hourly rate £19.50 £15.99 £37.43
Median % change year-on-year +21.95% -57.28% -6.43%
75th Percentile £42.71 £50.74 £48.75
90th Percentile £60.75 £67.13 £56.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +7.00%

Process Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Process Improvement in Scotland

Process Improvement
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Process Improvement in Scotland

Process Improvement
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Process Improvement in Scotland over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Process Improvement in Scotland

Process Improvement
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Process Improvement in Scotland

Process Improvement
Hourly Rate Histogram in Scotland

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Process Improvement in Scotland over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Process Improvement in Scotland

Process Improvement
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 20 May 2024. 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
Edinburgh +34 14 £438 +4.91% 5
Glasgow +9 13 £500 - 9
Perthshire - 1 £525 -
Perth and Kinross - 1 £525 -
Process Improvement
UK

Process Improvement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Applications
1 4 (13.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (6.67%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.33%) Azure
1 1 (3.33%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (3.33%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.67%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (3.33%) Data Warehouse
General
1 13 (43.33%) Finance
2 12 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 7 (23.33%) Organisational Skills
4 6 (20.00%) Banking
5 5 (16.67%) Billing
6 4 (13.33%) Manufacturing
7 3 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (6.67%) Public Sector
9 1 (3.33%) Investment Banking
9 1 (3.33%) Local Government
9 1 (3.33%) Retail
9 1 (3.33%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 12 (40.00%) Analyst
2 10 (33.33%) Business Analyst
3 5 (16.67%) Finance Business Analyst
3 5 (16.67%) Financial Analyst
4 4 (13.33%) Consultant
4 4 (13.33%) Hardware Engineer
4 4 (13.33%) Lead
4 4 (13.33%) VMware Consultant
5 3 (10.00%) Finance Systems Analyst
6 2 (6.67%) Cisco Consultant
6 2 (6.67%) Data Analyst
6 2 (6.67%) Data Consultant
6 2 (6.67%) Data Migration Consultant
6 2 (6.67%) Migration Consultant
6 2 (6.67%) Release Manager
6 2 (6.67%) Systems Analyst
7 1 (3.33%) Case Management Developer
7 1 (3.33%) Project Coordinator
7 1 (3.33%) Strategy Manager
7 1 (3.33%) UI Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.33%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (6.67%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (3.33%) Mobile App
3 1 (3.33%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.33%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (23.33%) Business Analysis
1 7 (23.33%) ERP
2 6 (20.00%) Decision-Making
2 6 (20.00%) Project Management
3 5 (16.67%) Business Impact Analysis
3 5 (16.67%) Data Cleansing
3 5 (16.67%) Data Migration
3 5 (16.67%) Impact Analysis
3 5 (16.67%) Migration
3 5 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (13.33%) Configuration Management
4 4 (13.33%) Cost Reduction
4 4 (13.33%) Data Analysis
4 4 (13.33%) Line Management
4 4 (13.33%) Requirements Analysis
4 4 (13.33%) Risk Management
4 4 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (10.00%) Resource Management
5 3 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (10.00%) Technical Architecture
Qualifications
1 5 (16.67%) ACCA
1 5 (16.67%) CIMA
1 5 (16.67%) Degree
2 2 (6.67%) Master's Degree
3 1 (3.33%) CGEIT
3 1 (3.33%) CISA
3 1 (3.33%) CISM
3 1 (3.33%) CISSP
3 1 (3.33%) CRISC
3 1 (3.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (16.67%) PMO
2 3 (10.00%) QA
3 2 (6.67%) GDPR
3 2 (6.67%) HIPAA
4 1 (3.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (3.33%) NIST
4 1 (3.33%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 5 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
1 5 (16.67%) VMware NSX
1 5 (16.67%) vSphere
2 4 (13.33%) Firmware
3 3 (10.00%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 7 (23.33%) Oracle
2 6 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 5 (16.67%) Cisco
3 5 (16.67%) Dell
3 5 (16.67%) VMware
4 2 (6.67%) SAP
4 2 (6.67%) Workday