Process Improvement Contracts in the Thames Valley

Process Improvement
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 87 72 89
Rank change year-on-year -15 +17 +20
Contract jobs citing Process Improvement 45 81 83
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.70% 2.83% 2.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.98% 3.12% 2.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 46 47
10th Percentile £294 £410 £190
25th Percentile £409 £455 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £462 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.75% -16.02% +33.33%
75th Percentile £520 £550 £650
90th Percentile £541 £621 £700
South East median daily rate £488 £460 £524
% change year-on-year +5.98% -12.17% +14.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 5 1
10th Percentile - £28.57 -
25th Percentile £14.50 - £18.25
Median hourly rate £15.85 £32.30 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -50.93% +74.59% -32.73%
75th Percentile - - £18.75
90th Percentile £21.50 £44.81 -
South East median hourly rate £15.00 £32.30 £32.50
% change year-on-year -53.56% -0.62% +18.18%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,268 2,599 3,223
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 85.88% 90.75% 89.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,245 1,764 2,187
10th Percentile £213 £317 £235
25th Percentile £375 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £485
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% +4.12% +7.78%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £585
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £510 £504 £500
% change year-on-year +1.29% +0.70% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 70 89
10th Percentile £14.09 £16.25 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £24.86 £12.25
Median hourly rate £46.25 £52.30 £17.42
Median % change year-on-year -11.57% +200.23% -17.24%
75th Percentile £64.42 £72.69 £24.42
90th Percentile £85.65 £79.19 £63.27
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £52.50 £21.99
% change year-on-year -9.52% +138.80% -20.05%

Process Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Process Improvement in the Thames Valley

Process Improvement
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate trend for Process Improvement in the Thames Valley

Process Improvement
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Process Improvement in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Process Improvement in the Thames Valley

Process Improvement
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Hourly rate trend for Process Improvement in the Thames Valley

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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
Berkshire -30 24 £500 -4.76% 23
Buckinghamshire +20 16 £426 -7.35% 10
Oxfordshire +4 5 £500 - 10
Process Improvement
South East

Process Improvement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 3 (6.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (4.44%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (17.78%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (4.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (4.44%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (6.67%) SAP IS-U
1 3 (6.67%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (2.22%) Epicor Tropos
2 1 (2.22%) PeopleSoft HRMS
Cloud Services
1 8 (17.78%) SuccessFactors
2 4 (8.89%) Azure
3 3 (6.67%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (4.44%) NuGet
4 2 (4.44%) Power Platform
4 2 (4.44%) Veeva
5 1 (2.22%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.44%) DHCP
1 2 (4.44%) DNS
1 2 (4.44%) VSAN
2 1 (2.22%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.44%) Power BI
2 1 (2.22%) GIS
2 1 (2.22%) OLAP
2 1 (2.22%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (2.22%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (4.44%) JIRA
General
1 16 (35.56%) Analytical Skills
2 14 (31.11%) Social Skills
3 10 (22.22%) Finance
4 8 (17.78%) Billing
4 8 (17.78%) Marketing
5 5 (11.11%) Retail
6 4 (8.89%) Banking
6 4 (8.89%) Telecoms
7 3 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (6.67%) Public Sector
8 2 (4.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (4.44%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (4.44%) Manufacturing
8 2 (4.44%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (2.22%) Aviation
9 1 (2.22%) Legal
9 1 (2.22%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (17.78%) Analyst
1 8 (17.78%) Coordinator
2 7 (15.56%) Technical Coordinator
2 7 (15.56%) Technical Support
3 5 (11.11%) Lead
4 4 (8.89%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 4 (8.89%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
4 4 (8.89%) Operations Engineer
4 4 (8.89%) Project Manager
5 3 (6.67%) Architect
5 3 (6.67%) Business Analyst
5 3 (6.67%) SAP Architect
5 3 (6.67%) SAP Solutions Architect
5 3 (6.67%) Senior
5 3 (6.67%) Senior Manager
5 3 (6.67%) Senior Project Manager
5 3 (6.67%) Solutions Architect
5 3 (6.67%) Systems Support
5 3 (6.67%) Technical Leader
6 2 (4.44%) Active Directory Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.67%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 5 (11.11%) Management Information System
2 2 (4.44%) Life Science
2 2 (4.44%) Operational Technology
2 2 (4.44%) PKI
2 2 (4.44%) PMI
2 2 (4.44%) Robotics
3 1 (2.22%) Driving Licence
3 1 (2.22%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.44%) Windows
2 1 (2.22%) Windows 10
2 1 (2.22%) Windows 7
2 1 (2.22%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (35.56%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (28.89%) Service Delivery
3 12 (26.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 9 (20.00%) Agile
5 8 (17.78%) Project Management
5 8 (17.78%) Root Cause Analysis
6 6 (13.33%) Business Case
6 6 (13.33%) ITIL
7 5 (11.11%) Data Management
7 5 (11.11%) Defect Management
7 5 (11.11%) Waterfall
8 4 (8.89%) Business Strategy
8 4 (8.89%) Customer Experience
8 4 (8.89%) ERP
8 4 (8.89%) Information Management
8 4 (8.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 4 (8.89%) Programme Delivery
8 4 (8.89%) Project Delivery
8 4 (8.89%) Regulatory Change
8 4 (8.89%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.44%) C#
1 2 (4.44%) SQL
2 1 (2.22%) Python
2 1 (2.22%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 11 (24.44%) Degree
2 8 (17.78%) Security Cleared
3 7 (15.56%) SC Cleared
4 5 (11.11%) DV Cleared
5 2 (4.44%) PgMP
5 2 (4.44%) PMI Certification
5 2 (4.44%) VCAP
5 2 (4.44%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (2.22%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.89%) QA
2 1 (2.22%) ITGC
2 1 (2.22%) PMO
2 1 (2.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (6.67%) Active Directory
2 2 (4.44%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (4.44%) VMware NSX
2 2 (4.44%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (2.22%) Ansible
Vendors
1 5 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 4 (8.89%) OpenText
3 3 (6.67%) SAP
4 2 (4.44%) VMware
5 1 (2.22%) CheckPoint
5 1 (2.22%) Oracle
5 1 (2.22%) PeopleSoft
5 1 (2.22%) Salesforce