Process Improvement Contracts with Work from Home Options

Process Improvement
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 22 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
22 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 174 205 201
Rank change year-on-year +31 -4 +5
Contract jobs citing Process Improvement 181 296 595
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.24% 1.21% 1.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.41% 1.35% 1.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 109 207 428
10th Percentile £360 £375 £350
25th Percentile £450 £428 £424
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £510
Median % change year-on-year - +2.94% +16.24%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £594
90th Percentile £730 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £524 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -0.24% +2.44% +15.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 3 12
10th Percentile - £54.00 £15.71
25th Percentile £15.85 £56.25 £16.50
Median hourly rate £30.12 £60.00 £20.93
Median % change year-on-year -49.80% +186.67% -38.02%
75th Percentile £35.00 - £35.63
90th Percentile £45.55 - £72.00
UK median hourly rate £24.63 £43.86 £44.68
% change year-on-year -43.85% -1.84% +72.14%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,871 21,938 40,174
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.92% 89.66% 91.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,680 15,535 29,175
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £543 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.31% +3.43% +7.14%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £634
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £533
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.29% +7.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 566 510 537
10th Percentile £14.66 £18.63 £14.50
25th Percentile £24.44 £27.48 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.50 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +32.91% +64.58%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £79.27 £71.00
UK median hourly rate £36.05 £37.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year -2.58% +44.08% +7.00%

Process Improvement
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Process Improvement as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Process Improvement trend for jobs with a WFH option

Process Improvement
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Process Improvement.

Process Improvement daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Process Improvement
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Process Improvement over the 6 months to 22 May 2024.

Process Improvement daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Process Improvement
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Process Improvement.

Process Improvement hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Process Improvement
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Process Improvement over the 6 months to 22 May 2024.

Process Improvement hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Process Improvement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 7 (3.87%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.21%) Confluence
3 3 (1.66%) SAS
4 2 (1.10%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 15 (8.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (6.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (3.31%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (3.31%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (1.66%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (2.76%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.66%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.10%) Endur
3 2 (1.10%) NetSuite
3 2 (1.10%) OpenText VIM for SAP
3 2 (1.10%) SAP Hybris
4 1 (0.55%) Hyperion Planning
4 1 (0.55%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.55%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.55%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.55%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.55%) SAP GTS
4 1 (0.55%) SAP Payroll
4 1 (0.55%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 19 (10.50%) Power Platform
2 11 (6.08%) AWS
3 10 (5.52%) Azure
4 5 (2.76%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (2.76%) SuccessFactors
5 4 (2.21%) Power Automate
5 4 (2.21%) PowerApps
6 3 (1.66%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (1.66%) OCI
6 3 (1.66%) Veeva
7 2 (1.10%) Adobe Analytics
7 2 (1.10%) Asana
7 2 (1.10%) GCP
7 2 (1.10%) SaaS
7 2 (1.10%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
7 2 (1.10%) SAP Commerce Cloud
7 2 (1.10%) Slack
8 1 (0.55%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (0.55%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.55%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.10%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (0.55%) DHCP
2 1 (0.55%) DNS
2 1 (0.55%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (9.39%) Power BI
2 5 (2.76%) Tableau
3 4 (2.21%) Amazon Redshift
3 4 (2.21%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (1.66%) DynamoDB
4 3 (1.66%) MySQL
4 3 (1.66%) NoSQL
4 3 (1.66%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.10%) BigQuery
5 2 (1.10%) GIS
5 2 (1.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.55%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.55%) Data Mart
6 1 (0.55%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (0.55%) Oracle BI EE
6 1 (0.55%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.55%) Qlik Sense
6 1 (0.55%) QlikView
6 1 (0.55%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.55%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (5.52%) JIRA
2 7 (3.87%) Git
3 6 (3.31%) Rational DOORS
4 2 (1.10%) Cypress.io
4 2 (1.10%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.10%) Postman
4 2 (1.10%) Selenium
5 1 (0.55%) Visual Studio
General
1 65 (35.91%) Social Skills
2 56 (30.94%) Finance
3 31 (17.13%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (10.50%) Banking
5 16 (8.84%) Presentation Skills
6 15 (8.29%) Public Sector
7 13 (7.18%) Influencing Skills
7 13 (7.18%) Manufacturing
8 12 (6.63%) Legal
9 10 (5.52%) Retail
10 8 (4.42%) Marketing
11 7 (3.87%) Billing
11 7 (3.87%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (3.87%) Telecoms
12 6 (3.31%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (2.21%) French Language
14 3 (1.66%) German Language
14 3 (1.66%) Military
14 3 (1.66%) Publishing
15 2 (1.10%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 49 (27.07%) Analyst
2 32 (17.68%) Business Analyst
3 21 (11.60%) Consultant
4 18 (9.94%) Senior
5 14 (7.73%) Lead
6 13 (7.18%) Project Manager
7 11 (6.08%) Data Analyst
8 10 (5.52%) Developer
9 8 (4.42%) Architect
9 8 (4.42%) Delivery Manager
10 7 (3.87%) Functional Consultant
10 7 (3.87%) Integration Engineer
10 7 (3.87%) Senior Manager
10 7 (3.87%) Service Design Manager
10 7 (3.87%) Transformation Manager
11 6 (3.31%) DOORS Engineer
11 6 (3.31%) Project Delivery Manager
11 6 (3.31%) Senior Integration Engineer
11 6 (3.31%) Software Integration Engineer
11 6 (3.31%) Systems Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.21%) Lightning Web Components
2 3 (1.66%) J2EE
2 3 (1.66%) Spring Boot
3 2 (1.10%) FastAPI
3 2 (1.10%) HTML
3 2 (1.10%) JSON
3 2 (1.10%) REST
3 2 (1.10%) Web Dynpro
3 2 (1.10%) XML
4 1 (0.55%) .NET
4 1 (0.55%) .NET Core
4 1 (0.55%) GraphQL
4 1 (0.55%) Middleware
4 1 (0.55%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.55%) SAP TM
4 1 (0.55%) SOAP
4 1 (0.55%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (3.87%) Management Information System
2 4 (2.21%) Product Ownership
3 3 (1.66%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (1.10%) Data Structures
4 2 (1.10%) FMCG
4 2 (1.10%) Greenfield Project
4 2 (1.10%) NHS
4 2 (1.10%) Operational Technology
4 2 (1.10%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.55%) CMDB
5 1 (0.55%) Data Centre
5 1 (0.55%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.55%) Freedom of Information
5 1 (0.55%) Learning Management System
5 1 (0.55%) Mobile App
5 1 (0.55%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.55%) PKI
5 1 (0.55%) State Machine
5 1 (0.55%) Taxonomies
5 1 (0.55%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 10 (5.52%) Windows
2 6 (3.31%) Unix
3 1 (0.55%) Linux
3 1 (0.55%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (26.52%) Agile
2 36 (19.89%) Problem-Solving
2 36 (19.89%) Stakeholder Management
3 35 (19.34%) Project Management
4 28 (15.47%) Project Delivery
5 27 (14.92%) Continuous Improvement
6 25 (13.81%) Risk Management
6 25 (13.81%) Scrum
7 22 (12.15%) Change Management
8 20 (11.05%) Migration
9 19 (10.50%) Business Analysis
10 18 (9.94%) Business Intelligence
10 18 (9.94%) Data Analysis
10 18 (9.94%) ITIL
11 17 (9.39%) Test Strategy
11 17 (9.39%) Validation
12 15 (8.29%) Data Migration
13 14 (7.73%) Analytics
13 14 (7.73%) Decision-Making
13 14 (7.73%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 17 (9.39%) SQL
2 12 (6.63%) Python
3 6 (3.31%) Java
4 4 (2.21%) C#
4 4 (2.21%) PowerShell
5 3 (1.66%) C
5 3 (1.66%) C++
5 3 (1.66%) JavaScript
5 3 (1.66%) PL/SQL
5 3 (1.66%) R
5 3 (1.66%) VB
6 2 (1.10%) ABAP
6 2 (1.10%) Bicep
6 2 (1.10%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.55%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.55%) VBA
Qualifications
1 32 (17.68%) Degree
2 21 (11.60%) Security Cleared
3 19 (10.50%) SC Cleared
4 8 (4.42%) DV Cleared
5 6 (3.31%) ITIL Certification
5 6 (3.31%) Master's Degree
6 5 (2.76%) ACCA
6 5 (2.76%) CIMA
7 3 (1.66%) CTC Cleared
7 3 (1.66%) SAP Certification
8 2 (1.10%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.10%) Six Sigma Black Belt
8 2 (1.10%) Six Sigma Green Belt
9 1 (0.55%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.55%) CGEIT
9 1 (0.55%) CISA
9 1 (0.55%) CRISC
9 1 (0.55%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 1 (0.55%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.55%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (11.60%) QA
2 10 (5.52%) PMO
3 7 (3.87%) Data Quality
4 6 (3.31%) PCI DSS
5 3 (1.66%) CDISC
5 3 (1.66%) Good Clinical Practice
5 3 (1.66%) GxP
6 2 (1.10%) SLA
7 1 (0.55%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.55%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.55%) COBIT
7 1 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.55%) NIST
7 1 (0.55%) PMBOK
7 1 (0.55%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 5 (2.76%) VMware Infrastructure
1 5 (2.76%) VMware NSX
1 5 (2.76%) vSphere
2 3 (1.66%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.66%) Docker
2 3 (1.66%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (2.76%) Terraform
2 3 (1.66%) Ansible
2 3 (1.66%) Grafana
2 3 (1.66%) Puppet
3 2 (1.10%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.55%) Progress Chef
4 1 (0.55%) SCCM
Vendors
1 24 (13.26%) Microsoft
2 16 (8.84%) SAP
3 8 (4.42%) Oracle
4 7 (3.87%) Salesforce
5 5 (2.76%) Cisco
5 5 (2.76%) Dell
5 5 (2.76%) VMware
6 4 (2.21%) Adobe
7 3 (1.66%) Denodo
7 3 (1.66%) ServiceNow
7 3 (1.66%) Talend
8 2 (1.10%) Ariba
8 2 (1.10%) Conga
8 2 (1.10%) DocuSign
8 2 (1.10%) ESRI
8 2 (1.10%) FIS
8 2 (1.10%) OpenLink
8 2 (1.10%) Remedy
8 2 (1.10%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 2 (1.10%) Workday