Process Improvement Contracts in England

Process Improvement
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 31 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 171 195 183
Rank change year-on-year +24 -12 +18
Contract jobs citing Process Improvement 507 627 1,129
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.38% 1.32% 1.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.61% 1.47% 1.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 331 426 746
10th Percentile £313 £363 £350
25th Percentile £412 £432 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £518
Median % change year-on-year - +1.35% +15.11%
75th Percentile £616 £600 £600
90th Percentile £700 £700 £688
UK median daily rate £517 £525 £515
% change year-on-year -1.52% +1.94% +14.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 18 27
10th Percentile £13.69 £24.56 £17.49
25th Percentile £14.50 £32.30 £22.40
Median hourly rate £22.00 £43.86 £44.68
Median % change year-on-year -49.84% -1.84% +71.85%
75th Percentile £36.25 £53.05 £61.56
90th Percentile £43.75 £60.00 £68.85
UK median hourly rate £24.26 £43.86 £32.50
% change year-on-year -44.70% +34.95% +25.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,587 42,714 64,087
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.77% 89.96% 90.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,623 29,972 45,670
10th Percentile £300 £325 £335
25th Percentile £413 £445 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £543
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.38% +8.50%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £767 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,317 1,513 1,726
10th Percentile £12.85 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.50 £15.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £37.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year - +50.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.54 £25.68
% change year-on-year -0.11% +42.29% +9.46%

Process Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Process Improvement in England

Process Improvement
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Process Improvement in England

Process Improvement
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Process Improvement in England over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Process Improvement in England

Process Improvement
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Process Improvement in England

Process Improvement
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Process Improvement in England over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Process Improvement in England

Process Improvement
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 31 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
London +58 240 £550 - 233
South East -21 93 £488 +5.98% 101
North of England +4 54 £517 -2.45% 120
Midlands -11 53 £460 -14.81% 105
West Midlands -19 38 £400 -25.93% 72
South West +16 30 £500 -13.04% 47
North West +12 30 £525 -4.55% 74
East of England +24 22 £550 +4.76% 50
Yorkshire -1 21 £500 -5.17% 31
East Midlands +13 12 £525 -6.25% 33
North East +12 3 £533 -18.08% 18
Process Improvement
UK

Process Improvement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 16 (3.16%) SharePoint
2 10 (1.97%) Confluence
3 9 (1.78%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (1.58%) Apache
5 7 (1.38%) MTS
6 3 (0.59%) CMS
6 3 (0.59%) govService
7 2 (0.39%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.39%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 50 (9.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (5.13%) Microsoft Office
3 19 (3.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (3.55%) MS Visio
5 10 (1.97%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (1.18%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 21 (4.14%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.78%) Endur
3 8 (1.58%) Workday HCM
4 7 (1.38%) Aligne
4 7 (1.38%) EuroRunner
4 7 (1.38%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (0.79%) SAP IS-U
6 3 (0.59%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.59%) SAP MII
6 3 (0.59%) Workfront
7 2 (0.39%) OpenText VIM for SAP
7 2 (0.39%) SAP BPC
7 2 (0.39%) SAP GRC
7 2 (0.39%) SAP Hybris
7 2 (0.39%) Teamcenter
8 1 (0.20%) Maximo
8 1 (0.20%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.20%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 36 (7.10%) Power Platform
2 35 (6.90%) Azure
3 34 (6.71%) AWS
4 12 (2.37%) Azure DevOps
5 10 (1.97%) Slack
5 10 (1.97%) SuccessFactors
6 7 (1.38%) SaaS
7 6 (1.18%) Microsoft 365
8 5 (0.99%) GCP
8 5 (0.99%) Google Workspace
8 5 (0.99%) Lucidchart
9 4 (0.79%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (0.79%) GitHub
9 4 (0.79%) IBM Blueworks
9 4 (0.79%) NuGet
9 4 (0.79%) Zapier
10 3 (0.59%) Azure Data Factory
10 3 (0.59%) Azure Logic Apps
10 3 (0.59%) Azure Service Bus
10 3 (0.59%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.18%) DNS
1 6 (1.18%) Firewall
2 4 (0.79%) DHCP
2 4 (0.79%) Software-Defined Networking
2 4 (0.79%) SSH
2 4 (0.79%) Telnet
2 4 (0.79%) Wireless
3 3 (0.59%) Internet
3 3 (0.59%) Intranet
4 2 (0.39%) BIG-IP
4 2 (0.39%) Cisco ASA
4 2 (0.39%) Cisco Firepower
4 2 (0.39%) Cisco Nexus
4 2 (0.39%) Network Security
4 2 (0.39%) VSAN
5 1 (0.20%) MPLS
5 1 (0.20%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (0.20%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (7.10%) Power BI
2 15 (2.96%) Amazon Redshift
3 14 (2.76%) MySQL
4 8 (1.58%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (1.38%) Metadata
5 7 (1.38%) Tableau
6 6 (1.18%) Flink
6 6 (1.18%) SQL Server
7 5 (0.99%) NoSQL
8 4 (0.79%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (0.59%) Big Data
9 3 (0.59%) DynamoDB
9 3 (0.59%) GIS
9 3 (0.59%) SAP HANA
10 2 (0.39%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (0.39%) Elasticsearch
10 2 (0.39%) Relational Database
10 2 (0.39%) SAP BW
10 2 (0.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 1 (0.20%) Data Mart
Development Applications
1 25 (4.93%) Git
1 25 (4.93%) JIRA
2 7 (1.38%) Jenkins
2 7 (1.38%) Rational DOORS
3 4 (0.79%) Browser DevTools
3 4 (0.79%) Burp Suite
3 4 (0.79%) Selenium
4 3 (0.59%) Cypress.io
4 3 (0.59%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (0.39%) Postman
5 2 (0.39%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.20%) GoCD
6 1 (0.20%) JUnit
6 1 (0.20%) Toad
6 1 (0.20%) Visual Studio
General
1 190 (37.48%) Social Skills
2 149 (29.39%) Finance
3 116 (22.88%) Analytical Skills
4 47 (9.27%) Presentation Skills
5 45 (8.88%) Manufacturing
6 41 (8.09%) Public Sector
7 33 (6.51%) Banking
8 26 (5.13%) Marketing
9 24 (4.73%) Influencing Skills
10 23 (4.54%) Retail
11 18 (3.55%) Legal
12 16 (3.16%) Pharmaceutical
13 13 (2.56%) Telecoms
14 12 (2.37%) Billing
15 8 (1.58%) Documentation Skills
16 7 (1.38%) Advertising
16 7 (1.38%) Law
16 7 (1.38%) Organisational Skills
17 6 (1.18%) Aviation
17 6 (1.18%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 128 (25.25%) Analyst
2 82 (16.17%) Business Analyst
3 46 (9.07%) Lead
4 41 (8.09%) Senior
5 37 (7.30%) Consultant
6 20 (3.94%) Project Manager
7 18 (3.55%) Developer
8 17 (3.35%) Data Analyst
8 17 (3.35%) Senior Analyst
9 15 (2.96%) Architect
9 15 (2.96%) Change Manager
9 15 (2.96%) Senior Business Analyst
10 14 (2.76%) Service Manager
11 11 (2.17%) Delivery Manager
11 11 (2.17%) Solutions Architect
12 10 (1.97%) Financial Analyst
12 10 (1.97%) Senior Manager
12 10 (1.97%) Tester
13 9 (1.78%) Administrator
13 9 (1.78%) Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (2.96%) Spring Boot
2 13 (2.56%) FastAPI
3 12 (2.37%) J2EE
4 8 (1.58%) .NET
5 6 (1.18%) Flask
6 5 (0.99%) Lightning Web Components
7 3 (0.59%) React
7 3 (0.59%) SailPoint
8 2 (0.39%) .NET Core
8 2 (0.39%) GraphQL
8 2 (0.39%) HTML
8 2 (0.39%) JSON
8 2 (0.39%) Node.js
8 2 (0.39%) REST
8 2 (0.39%) SAP Fiori
8 2 (0.39%) SOAP
8 2 (0.39%) XML
8 2 (0.39%) YAML
9 1 (0.20%) SAP PI
9 1 (0.20%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 28 (5.52%) Management Information System
2 19 (3.75%) Product Ownership
3 12 (2.37%) Life Science
4 11 (2.17%) Renewable Energy
5 8 (1.58%) Analytical Mindset
5 8 (1.58%) Solar Panel
6 7 (1.38%) FMCG
6 7 (1.38%) Market Risk
6 7 (1.38%) Onboarding
6 7 (1.38%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (1.18%) Data Centre
8 5 (0.99%) Operational Technology
8 5 (0.99%) Wiki
9 4 (0.79%) Data Structures
9 4 (0.79%) NHS
9 4 (0.79%) State Machine
10 3 (0.59%) Distributed Systems
10 3 (0.59%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (0.59%) Learning Management System
11 2 (0.39%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 21 (4.14%) Windows
2 8 (1.58%) Linux
3 7 (1.38%) Unix
4 5 (0.99%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.79%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.39%) Debian
6 2 (0.39%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.20%) VMS
7 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (23.47%) Problem-Solving
2 117 (23.08%) Agile
3 100 (19.72%) Project Management
4 80 (15.78%) Stakeholder Management
5 75 (14.79%) Continuous Improvement
6 51 (10.06%) Change Management
6 51 (10.06%) ITIL
7 49 (9.66%) Project Delivery
8 48 (9.47%) Analytics
9 47 (9.27%) DevOps
10 46 (9.07%) Requirements Gathering
11 44 (8.68%) Data Analysis
12 43 (8.48%) Scrum
13 39 (7.69%) Business Intelligence
14 37 (7.30%) Risk Management
15 36 (7.10%) Test Strategy
16 35 (6.90%) ERP
17 34 (6.71%) Business Analysis
17 34 (6.71%) Decision-Making
17 34 (6.71%) Impact Assessments
Programming Languages
1 53 (10.45%) Python
2 46 (9.07%) SQL
3 25 (4.93%) Java
4 18 (3.55%) PowerShell
5 15 (2.96%) C
6 12 (2.37%) Bash
6 12 (2.37%) C++
7 11 (2.17%) Shell Script
8 7 (1.38%) C#
8 7 (1.38%) JavaScript
9 6 (1.18%) Go
10 4 (0.79%) Google Apps Script
11 3 (0.59%) Bicep
12 2 (0.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.39%) Ruby
12 2 (0.39%) VBA
13 1 (0.20%) PHP
13 1 (0.20%) Scala
13 1 (0.20%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.20%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 79 (15.58%) Degree
2 71 (14.00%) Security Cleared
3 66 (13.02%) SC Cleared
4 19 (3.75%) DV Cleared
5 12 (2.37%) Six Sigma Green Belt
6 11 (2.17%) ITIL Certification
6 11 (2.17%) PMI Certification
7 10 (1.97%) Master's Degree
8 9 (1.78%) ACCA
8 9 (1.78%) PMP
8 9 (1.78%) Six Sigma Black Belt
9 7 (1.38%) SAP Certification
10 4 (0.79%) CIMA
10 4 (0.79%) CISSP
10 4 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (0.79%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 3 (0.59%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (0.59%) CISM
11 3 (0.59%) CTC Cleared
11 3 (0.59%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (5.33%) QA
2 15 (2.96%) PMO
2 15 (2.96%) SLA
3 13 (2.56%) Data Quality
4 11 (2.17%) PCI DSS
5 9 (1.78%) GxP
6 7 (1.38%) GAMP
7 6 (1.18%) GRC
8 5 (0.99%) GDPR
9 4 (0.79%) Accessibility
9 4 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 4 (0.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.39%) GMP
11 1 (0.20%) ISO 20022
11 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.20%) ITGC
11 1 (0.20%) NIST
11 1 (0.20%) PMBOK
11 1 (0.20%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 15 (2.96%) Docker
2 11 (2.17%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.38%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.99%) VMware NSX
4 5 (0.99%) vSphere
5 2 (0.39%) Firmware
5 2 (0.39%) XenApp
6 1 (0.20%) HDFS
6 1 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 18 (3.55%) Terraform
2 16 (3.16%) Kubernetes
3 14 (2.76%) Ansible
4 13 (2.56%) Grafana
5 8 (1.58%) Puppet
6 2 (0.39%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.20%) HAProxy
7 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.20%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.20%) SCCM
7 1 (0.20%) SCOM
7 1 (0.20%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.20%) VxRail
Vendors
1 58 (11.44%) Microsoft
2 41 (8.09%) SAP
3 15 (2.96%) Salesforce
4 14 (2.76%) Oracle
4 14 (2.76%) ServiceNow
5 13 (2.56%) Denodo
5 13 (2.56%) Talend
6 10 (1.97%) Workday
7 8 (1.58%) Yardi
8 7 (1.38%) Google
8 7 (1.38%) Splunk
8 7 (1.38%) VMware
9 5 (0.99%) Cisco
10 4 (0.79%) Okta
10 4 (0.79%) OpenText
11 3 (0.59%) Adobe
11 3 (0.59%) CheckPoint
11 3 (0.59%) IBM
11 3 (0.59%) Marketo
11 3 (0.59%) Pardot