Process Improvement Contracts

Process Improvement
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 176 204 184
Rank change year-on-year +28 -20 +34
Contract jobs citing Process Improvement 575 733 1,344
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.34% 1.31% 1.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.56% 1.46% 1.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 359 491 882
10th Percentile £288 £363 £340
25th Percentile £412 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £517 £525 £515
Median % change year-on-year -1.52% +1.94% +14.44%
75th Percentile £606 £600 £594
90th Percentile £688 £700 £676
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £503
% change year-on-year - -0.50% +18.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 18 29
10th Percentile £13.37 £24.56 £16.50
25th Percentile £14.50 £32.30 £18.50
Median hourly rate £24.26 £43.86 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -44.70% +34.95% +25.00%
75th Percentile £43.75 £53.05 £60.63
90th Percentile £57.85 £60.00 £66.80
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.59 £37.40 £32.50
% change year-on-year -50.31% +15.08% +35.42%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,802 50,277 79,372
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.47% 89.69% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,632 34,811 55,790
10th Percentile £300 £325 £345
25th Percentile £413 £438 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £644
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +9.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,530 1,673 1,868
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.72 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.69% +41.16% +9.74%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -4.76%

Process Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Process Improvement in the UK

Process Improvement
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Process Improvement in the UK

Process Improvement
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Process Improvement in the UK

Process Improvement
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Process Improvement in the UK

Process Improvement
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Process Improvement over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Process Improvement in the UK

Process Improvement
Top 17 Contract Locations

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 UK 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
England +28 507 £525 - 692
UK excluding London -2 282 £500 - 496
London +61 240 £550 - 237
Work from Home +23 176 £525 +1.55% 276
South East -18 93 £488 +5.98% 96
North of England +1 54 £517 -4.26% 144
Midlands -12 53 £460 -14.81% 105
West Midlands -23 38 £400 -25.65% 71
North West +14 30 £525 -5.94% 78
South West +13 30 £500 -13.04% 45
Scotland +35 27 £475 - 37
East of England +21 22 £550 +4.76% 50
Yorkshire +1 21 £500 -5.17% 38
East Midlands +11 12 £525 -6.25% 34
Northern Ireland - 7 £435 - 9
North East +13 3 £533 -18.08% 31
Wales +12 2 £200 -63.64% 22

Process Improvement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 18 (3.13%) SharePoint
2 12 (2.09%) Confluence
3 9 (1.57%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (1.39%) Apache
5 7 (1.22%) MTS
6 3 (0.52%) CMS
6 3 (0.52%) govService
6 3 (0.52%) SAS
7 2 (0.35%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.35%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.35%) SharePoint Server
8 1 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 56 (9.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (4.70%) Microsoft Office
3 21 (3.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (3.13%) MS Visio
5 13 (2.26%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (1.04%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.17%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 23 (4.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.57%) Endur
3 8 (1.39%) SAP ERP
3 8 (1.39%) Workday HCM
4 7 (1.22%) Aligne
4 7 (1.22%) EuroRunner
5 4 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (0.70%) SAP IS-U
6 3 (0.52%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.52%) Oracle EBS R12
6 3 (0.52%) Payment Gateway
6 3 (0.52%) SAP MII
6 3 (0.52%) SAP PP
6 3 (0.52%) Workfront
7 2 (0.35%) OpenText VIM for SAP
7 2 (0.35%) SAP BPC
7 2 (0.35%) SAP GRC
7 2 (0.35%) SAP Hybris
7 2 (0.35%) SAP QM
7 2 (0.35%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 43 (7.48%) Power Platform
2 37 (6.43%) Azure
3 36 (6.26%) AWS
4 14 (2.43%) Azure DevOps
5 10 (1.74%) Slack
5 10 (1.74%) SuccessFactors
6 7 (1.22%) SaaS
7 6 (1.04%) Dynamics 365
7 6 (1.04%) GCP
7 6 (1.04%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (1.04%) OCI
8 5 (0.87%) Google Workspace
8 5 (0.87%) Lucidchart
8 5 (0.87%) Veeva
9 4 (0.70%) GitHub
9 4 (0.70%) IBM Blueworks
9 4 (0.70%) NuGet
9 4 (0.70%) Power Automate
9 4 (0.70%) PowerApps
9 4 (0.70%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.04%) DNS
1 6 (1.04%) Firewall
2 4 (0.70%) DHCP
2 4 (0.70%) Internet
2 4 (0.70%) Software-Defined Networking
2 4 (0.70%) SSH
2 4 (0.70%) Telnet
2 4 (0.70%) Wireless
3 3 (0.52%) Intranet
4 2 (0.35%) BIG-IP
4 2 (0.35%) Cisco ASA
4 2 (0.35%) Cisco Firepower
4 2 (0.35%) Cisco Nexus
4 2 (0.35%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (0.35%) Network Security
4 2 (0.35%) VSAN
5 1 (0.17%) LAN
5 1 (0.17%) MPLS
5 1 (0.17%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (0.17%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (7.13%) Power BI
2 15 (2.61%) Amazon Redshift
3 14 (2.43%) MySQL
4 9 (1.57%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (1.39%) Tableau
6 7 (1.22%) Metadata
7 6 (1.04%) Flink
7 6 (1.04%) SQL Server
8 5 (0.87%) NoSQL
8 5 (0.87%) Oracle Reports
9 4 (0.70%) PostgreSQL
10 3 (0.52%) Big Data
10 3 (0.52%) DynamoDB
10 3 (0.52%) GIS
10 3 (0.52%) SAP HANA
11 2 (0.35%) Azure SQL Database
11 2 (0.35%) BigQuery
11 2 (0.35%) Elasticsearch
11 2 (0.35%) Relational Database
11 2 (0.35%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 28 (4.87%) JIRA
2 25 (4.35%) Git
3 7 (1.22%) Jenkins
3 7 (1.22%) Rational DOORS
4 4 (0.70%) Browser DevTools
4 4 (0.70%) Burp Suite
4 4 (0.70%) Selenium
5 3 (0.52%) Cypress.io
5 3 (0.52%) Team Foundation Server
6 2 (0.35%) Postman
6 2 (0.35%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.17%) GoCD
7 1 (0.17%) JUnit
7 1 (0.17%) Toad
7 1 (0.17%) Visual Studio
General
1 221 (38.43%) Social Skills
2 172 (29.91%) Finance
3 129 (22.43%) Analytical Skills
4 52 (9.04%) Manufacturing
5 51 (8.87%) Presentation Skills
6 44 (7.65%) Banking
6 44 (7.65%) Public Sector
7 26 (4.52%) Influencing Skills
7 26 (4.52%) Marketing
8 24 (4.17%) Retail
9 20 (3.48%) Legal
10 18 (3.13%) Billing
11 16 (2.78%) Pharmaceutical
12 15 (2.61%) Organisational Skills
13 14 (2.43%) Telecoms
14 8 (1.39%) Documentation Skills
14 8 (1.39%) Local Government
15 7 (1.22%) Advertising
15 7 (1.22%) German Language
15 7 (1.22%) Law
Job Titles
1 144 (25.04%) Analyst
2 95 (16.52%) Business Analyst
3 51 (8.87%) Consultant
4 50 (8.70%) Lead
5 45 (7.83%) Senior
6 25 (4.35%) Project Manager
7 22 (3.83%) Developer
8 20 (3.48%) Data Analyst
9 19 (3.30%) Architect
10 18 (3.13%) Senior Analyst
11 16 (2.78%) Senior Business Analyst
12 15 (2.61%) Change Manager
12 15 (2.61%) Financial Analyst
13 14 (2.43%) Service Manager
14 12 (2.09%) Senior Manager
14 12 (2.09%) Solutions Architect
15 11 (1.91%) Coordinator
15 11 (1.91%) Delivery Manager
15 11 (1.91%) SAP Consultant
16 10 (1.74%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (2.61%) Spring Boot
2 13 (2.26%) FastAPI
3 12 (2.09%) J2EE
4 8 (1.39%) .NET
5 6 (1.04%) Flask
6 5 (0.87%) Lightning Web Components
7 4 (0.70%) SailPoint
8 3 (0.52%) React
8 3 (0.52%) REST
9 2 (0.35%) .NET Core
9 2 (0.35%) GraphQL
9 2 (0.35%) HTML
9 2 (0.35%) JSON
9 2 (0.35%) Middleware
9 2 (0.35%) Node.js
9 2 (0.35%) SAP Fiori
9 2 (0.35%) SOAP
9 2 (0.35%) XML
9 2 (0.35%) YAML
10 1 (0.17%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 35 (6.09%) Management Information System
2 19 (3.30%) Product Ownership
3 12 (2.09%) Analytical Mindset
3 12 (2.09%) Life Science
4 11 (1.91%) Renewable Energy
5 9 (1.57%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (1.39%) Onboarding
6 8 (1.39%) Solar Panel
7 7 (1.22%) Data Centre
7 7 (1.22%) FMCG
7 7 (1.22%) Market Risk
8 5 (0.87%) Data Structures
8 5 (0.87%) NHS
8 5 (0.87%) Operational Technology
8 5 (0.87%) Wiki
9 4 (0.70%) Learning Management System
9 4 (0.70%) State Machine
10 3 (0.52%) Distributed Systems
10 3 (0.52%) Greenfield Project
11 2 (0.35%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 21 (3.65%) Windows
2 9 (1.57%) Linux
3 7 (1.22%) Unix
4 5 (0.87%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.70%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.35%) Debian
6 2 (0.35%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.17%) VMS
7 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 140 (24.35%) Problem-Solving
2 122 (21.22%) Agile
3 112 (19.48%) Project Management
4 89 (15.48%) Stakeholder Management
5 82 (14.26%) Continuous Improvement
6 59 (10.26%) Change Management
7 56 (9.74%) Project Delivery
8 53 (9.22%) ITIL
9 50 (8.70%) Analytics
9 50 (8.70%) Requirements Gathering
10 49 (8.52%) Data Analysis
10 49 (8.52%) DevOps
11 45 (7.83%) Business Intelligence
11 45 (7.83%) Scrum
12 44 (7.65%) ERP
13 43 (7.48%) Risk Management
14 42 (7.30%) Decision-Making
15 41 (7.13%) Business Analysis
16 37 (6.43%) Test Strategy
17 35 (6.09%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 55 (9.57%) Python
2 52 (9.04%) SQL
3 26 (4.52%) Java
4 18 (3.13%) PowerShell
5 15 (2.61%) C
6 12 (2.09%) Bash
6 12 (2.09%) C++
7 11 (1.91%) Shell Script
8 10 (1.74%) C#
9 8 (1.39%) JavaScript
10 6 (1.04%) Go
11 4 (0.70%) Google Apps Script
12 3 (0.52%) Bicep
12 3 (0.52%) PL/SQL
12 3 (0.52%) R
12 3 (0.52%) VB
13 2 (0.35%) ABAP
13 2 (0.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.35%) Ruby
13 2 (0.35%) VBA
Qualifications
1 94 (16.35%) Degree
2 75 (13.04%) Security Cleared
3 69 (12.00%) SC Cleared
4 20 (3.48%) DV Cleared
5 14 (2.43%) ACCA
5 14 (2.43%) Master's Degree
6 12 (2.09%) PMI Certification
6 12 (2.09%) Six Sigma Green Belt
7 11 (1.91%) ITIL Certification
8 10 (1.74%) PMP
8 10 (1.74%) SAP Certification
9 9 (1.57%) CIMA
9 9 (1.57%) Six Sigma Black Belt
10 5 (0.87%) CISSP
11 4 (0.70%) CISM
11 4 (0.70%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (0.70%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 3 (0.52%) CISA
12 3 (0.52%) CTC Cleared
12 3 (0.52%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (5.74%) QA
2 21 (3.65%) PMO
3 16 (2.78%) SLA
4 14 (2.43%) Data Quality
4 14 (2.43%) GxP
5 11 (1.91%) PCI DSS
6 7 (1.22%) GAMP
6 7 (1.22%) GDPR
7 6 (1.04%) GRC
8 5 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 4 (0.70%) Accessibility
9 4 (0.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.52%) CDISC
10 3 (0.52%) Good Clinical Practice
11 2 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.35%) GMP
11 2 (0.35%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.35%) NIST
12 1 (0.17%) ITGC
12 1 (0.17%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 15 (2.61%) Docker
2 12 (2.09%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (1.91%) Active Directory
4 10 (1.74%) VMware NSX
4 10 (1.74%) vSphere
5 6 (1.04%) Firmware
6 3 (0.52%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.35%) XenApp
8 1 (0.17%) HDFS
8 1 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 18 (3.13%) Terraform
2 16 (2.78%) Kubernetes
3 14 (2.43%) Ansible
4 13 (2.26%) Grafana
5 8 (1.39%) Puppet
6 2 (0.35%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.17%) HAProxy
7 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.17%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.17%) SCCM
7 1 (0.17%) SCOM
7 1 (0.17%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.17%) VxRail
Vendors
1 68 (11.83%) Microsoft
2 50 (8.70%) SAP
3 25 (4.35%) Oracle
4 15 (2.61%) Salesforce
4 15 (2.61%) ServiceNow
5 13 (2.26%) Denodo
5 13 (2.26%) Talend
5 13 (2.26%) Workday
6 12 (2.09%) VMware
7 10 (1.74%) Cisco
8 8 (1.39%) Dell
8 8 (1.39%) Yardi
9 7 (1.22%) Ariba
9 7 (1.22%) Google
9 7 (1.22%) Splunk
10 4 (0.70%) Okta
10 4 (0.70%) OpenText
10 4 (0.70%) Remedy
11 3 (0.52%) Marketo
11 3 (0.52%) Pardot