Continuous Improvement Contracts in Central London

Continual Improvement
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London requiring Continuous Improvement skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Continuous Improvement over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 61 66
Rank change year-on-year +23 +5 +25
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 102 82 120
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 5.11% 3.35% 3.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.50% 3.70% 3.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 44 71
10th Percentile £345 £350 £444
25th Percentile £409 £450 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.43% -8.70% +3.60%
75th Percentile £679 £639 £750
90th Percentile £834 £734 £838
London median daily rate £550 £550 £588
% change year-on-year - -6.38% -2.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £55.00 -
Median hourly rate £22.00 £60.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -63.33% - -
75th Percentile £42.88 £65.00 -
90th Percentile £55.40 - -
London median hourly rate £30.81 £30.75 £62.50
% change year-on-year +0.18% -50.80% +40.45%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

Continuous Improvement falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,856 2,215 3,533
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 92.94% 90.56% 91.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,197 1,573 2,397
10th Percentile £363 £350 £325
25th Percentile £456 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.73% -8.33% +5.26%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £725
90th Percentile £774 £800 £825
London median daily rate £550 £550 £590
% change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 25 28
10th Percentile £22.00 £20.04 £15.43
25th Percentile £22.75 £22.50 £18.50
Median hourly rate £29.07 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.53% -20.54% -14.63%
75th Percentile £43.97 £33.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £50.75 £46.89 £88.30
London median hourly rate £31.67 £29.50 £38.13
% change year-on-year +7.36% -22.62% +5.90%

Continuous Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings citing Continuous Improvement as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for Continuous Improvement in Central London

Continuous Improvement
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Continuous Improvement in Central London.

Daily rate trend for Continuous Improvement in Central London

Continuous Improvement
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Continuous Improvement in Central London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Continuous Improvement in Central London

Continuous Improvement
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Continuous Improvement in Central London.

Hourly rate trend for Continuous Improvement in Central London

Continuous Improvement
Hourly Rate Histogram in Central London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Continuous Improvement in Central London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Continuous Improvement in Central London

Continuous Improvement
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Continuous Improvement within the Central London region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
City of London +22 89 £575 +15.00% 76
City of Westminster +9 9 £480 -8.67% 3
West End of London 0 3 £625 +147.84% 14
Southwark - 3 £375 -
Continuous Improvement
London

Continuous Improvement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 8 (7.84%) Confluence
2 4 (3.92%) Apache Spark
2 4 (3.92%) CMS
2 4 (3.92%) Headless CMS
3 3 (2.94%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.98%) Apache
4 1 (0.98%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.98%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 11 (10.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (8.82%) Microsoft Project
3 7 (6.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (5.88%) Trello
5 2 (1.96%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.98%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.96%) Endur
1 2 (1.96%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.98%) Bloomberg AIM
2 1 (0.98%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.98%) SAP CO
2 1 (0.98%) SAP FI
2 1 (0.98%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (0.98%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 22 (21.57%) Azure
2 11 (10.78%) Power Platform
3 10 (9.80%) SaaS
4 9 (8.82%) AWS
5 5 (4.90%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (2.94%) Asana
7 2 (1.96%) AWS Lambda
7 2 (1.96%) GCP
7 2 (1.96%) GitHub
7 2 (1.96%) OCI
7 2 (1.96%) Serverless
7 2 (1.96%) Social Studio
7 2 (1.96%) WhatsApp
8 1 (0.98%) Alation
8 1 (0.98%) Amazon EventBridge
8 1 (0.98%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (0.98%) dbt
8 1 (0.98%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (0.98%) Google Sheets
8 1 (0.98%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.92%) Network Security
2 1 (0.98%) 4G
2 1 (0.98%) 5G
2 1 (0.98%) 5G NR
2 1 (0.98%) Firewall
2 1 (0.98%) LAN
2 1 (0.98%) LTE
2 1 (0.98%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (0.98%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.98%) WAN
2 1 (0.98%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (9.80%) Power BI
2 5 (4.90%) Data Mining
3 4 (3.92%) Data Lake
3 4 (3.92%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (3.92%) Tableau
4 3 (2.94%) Oracle Database
5 2 (1.96%) Metadata
5 2 (1.96%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.96%) Redis
6 1 (0.98%) Apache Hive
6 1 (0.98%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.98%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.98%) Data Vault
6 1 (0.98%) Flink
6 1 (0.98%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.98%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.98%) Parquet
6 1 (0.98%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.98%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.98%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 16 (15.69%) JIRA
2 6 (5.88%) Git
3 3 (2.94%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.96%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 2 (1.96%) JUnit
4 2 (1.96%) Maven
4 2 (1.96%) Mockito
4 2 (1.96%) Postman
4 2 (1.96%) REST Assured
4 2 (1.96%) SoapUI
4 2 (1.96%) SonarQube
4 2 (1.96%) Subversion
4 2 (1.96%) Xcode
4 2 (1.96%) XCTest
5 1 (0.98%) Terragrunt
General
1 39 (38.24%) Social Skills
2 38 (37.25%) Finance
3 26 (25.49%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (12.75%) Public Sector
5 10 (9.80%) Banking
6 8 (7.84%) Marketing
7 6 (5.88%) Back Office
7 6 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (4.90%) Law
9 4 (3.92%) Front Office
9 4 (3.92%) Investment Banking
9 4 (3.92%) Legal
9 4 (3.92%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (2.94%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.96%) Financial Institution
11 2 (1.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.96%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (1.96%) Police
11 2 (1.96%) Retail
11 2 (1.96%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (11.76%) Analyst
1 12 (11.76%) Senior
2 11 (10.78%) Lead
2 11 (10.78%) Project Manager
3 10 (9.80%) Developer
4 5 (4.90%) Business Analyst
4 5 (4.90%) Consultant
4 5 (4.90%) Data Scientist
4 5 (4.90%) Delivery Manager
4 5 (4.90%) Senior Manager
5 4 (3.92%) Algorithm Engineer
5 4 (3.92%) DevOps Engineer
5 4 (3.92%) Digital Analyst
5 4 (3.92%) Software Engineer
6 3 (2.94%) Change Manager
6 3 (2.94%) Data Analyst
6 3 (2.94%) Data Engineer
6 3 (2.94%) IT Manager
6 3 (2.94%) Product Owner
6 3 (2.94%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (8.82%) .NET
2 6 (5.88%) AngularJS
3 5 (4.90%) React
4 4 (3.92%) .NET Core
4 4 (3.92%) Blazor
4 4 (3.92%) CSS
4 4 (3.92%) HTML
4 4 (3.92%) Next.js
4 4 (3.92%) REST
4 4 (3.92%) Vue
5 3 (2.94%) Swagger
6 2 (1.96%) Bootstrap
6 2 (1.96%) CSS3
6 2 (1.96%) HTML5
6 2 (1.96%) J2EE
6 2 (1.96%) Kafka
6 2 (1.96%) SOAP
6 2 (1.96%) Spring Boot
6 2 (1.96%) Spring Cloud
6 2 (1.96%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 10 (9.80%) Product Ownership
2 5 (4.90%) Management Information System
3 4 (3.92%) Cloud Native
3 4 (3.92%) PMI
4 3 (2.94%) Analytical Mindset
4 3 (2.94%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (2.94%) Market Risk
4 3 (2.94%) Reference Data
4 3 (2.94%) Security Posture
5 2 (1.96%) Algorithms
5 2 (1.96%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (1.96%) Freedom of Information
5 2 (1.96%) Multi-touch
5 2 (1.96%) NHS
5 2 (1.96%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.96%) Virtual Team
6 1 (0.98%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.98%) Enterprise Cloud
6 1 (0.98%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.98%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.94%) Windows
2 2 (1.96%) Unix
3 1 (0.98%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (41.18%) Agile
2 28 (27.45%) Problem-Solving
3 27 (26.47%) Project Management
4 20 (19.61%) Decision-Making
5 17 (16.67%) Analytics
6 15 (14.71%) CI/CD
6 15 (14.71%) Project Delivery
6 15 (14.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 14 (13.73%) Stakeholder Management
8 13 (12.75%) Business Intelligence
8 13 (12.75%) DevOps
9 12 (11.76%) Change Management
9 12 (11.76%) Scrum
10 11 (10.78%) Risk Management
10 11 (10.78%) Roadmaps
11 10 (9.80%) Data Management
11 10 (9.80%) Service Delivery
12 9 (8.82%) Process Improvement
12 9 (8.82%) SDLC
12 9 (8.82%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 17 (16.67%) SQL
2 15 (14.71%) Python
3 8 (7.84%) C#
4 6 (5.88%) Java
4 6 (5.88%) JavaScript
5 4 (3.92%) PowerShell
6 2 (1.96%) C++
6 2 (1.96%) Groovy
6 2 (1.96%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.98%) COBOL
7 1 (0.98%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.98%) Go
7 1 (0.98%) JCL
7 1 (0.98%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.98%) R
7 1 (0.98%) Scala
7 1 (0.98%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.98%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 11 (10.78%) Degree
2 8 (7.84%) Security Cleared
3 7 (6.86%) PMI Certification
4 6 (5.88%) SC Cleared
5 3 (2.94%) Master's Degree
5 3 (2.94%) PMP
6 2 (1.96%) CISSP
6 2 (1.96%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 1 (0.98%) CEH
7 1 (0.98%) CFA
7 1 (0.98%) CISM
7 1 (0.98%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (0.98%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.98%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.98%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.98%) PgMP
7 1 (0.98%) SAP Certification
7 1 (0.98%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.84%) QA
2 6 (5.88%) GDPR
3 4 (3.92%) Data Quality
3 4 (3.92%) PMO
4 3 (2.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (2.94%) SLA
5 2 (1.96%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.96%) Basel II
5 2 (1.96%) GRC
5 2 (1.96%) NIST
6 1 (0.98%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.98%) COBIT
6 1 (0.98%) GxP
6 1 (0.98%) MiFID
6 1 (0.98%) UCITS
System Software
1 6 (5.88%) Docker
2 1 (0.98%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.98%) IAG
Systems Management
1 7 (6.86%) Kubernetes
2 5 (4.90%) Terraform
3 2 (1.96%) Ansible
3 2 (1.96%) SCCM
Vendors
1 13 (12.75%) Microsoft
2 7 (6.86%) Oracle
3 5 (4.90%) Databricks
4 3 (2.94%) Google
5 2 (1.96%) Atlassian
5 2 (1.96%) CA Agile Central
5 2 (1.96%) Dynatrace
5 2 (1.96%) OpenLink
5 2 (1.96%) Salesforce
5 2 (1.96%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
5 2 (1.96%) SAP
5 2 (1.96%) ServiceNow
5 2 (1.96%) Splunk
6 1 (0.98%) Adobe
6 1 (0.98%) Aruba
6 1 (0.98%) Bloomberg
6 1 (0.98%) Cegedim Rx
6 1 (0.98%) Concur
6 1 (0.98%) Ericsson
6 1 (0.98%) MuleSoft