Continuous Improvement Contract Job Trends in Central London

Continual Improvement
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Continuous Improvement skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 41 51
Rank change year-on-year +10 +10 +35
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 129 98 103
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 6.35% 4.43% 3.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.05% 4.80% 4.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 53 66
10th Percentile £359 £363 £400
25th Percentile £454 £475 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% -3.85%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £688
90th Percentile £775 £748 £698
London median daily rate £525 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -8.70% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £55.00
Median hourly rate £18.87 £22.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.23% -63.33% -
75th Percentile - - £65.00
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate £18.50 £26.00 £61.25
% change year-on-year -28.85% -57.55% -2.00%

All Process & 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 1,829 2,043 2,340
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 90.01% 92.28% 89.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,275 1,276 1,678
10th Percentile £350 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% - -
75th Percentile £668 £675 £688
90th Percentile £750 £775 £800
London median daily rate £525 £550 £563
% change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% -4.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 26 18
10th Percentile £20.18 £19.67 £17.00
25th Percentile £25.47 £26.86 £19.82
Median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £27.66
Median % change year-on-year -25.40% +26.56% -20.99%
75th Percentile £41.75 £43.38 £44.56
90th Percentile £42.65 £112.00 £67.63
London median hourly rate £32.45 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -7.29% +7.69% -13.33%

Continuous Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Continuous Improvement relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Continuous Improvement job vacancy trend in Central London

Continuous Improvement
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Continuous Improvement.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Continuous Improvement

Continuous Improvement
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Continuous Improvement in Central London over the 6 months to 7 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Continuous Improvement in Central London

Continuous Improvement
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Continuous Improvement.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Continuous Improvement

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 7 January 2026. 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 +10 115 £525 -5.62% 99
Southwark +2 3 £595 +58.67% 2
City of Westminster -3 3 £699 +27.05% 2
West End of London +9 2 £699 +1.64% 4
Continuous Improvement
London

Continuous Improvement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 7 (5.43%) Confluence
1 7 (5.43%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.55%) Apache
4 1 (0.78%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.78%) Appian
4 1 (0.78%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 7 (5.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.88%) MS Visio
3 4 (3.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.55%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (1.55%) Trello
5 1 (0.78%) Adobe After Effects
5 1 (0.78%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.78%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 3 (2.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.55%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.55%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.78%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.78%) SAP MM
3 1 (0.78%) Summit
3 1 (0.78%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 27 (20.93%) Azure
2 19 (14.73%) AWS
3 10 (7.75%) Power Platform
4 9 (6.98%) Azure DevOps
5 8 (6.20%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (3.88%) GCP
6 5 (3.88%) SaaS
7 4 (3.10%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (3.10%) GitHub
7 4 (3.10%) Microsoft Copilot
7 4 (3.10%) Microsoft Purview
7 4 (3.10%) OpenShift
7 4 (3.10%) Power Automate
7 4 (3.10%) PowerApps
8 3 (2.33%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 3 (2.33%) Entra ID
8 3 (2.33%) GitHub Actions
8 3 (2.33%) SuccessFactors
9 2 (1.55%) Google Workspace
9 2 (1.55%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.33%) DNS
1 3 (2.33%) Firewall
1 3 (2.33%) VPN
2 2 (1.55%) DHCP
2 2 (1.55%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (1.55%) Modbus
3 1 (0.78%) Hyperconnected
3 1 (0.78%) LAN
3 1 (0.78%) WAN
3 1 (0.78%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.65%) Power BI
2 5 (3.88%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (3.88%) Redis
3 4 (3.10%) Relational Database
3 4 (3.10%) SQL Server
4 3 (2.33%) MySQL
4 3 (2.33%) Oracle Database
4 3 (2.33%) Tableau
5 2 (1.55%) Geospatial Data
5 2 (1.55%) Metadata
5 2 (1.55%) MongoDB
5 2 (1.55%) NoSQL
5 2 (1.55%) Spatial Data
6 1 (0.78%) Amazon Aurora
6 1 (0.78%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.78%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (0.78%) Couchbase
6 1 (0.78%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.78%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.78%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 23 (17.83%) JIRA
2 6 (4.65%) Jenkins
3 5 (3.88%) Git
3 5 (3.88%) Postman
3 5 (3.88%) REST Assured
3 5 (3.88%) SoapUI
4 4 (3.10%) JUnit
4 4 (3.10%) Selenium
4 4 (3.10%) SonarQube
5 3 (2.33%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 3 (2.33%) Cucumber
5 3 (2.33%) Cypress.io
5 3 (2.33%) GitLab
5 3 (2.33%) Maven
5 3 (2.33%) Mockito
5 3 (2.33%) Subversion
5 3 (2.33%) Xcode
5 3 (2.33%) XCTest
6 2 (1.55%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.78%) Bitbucket
General
1 63 (48.84%) Social Skills
2 51 (39.53%) Finance
3 30 (23.26%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (13.18%) Banking
5 15 (11.63%) Public Sector
6 8 (6.20%) Legal
6 8 (6.20%) Retail
7 6 (4.65%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (4.65%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (3.88%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (3.10%) Financial Institution
9 4 (3.10%) Telecoms
10 3 (2.33%) Manufacturing
10 3 (2.33%) Marketing
11 2 (1.55%) Investment Banking
11 2 (1.55%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.78%) French Language
12 1 (0.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.78%) Military
12 1 (0.78%) Police
Job Titles
1 21 (16.28%) Analyst
2 16 (12.40%) Lead
3 13 (10.08%) Business Analyst
3 13 (10.08%) Senior
4 10 (7.75%) Developer
5 7 (5.43%) Architect
5 7 (5.43%) Project Manager
6 5 (3.88%) Consultant
6 5 (3.88%) Delivery Manager
7 4 (3.10%) Designer
7 4 (3.10%) Product Manager
7 4 (3.10%) Technical Analyst
8 3 (2.33%) Automation Engineer
8 3 (2.33%) Lead Architect
8 3 (2.33%) Scrum Master
8 3 (2.33%) Senior Analyst
8 3 (2.33%) Senior Business Analyst
8 3 (2.33%) Senior Manager
8 3 (2.33%) Systems Analyst
9 2 (1.55%) HR Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.65%) .NET
1 6 (4.65%) REST
2 5 (3.88%) CSS
2 5 (3.88%) HTML
2 5 (3.88%) SOAP
2 5 (3.88%) Spring
2 5 (3.88%) Spring Boot
3 4 (3.10%) AngularJS
3 4 (3.10%) Hibernate
3 4 (3.10%) JPA
3 4 (3.10%) React
4 3 (2.33%) Bootstrap
4 3 (2.33%) CSS3
4 3 (2.33%) HTML5
4 3 (2.33%) J2EE
4 3 (2.33%) Kafka
4 3 (2.33%) Node.js
4 3 (2.33%) Spring MVC
4 3 (2.33%) Swagger
4 3 (2.33%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 13 (10.08%) Product Ownership
2 9 (6.98%) Onboarding
3 5 (3.88%) Distributed Systems
3 5 (3.88%) Management Information System
4 4 (3.10%) Cloud Native
4 4 (3.10%) Renewable Energy
5 3 (2.33%) Algorithms
5 3 (2.33%) Greenfield Project
5 3 (2.33%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (2.33%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (2.33%) Mobile App
5 3 (2.33%) Operational Technology
5 3 (2.33%) SCADA
6 2 (1.55%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.55%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.55%) Insider Threat
6 2 (1.55%) Life Science
6 2 (1.55%) Public Cloud
6 2 (1.55%) Reinsurance
6 2 (1.55%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 11 (8.53%) Windows
2 5 (3.88%) Linux
2 5 (3.88%) Unix
3 3 (2.33%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.55%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.78%) Android
5 1 (0.78%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.78%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (41.86%) Agile
2 39 (30.23%) Problem-Solving
3 35 (27.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 33 (25.58%) Stakeholder Management
5 24 (18.60%) Roadmaps
6 23 (17.83%) DevOps
7 22 (17.05%) Project Delivery
8 18 (13.95%) ITIL
8 18 (13.95%) Project Management
9 17 (13.18%) CI/CD
10 14 (10.85%) Decision-Making
11 13 (10.08%) Scrum
12 12 (9.30%) Analytics
12 12 (9.30%) Customer Experience
12 12 (9.30%) Mentoring
12 12 (9.30%) Service Delivery
13 11 (8.53%) AI
13 11 (8.53%) Backlog Management
13 11 (8.53%) Business Analysis
13 11 (8.53%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 15 (11.63%) SQL
2 14 (10.85%) Java
3 12 (9.30%) Python
4 9 (6.98%) PowerShell
5 7 (5.43%) JavaScript
6 3 (2.33%) Bash
6 3 (2.33%) C#
6 3 (2.33%) Groovy
6 3 (2.33%) Shell Script
7 2 (1.55%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.78%) Korn
8 1 (0.78%) PHP
8 1 (0.78%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.78%) R
8 1 (0.78%) VBA
Qualifications
1 15 (11.63%) Security Cleared
2 13 (10.08%) SC Cleared
3 10 (7.75%) Degree
4 4 (3.10%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (2.33%) Azure Certification
5 3 (2.33%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (2.33%) CCNA
5 3 (2.33%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (2.33%) DV Cleared
5 3 (2.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 2 (1.55%) CBAP
6 2 (1.55%) CCNP
6 2 (1.55%) ISEB
6 2 (1.55%) PMP
6 2 (1.55%) Six Sigma Green Belt
7 1 (0.78%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.78%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (0.78%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.78%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (11.63%) QA
2 8 (6.20%) SLA
3 6 (4.65%) GDPR
3 6 (4.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (3.88%) Accessibility
5 4 (3.10%) Data Quality
6 3 (2.33%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (2.33%) PMO
7 2 (1.55%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (1.55%) GRC
7 2 (1.55%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 2 (1.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.78%) Basel III
8 1 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.78%) EMIR
8 1 (0.78%) ISO 14001
8 1 (0.78%) MiFID
8 1 (0.78%) NEBOSH
8 1 (0.78%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.78%) WCAG
System Software
1 11 (8.53%) Docker
2 5 (3.88%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.55%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (6.98%) Kubernetes
2 7 (5.43%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (4.65%) Terraform
4 5 (3.88%) Ansible
5 2 (1.55%) SCCM
6 1 (0.78%) Grafana
6 1 (0.78%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.78%) Packer
Vendors
1 23 (17.83%) Microsoft
2 12 (9.30%) ServiceNow
3 9 (6.98%) Oracle
3 9 (6.98%) Salesforce
4 8 (6.20%) SAP
5 5 (3.88%) Google
6 3 (2.33%) Ariba
6 3 (2.33%) CA Agile Central
6 3 (2.33%) Dynatrace
6 3 (2.33%) IBM
6 3 (2.33%) Informatica
6 3 (2.33%) Splunk
7 2 (1.55%) Atlassian
7 2 (1.55%) OpenAI
7 2 (1.55%) Remedy
7 2 (1.55%) Rockwell
7 2 (1.55%) VMware
7 2 (1.55%) Workday
8 1 (0.78%) Datto
8 1 (0.78%) Tenable