Continuous Improvement Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Continual Improvement
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Continuous Improvement skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 28 41
Rank change year-on-year -1 +13 +13
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 161 118 99
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 7.19% 6.75% 4.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.05% 7.17% 5.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 107 80 62
10th Percentile £309 £281 £414
25th Percentile £447 £426 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £600
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £688 £678 £687
90th Percentile £780 £838 £775
Central London median daily rate £550 £515 £599
% change year-on-year +6.80% -13.99% +8.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £48.25 -
Central London median hourly rate £60.00 £34.00 -
% change year-on-year +76.47% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,999 1,645 1,927
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 89.28% 94.16% 91.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,377 1,094 1,214
10th Percentile £368 £325 £370
25th Percentile £456 £421 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £764 £788
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -3.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 21 18
10th Percentile £16.98 £17.08 £15.40
25th Percentile £17.60 £23.75 £20.88
Median hourly rate £21.00 £28.15 £32.75
Median % change year-on-year -25.40% -14.05% +19.09%
75th Percentile £32.05 £56.75 £107.13
90th Percentile £50.59 £63.75 £137.50
Central London median hourly rate £25.00 £28.33 £35.00
% change year-on-year -11.74% -19.07% +30.84%

Continuous Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Continuous Improvement job vacancy trend in the City of London

Continuous Improvement
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Continuous Improvement.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Continuous Improvement

Continuous Improvement
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Continuous Improvement in the City of London over the 6 months to 24 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Continuous Improvement in the City of London

Continuous Improvement
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Continuous Improvement.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Continuous Improvement

Continuous Improvement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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 9 (5.59%) SharePoint
2 8 (4.97%) Confluence
3 7 (4.35%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (3.11%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (1.24%) Apache
5 2 (1.24%) Apache Spark
5 2 (1.24%) SAS
6 1 (0.62%) CMS
Applications
1 7 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.86%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.24%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.24%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.62%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.24%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (1.24%) Oracle Payables
1 2 (1.24%) Oracle Receivables
1 2 (1.24%) Orchestrade
1 2 (1.24%) Remedy ITSM
1 2 (1.24%) SAP MDG
1 2 (1.24%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.62%) Loan IQ
2 1 (0.62%) Maximo
2 1 (0.62%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.62%) Oracle Assets
2 1 (0.62%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.62%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (0.62%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (0.62%) Oracle Internet Expenses
2 1 (0.62%) Oracle iProcurement
2 1 (0.62%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.62%) SAP FI-AR
2 1 (0.62%) SAP PM
2 1 (0.62%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 27 (16.77%) Azure
2 22 (13.66%) GitHub
3 19 (11.80%) AWS
4 18 (11.18%) Microsoft 365
5 13 (8.07%) Power Platform
6 12 (7.45%) GitHub Actions
7 9 (5.59%) Azure DevOps
8 8 (4.97%) Serverless
9 7 (4.35%) Amazon S3
9 7 (4.35%) Microsoft Copilot
10 6 (3.73%) GCP
11 5 (3.11%) AWS Lambda
11 5 (3.11%) dbt
11 5 (3.11%) Entra ID
11 5 (3.11%) GitHub Copilot
12 4 (2.48%) Azure AKS
12 4 (2.48%) Azure Logic Apps
12 4 (2.48%) OpenShift
12 4 (2.48%) PowerApps
13 3 (1.86%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.11%) DNS
2 4 (2.48%) TCP/IP
3 3 (1.86%) DHCP
3 3 (1.86%) VPN
4 2 (1.24%) Firewall
4 2 (1.24%) Network Security
5 1 (0.62%) BGP
5 1 (0.62%) Ethernet VPN
5 1 (0.62%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.62%) NX-OS
5 1 (0.62%) SSH
5 1 (0.62%) TACACS
5 1 (0.62%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (6.83%) Power BI
2 7 (4.35%) Metadata
3 5 (3.11%) SQL Server
4 4 (2.48%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (2.48%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (1.86%) Amazon Athena
5 3 (1.86%) ClickHouse
5 3 (1.86%) Delta Lake
5 3 (1.86%) Relational Database
6 2 (1.24%) Data Lake
6 2 (1.24%) Data Vault
6 2 (1.24%) Hadoop
6 2 (1.24%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (1.24%) SAP BW
7 1 (0.62%) DataStage
7 1 (0.62%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.62%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.62%) QlikView
7 1 (0.62%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 21 (13.04%) JIRA
2 7 (4.35%) Jenkins
3 5 (3.11%) Git
4 4 (2.48%) Cucumber
4 4 (2.48%) GitLab
4 4 (2.48%) Postman
4 4 (2.48%) Selenium
4 4 (2.48%) SoapUI
4 4 (2.48%) SonarQube
5 3 (1.86%) JUnit
6 2 (1.24%) Bitbucket
6 2 (1.24%) eggPlant
6 2 (1.24%) JMeter
6 2 (1.24%) LoadRunner
6 2 (1.24%) Maven
6 2 (1.24%) Mockito
7 1 (0.62%) CocoaPods
7 1 (0.62%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.62%) NeoLoad
7 1 (0.62%) WebDriver
General
1 73 (45.34%) Social Skills
2 58 (36.02%) Finance
3 40 (24.84%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (21.74%) Public Sector
5 29 (18.01%) Banking
6 12 (7.45%) Front Office
6 12 (7.45%) Military
7 9 (5.59%) Influencing Skills
7 9 (5.59%) Organisational Skills
7 9 (5.59%) Pharmaceutical
8 7 (4.35%) Legal
9 5 (3.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (3.11%) Investment Banking
9 5 (3.11%) Retail
10 4 (2.48%) Back Office
10 4 (2.48%) Marketing
11 3 (1.86%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.86%) Local Government
12 2 (1.24%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.62%) Law
Job Titles
1 20 (12.42%) Senior
2 19 (11.80%) Lead
3 16 (9.94%) Analyst
4 15 (9.32%) Developer
5 10 (6.21%) Product Manager
6 7 (4.35%) Architect
6 7 (4.35%) Project Manager
6 7 (4.35%) Support Engineer
7 6 (3.73%) Consultant
7 6 (3.73%) Delivery Manager
7 6 (3.73%) IT Support
7 6 (3.73%) Senior Developer
8 5 (3.11%) Business Analyst
8 5 (3.11%) Data Engineer
8 5 (3.11%) IT Engineer
8 5 (3.11%) IT Support Engineer
8 5 (3.11%) Platform Engineer
8 5 (3.11%) Product Owner
8 5 (3.11%) Technical Manager
9 4 (2.48%) Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (8.07%) Terraform
2 7 (4.35%) .NET
3 6 (3.73%) AngularJS
3 6 (3.73%) Kafka
3 6 (3.73%) Web Services
4 5 (3.11%) React
4 5 (3.11%) RESTful
5 4 (2.48%) ActiveMQ
5 4 (2.48%) HTML
5 4 (2.48%) SOAP
6 3 (1.86%) JSON
6 3 (1.86%) Middleware
6 3 (1.86%) PySpark
6 3 (1.86%) REST
6 3 (1.86%) Spring
6 3 (1.86%) Spring Boot
6 3 (1.86%) XBRL
7 2 (1.24%) FastAPI
7 2 (1.24%) Playwright
7 2 (1.24%) Spring Cloud
Miscellaneous
1 21 (13.04%) Product Ownership
2 15 (9.32%) Onboarding
3 13 (8.07%) Cloud Native
4 10 (6.21%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (3.73%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (3.11%) Data Structures
6 5 (3.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 4 (2.48%) AI Agents
7 4 (2.48%) Distributed Systems
7 4 (2.48%) Life Science
7 4 (2.48%) Management Information System
7 4 (2.48%) Video Conferencing
8 3 (1.86%) Cyber Defence
8 3 (1.86%) Derivative
8 3 (1.86%) Reference Data
8 3 (1.86%) Virtual Team
9 2 (1.24%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (1.24%) Data Centre
9 2 (1.24%) FMCG
9 2 (1.24%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 10 (6.21%) Windows
2 5 (3.11%) Linux
3 4 (2.48%) Mac OS
4 3 (1.86%) Unix
4 3 (1.86%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.24%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.62%) Android
6 1 (0.62%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (39.75%) Agile
2 54 (33.54%) Stakeholder Management
3 46 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
4 38 (23.60%) CI/CD
5 34 (21.12%) Decision-Making
6 33 (20.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 29 (18.01%) DevOps
8 28 (17.39%) AI
8 28 (17.39%) Roadmaps
9 25 (15.53%) Test Automation
10 22 (13.66%) Analytics
11 21 (13.04%) Sprint Planning
11 21 (13.04%) Translating Business Requirements
12 20 (12.42%) Migration
13 18 (11.18%) Validation
14 17 (10.56%) Collaborative Working
14 17 (10.56%) Data Engineering
14 17 (10.56%) Project Delivery
14 17 (10.56%) Service Delivery
14 17 (10.56%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 20 (12.42%) Python
2 19 (11.80%) SQL
3 10 (6.21%) Java
4 9 (5.59%) C#
5 7 (4.35%) PowerShell
5 7 (4.35%) TypeScript
6 4 (2.48%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.86%) Korn
8 2 (1.24%) Apex Code
8 2 (1.24%) Bicep
8 2 (1.24%) C++
8 2 (1.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.62%) Bash
9 1 (0.62%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.62%) Swift
Qualifications
1 40 (24.84%) Security Cleared
2 33 (20.50%) SC Cleared
3 7 (4.35%) Degree
3 7 (4.35%) PMI Certification
3 7 (4.35%) PMP
4 4 (2.48%) DV Cleared
5 3 (1.86%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (1.86%) CSPO
5 3 (1.86%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (1.24%) AWS Certification
6 2 (1.24%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.24%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (1.24%) DBS Check
6 2 (1.24%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.62%) CISSP
7 1 (0.62%) GIAC
7 1 (0.62%) ISEB
7 1 (0.62%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.62%) OSCP
7 1 (0.62%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (11.80%) Data Quality
2 15 (9.32%) QA
3 10 (6.21%) PMO
4 6 (3.73%) Accessibility
5 4 (2.48%) NIST
6 3 (1.86%) GRC
6 3 (1.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (1.86%) NCSC
7 2 (1.24%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 2 (1.24%) GDPR
7 2 (1.24%) GxP
7 2 (1.24%) SLA
7 2 (1.24%) WCAG
8 1 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.62%) IFRS
8 1 (0.62%) IFRS 9
8 1 (0.62%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.62%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.62%) SEPA
8 1 (0.62%) TARGET2
System Software
1 8 (4.97%) Active Directory
2 7 (4.35%) Docker
3 2 (1.24%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (1.24%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.24%) vSphere
4 1 (0.62%) UAG
4 1 (0.62%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.62%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 11 (6.83%) Kubernetes
2 6 (3.73%) Grafana
3 5 (3.11%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (3.11%) Prometheus
4 3 (1.86%) Ansible
4 3 (1.86%) SCCM
5 2 (1.24%) HP Fortify
6 1 (0.62%) Argo
6 1 (0.62%) Packer
6 1 (0.62%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 33 (20.50%) Microsoft
2 11 (6.83%) ServiceNow
3 9 (5.59%) Oracle
4 7 (4.35%) SAP
5 6 (3.73%) Google
5 6 (3.73%) IBM
5 6 (3.73%) Salesforce
6 5 (3.11%) Apple
6 5 (3.11%) Databricks
7 4 (2.48%) Bloomberg
7 4 (2.48%) Refinitiv
8 3 (1.86%) VMware
9 2 (1.24%) BMC
9 2 (1.24%) Informatica
9 2 (1.24%) JDA
9 2 (1.24%) Red Hat
9 2 (1.24%) RedPrairie
9 2 (1.24%) Remedy
9 2 (1.24%) Splunk
9 2 (1.24%) Teradata