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 27 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 37 63
Rank change year-on-year +11 +26 -4
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 131 88 66
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 5.63% 5.31% 3.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.63% 5.68% 3.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 45 39
10th Percentile £363 £281 £345
25th Percentile £439 £400 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year +1.81% -2.33% -10.42%
75th Percentile £638 £725 £663
90th Percentile £772 £838 £775
Central London median daily rate £535 £498 £531
% change year-on-year +7.44% -6.35% -9.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile £31.75 £25.93 -
25th Percentile £38.50 £31.81 -
Median hourly rate £51.00 £42.25 -
Median % change year-on-year +20.71% - -
75th Percentile £64.50 £53.31 -
90th Percentile £71.85 £59.58 -
Central London median hourly rate £51.00 £42.25 -
% change year-on-year +20.71% - -

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 1,976 1,550 1,960
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 84.88% 93.60% 90.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,352 974 1,376
10th Percentile £363 £350 £353
25th Percentile £450 £456 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £560 £563
Median % change year-on-year -1.77% -0.46% -6.25%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 14 12
10th Percentile £17.69 £22.00 £19.95
25th Percentile £18.75 £23.98 £20.22
Median hourly rate £26.64 £28.33 £25.63
Median % change year-on-year -5.97% +10.54% -26.79%
75th Percentile £52.24 £41.48 £40.00
90th Percentile £59.72 £59.25 £41.65
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £28.33 £27.81
% change year-on-year -7.82% +1.85% -20.54%

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 27 May 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in the City of London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Continuous Improvement in the City of London over the 6 months to 27 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Continuous Improvement in the City of London

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 6 (4.58%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.05%) Confluence
3 3 (2.29%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.76%) Apache
4 1 (0.76%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.76%) Appian
4 1 (0.76%) CMS
4 1 (0.76%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 12 (9.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (2.29%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (2.29%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (2.29%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.76%) Adobe After Effects
4 1 (0.76%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.76%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.76%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (3.05%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.53%) Actimize
2 2 (1.53%) Summit
3 1 (0.76%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.76%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.76%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.76%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.76%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.76%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.76%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.76%) Orchestrade
3 1 (0.76%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.76%) SAP FI-AR
3 1 (0.76%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.76%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 28 (21.37%) Azure
2 17 (12.98%) AWS
3 14 (10.69%) Azure DevOps
3 14 (10.69%) Power Platform
4 8 (6.11%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (5.34%) GitHub
5 7 (5.34%) SaaS
6 6 (4.58%) Dynamics 365
7 5 (3.82%) GCP
8 4 (3.05%) OpenShift
9 3 (2.29%) GitHub Actions
9 3 (2.29%) Microsoft Copilot
9 3 (2.29%) PowerApps
9 3 (2.29%) Serverless
10 2 (1.53%) Amazon EKS
10 2 (1.53%) Amazon S3
10 2 (1.53%) Azure Logic Apps
10 2 (1.53%) Entra ID
10 2 (1.53%) Google Workspace
10 2 (1.53%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.29%) DHCP
1 3 (2.29%) DNS
2 2 (1.53%) Firewall
2 2 (1.53%) VPN
3 1 (0.76%) 4G
3 1 (0.76%) 5G
3 1 (0.76%) Broadband
3 1 (0.76%) Internet
3 1 (0.76%) NaaS
3 1 (0.76%) Network Security
3 1 (0.76%) NGFW
3 1 (0.76%) NGN
3 1 (0.76%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (0.76%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (6.11%) Power BI
2 3 (2.29%) Relational Database
2 3 (2.29%) Tableau
3 2 (1.53%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.53%) Metadata
3 2 (1.53%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.76%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.76%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.76%) Data Hub
4 1 (0.76%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.76%) QlikView
4 1 (0.76%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 22 (16.79%) JIRA
2 4 (3.05%) Git
3 3 (2.29%) GitLab
3 3 (2.29%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.76%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.76%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.76%) git-flow
4 1 (0.76%) Postman
4 1 (0.76%) REST Assured
4 1 (0.76%) Selenium
4 1 (0.76%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.76%) Vite
General
1 57 (43.51%) Social Skills
2 48 (36.64%) Finance
3 25 (19.08%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (12.98%) Banking
4 17 (12.98%) Public Sector
5 7 (5.34%) Retail
6 6 (4.58%) Legal
7 5 (3.82%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (3.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (3.82%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (3.82%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (3.05%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (2.29%) Front Office
9 3 (2.29%) Marketing
9 3 (2.29%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.53%) Financial Institution
10 2 (1.53%) Military
10 2 (1.53%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.76%) Automotive
11 1 (0.76%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 18 (13.74%) Lead
2 16 (12.21%) Analyst
3 10 (7.63%) Senior
4 9 (6.87%) Delivery Manager
4 9 (6.87%) Product Manager
4 9 (6.87%) Project Manager
5 7 (5.34%) Business Analyst
6 6 (4.58%) Senior Manager
7 5 (3.82%) Architect
7 5 (3.82%) Scrum Master
8 4 (3.05%) Consultant
8 4 (3.05%) CRM Manager
8 4 (3.05%) Developer
8 4 (3.05%) Operations Analyst
8 4 (3.05%) Programme Manager
9 3 (2.29%) Analytics Manager
9 3 (2.29%) Cybersecurity Specialist
9 3 (2.29%) PMO Lead
9 3 (2.29%) PMO Manager
9 3 (2.29%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.05%) .NET
1 4 (3.05%) REST
2 3 (2.29%) HTML
2 3 (2.29%) Kafka
2 3 (2.29%) Next.js
2 3 (2.29%) Playwright
2 3 (2.29%) React
3 2 (1.53%) CSS
3 2 (1.53%) GraphQL
4 1 (0.76%) ADO
4 1 (0.76%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.76%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.76%) ASP.NET Core
4 1 (0.76%) Node.js
4 1 (0.76%) OpenJDK
4 1 (0.76%) PySpark
4 1 (0.76%) RESTful
4 1 (0.76%) SOAP
4 1 (0.76%) Web Services
4 1 (0.76%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (10.69%) Onboarding
2 13 (9.92%) Product Ownership
3 8 (6.11%) Cloud Native
4 4 (3.05%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 4 (3.05%) Virtual Team
5 3 (2.29%) Data Structures
5 3 (2.29%) Derivative
6 2 (1.53%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.53%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.53%) Security Posture
6 2 (1.53%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.76%) AI Agents
7 1 (0.76%) BYOD
7 1 (0.76%) CSOC
7 1 (0.76%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.76%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.76%) Motion Graphics
7 1 (0.76%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.76%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.76%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.29%) Windows
2 1 (0.76%) Linux
2 1 (0.76%) Windows 10
2 1 (0.76%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (35.11%) Stakeholder Management
2 43 (32.82%) Agile
3 28 (21.37%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 25 (19.08%) DevOps
5 24 (18.32%) Problem-Solving
5 24 (18.32%) Project Management
6 22 (16.79%) Decision-Making
6 22 (16.79%) Roadmaps
7 20 (15.27%) Analytics
8 19 (14.50%) AI
8 19 (14.50%) CI/CD
8 19 (14.50%) ITIL
9 16 (12.21%) Risk Management
10 15 (11.45%) Migration
10 15 (11.45%) Project Delivery
11 14 (10.69%) Sprint Planning
12 13 (9.92%) Infrastructure as Code
13 12 (9.16%) Service Delivery
14 11 (8.40%) Mentoring
14 11 (8.40%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 9 (6.87%) SQL
2 8 (6.11%) Python
3 7 (5.34%) PowerShell
4 4 (3.05%) C#
4 4 (3.05%) Java
4 4 (3.05%) JavaScript
4 4 (3.05%) TypeScript
5 1 (0.76%) Apex Code
5 1 (0.76%) Bicep
5 1 (0.76%) C++
5 1 (0.76%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (0.76%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (0.76%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (14.50%) Security Cleared
2 17 (12.98%) SC Cleared
3 9 (6.87%) Degree
4 5 (3.82%) CISSP
5 4 (3.05%) CISM
5 4 (3.05%) PMI Certification
5 4 (3.05%) PMP
6 3 (2.29%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (2.29%) CompTIA Security+
6 3 (2.29%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (2.29%) CRISC
7 2 (1.53%) CASP
7 2 (1.53%) CompTIA CySA+
7 2 (1.53%) GIAC
7 2 (1.53%) GSEC
7 2 (1.53%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 2 (1.53%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.53%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (0.76%) CEH
8 1 (0.76%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (10.69%) QA
2 9 (6.87%) PMO
3 8 (6.11%) Data Quality
3 8 (6.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (6.11%) SLA
4 7 (5.34%) GDPR
5 6 (4.58%) NIST
6 4 (3.05%) Accessibility
7 3 (2.29%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (2.29%) GRC
8 2 (1.53%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (1.53%) NCSC
9 1 (0.76%) EMIR
9 1 (0.76%) GAAP
9 1 (0.76%) GMP
9 1 (0.76%) MiFID
9 1 (0.76%) P3O
9 1 (0.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.76%) Solvency II
9 1 (0.76%) WCAG
System Software
1 3 (2.29%) Active Directory
1 3 (2.29%) Docker
2 1 (0.76%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (4.58%) Terraform
2 5 (3.82%) Kubernetes
3 4 (3.05%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (1.53%) Ansible
5 1 (0.76%) Grafana
5 1 (0.76%) logstash
5 1 (0.76%) Packer
5 1 (0.76%) SCCM
5 1 (0.76%) vRealize
5 1 (0.76%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 21 (16.03%) Microsoft
2 15 (11.45%) ServiceNow
3 7 (5.34%) Salesforce
4 5 (3.82%) Oracle
4 5 (3.82%) SAP
5 3 (2.29%) Google
6 2 (1.53%) Foundry
6 2 (1.53%) IBM
6 2 (1.53%) JDA
6 2 (1.53%) Murex
6 2 (1.53%) RedPrairie
6 2 (1.53%) VMware
7 1 (0.76%) Adobe
7 1 (0.76%) Alteryx
7 1 (0.76%) BT
7 1 (0.76%) Charles River
7 1 (0.76%) Palantir
7 1 (0.76%) Pega
7 1 (0.76%) Remedy
7 1 (0.76%) Workday