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 16 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 27 66
Rank change year-on-year -2 +39 -3
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 139 118 66
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 5.74% 6.34% 3.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.63% 6.75% 3.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 68 44
10th Percentile £339 £281 £347
25th Percentile £434 £400 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £599
Median % change year-on-year - -12.32% +8.86%
75th Percentile £638 £688 £725
90th Percentile £783 £838 £775
Central London median daily rate £525 £500 £586
% change year-on-year +5.00% -14.71% +6.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile £31.75 £34.93 -
25th Percentile £38.50 £39.31 -
Median hourly rate £51.00 £48.25 -
Median % change year-on-year +5.70% - -
75th Percentile £64.50 £56.81 -
90th Percentile £71.85 £60.98 -
Central London median hourly rate £60.00 £48.25 -
% change year-on-year +24.35% - -

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 2,095 1,747 1,961
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 86.46% 93.87% 91.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,423 1,125 1,344
10th Percentile £368 £338 £363
25th Percentile £453 £438 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £681 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £564
% change year-on-year - -2.44% -6.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 21 19
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.08 £19.63
25th Percentile £18.75 £24.66 £20.36
Median hourly rate £20.25 £31.00 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.68% +14.81% -22.86%
75th Percentile £42.56 £56.75 £55.75
90th Percentile £60.25 £63.75 £101.50
Central London median hourly rate £23.16 £32.50 £27.81
% change year-on-year -28.74% +16.86% -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 16 July 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 16 July 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 (4.32%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.88%) Confluence
2 4 (2.88%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.72%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.72%) Appian
3 1 (0.72%) CMS
3 1 (0.72%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 8 (5.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.16%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.16%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (2.16%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (2.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.44%) Actimize
2 2 (1.44%) Orchestrade
2 2 (1.44%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.72%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.72%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.72%) Maximo
3 1 (0.72%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.72%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.72%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.72%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.72%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.72%) SAP FI-AR
3 1 (0.72%) SAP MDG
3 1 (0.72%) SAP PM
3 1 (0.72%) SAP QM
3 1 (0.72%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.72%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 24 (17.27%) Azure
2 14 (10.07%) Power Platform
3 12 (8.63%) Azure DevOps
4 11 (7.91%) AWS
5 9 (6.47%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (5.76%) GitHub
7 5 (3.60%) Dynamics 365
7 5 (3.60%) Entra ID
7 5 (3.60%) GitHub Actions
7 5 (3.60%) SaaS
8 4 (2.88%) GCP
8 4 (2.88%) Microsoft Copilot
8 4 (2.88%) OpenShift
9 3 (2.16%) Serverless
10 2 (1.44%) Amazon EKS
10 2 (1.44%) Amazon S3
10 2 (1.44%) GitHub Copilot
10 2 (1.44%) Power Automate
10 2 (1.44%) PowerApps
10 2 (1.44%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.44%) DNS
1 2 (1.44%) Firewall
1 2 (1.44%) Network Security
2 1 (0.72%) 4G
2 1 (0.72%) 5G
2 1 (0.72%) Broadband
2 1 (0.72%) DHCP
2 1 (0.72%) Internet
2 1 (0.72%) NaaS
2 1 (0.72%) NGFW
2 1 (0.72%) NGN
2 1 (0.72%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (0.72%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (7.19%) Power BI
2 3 (2.16%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (2.16%) Metadata
3 2 (1.44%) Data Lake
3 2 (1.44%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.72%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.72%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.72%) Data Hub
4 1 (0.72%) DataStage
4 1 (0.72%) QlikView
4 1 (0.72%) SAP BW
4 1 (0.72%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 16 (11.51%) JIRA
2 4 (2.88%) Jenkins
3 3 (2.16%) Cucumber
3 3 (2.16%) Git
3 3 (2.16%) GitLab
3 3 (2.16%) Selenium
4 1 (0.72%) Appium
4 1 (0.72%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.72%) CircleCI
4 1 (0.72%) CocoaPods
4 1 (0.72%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.72%) git-flow
4 1 (0.72%) Postman
4 1 (0.72%) REST Assured
4 1 (0.72%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.72%) Vite
4 1 (0.72%) WebDriver
4 1 (0.72%) XCTest
4 1 (0.72%) XCUITest
General
1 59 (42.45%) Social Skills
2 47 (33.81%) Finance
3 32 (23.02%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (15.11%) Banking
4 21 (15.11%) Public Sector
5 8 (5.76%) Influencing Skills
6 6 (4.32%) Legal
6 6 (4.32%) Military
6 6 (4.32%) Retail
7 5 (3.60%) Pharmaceutical
8 4 (2.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (2.88%) Investment Banking
8 4 (2.88%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (2.16%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (2.16%) Local Government
9 3 (2.16%) Manufacturing
9 3 (2.16%) Marketing
9 3 (2.16%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.44%) Front Office
10 2 (1.44%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (13.67%) Analyst
2 18 (12.95%) Lead
3 8 (5.76%) Business Analyst
3 8 (5.76%) Delivery Manager
3 8 (5.76%) Product Manager
3 8 (5.76%) Senior
4 7 (5.04%) Project Manager
5 6 (4.32%) Product Owner
5 6 (4.32%) Support Engineer
6 5 (3.60%) Developer
6 5 (3.60%) Scrum Master
7 4 (2.88%) Architect
7 4 (2.88%) Consultant
7 4 (2.88%) IT Engineer
7 4 (2.88%) IT Support
7 4 (2.88%) IT Support Engineer
7 4 (2.88%) PMO Lead
8 3 (2.16%) Analytics Manager
8 3 (2.16%) Data Engineer
8 3 (2.16%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.60%) Playwright
2 4 (2.88%) Kafka
2 4 (2.88%) React
3 3 (2.16%) .NET
3 3 (2.16%) Next.js
4 2 (1.44%) GraphQL
4 2 (1.44%) JSON
4 2 (1.44%) Lightning Web Components
4 2 (1.44%) REST
4 2 (1.44%) RESTful
4 2 (1.44%) Web Services
5 1 (0.72%) ADO
5 1 (0.72%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.72%) ASP.NET
5 1 (0.72%) EDI
5 1 (0.72%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (0.72%) Node.js
5 1 (0.72%) UIKit
5 1 (0.72%) XML
5 1 (0.72%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 16 (11.51%) Product Ownership
2 12 (8.63%) Onboarding
3 6 (4.32%) Cloud Native
4 5 (3.60%) Data Structures
4 5 (3.60%) Virtual Team
5 4 (2.88%) Derivative
5 4 (2.88%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 4 (2.88%) Video Conferencing
6 3 (2.16%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (2.16%) Life Science
7 2 (1.44%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.44%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.44%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.44%) Operational Technology
7 2 (1.44%) Security Posture
7 2 (1.44%) Taxonomies
8 1 (0.72%) Equities
8 1 (0.72%) Fixed Income
8 1 (0.72%) Freedom of Information
8 1 (0.72%) Hybrid Derivative
Operating Systems
1 6 (4.32%) Windows
2 4 (2.88%) Mac OS
3 2 (1.44%) Apple iOS
3 2 (1.44%) Linux
3 2 (1.44%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.72%) Android
4 1 (0.72%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (33.81%) Agile
2 44 (31.65%) Stakeholder Management
3 32 (23.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 30 (21.58%) Decision-Making
5 27 (19.42%) Problem-Solving
6 25 (17.99%) Roadmaps
7 24 (17.27%) DevOps
8 22 (15.83%) AI
9 21 (15.11%) Analytics
10 20 (14.39%) CI/CD
11 16 (11.51%) Process Improvement
11 16 (11.51%) Sprint Planning
12 15 (10.79%) Project Management
12 15 (10.79%) Risk Management
12 15 (10.79%) Translating Business Requirements
13 14 (10.07%) Migration
13 14 (10.07%) Project Delivery
14 13 (9.35%) Service Delivery
14 13 (9.35%) Test Automation
14 13 (9.35%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 9 (6.47%) SQL
2 7 (5.04%) Python
3 6 (4.32%) TypeScript
4 5 (3.60%) C#
4 5 (3.60%) Java
5 4 (2.88%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.44%) Apex Code
6 2 (1.44%) C++
6 2 (1.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (1.44%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.72%) Bicep
7 1 (0.72%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.72%) Swift
Qualifications
1 26 (18.71%) Security Cleared
2 23 (16.55%) SC Cleared
3 7 (5.04%) Degree
4 4 (2.88%) PMI Certification
5 3 (2.16%) CISSP
5 3 (2.16%) CompTIA Security+
5 3 (2.16%) DV Cleared
5 3 (2.16%) PMP
6 2 (1.44%) AWS Certification
6 2 (1.44%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.44%) CISM
6 2 (1.44%) CompTIA CySA+
6 2 (1.44%) CSPO
6 2 (1.44%) GIAC
6 2 (1.44%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.72%) CASP
7 1 (0.72%) CEH
7 1 (0.72%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.72%) GSEC
7 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (10.79%) QA
2 10 (7.19%) Data Quality
2 10 (7.19%) PMO
3 6 (4.32%) NIST
4 5 (3.60%) GDPR
4 5 (3.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (2.88%) Accessibility
6 3 (2.16%) GRC
6 3 (2.16%) NCSC
7 2 (1.44%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 2 (1.44%) GxP
7 2 (1.44%) SLA
8 1 (0.72%) COBIT
8 1 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.72%) GAAP
8 1 (0.72%) GMP
8 1 (0.72%) IFRS
8 1 (0.72%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.72%) Solvency II
8 1 (0.72%) WCAG
System Software
1 6 (4.32%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.44%) Docker
2 2 (1.44%) vSphere
3 1 (0.72%) UAG
3 1 (0.72%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.72%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.72%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (5.04%) Terraform
2 6 (4.32%) Kubernetes
3 5 (3.60%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (1.44%) Grafana
5 1 (0.72%) Argo
5 1 (0.72%) logstash
5 1 (0.72%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.72%) SCCM
5 1 (0.72%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 26 (18.71%) Microsoft
2 10 (7.19%) ServiceNow
3 7 (5.04%) Salesforce
4 6 (4.32%) SAP
5 5 (3.60%) Apple
6 4 (2.88%) Oracle
7 2 (1.44%) BMC
7 2 (1.44%) Databricks
7 2 (1.44%) Foundry
7 2 (1.44%) Google
7 2 (1.44%) JDA
7 2 (1.44%) Palantir
7 2 (1.44%) RedPrairie
7 2 (1.44%) Remedy
7 2 (1.44%) VMware
8 1 (0.72%) Alteryx
8 1 (0.72%) Guidewire
8 1 (0.72%) PagerDuty
8 1 (0.72%) Splunk
8 1 (0.72%) Workday