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 10 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 31 47
Rank change year-on-year +3 +16 +13
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 158 118 94
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 6.93% 6.56% 4.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.83% 6.97% 4.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 78 60
10th Percentile £313 £281 £410
25th Percentile £431 £403 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £515 £599
Median % change year-on-year +6.80% -13.99% +8.86%
75th Percentile £688 £716 £677
90th Percentile £788 £838 £775
Central London median daily rate £550 £500 £586
% change year-on-year +10.00% -14.71% +1.96%
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 2,017 1,694 1,905
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 88.46% 94.22% 92.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,388 1,117 1,234
10th Percentile £368 £325 £386
25th Percentile £459 £424 £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 £774 £788
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 22 16
10th Percentile - £17.35 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.60 £23.98 £19.79
Median hourly rate £21.00 £28.33 £26.63
Median % change year-on-year -25.86% +6.38% -3.18%
75th Percentile £32.05 £53.50 £82.19
90th Percentile £50.59 £63.75 £137.50
Central London median hourly rate £25.07 £29.07 £33.00
% change year-on-year -13.78% -11.91% +20.00%

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 10 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 10 (6.33%) SharePoint
2 7 (4.43%) Confluence
3 6 (3.80%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (3.16%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (1.27%) Apache
5 2 (1.27%) Apache Spark
5 2 (1.27%) SAS
6 1 (0.63%) Appian
6 1 (0.63%) CMS
Applications
1 8 (5.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.53%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.27%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.27%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.27%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.27%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (1.27%) Oracle Financials
1 2 (1.27%) Oracle Payables
1 2 (1.27%) Oracle Receivables
1 2 (1.27%) Orchestrade
1 2 (1.27%) Remedy ITSM
1 2 (1.27%) SAP MDG
1 2 (1.27%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.63%) Actimize
2 1 (0.63%) Exchequer
2 1 (0.63%) Maximo
2 1 (0.63%) Oracle Assets
2 1 (0.63%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.63%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.63%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (0.63%) Oracle Internet Expenses
2 1 (0.63%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.63%) SAP FI-AR
2 1 (0.63%) SAP PM
2 1 (0.63%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 27 (17.09%) Azure
2 19 (12.03%) AWS
2 19 (12.03%) GitHub
3 17 (10.76%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (8.86%) Power Platform
5 10 (6.33%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (5.70%) GitHub Actions
7 7 (4.43%) GCP
7 7 (4.43%) Microsoft Copilot
7 7 (4.43%) Serverless
8 6 (3.80%) Amazon S3
9 5 (3.16%) dbt
9 5 (3.16%) Entra ID
9 5 (3.16%) GitHub Copilot
10 4 (2.53%) AWS Lambda
10 4 (2.53%) Azure Logic Apps
10 4 (2.53%) OpenShift
10 4 (2.53%) PowerApps
11 3 (1.90%) Azure AKS
11 3 (1.90%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.90%) DNS
2 2 (1.27%) DHCP
2 2 (1.27%) Network Security
2 2 (1.27%) TCP/IP
2 2 (1.27%) VPN
3 1 (0.63%) BGP
3 1 (0.63%) Ethernet VPN
3 1 (0.63%) Firewall
3 1 (0.63%) NX-OS
3 1 (0.63%) TACACS
3 1 (0.63%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (7.59%) Power BI
2 7 (4.43%) Metadata
3 5 (3.16%) SQL Server
4 4 (2.53%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (1.90%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (1.90%) ClickHouse
5 3 (1.90%) Delta Lake
5 3 (1.90%) Relational Database
6 2 (1.27%) Amazon Athena
6 2 (1.27%) Data Lake
6 2 (1.27%) Data Vault
6 2 (1.27%) Hadoop
6 2 (1.27%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (1.27%) SAP BW
7 1 (0.63%) DataStage
7 1 (0.63%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.63%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.63%) QlikView
7 1 (0.63%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 20 (12.66%) JIRA
2 6 (3.80%) Jenkins
3 4 (2.53%) Git
4 3 (1.90%) Cucumber
4 3 (1.90%) GitLab
4 3 (1.90%) JUnit
4 3 (1.90%) Selenium
4 3 (1.90%) SonarQube
5 2 (1.27%) JMeter
5 2 (1.27%) LoadRunner
5 2 (1.27%) Maven
5 2 (1.27%) Mockito
5 2 (1.27%) Postman
5 2 (1.27%) SoapUI
6 1 (0.63%) CocoaPods
6 1 (0.63%) Gatling
6 1 (0.63%) git-flow
6 1 (0.63%) Vite
6 1 (0.63%) XCTest
6 1 (0.63%) XCUITest
General
1 71 (44.94%) Social Skills
2 57 (36.08%) Finance
3 38 (24.05%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (22.78%) Public Sector
5 29 (18.35%) Banking
6 13 (8.23%) Military
7 11 (6.96%) Front Office
8 9 (5.70%) Influencing Skills
9 8 (5.06%) Pharmaceutical
10 7 (4.43%) Legal
10 7 (4.43%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (3.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (3.16%) Investment Banking
11 5 (3.16%) Retail
12 4 (2.53%) Marketing
13 3 (1.90%) Back Office
13 3 (1.90%) Local Government
14 2 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (1.27%) Manufacturing
14 2 (1.27%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (12.03%) Senior
2 18 (11.39%) Analyst
2 18 (11.39%) Lead
3 15 (9.49%) Developer
4 10 (6.33%) Product Manager
5 7 (4.43%) Architect
5 7 (4.43%) Project Manager
5 7 (4.43%) Support Engineer
6 6 (3.80%) Business Analyst
6 6 (3.80%) Consultant
6 6 (3.80%) Delivery Manager
6 6 (3.80%) Senior Developer
7 5 (3.16%) IT Engineer
7 5 (3.16%) IT Support
7 5 (3.16%) IT Support Engineer
7 5 (3.16%) Platform Engineer
7 5 (3.16%) Product Owner
7 5 (3.16%) Scrum Master
7 5 (3.16%) Technical Manager
8 4 (2.53%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (6.96%) Terraform
2 7 (4.43%) .NET
3 6 (3.80%) AngularJS
3 6 (3.80%) Web Services
4 5 (3.16%) React
4 5 (3.16%) RESTful
5 4 (2.53%) Kafka
6 3 (1.90%) ActiveMQ
6 3 (1.90%) JSON
6 3 (1.90%) PySpark
6 3 (1.90%) REST
6 3 (1.90%) SOAP
6 3 (1.90%) Spring
6 3 (1.90%) Spring Boot
7 2 (1.27%) FastAPI
7 2 (1.27%) Hibernate
7 2 (1.27%) JPA
7 2 (1.27%) Oracle Fusion
7 2 (1.27%) Spring Cloud
7 2 (1.27%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (13.92%) Product Ownership
2 15 (9.49%) Onboarding
3 12 (7.59%) Cloud Native
4 7 (4.43%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (3.80%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (3.16%) Data Structures
6 5 (3.16%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 4 (2.53%) Distributed Systems
7 4 (2.53%) Life Science
7 4 (2.53%) Management Information System
7 4 (2.53%) Video Conferencing
8 3 (1.90%) AI Agents
8 3 (1.90%) Derivative
8 3 (1.90%) Reference Data
8 3 (1.90%) Virtual Team
9 2 (1.27%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (1.27%) Cyber Defence
9 2 (1.27%) FMCG
9 2 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (1.27%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 9 (5.70%) Windows
2 4 (2.53%) Linux
2 4 (2.53%) Mac OS
3 2 (1.27%) Apple iOS
3 2 (1.27%) Unix
3 2 (1.27%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.63%) Android
4 1 (0.63%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (39.24%) Agile
2 52 (32.91%) Stakeholder Management
3 43 (27.22%) Problem-Solving
4 34 (21.52%) CI/CD
4 34 (21.52%) Decision-Making
5 33 (20.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 30 (18.99%) DevOps
7 28 (17.72%) AI
8 27 (17.09%) Roadmaps
9 22 (13.92%) Analytics
9 22 (13.92%) Sprint Planning
9 22 (13.92%) Test Automation
10 21 (13.29%) Translating Business Requirements
11 18 (11.39%) Migration
12 17 (10.76%) Scrum
12 17 (10.76%) Service Delivery
12 17 (10.76%) User Stories
12 17 (10.76%) Validation
13 16 (10.13%) Data Governance
13 16 (10.13%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 18 (11.39%) SQL
2 15 (9.49%) Python
3 9 (5.70%) C#
3 9 (5.70%) Java
4 7 (4.43%) TypeScript
5 5 (3.16%) PowerShell
6 3 (1.90%) JavaScript
6 3 (1.90%) Korn
7 2 (1.27%) Apex Code
7 2 (1.27%) Bicep
7 2 (1.27%) C++
7 2 (1.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.63%) Bash
8 1 (0.63%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.63%) Swift
Qualifications
1 39 (24.68%) Security Cleared
2 32 (20.25%) SC Cleared
3 8 (5.06%) Degree
3 8 (5.06%) PMI Certification
4 7 (4.43%) PMP
5 4 (2.53%) DV Cleared
6 3 (1.90%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (1.90%) CSPO
6 3 (1.90%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (1.27%) AWS Certification
7 2 (1.27%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.27%) CISSP
7 2 (1.27%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (1.27%) DBS Check
7 2 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.63%) CEH
8 1 (0.63%) CISM
8 1 (0.63%) GIAC
8 1 (0.63%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.63%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (11.39%) Data Quality
2 17 (10.76%) QA
3 10 (6.33%) PMO
4 6 (3.80%) Accessibility
5 4 (2.53%) NIST
6 3 (1.90%) GDPR
6 3 (1.90%) GRC
6 3 (1.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (1.90%) NCSC
7 2 (1.27%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 2 (1.27%) GxP
7 2 (1.27%) WCAG
8 1 (0.63%) COBIT
8 1 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.63%) IFRS
8 1 (0.63%) IFRS 9
8 1 (0.63%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.63%) P3O
8 1 (0.63%) SLA
8 1 (0.63%) TARGET2
System Software
1 7 (4.43%) Active Directory
2 6 (3.80%) Docker
3 2 (1.27%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (1.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.27%) vSphere
4 1 (0.63%) UAG
4 1 (0.63%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.63%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 9 (5.70%) Kubernetes
2 6 (3.80%) Grafana
3 5 (3.16%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (3.16%) Prometheus
4 2 (1.27%) Ansible
4 2 (1.27%) SCCM
5 1 (0.63%) Argo
5 1 (0.63%) HP Fortify
5 1 (0.63%) Packer
5 1 (0.63%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 32 (20.25%) Microsoft
2 10 (6.33%) Oracle
2 10 (6.33%) ServiceNow
3 7 (4.43%) SAP
4 6 (3.80%) Google
5 5 (3.16%) Apple
5 5 (3.16%) Databricks
5 5 (3.16%) Salesforce
6 3 (1.90%) Bloomberg
6 3 (1.90%) IBM
6 3 (1.90%) Refinitiv
6 3 (1.90%) VMware
7 2 (1.27%) BMC
7 2 (1.27%) Informatica
7 2 (1.27%) JDA
7 2 (1.27%) Red Hat
7 2 (1.27%) RedPrairie
7 2 (1.27%) Remedy
7 2 (1.27%) Splunk
7 2 (1.27%) Teradata