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 23 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 50 77
Rank change year-on-year +23 +27 +2
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 130 74 62
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 6.68% 4.05% 2.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.51% 4.42% 2.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 100 32 37
10th Percentile £366 £339 £343
25th Percentile £463 £447 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £513 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.88% -6.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £682 £638
90th Percentile £775 £749 £718
Central London median daily rate £546 £510 £550
% change year-on-year +7.11% -7.27% -3.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £27.25 - -
Median hourly rate £27.50 £22.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% - -
75th Percentile £27.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £27.50 £22.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year +25.00% -63.33% -

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 1,731 1,675 2,129
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 88.91% 91.68% 89.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,197 1,022 1,511
10th Percentile £356 £363 £350
25th Percentile £430 £463 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.96% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £663 £688 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
Central London median daily rate £546 £575 £563
% change year-on-year -5.00% +2.22% -4.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 9 13
10th Percentile £18.75 £22.00 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.18 £31.00 £18.93
Median hourly rate £28.00 £38.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +54.00% -28.57%
75th Percentile £45.08 £48.75 £41.84
90th Percentile £54.94 £112.00 £49.55
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £27.81
% change year-on-year -25.40% +25.85% -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 23 February 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 7 (5.38%) Confluence
2 6 (4.62%) SharePoint
3 4 (3.08%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.77%) Apache
4 1 (0.77%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.77%) Cloud Foundry
4 1 (0.77%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 10 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (4.62%) MS Visio
3 5 (3.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.54%) Trello
5 1 (0.77%) Adobe After Effects
5 1 (0.77%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.77%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.77%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.77%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 3 (2.31%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.54%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (1.54%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.54%) Summit
3 1 (0.77%) Actimize
3 1 (0.77%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.77%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.77%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 27 (20.77%) Azure
2 18 (13.85%) AWS
3 13 (10.00%) Power Platform
4 12 (9.23%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (4.62%) GitHub
5 6 (4.62%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (3.85%) SaaS
7 4 (3.08%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (3.08%) GCP
7 4 (3.08%) OpenShift
7 4 (3.08%) PowerApps
8 3 (2.31%) GitHub Actions
8 3 (2.31%) Microsoft Copilot
8 3 (2.31%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (1.54%) Amazon EKS
9 2 (1.54%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (1.54%) Collibra
9 2 (1.54%) Figma
9 2 (1.54%) Power Automate
9 2 (1.54%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.85%) DNS
2 4 (3.08%) DHCP
2 4 (3.08%) VPN
3 1 (0.77%) Broadband
3 1 (0.77%) Firewall
3 1 (0.77%) Hyperconnected
3 1 (0.77%) Internet
3 1 (0.77%) LAN
3 1 (0.77%) NaaS
3 1 (0.77%) NGN
3 1 (0.77%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.77%) WAN
3 1 (0.77%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.62%) Power BI
2 5 (3.85%) Relational Database
3 3 (2.31%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (2.31%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.54%) Data Lake
4 2 (1.54%) Metadata
4 2 (1.54%) MySQL
4 2 (1.54%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (1.54%) Redis
4 2 (1.54%) Tableau
5 1 (0.77%) Amazon Aurora
5 1 (0.77%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.77%) Couchbase
5 1 (0.77%) CouchDB
5 1 (0.77%) Data Hub
5 1 (0.77%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.77%) Geospatial Data
5 1 (0.77%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.77%) Spatial Data
5 1 (0.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 23 (17.69%) JIRA
2 5 (3.85%) Git
3 4 (3.08%) Jenkins
4 3 (2.31%) GitLab
4 3 (2.31%) REST Assured
4 3 (2.31%) Selenium
5 2 (1.54%) Cucumber
5 2 (1.54%) Postman
5 2 (1.54%) SoapUI
5 2 (1.54%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.77%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.77%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.77%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.77%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.77%) TestRail
6 1 (0.77%) Vite
General
1 64 (49.23%) Social Skills
2 57 (43.85%) Finance
3 33 (25.38%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (11.54%) Banking
5 14 (10.77%) Public Sector
6 10 (7.69%) Legal
7 8 (6.15%) Influencing Skills
8 6 (4.62%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (4.62%) Retail
9 3 (2.31%) Financial Institution
9 3 (2.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (2.31%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.54%) Back Office
10 2 (1.54%) Front Office
10 2 (1.54%) Investment Banking
10 2 (1.54%) Marketing
10 2 (1.54%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.77%) French Language
11 1 (0.77%) General Ledger
11 1 (0.77%) Military
Job Titles
1 22 (16.92%) Analyst
2 21 (16.15%) Lead
3 13 (10.00%) Business Analyst
4 10 (7.69%) Developer
5 9 (6.92%) Senior
6 8 (6.15%) Architect
7 6 (4.62%) Delivery Manager
7 6 (4.62%) Project Manager
8 5 (3.85%) Product Manager
9 4 (3.08%) Consultant
10 3 (2.31%) Operations Analyst
10 3 (2.31%) Programme Manager
10 3 (2.31%) Security Specialist
10 3 (2.31%) Senior Analyst
10 3 (2.31%) Senior Business Analyst
10 3 (2.31%) Senior Manager
10 3 (2.31%) Service Manager
10 3 (2.31%) Solutions Architect
10 3 (2.31%) Systems Analyst
10 3 (2.31%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.62%) .NET
2 5 (3.85%) REST
3 3 (2.31%) CSS
3 3 (2.31%) HTML
3 3 (2.31%) Kafka
3 3 (2.31%) SOAP
4 2 (1.54%) Middleware
4 2 (1.54%) OpenTelemetry
4 2 (1.54%) Playwright
4 2 (1.54%) React
4 2 (1.54%) XML
5 1 (0.77%) AWS CDK
5 1 (0.77%) Lightning Web Components
5 1 (0.77%) Next.js
5 1 (0.77%) OpenJDK
5 1 (0.77%) PySpark
5 1 (0.77%) Spring
5 1 (0.77%) Spring Boot
5 1 (0.77%) Vert.x
5 1 (0.77%) Vitest
Miscellaneous
1 14 (10.77%) Product Ownership
2 11 (8.46%) Onboarding
3 6 (4.62%) Cloud Native
4 3 (2.31%) Analytical Mindset
4 3 (2.31%) Data Structures
4 3 (2.31%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (2.31%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (2.31%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.54%) Algorithms
5 2 (1.54%) CMDB
5 2 (1.54%) Derivative
5 2 (1.54%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (1.54%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 2 (1.54%) Reinsurance
5 2 (1.54%) Virtual Team
6 1 (0.77%) Culture of Ownership
6 1 (0.77%) Data Fabric
6 1 (0.77%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.77%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.77%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 10 (7.69%) Windows
2 4 (3.08%) Linux
2 4 (3.08%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.54%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.77%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.77%) Solaris
4 1 (0.77%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (36.92%) Agile
2 39 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 37 (28.46%) Problem-Solving
4 32 (24.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 25 (19.23%) DevOps
6 23 (17.69%) Roadmaps
7 20 (15.38%) ITIL
8 18 (13.85%) Project Management
9 16 (12.31%) Decision-Making
10 15 (11.54%) AI
10 15 (11.54%) CI/CD
10 15 (11.54%) Risk Management
11 14 (10.77%) Analytics
11 14 (10.77%) Migration
11 14 (10.77%) Project Delivery
12 13 (10.00%) Process Improvement
12 13 (10.00%) Service Delivery
13 11 (8.46%) ITSM
13 11 (8.46%) Scrum
13 11 (8.46%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 15 (11.54%) SQL
2 14 (10.77%) Python
3 10 (7.69%) Java
3 10 (7.69%) PowerShell
4 4 (3.08%) C#
5 3 (2.31%) Bash
6 2 (1.54%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.77%) PHP
7 1 (0.77%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.77%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 14 (10.77%) Security Cleared
2 13 (10.00%) SC Cleared
3 11 (8.46%) Degree
4 5 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (3.85%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (2.31%) Azure Certification
5 3 (2.31%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (2.31%) CISM
5 3 (2.31%) CISSP
5 3 (2.31%) CRISC
5 3 (2.31%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 2 (1.54%) CASP
6 2 (1.54%) CBAP
6 2 (1.54%) CompTIA CySA+
6 2 (1.54%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (1.54%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.54%) GIAC
6 2 (1.54%) GSEC
6 2 (1.54%) ISEB
6 2 (1.54%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (12.31%) QA
2 9 (6.92%) Data Quality
3 7 (5.38%) GDPR
3 7 (5.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (5.38%) SLA
4 6 (4.62%) Accessibility
5 4 (3.08%) GRC
6 3 (2.31%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (2.31%) NIST
6 3 (2.31%) PMO
7 2 (1.54%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (1.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.77%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.77%) EMIR
8 1 (0.77%) GAAP
8 1 (0.77%) GMP
8 1 (0.77%) IFRS
8 1 (0.77%) MiFID
8 1 (0.77%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.77%) Solvency II
System Software
1 6 (4.62%) Active Directory
1 6 (4.62%) Docker
2 1 (0.77%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 8 (6.15%) Terraform
2 7 (5.38%) Kubernetes
3 6 (4.62%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (3.85%) Ansible
5 3 (2.31%) SCCM
6 1 (0.77%) Grafana
6 1 (0.77%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.77%) logstash
6 1 (0.77%) Packer
6 1 (0.77%) vRealize
6 1 (0.77%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 19 (14.62%) Microsoft
2 16 (12.31%) ServiceNow
3 10 (7.69%) Salesforce
4 7 (5.38%) SAP
5 5 (3.85%) Google
5 5 (3.85%) Oracle
6 3 (2.31%) Informatica
6 3 (2.31%) VMware
7 2 (1.54%) Ariba
7 2 (1.54%) Atlassian
7 2 (1.54%) Databricks
7 2 (1.54%) Foundry
7 2 (1.54%) IBM
7 2 (1.54%) Murex
7 2 (1.54%) Remedy
7 2 (1.54%) Workday
8 1 (0.77%) DocuSign
8 1 (0.77%) Palantir
8 1 (0.77%) Rollbar
8 1 (0.77%) Talend