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 13 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 47 56
Rank change year-on-year +19 +9 +50
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 117 94 105
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 6.84% 4.44% 3.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.25% 4.82% 4.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 57 65
10th Percentile £281 £435 £400
25th Percentile £403 £500 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £527 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -12.25% +9.09% -3.93%
75th Percentile £675 £684 £659
90th Percentile £825 £775 £758
Central London median daily rate £525 £599 £550
% change year-on-year -12.32% +8.86% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £32.00 - -
Median hourly rate £34.00 - -
75th Percentile £36.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £26.44 - -

All Process and 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 1,613 1,951 2,573
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 94.33% 92.07% 89.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,097 1,209 1,783
10th Percentile £325 £367 £373
25th Percentile £421 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £768 £788 £813
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £590
% change year-on-year -4.35% -2.54% +2.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 18 16
10th Percentile £16.90 £17.15 £14.25
25th Percentile £20.63 £24.09 £16.31
Median hourly rate £27.04 £40.50 £31.25
Median % change year-on-year -33.25% +29.60% -27.53%
75th Percentile £35.88 £107.13 £48.19
90th Percentile £63.75 £137.50 £60.88
Central London median hourly rate £27.04 £35.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -22.76% +27.27% -35.67%

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 13 October 2025.

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
Contract Job Locations in the City of London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Continuous Improvement within the City of London region over the 6 months to 13 October 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London Bridge - 1 £725 -
Continuous Improvement
Central 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 7 (5.98%) Confluence
1 7 (5.98%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.71%) Apache
2 2 (1.71%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.85%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.85%) nginx
Applications
1 14 (11.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.42%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (3.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.71%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.71%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.71%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (8.55%) Endur
2 1 (0.85%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.85%) Oracle Assets
2 1 (0.85%) Oracle Cash Management
2 1 (0.85%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.85%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (0.85%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.85%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 31 (26.50%) Azure
2 18 (15.38%) AWS
3 15 (12.82%) Power Platform
4 11 (9.40%) Azure DevOps
5 8 (6.84%) SaaS
6 5 (4.27%) GitHub
6 5 (4.27%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (3.42%) Entra ID
7 4 (3.42%) GCP
7 4 (3.42%) Power Automate
8 3 (2.56%) AWS CloudFormation
8 3 (2.56%) PowerApps
8 3 (2.56%) Serverless
9 2 (1.71%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 2 (1.71%) Amazon ECS
9 2 (1.71%) Amazon S3
9 2 (1.71%) Azure Functions
9 2 (1.71%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (1.71%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (1.71%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.56%) LAN
2 2 (1.71%) Firewall
2 2 (1.71%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (1.71%) Modbus
2 2 (1.71%) Network Security
2 2 (1.71%) WAN
2 2 (1.71%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.85%) DNS
3 1 (0.85%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.85%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (11.11%) Power BI
2 6 (5.13%) Data Mining
3 5 (4.27%) SQL Server
4 3 (2.56%) MySQL
5 2 (1.71%) Airbyte
5 2 (1.71%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.71%) Geospatial Data
5 2 (1.71%) NoSQL
5 2 (1.71%) Redis
5 2 (1.71%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.71%) Spatial Data
6 1 (0.85%) Amazon Aurora
6 1 (0.85%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (0.85%) CouchDB
6 1 (0.85%) Data Vault
6 1 (0.85%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.85%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.85%) Power Query
6 1 (0.85%) SAP Data Services
6 1 (0.85%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 15 (12.82%) JIRA
2 9 (7.69%) Git
3 3 (2.56%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.71%) Cypress.io
4 2 (1.71%) Gradle
4 2 (1.71%) Postman
4 2 (1.71%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.85%) Appium
5 1 (0.85%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.85%) GitLab
5 1 (0.85%) JUnit
5 1 (0.85%) REST Assured
5 1 (0.85%) Selenium
5 1 (0.85%) Terragrunt
5 1 (0.85%) TestRail
General
1 61 (52.14%) Social Skills
2 43 (36.75%) Finance
3 29 (24.79%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (13.68%) Banking
5 9 (7.69%) Public Sector
6 7 (5.98%) Investment Banking
7 6 (5.13%) Legal
8 4 (3.42%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (3.42%) Manufacturing
9 3 (2.56%) Back Office
9 3 (2.56%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (2.56%) Law
9 3 (2.56%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.71%) Financial Institution
10 2 (1.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.71%) International Banking
10 2 (1.71%) Marketing
10 2 (1.71%) Police
11 1 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 23 (19.66%) Analyst
2 17 (14.53%) Senior
3 14 (11.97%) Business Analyst
4 13 (11.11%) Developer
5 9 (7.69%) Consultant
5 9 (7.69%) Lead
6 7 (5.98%) Senior Consultant
7 6 (5.13%) Endur Support
7 6 (5.13%) OpenLink Support
7 6 (5.13%) Risk Consultant
8 4 (3.42%) IT Analyst
8 4 (3.42%) OpenLink Developer
8 4 (3.42%) Project Manager
8 4 (3.42%) Security Engineer
8 4 (3.42%) Technical Analyst
9 3 (2.56%) Business IT Analyst
9 3 (2.56%) IT Business Analyst
9 3 (2.56%) Java Developer
9 3 (2.56%) Security Manager
9 3 (2.56%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (7.69%) .NET
2 4 (3.42%) RESTful
3 3 (2.56%) Middleware
3 3 (2.56%) OAuth
3 3 (2.56%) OAuth2
3 3 (2.56%) React
3 3 (2.56%) REST
3 3 (2.56%) Spring
4 2 (1.71%) AngularJS
4 2 (1.71%) FastAPI
4 2 (1.71%) Node.js
4 2 (1.71%) Spring Boot
5 1 (0.85%) Entity Framework
5 1 (0.85%) Flutter
5 1 (0.85%) JPA
5 1 (0.85%) JWT
5 1 (0.85%) Memcached
5 1 (0.85%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (0.85%) Regular Expression
5 1 (0.85%) Spring Batch
Miscellaneous
1 8 (6.84%) Management Information System
1 8 (6.84%) Product Ownership
2 6 (5.13%) Market Risk
3 5 (4.27%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (3.42%) Greenfield Project
5 3 (2.56%) Onboarding
5 3 (2.56%) Operational Technology
5 3 (2.56%) SCADA
5 3 (2.56%) Security Posture
6 2 (1.71%) Algorithms
6 2 (1.71%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.71%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.71%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (1.71%) Freedom of Information
6 2 (1.71%) Insider Threat
6 2 (1.71%) Life Science
6 2 (1.71%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (0.85%) Culture of Ownership
7 1 (0.85%) Industry 4.0
7 1 (0.85%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (5.13%) Windows
2 3 (2.56%) Linux
2 3 (2.56%) Unix
3 1 (0.85%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (0.85%) Solaris
3 1 (0.85%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.85%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (39.32%) Agile
2 42 (35.90%) Problem-Solving
3 26 (22.22%) DevOps
4 22 (18.80%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 17 (14.53%) Analytics
6 16 (13.68%) CI/CD
6 16 (13.68%) Stakeholder Management
7 15 (12.82%) Business Intelligence
7 15 (12.82%) Scrum
8 13 (11.11%) Project Delivery
8 13 (11.11%) Project Management
8 13 (11.11%) Risk Management
8 13 (11.11%) Service Delivery
9 12 (10.26%) Decision-Making
9 12 (10.26%) SDLC
10 11 (9.40%) User Acceptance Testing
11 10 (8.55%) Roadmaps
12 9 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
12 9 (7.69%) ITIL
13 8 (6.84%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 25 (21.37%) SQL
2 17 (14.53%) Python
3 13 (11.11%) Java
4 7 (5.98%) C#
5 6 (5.13%) PowerShell
6 4 (3.42%) JavaScript
7 3 (2.56%) Bash
8 2 (1.71%) PL/SQL
8 2 (1.71%) VBA
9 1 (0.85%) C++
9 1 (0.85%) Go
9 1 (0.85%) Korn
9 1 (0.85%) Perl
9 1 (0.85%) PHP
9 1 (0.85%) PromQL
9 1 (0.85%) R
9 1 (0.85%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 13 (11.11%) Degree
2 10 (8.55%) Security Cleared
3 8 (6.84%) SC Cleared
4 6 (5.13%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (4.27%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (2.56%) PMI Certification
7 2 (1.71%) CBAP
7 2 (1.71%) CCNA
7 2 (1.71%) CCNP
7 2 (1.71%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.71%) CISSP
7 2 (1.71%) ISEB
7 2 (1.71%) PMP
8 1 (0.85%) APMG
8 1 (0.85%) CCAB
8 1 (0.85%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.85%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.85%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 1 (0.85%) Postgraduate
8 1 (0.85%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (8.55%) QA
2 6 (5.13%) Basel II
3 4 (3.42%) Data Quality
4 3 (2.56%) GDPR
4 3 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (2.56%) PMO
5 2 (1.71%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.71%) COBIT
5 2 (1.71%) GRC
5 2 (1.71%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 2 (1.71%) NIST
5 2 (1.71%) SLA
6 1 (0.85%) Basel III
6 1 (0.85%) COSO
6 1 (0.85%) GAAP
6 1 (0.85%) ISO 14001
6 1 (0.85%) NEBOSH
6 1 (0.85%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.85%) WCAG
System Software
1 4 (3.42%) Active Directory
1 4 (3.42%) Docker
2 2 (1.71%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (5.13%) ITRS Geneos
2 5 (4.27%) Terraform
3 3 (2.56%) Kubernetes
3 3 (2.56%) SCCM
4 2 (1.71%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.85%) Ansible
5 1 (0.85%) Consul
5 1 (0.85%) Grafana
5 1 (0.85%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.85%) Packer
5 1 (0.85%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.85%) QRadar
Vendors
1 26 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.27%) Oracle
3 4 (3.42%) OpenLink
3 4 (3.42%) SAP
3 4 (3.42%) ServiceNow
4 3 (2.56%) Informatica
4 3 (2.56%) Salesforce
5 2 (1.71%) Alteryx
5 2 (1.71%) Blue Prism
5 2 (1.71%) Google
5 2 (1.71%) Rockwell
5 2 (1.71%) Splunk
5 2 (1.71%) UiPath
6 1 (0.85%) Automation Anywhere
6 1 (0.85%) Databricks
6 1 (0.85%) OpenAI
6 1 (0.85%) Rollbar
6 1 (0.85%) Tanium
6 1 (0.85%) Workday
6 1 (0.85%) Xactly