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

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 42 59
Rank change year-on-year +11 +17 +7
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 123 89 69
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 5.43% 5.12% 3.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.41% 5.48% 3.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 45 40
10th Percentile £363 £292 £348
25th Percentile £440 £435 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £531
Median % change year-on-year - +3.53% -7.61%
75th Percentile £638 £725 £678
90th Percentile £756 £838 £778
Central London median daily rate £550 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +7.84% -2.86% -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 0
10th Percentile £31.75 - -
25th Percentile £38.50 - -
Median hourly rate £51.00 £22.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +131.82% - -
75th Percentile £64.50 £42.88 -
90th Percentile £71.85 £55.40 -
Central London median hourly rate £51.00 £22.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year +131.82% -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 1,919 1,624 1,955
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 84.72% 93.44% 90.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,301 1,023 1,381
10th Percentile £363 £350 £356
25th Percentile £450 £458 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £565 £568
Median % change year-on-year -2.65% -0.44% -5.42%
75th Percentile £675 £680 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £813
Central London median daily rate £550 £551 £550
% change year-on-year -0.18% +0.18% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 13 11
10th Percentile £17.99 £22.00 £19.92
25th Percentile £18.75 £23.75 £20.22
Median hourly rate £29.78 £28.15 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.80% +12.60% -28.57%
75th Percentile £49.78 £43.75 £40.00
90th Percentile £59.72 £60.75 £41.84
Central London median hourly rate £26.56 £29.07 £27.81
% change year-on-year -8.65% +4.53% -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 13 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 13 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 7 (5.69%) Confluence
1 7 (5.69%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.44%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.81%) Apache
3 1 (0.81%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.81%) Appian
3 1 (0.81%) CMS
3 1 (0.81%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 12 (9.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (4.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (4.07%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.63%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.63%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.63%) Trello
4 1 (0.81%) Adobe After Effects
4 1 (0.81%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.81%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 4 (3.25%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.63%) Actimize
2 2 (1.63%) Summit
3 1 (0.81%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.81%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.81%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.81%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.81%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.81%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.81%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.81%) Orchestrade
3 1 (0.81%) SAP FI-AR
3 1 (0.81%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.81%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 28 (22.76%) Azure
2 16 (13.01%) AWS
3 13 (10.57%) Azure DevOps
3 13 (10.57%) Power Platform
4 7 (5.69%) SaaS
5 6 (4.88%) GitHub
6 5 (4.07%) GCP
6 5 (4.07%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (3.25%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (3.25%) Microsoft Purview
7 4 (3.25%) OpenShift
8 3 (2.44%) Microsoft Copilot
8 3 (2.44%) PowerApps
8 3 (2.44%) Serverless
8 3 (2.44%) SuccessFactors
9 2 (1.63%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (1.63%) Entra ID
9 2 (1.63%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (1.63%) Google Workspace
9 2 (1.63%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.44%) DHCP
1 3 (2.44%) DNS
2 2 (1.63%) Firewall
2 2 (1.63%) VPN
3 1 (0.81%) 4G
3 1 (0.81%) 5G
3 1 (0.81%) Broadband
3 1 (0.81%) Internet
3 1 (0.81%) NaaS
3 1 (0.81%) Network Security
3 1 (0.81%) NGFW
3 1 (0.81%) NGN
3 1 (0.81%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (0.81%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.69%) Power BI
2 3 (2.44%) Relational Database
2 3 (2.44%) Tableau
3 2 (1.63%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.63%) Metadata
3 2 (1.63%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.81%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.81%) Data Hub
4 1 (0.81%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.81%) QlikView
4 1 (0.81%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 22 (17.89%) JIRA
2 4 (3.25%) Git
3 2 (1.63%) GitLab
3 2 (1.63%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.81%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.81%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.81%) git-flow
4 1 (0.81%) Postman
4 1 (0.81%) REST Assured
4 1 (0.81%) Selenium
4 1 (0.81%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.81%) Vite
General
1 54 (43.90%) Social Skills
2 46 (37.40%) Finance
3 30 (24.39%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (13.01%) Public Sector
5 15 (12.20%) Banking
6 8 (6.50%) Legal
7 5 (4.07%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (4.07%) Retail
8 4 (3.25%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (3.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (3.25%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (3.25%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (2.44%) Front Office
9 3 (2.44%) Marketing
9 3 (2.44%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.63%) Financial Institution
10 2 (1.63%) Military
10 2 (1.63%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.81%) Automotive
11 1 (0.81%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 18 (14.63%) Analyst
2 17 (13.82%) Lead
3 10 (8.13%) Senior
4 9 (7.32%) Business Analyst
5 8 (6.50%) Delivery Manager
6 7 (5.69%) Project Manager
7 6 (4.88%) Product Manager
8 5 (4.07%) Architect
8 5 (4.07%) Developer
8 5 (4.07%) Scrum Master
9 4 (3.25%) Consultant
9 4 (3.25%) CRM Manager
9 4 (3.25%) Operations Analyst
9 4 (3.25%) Programme Manager
9 4 (3.25%) Senior Manager
10 3 (2.44%) PMO Manager
10 3 (2.44%) Security Specialist
10 3 (2.44%) Senior Analyst
10 3 (2.44%) Senior Business Analyst
10 3 (2.44%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.25%) REST
2 3 (2.44%) .NET
2 3 (2.44%) HTML
2 3 (2.44%) Kafka
2 3 (2.44%) Next.js
2 3 (2.44%) Playwright
2 3 (2.44%) React
3 2 (1.63%) CSS
3 2 (1.63%) GraphQL
4 1 (0.81%) ADO
4 1 (0.81%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.81%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.81%) ASP.NET Core
4 1 (0.81%) Node.js
4 1 (0.81%) OpenJDK
4 1 (0.81%) PySpark
4 1 (0.81%) RESTful
4 1 (0.81%) SOAP
4 1 (0.81%) Web Services
4 1 (0.81%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (9.76%) Onboarding
2 10 (8.13%) Product Ownership
3 8 (6.50%) Cloud Native
4 3 (2.44%) Data Structures
4 3 (2.44%) Derivative
4 3 (2.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 3 (2.44%) Virtual Team
5 2 (1.63%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.63%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.63%) Security Posture
5 2 (1.63%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.81%) CSOC
6 1 (0.81%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (0.81%) Equities
6 1 (0.81%) Fixed Income
6 1 (0.81%) Freedom of Information
6 1 (0.81%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.81%) NHS
6 1 (0.81%) Operational Technology
6 1 (0.81%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.44%) Windows
2 1 (0.81%) Linux
2 1 (0.81%) Windows 10
2 1 (0.81%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (34.96%) Stakeholder Management
2 42 (34.15%) Agile
3 25 (20.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 22 (17.89%) DevOps
4 22 (17.89%) Problem-Solving
5 20 (16.26%) Project Management
5 20 (16.26%) Roadmaps
6 19 (15.45%) AI
6 19 (15.45%) Analytics
6 19 (15.45%) Decision-Making
7 17 (13.82%) CI/CD
7 17 (13.82%) ITIL
8 16 (13.01%) Migration
9 14 (11.38%) Project Delivery
9 14 (11.38%) Risk Management
10 12 (9.76%) Infrastructure as Code
10 12 (9.76%) Sprint Planning
11 11 (8.94%) Process Improvement
11 11 (8.94%) Test Automation
12 10 (8.13%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 11 (8.94%) SQL
2 9 (7.32%) Python
3 7 (5.69%) PowerShell
4 4 (3.25%) C#
4 4 (3.25%) JavaScript
4 4 (3.25%) TypeScript
5 3 (2.44%) Java
6 1 (0.81%) Apex Code
6 1 (0.81%) Bicep
6 1 (0.81%) C++
6 1 (0.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.81%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.81%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (15.45%) Security Cleared
2 17 (13.82%) SC Cleared
3 8 (6.50%) Degree
4 5 (4.07%) CISSP
5 4 (3.25%) CISM
6 3 (2.44%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (2.44%) CompTIA Security+
6 3 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (2.44%) CRISC
6 3 (2.44%) PMI Certification
6 3 (2.44%) PMP
7 2 (1.63%) CASP
7 2 (1.63%) CompTIA CySA+
7 2 (1.63%) GIAC
7 2 (1.63%) GSEC
7 2 (1.63%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 2 (1.63%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.63%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (0.81%) CEH
8 1 (0.81%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (13.01%) QA
2 9 (7.32%) PMO
3 8 (6.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (6.50%) SLA
4 7 (5.69%) Data Quality
4 7 (5.69%) GDPR
5 6 (4.88%) NIST
6 4 (3.25%) Accessibility
7 3 (2.44%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (2.44%) GRC
8 2 (1.63%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (1.63%) NCSC
9 1 (0.81%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.81%) EMIR
9 1 (0.81%) GAAP
9 1 (0.81%) IFRS
9 1 (0.81%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.81%) P3O
9 1 (0.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.81%) Solvency II
System Software
1 4 (3.25%) Docker
2 3 (2.44%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.81%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (4.88%) Kubernetes
2 5 (4.07%) Terraform
3 4 (3.25%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (1.63%) Ansible
5 1 (0.81%) Grafana
5 1 (0.81%) logstash
5 1 (0.81%) Packer
5 1 (0.81%) SCCM
5 1 (0.81%) vRealize
5 1 (0.81%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 20 (16.26%) Microsoft
2 14 (11.38%) ServiceNow
3 7 (5.69%) SAP
4 6 (4.88%) Salesforce
5 5 (4.07%) Oracle
6 3 (2.44%) Foundry
6 3 (2.44%) Google
7 2 (1.63%) IBM
7 2 (1.63%) Murex
7 2 (1.63%) OpenAI
7 2 (1.63%) VMware
8 1 (0.81%) Adobe
8 1 (0.81%) Ariba
8 1 (0.81%) Bloomberg
8 1 (0.81%) BT
8 1 (0.81%) Ericsson
8 1 (0.81%) Nokia
8 1 (0.81%) OneTrust
8 1 (0.81%) OutSystems
8 1 (0.81%) Qualtrics