Continuous Improvement Contract Job Trends in London

Continual Improvement
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Continuous Improvement skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 52 58
Rank change year-on-year +22 +6 +23
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 929 576 668
As % of all contract jobs in London 6.58% 4.10% 3.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.21% 4.54% 4.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 618 314 441
10th Percentile £325 £372 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - -
75th Percentile £650 £700 £713
90th Percentile £760 £834 £850
England median daily rate £500 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -5.66% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 8 6
10th Percentile £17.45 £17.08 £36.75
25th Percentile £17.50 £20.77 £55.00
Median hourly rate £18.50 £26.00 £61.25
Median % change year-on-year -28.85% -57.55% -2.00%
75th Percentile £35.00 £59.81 £83.75
90th Percentile £61.67 £72.38 £91.88
England median hourly rate £25.00 £50.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -50.00% -23.08% +4.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,887 12,677 16,143
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.35% 90.27% 88.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,501 8,101 11,545
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% -5.46%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 222 155 258
10th Percentile £18.25 £18.94 £16.52
25th Percentile £24.61 £23.99 £19.99
Median hourly rate £32.50 £35.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -13.33%
75th Percentile £53.59 £54.50 £54.03
90th Percentile £69.30 £80.75 £73.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.75 £42.50
% change year-on-year -27.63% -18.24% +21.43%

Continuous Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Continuous Improvement relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Continuous Improvement job vacancy trend in London

Continuous Improvement
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Continuous Improvement.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Continuous Improvement

Continuous Improvement
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Continuous Improvement in London over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Continuous Improvement in London

Continuous Improvement
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Continuous Improvement.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Continuous Improvement

Continuous Improvement
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Continuous Improvement in London over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Continuous Improvement in London

Continuous Improvement
Contract Job Locations in 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 London region over the 6 months to 11 January 2026. 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
Central London +9 121 £530 -3.64% 93
East London +3 16 £190 -65.69% 18
West London -11 15 £488 +2.63% 27
South London -12 6 £563 +6.43% 13
North London +6 3 £600 - 8
Continuous Improvement
England

Continuous Improvement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 65 (7.00%) Confluence
2 40 (4.31%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.18%) Apache Airflow
4 8 (0.86%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (0.54%) Apache
5 5 (0.54%) CMS
5 5 (0.54%) MQSeries
6 4 (0.43%) Appian
6 4 (0.43%) HCL Notes
7 3 (0.32%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 3 (0.32%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.32%) Camunda
7 3 (0.32%) Ethereum
7 3 (0.32%) Hyperledger
8 2 (0.22%) Drupal
8 2 (0.22%) Luigi
8 2 (0.22%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.22%) WordPress
9 1 (0.11%) nginx
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 68 (7.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 36 (3.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 23 (2.48%) Microsoft Office
4 16 (1.72%) Microsoft Project
5 13 (1.40%) MS Visio
6 6 (0.65%) Chatbot
7 5 (0.54%) Trello
8 4 (0.43%) Notion
9 3 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
10 2 (0.22%) Adobe XD
10 2 (0.22%) Autodesk Smoke
11 1 (0.11%) Adobe After Effects
11 1 (0.11%) Adobe Captivate
11 1 (0.11%) Camtasia
11 1 (0.11%) Photoshop
11 1 (0.11%) Sketch
11 1 (0.11%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 28 (3.01%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (1.08%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.54%) Remedy ITSM
3 5 (0.54%) Workday HCM
4 4 (0.43%) NetSuite
4 4 (0.43%) SAP PS
5 3 (0.32%) Endur
5 3 (0.32%) Loan IQ
5 3 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.32%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (0.32%) SAP IBP
6 2 (0.22%) SAP BPC
6 2 (0.22%) SAP EWM
6 2 (0.22%) SAP GTS
6 2 (0.22%) SAP HCM
6 2 (0.22%) SAP MM
6 2 (0.22%) SAP PP
6 2 (0.22%) SAP SRM
6 2 (0.22%) Teamcenter
6 2 (0.22%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 169 (18.19%) Azure
2 119 (12.81%) AWS
3 82 (8.83%) Power Platform
4 72 (7.75%) Azure DevOps
5 54 (5.81%) GitHub
6 42 (4.52%) Microsoft 365
7 39 (4.20%) GCP
8 34 (3.66%) GitHub Actions
9 33 (3.55%) SaaS
10 28 (3.01%) Serverless
11 23 (2.48%) Entra ID
12 21 (2.26%) Amazon S3
12 21 (2.26%) Power Automate
13 19 (2.05%) AWS Lambda
14 18 (1.94%) Dynamics 365
14 18 (1.94%) PowerApps
15 16 (1.72%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 14 (1.51%) Google Workspace
17 13 (1.40%) Azure Monitor
17 13 (1.40%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 25 (2.69%) Firewall
2 18 (1.94%) DNS
3 13 (1.40%) DHCP
3 13 (1.40%) Network Security
3 13 (1.40%) TCP/IP
4 11 (1.18%) VPN
5 7 (0.75%) Modbus
6 6 (0.65%) LAN
6 6 (0.65%) WAN
7 5 (0.54%) Broadband
7 5 (0.54%) Ethernet
7 5 (0.54%) RS-232
7 5 (0.54%) RS-485
8 4 (0.43%) SD-WAN
9 3 (0.32%) 5G
9 3 (0.32%) Cisco IPT
9 3 (0.32%) DKIM
9 3 (0.32%) DMARC
9 3 (0.32%) Multicast
9 3 (0.32%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (7.00%) Power BI
2 21 (2.26%) Tableau
3 20 (2.15%) PostgreSQL
4 17 (1.83%) Relational Database
5 14 (1.51%) SQL Server
6 12 (1.29%) Data Warehouse
7 11 (1.18%) Amazon RDS
7 11 (1.18%) NoSQL
8 10 (1.08%) MySQL
9 9 (0.97%) Data Lake
9 9 (0.97%) Metadata
10 7 (0.75%) MongoDB
11 6 (0.65%) Oracle Reports
11 6 (0.65%) Redis
12 5 (0.54%) Amazon Athena
12 5 (0.54%) Amazon Redshift
12 5 (0.54%) DynamoDB
13 4 (0.43%) BigQuery
13 4 (0.43%) Oracle Database
13 4 (0.43%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 127 (13.67%) JIRA
2 43 (4.63%) Jenkins
3 25 (2.69%) GitLab
4 21 (2.26%) Git
5 15 (1.61%) Selenium
6 14 (1.51%) JUnit
7 11 (1.18%) Cypress.io
8 9 (0.97%) Cucumber
8 9 (0.97%) Postman
9 7 (0.75%) SonarQube
10 6 (0.65%) JMeter
10 6 (0.65%) REST Assured
11 5 (0.54%) Maven
11 5 (0.54%) Mockito
12 4 (0.43%) MLflow
12 4 (0.43%) SoapUI
12 4 (0.43%) Team Foundation Server
13 3 (0.32%) Gradle
13 3 (0.32%) Oracle APEX
13 3 (0.32%) TestRail
General
1 435 (46.82%) Social Skills
2 268 (28.85%) Finance
3 187 (20.13%) Analytical Skills
4 120 (12.92%) Public Sector
5 72 (7.75%) Banking
6 46 (4.95%) Influencing Skills
7 39 (4.20%) Marketing
8 37 (3.98%) Legal
9 32 (3.44%) Manufacturing
10 26 (2.80%) Retail
11 22 (2.37%) Documentation Skills
12 21 (2.26%) Organisational Skills
13 20 (2.15%) Telecoms
14 17 (1.83%) Financial Institution
15 16 (1.72%) Front Office
16 15 (1.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 15 (1.61%) Publishing
17 13 (1.40%) Pharmaceutical
17 13 (1.40%) Presentation Skills
18 12 (1.29%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 144 (15.50%) Analyst
2 130 (13.99%) Lead
3 88 (9.47%) Senior
4 69 (7.43%) Developer
5 60 (6.46%) Business Analyst
6 49 (5.27%) Consultant
7 47 (5.06%) Architect
8 36 (3.88%) Project Manager
9 24 (2.58%) Senior Analyst
10 22 (2.37%) Senior Manager
11 21 (2.26%) Delivery Manager
12 20 (2.15%) DevOps Engineer
12 20 (2.15%) Security Engineer
13 17 (1.83%) Product Manager
14 16 (1.72%) Programme Manager
15 15 (1.61%) Change Manager
15 15 (1.61%) Product Owner
16 14 (1.51%) Cloud Engineer
16 14 (1.51%) Designer
16 14 (1.51%) Scrum Master
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (3.01%) REST
2 25 (2.69%) .NET
3 21 (2.26%) Node.js
3 21 (2.26%) React
3 21 (2.26%) Spring
4 20 (2.15%) RESTful
5 19 (2.05%) CSS
5 19 (2.05%) HTML
6 17 (1.83%) Spring Boot
7 14 (1.51%) XML
8 13 (1.40%) SOAP
9 12 (1.29%) Kafka
9 12 (1.29%) Web Services
10 10 (1.08%) AngularJS
11 9 (0.97%) ARM Templates
12 8 (0.86%) JSON
12 8 (0.86%) Middleware
12 8 (0.86%) OAuth
12 8 (0.86%) Playwright
12 8 (0.86%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 83 (8.93%) Product Ownership
2 56 (6.03%) Onboarding
3 48 (5.17%) Cloud Native
4 32 (3.44%) Analytical Mindset
5 22 (2.37%) Management Information System
6 20 (2.15%) Distributed Systems
7 19 (2.05%) Virtual Team
8 16 (1.72%) Enterprise Software
8 16 (1.72%) Mobile App
8 16 (1.72%) PMI
9 15 (1.61%) Public Cloud
10 14 (1.51%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 13 (1.40%) Data Protection Act
12 12 (1.29%) Cyber Defence
13 11 (1.18%) Hybrid Cloud
13 11 (1.18%) Legacy Systems
14 10 (1.08%) AI Agents
15 8 (0.86%) Data Structures
15 8 (0.86%) Security Posture
15 8 (0.86%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 44 (4.74%) Windows
2 39 (4.20%) Linux
3 15 (1.61%) Unix
4 12 (1.29%) Mac OS
5 10 (1.08%) Android
5 10 (1.08%) Windows Server
6 9 (0.97%) VMS
7 5 (0.54%) Apple iOS
7 5 (0.54%) FreeRTOS
7 5 (0.54%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.22%) AIX
10 1 (0.11%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 359 (38.64%) Agile
2 254 (27.34%) Problem-Solving
3 217 (23.36%) Stakeholder Management
4 188 (20.24%) DevOps
5 169 (18.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 163 (17.55%) CI/CD
7 123 (13.24%) Decision-Making
8 117 (12.59%) Roadmaps
9 111 (11.95%) Analytics
10 91 (9.80%) Project Delivery
11 90 (9.69%) AI
12 86 (9.26%) Project Management
13 82 (8.83%) Scrum
14 76 (8.18%) Business Intelligence
15 74 (7.97%) Test Automation
16 73 (7.86%) ITIL
17 71 (7.64%) Infrastructure as Code
17 71 (7.64%) Mentoring
18 70 (7.53%) Change Management
18 70 (7.53%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 127 (13.67%) Python
1 127 (13.67%) SQL
2 69 (7.43%) Java
3 46 (4.95%) PowerShell
4 41 (4.41%) JavaScript
5 32 (3.44%) Bash
6 27 (2.91%) TypeScript
7 22 (2.37%) C#
8 15 (1.61%) Kusto Query Language
9 13 (1.40%) C++
10 7 (0.75%) Bicep
10 7 (0.75%) PL/SQL
10 7 (0.75%) R
11 6 (0.65%) Korn
12 5 (0.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 5 (0.54%) Embedded C++
12 5 (0.54%) Kotlin
13 4 (0.43%) ABAP
13 4 (0.43%) RPG
13 4 (0.43%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 136 (14.64%) Security Cleared
2 112 (12.06%) SC Cleared
3 93 (10.01%) Degree
4 33 (3.55%) PMI Certification
5 25 (2.69%) Azure Certification
6 24 (2.58%) Computer Science Degree
7 22 (2.37%) PMP
8 14 (1.51%) BPSS Clearance
9 13 (1.40%) ACCA
10 12 (1.29%) ISTQB
11 10 (1.08%) AWS Certification
11 10 (1.08%) Master's Degree
11 10 (1.08%) Microsoft Certification
12 9 (0.97%) CIMA
12 9 (0.97%) Cisco Certification
12 9 (0.97%) DV Cleared
13 8 (0.86%) IIBA
14 7 (0.75%) CBAP
14 7 (0.75%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 6 (0.65%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 91 (9.80%) QA
2 44 (4.74%) Data Quality
3 42 (4.52%) Accessibility
4 37 (3.98%) GDPR
5 35 (3.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 29 (3.12%) PMO
7 22 (2.37%) NIST
8 19 (2.05%) Actionable Recommendations
8 19 (2.05%) SLA
9 17 (1.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 14 (1.51%) GRC
11 10 (1.08%) COBIT
11 10 (1.08%) NCSC
12 9 (0.97%) ITGC
13 7 (0.75%) WCAG
14 6 (0.65%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 6 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 6 (0.65%) MiFID
14 6 (0.65%) PCI DSS
14 6 (0.65%) SOX 404
System Software
1 63 (6.78%) Docker
2 24 (2.58%) Active Directory
3 17 (1.83%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.54%) Embedded Firmware
4 5 (0.54%) Firmware
5 3 (0.32%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.11%) ProxySG
7 1 (0.11%) RACF
Systems Management
1 70 (7.53%) Kubernetes
2 64 (6.89%) Terraform
3 34 (3.66%) Ansible
4 19 (2.05%) Microsoft Intune
5 18 (1.94%) SCCM
6 16 (1.72%) Grafana
7 11 (1.18%) Prometheus
8 9 (0.97%) ITRS Geneos
9 8 (0.86%) WSUS
10 6 (0.65%) Kibana
11 5 (0.54%) Control-M
12 4 (0.43%) SCOM
13 3 (0.32%) HP ALM
13 3 (0.32%) logstash
13 3 (0.32%) vRealize
14 2 (0.22%) Jamf Pro
14 2 (0.22%) Packer
14 2 (0.22%) Puppet
14 2 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
14 2 (0.22%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 159 (17.12%) Microsoft
2 61 (6.57%) SAP
3 46 (4.95%) ServiceNow
4 44 (4.74%) Salesforce
5 41 (4.41%) Google
5 41 (4.41%) Oracle
6 16 (1.72%) Splunk
7 15 (1.61%) Databricks
8 13 (1.40%) Adobe
9 10 (1.08%) Dynatrace
10 9 (0.97%) VMware
10 9 (0.97%) Workday
11 8 (0.86%) IBM
12 7 (0.75%) Remedy
13 6 (0.65%) Murex
13 6 (0.65%) OpenAI
13 6 (0.65%) Sophos
13 6 (0.65%) TIBCO
14 5 (0.54%) CA Agile Central
14 5 (0.54%) Solace