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

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 45 75
Rank change year-on-year +18 +30 +1
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 1,567 688 537
As % of all contract jobs in London 7.91% 5.06% 3.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.89% 5.49% 3.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,024 459 359
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £430 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £528 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.42% -4.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £688 £688
90th Percentile £750 £838 £788
England median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 9 13
10th Percentile £22.73 £24.62 £27.34
25th Percentile £25.25 £28.21 £30.00
Median hourly rate £41.00 £36.48 £31.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.39% +15.81% -36.36%
75th Percentile £62.25 £47.50 £55.00
90th Percentile £92.50 £56.75 £72.50
England median hourly rate £54.50 £31.40 £37.50
% change year-on-year +73.55% -16.26% -32.34%

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 17,636 12,537 14,932
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.98% 92.16% 88.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,638 8,379 10,607
10th Percentile £363 £330 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £686
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 278 237 238
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £16.25
25th Percentile £21.00 £24.66 £21.39
Median hourly rate £35.71 £30.81 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.92% -9.40% -20.93%
75th Percentile £57.38 £49.75 £51.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.45 £71.25
England median hourly rate £47.50 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +88.87% -37.13% -6.43%

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 23 July 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 23 July 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 23 July 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 -2 164 £544 +8.80% 116
South London +20 57 £500 -13.94% 20
West London +4 51 £520 +2.77% 47
East London +11 11 £675 +15.38% 23
North London -2 3 £450 -18.18% 3
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 78 (4.98%) Confluence
2 66 (4.21%) SharePoint
3 22 (1.40%) Microsoft Exchange
4 15 (0.96%) Apache Airflow
4 15 (0.96%) CMS
5 12 (0.77%) Apache Spark
6 8 (0.51%) Apache
7 6 (0.38%) IIS
8 4 (0.26%) WordPress
9 3 (0.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.19%) Camunda
10 2 (0.13%) Appian
10 2 (0.13%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.13%) SAS
10 2 (0.13%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.064%) JBoss
11 1 (0.064%) Oracle Application Server
11 1 (0.064%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.064%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.064%) WebLogic
Applications
1 71 (4.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 37 (2.36%) Microsoft Office
3 28 (1.79%) Microsoft Project
4 23 (1.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 19 (1.21%) MS Visio
6 11 (0.70%) Chatbot
7 5 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.13%) CPLEX
8 2 (0.13%) Oracle Smart View
9 1 (0.064%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.064%) InDesign
9 1 (0.064%) Mingle
9 1 (0.064%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 21 (1.34%) NetSuite
1 21 (1.34%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (0.64%) Oracle EBS
4 9 (0.57%) Actimize
5 8 (0.51%) Oracle ERP
6 7 (0.45%) Salesforce CRM
7 6 (0.38%) Oracle Payables
8 5 (0.32%) Loan IQ
8 5 (0.32%) Magento
8 5 (0.32%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 5 (0.32%) SAP PM
9 4 (0.26%) Endur
9 4 (0.26%) Remedy ITSM
9 4 (0.26%) SAP QM
10 3 (0.19%) Aladdin
10 3 (0.19%) Oracle Financials
10 3 (0.19%) Orchestrade
10 3 (0.19%) SAP MDG
10 3 (0.19%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 359 (22.91%) Azure
2 289 (18.44%) AWS
3 140 (8.93%) Power Platform
4 108 (6.89%) Azure DevOps
5 95 (6.06%) GitHub
6 91 (5.81%) GCP
7 86 (5.49%) Microsoft 365
8 72 (4.59%) Entra ID
9 64 (4.08%) SaaS
10 54 (3.45%) GitHub Actions
10 54 (3.45%) Serverless
11 52 (3.32%) Dynamics 365
12 43 (2.74%) Amazon S3
13 42 (2.68%) AWS Lambda
14 36 (2.30%) Amazon EC2
15 33 (2.11%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 29 (1.85%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 28 (1.79%) Azure AKS
18 24 (1.53%) AWS CloudFormation
19 23 (1.47%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 35 (2.23%) Firewall
2 26 (1.66%) Network Security
3 24 (1.53%) DNS
4 17 (1.08%) WAN
5 10 (0.64%) LAN
5 10 (0.64%) TCP/IP
5 10 (0.64%) VoIP
6 8 (0.51%) SD-WAN
7 7 (0.45%) DHCP
8 6 (0.38%) MPLS
8 6 (0.38%) VPN
9 5 (0.32%) BGP
9 5 (0.32%) HTTP
9 5 (0.32%) HTTPS
9 5 (0.32%) Unified Communications
9 5 (0.32%) WebEx
9 5 (0.32%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (0.26%) IOS XR
10 4 (0.26%) NX-OS
10 4 (0.26%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 112 (7.15%) Power BI
2 44 (2.81%) SQL Server
3 37 (2.36%) Metadata
4 36 (2.30%) Tableau
5 34 (2.17%) Data Warehouse
6 30 (1.91%) PostgreSQL
6 30 (1.91%) Relational Database
7 28 (1.79%) Amazon RDS
8 20 (1.28%) NoSQL
9 17 (1.08%) Data Lake
10 15 (0.96%) Delta Lake
11 12 (0.77%) Parquet
12 11 (0.70%) BigQuery
12 11 (0.70%) Power Query
13 10 (0.64%) Big Data
14 7 (0.45%) Oracle Database
14 7 (0.45%) Oracle Reports
15 6 (0.38%) MySQL
15 6 (0.38%) RDBMS
15 6 (0.38%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 169 (10.78%) JIRA
2 72 (4.59%) Git
3 71 (4.53%) Jenkins
4 40 (2.55%) GitLab
5 24 (1.53%) Selenium
6 18 (1.15%) Cucumber
7 14 (0.89%) Cypress.io
8 10 (0.64%) JMeter
9 9 (0.57%) Bitbucket
10 8 (0.51%) JUnit
10 8 (0.51%) Maven
10 8 (0.51%) Postman
10 8 (0.51%) Zephyr
11 7 (0.45%) CircleCI
11 7 (0.45%) Gradle
11 7 (0.45%) REST Assured
11 7 (0.45%) Team Foundation Server
11 7 (0.45%) Visual Studio
11 7 (0.45%) XCTest
12 6 (0.38%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 659 (42.05%) Social Skills
2 538 (34.33%) Finance
3 345 (22.02%) Analytical Skills
4 245 (15.63%) Public Sector
5 156 (9.96%) Banking
6 59 (3.77%) Influencing Skills
7 58 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
8 57 (3.64%) Legal
9 53 (3.38%) Law
10 49 (3.13%) Retail
11 42 (2.68%) Documentation Skills
12 40 (2.55%) Local Government
13 39 (2.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 36 (2.30%) Marketing
15 33 (2.11%) Front Office
16 30 (1.91%) Presentation Skills
16 30 (1.91%) Telecoms
17 27 (1.72%) Investment Banking
18 19 (1.21%) Pharmaceutical
19 16 (1.02%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 212 (13.53%) Lead
2 163 (10.40%) Senior
3 154 (9.83%) Analyst
4 139 (8.87%) Developer
5 97 (6.19%) Architect
6 67 (4.28%) Project Manager
7 56 (3.57%) Delivery Manager
8 52 (3.32%) Consultant
9 51 (3.25%) DevOps Engineer
10 46 (2.94%) Business Analyst
11 43 (2.74%) Scrum Master
12 40 (2.55%) Software Engineer
13 39 (2.49%) Data Engineer
14 37 (2.36%) Senior Manager
15 36 (2.30%) Product Owner
16 34 (2.17%) Lead Architect
17 31 (1.98%) Functional Architect
17 31 (1.98%) Java Developer
18 30 (1.91%) Technical Manager
19 29 (1.85%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (4.53%) REST
2 62 (3.96%) RESTful
3 47 (3.00%) React
4 42 (2.68%) Spring
5 40 (2.55%) .NET
6 37 (2.36%) Spring Boot
7 36 (2.30%) HTML
7 36 (2.30%) Kafka
8 32 (2.04%) AngularJS
8 32 (2.04%) CSS
9 24 (1.53%) Node.js
10 21 (1.34%) Middleware
11 20 (1.28%) Django
12 19 (1.21%) SOAP
13 18 (1.15%) JSON
13 18 (1.15%) Web Services
14 17 (1.08%) Playwright
15 15 (0.96%) Next.js
16 14 (0.89%) XML
17 13 (0.83%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 187 (11.93%) Product Ownership
2 105 (6.70%) Onboarding
3 101 (6.45%) Cloud Native
4 46 (2.94%) Virtual Team
5 42 (2.68%) Data Protection Act
6 41 (2.62%) Management Information System
7 40 (2.55%) Distributed Systems
8 36 (2.30%) Legacy Systems
9 27 (1.72%) Security Posture
10 26 (1.66%) AI Agents
11 25 (1.60%) CMDB
11 25 (1.60%) Data Centre
11 25 (1.60%) Data Structures
11 25 (1.60%) Self-Motivation
12 22 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
13 21 (1.34%) Analytical Mindset
14 18 (1.15%) NHS
15 17 (1.08%) Greenfield Project
15 17 (1.08%) Operational Technology
16 16 (1.02%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 89 (5.68%) Windows
2 59 (3.77%) Linux
3 23 (1.47%) Windows Server
4 15 (0.96%) Apple iOS
4 15 (0.96%) Mac OS
5 13 (0.83%) Unix
6 12 (0.77%) Windows 10
7 8 (0.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (0.32%) Amazon Linux
8 5 (0.32%) Android
9 2 (0.13%) AIX
10 1 (0.064%) HPUX
10 1 (0.064%) Oracle Linux
10 1 (0.064%) Solaris
10 1 (0.064%) SUSE
10 1 (0.064%) VMS
10 1 (0.064%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.064%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 612 (39.06%) Agile
2 441 (28.14%) Stakeholder Management
3 381 (24.31%) Problem-Solving
4 326 (20.80%) DevOps
5 314 (20.04%) CI/CD
6 302 (19.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 291 (18.57%) Decision-Making
8 251 (16.02%) AI
9 192 (12.25%) Roadmaps
10 188 (12.00%) Analytics
11 170 (10.85%) Change Management
12 167 (10.66%) Scrum
13 159 (10.15%) Migration
14 139 (8.87%) Test Automation
15 132 (8.42%) Business Intelligence
15 132 (8.42%) Software Engineering
16 128 (8.17%) Mentoring
16 128 (8.17%) Risk Management
16 128 (8.17%) Validation
17 126 (8.04%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 245 (15.63%) Python
2 226 (14.42%) SQL
3 122 (7.79%) Java
4 80 (5.11%) JavaScript
5 68 (4.34%) PowerShell
6 56 (3.57%) C#
7 45 (2.87%) Bash
8 43 (2.74%) TypeScript
9 23 (1.47%) T-SQL
10 22 (1.40%) PL/SQL
11 15 (0.96%) Bicep
11 15 (0.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 12 (0.77%) Apex Code
12 12 (0.77%) Groovy
13 11 (0.70%) Go
13 11 (0.70%) Kotlin
14 10 (0.64%) Perl
15 9 (0.57%) Ruby
15 9 (0.57%) Swift
16 8 (0.51%) R
Qualifications
1 318 (20.29%) Security Cleared
2 272 (17.36%) SC Cleared
3 140 (8.93%) Degree
4 48 (3.06%) Computer Science Degree
5 42 (2.68%) PMP
6 41 (2.62%) DV Cleared
7 38 (2.43%) PMI Certification
8 33 (2.11%) CISSP
9 32 (2.04%) Azure Certification
10 26 (1.66%) AWS Certification
11 22 (1.40%) Cisco Certification
12 19 (1.21%) CISM
13 18 (1.15%) BPSS Clearance
14 13 (0.83%) ITIL Certification
15 11 (0.70%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 11 (0.70%) ACCA
15 11 (0.70%) CCNP
15 11 (0.70%) Master's Degree
16 10 (0.64%) CompTIA Security+
16 10 (0.64%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 140 (8.93%) QA
2 110 (7.02%) Data Quality
3 72 (4.59%) PMO
4 45 (2.87%) GDPR
4 45 (2.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 40 (2.55%) Accessibility
6 37 (2.36%) NIST
6 37 (2.36%) SLA
7 22 (1.40%) GRC
8 15 (0.96%) Actionable Recommendations
9 13 (0.83%) PCI DSS
10 10 (0.64%) IFRS
10 10 (0.64%) NCSC
10 10 (0.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 7 (0.45%) WCAG
12 6 (0.38%) NIST 800
13 5 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
13 5 (0.32%) Government Security Classifications
13 5 (0.32%) HIPAA
13 5 (0.32%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 84 (5.36%) Docker
2 67 (4.28%) Active Directory
3 13 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
4 9 (0.57%) IAG
4 9 (0.57%) Virtual Desktop
5 8 (0.51%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.13%) Squid
7 2 (0.13%) vSphere
7 2 (0.13%) zsh
8 1 (0.064%) Ceph
8 1 (0.064%) Sendmail
8 1 (0.064%) UAG
8 1 (0.064%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 124 (7.91%) Kubernetes
2 122 (7.79%) Terraform
3 40 (2.55%) Ansible
4 39 (2.49%) Grafana
5 38 (2.43%) Prometheus
6 32 (2.04%) Microsoft Intune
7 9 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
8 7 (0.45%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 6 (0.38%) Kibana
10 5 (0.32%) Cisco CUCM
11 4 (0.26%) HP ALM
11 4 (0.26%) QRadar
11 4 (0.26%) SCCM
12 3 (0.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 2 (0.13%) Control-M
13 2 (0.13%) ITRS Geneos
13 2 (0.13%) Jamf Pro
13 2 (0.13%) Puppet
13 2 (0.13%) vCenter Server
13 2 (0.13%) WSUS
Vendors
1 265 (16.91%) Microsoft
2 106 (6.76%) ServiceNow
3 94 (6.00%) Oracle
4 73 (4.66%) Salesforce
5 60 (3.83%) SAP
6 56 (3.57%) Google
7 31 (1.98%) Databricks
8 23 (1.47%) Cisco
9 19 (1.21%) VMware
10 17 (1.08%) Splunk
11 16 (1.02%) Dynatrace
12 14 (0.89%) IBM
13 13 (0.83%) Apple
13 13 (0.83%) Zscaler
14 12 (0.77%) OpenAI
15 11 (0.70%) Okta
16 10 (0.64%) ForgeRock
16 10 (0.64%) Foundry
17 9 (0.57%) Murex
17 9 (0.57%) Workday