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

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 52 67
Rank change year-on-year +26 +15 +12
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 1,262 530 585
As % of all contract jobs in London 7.06% 4.25% 3.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.98% 4.61% 3.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 830 345 404
10th Percentile £350 £361 £377
25th Percentile £425 £435 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.45% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £613 £725 £700
90th Percentile £738 £850 £850
England median daily rate £500 £512 £525
% change year-on-year -2.28% -2.54% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 8 13
10th Percentile £19.54 £22.00 -
25th Percentile £25.25 £26.13 £17.00
Median hourly rate £28.55 £33.64 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.14% +12.14% -52.00%
75th Percentile £75.94 £49.38 £57.50
90th Percentile £94.75 £57.63 £84.00
England median hourly rate £56.90 £52.63 £37.00
% change year-on-year +8.12% +42.23% -35.65%

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 15,807 11,500 15,697
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.40% 92.19% 88.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,571 7,797 11,258
10th Percentile £356 £350 £340
25th Percentile £430 £435 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £680
90th Percentile £756 £813 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 249 173 315
10th Percentile £18.66 £16.50 £15.97
25th Percentile £25.00 £22.75 £20.00
Median hourly rate £35.71 £34.50 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.51% +23.21% -28.21%
75th Percentile £58.92 £50.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £63.75 £66.30
England median hourly rate £46.65 £29.07 £36.50
% change year-on-year +60.47% -20.36% -2.25%

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 9 May 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 9 May 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 9 May 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 +7 139 £550 +7.84% 174
South London +13 43 £500 -14.24% 13
West London -12 34 £510 -0.39% 28
East London +4 12 £598 - 26
North London - 2 £550 - 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 76 (6.02%) Confluence
2 48 (3.80%) SharePoint
3 13 (1.03%) Apache Airflow
4 11 (0.87%) Microsoft Exchange
5 10 (0.79%) Apache Spark
6 7 (0.55%) Apache
6 7 (0.55%) CMS
7 5 (0.40%) Camunda
8 4 (0.32%) IIS
9 3 (0.24%) HCL Notes
10 2 (0.16%) Appian
10 2 (0.16%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.079%) Anypoint
11 1 (0.079%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.079%) Cloud Foundry
11 1 (0.079%) ColdFusion
11 1 (0.079%) govService
11 1 (0.079%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.079%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.079%) SAS
Applications
1 72 (5.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 39 (3.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 28 (2.22%) Microsoft Project
4 27 (2.14%) Microsoft Office
5 20 (1.58%) MS Visio
6 11 (0.87%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.24%) Notion
9 2 (0.16%) Oracle Smart View
9 2 (0.16%) Trello
10 1 (0.079%) Adobe After Effects
10 1 (0.079%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.079%) Autodesk Smoke
10 1 (0.079%) Mingle
10 1 (0.079%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 17 (1.35%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (1.27%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (1.27%) NetSuite
3 11 (0.87%) Loan IQ
4 7 (0.55%) Actimize
4 7 (0.55%) Oracle ERP
5 6 (0.48%) Oracle Payables
6 5 (0.40%) Aladdin
7 4 (0.32%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 4 (0.32%) Remedy ITSM
8 3 (0.24%) Oracle Financials
8 3 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
8 3 (0.24%) SAP Oil and Gas
9 2 (0.16%) Front Arena
9 2 (0.16%) Global One
9 2 (0.16%) iTrent
9 2 (0.16%) SAP ERP
9 2 (0.16%) SAP FSCM
9 2 (0.16%) SAP MDG
9 2 (0.16%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 277 (21.95%) Azure
2 211 (16.72%) AWS
3 132 (10.46%) Power Platform
4 88 (6.97%) Azure DevOps
5 85 (6.74%) GitHub
6 68 (5.39%) GCP
7 54 (4.28%) SaaS
8 50 (3.96%) Dynamics 365
8 50 (3.96%) Microsoft 365
9 46 (3.65%) GitHub Actions
10 45 (3.57%) Serverless
11 41 (3.25%) Amazon S3
12 37 (2.93%) AWS Lambda
12 37 (2.93%) Entra ID
13 29 (2.30%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 29 (2.30%) Amazon EC2
14 26 (2.06%) AWS CloudFormation
15 23 (1.82%) Amazon EKS
15 23 (1.82%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 22 (1.74%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 36 (2.85%) Firewall
2 28 (2.22%) Network Security
3 18 (1.43%) DNS
4 13 (1.03%) WAN
5 10 (0.79%) DHCP
6 9 (0.71%) SD-WAN
7 8 (0.63%) LAN
8 7 (0.55%) BGP
8 7 (0.55%) Ethernet
8 7 (0.55%) OSPF
8 7 (0.55%) TCP/IP
9 6 (0.48%) Modbus
9 6 (0.48%) RS-232
9 6 (0.48%) RS-485
9 6 (0.48%) VPN
10 5 (0.40%) MPLS
11 4 (0.32%) Cisco IOS
11 4 (0.32%) IOS XR
11 4 (0.32%) NX-OS
11 4 (0.32%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 105 (8.32%) Power BI
2 40 (3.17%) SQL Server
3 39 (3.09%) Tableau
4 31 (2.46%) Relational Database
5 30 (2.38%) Metadata
6 23 (1.82%) PostgreSQL
7 21 (1.66%) Data Warehouse
8 20 (1.58%) Amazon RDS
9 14 (1.11%) Data Lake
10 11 (0.87%) NoSQL
10 11 (0.87%) Power Query
11 10 (0.79%) BigQuery
11 10 (0.79%) Delta Lake
12 9 (0.71%) Parquet
13 8 (0.63%) Amazon Athena
13 8 (0.63%) Oracle Reports
14 6 (0.48%) Big Data
14 6 (0.48%) Snowflake Schema
15 5 (0.40%) MongoDB
15 5 (0.40%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 165 (13.07%) JIRA
2 55 (4.36%) Jenkins
3 47 (3.72%) Git
4 36 (2.85%) GitLab
5 15 (1.19%) Selenium
6 14 (1.11%) Cucumber
7 11 (0.87%) Cypress.io
8 9 (0.71%) JMeter
8 9 (0.71%) JUnit
8 9 (0.71%) Team Foundation Server
9 7 (0.55%) Vite
10 6 (0.48%) Bitbucket
10 6 (0.48%) Postman
10 6 (0.48%) REST Assured
11 5 (0.40%) Sonatype Nexus
11 5 (0.40%) TestRail
11 5 (0.40%) Visual Studio
11 5 (0.40%) Zephyr
12 4 (0.32%) Gatling
12 4 (0.32%) tSQLt
General
1 504 (39.94%) Social Skills
2 455 (36.05%) Finance
3 253 (20.05%) Analytical Skills
4 151 (11.97%) Public Sector
5 107 (8.48%) Banking
6 45 (3.57%) Legal
7 43 (3.41%) Law
8 40 (3.17%) Influencing Skills
8 40 (3.17%) Organisational Skills
9 39 (3.09%) Marketing
9 39 (3.09%) Retail
10 33 (2.61%) Presentation Skills
11 31 (2.46%) Telecoms
12 29 (2.30%) Documentation Skills
13 25 (1.98%) Local Government
14 24 (1.90%) Front Office
15 20 (1.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 15 (1.19%) Financial Institution
17 13 (1.03%) Back Office
17 13 (1.03%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 172 (13.63%) Lead
2 140 (11.09%) Analyst
3 112 (8.87%) Senior
4 93 (7.37%) Developer
5 86 (6.81%) Architect
6 53 (4.20%) Business Analyst
7 50 (3.96%) Delivery Manager
8 48 (3.80%) Project Manager
9 41 (3.25%) Data Engineer
10 40 (3.17%) Consultant
11 35 (2.77%) DevOps Engineer
12 33 (2.61%) Lead Architect
12 33 (2.61%) Scrum Master
12 33 (2.61%) Senior Manager
13 31 (2.46%) Functional Architect
14 27 (2.14%) Azure Engineer
14 27 (2.14%) Technical Manager
15 25 (1.98%) Cloud Engineer
16 24 (1.90%) Security Engineer
17 22 (1.74%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (3.49%) React
2 42 (3.33%) RESTful
3 37 (2.93%) REST
4 35 (2.77%) HTML
5 32 (2.54%) CSS
6 31 (2.46%) .NET
7 27 (2.14%) Spring
8 24 (1.90%) Node.js
9 22 (1.74%) Spring Boot
10 21 (1.66%) AngularJS
11 19 (1.51%) Kafka
12 16 (1.27%) Next.js
13 14 (1.11%) Middleware
14 13 (1.03%) Playwright
15 12 (0.95%) Elastic Stack
15 12 (0.95%) PySpark
15 12 (0.95%) Web Services
16 11 (0.87%) OAuth
17 10 (0.79%) GraphQL
17 10 (0.79%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 125 (9.90%) Product Ownership
2 80 (6.34%) Cloud Native
3 54 (4.28%) Onboarding
4 33 (2.61%) Management Information System
5 32 (2.54%) Virtual Team
6 30 (2.38%) Data Protection Act
7 23 (1.82%) Data Centre
7 23 (1.82%) Legacy Systems
8 22 (1.74%) Analytical Mindset
9 21 (1.66%) Distributed Systems
9 21 (1.66%) Security Posture
10 19 (1.51%) AI Agents
10 19 (1.51%) Self-Motivation
11 18 (1.43%) Data Structures
12 15 (1.19%) Hybrid Cloud
12 15 (1.19%) Mobile App
13 14 (1.11%) CMDB
13 14 (1.11%) Derivative
13 14 (1.11%) Enterprise Software
13 14 (1.11%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 54 (4.28%) Windows
2 45 (3.57%) Linux
3 14 (1.11%) Apple iOS
4 11 (0.87%) Mac OS
4 11 (0.87%) Windows Server
5 7 (0.55%) Android
5 7 (0.55%) Unix
5 7 (0.55%) Windows 10
6 6 (0.48%) FreeRTOS
7 5 (0.40%) VMS
8 4 (0.32%) Amazon Linux
9 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.079%) AIX
10 1 (0.079%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.079%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 488 (38.67%) Agile
2 296 (23.45%) Stakeholder Management
3 273 (21.63%) Problem-Solving
4 272 (21.55%) DevOps
5 260 (20.60%) CI/CD
6 215 (17.04%) Decision-Making
7 209 (16.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 178 (14.10%) AI
9 159 (12.60%) Analytics
10 150 (11.89%) Migration
11 148 (11.73%) Roadmaps
12 125 (9.90%) Change Management
13 121 (9.59%) Business Intelligence
14 119 (9.43%) Scrum
15 116 (9.19%) Infrastructure as Code
16 114 (9.03%) Test Automation
17 113 (8.95%) Risk Management
18 111 (8.80%) Project Management
19 101 (8.00%) User Acceptance Testing
20 100 (7.92%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 187 (14.82%) SQL
2 184 (14.58%) Python
3 83 (6.58%) Java
4 62 (4.91%) JavaScript
5 50 (3.96%) PowerShell
6 39 (3.09%) TypeScript
7 38 (3.01%) C#
8 25 (1.98%) Bash
9 20 (1.58%) T-SQL
10 17 (1.35%) PL/SQL
11 12 (0.95%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 10 (0.79%) C++
13 9 (0.71%) Bicep
13 9 (0.71%) Kotlin
14 8 (0.63%) Kusto Query Language
14 8 (0.63%) Swift
15 7 (0.55%) Apex Code
15 7 (0.55%) Go
15 7 (0.55%) Shell Script
16 6 (0.48%) Scala
Qualifications
1 236 (18.70%) Security Cleared
2 200 (15.85%) SC Cleared
3 121 (9.59%) Degree
4 36 (2.85%) Computer Science Degree
5 29 (2.30%) Azure Certification
6 28 (2.22%) CISSP
7 25 (1.98%) DV Cleared
7 25 (1.98%) PMI Certification
8 21 (1.66%) CISM
8 21 (1.66%) PMP
9 20 (1.58%) BPSS Clearance
10 19 (1.51%) ACCA
11 18 (1.43%) AWS Certification
11 18 (1.43%) Cisco Certification
12 11 (0.87%) ISTQB
13 10 (0.79%) CCNP
14 9 (0.71%) Master's Degree
15 8 (0.63%) GIAC
15 8 (0.63%) IIBA
15 8 (0.63%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 132 (10.46%) QA
2 85 (6.74%) Data Quality
3 60 (4.75%) PMO
4 49 (3.88%) GDPR
5 47 (3.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 45 (3.57%) NIST
7 32 (2.54%) Accessibility
8 25 (1.98%) SLA
9 21 (1.66%) Actionable Recommendations
10 15 (1.19%) GRC
10 15 (1.19%) IFRS
11 14 (1.11%) PCI DSS
12 12 (0.95%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 9 (0.71%) NCSC
14 8 (0.63%) WCAG
15 5 (0.40%) COBIT
15 5 (0.40%) GAAP
15 5 (0.40%) Government Security Classifications
15 5 (0.40%) MiFID
15 5 (0.40%) NIST 800
System Software
1 71 (5.63%) Docker
2 27 (2.14%) Active Directory
3 20 (1.58%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (0.48%) Embedded Firmware
4 6 (0.48%) Firmware
5 4 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.32%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.24%) IAG
7 2 (0.16%) Squid
8 1 (0.079%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.079%) Sendmail
8 1 (0.079%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.079%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.079%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 113 (8.95%) Terraform
2 94 (7.45%) Kubernetes
3 37 (2.93%) Ansible
4 24 (1.90%) Grafana
5 21 (1.66%) Prometheus
6 17 (1.35%) Microsoft Intune
7 9 (0.71%) SCCM
8 8 (0.63%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 5 (0.40%) HP ALM
9 5 (0.40%) ITRS Geneos
9 5 (0.40%) WSUS
10 4 (0.32%) Puppet
10 4 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (0.24%) Kibana
11 3 (0.24%) Packer
11 3 (0.24%) Progress Chef
12 2 (0.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.16%) Cisco CUCM
12 2 (0.16%) Control-M
12 2 (0.16%) logstash
Vendors
1 218 (17.27%) Microsoft
2 90 (7.13%) ServiceNow
3 71 (5.63%) Oracle
4 60 (4.75%) Salesforce
5 55 (4.36%) SAP
6 44 (3.49%) Google
7 28 (2.22%) Databricks
8 15 (1.19%) VMware
9 12 (0.95%) Cisco
10 10 (0.79%) ForgeRock
10 10 (0.79%) Foundry
10 10 (0.79%) Okta
10 10 (0.79%) OpenAI
11 8 (0.63%) Murex
11 8 (0.63%) Splunk
11 8 (0.63%) Workday
12 7 (0.55%) Adobe
12 7 (0.55%) Ariba
12 7 (0.55%) CrowdStrike
12 7 (0.55%) Zscaler