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

6 months to
27 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 35 58
Rank change year-on-year +8 +23 +10
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 1,718 788 635
As % of all contract jobs in London 8.49% 5.86% 3.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.57% 6.33% 4.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,119 522 374
10th Percentile £341 £325 £354
25th Percentile £438 £420 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £564
Median % change year-on-year - -6.87% -4.04%
75th Percentile £638 £667 £688
90th Percentile £755 £750 £775
England median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 16 12
10th Percentile £18.50 £17.00 £18.04
25th Percentile £25.25 £18.72 £29.17
Median hourly rate £29.15 £25.08 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year +16.25% -48.56% +20.49%
75th Percentile £52.88 £46.94 £60.94
90th Percentile £62.85 £69.38 £74.63
England median hourly rate £31.75 £23.33 £48.75
% change year-on-year +36.09% -52.14% -25.00%

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 17,955 12,445 14,537
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.75% 92.54% 89.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,784 8,216 9,548
10th Percentile £358 £330 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £663 £669 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 316 243 183
10th Percentile £16.18 £17.26 £17.30
25th Percentile £19.03 £25.01 £24.17
Median hourly rate £32.81 £30.50 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.58% -14.08% -5.33%
75th Percentile £57.50 £47.25 £56.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £75.00
England median hourly rate £41.03 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +63.14% -41.51% -2.27%

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 27 September 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 27 September 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 27 September 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 -1 190 £550 +5.77% 331
West London 0 52 £520 +4.00% 127
South London +24 45 £530 -8.90% 43
East London +2 10 £600 +215.79% 41
North London +2 5 £488 -11.36% 4
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 80 (4.66%) SharePoint
2 79 (4.60%) Confluence
3 30 (1.75%) Microsoft Exchange
4 23 (1.34%) Apache Airflow
5 20 (1.16%) Apache Spark
6 18 (1.05%) CMS
7 13 (0.76%) Apache
8 6 (0.35%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 6 (0.35%) IIS
9 4 (0.23%) Sitecore CMS
9 4 (0.23%) WordPress
10 3 (0.17%) Jupyter
10 3 (0.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 3 (0.17%) SAS
11 2 (0.12%) Appian
11 2 (0.12%) Camunda
11 2 (0.12%) CICS
11 2 (0.12%) JBoss
11 2 (0.12%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.12%) WebLogic
Applications
1 73 (4.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 40 (2.33%) Microsoft Office
3 21 (1.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (1.11%) Microsoft Project
5 16 (0.93%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.23%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.17%) Adobe Illustrator
8 3 (0.17%) InDesign
8 3 (0.17%) Photoshop
9 2 (0.12%) CPLEX
9 2 (0.12%) Oracle Smart View
9 2 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 17 (0.99%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (0.81%) NetSuite
2 14 (0.81%) Oracle EBS
3 11 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
4 7 (0.41%) Magento
4 7 (0.41%) Oracle ERP
5 6 (0.35%) Oracle Payables
5 6 (0.35%) Salesforce CRM
6 5 (0.29%) Actimize
6 5 (0.29%) Loan IQ
6 5 (0.29%) SAP PM
7 4 (0.23%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 4 (0.23%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 4 (0.23%) SAP QM
7 4 (0.23%) Shopify
8 3 (0.17%) Aladdin
8 3 (0.17%) Endur
8 3 (0.17%) Orchestrade
8 3 (0.17%) Remedy ITSM
9 2 (0.12%) Changepoint
Cloud Services
1 388 (22.58%) Azure
2 325 (18.92%) AWS
3 139 (8.09%) Power Platform
4 116 (6.75%) Microsoft 365
5 114 (6.64%) GitHub
6 107 (6.23%) Azure DevOps
7 96 (5.59%) GCP
8 80 (4.66%) Entra ID
9 70 (4.07%) Serverless
10 60 (3.49%) SaaS
11 59 (3.43%) GitHub Actions
12 58 (3.38%) Amazon S3
13 54 (3.14%) AWS Lambda
14 41 (2.39%) Microsoft Copilot
15 38 (2.21%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 38 (2.21%) Amazon EC2
16 36 (2.10%) Snowflake
17 30 (1.75%) AWS CloudFormation
17 30 (1.75%) Dynamics 365
17 30 (1.75%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 37 (2.15%) Firewall
2 35 (2.04%) Network Security
3 32 (1.86%) DNS
4 22 (1.28%) TCP/IP
5 18 (1.05%) WAN
6 17 (0.99%) VPN
7 13 (0.76%) DHCP
8 12 (0.70%) LAN
9 9 (0.52%) VoIP
10 8 (0.47%) Wi-Fi
11 6 (0.35%) HTTPS
11 6 (0.35%) SD-WAN
12 5 (0.29%) HTTP
12 5 (0.29%) Unified Communications
12 5 (0.29%) WebEx
13 4 (0.23%) BGP
13 4 (0.23%) Kerberos
13 4 (0.23%) SAN
13 4 (0.23%) SSL
13 4 (0.23%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 100 (5.82%) Power BI
2 62 (3.61%) SQL Server
3 51 (2.97%) Data Warehouse
4 47 (2.74%) Metadata
5 43 (2.50%) PostgreSQL
6 34 (1.98%) Relational Database
7 29 (1.69%) Amazon RDS
8 27 (1.57%) NoSQL
9 24 (1.40%) Delta Lake
10 23 (1.34%) Tableau
11 21 (1.22%) Data Lake
12 15 (0.87%) Power Query
13 14 (0.81%) MySQL
14 13 (0.76%) Parquet
15 12 (0.70%) Oracle Database
16 11 (0.64%) Big Data
16 11 (0.64%) MongoDB
17 7 (0.41%) Amazon Athena
17 7 (0.41%) BigQuery
17 7 (0.41%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 153 (8.91%) JIRA
2 114 (6.64%) Git
3 92 (5.36%) Jenkins
4 52 (3.03%) GitLab
5 36 (2.10%) Selenium
6 15 (0.87%) Cucumber
6 15 (0.87%) Cypress.io
7 14 (0.81%) Postman
8 13 (0.76%) Bitbucket
8 13 (0.76%) JUnit
9 9 (0.52%) CircleCI
9 9 (0.52%) Maven
9 9 (0.52%) Visual Studio
10 7 (0.41%) Gradle
10 7 (0.41%) SonarQube
11 6 (0.35%) Mockito
11 6 (0.35%) XCTest
11 6 (0.35%) XCUITest
11 6 (0.35%) Zephyr
12 5 (0.29%) Claude Code
General
1 774 (45.05%) Social Skills
2 519 (30.21%) Finance
3 395 (22.99%) Analytical Skills
4 296 (17.23%) Public Sector
5 205 (11.93%) Banking
6 76 (4.42%) Influencing Skills
7 71 (4.13%) Organisational Skills
8 60 (3.49%) Legal
9 50 (2.91%) Front Office
9 50 (2.91%) Retail
10 48 (2.79%) Documentation Skills
11 47 (2.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 37 (2.15%) Local Government
12 37 (2.15%) Marketing
13 35 (2.04%) Investment Banking
14 30 (1.75%) Law
15 27 (1.57%) Presentation Skills
16 26 (1.51%) Telecoms
17 24 (1.40%) Military
18 23 (1.34%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 213 (12.40%) Lead
2 198 (11.53%) Senior
3 177 (10.30%) Developer
4 171 (9.95%) Analyst
5 80 (4.66%) Architect
6 68 (3.96%) DevOps Engineer
7 66 (3.84%) Project Manager
8 56 (3.26%) Data Engineer
9 54 (3.14%) Consultant
10 53 (3.08%) Business Analyst
11 51 (2.97%) Delivery Manager
12 48 (2.79%) Software Engineer
13 40 (2.33%) Product Manager
13 40 (2.33%) Scrum Master
14 36 (2.10%) Product Owner
15 35 (2.04%) Senior Manager
16 32 (1.86%) Support Engineer
17 31 (1.80%) Applications Support
17 31 (1.80%) IT Manager
17 31 (1.80%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 145 (8.44%) Terraform
2 98 (5.70%) REST
3 78 (4.54%) RESTful
4 60 (3.49%) Kafka
5 59 (3.43%) .NET
6 52 (3.03%) React
6 52 (3.03%) Spring
7 49 (2.85%) Spring Boot
8 44 (2.56%) AngularJS
8 44 (2.56%) HTML
8 44 (2.56%) Web Services
9 37 (2.15%) CSS
10 36 (2.10%) SOAP
11 33 (1.92%) Django
12 30 (1.75%) PySpark
13 25 (1.46%) JSON
13 25 (1.46%) XML
14 24 (1.40%) Middleware
14 24 (1.40%) Node.js
15 21 (1.22%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 215 (12.51%) Product Ownership
2 137 (7.97%) Onboarding
3 127 (7.39%) Cloud Native
4 52 (3.03%) Management Information System
5 47 (2.74%) Distributed Systems
5 47 (2.74%) Enterprise Software
6 44 (2.56%) Data Protection Act
7 40 (2.33%) Virtual Team
8 39 (2.27%) Legacy Systems
9 38 (2.21%) AI Agents
10 34 (1.98%) Self-Motivation
11 33 (1.92%) Security Posture
12 28 (1.63%) Data Structures
13 24 (1.40%) CMDB
13 24 (1.40%) Data Centre
13 24 (1.40%) NHS
14 21 (1.22%) Hybrid Cloud
15 20 (1.16%) Low-Code
16 19 (1.11%) Analytical Mindset
17 18 (1.05%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 119 (6.93%) Windows
2 95 (5.53%) Linux
3 35 (2.04%) Windows Server
4 27 (1.57%) Unix
5 21 (1.22%) Apple iOS
5 21 (1.22%) Windows 10
6 17 (0.99%) Android
7 15 (0.87%) Mac OS
7 15 (0.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (0.35%) Amazon Linux
9 3 (0.17%) VMS
9 3 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.12%) AIX
10 2 (0.12%) zOS
11 1 (0.058%) HPUX
11 1 (0.058%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.058%) Solaris
11 1 (0.058%) SUSE
11 1 (0.058%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 674 (39.23%) Agile
2 579 (33.70%) Stakeholder Management
3 444 (25.84%) Problem-Solving
4 375 (21.83%) CI/CD
5 354 (20.61%) DevOps
6 336 (19.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 304 (17.69%) AI
7 304 (17.69%) Decision-Making
8 242 (14.09%) Roadmaps
9 212 (12.34%) Analytics
10 196 (11.41%) Scrum
11 178 (10.36%) Change Management
12 169 (9.84%) Test Automation
13 165 (9.60%) Infrastructure as Code
13 165 (9.60%) Software Engineering
14 157 (9.14%) Risk Management
15 150 (8.73%) Technical Leadership
16 149 (8.67%) Migration
17 145 (8.44%) ITIL
18 144 (8.38%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 307 (17.87%) Python
2 279 (16.24%) SQL
3 146 (8.50%) Java
4 98 (5.70%) JavaScript
5 85 (4.95%) PowerShell
6 80 (4.66%) C#
7 63 (3.67%) Bash
8 57 (3.32%) TypeScript
9 26 (1.51%) T-SQL
10 22 (1.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 16 (0.93%) Go
11 16 (0.93%) Groovy
11 16 (0.93%) PL/SQL
12 14 (0.81%) Korn
12 14 (0.81%) Perl
13 13 (0.76%) Bicep
13 13 (0.76%) Shell Script
14 12 (0.70%) R
15 10 (0.58%) Apex Code
15 10 (0.58%) C++
Qualifications
1 404 (23.52%) Security Cleared
2 345 (20.08%) SC Cleared
3 151 (8.79%) Degree
4 57 (3.32%) PMP
5 55 (3.20%) Computer Science Degree
6 54 (3.14%) DV Cleared
7 48 (2.79%) PMI Certification
8 36 (2.10%) CISSP
9 35 (2.04%) AWS Certification
10 32 (1.86%) Azure Certification
11 27 (1.57%) BPSS Clearance
12 20 (1.16%) CISM
13 19 (1.11%) Cisco Certification
14 15 (0.87%) ITIL Certification
15 11 (0.64%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 11 (0.64%) CompTIA Security+
15 11 (0.64%) ISTQB
15 11 (0.64%) Microsoft Certification
16 10 (0.58%) GIAC
16 10 (0.58%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 152 (8.85%) QA
2 150 (8.73%) Data Quality
3 71 (4.13%) PMO
4 50 (2.91%) Accessibility
5 48 (2.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 41 (2.39%) NIST
7 39 (2.27%) SLA
8 33 (1.92%) GDPR
9 32 (1.86%) GRC
10 20 (1.16%) NCSC
11 18 (1.05%) Actionable Recommendations
12 13 (0.76%) COBIT
12 13 (0.76%) WCAG
13 11 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials
14 9 (0.52%) PCI DSS
14 9 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 6 (0.35%) ISO 20022
16 5 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 5 (0.29%) NIST 800
16 5 (0.29%) P3O
System Software
1 122 (7.10%) Docker
2 81 (4.71%) Active Directory
3 19 (1.11%) Virtual Machines
4 14 (0.81%) Virtual Desktop
5 13 (0.76%) VMware Infrastructure
6 7 (0.41%) IAG
7 3 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (0.17%) vSphere
8 2 (0.12%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.12%) RACF
8 2 (0.12%) Squid
8 2 (0.12%) Time Sharing Option
8 2 (0.12%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.12%) zsh
9 1 (0.058%) Ceph
9 1 (0.058%) UAG
9 1 (0.058%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 148 (8.61%) Kubernetes
2 57 (3.32%) Ansible
3 51 (2.97%) Grafana
4 50 (2.91%) Prometheus
5 37 (2.15%) Microsoft Intune
6 13 (0.76%) Single Sign-On
7 12 (0.70%) Kibana
8 11 (0.64%) SCCM
9 6 (0.35%) Puppet
10 5 (0.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 5 (0.29%) Cisco CUCM
11 4 (0.23%) Jamf Pro
11 4 (0.23%) QRadar
12 3 (0.17%) Argo
12 3 (0.17%) Control-M
12 3 (0.17%) HP Fortify
12 3 (0.17%) Nagios
12 3 (0.17%) Packer
13 2 (0.12%) SCOM
13 2 (0.12%) WSUS
Vendors
1 319 (18.57%) Microsoft
2 111 (6.46%) Oracle
3 109 (6.34%) ServiceNow
4 59 (3.43%) Salesforce
5 56 (3.26%) Google
6 55 (3.20%) SAP
7 47 (2.74%) Databricks
8 46 (2.68%) Splunk
9 36 (2.10%) IBM
10 25 (1.46%) Cisco
11 22 (1.28%) VMware
12 19 (1.11%) Dynatrace
13 16 (0.93%) Zscaler
14 15 (0.87%) UiPath
15 14 (0.81%) Adobe
15 14 (0.81%) Apple
16 13 (0.76%) Red Hat
17 10 (0.58%) Okta
17 10 (0.58%) Qualys
17 10 (0.58%) Workday